#octavio amiibo when

[octolingplush]

I LOVE HOW BOUNCY HIS INTRO IS IN 3

[silvergarnet12]

Splatoon was the first Nintendo game to push me out of my comfort zone of single player games, and with the closure of it's servers I wanted to draw a tribute to a game that really means a lot to me.

Some long rambles about the game under the cut.

When I first played the Global Testfire I was 15, and the only mutliplayer games I played were with friends in the same room.

Splatoon was also the first shooter I ever picked up, as I always liked bright colours over more realistic graphics in my games, and back then the only shooters I knew about were Halo(and that was only really a name to me!) and the CoD games.

Any worries I had about being bad quickly vanished as the sheer vibe of chaotic fun the game had, particularly when no one had played it before, got rid of any worries, and all I remember is having fun. And choosing to play as the guy instead of the girl for the first time, solely becuase I wanted a ponytail like in real life(I would continue to use the guy through the series as a tradition, a contrast to what I saw most people online doing).

When the game came out I binged the single player, and vividly remember the first time I fought DJ Octavio, and the first time I heard Calamari Inkantation. If ever a game was to convince me that a song could irreversibly change your life, it was Splatoon. Because to teenage me, in that moment, with Calamari Inkantation playing in the background while I fought an octupus DJ, it did.

It gave me terminal brainworms for this series. And here I am, 8 yrs later. Older and more tired, been through some shit, had some good times, tried, succeeded and failed in things throughout the years.

I've always been grateful that they made the decision for the player character from 1 to return, everytime they've shown up it's felt a bit like seeing an old friend, especially since as the games time skips have always had them close to my age(which probably helped my attachement back in the first game). So hi Three, can't believe we both probably pay taxes now.

I have the original two Inkling Amiibos, in a collection that is slowly building, I'm still attached to Marie, and yes I was on her team for the Final Splatfest.

I cried when it was over, just like I did in 2's Final Fest(I was team chaos, two for two baby!) and will probably do so for 3's as well. Something about this series just makes me super attached to it's world and characters.

So booyah Splatoon, my final online game of yours was well and truly years ago, but I replayed story mode to share you with a friend recently, and I think I'll refight Octavio tonight in honour of the good times.

You encouraged me to try out games I wouldn't have otherwise(hello Overwatch and Deep Rock Galactic), and outlasted one of the other major games of my teenage years(...Overwatch 1 I miss you). So thank you for that.

I'll miss Squid Jump, Inkstrike, the og kit for the NZap 89(why does it's new one not vibe with me ;-;), the Squid Sister's broadcasts and the more saturated colours. At least I can always return to the Plaza in 3, and that Spyke isn't dead like I was concerned he was when 3 released, and see the Squid Sisters perform during Splatfests again.

I have so much more to say in my heart about you but no more ways to word it.

You've been a fantastic game, and will always be a treasured experience that I am grateful to have been a apart of from the very beginning.

Now bring back Moray Towers in 3 damn it! It's in 2 but I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY FAVOURITE STAGE IF IT"S NOT IN 4.

[carlzy-berryz]

Thinking about when I was talking about a cuttlefish amiibo I just realised we don't even have DJ Octavio either!! TWO originals from the first game and we STILL don't have 'em. 😔

I just think they deserve better man.....

[kilkoico]

Thinking about language/the dialect in Splatoon

I think inkling dialect has small differences depending in the place! For example, how some states in the US say Soda and others say Pop. I think this is the kind of difference Inkopolis and the Splatlands would have.

Now for the language that the octolings speak. Theres obviously a written and a spoken language that are somewhat different from inkling.

I think it's in splatoon 2 that Marie says "i would tell you what that says, but my octarian is a little rusty." I also believe that in the Japanese version of splatoon, DJ Octavio speaks in katakana, which i think is used to indicate an accent? On top of Cuddlefish, Marie, and Callie all being able to understand Octavio, I don't think the spoken languages are very far apart. (Though, i'm pretty sure its been said that the octolings and octarians aren't necessarily the same?)

Now as for the written language? I think its like. Spanish vs Italian? Or maybe Spanish vs French? Not sure. Obviously its enough that you need to learn it and brush up otherwise you'll get rusty in. Maybe they have different alphabets? I dont know if we've seen an example of octarian writing but yeah.

NOW. Tartar. The octolings would've needed to spend enough time in that enviroment that they only know how to speak like that ("that" being the way the octo boy and octo girl amiibo speak in splatoon 2 when scanned). So they're learning how to speak the language but they're clearly still struggling with it to a degree. I think they probably have the same difference as inkling vs octarian written language. Think "apple" vs "pomme"

Okay i'm pretty sure im done 🫶

[tarditzgrade]

new fic lmao

The amiibo Box - tarditzgrade - Splatoon [Archive of Our Own]

2,922 words

Fandoms: Splatoon and Smash Brothers

full fic under cut

The past couple weeks had been rough for Three. Extremely rough.

The Splatoon had practically doubled in size while Three was out, going from three agents to five, technically six, agents, as well as whatever limbo Off the Hook was in, and that dreaded Octoling that Three had no idea how to properly feel about.

On one hand, Three hadn’t had a great track record with Octarians, especially this one in particular and they weren't too keen on changing that. On the other hand, the rest of the Splatoon, including Craig of all people, seemed to trust her.

And then that Octo just had to save the world while Three was unconscious, just to rub salt in the wound.

The whole Metro/Kamabo ordeal had left Three shaken, disturbed, and utterly frightened. Not just because of the Octoling, but also of what they saw in Kamabo.

What they learned about it. 

What they hoped to never encounter or hear of again.

And then, once Three did get back from the Metro, they learned that, apparently, Octavio had struck again and Callie had been kidnapped this time. And since Three wasn’t there to help, Marie decided to hire not one, but two replacements to get the job done. 

Two replacements that were way too careless and flighty for what being an agent had to offer.

What certainly didn’t help is that those two looked like they were here to stay as well, so Three couldn’t even do all of their patrols and surveys quietly.

Combine all that with this stupid scar and that stupid voice that hadn’t shut up since their sanitization in Kamabo, and it was safe to say that Three had had an extremely loud, extremely rough couple of weeks.

So, here they were, out on a walk through Inkopolis Plaza in the middle of the night to maybe clear their head.

The Plaza was practically a ghost town since the Square boomed in popularity, so there were very few others out as well. Three regretted not bringing a weapon of some kind, in case some of these people weren’t trustworthy.

Instead, Three opted to keep their head down, focusing on the cracks in the pavement to distract them from their thoughts. They hadn’t been watching where their feet were taking them. And they didn't really care where they were going until they found they had stopped.

Three looked up to see where they had brought themselves.

The familiarity of the main Plaza area graced the scene around them. A couple of groups of stragglers here and there, but certainly not the night-life bustle it’d receive in its heyday.

And right in front of them was…

The amiibo Box. Odd.

They could recall using the strange apparatus a couple years back. It usually gave them equally as strange items when they presented an item of their own.

Sometimes it gave them bulky gear that they never saw anyone else using, sometimes it gave them copies of things they already owned, sometimes it gave them extra missions in Octo Valley.

Three remembered bringing all kinds of things to it, just to see what the amiibo Box would do. Despite how prevalent it was to them, they never saw or heard anyone else acknowledge it.

Once, they briefly brought it up to Marie, but the squid acted like she could not hear what Three had been saying, even if Three yelled.

Three asked her about it later and Marie had sworn she hadn’t heard Three talking at all.

Three had stopped using it after that.

Better to avoid things as mystical as the amiibo Box, especially if they didn't know how it worked. Things like that typically didn’t end well.

But now, here they were again. Watching the amiibo Box. 

Maybe they should use it now. Just to see what it’d do for them at this moment. If it had any missions or answers for Three. Hopefully it wouldn’t point them to the Metro.

Three felt around their pockets. Drat, nothing. The amiibo Box did need one of those weird figurine things to work and Three definitely hadn't brought one.

Defeated, Three turned to head back to their apartment.

"Giving up that easily? The great Agent Three?"

Who the hell? Startled by someone correctly knowing their actual name, Three whirled back around, ready to fight this…man?

Leaning on the amiibo Box was a very pale man, dressed all in white, his equally white hair combed to his right. And his proportions…they looked like they were reminiscent of humans.

That wasn’t good. This could be someone’s rogue science experiment or an attempt by Kamabo to capture Three again.

Was anyone else seeing this? Three looked around to realize that everyone else had disappeared from the Plaza. Not even a jellyfish remained. That really wasn’t good.

The man continued speaking, ignoring Three’s distress. "I mean, you really wanted to access the box, right? I would've at least shaken it."

If this guy was with Tartar, he really didn’t look it. Three would’ve expected to see some teal or blue ink oozing off of him or something glowy but this guy seemed to have never heard of color before, all white from head to toe.

Three didn’t say anything back to him, charging a special instead to let this guy know who he was messing with. 

The man simply laughed. “So, I do have the right person.”

Oh, that definitely was not good. This weirdo knew who Agent Three was and felt no need to back down.

Well, Three wouldn’t either. They let their special rip, a burst bomb launcher. 

The man did not flinch as the bombs hurled towards him. Once the bombs were close enough to detonate, most of them disappeared, vanishing into thin air. The rest he let clatter to the floor, not exploding upon impact.

“I definitely have the right person,” he muttered, gazing down at the bombs at his feet.

Three glared at the man, but he kept his composure. "You're not the first silent hero I've dealt with. And while fighting is a nice way to communicate, I do speak sign language. I could also read your thoughts, if you’re okay with that.”

Okay, maybe this guy wasn’t with Kamabo. Far too out of place for that. At least Tartar’s ramblings made some kind of sense. ‘Silent hero’? ‘Reading thoughts’? Three was already tired of this guy's shenanigans. Who the hell was this guy and what did he want?

“Well, I want to make an offer to you, but you’re putting up a bit of a fight.” The pale man rose off the box. Under the light, Three could see he had a slight red hue to him. Very different from blue.

He stepped closer to Three, and Three stepped back. He frowned at that. “You are Agent Three of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, correct?”

Three, hesitantly, nodded. Maybe he’d back off with proper confirmation. They signed in response, testing his truthfulness. ‘ Who are you? ’

“Straight to the point, I see.” He laughed. “I am Master Hand. Like I stated before, I am here to offer you a job, nay, a prospect no one could refuse. Would you like to hear me out? We could talk and walk, if you like.”

Three assessed the situation. It was the middle of the night, Three was very tired, and probably wasn't thinking straight. If an attack did happen, Three would not be in the right headspace. 

But this ‘Master Hand’ was certainly the oddest thing Three had seen and they had seen a lot in the recent weeks.

A lot they could take their mind off of.

Any job that required Three’s skill set would probably be enough to absorb their attention for a bit.

Screw it, they’ll bite.

But before Three could nod, the man grinned, “Great. Let’s walk. You lead.”

—

Even though he told Three to lead, Three had dropped back to keep an eye on him. This so-called ‘Master Hand’ had yet to say anything to Three, despite him initiating this encounter.

The pair had left the main part of the Plaza and were making their way to Three’s apartment. About halfway through the journey, Three finally looked away from the ‘Hand’ to take in their surroundings.

The main area’s emptiness continued throughout the rest of the Plaza. No inkfish, fish, or jellyfish was in sight. Every building they passed had its lights off, the only illumination coming from the streetlights, the moon, and whatever was radiating off Master Hand.

The alarm bells of ‘stranger danger’ and ‘stay cautious at night’ rang loudly in Three’s head. They were still sticking to the path towards Three’s place, but Three had no idea if Master Hand meant to lead them off that path or had accomplices waiting to grab Three the second they let their guard down.

They considered dropping a couple of Splat Bombs and Super Jumping away, but the Hand in front of them chuckled, stopped walking, and turned around to face Three.

“Please don’t run off, because then I’d have to find you again and that might lead to a fight and then I could be down a fighter before I could even ask them to battle and that’d be quite awful.”

Three tensed. This reading minds thing was getting a bit off-putting. Three would’ve liked some form of privacy in this exchange or else they would definitely dip out of here.

“That I can do.” The Hand clasped his…hands together. “Now, I believe we got off on the wrong foot and my silence is probably not helping.”

‘ Then explain yourself ,’ Three signed.

“Yes, explanations are a good place to start. Like I said, I am Master Hand. And I…” He paused to think about his words. “I don’t know what you’d call me. I am no god. I’m…I am Master Hand.”

Alright, this wasn’t worth it anymore. Three summoned a new special and felt it surge within them.

Then, they felt it die down just as quickly. They looked up. Master Hand held out his right hand, now giving off a soft glow, and his smile had slightly faded.

“Please do not run off.” His tone had also shifted to be more authoritative. “I know you don’t know it, but you’re definitely one of the most important fighters on my list. It’s just been a bit since I’ve had to convince someone new to fight for me and I’d really hate to mess this up.”

Three didn’t let their guard down, but they let the man continue his rambling. Maybe he’d get his act together and explain whatever nonsense was wasting Three’s time.

“I am Master Hand and I run a game, no, a tournament of sorts. A series of them. Where I pull fighters from all across the cosmos, the universes, to fight together for both popularity’s sake and just for the thrill and fun of it.”

Three took a second to fully comprehend what Master Hand had said. An interdimensional tournament that supposedly had contestants from all over universes. 

If the guy had said it a couple minutes earlier, Three would've called him crazy and definitely fled out of there. But his behavior had teetered into the supernatural, even for Three's world. If he could prove he was truly for real and not some weird scientist’s freak, Three might hear him out.

‘ Prove it .’

“Have I not already?”

‘I don't care. Prove you can “cross dimensions” .’

Master Hand clicked his tongue. “You’re very difficult. Very well. Look at me.”

Three was about to say ‘ I already am ’ until they did a double take and saw… a hand.

Not the Master Hand from before, but an actual Hand. A giant, white-gloved, floating hand in front of them. 

Three blinked again to correct their vision, but the human-like Master Hand had returned, sitting on a bench that definitely wasn’t there before. “Is that good enough?”

Yeah…yeah, that probably was good enough. Good enough to not feel like a waste of time anymore. Good enough to feel like this guy meant business.

Three took a bit to reply, having to rub their eyes first. ' Fine. And you want me for these tournaments? '

“Bingo. I am very much ashamed that I did not call you for my last bout of tourneys. I did not think that you’d pull any fans, and your inclusion would've been a sore loss on profit. However, I can see now that that was a mistake.

"I, Master Hand, would like to formally invite you to my fifth round of tournaments."

Three considered. A fighting tournament did sound pretty fun. A great opportunity to bash some heads and get everything in their system out. Maybe meet some new people as well.

But Three would probably have to check with the rest of the Splatoon. How long would they be gone for? Would they ever come back? Would anyone know if they disappeared?

And Three also needed to know: ' Why me? '

Master Hand looked slightly shocked. "Why you? Your appearance would pull many fans and I need a fighter from something…for lack of a better word, fresher , than all of the old-timers I'm bringing in."

' No. Why me specifically? You could've pulled any other inkling off the street and been fine. '

Master Hand didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he patted the bench next to him, directing Three to sit next to him.

Three obliged. Their feet were starting to ache, along with their head. Too much to think about at once. This was why they avoided the mystical.

Master Hand’s response attempted to ease the pain somewhat. “I suppose, your fighting prowess is remarkable compared to the other people in this world. I think you’d fit right in with the line up.”

No shit. Three could fight. They both knew that already. But Three could also fight here, or at the Lobby or in the Valley. How did fighting in another dimension change things?

‘ You could’ve grabbed a profreshional then or another agent. Four and Five have way more versatility than me and Eight could easily stand toe-to-toe with me. Why not ask them? ’

Master Hand frowned. “Listen, Agent Three. I know that your recent history has been very…difficult. I don’t want to know the full story, but I know you’ve been off as of late. I’m offering you a vacation. A break.”

‘ I don’t need a vacation. Especially not one out in the whatever you call it. ’

“Oh, but it’s more than just a vacation.” Master Hand leaned back into the bench. “You’d be with many like yourself and a part of something that very few can wrap their head around. And that’s not a bad thing. It’s like lifting a weight off your shoulders, just letting the absurdities carry you.”

‘ The what? ’

“The absurdities. The ridiculousness. The wackiness.” The Hand sighed like someone remembering a staple landmark of their childhood home. “The way the cosmos twist and turn is not limited to physics or rules and I love it for that. No one ever can or ever will consistently predict what will happen out there.” 

He looked up at the sky and laughed. “I think you could use that, Agent Three. Just letting loose for a bit. Not caring about what’ll happen next. Forgetting if something is out to get you. If someone is out to find you.” He looked back at Three and tapped the right side of his face for emphasis.

Three kept their eyes on the street, but brought their own hand up to their face. 

To the scar.

The scar and that voice that hadn’t shut up since the sanitization. It merged with everyone else’s voices yelling about where to go from here, what to do about the newbies, whether or not to keep watching the Metro.

Three had no answers for any of them, not with their own challenges and insecurities to deal with.

Master Hand's voice brought them back to earth. “I know you could use the break, Agent Three. There will be no need to talk it through with others, I will handle the time displacement. Once you make a decision, call me and I’ll tell you what else needs to be done.”

‘ And if I don’t make a decision? ’

“Well, you never questioned the amiibo Box before. No need to start now.”

Three started to give him another response of some sort. What exactly they’d say they didn’t really know, but as they turned to talk to him, they learned it didn’t matter.

Master Hand had vanished.

Left in his place was a piece of paper, slowly floating off the bench and onto the sidewalk. Three dashed forwards to catch it before it hit the pavement.

Upon closer inspection, they could see it was an envelope. Turning it around revealed a red wax seal, stamped with an off-center cross.

Three now had two options. Either toss this envelope in the nearest dumpster and run home to never think about this encounter again…

Or accept this invitation and be dragged into the ‘absurdities’ of the cosmos. Take a break from the pressure of the Splatoon.

Reminders of ‘stranger-danger’ started ringing in Three’s head, but they shut those out quickly.

The last time they ignored that rule was the best mistake of their life.

Three pocketed the letter and rose off the bench to set off to their apartment, preferably to sleep.

Better to engage with the mystical on a clearer head.

[southieparkie]

Imagine: All of Your Fav Characters in South Park Play Splatoon. Anyone wanna hear my headcannons? No? Cool, here we go.

Stan

- he would play as an inkling girl for the first few months but then switch to a boy after that

- and then the octolings would come out and he’d immediately switch to an octoling girl and never switch back

- probably mains the custom splattershot jr but don’t take my word for it

- epic strategic thinking skills

- no literally in ranked he’s a force to be reckoned with

- he actually sits through pearl and marina’s announcement segments

- and he doesn’t rush sheldon when he’s ranting about his fav weapons

- his main squid squad is him, kyle, kenny, and tweek

- team marie

Kyle

- inkling boy main go dummy

- if i had to guess i’d say he mains a heavy splattling or the firefin splat charger

- ranked is his guilty pleasure

- rage quits when someone squidbags him

- the one and only time he’ll squid bag someone is if they repeatedly splat him and then he catches the annoying splatter off guard and splats them that one good time

- then he’s like “MWHAJSKNSKANSLSNSK SUCK MY BALLS, WOOMY_69”

- him and stan have sleepovers solely dedicated to hopping on voice chats and playing splatoon

- “YOU MOTHERFUCKER”

“kyle pls calm down-“

“IF YOU SPLAT HIM ONE MORE TIME IM GONNA PISS ON YOUR FRONT LAWN”

“kyle ur embarrassing me play the goddamn game”

- camping is kyle’s #1 pet peeve

- kyle isn’t team callie or marie

Kenny

- inkling girl main all the way

- he even managed to get his hands on the amiibo for pearl & marina so he could switch back and forth between pearl’s outfit and marina’s outfit

- mains the dualies

- constant dodge roll spamming. no, you’re not surprised

- he’ll let karen play and whenever she does she isn’t allowed to go on voice chat, she isn’t allowed to squid bag, and if someone squid bags her kenny will take the controller and personally splat the shit out of that person

- “kenny! someone named “Tig Biddies” just taunted me! they did this little thing where they went from a squid to a kid really really fast and-“

“*ties blond hair back* shit’s bout to get nutty.”

- diehard team callie dudester. cried three seperate times during the final boss with octavio and hypnotized!callie

Cartman

- inkling girl main

- didn’t play octo expansion until like a year later cause his mom didn’t buy it for him

- rage gamer

- is a B+ or lower in all four ranked modes

- terrorizes peaceful discord servers

- mains the undercover sorrella brella because it makes him feel like james bond

- i feel like he’d be the one to go “phuck u geuys im not playin this game its gay” and then plays it behind everyone’s backs for about three good months

- makes butters win ranked matches for him (sometimes butters loses on purpose just to screw with him)

- team marina. he doesn’t like callie or marie

Butters

- switches back and forth from an octo girl to an inkling boy

- mains the soda slosher/luna blaster

- hates ranked but is extremely good at it

- he visits judd and lil judd every day just to check on them :)

- butters is a rage gamer. sue me

- in some instances worse than kyle

- when he isn’t GROUNDED >:(, Butters can actually wear someone out in Splatoon. especially in ranked

- but see the thing is he hates ranked so he never plays

- he and tweek have cosplayed as inklings at least three (3) times

- butters sneaks to kenny’s house just to play splatoon and play footsies under the covers

PT. 2 COMING SOON PROBABLY (don’t size me up to that it’s probably not coming until sometime next month knowing me)

[gaylight-prairie]

I had some sorta dream where I was watching a splatoon 3 news announcement trailer

dj octavio was there and he was just trashing everything with the hero roller from s1 I don't know why

fucking agent 4 was there but I don't remember what they were doing

goby arena was gonna return but it had a slight redesign

agents 3 and 4 were getting amiibos, I was very excited about this

My disappointment was unmeasurable when I woke up and none of this actually happened

[zaptap]

ive made a few of these bingo sheets and theyre fun so i decided to make one not just for e3 but also JUST for splatoon 3 (not just for e3 but for like the whole lifetime of the game). also heres my updated list of characters id like to see in smash, ordered generally by which id like more and/or think are the most realistic

since min min got in i took out helix, and since i couldnt decide whether to add in waluigi or madeline i added another row (realistically i dont think any indies are getting in but i threw some in anyway). also i was like “oh yeah maybe theyd put in a gen viii pokemon” so i threw in hatterene since thats one of my favorites.

also as for waluigi (and shovel knight for that matter) i think it would be nice to see an assist trophy get in just to break that rule. also i remember being super surprised he wasnt in brawl (back then i thought he and wario were equally important) and even though that was based on a wrong impression ive still felt like he should be in there ever since

notes about the bingos under the cut

really is about time for those n64 games, especially now that mario is dead so theyre free to release sm64 on it. game boy games would be nice sometime too

would also make sense to include banjo-kazooie in that, nintendos had a good relationship with microsoft lately and the total absence of anything banjo-kazooie on the switch is odd since it’s a dlc character (every other one has a game on switch they can use for cross-marketing, even if joker’s took a while) and i think the best explanation for that would be that theyre holding off for the nso n64 app (this is easiest from a technical standpoint because all they have to do is make a deal to use the roms)

when are they putting octolings in mk8d

xenoblade chronicles x is one of the only wii u games left that they could port (aside from ones that wouldnt make much sense like splatoon and ssb4) so i guess that might as well happen sometime. also monolith soft might be doing something else besides helping with splatoon 3

im not ready for metroid prime 4 (im over halfway through mp2 and therefore the trilogy as a whole) but it’s been a while, they might show it and it could even come out this year

hal apparently recently hinted at a new kirby game or something

the upgraded switch is obviously going to be called the Nintendo Switch ͥ  since they already did the ds lite so theyre clearly naming everything in the family after the ds family, theres absolutely no flaw in this logic. idk if theyre showing it, but unlike 2019 they didnt say they werent showing new hardware (just that they were showing software, which could be taken as denying rumors, but they sometimes specify when certain things arent being shown)

metroid prime trilogy also might come this year. would make sense to release it before mp4 since not everyone is going to buy a wii u to get it (and at this point that doesnt get nintendo any money since they stopped making them)

where is detective pikachu 2. i hope it has the blue pikachu from that first tease they gave us in like 2014 (2013? that was a loooong time ago idk)

they said this was MOSTLY 2021 so i am absolutely getting my hopes up for splatoon 2

the two sinnoh games could likely be there

would be super cool if oddity came to switch. and almost as ironic as megalovania getting into smash

we havent seen the botw sequel for a couple years so we’re kind of due for an update on that

it’s ace attorney’s 20th anniversary this year so maybe theyre doing something. theyre already porting those games though so idk. maybe he’s getting in smash

whats with that watermelon mario render

i held off on watching a playthrough for ndrv3 on the off chance it came to switch and i could play a dangan ronpa game for real for once but it’s now been 4 years and we just passed the 10th anniversary of the series (albeit during a pandemic when i wouldnt expect them to have done anything) so it would be cool to see the series come to switch. i think if it still doesnt after this though i’ll just watch the playthrough, 4 years is long enough. amazed ive avoided spoilers this long, i still know next to nothing about the game

im about done with acnh but im still waiting on those splatoon items. and i ran out of storage in february so i need more of that too

nintendo did stuff for zelda’s 30th anniversary so i doubt theyre forgetting the 35th. maybe wwhd/tphd ports, idk

been a couple years since fire emblem, intelligent systems is probably up to something besides planning yet another paper mario spinoff

miyamoto forgot pikmin 4 in the oven 6 years ago and it got burnt to a crisp and thats why it hasnt come out yet because he had to start over

and splatoon

the inklings scared daft punk into quitting so now that theres no competition in the robot musician scene they should have a daft punk style group

i waited and waited and neither of my top two splatoon stages (flounder and d’alfonsino) came back in splatoon 2 so i hope just because splatoon 3 isnt in inkopolis doesnt mean they still wont return

would be sick as hell if there was a real hide and seek mode instead of just sticking to your own rules in private battles. havent played that since 2015 but it was super fun

show us the effects of the chaos world

i wanted mc craig to have a song in octo expansion and they didnt deliver. heres another chance

splatnet 3 baby

cant wait for nogami to do a funny 3 pose

abxy came back for splatoon 2.... am i gonna be that lucky again...?

salmon run doesnt make sense if youre friends with a smallfry but they could either change the story context (you just fight “evil” salmonids?) or replace it with an equally fun co-op mode

amiibo!!! i think i said this before but they should label them by weapons if these cephalopods dont have genders, would make more sense (the gendered ones had different weapons anyway)

returning characters!!!! would like to see everyone have a role of some kind

maybe #GearForAll wasnt successful in getting the emperor/spy/mecha gear, but perhaps theyll at least consider not making that stuff exclusive this time around

squid girl gear should be back. and they should call it a dress instead of a tunic because its a dress. and theres no gender now anyway

as ive said before... TRIPLIES!! you hold one in each hand and another in your mouth. and you can spin around like the tasmanian devil

remove splatfest tee annoyances: you should have a prompt at the end of a splatfest to pay to scrub your tee (to make sure you get the chunks) also it should be on a neutral brand so you dont end up with an overabundance of ink resistance up (or whatever else)

better online and cloud saves would certainly justify having a second splatoon game on the same console, as much as im loving that it exists

hopefully theres a global testfire again

sooner or later the workers will rise up and kill mr grizz

remember in splatoon 1 where if you had squid beatz (via the amiibo) you could “play” it in the lobby and change the music? then you were stuck listening to only bubble bath in splatoon 2? why did they take that option away they should bring it back

looking at those apartment buildings in the trailer i think it would be cool if you had your own room and could decorate it

an octavio redemption arc would be fun to see. in the manga he stole the zapfish because the octarians had an energy crisis, and in the end they worked out a deal to share the electricity

[thecourtsknight]

Did Seabreeze ride along with Huntsman for the Octavio fight? Also, have any of the free octolings with connections to the Splatoon (Marina, Roach, Seabreeze) met with/talked to him in his snowglobe? Have any of them met with other octolings that recognize them from before, or given how you've described Roach's time under control, do the octolings not really recognize each other afterward?

Yup!! She was shouting Octarian based swears at him the entire time and was actually the one who dunked the maker on him. Literally leapt out of Huntsman hood at the last second and snatched it to slam it right down on him. Felt good. Roach has seen him a few times and they’ve had a few conversations. Octavio doesn’t specifically remember her since there was thousand of throw away soldiers but she’s a traitor either way. Roach’d just retort that at least she has a girlfriend and isn’t stuck in a globe before walking off. 

Roach did have her own pod back when she was a soldier, they were tightly knitted but she doesn’t really remember them. When she heard word that Octavio was going to pull another hypnosis-themed attack on the Octarian forces again she decided she wasn’t going through that again and fled. She did ask her pod to go with her but was distraught when they turned her down. Of course, she ran into Stag and the Captain a few hours later, got knocked out and dragged down into the metro.  

If Roach’s pod ever found her, they’d recognise her by scent most likely. Since I HC Octoling’s have an extremely keen sense of smell, and it works for dark places like the domes where you can’t see who’s in front of you with your eyes so why not just use your nose! (Also thanks Octoling Amiibos for more or less confirming that) 

Seabreeze’s pod on the other hand she has reconnected with. They actually bumped into eachother when Seabreeze was walking along with Huntsman one day, and granted Bree DID go back to the Canyon to try and find them but she couldn’t pick up anything. It was a relief to see them but dang were her pod MAD. They thought she’d died! And now she’s hanging out with said person!!! What the fuck Seabreeze!!! 

But after everything was cleared up, her pod (or at least, one member of the pod) picked up on how close they really seemed almost immediatly. It was hilarious since Hunts didn’t understand a word they were saying since they were all talking in Octarian. 

the translation for the top two are: “So you got the Agent all to yourself huh? Wow, didn’t think you had it in you, Lucky 7"  "Wait, you really have a partner now?" 

[stellar-chrondrite]

Sketch collection of Splatoon-ified YGO characters and situations! It’s best if you full view ‘em individually.

[1] Seto in the Splatoon 2 Octoling Gear. He was never enlisted in DJ Octavio’s army but Gozaburo still gave him the Gear. (You can tell I did this at a seperate time to all these other sketches)

[2] Mokuba as Pearl and Seto as Marina to celebrate the Off The Hook amiibos being released. 

[3] The Pearlescent Crown looks good on ya, Seto! Probably the closest he’ll get to being ‘King of Ink’ again.

[4] An Octoling manages to capture Seto so he can face penalties for ‘betraying the Octarians’. Those girls are strong! 

[5] Finally settled on a Gear set for Noah! He’s rocking the Pearlescent Crown and Shirt & Tie here. He also uses Carbon Roller Deco.

[6] Prideshipping karaoke - most likely Calamari Inkantation (hence why Seto’s smiling and singing).

[7] Joey taunting Seto and possibly making him angry. Seto’s eyes revert to Octarian eyes when he’s angered.

[8] Octoling Pegasus and Inkling Tristan! I haven’t decided on Pegasus’ weapon yet and I’m still waiting to see if any ‘smarter’ clothes come out in a future update (please let the spy gear be real). As for Tristan he’s currently decked in White Baseball LS and he has no weapon ‘cause he doesn’t participate in Turf Wars.

[taptrial2]

spla2n final boss spoilers

THE FINAL BOSS MUSIC BEING BOMB RUSH BLUSH, TIDE GOES OUT, AND CALAMARI INKANTATION WAS ACTUALLY SUCH A LETDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS HOPING FOR ORIGINAL MUSIC BUT :(

i know that originally bomb rush blush and tide goes out were amiibo exclusive songs but man imo they should have stayed like that!! this shit is lame i want my Original Squid Game Content i dont wanna listen to the same songs again it makes the boss battle feel so much more bland than it should be

edit: ok fine bomb rush blush ft. octavio is pretty good. octavio making callie sing the octo five note motif SHOCKED ME when i first heard it i HAD to listen to it again like WAS THAT JUST A THING THAT HAPPENED AND I HEARD?? that was some chilling shit dude

[octolingplush]

dj octavio amiibo when

[rukatakowasa]

was killing time waiting for midnight (for the amiibo resets) and decided to spend it drawing the golden girl!

this octoling is Ruka “Rook” Takowasa, only granddaughter to General Takowasa–aka DJ Octavio–and after the accidental deaths of her parents, the only blood heir to the Octarian throne. she is about as thrilled about this as one would imagine, but she takes it with stride and optimism as best she can. being an octopus in general is hard these days, even if you don’t have a tragic anime backstory.

Ruka is currently 16 years old, and is the founder and president of her high school’s turf war club. the club is more for appreciating the sport rather than participating in it currently, since Octavio forbid octarian participation in tournaments (among other things) around the time when Ruka was an infant. she’d been trying to at least persuade him to let her club travel and view a live turf war, but to no avail. Grampa is a stubborn old cephalopod.

she’s also an aspiring DJ! Octavio taught her everything she knows since she was a baby, in the hopes that she’ll surpass him one day, and considering he keeps reusing the same lief motifs in his songs and refuses to sample any music that an inkling had involvement with, that day is probably going to come sooner than either of them expect.

Ruka gets inadvertently roped into her grandfather’s Zapfish theft scheme while trying to arrange an observation day at the Battle Lobby for her club (without his consent). until Agent 4 Asa was able to knock off her hypnotizing goggles, she was acting under Octavio’s orders as an Octoling soldier. once freed, she willingly offers herself as a war prisoner and informant.