Nintendo has revoked the victory of the team that triumphed at the Splatoon 3 World Championship earlier this year after allegations of misconduct arose regarding several of its players.
Jackpot won the official Nintendo competition in April, but a statement on the Nintendo VS X account yesterday reveals that his victory will be “considered vacant” and the team will not receive any trophies from this competition.
“We have been made aware that certain members of Team Jackpot… acted in a manner that does not adhere to our community guidelines while playing the game Splatoon 3,” the platform's owner wrote.
While Nintendo did not specify what the allegations were, Polygon reported that another competitive Splatoon player shared evidence on X in June that team members had used racist language and slurs in social media posts and during Discord chats.
There are also clips of members of this team talking about other players using racist terms while streaming matches online.
Nintendo has also released a cosmetic item for the Splatoon 3 game, a Splashtag, which features the team's characters in the championships. This will be changed during an upcoming software update.
“Nintendo cares deeply about our players and our community, and we take our responsibility to uphold our community guidelines seriously,” the company said.