#amped octostamp

[splatoon-confession-box]

the amped octostamps are genuinely the worst enemy ever, they're so annoying especially if you have multiple to deal with

[kabii-kins]

Can I have brainrot about fictional characters's card decks? Should I have brain rot about fictional characters's card decks?

Anyways--

I love these three so much.

I love how they're the only three, as far as I'm concerned, to share both the Amped Octostamp and Ink Mine cards. (Having both in their decks at the same time.)

I love how Annie's weapon cards reflect her weapons decorating side gig.

I love how Spyke and Annie have wildly different brands for their cards, but then proceed to have overlap with them sharing the Krak-on card, implying that despite them being on opposite sides of the playing field, they're on the same team.

I love how the Carbon Roller Deco is just a miniature version of the Dynamo Roller card, and I only see it that way because Annie and Spyke, in that order, have them in their decks.

I love how that "roller in the deck" theme reflects on Murch too, as the Brush started out as a Roller class weapon and is still a subclass of the weapon type to this day despite its establishment as its own thing.

I love how the Special weapons in Spyke and Annie's decks reflect an aspect of their personality, and to a degree, their species--

Annie has a defensive special that attracts enemies like a lure, showing off her "shy yet somehow attractive (popular)" vibe and also referencing how Sea Anemones are opertunistic carnivores (waiting for prey to come by so they can capture and consume them).

While Spyke's "Outgoing yet Recluse, but not 100% by choice" and "sea roomba" vibes and references stem from the Kraken Royale, an offensive special with the potential to One-Hit enemies that glides effortlessly across the playing field. (Leading opponents to actively dodge and evade the Special as a result)

In a more general sense, I just love how Spyke and Annie's cards themselves are extremely similar yet wildly different, reflecting them as characters. I love how Annie's special peg is representative of Moe, while Spyke's special peg represents his eye (Like Murch's card does).

I love how Spyke has Murch in his deck.

I know everyone from the Booyah Base has their splat 3 counterpart in their decks, but this is just adorable to me. It gives off that "having a picture of your child in your wallet" vibe to me. Love it.

I love them.

[pinkish-purple]

Observations, Thoughts and Speculation on Technology and Weaponry in Splatoon

I think it's already widely known that Salmonids and Octarians have a trade agreement, which enables Salmonids to use Octarian technology in exchange for Power Eggs. But upon further observation of the desing of weaponry some things don't seem to add up and even leave room for speculation.

Let us first take a look at a few examples which showcase the parallels between Octarian and Salmonid waeapons:

1. Obvious parallels

These salmonid outright use octarian technology, in form of scrapped parts.

First off we have the helicopter helmets used by Octocopters being used by various salmonid, like the Chinook, the Smallfry operating(?) the Fishstick, which also seem to use the same nozzles found on the tanks of Octotroopers, and as of Splatoon 3 the Snatchers.

Then there are the Scrappers using the shields from Shielded Octotroopers, which also play the "Onward!" motif when stunned, which is heavily tied to DJ Octavio.

2. The Maybes

These are the weapons which may have ties to octarian technology and some are very speculative.

First off the Flipper Flopper, whose eyes bare a resemblance to the eyes of the Octo Shower from Octo canyon. This similarity could also just stem from aesthetics but I opted to mention it anyway.

The Mothership seems to employ levitation technology, which is also heavily associated with Octarians.

The Grillers function a lot like Flooders and could therefore be directly inspired by them.

Now we come to the last category:

3. Ties to Octarians and Inkling Weapon manufacturers

These weapons not only resemble octarian tech but also Special weapons used in Turf Wars which lead to the question of who invented what first and how did the tech get from one to the other.

Let's take a look at the [Big Shot], which uses its cannon to create shockwaves in the same way as DJ Octavio in his Boss battle, the Amped Octostamps in Alterna, and the Wavebreaker. Even though the Methods are different, the all have the same effect.

Another example are the Flyfish, using bottle missiles just like Tenta Missiles and the Octostrikers in Octo Expansion. (Though this is speculative, as we can't be sure if the Missile Octostrikers were a part of the actual Octarian Army, or if they were a fabrication of Kamabo Co. as we don't encounter them in Octo Canyon.)

Lastly there is the case of the Slammin'Lid which uses Octarian levitation technology as well as a force field similar to the Big Bubbler and the Octodisco. Here I'd like to mention that the Octidisco also uses the same propeller as the Big Bubbler to stay in the air.

These examples put into question who invented what first. So there are a few explanations:

a) Octarians came up with the tech first, then gave it to the Octarians, and Inkopolis weapon manufacturers just copied them and sold them as their own ideas.

b) It was the other way around, in which the Octarians or the Salmonid copied the Special Weapons

c) All 3 parties individually came up with the same ideas, which seems highly unlikely

I personally favor scenario a) in which Weapon Manufacturers copy the other two, as this would put Inkling society/ corporations into a different light, using their enemies technology to decimate them. Which leads us to Grizzco Industries, as they are possibly the only company with close enough contact to the Salmonid to efficiently replicate their tech, to then sell it to Weapon Manufacturers.

Scenario a) is also supported by the existence of the Stingray and Inkstorm Special Weapons as these are also used by Stingers and Drizzlers respectively. The fact that both Special Weapons entered the market around the same time as Salmon Runs were starting to happen, alludes to the possibility of Weapon Manufacturers copying the Salmonids weapons.

I think the same happening the other way around is less likely, because I can't really picture the Salmonid spying on the Inklings. This seems to be more of an Octarian thing.

And there you have it. A possible explanation for the parallels in Weaponry between the Inklings, Octarians and Salmonid. Any further thoughts are greatly appreciated.

[mollusc-era]

DEVIOUS amped octostamp

[butchzilla]

hii ^_^ do you have a favorite octarian? mine is the amped octostamp

OCTOBALL.... they are so fucking small and round i love them

[eclectic-spaghetti]

More Splatoon 2 Headcanons No One Asked For, But the First One Seemed to do Moderately Okay, So Here We Are

(people seemed to like my first hc post about salmon run, so here’s more)

NOTE: THIS POST FOCUSES ON THE SINGLE-PLAYER CAMPAIGN. SOME OF THIS MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE SUNKEN SCROLLS.

The Great Zapfish can spawn other lesser Zapfish, which can grow into more Great Zapfish after millennia.

While Zapfish are the predominant source of power for Inkopolis, during the period without the Zapfish, they used other methods of collecting energy, including solar panels.

The Octarians are fascinated with music, which is one of the reasons DJ Octavio is their leader.

Octarians, due to their remote location of residence, due not have access to an efficient power supply, which is why they continually attempt to steal the Zapfish. Octavio wants the lesser Zapfish to provide power to the Octarians, while the Great Zapfish he takes to power his Octobot King.

Octotroopers are the grunt forces of the Octarians, given the lowest status, the dirtiest jobs, and the trash-tier ink weaponry. Despite this, they regard the Great Octoweapons and the Octolings with great awe and respect.

Octotroopers that are slightly more inventive than the others take materials discarded by the Octoweapons and fashion them into makeshift shields.

Octocopters are Octarians that are singled out as the lightest of the bunch, given a snazzy propleller hat, and sent out into the fray as airborne cannon fodder shock troops.

Octosnipers use their powerful lungs to spit their ink through their nozzles, creating a high-intensity blast.

Octobombers produce explosive ink, which they hurl inside a small, dense bomb.

Octostamps are large metal cubes that are infested with the Octarians biomechanical tentacles, creating a mashing, smashing, death machine.

Octohurlers ingest Rolonium units until they are ready to hurl it at enemy Inklings.

Octoseekers are modified Octostamps that are controlled by a pilot. They enjoy playing a slightly more 'jarring’ version of ‘tag’ with each other when not on duty, smashing their vehicles into each other.

Octozepplins are repurposed advertisement floats that the Octarians stole from Inkopolis and filled with deadly ink.

Octocommanders are elite Octosnipers that have amped-up spit glands that allow them to produce and fir even more powerful and deadly ink.

Octoballers are a popular toy among young Octarians, and many children organize ‘fights’ with them in Octarian residences, where fighters try to bonk the others out of the designated space.

Squee-Gs were developed by the Octarians for use in the Great Turf War, but the Inklings overpowered their domain before they could perfect the design. Now they are finally complete!

The Mighty Octostomp is an enpowered Octostamp that was entrusted to be the sole guardian of a Zapfish. In its spare time, it enjoys: stomping.

The Dreaded Octonozzle is a repurposed (and very old) section of human piping that the Octarians salvaged from a ruined laboratory.

The Rampaging Octowhirl is the Octarians foul mockery of a clam. Their biomechanical technology has infested it and turned it into a raving monster.

The Ravenous Octomaw was for the purpose of gathering food for the Octarians, but then repurposed into a killing machine during the Great Turf War.

The Octo Oven is... super weird. I don’t even know what to say about it. It’s weird. And Marie’s bread puns killed me.

The Octo Samurai was created when the Octarians played Pikmin 2′s Waterwraith level.

The Octo Shower was based off of the Inklings Ink Storm ability, but they have somehow made it much more mobile and deadly.

The Neo Octostomp was reborn from the wreckage of the Mighty Octostomp. Now it’s angry.

Octolings were normally a peaceful race, content to do battle with the Inkling sin friendly Turf Wars, but DJ Octavio and the Octarians have nearly completely subjugated their entire species through use of the Hypnoshades.

To Octogoggles from Splatoon 1 were a prototype version of Splatoon 2′s Hypnoshades. Octavio tested them on the Octolings, before making changes to allow them to function on Inklings.

DJ Octavio’s Octobot King is s energy-intensive that it cannot function without the Great Zapfish connected to it. (Theoretically, it could work if you hooked up 10,000 lesser Zapfish, but that would require an absurd amount of work and a lot of extension cords.)

DJ Octavio is an evil Octoling who spends almost all his time as an Octopus, which allows him to operate the turntables with ease and still be able to throw candy to the crowds.

After the Callie vs. Marie Splatfest, (which Marie won), Callie was always viewed as the second-best out of the Squid Sisters, causing the ‘pressure of fame’ to hit her harder than it did Marie, who was always more naturally calm than her cousin.

Octavio left his special Hypnoshades out where Callie could find them. Callie was in the market for something new to wear during the filming of New Sardine, and had never worn sunglasses before, and they looked pretty fresh!