Splatoon 3
Splatoon 3, the hit squid game, and newest addition to the splatoon trilogy. Splatoon 3 was released September 9 2022. In splatoon you're an animal similar to a squid. You see in splatoon humanity became so advanced that they built a dome out of magical crystals then died out. After they died out the dome fell into the water and made the humanoid squids. In squid culture they battle with ink for fun. There are two types of squids: octolings and inklings, they have several differences. Inklings have a black line connecting their eyes, while octolings don’t. Octolings have different hairstyle options then inklings. In the great turf war inklings and octolings turned on eachother, now and days though they get along. Splatfests are events where you battle out your opinions on teams, like the last splatfest was “What is most important in life? Money, Fame, or Love?” Each idol represents a team like shiver was money, frye was fame, and big man was love. Money won because we’re in America and because people love shiver me included. These idols host radio news broadcasts, there is a different group each game. In splatoon 1 there were the squid sisters also known as Marie and Callie, they are also main figures in the story mode. In splatoon 2 we had Off the hook which had Pearl and Marina, Pearl and Marina appeared in splatoon 2 octo expansion as prominent characters. Now we have Deep cut or Shiver, Frye, and Big man, they are very present in the story mode.
Spoiler warning! I’m about to talk about the story mode. In Splatoon 1 you and Cap’n Cuttlefish fight the octarian army and their leader DJ octavio to retreat the great zapfish that powers the city. When you battle DJ octavio the squid sisters come to help you, after they sing the calamari inkantation they reveal themselves as agent 1 and 2 of the squidbeak splatoon and Cap’n cuttlefish’s graddaughters. In the final splatfest of splatoon 1 in 2015 Callie vs Marie, Marie won and the squid sisters split for solo careers. That’s the end of Splatoon 1 events next is Splatoon 2 events.
Marie, Callie, and Captain in the Splatoon 3 story mode.
Deep cut also known as Shiver, Frye, and Big man.
Off the Hook, Pearl and Marina.
In Splatoon 2 you and Marie team up to find her cousin Callie and the great zapfish which has been stolen by DJ octavio once again. In the final fight against DJ octavio you find Callie hypnotized by DJ octavio’s super fresh hypno shades, while fighting him Marie shows up knocks the sunglasses of callie and plays the calamari inkantation, unbrainwashing Callie and defeating DJ octavio. In Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion you Pearl, Marina, and Cap’n cuttlefish explore the train stations and try to escape to the surface, after completing the majority of the stations you escape to the surface where you have to fight Commander TarTar or the telephone. The telephone powers up a large statue of a human to destroy the world to stop it Marina drops giant splat bombs to cover it in ink, when you finish covering it in ink with the bombs Pearl stops the machine with her booyah battle cry.
In splatoon 3 you Marie, Callie, and the new captain, Agent 3 work together to find captain cuttlefish who was squidnapped and the great zapfish fish again. Along the way you end up fighting Deep Cut for treasure, in the final battle you give the treasure to them when you're done with it and they join your team. After stopping a suspicious rocket in alterna (The place you were exploring) you find that the enemy is Mr. Grizz who runs a fish egg retrieval job in the city, he sends off the rocket which will destroy the planet. You end up fighting him in space on the rocket while Deep cut and the squid sisters sing the calamari inkantation. After defeating Mr. Grizz you find a dehydrated Cap’n cuttlefish and return the great zap fish which was on the rocket. There is more story coming soon for the Splatoon 3 DLC, but that’s all we have right now.
"Splatoon 3 offers entertaining, fast-paced multiplayer action that anyone can enjoy, but the new features don't differentiate the game much from its predecessor."
-PC Magazine Reviews
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Stella Runkle
Stella Runkle, 7th grade, IB major, started orbit/ORB this year as the writer for the what’s hot and teacher spotlight segment.