Splatfest Is BORING? - Splatoon 3 Hot Takes

[@Saltience]

cold take: add inkrails to every map ever because they're fun

[@PhantomOfficial07]

Add salmonids to every map for no reason, just have them occasionally be a dick to you when you're trying to get the rainmaker

[@Aego384]

​@@PhantomOfficial07 Tricolor Turf war with Salmonids would be cool. It's like a regular 4v4 Turf War. But in the middle of the map there's Salmonids.

[@MeloniestNeon]

@@Aego384 Dude that would actually be sick, this is what I hoped Big Runs would be early on; Salmonid vs. Player grudge matches in already existing stages in both turf and ranked modes (salmonid clam blitz anyone?) with classic salmon run as its Tricolor variant for day two. It could also make the event feel better even without some loss condition, as they are right now there's nothing that really makes sense, its treated very inconsistently between the in-game characters and the ambience as both suggest entirely different moods.

[@Aego384]

@@MeloniestNeon How would Salmonid Clam Blitz even work?

[@MeloniestNeon]

@@Aego384 The salmons steal the clams and eat them, popping a salmonid with clams in its belly drops them like a boss would eggs

[@grimaeldragoncaido2393]

What Splatfests need is bringing back the Shifty Station. It gave freshness to the events since it was 3 stages, one of them unique. Removing them was kinda a bad decision

[@Umariskool]

😭

[@jakekentner2653]

Heck no because most of those stages weren't fun to play on.

[@Twig_the_Blue_Pikmin]

Literally just facts, now there is nothing to look forward to when a Splatfest pops up besides tricolor. I dont care if some shifty stations were bad, at least it was INTERESTING and gave you a reason to play Splatfest for the new stage

[@birbthebird]

​@Jake Kentner I agree. I decided to look through the layouts and gimmicks of all Shifty stations once. Some were pretty good. Others were bad but had an interesting gimmick and others were worse Saltspray.

[@sonicrunn3r895]

There were maybe like 3 or so shifty stations I actually cared about lol. Having one stage constantly on the rotation for the whole event is a novel idea but the novelty wears thin when you have to play The Bouncy Twins for the 40th time. MC Princess Diaries ALMOST made them worth it, but I say almost because one absolutely phenomenal one out of 20+ isn’t worth it.

[@Multigameguy35]

The thing about Callie and Marie is it's their *job* to protect us from threats. They were squidbeak splatoon agents before agent 3 was, so it's only natural they'd be around when things go down.

[@jrenderos4]

The problem in Character development is that the story mode has bare bones story. I realize the devs just treat story mode as training grounds for the real game, but they could have just added more character interactions to make each section more meaningful. That way you could have a larger cast and each of them would feel properly fleshed out. But I guess the caveat is good writing. Side note: Spawn camping is a fault of the developers(map designers), not the players.

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

i have a severe problem with spawn-camping. in the Chocolate Splatfest, i endured too much of it. *i. was. PISSED.* compared to most of you, i'm new. i barely played 1 because of constant connection errors, i skipped 2 because i didn't have the Switch back then (i don't like being late to the party) and i got Splatoon 3 for Christmas and played it for about 2 1/2 months; and Monster Hunter drew me back in after said months because i suffered a burn out, so i may not return to Splatoon in about 2 months unless i somehow manage to fit it at the right time. i say again: i'm new to this franchise. and as a newcomer, spawn-camping is the most unfair thing in the game! the devs need to fix this.

[@BasedMamaJames617]

I agree, also wished the story mode was longer. I think they rushed this game and the pandemic made it harder to include more content at the launch date they wanted, when I saw the game's file size before release was about the same as s2's I was worried that the story mode would be short. Still a short story mode is not an excuse for not having a better story and for treating the campaign as an easy mode intended only for beginners, something like a difficulty setting would be one way to help improve the story for experienced players.

[@BasedMamaJames617]

@@jacktheomnithere2127 The map design is worse in s3 than s2 for sure allowing for worse spawn camping. Had the privilege to get s2 in 2021 and get almost 700hrs in the game, so got the experience the game the way the devs intended with all the final maps, weapons, and patches (was too late to try out any of the official Splatfests though). If you can get s2 pre-owned cheap I'd recommend playing it a bit to get familiar with the franchise's mechanics. Is easier to play, the maps and weapons allow for better creativity, only thing is the queue times are longer now that s3 is out, there is no Squid Roll (the 1 thing I miss in s2), and hackers may now be more common there since the game is no longer getting any support from the devs unless its like an emergency patch for major exploits like what happened to Splatoon 1 and the Wii u in general recently.

[@Pauli-dg2yv]

TF2: Pft. Get good

[@daltongibson1033]

About the Squid Sisters point- Honestly, they Squid Sisters being in the game consistently is perfectly fine, that's what mascot characters are for. But what isn't okay is how little characterization the other idol groups get- Off the Hook and Deep Cut DO need more spotlight, but that doesn't need to come at the expense of the Squid Sisters. There is, in fact, a way to do both things. People just don't realize that because they don't write enough.

[@marsybarz]

I feel like squid sisters should just sit to the side but not too far to the point they're just gone.

[@jambon2730]

Off the hook was really tame in the base game but slayed in octo expansion I just wish deep cut could receive the same treatment in side order

[@johndelanie3649]

Fr, the squid sisters are the least interesting of the idol groups, they had so much room to explore Deep Cut with how different the splatlands are and they just kinda... dont? Like yeah they all have a boss fight and a little moment at the end, but as per usual we get Callie and Marie basically doing the same thing they've been doing for the last 2 games

[@sonicrunn3r895]

The point about not changing kits is exactly the stance I take. Luna Neo may be an awful kit, but it's an awful kit I wouldn't trade for the world, it's too much fun. Admittedly a system that lets you choose from 3 or so subs/specials per weapon may alleviate the idea to me, but I don’t think we should ever be calling for erasing playstyles from the game entirely.

[@PhantomOfficial07]

What if you could choose a kit for your weapon

[@sonicrunn3r895]

@@PhantomOfficial07 That presents far more problems with balancing. Having a limited selection, but multiple options allows for more experimentation while seeing what combos are underpowered or overpowered

[@Winner1270]

What if you change neo splash to zip? The playstyle already exists with ttek.

[@sonicrunn3r895]

@@Winner1270 As much as I would agree…TTek and Neo Splash do have significant differences in how they play just with the change of bomb and main. TTek is more aggressive vs Neo Splash being supportive. There is a SLIGHT difference enough, annoyingly. I would fully agree if they had the exact same kit down to the bomb, but ultimately eh…

[@Aego384]

For 50 licenses, Sheldon allows you to change the sub or special of one of your weapons. 100 licenses allows you to change both. But that would break the meta entirely. You'd only see Tenta Missiles everywhere.

[@MimiCupcakeDean]

FINALLY someone mentioning how shafted off the hook is storywise. why is the best group only allowed to appear in the dlcs? why are they nowhere to be found in the story mode for the game they DEBUTED in???

[@BasedMamaJames617]

Squid Sisters be like the Kanto starters getting mega evolutions in Gen 6 Pokémon but not the Kalos starters of their own game. I won't mind if the calamari cousins show up again in s4 but I hope only as minor characters with the debut idols being the main characters.

[@squibbles_]

FINALLY someone said Squid Sisters are overstaying their welcome 💀 I think they're fun and all, but the fact that they're in more of the Splatoon 3 story than Deep Cut, and that Off the Hook, (my favorite idol group,) wasn't in Splatoon 2's main story at ALL is kinda ridiculous when they, (and most splatoon characters for that matter,) really don't have the character depth to be in the spotlight so often without getting a little boring. With Octavio seemingly no longer being a main villain of the series though, my hopes that the Squid Sisters don't have big roles in the Splatoon 3 DLC or any future story modes either are high.

[@VGBrothers]

I may be in the opposite camp here about that last point. (Besides Pearl and Marina only being in DLC, I support that 100% needs to change) Having Deep Cut show up as antagonists in the beginning is a really nice subversion of expectations. They could have had more of a dialog presence taunting the player (a la Handsome Jack and other villains/antagonists) in order to further showcase their characteristics. Especially when it came to their "Treasure Hunter first, Idol second" motif

[@undefinederror40404]

Yeah, I was actually surprised to see that and curious about how they became idols since they were mean to us and the squid sisters at first! But.. the story part of story mode did still fall short. Thinking back on it, there would have been so many chances for more interactions. I think they were on a good track but defenitely could have fleshed out the ideas more.

[@squidsurge71]

Chara Solo q tier list: Low tier: Undercover High-Top tier: Splash and Machine Mid to high tier: *LITERALLY* *EVERYTHING* *ELSE*

[@DHVF28]

Honestly splash and machine are not good enough in solo queue to justify their own tier. They shine because they work well in a comp environment. I’d put them with everything else tbh.

[@GlacialSiren484]

Another one I forgot to mention is that Splatanas will not and should not get Kraken. Both of the kits are already aggressive and either getting Kraken would just make other kraken weapons irrelevant. Maybe at best Stamper can have it as a 3rd kit thing.

[@YoshiTheGamer64]

Yea but funni giant octopus/squid go brrrrrr

[@NotSnak]

Cant agree kraken is a perfect fit for splatanas

[@weewoowahoo]

@@NotSnak what theyre saying is that its TOO perfect to the point where people would stop using any other kraken weapons

[@NotSnak]

@@weewoowahoo i get that however this is a problem that exists with any special its not exclusive to splatanas the solution would be to give kraken to better weapons

[@camoking3609]

For the sake of balance I agree But a splatanna with kraken would be WAY TOO MUCH FUN to say no too

[@DragonOfSummer]

Something I wish was more understood is that not all kits have to be good or viable. Sometimes you play something because it's fun and different. Nor are all of them designed with the competitive scene in mind. One of my favorite kits is the Classic Squiffer because it's a great kit for learning the weapon. You got the point sensor to help with aiming while the big bubbler grants some breathing room to orient yourself in the middle of battle. It's not the easiest kit to pick up, but it synergizes with the main weapon and encourages players to learn it.

[@DriverNeku]

I feel like if splatfests just had zones and nothing else, we'd actually not have to resort to just playing turf. Turf matches always go horribly because of one mistake, no matter how big or miniscule. With zones it gets rid of that I believe (I hate turf war).

[@magic3734]

Video 122 of commenting on Chara videos till brella gets fixed

[@cnvsmyth]

You really are consistent hope you can stop soon

[@catblaster6901]

good luck man

[@SpHyperspeed]

It’s gonna be video 365 before they get buffed 😔

[@glumaz5590]

Umm. That means that this will never end.

[@Tron1110]

Bruh just stop it's not funny

[@choking1668]

3:53 “Falling off due to their inconsistency” *proceeds to show the most painful and tilt inducing blaster clip*

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

the main problem with splatfest is that it heavily discourages you from playing tricolor since you basically lose all the cool splatfest exclusive perks and have to deal with people who dont know how to play the mode. also turf war is poorly designed in so many ways and regardless of what you choose it will be a mindnumbing and boring experience alongside people taking the event itself wayyy too seriously

[@siaaaaaaaaah]

what exactly do you believe to be the correct way to play the triple colored game mode? i feel like despite the game being out for 7 months, people still don’t have a consistent idea of how to play it.

[@NotSnak]

@@siaaaaaaaaah having the mode be available more often instead of one day every month or so would be a good start. People need to actually be able to play the mode to know how to play the mode

[@siaaaaaaaaah]

@@NotSnak you pose quite a good point. the only other way to learn in game is to read the explanations, which are both quite hidden and not very in depth.

[@NotSnak]

@@siaaaaaaaaah true

[@skyeshades6250]

i feel like the game should at least tell you that the two attacking teams are supposed to be working together. its so frustrating when the people on the other attacking team dont know this

[@KIIROCORE]

fun fact the stream for this revealed to us that chara is a dog owner

[@ChunkyNosher]

I think you should make a video where you react to how other people would buff or change subs and specials. For me, I would buff tacticooler by being able to use your sub button (or L) to be able to throw drinks to your teammates. Also extending the duration of quick respawn by 10 seconds and making it not break when it barely clips through an object would be pretty neat.

[@slyar]

Also, having Tacticooler RP and QR affect, but with a lessened effect

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

Yea tacticooler dosent give enough benifit considering you have to either put it in the crossfire for full potential or have it further away, quashing it's usefullness

[@VMan776]

Doing something like this would actually be really fun. I have my own balance ideas that I would love to share, and it would be fun to see others ideas and see if Chara loves or hates them like this.

[@sashasscribbles]

Oooh what if it acted like in salmon run where you're standing on a pile of golden eggs? You pick the next one up after you've thrown the last but its still a deployable cooler so teammates can pick it up directly also. I'd imagine that is only something the person who placed the cooler could do and it replaces your sub weapon if you have one on you

[@YipeekayHarasho]

I think tacticooler should either : 1. Increase SP for whoever drinks the soda. Booyah does that and i think tacticooler also should but better. 2. Refill Ink to whoever drinks the soda, instant respawn is ady good, but refill ink should also included to encourage the aggresiveness. Splatling going to benefit a lot from this.

[@pasta_boi8266]

yet ANOTHER hot take: Splatoon 3 relies too much on nostalgia to make an impact to its fanbase. Obviously yes there are new stuff like weapons, stages, characters, etcetra, but so much other stuff is from past splatoon games (especially the first one). Weapon kits, music/bands (C-Side has Splattack, Front Roe exists, and Pearl and Marina are back), even AN ENTIRE WAVE OF DLC is all from s1, and I feel like that can make s3 lose a little but of its identity. Again, there is a ton of new stuff. I totally acknowledge that. But I think that the "oh nostalgia makes fans happy and excited for our new game!!!" factor is still noticable. I know, very hot take.

[@datmeme6643]

0:54 Youre absolutely right, Chara! I ran into a 4 Splash game, not three!

[@christinesnyder4436]

Hot take: New Albacore Hotel and Snapper Canal should return with minor changes. They’re underrated stages that work better with splatoon 3’s design.

[@jaredparks4713]

Don't know about Albacore but I love Snapper and very much agree.

[@christinesnyder4436]

@@jaredparks4713 Albacore would need more drastic changes, but I think it could work if nintendo knows what to do with it.

[@Patchoulliil]

@@christinesnyder4436 hm what changes would you add to Albacore?

[@christinesnyder4436]

@@Patchoulliil I would make the stage better for short range weapons, it is a stage long range weapons dominate on. I would also have changes for each individual ranked mode. I think albacore is very close to being a great stage, and it could be one with the right changes.

[@BasedMamaJames617]

@@christinesnyder4436 I loved playing Squiffer and .96 deco on that stags, but using anything with a Jr's range or less was always hard with the little cover the stage has

[@sashasscribbles]

I really enjoy using point sensor! I get that in comp its pretty trash but in solo queue and casual play marking people is great utility and it feels satisfying to use to me~ When line marker got announced you kinda danced on point sensor's grave and I feel like it was undeserved c: To buff it, making it rediculously cheap could work but I kinda like the idea of combining it with toxic mist into one sub that has both bits of utility Excellent video btw! This series is pretty fun!

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

I mean point sensor has been considered a lot better in this game than in previous games, especially since line marker is far worse so it looks better by contrast

[@sashasscribbles]

@@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868 Oooh do you know what changes they made to it between splat 2 and 3?! I'd love to know ngl~ It seemed pretty similar to me but I've only seen gameplay of S2 not actually played it, am new to the series

[@harmless9336]

@@sashasscribbles it's not direct changes but instead the maps. The maps all have such narrow choke points and throwing a single sensor in those areas can continously mark anyone who tries to move through that single route. Also with more open areas with less cover ninja squid is better for approaching in this game, point sensor invalidates ninja squid when it hits so that also makes it more useful. Overall point sensor itself didn't get any better between games but the situation of games makes it better than 2.

[@sashasscribbles]

@@harmless9336 Ah okay, thanks for letting me know! Sucks that the only reason its good is cus the maps are bad though :/

[@MAZakir2]

When you think about it, combining point sensor with toxic mist is pretty much just bringing disruptor (Splatoon 1 sub for those who don't know) back into the game

[@dittom3426]

Squid Sisters deserve their overabundance of screen time because they’re still the best idol group. Fight me.

[@dewroot5176]

a proper hot take

[@dartcolors1073]

I agree with the squid sisters needing to take a back seat and splatfest needing new modes. I liked off the hook a lot since S2 was the first one I played. Didn't get to play octo expansion when it came out, so now everything about it is basically spoiled for me. I'm a shitter casual in S3, meaning I only play ranked because it gives me something else to do. I'm fine with only turf war, but new modes would definitely help the match making in that area. Every game feels like either I'm steam rolling or I'm getting steam rolled with no games feeling like anyone in that match is at my skill level

[@SuperJxl]

the squid sisters arent returning after splatoon 3, im pretty sure this is the end of the main story involving them.

[@chrislawlor6264]

6:03 I have the 4-star Undercover badge. It’s trash and I don’t use it in tanked. But in Turf War, it’s so much fun. Whatever the next kit is, I’m gonna play it.

[@danielvandeputte7588]

I completely passed on this splat fest even though the theme was actually decent. Hell the main reason I even want to do them is to see all the cool theme art around town. Shells do nothing but raise gear rank and help you farm bits, the 1.2 modifier is nice but honestly isn't going to make or break your calendar if you miss them. It also doesn't help that more than half the maps are mid to shit on turf war. I remember a fest here the maps where scorch gorge/Eeltail then Mincemeat/Wahoo and then Hammerhead/Mahi. God it was painful.

[@niicespiice]

reacting to 7:23 yeah, the squid sisters are cool but... as soon as splatoon 4 comes around, what do they do for the story mode? do they keep the squid sisters as hero mode and off the hook as dlc, shove deep cut in somewhere, AND whatever new group they have? the longer the squid sisters stay, the more drawn out they become

[@SuperJustinChannel]

I'm glad you and I both have the same view point on Splatfests- the last few I've played in felt like they just come and go and I didn't like the Nessie v Aliens v Bigfoot 'fest because the teams felt very unbalanced. The only reason I still play them is for Super Sea Snails and getting rid of Shifty Stations didn't help the event at all (when I still wish you could also get them from Big Runs cause they're more practical than just a locker decoration). If you had the option of playing Ranked/Anarchy modes in Splatfest, it would be a step in the right direction to making 3's Splatfests feel different from 2's and make you not feel like you're giving up ranked games for a weekend.

[@Mima-sama]

8:01 I love Marina but the sisters are agents and off the hook aren't so there's no reason for them to appear in the main story when we follow the Squidbeak Splatoon mission. But since it's kinda the end of the story with the Squidbeak Splatoon maybe the next game (If we're still in the same region).

[@BerylliumPants]

*Oh god I'm gonna get flamed* Rollers should have their splatoon one hitbox back when you're close enough to someone.

[@NotSnak]

N o

[@ethe2nd662]

While I think rollers are in a pretty bad state rn I think a lot of them can be fixed with some other less drastic things. Like splat getting more paint

[@HauntingSriracha]

I too have gotten very bored of Splatfests, unfortunately. I thought at first it might just be growing up (in age or skill), but I really see a lot of issues. The shifty station was something unique that implemented story mode into online. Tricolor is cool, but it's not super attractive. I honestly think it was better when you were stuck attacking/defending based on your team, because it felt like you were more connected to the team

[@nolethXB]

Hot Take: I do not care for the Splatoon lore and people act like it is deeper than it really is.

[@cosmicXtropics]

Yeah they only think that bc Nintendo literally doesn't know what's up. They just make shit up as they go.

[@arandomguy3630]

Splatfests are so damn boring for the first day. I thnk tri color should always available

[@carverer]

Here's a hot take: Part of the reason the comp scene isn't growing very fast is that it's not very casual viewer-friendly at all. Everything is geared toward the people actually participating in the community, which there should be plenty of resources like that, but there's literally nothing for casual viewers outside of some content creators like you and the occasional Nintendo tourney. Tournament streams are all on tons of seperate tiny channels, scrims are only posted on the participant tiny channels if at all, and there's almost never interactions so that the viewers can get to know the people they're trying to root for. I know you can still manage to find vids if you try hard enough, but most casual viewers won't be willing to do all that work. As long as the comp scene only has as many viewers as it does participants, it's not gonna grow.

[@PigeonNHL]

To the person who said Squid Sisters are overused, you've given me more feelings of rage than I've had in the past 6 months combined

[@MimiCupcakeDean]

they hated them bc they were right

[@PigeonNHL]

@@MimiCupcakeDean no

[@polygawn]

5:20 chara quoting family guy caught me so offguard istg

[@dobbobdaflob57]

i want splatfests i would fight tooth and nail for, i dont really feel a connection to any of these except for the pokemon, zelda, and aliens spaltfests.

[@StoryTeller796]

Personal hot take: I think that the talent, ambition, drive, and creativity in the Animal Crossing and Splatoon team has long since dried up ever since the Wii U days, and that's why the Squid Sisters have overstayed their welcome. The team is just burnt out.

[@NotThatAverage]

They have to put the chaos in splatfests, no specific mode, it could just be tower control, turf war, clams, zones, tri color off the bat on one choice for a gamemode, (locked to level 15+) for the ranked modes ofc

[@aquadevida6821]

The Squid Sisters have definetely their place in the main story of Splatoon 2, because it's the sequel of what really happened after the Ayo vs Oly Splatfest (The nintendo site write a little story of it before the release of Splatoon 2) But in Splatoon 3...I must admit that they stole the spotlight from the Deep Cut.

[@crystalcat3696]

splatfests are the best part of splatoon anyone who thinks otherwise is 0 brain

[@MowseChao]

I'm in this really weird middle ground where I don't play competitive with a set team, but I'm kind of "Hardcore" casual in that I enjoy playing at a high level in a solo queue environment. I actually *like* the fact that I can't queue up with friends in Splatfest Pro / X Battles because the game won't effectively penalize me for not having skilled friends to play with. All I have to do is bring myself, do my best, and whether the storm of random matchmaking. Some luck is involved, yes, but statistically it averages out.

[@trappist-x]

This game is a bit unfriendly to people with less time. I can't play all the time, and it's frustrating that catalogue rewards are locked behind many hours of gameplay or gacha. Salmon run being grindy is defo not a hot take tho

[@NotSnak]

The ammount of grind this game requires bogs the experience down for me. This isint an mmo why do i have to put in hundreds of hours to get one thing i want. I have 900 hours and still have yet to get a title ive been going for since day one

[@IDK3679.]

Yeah you do have to play alot even to just get some cash

[@Typi]

An idea for Splatfest that could help. On months where Salmonoids invade during a Splatfest: Splatfest: Tricolor BIG RUN. At the end of a Tricolor Turfwar, a King Salmonid has a chance of appearing. All teams must work together to recover the shards of a Super Beacon to launch Chaos Inkstrikes (Beefed up Sp1 Inkstrike) towards the King Salmonid. The team(s) that deal the final strike, deal the most damage, or launch the most Chaos Inkstrikes get their score/Clout increased (Diminishing returns if a team gets multiple).

[@polygawn]

THUMBNAIL ART SO CUTE GAVE ME HEART ATTACK AAAA

[@gamefreakDX]

I think the Squid Sisters should stay in future entries, but they're just the hosts of Inkopolis, as in they give us the DLC location and stuff. Story-wise, I think they're done.

[@fivethousandshoes]

6:39 YES! THANK YOU! I play Dapple Neuvou as a casual/A-Rank and I like it! I've mained it since it came out lol

[@Neoxon619]

Here’s a take: They should’ve supported New Horizons for another year or so & saved Splatoon 3 for the first year of the Switch 2 (presumably in 2024). As much as I enjoy both games, I definitely feel like they didn’t need to have 2 Splatoon games on the same system. This is especially true when Splatoon is typically more iterative in its improvements between entries. Likewise, New Horizons was such a huge success that it could’ve gotten DLC support for a little longer. And since both franchises are made by the same team (Nintendo EPD 5), they can’t really support one without compromising the other.

[@Chaos_Fantasmic]

When I say I'm not like other girls, I don't mean as in II dont like makeup or "GirLy tHingS" I mean as in clam blitz is my favorite mode

[@solarace5369]

Awesome Video! You should do more Splatoon hot takes!

[@RadiSky]

I really think three team based splatfests was a bad idea; if the theme isn’t good enough for the three teams, one is going to be over saturated, thus getting mirror matches and not having a chance to win at all due to being so rare to go against another team, one is going to be forgotten and will have to be consistently winning their games to have a chance to win, while the winner for the splatfest will be the one in the middle. It has happened if I remember correctly with team sour and big foot, and it ends up like splat 1 and 2’s splatfests with a fight between only two teams or idk, that what I have been feeling 🤷‍♀️ let’s see how the zelda one goes, that one looks solid Edit: actually, now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to elevate the chance of getting a x100 or x333 battle to the team that is currently losing at certain amount of times, like how Fire Emblem Heroes does with Voting Gauntlet

[@FireSonicYT]

uhh... the most popular team has won every splatfest except nessie winning the last one. there's still players that AREN'T getting mirror matches. mirror matches were always an issue with splatfests, sometimes a team is less than 30% popularity in past games, so the popular team ends up getting mirror matches most of the time. the sour and especially big foot popularity were definitely bad though...

[@angeloctaviomendozadomingu3269]

Shoutout to Timmy, the Neo-Sploosh player. A total legend 😎 6:46

[@ThatOneSplatoonPlayer-i2u]

I loved the shifty stations. They actually made Splatfests fun with not knowing what one is there until you play a match and get the shifty station.

[@String99]

While I agree the Squid Sisters are pretty dominant and they get take the spotlight since the first game from the other idols you just can't ask to take them out of the main stories, I mean, cmon man they are also agent 1 and agent 2 of the NSS, they are the grandchildren of cuttlefish, they are the main reason why octolings live along with inklings? and the pillar of the whole main story of the game?, sorry man but they can't leave just like that.

[@yuanfu1472]

SQUID SISTERS NEVER LEAVE!!!!

[@SJrad]

2:22 what if gear has a 4th sub spot exclusively for utility subs, which will open up room for other subs. although what constitutes as “utility sub” because that’s too broad of a term.

[@Andre-zz4hv]

Turf war needs more love and be something more consistent to make the mode better, even if it's just casual. As the focus is just painting and painting, placing special smash bros style items on the map would be interesting. Reasons: 1- Placing items helps both teams, the team that is losing and the team that is winning, because it can help in comebacks and of course laydowns. 2- can help to avoid the biggest problem of the way that is the random tiebreaker (tests show that when the game is tied the choice of the winner is random), they could put in the tiebreaker time (it would be rare but it can happen) a special item that the team that acquired it won the game. 3- Putting more investment in casual mode retains more players, not everyone plays the game thinking about the competitive 4- could even turn Turf War into one of the competitive modes. 5- would make the mode more diverse and dynamic as well as competitive modes. 6- would give more visibility to weapons that are not good in competitive modes but are good in turf war

[@karlpizza]

Yay another hot take video I love these videos

[@TheRubyGamesOG]

While I agree with the notion that Marina and Pearl aren't in their own game's hero mode doesn't feel right. You also have to keep in mind, the hero mode is the main lore that gets set up from the previous game. And in the first game we had Agent 1 and 2, Callie and Marie, there in the comms and when we move to splat 2, we can't just have capt cuddlefish again. It's a little too stale. But when what? Are we gonna have Agents 5 and 6 (what I would call Marina and Pearl) in the comms too? No. Cause they have separate lore from that of the squidpeak Splatoon. I'm happy we explore them in the dlc story modes so there is some content with them. This is simply a consequence of how they set up the squidpeak Splatoon in the first game and how they want to continue that lore. Having Marie and Callie show up because they're no longer in the spotlight makes so much sense! It wouldn't make sense for Marina and Pearl to shoehorn their way into the squidpeak Splatoon. I like how octo expansion introduced them in. It makes sense and it's organic. Would I have liked to see them in the splat 3 story mode, YES!!! But unfortunately they're not there cause we're getting a separate campaign with them

[@Luna_B_8]

What I love about Splatoon is it's Map/Mode diversity, the sad thing during Splatfest, is for the 1st Day it takes the diversity away and the only diversity you get is Salmon Run, which is a totally different Mode, either they should add something new during Day 1 (that wouldn't be available during Day 2 I guess) or they let us play some Ranked Modes in a Splatfest Team based way (dedicated to the Splatfest event) that wouldn't affect your usual Ranking kinda like Pro Matches but for "Splatfest Clams/TC/RM/Zones" that would not affect your usual rankings, plus who wouldnt wanna play Scorch Zones during the night, right? (they should keep it for the whole Splatfest's duration if they chose this specific option)

[@EmilyWinnsWhimsy]

Tbh I've been more focused on grinding salmon since the third game and it just seems more fun than turf or fests due to the amount of updates. I'm at eggsecutive vp and injoying salmon run more than ever. Splatoon 3 has a better variety, but splatoon 2 has the best story mode so far including octo expansion in my opinion. The devs could have added more to the story mode for splat 3. I can't wait to play side order tho. I need to know what happens to agent 8😫

[@flagmanjames]

Sometimes, I wonder if the only reason the Squid Sisters still appear in the games is largely to the grandfather clause (where an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases). I could be wrong, but I'd like to hear other peoples take on it.

[@monnettie]

It’s boring cause all y’all don’t know how to chill out and have fun 😭

[@Camphreneas]

On the topic of changing a weapon’s kits, I may have a few grudges against some weapon kits for being terrible, but I wouldn’t dare change them out of spiteful intentions. We still have to keep in mind that some kits of weapons could benefit some other players who plays in that particular style. For me, I like getting into the action, and slay players, but also help support whenever I need to, so I choose a weapon with a kit that fits being aggressive, while also having a small supporting role. Using a weapon that’s all backline, or support, wouldn’t benefit me as much, but it can for someone else. This is why we have weapons with multiple kits that’s fit for different roles, and play styles. If we change the kit, it’s going to play in an ENTIRELY different that than what’s intended, and of course, upset little Timmy who actually uses the kit for their own benefit. I could be wrong for some of this, but this is based off of my own personal preferences from playing through the Splatoon trilogy, and having built up experiences from all three games, while also experimenting which weapons I like to play the most, as well as help me in certain situations within different battles, and game modes.

[@signor_upb]

4:16 >skill weapons >range blaster

[@andrewmoore2580]

I actually really love playing neo sploosh with 2.3-4 sub power up for fun in ranked(mostly RM and CB) 'cause it basically allows you to teleport(although it has its flaws such as relying on the map having good out of the way beacon spots)

[@tinyclover3849]

I don't think Callie and Marie are the problem. They can still be relevant to the story and have Off the Hook and Deep Cut with great characterization, the story just needs to give them the necessary time of day. Attributing that problem to Callie and Marie just feels wrong.

[@cosmicXtropics]

I don't think they were ever relevant at all lol. Literally just forced in characters based on how Japanese culture forces children to be worshipped singing idols 🤯

[@glumaz5590]

Lil‘ Timmy will make this kit PERFECT!!!

[@frankunodostres473]

cold take: nintendo should bring back the splatoon 1 servers

[@caramelgrace2156]

I hard agree that the squid sisters have more than overstayed their welcome. Please nintendo I am begging you give us lore for the idols in the game they release in. It isn't our fault you had done a shit job giving the squid sisters any lore, you don't need to keep the other groups from getting lore aswell because of it.

[@cosmicXtropics]

No we don't need more lore tacked on when the lore they already provided hasn't even concluded properly. Lore won't fix the abysmally boring gameplay no matter who it's for. They introduced way too many characters only to half bake them and now they have the nerve to charge us for “lore” for already replaced characters. Breaking it down is just bonkers.

[@fernandobignardi6716]

I have a hot Take In order to re introduce League Anarchy open needs to: -Not give or take any points -you can only play by yourself(similar to turf war, you can create a lobby for them to join you) -the matches become like turf war, you can swap weapons in between matches and matchmaking is random Then, re introduce league twin and quads like splatoon 2

[@chilly_pumpkins]

I also didn’t realize it until now but that person who commented about the Squid Sisters was totally right! We never saw Off the Hook in THEIR OWN GAME and to see their full character potential we had to buy a dlc? And honestly Off the Hook seems totally more like a fan favorite than the Squid Sisters- what i’d like to see is if we could honestly get a place where we could see all of them or maybe we could get Inkopolis Plaza back to see OTH. That may be a stretch with the Side Order dlc coming out but like c’mon Devs, give us more OTH!!!

[@tylercunanan8255]

what id hope for the comming splat fests is the idols joining the fray of the turf war. Like the final shifty station where pearl throws out her Killer woomy. Callie: Allows the player use a mega bomb rush. either burst or normal splatbombs. marie: She hops back to snipe at the enemy team. the sight line is plenty visiable and players can squid roll or duck behind cover. pearl: provably the killer woomy. or something new marina: provides ink armor to the whole team. the player can choose when to activate it and it lasts longer. it could also buff them but not sure how much Shiver: sends out multiple splatana slashes across the map Frye: sends out her eels as a buffed tentamissle. to every enemy Big Man: Allows the player to ride atop of bigman like a larger widder kraken.

[@presidentshacho]

4:43 i think the matchmaking system is actually randomized, since i, someone who has an xpower average of 1700 im not the best) have been matched with top 3000-10s quite alot. i feel like both top level & lower ranked players in xrank deal with similar problems with the game, despite the large difference. the devs really need to fix the matchmaking system.

[@DarkWizardFoxo]

I feel like what they need to make splatfests more interesting is for the regular just like not doing the tricolour mode they need to bring back shifty stations just like have any of those old maps be available and maybe added a new one I mean this is the first time that they have made it actually completely different map from what they already have in the game and from what I've seen everyone is super excited about the completely different map, so just like you know make it to wear when you're playing in the regular mode or the professional mode there is you know a random chance that you get a shifty stations map instead of the regular ones and maybe give those ones a higher chance of having like a x 100 match happen

[@4Monadonis2]

we should replace all specials with summoning an equivalent salmon run boss in the user's ink color (missiles=flyfish, ultra stamp=griller, wail=stinger with no paint, etc.). Zooka and Strikes players just get slammin lids spawned wherever their projectiles hit the ground and super chump becomes super chum. reefslider spawns a steelhead because i said so. I see absolutely no issues with this idea in terms of game balance

[@SugarMeowYT]

The thing with new kits with remaking blue dapple dualies wouldnt be that good for me specifically because i cant play tetra for some strange reason. Torpedo is mid, but i love reefslider. I play way better with dapple nouveau than i do with tetra. I would like a burst bomb or splat bomb, but removing reefslider would completely ruin my experience because reefslider is my favorite special. I played (and still do in turf war) aerospray mg because it has my favorite sub and special. Dapple dualies essentially gave my favorite special a better main weapon that i can actually play well!

[@pikapower_kirby]

I also prefer dapples to tetras (they just feel better to play and I have more fun with them), so the constant comparisons to tetras and saying the blue dapples are worse purely because tetras exists bothers me so much. It shouldn't always be about what's the "best" but about what's fun!

[@31darkstar37]

I do wish we had a third wave of DLC, with a campaign for Deep Cut. It could be something like you and Deep Cut hunting for treasure and you have to defeat some ancient evil you accidentally awaken. Give more characterization for Deep Cut. Also, they really missed out on the opportunity. Splatoon 3, has an emphasis on the number three, yet there are no 3 DLC waves.

[@octokraken6359]

This game lacks anything majorly new. This game is a brand new game in the series. There is no new mode that stands out and separates it from the other games. The hairstyles are so ugly except for a few to the point you might as well use the old ones. Tableturf is not a good new mode especially since it can’t even be played with randoms unless you are in a pool. The marketing for this game absolutely sucks and it has sucked since it came out. This game was the opportunity to take the series in a new direction and they just are experiencing the same issues from the past games. This game needs actual new weapons and a new casual modes as well. Turf war isn’t broke so it should stay the same but there need to be brand brand new modes. A splatlands mode that used Deep Cut would have been awesome. Also the Inkopolis dlc sucked and they should have just focused on the developing other things. Return of the Mammalians was literally the second worst story in the entire series, they completely wasted mr Grizz and now have so many plotholes about Grizzco.

[@cosmicXtropics]

Its not a hot take its a fact: Splatoon 3 is one of if not the worst sequel Nintendo has ever made. Compared to 2, 3 is a massive disappointment and barley has much new content in comparison.

[@YoshiTheGamer64]

Hot take. Tableturf needs more love. Nintendo just adds more to it and that is it. I still stand along side with Tableturf

[@hihigocat]

this isnt a hot take. it would be a much more enjoyable mode if it was playable outside of a 60 dollar console game and it had a better update schedule. it unironically has similar problems to the ingame tcg mode for genshin impact, that would just be fixed by making it a separate thing

[@YoshiTheGamer64]

@@hihigocat irl Tableturf. Need I say more.

[@MAZakir2]

Some people are trying to make it a real thing, you could check out "arty siege" It's on a break for now, but the art for the cards the artists have made are absolutely amazing

[@YoshiTheGamer64]

@@MAZakir2 I printed all 198 cards. I own them all.

[@LiEnby]

​@@MAZakir2I want actual online lobbies for tableturf

[@thatsnotroro]

I also think that they could add anarchy battles in Splatfest battles. Or something like this with a new unique arnachy mode that lasts only during Splatfests. And, btw, I already wondered about changing some weapon kits but I also think it's a bad idea except if they do it when every weapons variants are released. So they could change the kits of some weapons that are almost not used at all but I think this won't happen.

[@TheoVerseVibes]

The only way reef slider is going to be an S tier special is by making it have limited endlag, destroys bombs, 50% longer sliding distance, jumb with slider (exploding someone on higher ground), limited turning speed, jump off reef slider (like jumping off a horse), roll off slider, splashdown, 73 dmg indirects, 22% smaller explosion radius,60 dmg indirects, and 180 direct when off slider, heals all HP after exploding, no longer invincible while sliding, shark has 200 hp, weapons do 75% on slider player.

[@forrestegan]

Agree with Splatfest being boring…I only play enough to get Ruler to maximize my Sea Snail reward, since it’s currently the only way to earn Sea Snails. Based on the way Pro and Open are scored and named I think Pro should be Teams and Open should be Random/Solo…and new maps would help, especially for Tri-Color matches. But frankly I’m not fond of the 3 color theme Splatfests…and the theme choices we’ve been offered have led to too many mirror matches (eg Alien vs Alien). I really miss Splatoon 2 and the original as well…I feel they were more ‘fun’ than Splatoon 3 which I simply find frustrating when it comes to Turf War and Splatfest. That said, I do like the Salmon Run improvements, Big Run and Eggstra Work…so I still play Splatoon 3 a lot…I just avoid Turf War (which I nicknamed ‘Camp or Be Camped’ because most of the time the teams are horribly mis-matched) and Anarchy modes. In addition to my fondness for Salmon Run I really enjoyed Alterna (single player story mode) a lot…although I still haven’t finished After Alterna.

[@crystalx1673]

I don't know about everyone else but I hate special and sub spam it's hard to play and enjoy the game with sub and specials being fired left and right

[@rubellite4480]

It happens less with solo queue teams without utility subs (regarding sub spam) since if you threw a bunch of mist and angle shooters it wouldn't really do much

[@IDK3679.]

cries in torpedo

[@harmless9336]

Meta does affect casual play. Hopping into series or x and seeing entire teams of splash, qr splatanas, and machines can just be miserable sometimes. Yes they are easier than actual comp players with those same weapons but seeing the same playstyle all day can really make random games less fun.

[@rubellite4480]

"triple splash or shooters can't hurt you in solo queue, the matchmaking isn't that bad" Triple shooters:

[@Inksploded]

Shifty stations for tricolour, or just shifty stages

[@kullre_gun]

Hot take because I can: this game is getting more unplayable for casuals

[@TRONkhfan13]

I have a hot take. Aerospray RG needs a heavy Nerf. Too many times I’ve played where if the team opposing has multiples and it’s next to impossible to win due to the combined ink output and speed meaning they’ll just keep covering and pushing faster than you can even defend

[@ChunwunB]

Definitely agree with last hot take about the squid sisters Return of the mammalians would have definitely been more lore heavy if it somehow involved the octolings in someway Off the hook is getting underutilized a bit to much

[@donuttttttt]

I agree with the splatfest one completely. I won’t be here for the zelda themed one as I’m going somewhere, but I don’t really mind as splatfests don’t really have much to offer. i did kinda want to play on the triforce stage though :/

[@loganmiller7827]

In terms of changing kits, I wouldn't be mad at all if they took the three missile kits and just replaced the missiles with Super Chump. They're similar enough and one of them is a lot less

[@aceteen11studios48]

I have a hot take: I think it would be better to put tri strike on more back line weapons like they did with the Z+F charger, since weapons like the slosher kinda suffer from not being able to use its main weapon in order to use the strikes and that stuff like t tek and neo splash only get to see use because of good the main weapon is and how it is able to output so many strikes, I think it would be better for more back line stuff to have tri strike because they can do similar things like how Z+F does and they’ll be safe while they use the strikes but they should probably do the cool down thing like they did with misiles so they can’t just sit back and spam them

[@blue-flare7060]

I don’t think tri color battle isn’t that bad but I can understand and wish it was with the start of splat fest instead of just being the second half, knowing the new splatfest having a special tri color I do hope they do more like this, I do like 2s shifty stations since they feel fun and enjoyable while 3 tri turf tries to do but be more tamer which sucks.

[@Pepperknight341]

Hot Take: Both Carbon Rollers should be given the Junior's ink tank.

[@HawkerMatty]

My issue with the matchmaking is that I am having the same "Not enough players found" problem at *A rank*. I literally can't progress and I have been told by many people that I would easily do well in X rank, I just simply can't progress as in the AU/JP scene (yes we get grouped for matchmaking) everyone is either already at those high levels, or just isn't playing.

[@Vulcanfaux]

That callie and marie thing is a spicy take. As for if they come back or not, idk. I guess judd and little judd are the pikachu/rathalos of splatoon, so they could realisticly be side lined in a splatoon 4 story mode. That said i hope deep cut get some more time in the side order dlc. Maybe we hear that the squid sisters are touring instead so pearl and marina are doing things there instead. For their dlc story mode.

[@stevensmith8914]

Splatfest insists upon itself

[@ItzMiKeKirbY]

The meta doesn’t affect anyone’s solo queue games unless your team has an aerospray or undercover and the enemy doesn’t.