#running theory is that the side order world is a simulation and pearl's form in the simulation is just a robot for some reason

[brisskwinds]

love the fact pearl likes being a robot like you go girl

[thaliatempest]

❗️NINTENDO DIRECT❗️SIDE ORDER SPOILERS ❗️

After watching the new Side Order Trailer, I have come up with what I think is a pretty solid theory regarding what the DLC is gonna be like!

I believe that the entire DLC will take place in a sort of Matrix-esque Order Simulation, with the end goal most likely being either escape, or locate Marina, who appears to have gone missing, judging by her absence in this trailer. Below are some of the things that I think give credit to this theory.

1. Damage Numbers visible with a techy font

2. The glitchyness and digital particle spawning effects

3. Pearl is a Drone, so she could be controlling it from the outside to act as a guide/companion, similar to the Shel-Drone that Sheldon uses in Splat 2 to deliver weapons. Especially since she was shown as normal in the first preview for Side Order, so she's most likely controlling the Drone externally

4. It's meant to be played over and over again, and the 'starting area' is a white outed Inkopolis Square with techy elements added, adding to the vibe of it being an Order Simulation, and I highly doubt that the real world of Inkopolis Square is like that, as well as the sky box and general environment feeling artificial

5. Dedf1sh mentions themselves being someone who got 'sucked in', giving further evidence that they aren't in the 'real world and are, in fact, within some form of digital simulation

6. The big cascade thing shown at the very end and the area around it gives me Portal GLaDOS/Wheatley main control room vibes, with the big thing in the center potentially housing the simulation Admin, which in this case, has a high likely hood to be Marina, either by her own will or someone else controlling her, given that she was the leader of Team Order, so her running this massive Order Simulation would make sense, whether by her own will or noy

7. The levels and game play shown gives me Training Simulation/Matrix vibes, and the enemies look like skeletal and goopy Salmonids, digitally mimicing a Grizzco shift/Salmon Run

8. The Spire of Order seems TARDIS-esque cause of it seeming bigger inside then out, but this one is just me

That's all I got for right now, but tell me what you think of this theory^^!