Are the free Splatoon Servers still up?

[foggy sage]

I’m wondering if they’re still up because I wanna play Splatoon online and Im not sure if they closed the free servers because they haven’t announced if they did in announcements

[stone scroll]

If Nintendo opened her servers Pretendo will close their server

[worn vine]

This game, along with MK8, will be in public beta for a potentially indefinite period. Should Nintendo actually bring those servers online (which we don't think they ever will, unlike what they said here: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/netinfo/en_US/index.html), Pretendo will place those games back in private beta.

It does appear that Nintendo will start some Wii U/3DS server maintenance here in about half an hour. Maybe they'll finally bring those games online? Only time will tell....

(They have been doing maintenance on those two platforms + the Switch often lately. At times they are just focusing on the 3DS and the Switch.)

[static pelican]

Cannot find any players for both splatoon and mk8

[cyan mesa]

In MK8 just keep trying and you will eventually find someone. In splatoon you need to use the matching making channels because theres a low chace you will find 8 random players