Splatoon

I’d suggest a sports movie type setup where the Octoling team seems like the transparently evil rival team and then the protagonists get to know them and they’re actually decent if extremely competitive

Possibly a plot to steal the great zapfish occurs by the not competitors

Also possibly the Octoling team almost gets disqualified for suspicion of involvement but the protagonists go “no they’re fresh as heck”

Edited by Bocaj on Oct 19th 2019 at 12:29:26 PM

In addition, as far as the Octo Expansion goes, wasn't quite a bit of the racial undertones added by the localization team anyway? I remember hearing somewhere that Cap'n Cuttlefish was just more generically paranoid in the original Japanese and that the "I don't see species" stuff is unique to the translation, but I'm not sure how accurate that is.

As far as a Splatoon movie goes, I'd say there are three main directions you could go depending on how serious (relatively speaking) you wanted to go. The first would be the Sports Movie setup that Bocaj mentioned, which would be probably the lightest option. If you wanted something a little more dramatic, shift the focus more to the Octoling threat; maybe have them disrupt a Splatfest or something. You could also shift focus to the Salmonids, who would be a more serious threat given that the Inklings apparently relate them to the apocalypse.

Or you could do a combination. My idea would be that the story focuses on a team who's trying to win a tournament or something, but they need a fourth team member, so they recruit an Octoling. The Octoling is secretly a spy for Octavio, but their experiences with the Inklings effectively cause them to defect from the Octarians when they realize that life in Inkopolis is pretty sweet and that the Inklings honesly don't give a crap if the Octolings want to hang out. It basically causes them to realize that the Inkling/Octoling conflict is like 90% due to Octavio not wanting to share. Then partway through it's revealed that Octavio is dealing with the Salmonids as a means to compensate for all the Octolings who are leaving, but it results in the Salmonids starting a massive invasion, which leads to the Inklings and Octolings joining forces in an effort to stop it.

I'd do a whole plot parody where this up and coming band needs to take part in a charity Splat Zone match and their serious business guitarist wants to actually win it.

Bocaj: Oh, wow, that's quite a bit better than what I was thinking.

I did consider the Salmonids, but they're probably best saved for the sequel.

Happy Halloween!

8's smile is so large here it's too precious

Her expression with the blender almost looks like a PTSD flashback to Octo Expansion, lol

That was very cute. I liked it.

IRL Off the Hook music video

Yeah, their seiyuu also did a collab :D

5.1 balance update coming January 5th at 6 pm PST, next update will be in April.

Patch notes are up in Japanese.

We're still getting balance passes?

Neat.

Nintendo Instagram: Pearl hanging out with the Squid Sisters during Squidmas, but where's Marina?

Who do you think held the camera?

Y'all just had to choose Pearl.

Looks like we'll have to save her from the Salmonids in Splatoon 3...?

There's Marina.

bocaj fuckin caled it

Merry Squidmas!

2020 is coming. Have an SOS. Save Our Salmons.

We're getting another expansion? I'm getting hyped!

Somebody is having fun.

Time to save Marina and the Salmonids from Grizz...?

Even though most of the team is finishing up Animal Crossing at the moment, it's not unheard of a small team doing extra content for a another game.

I wonder if it's that April update we were told about with the next update.

The string: "The SplatNet 2 online service is no longer available," has been added both to SplatNet 2 and Murch in-game as of 5.1.

To be clear, they've added the error message to the code, for the undefined future date when they do shut it down. The service is still online and no plans to shut it down have been announced.