#when it came to splatoon oc worldbuilding it was the wild west out there people HAD to make up everything because

[rassicas]

Saw you reblog your ROTM/Mr Grizz post and yea- I think the main issue with Splatoon lore is just how hard it is to access if you aren't in Japan. Nintendo of America does a REALLY bad job of making things obvious, and so much worldbuilding is either mistranslated or just never makes it over here. I don't want Splatoon to become super lore-heavy and ignore the fun parts it currently has, but I do want Nintendo to make things more explicit so we avoid things like the Octoling mind control or all mammals being extinct.

yeah it really sucks that its how it is. i remember in 2018, when i started getting more deeply interested in understanding splatoon's canon, i would see people making up everything about salmonid culture, or making mammal characters for their splatoon oc worldbuilding, and id say to myself "am i the only one who has tried going through these developer interviews with google translate to get info???" and it turned out the answer was. yes sometimes i hate to say it but. facts. ever since i started making videos consequently getting more people curious about splatoon's lore, ive noticed a huge improvement in the splatoon community's overall understanding of the lore and worldbuilding. we cant change how NOA handles splatoon, but i do what i do to try and get people to understand my favorite game series better and i think its paid off