#urchin underpass

[rassicas]

The first Splatoon artbook annoyingly refers to the road above Urchin Underpass as Urchin Underpass itself ("The Urchin Underpass is a major artery that spans the city. Beneath it is a spot where the Inklings come to hang out."; "This is a high-rise parking garage that is about twenty minutes away from Inkopolis on the Urchin Underpass.") Does this also happen in the japanese text?

Just as I thought, knowing the japanese name, it was a mistranslation! The JP name is Decaline Underpass, with decaline sounding more like the name of a street than just "urchin" "The major artery that connects the city, the Decaline. It's underpass has come to be a place where Inklings hang out."

the same thing happens on the moray towers page, where its just called the "Decaline" and not the literal (and incorrect) "Decaline Underpass." I also see another mistranslation, where in english it says "20 minutes away from Inkopolis" when moray towers is IN inkopolis. in JP it says 20 minutes from central inkopolis.

an interesting bit about the name "Decaline" while I'm at it. you can get a squid related connection out of the name when thinking that deca=10 and squids have 10 limbs. but the real origins is that urchin underpass is based on an underpass on Kyoto's 十条 Juujou, or 10th street, which is near the Nintendo building!

(This was mentioned in an old famitsu dev interview that was released only in the magazine...maybe one day ill translate it in full, but here's a summary)

[putting-gummigoo-in-places]

Urchin Underpass from Splatoon 1

[blubikbeneeninktvis]

Urchin underpass!!!

you’re even a mario kart course… a splat3 stage could NEVER

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Stage Object Concept Art for Urchin Underpass

[batmanshole]

i know some of these were in splatoon 2, but i wanted to include some of them anyways lol

[pfcware]

4 8 24

thank you splatoon! my favorite game of the series! 🦑

[the-knife-consumer]

If they dont bring kelp dome back I will fall ill

[seffien]

stages that i hope don't return to splat 3

[daydreaming-robot]

EVERYONE WAKE UP SIZZLE SEASON 2024 TRAILER DROPPED

My thoughts under the cut

My thoughts:

I see Custom Hydra and Custom Range Blaster there

I'm beating the shit outta people with the new splatana idc if it looks like a toothbrush I AM CAUSING CHAOS

IS SASHIMORI BACK?! THE BAND FROM SPLATOON 2???

WTF IS BIG BIG RUN AND WHY ARE WE FIGHTING ALL 3 KING SALMONIDS AT ONCE???

New Kits for Heavy Edit Splatling, Douser Dualies, AND Recycled Brella 24

Also the Jellyfish at the end has all 3 Idol Logos on the bag they're wearing, I don't think it's FinalFest considering it always determines what will the next Splatoon Game will be

that's all for now

[fryesweep]

i miss splatoon 1 so bad that i have been dreaming about playing it

[violent-kurumi]

Ever since Splatoon 3 came out I thought Hammerhead Bridge was new (like I didn't know the name of it I just thought it was a new map)

But no, I didn't know how much they had changed it from the old one.

I miss the old one, the big ass grate catwalk and all.

This one is so different it should've just been a while new map.

[violetnintendo]

blooper and octorok easter eggs in urchin underpass - splatoon 1

pictures taken from gamexplain

[ultramantr1gger]

i miss saltspray rig, tails. i miss it alot

[smallmariofindings]

Goomba exit sign texture extracted from the files of the Urchin Underpass battle course from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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Urchin Underpass Surroundings

[rassicas]

What are the lore implications of the Super Mario Brothers. Blooper sprite being on Urchin Underpass in Splatoon 1? Did some random graffiti artist manage to 100% recreate this one very specific sprite from a ancient game? Sorry if I am stupid asking this question

either that or it's another instance of human era art surviving and inklings taking inspiration from it. The characters that make up their written language are, in-universe, originally inspired by human writing systems. There is also music in game that uses remixed human music recordings, and human era video game consoles in shellendorf so not too far fetched that some random thing with a blooper on it was unearthed