#showing how inklings and octolings have been united long enough since then to fall in love and have 14yo kids

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I dont get why so many people want another species in splatoon 4 like the entire point of the story of splatoon is the war and divide between inklings and octolings and them coming back together after they're reconnected by the human spirit like. another species would throw off that yin and yang balance. yeah inklings and octolings were at war and used to live in harmony but while octolings were forced underground after losing the turf war against inklings the issue of less land for all the species had no effect on the 3rd species the sharkling. they were all just chilling.

like I know theyd add lore for another species and connect them into other preexisting storylines but it would always feel shoved in no matter what. it needs to just stay inklings and octolings so the parallel yin and yang two sides of the same coin theme of the entire story stays. not even mentioning the fact that if they did try and connect lore with inklings octolings and a 3rd species itd be too similar to the story of inklings and octolings we already just saw play out bc itd just be explaining how that species fit into everything