#About to ramble away about splatfest in the tags .....

[ohheyaghost]

the past and the future of Splatoon - a ramble and some theorizing by me !!

With team past being the winners of the splatfest, that leads to many implications of what comes next for splatoon. The past is filled with cool stuff, meaning we have a vast amount of options or styles to base the next game on. Most people are expecting a great turf war inspired game. Though if that were the case, they would be throwing away almost a decade worth of worldbuilding. Which is why I come bearing with another theory, The splatlands and the great flood. This is gonna be a long one.

The splatlands is a region that has not yet been explored as well lore wise. Splatoon 4 having an approach more towards the great flood and salmonids would be incredible and make for a great story mode. The devs have been building up towards the salmonids having deeper not-yet-explored lore with the introduction of big runs and kind salmonids in splatoon 3. I have a feeling the splatlands and salmonids have a more close knit past then they let on…

During big runs, the stage is usually flooded. The splatlands are known to be prone to flooding as shown with certain stages, (“undertow spillway is a flood bypass in splatsville”) and the great flood. Since the game will most likely take place in another city by splatsville in the splatlands, I have a feeling the floods will be significant. Before we get into my next point, let’s talk about patterns.

The first two story modes followed a very similar formula. Octo Valley and Octo Canyon have almost the same story mode plot. Octo expansion brought something somewhat new to the table, and then alterna had something similar. Then side order brought something entirely new, with the rouge lite/like style gameplay. The game styles get to go twice and then we get something new. Meaning that splatoon 4’s story mode most likely will be a rogue lite/like. Now back to the last point and looping it to the next point.

What if the splatoon 4 story mode is a roguelike/lite, dealing with another great flood or salmonids. The ambiguity leaves a lot of interpretation (give me your theories!! Put them in tags and comments!!) I don’t know where I was going with this ramble, but I’m glad I finally managed to write it. I’ll probably make a ton more theories in the future.

TL;DR: My theory is the next game takes place in the splatlands (not in splatsville but a town nearby), the story mode is in relation to either salmonids or the flooding that takes place in the splatlands and will be a roguelike/lite.

That’s my ramble for the day. I wrote most of it during English class instead of reading the book I’m supposed to be reading. PLEASE tell me your opinion on this theory and some of your own in comments/tags!!

[7goodangel]

Ah gosh I forgot I had this sketch! 

Well since it is Splatfest - I think this is a good time to post this super old sketch o-o

So... I was scrolling on SplatNet2 one day to see what kind of gear is for sale... and I came across this:

(image from SplatoonWiki)

THIS. I was like “Oh my gosh I need this super 90s jacket”. Which then made me think about if Fresh was in the Splatoon universe... just gosh what a match for that parasite. (honestly I bet others have thought of this prior to me.. it just took me so long to make the connections)

ANYWAY - I kinda want to digitize this sketch later.. think it will be fun to color a squid Fresh staring into your soul! ^^

(GEEZ it took me forever to find the gosh dang letters to use since it IS Splatoon and those squid-kids got their own lingo and alphabet o-o)

 Fresh was created by CQ!