I'm well aware that it was patched before but they readded it probably because they used an outdated version of the Mall as a base when fixing a palm tree bug (which is still possible just with another tree).
It's a pretty big coincidence. Each day has 24 map slots to fill, six days now means 144 map slots without choosing Arowana Mall.
Some seem to love it, some seem to hate it. I'm not sure I understand the hate when compared to Makarel, Moray, etc. But like the others it's a map where once you lose momentum it can be impossible to get it back. It ends in spawncamps often. But so do Makarel and Walleye. Moray doesn't often end in spawncamps but is still all but impossible to recover lost momentum.
It's a pretty simple map, if you can hold the enemy close and open you have pretty much complete control, this is especially true with Splatzones.
It's returned twice, from what I've seen. I hated it.
It's possible they don't have that level of control. It might just be a flag for if it's in rotation or out, and not by mode type. Though I don't know since Saltspray seems to not appear in certain modes anymore.
I doubt it. When Camp Triggerfish's exploit was discovered they only took it out of Turf War and Splat Zones. That's why it was so common to find in Tower Control and Rainmaker, surprisingly making it one of my favorite stages too.
That makes me think they found something worse than just the pipe thing in mall. Something that affects all modes. Maybe they're doing an Underpass with it, but I can't really imagine they would.
