Answering MORE Splatoon Lore Questions

[@Lunar_DeBrie]

But we _do_ have a canon explanation for the water vs snow! Inklings are made _entirely out of ink._ This means they are denser than water and don't float! When they sink, their body is subject to the difference in pressure to the water, so they kinda pop, leaving their gear behind. Stepping on snow is okay because it doesn't have pressure like water.

[@hiotos8373]

Damn, thats more than i remember from my science test

[@notoriusbookworm48]

Also shoes lol

[@dynoscord1443]

I personally think it's more of: You know how osmosis and diffusion gets things inside and outside of the cell? Well, the inside of an inkling cell is made of the color ink they have. When they swim inside their own ink, they regain ink because the ink concentration from the outside is greater and is going to diffuse more ink into the cell. That means that they recharge their own bodies when they swim in ink. When inklings step in water, because there is less water inside the inkling cell, water will enter it. However, to get it out, they have to use active transport (if you don't know, search it up) and pump the water out of their cells. When they step into water, the cells are continuously pumping water outside. This requires energy, and thus inklings have to basically use a lot of energy to go in water. However, when an inkling steps fully into water, their cells cannot use enough energy to pump all the water out, thus drowning the inkling by bursting its cells. This may be graphic, but since they are made of ink, they just burst into some ink and the ink gets diluted in the water. This also explains how if you step in enemy ink, you take damage. Your cells are actively soaking in enemy ink and you are constantly using energy to pump the enemy ink out; however, since your cell cannot differenciate the difference between your ink and the enemy ink, the enemy ink stays in your cell and you take damage (stays until you get back into your own ink, where the inkling's cells diffuse their own ink to replace the enemy ink). Snow will not enter the inkling cells because snow molecules are much too big to enter an inkling cell; water can, because water molecules are smaller. Snow uses water molecules and forms a specific structure with them, making it too big to enter an inkling cell. When it rains, inklings will soak up some water in their cells, but the active transport method is able to pump the water out of their cells faster than they get in. To change color, they just need to stay in enemy ink for a long time, as the enemy ink will slowly but surely replace the original ink in an inkling's cell. The fuzzy ink is made of a material that diffuses very fast into the cell, as it is highly concentrated. This is why the inkling changes on almost instant contact with the ink When the inkling takes damage from, let's say a charger, the charger fires high pressurized ink. This means more concentration outside the cell, and thus the inkling soaks up a lot of enemy ink. When it soaks up a lot of enemy ink, the cell is unable to get rid of all of the ink that quickly, and bursts before doing so. This also proves why only full charges kill; the ink is not pressurized enough, and therefore not concentrated enough, to make the inkling cell burst before they pump the ink out. This explains most weapons, and how healing works. Respawn points make the inkling a certain color, not the other way around. Because they use pressurized ink cartages, the ink is near immediately diffused into the cell, causing the inkling to change color quickly. This is how I believe they work in singleplayer and multiplayer. Each respawn point has its own unique ink color, which is also how they track who respawns where. Single player stages were originally incomplete; the octarians were still building the stages. The few that were there are essentially guards guarding hte unfinished level. Why is this important? This is why respawn points exist in these levels. They use the respawn points for practice against the real threat, and since they hadn't finished training or the construction of the level, they didn't remove the respawn points. This also explains why so much construction equipment exists. Yes, I know that they said it in the video, but I just wanted to expand on it and expand on the details. This theory explains: Taking damage in enemy ink, drowning, not dying by just stepping in water, snow, fuzzy ink, changing color, dying from enemy attacks, and recharging ink.

[@ShiverRightOnYT]

Altera has fake snow

[@rassicas]

solid lore rundown, i like your idea about the splashdown being like a big fistful of ink! although *rassicas getting pedantic in rizi's comment section cringe moment * i think the new batch of splatoon 3 info has completely disproved the idea of there being any mammals on earth in splatoon, including marine mammals and mammal-lings! also if you want one less thing to cope with im very sure that there are no salmonlings in c-side lol

[@Sireington]

Bruh I’ve been confusing you with this channel

[@chrono9503]

RASSICUS OMG

[@BJ86491]

You are like the definitive lore master so we know we can take your words for it lol.

[@zero-pointgamer]

I am currently watching your newest vid like for the 5-10th time

[@takoyaki6697]

you know youre about to watch a good vid, when you see its rassicas approved

[@davidkonevky7372]

If I remember correctly, inklings still think octolings are just "inklings with a funny haircut". This could change on splatoon 3 tho

[@limeslime711]

It's been 5 years, so I think they've figured it out by now. Inklings aren't THAT dense. Probably. Maybe.

[@AO1666-]

For the “do inklings know Octolings live around them” I don’t think most know about it since Marina said “Do you think everyone will expect me once they find out I’m an Octoling” so most people clearly don’t know and she even said she was once described as “An exotic looking girl standing next to Pearl” so they clearly don’t have the right idea about her and even Pearl didn’t know until Cuttlefish explained it to her

[@slightlyunnervingburger]

This opens up a big curtain for inkling and octoling racism Amazing!!!!

[@Lumberjack_king]

There so ignorant most cant even be racist

[@axolotlgab]

4:27 actually, I think I remember Pearl or Marina on the news talking about how Pearl accidentally splatted herself while dodge rolling. Roll with caution, kids!

[@icy101yt]

I thought that meant she rolled into water

[@sp_octopie]

Actually there was a news thread in the switch news system from the squid research lab that cleared up that saltwater is the real harm to inklings and fresh water is safe for them, some of you may argue that some stages are like lakes and ponds but keep in mind that the ice caps melted

[@darthjarjar4270]

From nukes so the water is probably toxic and that could be why sea creatures started evolving

[@turphm4ster]

Also remember that inklings, being squids, are likely cold blooded, so their bodies likely don't melt snow

[@jeronimomartinezcalsina7690]

They have blood?

[@SaucyBoiYt]

Huh, I've never noticed that the respawn pads were coffee makers, I think the steam coming put off it was kinda a giveaway Though it was less obvious in splatoon 1 since it looked more like a futuristic-looking pad with arrows spinning (I still kinda miss that detail)

[@tenishiatanyani121]

What if the "soul" of an inkling is just the mist of the brain? They do explode into mist when they fall out of bounds.

[@yeetered9661]

In fate of the "Can Inklings harm themselves?", in Smash Bros, the Inkling can harm themselves with Splat Bombs or Splattershot if reflected, but that's probably because of the reflecting projectiles thing and not meaning anything in Splatoon. Oh well, worth noting

[@cbrauts707]

Smash isnt really canon

[@Sireington]

4:57 actually in rainmaker if you have the rainmaker for too long it will splat you with your own ink

[@snailgirl6]

How does the respawn point "get" inklings/octolings souls back to "refill?" And does it also "color" the teams at the beginning of matches? I assume the respawn points are set/programmed to bring teammates back, and to color them as well. They do have some kind of forcefield that blocks enemy ink....

[@slavishentity6705]

It probably doesn't use their soul. The splatoon lore doesn't include anything that's too unscientific. It's probably just absorbing the weakened squids somehow.

[@noodleemperor9130]

I mean, if its anything like one of the Octo-bosses, the inkling "ghost" is probably the actual inkling and they just fly back to their respective spawn points

[@TheAlexGale]

How different does the enemys ink colour have to be to damage you?

[@Candied.Carrion]

i've got an awnser for the agent 7 question. If you count the manga as canon, agent 7 is an octoling that escaped the metro with agent 8. if you don't count it as canon, then yeah, no agent 7.

[@icy101yt]

In the manga was 7 in the squidbeak splatoon after they escaped or did they leave

[@icy101yt]

But also the manga is in no way canon

[@YanDaniel3559]

hey rizirone i love ur vis andthat u explain lore (splatoon lore in bite size vids) in the behalf we love ur work,also keep up that good work

[@theplaguegamer6216]

Here is obscure lore question: are humans still out there? because in the trailer we saw a human fingerprint

[@ZapNstuff]

Really where?

[@theplaguegamer6216]

@@ZapNstuff go to the trailer, go to 1:13 pause the video and look to the right its easy to spot its neon green

[@ZapNstuff]

@@theplaguegamer6216 THATS SICKKKKK TYSM

[@theplaguegamer6216]

@@ZapNstuff it also made me theorize that maybe a human is the main bad guy this time. Like a scientist experimenting on octarians and we have to stop their plans throughout the campaign

[@saturnwanderer]

maybe i guess we just have to wait until it releases

[@Rubyduby1057]

My idea with the chaos versus order Splatfest influence is that it impacted which side inklings would represent as a society. Basically, what I’m saying is that I think Alterna is the order representation, and obviously Chaos City, as the main hub and winning side, is the chaos representation in Splatoon 3’s story. Any thoughts?

[@McGeeMcGeeMcGee-g7w]

So the Wasabi Supply unit i have a fun explanation for! its strictly a head canon though but, Wasabi is the green stick things DJ Octavio is literally grinding on his deck. just like how you do to make wasabi paste. So i think Marina is actual on the team for making sure DJ Octavio's Mech is in proper order and function by....making sure it has wasabi. I like this theory for a couple reason. 1 i know it doesn't seem like an important job, but it would be really weird if Marina was so important she could act all nonchalant about leaving and such. and imaging this High Tech Mech to require multiple units to maintain really makes it feel more strong and powerful! >:3 plus usually with these things every person needs to be a highly skilled engineer even if their individual role isn't necessarily the most strict

[@marc_8o0]

9:23 a narwhal being Marina's landlord is not cannon because the splatfest was not in Japan

[@Keizer0724]

Watching this right now. Some of these questions are canonically answered.

[@yoshter135]

I feel like the inklings knew that the Octolings were around by the time of the inkling vs octoling splatfest. I mean, they had to have, right?

[@SplatGlace]

Favorite color is pink? My respect for you has grown

[@Taunty11]

unrelated but I’m pretty sure it was never confirmed that Marie is cousins with Toni Kensa, and even if she was, that raises a lot of questions. Wouldn’t this mean Callie is Toni’s cousin or even sibling? We don’t know how many children Captain Cuttlefish has or if HE’S even blood related to to Toni either

[@turphm4ster]

Marie and Toni Kensa being related doesn't necessarily mean he's also related to Callie. They could be on different sides of the family. That would be nice to know though.

[@Gr-nr5rp]

8:05 wouldn’t that just be a cat or dog or something that turns into a kid furry

[@Joof21]

Playable samonlings don't make sense imo like how samonoids have been chilling for 1000's of years it's not like there is a reason for them to integrate into octoling/inkling society. Also, salmonlings have literally never been mentioned unlike unplayable octolings in Splat 1

[@snugglebug_83]

HEADCANNON- THE LITTLE BUDDY CAN EAT OFF THE FUZZ OFF THE OCTARIONS

[@crazyboutferrets]

Oh, Bugsnax? You mean that game I was a fan of for a little bit and am now trying to repress?

[@Inkranger]

Do you think Mr. Grizz is the professor? I mean think about it, Splatoon 3 story mode is about mammals, and Humans are mammals and with the rocket, it is possible he could be going to the moon for some odd reason.

[@limeslime711]

Marine mammals do NOT exist canonically. The narwhal thing was only in the english version, and cannot be considered canon. Musee d'Alfonsino has a whale skeleton in it!!!

[@bluebee8388]

since marinas landlord is a narwal it would make sense why she would choose narwal for that splatfest

[@ATfox9665]

The mammal thing is actually 100% incorrect. As far as we know all mammals are extinct including narwhals. The whole marinas landlord being a narwhal was actually bad translation and isn't Canon at all.

[@hasbruh2987]

Nah bro Marinas just a huge troll

[@omegacanon]

It is implied that, because of the jellyfish maintenance hive mind, inklings (like many youth today) have become more hedonistic and not as intuitive. We probably know more about inkling society than the average inkling.

[@Lucyfers]

I think you gotta turn up the volume of your voice recordings a little in your editing software, it's somewhat quiet compared to other videos and the outro music. Other than that, great video!

[@industrialgradetacos]

Finally part 2 Now where part 3

[@notoriusbookworm48]

AAAAA MY QUESTION GOT ANSWERED THANK UUUUUU luv ur content UwU

[@d_mon9631]

which question was yours?

[@notoriusbookworm48]

@@d_mon9631 why did cap'n cuttlefish retire. Kind of obvious but from the trailer he didn't look any older so I was wondering if there was something else to it.

[@d_mon9631]

@@notoriusbookworm48 oh cool

[@omegacanon]

Easy explanation for water thing is that ink would have to be EXTREMELY HYDROPHYLLIC, perhaps the most of any naturally occurring molecule in the history of earth. This is why ink is almost instantaneously dissolved by water.

[@kirbstomp1338]

Ayy third this should be a good one I just subbed today

[@notoriusbookworm48]

Welcome to the community! A few things you should know: 1. Samus Hunter (the leaker) is stupid hunter and his/her leaks are fake. 2. Pog Juice is pog and totally not wiper fluid 3. Conner is stupid

[@kirbstomp1338]

@@notoriusbookworm48 um... should I leave? lmao But actually, thank you !

[@notoriusbookworm48]

@@kirbstomp1338 lol no problem

[@kirbstomp1338]

yeah, I came here from rassicas

[@HauntedDev]

I have a answer to The Question: Do Inklings know they live with Octolings. In Splatoon 2 no and in 3 yes

[@sokka605]

1:05 wasn’t it stated they were in an interview? I’m not sure if this is just me falsely remembering or which one it was.

[@tsf1769]

anyone remember what that song in the beginning was called? starting from 0:00

[@turphm4ster]

It's called "Clickbait", according to the squid research lab. It might be called "Clickbait!" but the exclamation point was probably just the end of the sentence. It could have been either. (But remember there is also a song called "Blitz It!"

[@MrJarckle7378]

Rizi,If agent 3 from splatoon 1 took over the squidbeak splatoon then the would be captain 3 now right?

[@Becch972]

I just have the headcanon that when they die in water it's because they can't swim and drown, water doesn't phisically do anything to them

[@josephc8312]

The snow in alterna isn’t normal snow, callie says it’s not cold

[@Ryrazzz]

what if inkopolis was a alternate hub world in splatoon 3 that you take a train to

[@legoworld246]

8:07 Haven't seen any Splatoon 3 news outside of the latest trailer, can anyone explain what he means by that?

[@rizirone]

Nintendo posted tons of more splatoon 3 info on their website after the trailer

[@legoworld246]

@@rizirone Thanks ^^

[@DecadoPrime]

Inklings are inspired by sea creatures, but cannot go in water. Weird

[@totalblink]

Every one is into callies hair and no pne sees maries

[@nikitamccomber1834]

What is your favorite hairstyle in Splatoon

[@dribbit0748]

Inklings do not know that there are octolings living among them they just assume that they have funny hair

[@alexanderdahms4001]

But in 3 thwy lhows but they dont care

[@Lumberjack_king]

Im just wondering where agent 4 is idk maybe there off duty

[@Crackseller]

What about rain what happens when they just walk in the plaza and rain.

[@Lucas-gy5yr]

Pink is my second favorite color

[@HauntedDev]

The Mammalians are just like the sanitized onns different versions of the normal octariand

[@ItsToadTime_Wiiu]

Here's a hard question why is callie's hair that colour in the trailer

[@20K_Alan]

how do squids swim through ink? octarians fit crates in ink... but it canonically disappears after a short time. that means the ink isn't deep... HOW DOES STUFF FIT IN INK???

[@alexanderdahms4001]

Cuz they made in ink so they can merge

[@tadhgmeade2348]

The octonozzle is kinda like a flooder

[@budget_cloaker]

Frendly fire is canon in the splatoon manga.

[@HannABXY.]

Mach? I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[@taiyaki_emu]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ok like i love your content rizirone, second best yter behind rassicas, but like marina's landlord is probably NOT a narwhal. i think only the japanese dialouge should be taken as canon, and that splatfest didn't occur in japan, only in north america and oceania from what i've heard but hey, if you wanna headcanon that, that's fine lol i'm very sorry for the angry comment i'm slightly obsessed with splatoon lore and get very mad when somebody makes a slight mistake

[@rizirone]

By any chance do you have a timestamp? This videos over 2 years old and I made it before knowing and I’d like to cut the Marina landlord part out

[@taiyaki_emu]

@@rizirone yep, it's at 9:14

[@Akuspizza]

"pink" BASED

[@jimmynutrition5167]

3:51 Nicki Minaj

[@epikgamer3234]

Cool my fav color is pink

[@BigPro1123]

Instead of agent five we got agent 3 two

[@slavishentity6705]

The flood happened during WW5, and hopefully we won't get to that point in real life, but that means Bugsnax does exist in splatoon

[@milescalimar4356]

Lets goo

[@dreverx5151]

8:05 you mean humans

[@madienewman6259]

Does anyone know where Pearl and Marina are in splatoon 3? Just asking nobody needs to answer this question.

[@saph5461]

probably back in Inkopolis

[@Yttocvc5]

in the new nintendo art they’re actually not idols anymore and they have their own band now . so they may not make an in game appearance aside from story mode i think

[@donny2147]

Imagine Sharklings instead of Salmonlings

[@YoshiAteTooManyYoshiCookies]

Both of these would be a terrible idea.

[@maxhodge7149]

Y is pink Ur fav

[@kenielfalcon2937]

Why do people not like the idea ofbthe salmon mfs becoming playable. Is it cuz itd be repetitive?

[@gamersodaguy]

Because Salmonids have been confirmed to have their own society they are content with which is different to the octolings. Salmonids like the society they own and it is a culture vastly different to the Inklings. Octolings only integrated into Inkling culture because they didn't like being forces into following Octavio against their will. That is why Octolings has a reason to join the Inklings but the Salmonids don't have reason to. Sure, their is Little Buddy but Lil Buddy is a smallfry salmonid. Lil Buddy has probably been living with new Agent 3 for his whole life so would have a reason to join Inkling culture. The rest of the salmonids wouldn't have a reason to join the inklings like the octolings and lil buddy did. Also the fact that there were no Salmonlings in Salmon Run but there were Octolings in both Splatoon 1 and Splatoon 2.

[@Hrmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

New Vid New vid yay

[@-Vanova-]

Spoon.

[@gabbyrobertson3780]

Noice 👍

[@posh8156]

Agent 8 is the male octoling and Agent 7 is the Female octoling, I think

[@dragonofdestiny8321]

No I played as a girl and it still said I was agent 8 and besides the canon agent 8 is actually a girl

[@WarmTunbin1]

Interesting