History Trivia / Splatoon2

* MilestoneCelebration: The Squids vs. Octopi Splatfest took place on July 20th, 2018, just a day under one year since the game's international release date. It qualifies both outside of and in universe, where it's referred to as the first anniversary of Off the Hook's Inkopolis News program.

* MilestoneCelebration: The Squids vs. Octopi Splatfest took place on July 20th, just a day before the game's international release date. It qualifies both outside of and in universe, where it's referred to as the first anniversary of Off the Hook's Inkopolis News program.

* KillerApp: Just like its [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Wii U predecessor]], ''Splatoon 2'' quickly became this in Japan, [[https://gonintendo.com/stories/286105-japan-splatoon-2-sells-over-670k-copies-in-its-first-3-days selling 671k units during its three-day launch weekend]], '''over a third''' of the first game's lifetime sales.[[note]]-- which, for comparison's sake, sold 157k during its own first four days after launch.[[/note]] Just a month after release, the game managed to sell [[http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/164536708654 over a million units in Japan alone]]. By the end of the year, [[https://nintendosoup.com/splatoon-2-surpasses-splatoon-lifetime-sales-japan-nintendo-games-continues-dominate-charts/ it had surpassed sales of the original game]]. And just a week later, it was announced that the game had [[https://www.resetera.com/threads/splatoon-2-is-the-first-console-game-to-sell-over-2m-in-japan-in-8-years.15589/ become the first console game to sell 2 million units in Japan]] '''in eight years.'''[[note]]The last game to do so was VideoGame/WiiParty, which released back in 2010.[[/note]] ''Splatoon 2'' is currently the top-selling Nintendo Switch game in Japan, and is popular enough outside the region to be the fourth best-selling game for the console globally (behind only ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart8 Deluxe'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'').

* KillerApp: Just like its [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Wii U predecessor]], ''Splatoon 2'' quickly became this in Japan, [[https://gonintendo.com/stories/286105-japan-splatoon-2-sells-over-670k-copies-in-its-first-3-days selling 671k units during its three-day launch weekend]], '''over a third''' of the first game's lifetime sales.[[note]]-- which, for comparison's sake, sold 157k during its own first four days after launch.[[/note]] Just a month after release, the game managed to sell [[http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/164536708654 over a million units in Japan alone]]. By the end of the year, [[https://nintendosoup.com/splatoon-2-surpasses-splatoon-lifetime-sales-japan-nintendo-games-continues-dominate-charts/ it had surpassed sales of the original game]]. And just a week later, it was announced that the game had [[https://www.resetera.com/threads/splatoon-2-is-the-first-console-game-to-sell-over-2m-in-japan-in-8-years.15589/ become the first console game to sell 2 million units in Japan]] '''in eight years.'''[[note]]The last game to do so was VideoGame/WiiParty, which released back in 2010.[[/note]] Outside of Japan, it's slightly less popular, but still counts with over 6 million copies sold worldwide, making it fourth top-selling game of Switch's first year - behind only ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart8 Deluxe'', and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''.

** To distinct playable Octolings from their enemy counterparts[[note]]which both officially called "Octolings" in Westerm versions[[/note]], Western fans call the enemy versions "Octozons", which came from its official Japanese name ''Takozonesu'' (from ''tako'' = octopus, ''amazones'' = amazons), while making a distinction from the playable versions, named ''Tako'' (octopus).

** To distinct playable Octolings from their enemy counterparts[[note]]which both officially called "Octolings" in Westerm versions[[/note]], Western fans call the enemy versions "Octozons", which came from the official Japanese name ''Takozonesu'' (from ''tako'' = octopus, ''amazones'' = amazons) while the playable version is named ''Tako'' (octopus).

** The Testfire version of "Inkoming!", "Rip Entry", "Undertow", "Now or Never" (Wet Floor) and "Turf Master" is slightly different from the final release.

** After the announcement of the Octo Expansion and the fact that it's located in a subway, a few keen eyed fans noted there had been an inaccessible subway entrance in the main plaza, down an otherwise dead-end path. While one could argue the path was merely there for symmetry with the entrance to Salmon Run, a these fans speculated it would be the entrance to the Expansion's content and had be hiding in plain sight since day one. Even the sprite artwork of a Gunion (the octopus-like enemy from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'') seen in the subway entrance made it more obvious. They were correct.

* KillerApp: Just like its [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Wii U predecessor]], ''Splatoon 2'' quickly became this in Japan, [[https://gonintendo.com/stories/286105-japan-splatoon-2-sells-over-670k-copies-in-its-first-3-days selling 671k units during its three-day launch weekend]], '''over a third''' of the first game's lifetime sales.[[note]]-- which, for comparison's sake, sold 157k during its own first four days after launch.[[/note]] Just a month after release, the game managed to sell [[http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/164536708654 over a million units in Japan alone]]. By the end of the year, [[https://nintendosoup.com/splatoon-2-surpasses-splatoon-lifetime-sales-japan-nintendo-games-continues-dominate-charts/ it had surpassed sales of the original game]]. And just a week later, it was announced that the game had [[https://www.resetera.com/threads/splatoon-2-is-the-first-console-game-to-sell-over-2m-in-japan-in-8-years.15589/ become the first console game to sell 2 million units in Japan]] '''in eight years.'''[[note]]The last game to do so was VideoGame/WiiParty, which released back in 2010.[[/note]]

* FridgeBrilliance: In Octo Expansion, one of the latter chat sessions between Pearl, Marina, and Cuttlefish has Pearl comment that Octolings have started coming to Inkopolis and also have started to blend with society. While this may seem weird if you're still stuck down in Deepsea Metro, this chat session occurs when it's entirely possible that other players have cleared Octo Expansion as quickly as possible without doing all the tests and only focusing on getting all Thangs first, which is probably what so many did.

** After the announcement of the Octo Expansion and the fact that it's located in a Subway, a few keen eyed fans noted there had been an inaccessible subway entrance in the main plaza, down an otherwise dead-end path. While one could argue the path was merely there for symmetry with the entrance to Salmon Run, a these fans speculated it would be the entrance to the Expansion's content and had be hiding in plain sight since day one. They were correct.

** The trailer for ''Octo Expansion'' actually contains one little bit: in the trailer version of the "battle Octolings in the woods" stage, trees pop up when their stumps are shot, suggested that this sort of terrain manipulation would be a component of the game. In the final game, all the trees are deployed from the start, and none of the challenges utilize this sort of tech.

** At one point, Off the Hook was going to be an Octoling duo. After it was decided to make it mixed-race, Pearl was originally going to be the same height as Marina and similarly wear a midriff-bearing outfit.

** Marina isn't the first [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Octopus girl from a Nintendo game]]. In fact, she also shares her name with the Italian versions of Marie.

** Relatedly, "playable" Octolings were possible via data manipulation as far back as ''Splatoon 1'', but upon seeing this in action many people speculated that one of the problems holding the concept of formal playable ones back was that, since they weren't originally designed to be playable, the EightiesHair-inspired Octoling hair was built in such a way that wasn't compatible with the vast majority of hats ''at all'' and they'd need a hair remodel to be playable. The hair remaining in ''2'' for the NPC Octolings was seen as a sign playable ones might not happen. Cue ''Octo Expansion'', and the female Octoling hair has been ''significantly'' re-designed to play much more nicely with hats, while still retaining the general shape and concept.

** Soon after the game released, pointers were discovered in the data for "[=OctGirl=]" and "[=OctBoy=]" as options for character customization, but with nothing associated with them, leading many to suspect that playable Octolings would be added to ''Splatoon 2'' at some point or may have been cut from development. Sure enough, when March 2018 rolled around, Octolings were announced for playability with the ''Octo Expansion'' DLC.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The playable Octoling rumors from the original started up again after an early balance patch, where dataminers discovered character attributes for the player's species in addition to the regular customization options, like gender, skin tone, and hairstyle, alongside unused model meshes that looked suspiciously like hair models for both genders of octos, separate from what the [=NPCs=] use. One of the [[IdolSinger pop stars]] hosting the newscast being an Octoling only added fuel to the fire. Playable Octolings did become reality with the reveal of the ''Octo Expansion'' for ''S2'' in March of 2018.

** Soon after the game released, pointers were discovered in the data for "[=OctGirl=]" and "[=OctBoy=]" as options for character customization, but with nothing associated with them, leading many to suspect that playable Octolings would be added to ''Splatoon 2'' at some point or may have been cut from development. Sure enough, when March 2018 rolled around, Octolings were announced for playability with the ''Octo Expansion'' DLC. Relatedly, "playable" Octolings were possible via data manipulation as far back as ''Splatoon 1'', but upon seeing this in action many people speculated that one of the problems holding the concept of formal playable ones back was that, since they weren't originally designed to be playable, the EightiesHair-inspired Octoling hair was built in such a way that wasn't compatible with the vast majority of hats ''at all'' and they'd need a hair remodel to be playable. The hair remaining in ''2'' for the NPC Octolings was seen as a sign playable ones might not happen. Cue ''Octo Expansion'', and the female Octoling hair has been ''significantly'' re-designed to play much more nicely with hats, while still retaining the general shape and concept.

** After the Hero Mode trailer dropped, many people have predicted that [[spoiler:Callie was brainwashed by DJ Octavio]]. Many people also expected that [[spoiler:the final boss theme is a DarkReprise version of "Bomb Rush Blush" (Callie's solo song)]].

** The Testfire version of "Inkoming!", "Rip Entry", "Undertow" and "Turf Master" is slightly different from the final release.

** After the Hero Mode trailer dropped, many people have predicted that [[spoiler:Callie was brainwashed by DJ Octavio]].
*** Many people also expected that [[spoiler:the final boss theme is a DarkReprise version of "Bomb Rush Blush" (Callie's solo song)]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: ''2'' is this even more so than the original ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''. Several jokes rely heavily on mid-2010s culture. The in-series bands also take inspiration from contemporary artists in their sound and dancing styles. The fashion is very 2010s with an emphasis on {{hipster}} and urban styles of clothing, and sidecuts are featured in several hairstyles. Pearl even dabs in the Off the Hook/Squid Sisters concert.

** Marina isn't the first [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Octopus girl from a Nintendo game]]. In fact, she also shares her name with the French and Italian versions of Marie.