Nintendo’s colorful answer to fans wanting a shooter on the Switch may not be getting new content, that isn’t stopping the developers from improving the experience. Splatoon 2 officially has a new update arriving in the new year, but Nintendo has decided to release the patch notes ahead of its release.

Version 5.1.0 of Splatoon 2 will be arriving on January 8, 2020, and it will be bringing a handful of changes with it to balance a few things, including ink consumption being reduced for some, increased for others, and much more. Here are a few aspects that will be changed when the update arrives:

Changes to Multiplayer

Weapon Change

Splattershot, Tentatek Splattershot, Kensa Splattershot, Hero Shot Replica, Octo Shot Replica

• Decreased ink consumption by roughly 8%.

Luna Blaster, Luna Blaster Neo, Kensa Luna Blaster

• Decreased amount of time after firing before being able to take further actions by roughly 4/60 of a second.
• Decreased ink consumption by roughly 17%.

L-3 Nozzlenose, L-3 Nozzlenose D, Kensa L-3 Nozzlenose

• Increased ink consumption by roughly 15%.
• Reduced the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability.
• Changed the amount of gear ability required to deal up to 33.3 damage from 1.8 times to 2.4 times the amount of the primary gear ability.
• Each secondary gear ability is worth 0.3 of the primary gear ability.

Splat Charger, Firefin Splat Charger, Kensa Charger, Hero Charger Replica

• Slightly narrowed the area covered by ink droplets from fired shots.

Bamboozler 14 Mk I, Bamboozler 14 Mk II, Bamboozler 14 Mk III

• Reduced the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability.
• Changed the amount of gear ability required to deal up to 99.9 damage from 4.1 times to 4.4 times the amount of the primary gear ability.
• Each secondary gear ability is worth 0.3 of the primary gear ability.

Splatoon 2 is currently available on Nintendo Switch. The full patch notes for version 5.1.0 can be found right here. Keep it tuned to Don’t Feed the Gamers as this story develops, and for other gaming goodness going on right now, check out the following:

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