Splatoon 2's latest map brings all the fun of the fair and is out now

Nintendo's ever-expanding Splatoon 2 is embiggened once more, thanks to another influx of goodies - this time in the form of a delightful new amusement-park-themed map and four new weapons variants.

It's the map that's the real draw, of course, and it's a bit of a stunner, positively awash in lovely incidental detail. Titled Wahoo World (presumably no relation to Wahoo Island, or indeed the thing that Sims do when the lights go down), the new stage is a lovely sprawl of platforms and concentric circles, drawing into a raised central point with a dinky little rocket ride below.

And the whole thing sits on the water, surrounded by rides, shrieking coasters, and the imposing ferris wheel of the theme park proper - which, in a rather lovely tough of continuity, is visible from Splatoon 2's The Reef stage, and from Inkopolis Plaza back in Splatoon 1.

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