I WAS NOT READY FOR THE SPLATOON 3 DIRECT...

[@JayMoji]

TEAM SCISSORS BABY

[@Style_224]

Here here

[@Ace_Gor3y]

Lol 2nd here

[@Enel673]

Same

[@naeem1913]

Same

[@Lìnne1196]

LETS GO GRANDMA

[@Inhaledcorn]

When I saw Hammerhead Bridge, I was like, "Oh, dang! They actually finished it!" because in Splatoon 1, it was under construction, and the constant battles there kept interrupting their work.

[@TribicalFonzo]

@SMToadettepruwu :3 💚🤍 it takes a long time to build a bridge which has had 7 years getting constantly interrupted by turf war battles lmao

[@TribicalFonzo]

@SMToadettepruwu :3 💚🤍 😂😂

[@u1tra_p0wer52]

I was so happy that it came back alongside Mahi Mahi Resort. Those were my two ideal favorite stages to come back

[@Inhaledcorn]

@@u1tra_p0wer52 I think you mean Mahi Mahi (like the fish).

[@glitch6436]

the memories, when I get in that test fire I will a harbinger of death

[@failboat]

I would like to use a shovel as my primary weapon

[@Style_224]

Same

[@Ace_Gor3y]

FAILBOAT@!?!??!?!

[@Mattbuddy0947]

True

[@esmooth919]

Ok, Shovel Knight

[@Kumatora._]

SAME

[@Hollowlock]

I lost it at “no clam blitz though.” *literally not even a second later* “FUCK!” *and there it is.*

[@d0ku]

that was literally my reaction when i saw clam blitz 😭

[@LonerChief]

I hate how they brought back clam blitz I do not like at all.

[@Sora_jay]

Clam bitz is my favourite so that was hilarious to watch

[@mystic5175]

All my homies hate clam blitz

[@nikieramarriott9928]

Clam Blitz is one of the best ranked modes

[@gio_wuz_here]

I love how Big Man can't even use scissors yet he is leading team scissors

[@nintendoboy3605]

Oh he can by combining his 2 arms in a scissors like motion

[@jessicawilliams8399]

@@nintendoboy3605 yeah but how can he cut with them

[@nintendoboy3605]

@@jessicawilliams8399 He doesn't need to cut with them he can still use it for playing Rock Paper Scissors

[@UtahBoot]

He will use his mouth to carry them

[@laszlonagy02]

He deffinitelly was the last ever thing put in the game. Like really? That's best they come up with for a stingray?

[@kitsyune4603]

3:38 "we also have familiar specials, like the tenta--" jay: "NOOOOOOOOOOO"

[@i_teleported_bread7404]

I remember watching the Nintendo Direct last year when they first announced that they were making Splatoon 3. Me and my little brother were freaking _floating_ dude, we were so hyped. I can't believe it's so close already.

[@epitomicmess]

i remember it too. i was in the hospital with her waiting for our son to decide to be born XD. & now he's 1 and a half years old. crazy

[@mr.samishi3248]

I also remember it. Then I saw that it was coming out in 2022 and I fucking died right then and there.

[@The_Artist_Official]

“Hey we makin another sploon” *Halo theme*

[@moosesues8887]

I never played splatoon Ig

[@andreagonzalez3405]

I couldn't watch the Nintendo direct, so the next day I woke up at like 8 in the morning and turned on my switch, just to see in the news "Splatoon 3 incoming" I think I woke up my neighbors

[@greyrifterrellik5837]

Just to make it less panic-inducing. They specifically said "end of this *saga"* That does not necessarily mean "no further games", it would just mean that any future games with singleplayer would start a *new* story.

[@leviachan5611]

TEAAAA

[@KorokYT]

Ok, that's a relief

[@Damian.TAC0MUNCHR]

That's good

[@nailinthefashion]

I think the next one will have cats be playable, Judd knows something

[@AnAnonymousPenguin]

​@@nailinthefashion ik this was ages ago, but imagine playable judd with lil Judd as little buddy

[@TKNinja37]

Team Rock might be a solid choice, but if they want to cement victory, they'll need to be a little bolder. Team Paper can wrap things up quickly, but if they come out flat, it won't be long before they fold. Team Scissors has the edge, but they gotta stay sharp if they wanna make the cut.

[@PortgasDAce-wt2qu]

Love this!

[@nsgarci8047]

"This is the comedy police, the joke's too funny!"

[@Maritime_Memories]

Wocky slime

[@scrp6638]

Team Scissors has big man tho

[@MoonlightStatic]

Ha 😂

[@dimsum8295]

If you look at the special icons during the story mode, you will actually see the splashdown icon they just forgot to mention

[@squeenixu]

I hope it's story exclusive

[@plaidhatter1674]

I just had an idea. I call it splashjump. It would be on shirts and would somehow make your super jump a splashdown under VERY specific conditions. So it would be like adding the best of splashdown.

[@ChaiGptea1010]

@@plaidhatter1674 Idea for a condition- teams losing and 1min left

[@pigeon2844]

where send the timestamp

[@exeledusprince9165]

@@SomeSpicyRice see you say that, but tenta missiles

[@nlinky5307]

In the wise words of Frye "you can write devastating things on paper"

[@nailinthefashion]

She looks down at a post it and grimaces "5head"

[@ameliawillars]

@@nailinthefashion more like 6head

[@nailinthefashion]

@@ameliawillars why I oughta.....!!!!

[@toypikachutheoctoling6029]

2 things I noticed 1: Rainbow Anarchy is my new favorite song,and the squid roll reminds me of the kraken,and in the screenshot for hammerhead bridge you can see the nils statue

[@Vicvillon]

4:03 I was about to have words if you were gonna wish harm on my friendly horseshoe crab buddy 👁

[@MyraFoong666]

Fun fact: Harmony, the anemone girl, is actually from the band Chirpy Chips Their music is good plz listen to them

[@supersquidkidsofresh]

1:19 Jay's laugh at this part was hilarious

[@Octoshotter2009]

5:43 Jay: no claim blits now Splatoon 3: Claim blits appears Jay: F*CK

[@kingdanett4043]

I love how the splatfest music is based on Brazilian somba music (I think). It would be awesome if every splatfest had music based on a different cultures festival music

[@Octokito]

I definitely felt like it was a cross between Brazilian somba and Indian bollywood

[@soproprioio622]

Me when *macarena*

[@taigalou]

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT!! I KNEW IT WAS FAMILIAR, I'M SO PROUD TO BE BRAZILIAN RN LOVE OUR MUSIC BABYYY

[@aishutoon4553]

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOME BOLLYWOOD IN THERE

[@zaybeol]

@@taigalou SIM MANO EU TO MT ANIMADA

[@slm20408]

5:38 "Its ruined, no clam bitz though, **half a second later** FUCK!!"

[@c0reproducer]

all fun and games until theres a murder weapon splatfest "Melee, Ranged or Indirect?"

[@achoch]

“Yes”

[@Blue-fg8vt]

And your weapons are limited based apon what you choose.

[@FrostyBooyyy]

5:42 Best reaction and timing

[@YourLocalCreature]

For the love of god internet, don't give Frye the same treatment that Pearl got at first. Please

[@wastelander]

Too late

[@ShaOryDow]

Waaay too late...

[@YourLocalCreature]

I know the forehead jokes are inevitable, but save the genuinely atrocious comments in your private discord chat

[@gdchannel3501]

History's repeating itself.

[@Girldont-ib6vw]

They are... Lmao Idc, Frye is awesome and the most charismatic one

[@Jadelisha]

I like it how jaymoji was shocked when he saw a inkling do a dab

[@devin-little]

I'm happy you saw the stream today but I got to say it's impressive that you had the stream today and after 4 hours you uploaded a video keep going man I love your work.

[@milkisgood437]

I have a feeling that scissors is gonna win the splat fast bc people love Big man. Also it seems like you can launch the golden eggs out of the Big shots (salmon boss) cannon launcher thing.

[@koiyune]

that didnt age well

[@milkisgood437]

@@koiyune wait I kinda quit splatoon 3, what happened?

[@koiyune]

​@@milkisgood437 scissors lost the splatfest

[@noodledump1862]

This direct was insane

[@noxinovasky]

watching this a year later is so baffling to me to see how far splatoon has come and how used to splatoon 3 we have become

[@ashlight6107]

7:45 Jaymoji: Dabbing is in the game I'm not buying it unless something else sells me on it. Squid researcher: Introducing TABLE TURF BATTLE!!! Jaymoji: Ok you got me I'm sold take my money.

[@mcdonathan2235]

This blew my mind more than I wanted it to, but man I'm glad it did! Also team scissors!

[@PianoCrab]

10:07 Jay's delivery on that line had me rolling for a good 6 minutes 😂

[@johnhi2398]

9:14 really went into it with the sounds

[@FadedGamingLove]

Team scissors represent!!! This game is so hype right now and so cool looking! When the world premiere comes out and the game itself, I am going to be playing nonstop, and editing in-between. This game looks so good, and it definitely looks like the best Splatoon game. They've really outdone themselves with this direct, and with the game as a whole! I cannot wait for the world premiere.

[@wafflez5219]

I'm only team scissors cuz big man said so

[@unfunny2386]

Hell yeah. For me it was between Rock and Scissors but I gotta vote for Big Man

[@destrukter]

how exactly did they outdo themselves was is the dab, tetris, lockers or tge fact that they are bringing the stupid phone app back????? honestly i was disappointed i feel like they just copy pasted a lot and added some cringe emotes in between

[@akaimizu1]

@@wafflez5219 and that’s the bottom line!

[@The76532]

Big man + the best rock paper scissors option

[@callmemoon6635]

None of us were ready for the direct Jay. When I tell you I was screaming throughout the entire thing

[@starnivorre]

SAME BRO

[@jun3.bug.s]

ME TOO

[@13_cmi]

They better keep my dynamo and hydra the same. Not sure if splashdown is still a thing but I hope it is.

[@callmemoon6635]

@@13_cmi Yeah splashdown was a good special I hope they keep that

[@13_cmi]

@@callmemoon6635 yeah it’s amazing for getting out of bad spots. Especially with the hydra cause you can’t move much with it. If they remove it I’ll have a super hard time with this game even compared to splatoon 2.

[@SamanthaWinter1]

The, "No clam blitz." Straight to Jay dropping the F-Bomb made me laugh. XD

[@damagechaser2]

The inkling dancing to that music in the intro brought me so much joy for some reason 😁 I love it

[@magmaredknight]

Can't wait for Jay's "I hate Splatanas" video, that weapon looks fun

[@unknowngojira742]

A splatoon did a monster hunter move when they came up with that tacticooler, Reminds me of how insect glaive works😮 Can’t wait to play this tho.

[@ellalinko]

big man literally made my entire day, he is the man. he is the big man

[@samsee_ca]

7:43 Lost it during the dab emote reveal when someone in chat said “HUUUUGE DAY FOR ANNOYING PEOPLE” lmao

[@squidsurge71]

I think Jay speaks for the entire Splatoon fanbase when it comes to the return of Tenta missles

[@jaylux5556]

I.... Really like tenta missiles lol

[@squidsurge71]

@@jaylux5556 I know some people do. But they are really annoying, with missile spam, and how much of a displacement they are

[@LARKXHIN]

@@jaylux5556 same

[@nsgarci8047]

@@squidsurge71 it is very likely that tenta missiles are getting a rework, plus, missile spamming only became prominent when balancing updates ended, so there's that

[@squidsurge71]

@@nsgarci8047 They should get reworked, and not have global range

[@veemo8830]

10:29 Jellyfish with a mask is something I didn't know I needed.

[@LucasDotje]

5:44 This Was My Reaction Too When I Saw It

[@calvinjohnson2985]

9:12 When I look back into this, the music for some reason reminds me of a fangame called Sonic & Knuckles: Newtrogic Panic.

[@GuessImSylvale]

8:24 JAY YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU PREDICTED THAT BUT YOU ARE A GOD

[@mr.chicken9894]

I'm SO hyped for the last Splatfest-Map: Frye's forehead

[@Opee_The_Panda]

I love how paper isn’t even in the competition because it’s just been people saying Rock vs scissors

[@icephoenix2470]

I mean, same with the idols. Shiver vs Big Man, Frye isn't even considered

[@zaybeol]

@@icephoenix2470 yeah, i’m going for scissors since it’s the one i use the most, but i like big man and frye equally. i mean, frye is fun and big man is cute af

[@Blue-fg8vt]

@@zaybeol frye is a just a goblin and I love it

[@audie3600]

Hearing Jay say “Ay, Big Man in the House!” has now made it so that Big Man sounds like Jay in my mind now

[@imadesmond]

2:26 SQUEEGIIIII!!!!! That’s all I will call it now

[@julioportela8803]

Jaymoji: No clam blitz though. 1 Second later Jaymoji: FUCK

[@stefanspelt3578]

7:26 James: What are you going to use a shovel for? [notices dab emote] James: WHAT!? NAW NAW NAW, NAW THAT'S NOT REAL! YA'LL, SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP-HOLD ON! HOLD ON! WHAT! No no no go back! James: I'm not buying this game now cuz of that, you need to earn-you neet to earn my respect back. Announcer: Introducing... TABLETURF BATTLE! James: Alright you got me, i'm in!

[@mrgumbwit5307]

1:21 that may be the best sarcastic unsarcastic laugh I've ever heard and seen

[@GenesisOverlord]

"Minigames right off the bat" Those were my thoughts exactly

[@galaxa88]

On 8/10/22, everyone in the Splatoon community was flabbergasted and delighted at the same time

[@tomodaphne]

Team Rock, blasting off at the speed of light!

[@gimmesubway1339]

That's genius. I might just switch paper for rock because of your comment.

[@VirtualMilk]

7:34 cursed meme from the dead

[@Bassgangvt]

“No clam blitz though… FUCK”

[@jessicawilliams8399]

This is the most excited I've been about Splatoon 3.

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I love that Splatoon 3 is taking so many pages out of ninjala's book, with Outfit presets, Training rooms while you load into the game and some other stuff! Ninjala is such a cool game, and good when it comes to quality of life, splatoon's doing good to copy some of their stuff!

[@ganja_burn_9516]

Ninjas copied splatoon for all I know

[@shimmerswiftie22]

​@@ganja_burn_9516 And Splatoon copied ninjala- they copied each other

[@crea2746]

Nah Splatoon only copied Darksouls

[@juliangaleapulo4642]

I hope that Nintendo do this mechanic were when you win a game in Splatoon you use the d pad to do emotes and combo them like you do the first emote then you press a button and do another emote

[@ghoulishtoad]

All the team members taking a drink from the tenticooler made my heart melt

[@otomeroid]

10:12 And that right there is what did it for me.

[@sydneyross1586]

5:12 why am I sensing that this dude is gonna have a LOT of a “certain kind” of fan art?

[@who_else_but_s3ason]

3:08 *Nintendo knows damn well ain’t nobody sharing that shit*

[@kami60077]

The fact that the new bands catch phrase is catch ya later makes me somehow underwhelmed but in a way that made me burst out laughing lol

[@ShaOryDow]

And that coming after "Stay Off The Hook." - "Catch ya later." I'm getting mixed opinions.

[@kedinamite579]

5:43 "No Clam Blitz, though!" *Instant Karma* "FU-!!"

[@hidingfromdiscordpeeps9225]

THANK U, I FELT LIKE THE ONLY ONE THAT FREAKED OUT OVER THE MACARENA

[@jun3.bug.s]

lemme tell you, i already sobbed when s3 was announced, so i was shaking and screaming throughout the whole direct lmaoo

[@Vidya-James]

Trashdown isn't gone, it just became Reefslider: you go forward and then splash instead of going up and splashing down. 😭 At least it looks like you get armor...

[@roamingtheinternet8652]

Yeah plus she said familiar special weapons LIKE the tenta missiles and etc. also there’s a splashdown icon in the story mode section of this direct….

[@mechebunger]

Is nobody gonna talk about how Jay heard the announcer talk about more King Salmonids: Announcer: “This is… one of the new King Salmonids!” Jay: “What do you mean ONE OF?”

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

I call it now, the card game will be even more competitive than the regular game.

[@andiyeet]

5:20 instead of selling clothes he shoud be selling drugs at his look 💀

[@ogfuzzy8631]

"What do you have team rock?" We have won.

[@Optimus97]

So many mood whiplashes 😂 "Tentamis-" "NOOOOOOOO" "No clam blitz tho- FUCK" "What are we using a shovel for- *sudden cut to VeronIKA dabbing* WHAAAAAT?!!!!" "That's actually h-" *shuts up to jam to that DaftPunk-ish song* I just love all this

[@VivianVtuber]

“No clam blitz tho!” Congratulations, you played yourself

[@fluffywhompus]

I like how the amount of emotion they put behind announcing table turf

[@ultimate_yippee]

I know right

[@fate7418]

2:50 wanna *SPRITE CRANBERRY?!*

[@Zack-ds9rs]

Splatana is literally like: “While you were using splattershot, i studied the blade”

[@Slushii24]

12:16 this aged so well lmao little did he know. ( rewatching this lol)

[@gummygoo2]

Even though Splatoon 3 is out now, this is still my favourite video Jay has made.

[@spix_red5558]

4:48 MR COCO

[@ganecoder4185]

Honestly, I would LOVE to see a fishing rod primary weapon

[@ShaOryDow]

But the Tri-Stringer basically IS a fishing rod.

[@vmouz5517]

IM SO READY FOR THE ACTUAL GAME

[@sylodui]

The finale part could mean the end of anything involving octarin conflicts and the new squidbeak splatoon.

[@Keldeox]

5:00 More like *AberCRABBY* and *FISH* am I right?!

[@kristinsellers8417]

They added back the things that everyone hates Flyfish, missiles, & clam blitz

[@EurasianEagle-Owl]

The amount of meme-ing and chaos in this video is the perfect amount of energy for the return of the absoulute best video game series

[@LuigiMan2401]

3:02 Dispenser going up Yes I’m a engineer main frog tf2, how could you tell

[@Sixx0Two]

Ah! I can finally feel myself coming back to life with this! I can't wait. Great video as always Jay.

[@ilovemizuki-n25]

*see squid dabbing*JayMoji: WHAT?!?!?!

[@superboring]

8:11 has me CACKLING

[@maxolotl7089]

Little did we know the shovel was what Team Gear was going to use to beat everyone's head in with

[@plantyt3246]

I was gonna choose paper, but after seeing that outro, I’m convinced for scissors

[@Blue-fg8vt]

The scissors that cut the earth in half

[@vamp1ra.]

Veronika: "I lost my clam-posure for a second there" Jay: "don't ever say that again" LMFAOOOOOO

[@spider.jasper]

HIS REACTION TO TENTA MISSILES I'M DYING

[@imreallybadatnamingthings]

"Don't say that word ever again" is my favorite line of this video.

[@tobeyreynolds8255]

Rock - your boring and average Paper - your “unique” to say the least Scissors - you are correct

[@no-no7md]

so true

[@Matildathedemon]

12:25 jay you are testing the KZbin gods with that one

[@kingdanett4043]

BRO DID YOU SEE THE UPDATE FOR THE RAINMAKER THOUGH!? The rainmaker gamemode now has checkpoints getting closer and closer to the enemies base. I believe how it will work now is that you have to touch down the rainmaker 3 times, each time you do it respawns the rainmaker and spawns the next checkpoint.

[@gummygoo2]

the "NOOOOOOOOOO" when it mentioned the tenta missiles returning, i _felt_ that

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I love the inkling doing the macarena in the background of the splatfest!

[@ZeraAxon]

1:49 Ironic that everyone was so excited for Mahi Mahi, but now everyone hates it lol 3:37 JAY YOU ARE SO LOUD HON💀 3:59 We all thought the same Jay don’t worry 5:42 Everyones reaction 7:25 The chat went crazy too lmao 10:55 Another ironic moment