Splatoon Raiders Crashes on Switch 2 After Handheld Players Overwork Loading-Screen Touch Controls

Q: Will Nintendo's next patch for Splatoon Raiders remove the interactive loading clouds entirely to fix this bizarre touchscreen glitch?

Probably not. Based on what is publicly known, Nintendo is expected to patch the crash-causing touchscreen behavior, but there is no indication that it plans to remove the interactive loading clouds entirely. Reports describe the problem as a very specific startup bug triggered by repeated, aggressive touch input on the handheld loading screen. It does not appear to affect normal gameplay, and it is easy to avoid. That makes a targeted fix—such as limiting touch input, reducing how many gestures the screen accepts at once, or hardening the loading-screen animation against excessive input—more likely than cutting the feature altogether. That reading also fits Nintendo’s current handling of the game. The launch update, Version 1.1.0, focused mainly on music adjustments and unspecified bug fixes, and coverage treats the loading-screen crash as a separate issue expected to be addressed in a future patch. Nothing in the available patch notes suggests Nintendo is backing away from the touchscreen Easter egg itself. So the most evidence-based answer is that Nintendo will likely keep the interactive clouds and simply patch the crash. Until Nintendo publishes official patch notes, though, that remains an informed expectation rather than a confirmed detail.

Q: Why does a hidden Easter egg in Splatoon Raiders' loading screen completely crash Nintendo's brand-new Switch 2 console?

It crashes because an interactive loading-screen effect in handheld mode appears to overload or break the game’s touch-input handling, causing Splatoon Raiders itself to fail during startup. The “hidden Easter egg” is the swirling cloud animation shown while the game loads on Switch 2. Players can drag the clouds around on the touchscreen, but Reddit user Stardazzle220 found that repeatedly and aggressively swiping the screen can trigger a crash. Reports so far indicate this is a software bug tied to that specific loading-screen interaction, not evidence that the Switch 2 hardware is being harmed. What seems to be happening is that the game is not properly handling excessive touch inputs while it is also loading assets in the background. That can create an instability in the loading-screen animation or input routine, eventually forcing the game to close. There is no indication that the console “completely” crashes in a permanent sense; the issue is described as a game crash during startup, and players can simply relaunch it. The problem also appears narrow. It affects handheld mode, where touchscreen input is enabled, while docked players cannot interact with the clouds and therefore cannot trigger it the same way. Coverage and launch-update notes suggest this bug is separate from Version 1.1.0’s listed fixes, so Nintendo is expected to address it in a future patch. Until then, the practical fix is simple: avoid aggressively swirling the loading-screen clouds.

3 articles · Updated · GoNintendo · Jul 24

A newly spotted Splatoon Raiders bug can crash the Switch 2 game if players aggressively swirl the loading-screen clouds in handheld mode.
The issue appears tied to the touchscreen Easter egg on the startup screen: docked players only watch the clouds, but handheld users can move them directly.
Reddit user Stardazzle220 demonstrated the crash by placing a whole hand on the screen and repeatedly swirling until the game failed.
Nintendo has not announced a fix, but the glitch looks easy to avoid and is likely to be patched as the new single-player Splatoon spinoff rolls out.