50 Fun Facts About Splatoon

The first Splatoon game launched in 2015 on which console?

Its GamePad showed a live overhead map of the battle.

In which year was the first Splatoon released?

It arrived in late May, a year after its E3 reveal.

What are the playable characters evolved from octopuses called?

They belong to the wider Octarian species that lost the war a century before the first game.

What is the name of the three-minute mode in which teams compete to ink the most floor?

Splatting enemies scores nothing directly; only covered floor counts.

Splatoon 2 launched in July 2017 on which console?

It was formally unveiled in the Switch reveal trailer that January.

In which year did Splatoon 3 come out?

It was teased at the end of a Nintendo Direct in February 2021.

What was the 2018 downloadable story add-on for Splatoon 2 called?

It follows an amnesiac agent through a subterranean subway of test trials.

What is the title of Splatoon 3's 2024 single-player expansion?

It was the second half of the paid Expansion Pass.

Splatoon 3's expansion borrows mechanics from which game genre?

Players unlock 'color chips' on 'palettes' as they climb a spire.

How many floors does the spire in Splatoon 3's expansion have?

The player must reach the top to defeat a rogue artificial intelligence.

Which 2026 Switch 2 spin-off sends a trio of idols and a mechanic exploring new islands?

It is the series' first spin-off game.

Which island region does the 2026 spin-off explore?

The party includes an unnamed mechanic alongside the Splatoon 3 idols.

What is the co-op survival mode introduced in Splatoon 2?

Four players fend off hostile Salmonids to meet a quota each wave.

In the co-op mode, what do players collect from Boss Salmonids to meet a quota?

A standard shift has three waves, each with its own quota.

Which Ranked mode was brand new in Splatoon 2?

Teams hurl golden clams into baskets in the enemy base to drain a points counter.

Players must reach which level to unlock Ranked Battles?

Ranked modes last five minutes plus overtime.

What share of a zone must be inked to control it in Splat Zones?

If two zones are in play, both must be held at once to run down the timer.

Splatoon 3 Splatfests ask players to choose between how many teams?

Earlier games offered just two sides, such as cats vs. dogs.

Which idol lost the first game's final Splatfest and became an antagonist in Splatoon 2?

Developers hinted the result shaped the sequel's story, then confirmed it.

Which side won Splatoon 2's final Splatfest, apparently shaping Splatoon 3's setting?

The 'Chaos vs. Order' result fed the third game's apocalyptic world.

Which side won Splatoon 3's 'Grand Festival'?

Fans speculated the result might influence a fourth mainline game.

What is the name of the idol duo in the first Splatoon?

Their songs, like all the series' vocal music, are sung in a fictional language.

Which idol group features in Splatoon 3?

The bandits-turned-idols repeatedly ambush Agent 3 underground.

Which of these is a member of the Splatoon 3 idol trio?

He performs alongside Shiver and Frye.

What is the player designated in Splatoon 2's expansion?

The amnesiac recruit follows directions from a talking telephone.

Up to how many testing trials does Splatoon 2's expansion contain?

They are scattered through a subterranean subway station.

Which corporation manages the subway in Splatoon 2's expansion?

The name nods to kamaboko, the Japanese fish cake.

In Splatoon 2's expansion, the player must collect four objects known as what?

Collecting them is supposed to open the way to the surface.

What is the title of Splatoon 3's single-player campaign?

It was first shown in a dedicated trailer in September 2021.

What is the name of the small Salmonid that accompanies Agent 3 in Splatoon 3?

The pair are pulled underground by a mass of Fuzzy Ooze.

What is the domed human-era settlement explored in Splatoon 3's campaign?

Two familiar idols and the original Agent 3 are waiting there.

What is the hub city of Splatoon 3?

It sits in the Splatlands, a new region for the series.

What does DJ Octavio repeatedly steal from Inkopolis?

It is the city's primary power source.

Where was DJ Octavio imprisoned after his defeat in the first game?

He escapes it before the events of Splatoon 2.

Who heads the New Squidbeak Splatoon in the first game?

He is the elderly general from the war a century earlier.

Roughly how far in the future is the Splatoon series set?

Humans and nearly all mammals are gone, apparently due to climate change.

Which cat is the only surviving mammal in the series' present day?

He oversees match results and is a leftover from the original rabbit-themed art direction.

What nickname did developers give the first Splatoon test build?

Its greyscale block characters sprayed ink from their 'noses'.

Which animal did the team settle on for the characters before switching to squids?

Their black-or-white fur made teams easy to tell apart, but colleagues found the ink link baffling.

Who suggested Mario as a last-resort character and later said the prototype had 'no appeal'?

He eventually approved the squid-to-kid transformation mechanic.

Which studio assisted Nintendo EAD on Splatoon and every game since?

Monolith is best known for the Xenoblade series.

The Inklings' square hands are an allusion to what?

They also have ten appendages, like real squids.

Inklings dissolve immediately on contact with what?

It was the only hazard designers felt justified out-of-bounds areas.

Inklings were drawn as 17-year-olds but finally aged down to what?

Their eye masks were inspired by punk-rock makeup.

Splatoon's original leads had previously worked on which Nintendo series?

Shintaro Sato built the first prototype and Hisashi Nogami became series producer.

Which two weapon classes did Splatoon 2 add?

Dualies allow dodge rolls; Brellas are umbrella-shaped shotguns.

How many weapon classes exist across the franchise after Splatoon 3?

Splatoon 3 added the Stringer and Splatana.

What is the second of the two communication signals, alongside 'This Way!'?

Players can also super jump to a teammate from an in-match menu.

Which game kept the first Splatoon off the top of the UK chart in its launch week?

It was still the fastest-selling new IP on the Wii U there.

At which event was the first Splatoon revealed in 2014?

Only about 10% of the game was finished at the time.