Splatoon 3 isn’t even out yet, but Nintendo has managed to wrangle up some rule breakers and compromise them to an apparent permanent, digital end. The Splatoon franchise is arguably one of Nintendo’s most popular online franchises, if not the most popular. While there are a number of other games that support online play, Splatoon caters to the online crowd in a very specific way with PvP, co-op, hub worlds, and other forms of online interactivity. Most platforms have a dedicated shooter franchise like Halo or Killzone and Nintendo has Splatoon. With Splatoon 3 on the horizon, fans are eager to play the new entry, but Nintendo is already preventing some fans from getting in on the action.
One particular patch that was being shared around lets you enter the testing range early. It appears to be the most popular ban reason.Given how Splatoon 2 was also able to detect these patches, this is completely unsurprising. Not sure why people thought this was OK to try.