Splatoon 2 - Episode 40: Explosher

[@dukewojcik7753]

Fun fact: That 8-Ball stage was the first place the Burst Bomb Launcher was accessible- the weapon sets that have it hadn’t been updated into the game yet.

[@Sqwivig]

Huh! Interesting!

[@mouth2548]

wow really?? i had no idea they took that long to add bamboo mk ii

[@emceechupitheundying5692]

Wow

[@ProChara]

One of the weapons I picked up in this game, a weird hybrid of a Dynamo and a Range Blaster. Explosher is so much fun its such a shame the kits it has suck. I really hope it gets some justice in Splatoon 3. Also as a super mario sunshine fan, I LOVE the connected world so much.

[@jpshy1130]

Yooooo wassup big fan

[@aknight7642]

Sup Chara!

[@alexthorne1416]

Playing the explosher in training mode I hated it. I played matches and LOVED it. It feels like a sniper type play style of standing up high and hitting foes far away

[@mushroomzoom_xx]

Yess dude 🙌🏻

[@JakoBpyroTech]

Wait, Chara is a Sunshine fan? Dang.

[@devinc578]

Chugga, i think that the control stick animation isn’t actually animated, but just the finger tip on the rig is parented to the stick. Not hand animated, but still very impressive looking thanks to the quality rig and camera angle.

[@jaydenyamada2916]

Love little attention to detail. I'd bet it was a simple ish hack like that, but it works so well.

[@VyseOnYT]

I’d consider that animation🤷🏽‍♂️

[@linkgamer256]

yeah it’s definitely a very simple, yet elegant animation

[@spindash64]

The thumb looks very stretchy to me

[@ArcRay20]

@@spindash64 no it is indeed very stretchy. if Chugga didnt have the zoom in on it i wouldnt have realized its just model stretching rather than animating

[@omencito]

Splatoon 2 Episode 40 Timestamps: 0:00 - Holy cow how is the animation that good 0:50 - Deepsea Metro (B04 - Rad Ride Station) 4:31 - Deepsea Metro (G09 B05 - Wack 8-Ball Station) 9:57 - Special Topic Thingy - The World of Splatoon 18:12 - Weapon Bio - Explosher 23:21 - Weapon Bio cont. - Custom Explosher 24:52 - Match Prep 25:40 - Match 1 (Clam Blitz, Blackbelly Skatepark) 32:28 - Match 2 (Clam Blitz, Walleye Warehouse) Fun Fact: This is where the Splatoon 1 playthrough ended. And yet here we are, still marching forward!

[@TheNitr01]

That Tower Control level with the Range Blaster is NO JOKE. Such a thrill if you manage to do it. When I did it I technically ran out of time but I hit the goal just before the bag of green ink was about to burst, so I passed!

[@Im_Just_A_Dreamer]

Same thing literally happened to me

[@BrokenLegend]

I totally understand where you come from with the magic tricks. I always felt the same, until my dad convinced me to watch a show called "Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed" with him. That changed everything, and the magic still filled me with child-like wonder, but not because I didn't understand that it was a trick or because I couldn't figure it out. I ended up liking magic even more because I know the tricks now, but just because my brain knows doesn't mean my eyes see it. Every time I see a magic trick now my mind immediately thinks of how good the person doing the tricks is, because someone who knows how they're done can't even see them doing those small tricks.

[@UltimateStarky]

The first, and only heavyweight with the Baller Special. I guess with four lightweight Ballers in the game, they needed to show how bad it would be if a heavyweight used one, and unfortunately, Explosher was used as the sacrificial lamb.

[@Sweet_Rosie607]

chugga is the sweetest, most wholesome person on the platform. Your kind hearted-ness and sweetness is seriously what makes you my role model. please keep doin what ur doin and never change chugga. I value you you alot.

[@leolucam78luis87]

Ah yes the geographical connections of splatoon, I’ve been waiting for this since the series started and since the first game’s connection. So glad to see this

[@octokid]

Watching Octo Expansion has been a really interesting experience for me so far. Every game I've watched you play is either something I have never experienced before or something I am very familiar with. But this is something I haven't experienced since this came out. I enjoyed the game but never played through it again. It feels strange remembering all the things that had sunk to the back of my mind after all this time

[@Sqwivig]

22:23 The sprinkler painting your feet is super helpful to know. I've seen ProChara get away from some pretty nasty situations by doing that!

[@rodrickgoldberg2324]

I’m pretty sure you can see Inkapolis Plaza’s tower in The Square. You have to go into one of the back corners and look really hard. It’s super obscure and out of sight.

[@tylerthomasgames]

Yes you accual can! Im tryinv to remember if chugga showed it in a diffrent episode or if that was someone else

[@bemblob]

I’m like 99% sure that he did

[@solidskullz5736]

Such a fun name for a weapon: explosher, it’s amazing

[@SupremeMarioGamer]

The latter half of this video makes me hope that Splatoon 3 has individual map selection in the sale of Mario Kart 8. That would mean the base game needs a healthy number of maps at launch instead of a drip feed over the course of months, but I can dream.

[@44R0Ndin]

They've had 2 previous games to work on maps now, so they can just bring in a bunch of old maps as well as a drip feed of new maps and it would probably work out alright.

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@44R0Ndin not necessarily, any new modes requires adding or reworking various features and they also need to test every current map and map variant for its balancing involving every single weapon kit. Yes, probably a majority of the work is done but it's by no means a simple task of just dropping them all in

[@theogravity866]

welp :(

[@alliejasmine]

I’ve watched a ton of slight of hand video that explain how the trick is done. I have to say knowing 100 ways something could be done and still not being able to pick up on how they did it is absolutely more magical than not knowing.

[@duelbraids]

The thing is, I kinda understand map rotation up to a point, like: If your least favorite map is up in one mode, well, you can kill an hour in another. However, I genuinely think it should either be more maps per mode, or, there should be a check that says "okay, they've played X amount of matches or X amount of time on this map, they have to get the other one, even if that means changing the room they're in." Just because even as a casual player, it can be frustrating to not be able to play two maps before i have to, say, cook dinner or go to bed.

[@fullmetallemer6818]

Two weeks late but yeah. Anytime I see Starfish Mainstage I flashback to when I play basically an entire rotation on it

[@duelbraids]

@@fullmetallemer6818 Yep! Not with Starfish specifically, but some of the maps that I otherwise think are fun just send me back to like, weird bad memories of the game, which SUCKS.

[@thomastyrrell49]

The talk about not wanting magic to be revealed when combined with the background music made me feel really nostalgic for some reason

[@tyresr]

You’re making the best splatoon content out here right now, I’m loving these episodes

[@liamwhite3522]

Magic eye puzzles, I actually recently learned the trick to them. Everyone always just said to just stare at it until I got it, but there's more to it then that. You know how when you cross your eyes, everything not in focus seems doubled? Like when you're looking at your phone and you see your reflection; focus on the reflection and the phone unfocuses and looks doubled, focus on the phone screen and the reflection doubles. Basically, the trick is to cross your eyes, focused closer to where you are. Put a finger between you and the image, then focus on your finger. Then, once you're ready, quickly remove your finger, and your eyes will readjust. The doubles created by being unfocused will overlap to a point where, even though you're not focused on the image, there is something to focus on.

[@scarymeunster9095]

I think learning how to do magic yourself can give you a new appreciation for them. I never really saw much in the From Software games (Elden Ring, Dark Souls, etc.) until I played Yakuza, when I learned how to watch for the combos and get a rhythm for the combat style of those sorts of games. I never saw much in those kinds of games until I played something similar and got an eye for it. It may not be as elusive or mystical, but it can easily be even more fascinating when you can understand it.

[@unknown_limes]

I think the problem is that's another form of appreciation, "more adult-ish" if you will. It's like Emile says, the wonder of it disappears into "oh that's how that's done" and you're better able to appreciate the hard work, but watching others do it suddenly becomes like "well this isn't feeling like it always has" and that can ruin the entertainment value for some folk

[@dogecoin9562]

I feel you on the map rotation thing. I think it was fone at launch when there was way less maps, but with how many there are now you might not see one for a while depending on when you play. Hopefully 3 will have a better system.

[@bagelgod946]

15:46 I was already a big fan of shellendorf institute but this has launched it up as one of my favourites!

[@sherbertshortkake6649]

Cute Rick pfp!

[@piepowerz]

There’s several videos showing it online, but you actually can see Inkopolis Plaza’s tower from Inkopolis Square. It’s visible in the little nook on the left behind Crusty’s truck!

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

its still really weird how you dont see it from octo canyon though but yeah, it is visible there at least

[@michaelmolina956]

You can see Inkopolis tower in the square, if you go to the alley where the Amiibo box is and look in the right angle you can see the silhouette

[@SinisterPixel]

I think it would be cool if the more you got repeat maps, the more it stacked the map rotation odds in your favour for you to get another map. So when you first queue, it could be a straight 50/50 shot. After that it goes to 40/60, with the 60 being the map you haven't played yet, then 30/70, then 20/80, then 10/90, until you roll the second map, then it resets back to 50/50. Getting repeats would still be possible but reasonably unlikely after the 2nd or 3rd map. You could even have a pity system after the 4th or 5th rotation that guaranteed the other map.

[@EmileeAria413]

Right, but how do you account for every single player in the lobby having separate and potentially conflicting ratios?

[@SinisterPixel]

@@EmileeAria413 have the map in the lobby already be predetermined upon joining

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@EmileeAria413 people newly joined to the lobby would have the 50/50 base chance so they'd basically be a +/-0 while everyone already in the lobby would have similar odds as they play matches together. In the case that there is conflicts, like the person with the most games has a 7/2 split while the newest member has a 1/2 split, then you simply find the average between all players. (I don't think the distinction of mean vs mode really matters here but I want to remind people there is a difference and I am aware of it)

[@sjl057]

The little jingle that plays on the tower in Deepsea Metro is different than the one in Ranked Battles. Just a little thing that I thought was cool.

[@Aidea._.]

Small spoiler alert It's the same jingle that plays during the blender cutscene! Just played on the tower's music box.

[@xbro154ever]

Looks like we have an “exploher” episode today Also, yeah, that animation is really smooth and sweet 👌

[@yarshmellow2323]

I love the background details of splatoon. My personal favorite detail (and one that I was sad about it not being meantioned) is that you can see Turquoise October posters on Starfish Mainstage, showing that the divide between Inklings and Octarians is not as unfixable as it looks.

[@meganmartin3373]

Can confirm: My dad had a card trick explained to him once, after it had briefly convinced him that magic was real, and he's regretted it ever since. Treasure that feeling, Emile!

[@mechamacabre8962]

2 things: 1) 8-balls move slower on sponges, 2) move in octopus form without ink, it is ADORABLE!

[@fernandobignardi6716]

If a player has more, you give them the clams If you both have the same amount, the less aggressive weapon/player throws the clams Use this most of the time and you all be fine

[@DrakeNightwing]

One of the few minor things about the Explosher I like -- and admittedly its a very minor tidbit -- but I love how you can see the heat distortion coming from off the Explosher's front vent in front of your Inkling...especially since the weapon is described as a jet heater fitted into a jerrycan.

[@skadoosher7747]

So glad chugga finally covered among us butts I needed that info

[@RavenTheSensai]

god i love hearing about the notes chuggaa makes for himself XD

[@TentaCole]

Ah yes, the Explosher. The Slosher weapon where you get to beat people up with hot ink. (It’s true!) Wait… THAT’S WHY THE BLOBS OF INK EXPLODE. I thought that was true when the Explosher first came out, but I never really put two & two together!

[@cloudluigigreenblue9349]

It’s even evident when you look closely at the Explosher during the weapon and gear select, it’s faint but you can see that there’s heat waves coming from inside the Explosher.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Fire damage needs to be a thing in Splatoon 3.

[@mewtuber6387]

fun tip: if your walking on a grate/uninkable surface, seabagging will move you along them faster

[@TeltStory]

each squidbag makes you fall slightly faster in the air. it's super slight.

[@ShadowSkyX]

Wait, what does that even mean? Go partial squid since going full squid obviously will make you fall?

[@whosthisguyagain3153]

@@ShadowSkyX it’s like t-bagging, but for hopping in and out of squid form really quickly.

[@patrickcarter2829]

@@ShadowSkyX "seabagging," or the more common term, "squidbagging" is when you rapidly switch between squid and kid form.

[@dukewojcik7753]

I always thought that “Inkopolis Tower” and “Deca Tower” were the same building, just called different things by different denizens of the city, kind of like ‘soda’ and ‘pop’ being the same thing, just that they’re a dialectical difference.

[@Sqwivig]

Nope! They are actually completely different locations. The more you know 🌠

[@dukewojcik7753]

@@Sqwivig I stand corrected.

[@LinkMountaineer]

Saltspray Rig being destroyed and related to the Salmon Run lore would make a lot of sense.

[@omega13whitelucario95]

But then how did the Octolings get the power eggs in the original game?

[@LinkMountaineer]

@@omega13whitelucario95 Might be some other way. Salmonids probably still existed prior to that happening despite not being noticed.

[@omega13whitelucario95]

@@LinkMountaineer to be fair Could have still been noticed just wasn't seen as a big deal or the like Or Grizz hadn't shown up yet to establish whatever he is doing Regardless I do think they existed before cause they seem to have way too much culture and such for them to be a recent thing

[@LinkMountaineer]

@@omega13whitelucario95 That’s what I mean. They weren’t too big a deal to warrant as much attention as they do in the second game.

[@omega13whitelucario95]

@@LinkMountaineer ah gotcha And yeah Granted they seem to be more so in the next game

[@Godzillamikey1337]

Chugga during Splatoon 1: "I'd like to give special attention to d a m a g e - u p" Chugga during Splatoon 2: "PLEASE GIVE ME THE OTHER MAP"

[@colefrazee]

Off The Hook News Wave Part 40: Pearl: What up my halloaing humpheads out there, I'm Pearl. Marina: And I'm Marina, and this is Off The Hook. Pearl: Tonight, the new kid took hold of the Explosher in Clam Blitz. Marina: He and his team played on Blackbelly Skatepark and Walleye Warehouse, and boy today was not his day. Pearl: After playing 40 minutes of Blackbelly Skatepark and losing the first match, he finally got Walleye Warehouse, only to lose there too. Marina: He seemed pretty tired after that run, though I can't really blame him. Pearl: Seriously, when we finally move to Splatsville, the map rotation should get a total overhaul and just cycle through the two maps one at a time. Marina: Well, all we can do is hope for the best. But with that said, that's all for today. Remember. Pearl and Marina: Don't get cooked, stay Off The Hook. *cut* *meanwhile* Mack: *tying up Callie, Marie, and Joe* Alice: Mack, please. This is ridiculous. Sophie: You've gone completely off the deep end. Mack: So what, I'm doing what I believe in. Octavio: Mack, I order you to cease this very instant. Cuttlefish may be the bane of my existence, but we were still ex-friends. What's the point of having an arch nemesis if you kill them, then you have no one to fight. Mack: Listen you dumb beach, I'm in charge now. Don't make me use this blaster against you. *points the Grizzco Blaster at the dome* Alice: Wait, is that, a Grizzco weapon!? Mack: Indeed. Well, one of four. *takes off cloak revealing the other three weapons* Sophie: *gasp, total shock* Octavio: Mack, you've gone crazy. Think for a minu... Mack: I've made my mind up you old ink sac. You need me to sing about my motives, cause music is in our genes. Alice: I much rather prefer you not si... Mack: Too late! *plays radio* *Ready as I'll ever be from Tangled is sung* Mack: Any moment now, Octavio. Believe me I know, I've sunk pretty low. But, what ever I've done he deserves. Sophie: Mack please. Mack: Quiet! I'm the bad guy it's fine. It's no fault of mine and some justice at last will be served. Alice: Please listen. Mack: Now it's time to step up or it's time to step down, and there's only one answer for me. And I'll stand up and fight cause I know that I'm right. And I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready. Ready as I'll ever be. *fades to Mount Nantai* Pearl: Now it's time to rise up or it's time to stand down and the answer is easy to see. And I swear by the brush if your in get on board. Are you ready? 8: I'm ready! Marina and Cuttlefish: We're ready! Everyone on the subway: We're ready! 8: Ready as I'll ever be. Marina: Are you quite sure we can do this? Pearl: Together we will guarantee. Mack: I'll make them hear me. (Everyone on the subway: Now it's time to repeat or it's time to resolve) 8: Prove they can trust me. Cuttlefish: I'll save my home and family. Everyone on the subway: Now the lines in the sand and our moments at hand. 8: And I'm ready. Cuttlefish: I'm ready. Pearl and Marina: I'm ready. Mack: *while staring at Octavio* Ready as I'll ever be. *end song* *to be continued*

[@yokai59loi36]

Kirby: AAII!!! (I'M SO EXCITED! WAIT WHERE'S CAPTAIN FALCON?!) C. Falcon: Thanks. This is my stop. Just need to test out this tower control... To be continued...

[@thepbrit]

Chugga's gripes with the random maps makes me think the best way of doing it would have been a system that makes it more likely to play the other map each time you get a repeat. So the first time you play it's a pure 50/50 The second time it becomes a 60/40, in favour of the map you haven't played Then 70/30, 80/20, 90/10 and finally 99/1 Then when you eventually get the second map the odds reset back to 50/50 and it starts over again. Something like this would make it more likely to switch, while still keeping the random element that Nintendo likely wants to keep, so the game has a more casual feel and so you can't just pick maps you like

[@Aidea._.]

Also, including all four maps from the monthly selection whenever the modes rotate would help bring some extra variety for when you play through a whole rotation. (It would also be good if Nintendo better publicized the monthly stage selections outside of Japan going forwards)

[@metamewannen]

Fun fact, you can also see the splatoon 1 deca tower from the square, if you go to the right wall from spawn behind crusty Sean's food truck and zoom in, you can see its shape

[@majorarcana4964]

I really like how the explosher has a heat haze effect around it, it’s such a nice detail.

[@tyriquesmith8850]

"Sit there and take it... Like a Woman..." Wow Emile. another phrase for people to take out of context 😂

[@jetbluefinjames9952]

Imagine if explosher had fizzy bomb, that would be good, but I can only dream… Great vid on the explosher! It’s my favorite weapon to use in splatoon 2! Thank you for all your hard work and awesome content!

[@G1Radiobot]

Damn, I actually saw Chugga in a game! Neato. I was a carbon roller that played very poorly, if you remember.

[@Rognik]

I'm like you in that, for years, I couldn't see anything in Magic Eye puzzles. Then I took a psychology course and learned that they learn through free fusing of your eyes. When I couldn't get that to work, I later learned that I was actually stereo-blind, in that my eyes don't fully work together. (Technically, I'm stereo-impaired as I could still see some of the 3D effects, but not all of them.) Next time you're getting your eyes checked, ask your optometrist if you are stereo-blind or not. Not much you can do about it as an adult, but it's still useful to know.

[@jkjack0742]

"You let an 8-ball fall-test failed." 1 of 3 things that haunt Octo expansion players to this day.

[@rdxgamer1772]

Naming Every Splatoon 2 Episode Outfit Ep1: The Conductors Choice Ep2: Fashionable Fishing Fit Ep3: The Frosty Bandit Ep4:Cozy Vacation Vibes Ep5: Athletic Roll Model Ep6: Cozy Hoodie Vibe Ep7: Batter up!! Ep8: The Ankle Breaker Ep9: Tony Squid Pro Skater Ep10:Office Sports Retreat Ep11: Heavy Weapons Squid (Shout out to Cash Bland in the comments for this genius name) Ep12: I left the rest of the beekeeping suit at home Ep13: Cod of duty modern splatfare Ep14: The Modern Chinese Zombie (Shoutout to Gretchen Goebel for the name for this episode) Ep15: Chuggas outfit: Out for a walk in the rain Yoshillers outfit: Biker at sea Ep16: The Kelp Crusader Ep17: Beach Dad (shoutout to BlueBerry in the comments for the name) Ep18:chuggas outfit: Park Ranger Silvers outfit: Lakeside Vibes (Shoutout to yokai59 Loi for naming chuggas outfit this episode) Ep19: Retro Hipster Ep20: The Best Time To Wear a Plain Sweater...Is All The Time! Ep21:Mean Green Splatting Machine Ep22:Midnight Swim Practice Ep23: Seaweed Surfer Ep24: Night Out On The Town Ep25: The Treasure Washer (shout out to 愛　LOVE アイドル in the comments for the name suggestion) Ep26: Swaping to a fresh pair of nikes Ep27: Headband Hero Ep28:Chugga: This Weapon Has Snow Business being this bad Charas outfit: Resident Sushi Chef Ep29: Home Town Hipster Ep30:Chuggas out: Home Depo Dad Hackers outfit: Demonic Market Clerk Ep31: A musician wasn't allowed into a bar. why? because he was A minor Ep32: Squid Sisters Reunion Tour! Ep33: Joes Casual Kit Octo Expansion: Ep1/34: The Striped Shooter Ep2/35: The Overworked Hero Ep3/36: Chuggas outfit: Waldos new sweater vic's outfit: Casual Flip Flop Fit Ep4/37: The Fine Yellow Fellow Ep5:/38:chuggas outfit: The Trend Setter tetsus outfits: Monotone Master and the HipHop Sniper Ep6/39: I am the a**hole build Ep7/40: Out for a Jog By The Lake But Burnt Out Halfway (shout out to 愛　LOVE アイドル for the last half of the name)

[@LOVE-iv2pw]

May I add “but burnt out half way” because of how the matches played out?

[@rdxgamer1772]

@@LOVE-iv2pw i like it

[@diamonddevon6662]

There is one more thing you should know about the weapon that in Salmon run it is the only weapon that can destroy flyfish by just lobbing ink to the launchers

[@crispypig2483]

Actually inkopolis plaza IS only a 20 minute walk! In the corner behind crusty Sean’s truck you can see inkopolis tower in the distance, sans zapfish of course.

[@shiningmagneton469]

Explosher? Is that like, a slosher that explodes? Because that sounds... like a blast. I hate myself for that one. That's the first time I've heard thumb animation be called "sensual," and that is already one times too many. So we've had single player Rainmaker, and now we have single player Tower Control. When do we get single player Clam Blitz? (God, that just sounds awful on paper). I do love interconected worlds. That just make everything seem so much more real, like these are actual places and not just levels in a void. Mario Kart 8 does this as well, and it gives that game so much personality knowing everything in it fits together like a puzzle. It's really satisfying as well once you know all of the connections. It is slightly dissapointing though that the interconnected world was not given as much thought as the one is Splatoon 1. Either that, or there are some super hidden connections no one has found yet. About the Shellendorf one - I don't those icons aren't for songs. Instead, those seem to be those audio tour icons you see in most museums nowadays. That's a really neat little detail. It really is a slosher that explodes. That name is a bit on the nose, don't you think? OH BOY, MORE CLAM BLITZ. For a mode Emile doesn't particualrly like, he sure seems to play it a lot. Granted, it's not something he has control over. It's just whatever is available when he goes to record. Which is often Clam Blitz. "Worse odds than Fire Emblem." That's when you know it's bad.

[@ryanoconnor3867]

One of my favorite weapons of all times! Sometimes, you want a gun. Sometimes, you want an *artillery.* That's what this can be. Try playing this one on splat zones, hiding behind a wall, and abusing the arced shots to launch explosive cover fire all over the zone, keeping the enemies out and the zone painted your color at the same time, all while staying well out of harms way! Slap on some ink saver main and ink recovery up and you'll be racking up assists in no time!

[@MasterRJMC]

in all honesty, the magic thing is very relatable, with my perspective is trading a child's sense of wonder for an adults: A Child will see there in amazement never knowing the tricks and techniques that go into the act, whereas the more mature side will know how it's done, but has the ability to see and appreciate all the effort that goes into it. The wondrous thing about magic, and the main reason i also watch Penn and Teller (they have an entire show dedicated to magicians testing their mettle on trying to fool them), is that no matter how far behind the curtain you think you've looked, theres always going to be someone that can make you feel like that child again. Also, the word you are probably looking for in the opener is stimulating or very satisfying. The near or possibly exactly 1 to 1 mimicking of the Octoling's thumb matching your real life motion, mixed with the pleasing auditory ticks from moving over every node is very pleasing to the brain and senses

[@jasonso2056]

Credit to GG Gabriel Gaming for this summary of the Explosher: When a slosher and a charger love each other veeery much… I love how Splatoon is such a lore-filled universe with little details that connect the world together and little stories and sub-plots that are practically invisible to the naked eye. It really sets Splatoon apart from other online shooters and gives it a unique identity. Edit: I almost forgot! The details extend to the weapons too! Such as how the Explosher is so hot that the area around the nozzle(?) appears warped when you look at it in 3D.

[@leodroid8653]

Amazing video on the detailed world of Splatoon! I don't know if anyone mentioned this but you can actually see Wahoo World from Inkopolis Plaza way back in Splatoon 1. It was teased since back then, I find it awesome that it actually became a map on the second game.

[@stuffyworld10]

Your talk about magic was honestly super cute. I can definitely relate to wanting to keep some mysteries in life a secret as to not ruin the wonder that goes along with said mysteries. Sometimes the unknown is more special than understanding

[@a_soup_can]

0:00 You're gonna watch his thumb, and you're gonna do what he says or he's gonna do something to you. And I don't know what that is because everybody has always *done what he **_says._*

[@ESCStroopwafel]

18:43 nice how the censorship still made it sound like a legit swear

[@Captain_Snow529]

Thanks for covering the explosher. This is my main backline in splat zones. Mostly double zones. And, keep up the good work

[@armydillo1013]

Pro tip for explosher: Jump as you take each shot It costs very little, since the start and end lag are the same length as a jump, And also increases the likelihood of landing a 90 damage hit, due to it causing the projectile to land at a steeper angle, which significantly increases the likelihood of the splash damage hitting after penetrating a given player

[@YourPalRal]

This was a nice post-workout video for me! These videos always brighten up my day!

[@grantcactus9973]

I got back into the game when you started this LP and tried the explosher for the first time and surprisingly fell in love with it, I did not expect to like it nearly as much as I did

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Ahh, my favorite Flyfish buster! I'm awful with this thing but it's crazy fun, gotta love heaving around a jet engine!

[@AzureMoebius22]

I got through checkpoint A But not through checkpoint B That's when I got shot in the ass By the Octo Military Also maybe it was the Salmonids who destroyed the rig. Splatoon lore shows their rushes to be particularly devastating, and that these rushes had a history of wiping out entire cities before ranged weaponry was made. Perhaps there was a failed attempt to defend the rig from those vicious fishes, and its destruction was the result.

[@Sqwivig]

That's actually a super interesting theory!

[@paulbutkovich6103]

See, for me knowing how the trick is done makes me appreciate the magician *more*. Especially when I suspect how they're doing it but still can't see it. Oh and an elevator that doesn't go up or down is a moving platform.

[@blue_boo3171]

A weapon that, for some, could be a *blast* to play!

[@noncreativeguy7284]

Heyyy Wack 8-Ball Station! This was the station that really cemented my love for Octo Expansion! I wasn’t quite sure at first how I felt about it at first, how it was just a bunch of harder singleplayer levels, without collectibles so they felt shorter and empty. The levels kind of just seemed like getting past one challenge, dying many times on the way, to slowly progress through a story of some characters I didn’t care much about. However, the two things I love are patiently overpreparing, and the inkbrush! This was the first station I really felt like I had fun on. I could go at my own pace and use my favorite weapon. I got to watch the 8 ball do pretty stunts and admired the background, showing off the special charm that Octo Expansion has. This station also started my over-attachment to my octoling, which only grew as I progressed further through the game, lol.

[@SAI-Max_D]

Gotta love how the Splatoon series has so much attention and care put into its worldbuilding, that its lore might be deeper than the Mariana Trench once the 3rd entry launches Also, while you have my condolences in regards to your RNG-cursed map selection woes Chugga, please don't tire yourself out by playing for longer than you'd prefer just to show off the other map in a rotation

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

rotations only last for two hours, making that the maximum amount of time spent here ...assuming its the maximum it'd be a very stressful two hours, as well. and it probably gets way worse if he tries to record multiple times in one day, especially if singleplayer is done at the same time. combined with editing... edit: actually, fuck it. lets calculate! so, every match has a 5 minute limit in this mode and he showed the intro screen 6 times assuming that every match uses that full 5 minutes (its clam blitz which makes this incredibly reasonable), and that he really showed every intro screen, that makes it 6 * 5. which is 30 minutes of in game time if we count the matchmaking screen then that means his claim of 40 minutes was actually timed. he doesnt even have squid jump to help, unlike splat 1. just messing around with the music effects for a few minutes it must feel TERRIBLE during a recording session if you want to get more octo expansion or video editing done that day, holy crap and i really dont blame him for going so far with it, when its not only his job but also this LP had already been put off long enough to start AFTER a sequel announcement. i at least hope he can enjoy himself during this

[@goldmemberpb]

I get why map rotation is a thing because if that was not the case, most people would just pick handful of stages and modes everytime but it also doesn't seem right to let the developer take control of those choices. The fact that chuggaa spends hours of what should be a 10 mins recording is proof of that.

[@ChargedBonsai98]

Another great location for explosher is on Blackbelly Skatepark. The zones are so small that one or two shots can entirely take the zone. Plus, there's an alley off to the right of spawn with a wall between you and the zone, much like Camp. The tower in the middle allows you to attack almost anywhere the zone can be contested from.

[@asheishere1330]

Fun fact! there is literally a human skeleton in the museum somewhere. IM NOT JOKING It’s somewhere outside of the map idk how to explain it it’s pretty hard to find. I think it’s on the right side of the map get a scope and look down.

[@BlueboySSB]

At 14:34 where chuggaa shows the 4th wall break in ancho-v games, you can see a poster for dedf1sh, the character who canonically makes the background music for octo expansion. This is the only time you can see dedf1sh in game.

[@cpwcomputerplayerwill]

Each CQ Cumber is a different person. It’s more clear in the Japanese version that they are all individuals that just act the same.

[@velvetbutterfly]

I feel like I saw them say "find me in different locations for [item]" which very plainly says they're all the same but I could be misremembering

[@Small_Leviathan]

Ah, Explosher my beloved. My betrothed, even. A weapon so often held back by its kit or by the meta. I sincerely hope it gets its time to shine in Splatoon 3.

[@641mamaluigi]

[8:22] C.Q. Cumber Straps a Bomb to you and Detonates it at will shroud you fail, brings me super Mario galaxy vibes where rabbits murder you for failing to catch them in time (many other stars are like this too like ones involving guppy)

[@Following1000]

Hang on, we talked about stage secrets and didn't talk about the Great Zapfish Lord of the Lake or No.9 in Piranha Pit?! I hope that's in the pipeline for later on, 'cause that's one of my favourite more unknown lore pieces. Hell, Rassicas' made a vid about them and helped here when talking about the stages, so I'd imagine it's something that can be talked about in the series. Also, we somehow didn't see the over powered Octo Expansion Splat Walls on the tower mission. We saw 'em in the rainmaker mission but didn't really see how powerful they were due to the rainmaker. But yeah, Octo Expansion Splat Walls are so jacked it's almost funny.

[@patrickcarter2829]

True. I wonder if they're connected to the mega Salmonid we saw in Splatoon 3 Salmon Run: Next Wave?

[@AFKei]

Seeing that Animal Crossing reference just made me think about the Sisterly villagers' dialogue about leaving town to a turf war. It made no sense then, but when Splatoon happened, it retroactively became funnier.

[@moviemaker199]

Oh no, I remember seeing this first test a couple years ago. This one is *B R U T A L !* Just like many of the other tests…

[@luigikirby000]

5:43 I heavily relate to all of that, it makes the trick so much better. Sometimes having a smooth brain can be nice

[@Deathnotefan97]

For me it’s the opposite Knowing how the trick is done, understanding the skill needed to pull it off, actively looking for the trick part itself, but still failing to see it, makes the experience much more enjoyable

[@flatstanley4974]

"I can't really think of another stage that is based on the idea of having to ride tower through bottomless pits." *Stares quietly at camp triggerfish*

[@antiquaemblem]

THIS IS WORSE ODDS THAN FIRE EMBLEM As a major fan of that series, I couldn't agree more lmao

[@adriellightvale8140]

I like to give nicknames to various weapons. Handgun (Splattershot), sniper rifle (Splat Charger), battle rifle (Splattershot Pro), shotgun (Blaster), shield gun (Splat Brella), bottle gun (Squeezer), long gun (Range Blaster), quick gun (Rapid Blaster and Rapid Blaster Pro), jet rifle (Jet Squelcher), shell gatling (Nautilus), burst bucket (Explosher), and others.

[@luisgavidia943]

That thing you said about not wanting to know the secrets behind things like card tricks and magic, i feel that. It reminded me so much of the visual novel Umineko and how it's changed how i see things like that. Ignorance is bliss, as some say

[@ext_Trex_Arms]

15:57 it's super cute that those bugs are the same as from AC but what i also noticed is that at that shot, in the background is a giant wallposter which seems to me like an inkling depiction of the ancient statue from ACNH (the Dogu figurine)

[@vi6ddarkking]

The Thumb Animation Is Extremely Easy To Do. It's Called A 2 Bone IK. It's A Form Of Inverse Kinematics Were You Set A Target In This Case An Empty Object Above The Stick. And Then A Script Automatically Moves The Bones To Follow The Target According To Desired Parameters. Modern Game Engines Like Unity Have This Ability Built In.

[@Sqwivig]

Why is every word in your comment capitalized?

[@axeleide299]

i recall seeing inkopolis tower from the main area in splatoon 2 in the alley next to crusty sean

[@wowRichtoad]

I am convinced that the map chances are not 50/50 odds, if they are even random at all. In both Splatoon 1 and 2, no matter the day, I've almost always had one map that I get way more than the other one. I'm not talking "Oh, I saw Kelp Dome 4 times and Walleye Warehouse 3 times", its almost consistently "I am so done with Anchovy Games I've gotten it ten times today and the other map once."

[@bennettmoseley2622]

10:08 Chugga flash banging me with those words earned the like from me.

[@Missiletainn]

You can see Splatoon 1 tower from the Splatoon 2 Plaza, head and face towards the amiibo scanner and head left and you can see it in the distance.

[@Ikine557]

There definitely is a bit of loss when you learn enough about how magic is performed, but only at first. Once it starts to sink in just how impressive it is to be able to do the tricks well, you gain a whole new level of wonder.

[@nightcaller92]

The trick with magic eye things is you have to unfocus your eyes. If you have one that you can pick up and move around, hold it near your eyes, then shift your focus like you're looking behind it at something in the distance. Hold your eyes like that and move the magic eye in and out until the pattern appears to be in focus without you directly focusing on it, then just carefully move your eyes around and look for parts of the pattern that seem to break/cut/distort. Once you find that, the image should start to jump out as a 3D effect. If you lose your focus and go back to normally looking at it, just repeat the step to get there, or you might be able to jump right into that unfocused focus if you can feel it well. Hope this helps for anyone who wanted to know how to view a magic eye Another tip is that some patterns may be self-similar enough that you get that unfocused focus at the wrong depth. If you can't find the 3D image, or if you found it and it looks like an indeterminate mess, try adjusting your eyes to catch focus differently, like you're looking at something closer or further than the behind-point you were looking at before

[@verdantstar2790]

There was a lot of chugga's personality in this episode, it was great

[@SirenVivian]

This was an interesting episode. I've never used an Explosher outside of Salmon Run, and it's always been a really strange, unwieldy weapon to me, doing one thing really, really well, but nothing else. I've always been kinda interested in it tho, just cuz I really like weapons with high learning curves. So, yeah, I liked learning more about Exploshers and what makes them good! I can finally see them as cool weapons in their own right, rather than my previous thoughts, which were just "it kills Flyfish" Also, I see you switched over to the pronunciation I use, after saying it like "explode" in past episodes. But nah, I've always said it the "slosher" way. And yes, Moray Towers IS a big, big place. And a beautiful place. I love how nice the views are, and so should you. Let the Moray Towers love flow through you, Chugga. JOIN US- *shot* (That Saltspray Rig theory is really cool and I'mma steal it)

[@Spectaria]

as someone obsessed with magic eye as a kid, don't sweat not being able to get it. it's so difficult to get it right, and the only reason i can was because i spent so long staring at those books that i can just unfocus my eyes naturally when i see them. i think this partially caused my bad eyesight tbh edit to add: speaking of that bad eyesight, i never realized the explosher had heatwaves that came off of it! that's a fantastic detail.

[@Zacman1123]

0:39 Even Past Chugga is violent to Present Chugga.

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

If I threatened to kick my future self's arse, I'd probably get more stuff done.

[@ASquared544]

15:49 You could call it a reference… or you could call it asset reusage.

[@dailydelphox]

Worked with a magician and honestly, even when they tell you it's sleight of hand and try to show you, I still can't comprehend how they do their tricks. It's as if their hands are literally slipping cards into another dimension and no matter what angle you watch it from, no matter how much you KNOW how it SHOULD look, you can't see in practice.

[@PriffyViole]

I watched that "Magic's biggest secrets finally revealed" show when it was on, and honestly, even with the curtain pulled back it's still genuinely impressive how they pull that stuff off. It takes a lot of skill to make those illusions look real. Also, yeah, Magic Eye Puzzles can fuck right off.

[@DarkKirby8976]

18:43 "SOUNDS AWKWARD AS SH- "AAAAAGH!" -T!!!" God your humor never fail us! XD