When did daily prologue comic strips for Raiders begin?

Daily prologue comic strips for Raiders began on June 23, 2026.

The series, titled Deep Cut’s Island Misadventures, was released through the Nintendo Today! smart-device app. It served as a countdown to Splatoon Raiders, with a new chapter appearing each day before the game’s July 23 launch.

The comics fill in the story between Raiders’ opening sequence and the start of its main adventure. Deep Cut and the player character’s mechanic crash-land on the Spirhalite Islands, and the 30-day prologue follows what happens before the game proper begins. The first installment was titled “Crash Landing” and was identified as Day -30.

June 23 is easy to mix up with other Raiders promotion dates. April 21 was associated with an earlier trailer, while June 9 was the date of a Nintendo Direct trailer. July 10 fell during the game’s broader promotional period, but it was not the beginning of the daily comic run.