Splatoon 3 Story Mode Is Way Too Good...

[@galacticsalt7336]

I feel like the ice physics shocked everyone

[@chronically_silly_boi]

I know right

[@deadweightnero]

and probably killed them too

[@ericvandenavond8748]

Funny because I was just playing a game with very similar ice physics before I got splatoon 3.

[@CaptainBedtime]

@@deadweightnero not me 👌

[@JamUsagi]

I’m just shocked that jumping resets your momentum, that could’ve been so cool but all that potential squandered D:

[@zezmogg934]

I always thought if you ask Chara his opinions on story mode, he'd look you dead in the eyes and say "what's a story mode?"

[@StarPlatinum-ch3gi]

I thought the same to be honest 😂

[@Drewtendo]

I think there was a recent video he did where he says that one of the greatest parts of Splatoon as a series is the Octo Expansion.

[@ProChara]

Nah I mostlly talk about comp but I love a good splatoon story mode, big regret of s2 is I didn't record my OE playthrough.

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

That'd extend to every pro personally.

[@Calamibee]

@@ProChara biggest oof in all of history

[@thornangel16]

There’s something really nice about watching ProChara playing and reacting to the single player campaign. I’m loving every minute of this.

[@LDAR]

It was funny watching him struggle

[@caveot7672]

@@LDAR yeah, we never get to see it in ranked because he’s too cracked at the game.

[@NintendoHero]

I really like the fakeout they did at the beginning with the first few levels. It makes the drop down to Alterna feel way cooler and it shows that they're purposely shaking things up. Some really cool and fun levels, and the idol boss fights were great too. Looking forward to seeing part 2 with the incredible final boss!

[@Shefinanigans]

Inkredible* Haha splatoon puns go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@ShaOryDow]

Agreed, wasn't expecting to reach that place so quickly.

[@Saltience]

I also liked how the music was distorted to further its off-feeling

[@pelican7235]

and yet it felt very similar to octo expansion just without also being new

[@pelican7235]

@@Saltience to me it just sounded bad

[@MowseChao]

This story mode feels so beautifully designed so that you can play it how you want. Want to play fast? It's fairly easy to skip de-fuzzing and speed to bosses. Want an easy time? You can reply old easy levels to get more eggs to progress. It's open-ended enough for you to determine your own speed and difficulty level, and I love that. It's like they said "How do we get everyone to enjoy the same story mode without making them select a difficulty level explicitly?"

[@tetra_kirby5691]

@Grima the Fell Dragon nothing was unskippable lol

[@d3athsickle361]

that and I greatly appreciate them not making me do the same level 12 times to get all the weapons completed

[@omppusolttu5799]

@Grima the Fell Dragon nah you could skip every level with Marina's funny hacking.

[@briceandrieux]

You also can play without upgrades if you want some challenge ! Just, don't do that on the very last level of the game, it's doable, but really really hard

[@glitch6436]

still 99% I got the game recently and I'm still stuck in the secret level

[@vivid_bluez]

I absolutely love the fake out at the beginning! Making you think that the story is the same as the past two games only to hit you with Octavio as the FIRST BOSS and the fall into the creator, such a cool way to start off a story!

[@RF-Ataraxia]

Yeah! Even the music's style before the crater is exaggerated TO THE MAX

[@KorotasGeckoGamingCorner]

Fun semi-obscure fact: While you can interact with that Zapfish plush to go back to the Crater levels if you want, but inside Cuttlefish's tent is a drawing of the Captain that you can also interact with to change their appearance (Splatoon 1 options only though)

[@deceitfulmat2411]

That's actually always there, even before you fight DJ Octavio

[@Hyprst]

@@deceitfulmat2411 and if you have splatoon 2 save data imported, and have octo expansion, AND had set agent 3's appearence there, it carries over so i didnt have to change anything!

[@ShaOryDow]

It makes me happy to see someone who's usually only caring about competitive play, actually enjoy the story mode.

[@DPRK_Best_Korea]

It's because the story was actually enjoyable this time round

[@ShaOryDow]

@@DPRK_Best_Korea yep

[@littleguystar]

Octo Expansion was REALLY good, so it’s hard to say if this tops it when the hype is still big. But more importantly, how is a “large-scale single player” DLC gonna turn out of this is small?

[@cathackzz]

well tbf even though its likely the dlc is gonna be singleplayer it was never specified by the direct narrator. all they said was large scale paid dlc

[@JamUsagi]

@@cathackzz I VERY much doubt they’d lock multiplayer content behind paid DLC. They’ve shown to be very cautious when it comes to making sure multiplayer modes have enough active players, and anything less than new modes wouldn’t be ‘large scale’ - so if it isn’t new modes, it isn’t multiplayer.

[@cathackzz]

@@JamUsagi yeah i agree. i just kinda hope the singeplayer isnt as level based as all the other ones we've had. kinda tired of it at this point ngl 😭

[@wasted3secondsreadingmyuse30]

I feel like the dlc will have to do with something about marina meeting pearl and pearl being oblivious that she’s an octoling. I’D like to see another spinoff of mr grizz arriving to earth only to see it complete destroyed. Just a fun thought

[@afroling2096]

@One vibing cactus juice boi and his pet, lord momo that could be cool but I feel like it should take in the past ( this might sound too similar to legands arecus but I think with a good narrative it could monstrous success)

[@Shefinanigans]

It’s still very dark how Frye used octostomps corpse in the boss

[@thornangel16]

I wouldn’t say it’s a corpse. More like an empty mech suit. Octo McNicelegs simply isn’t piloting it in this game.

[@JakoBpyroTech]

I would use chassis instead of corpse but I guess either works in this case.

[@Otterlier]

My favourite moment of the story mode was when big man said “it’s manting time” Fr an emotional moment had me in tears, shock, anger, glee, dare I go as far as to say it had me in awe, disbelief, and envy

[@qwertyqeys]

love how most people go into story mode with some idea of who their fav is and by the time they come out they have to reconsider. I went from a big man fan to a frye fan, the eels coming out and screaming was too strong an image for me to ignore, and frye squatting during the intro sequence and doing the "BLEH" when they left endeared me to her so hard. She's just got POWER in every aspect of her aesthetics

[@whatotter9094]

They've clearly succeeded with the whole concept of "testing" the character in Octo Expansion and Return of the Mammalians, as it allows them to do many interesting levels that aren't just "bases." However, I really hope they don't try and do it a third time with the DLC. They've done well, but we need something new like an open world otherwise it will just feel like spl1 and spl2 storymodes repeating

[@lorettabes4553]

It seems they know it themselves, cuz they did call this the finale

[@technoturnovers7072]

it actually doesn't surprise me that the testing gimmick has been a massive success, since in terms of game design it's literally just the 3d mario collectathon format, something nintendo has already refined to absolute perfection over the course of over 20 years

[@AvatarAang_]

​@@lorettabes4553 No. They said finale of this story, not as in FINAL game or anything. Just like the finale of a tv show season doesn't mean it's the last season of that show... Same deal here.

[@michaelcasiano9497]

@@AvatarAang_ right you are besides splatoon has grown rather large as of late so it aint surprising to see what more will they do with it.

[@yumes_studio]

LOl when you said Shiver's the only slightly intimidating one, I totally feel like Frye would bully me. (We had the same Moray thought too) But it was so cool to see you playing through the levels and having a good time! The way you zoomed through those Zipcaster levels was peak.

[@ace0135]

Big Man gave me vietnam flashbacks of Mario Sunshine

[@Octoptic0n]

As someone who never played sunshine, somehow I can relate xD

[@zanpakutoman4225]

5:02 The funny thing is that you get the title drop here, but you get the SUBtitle drop at the final boss. I thought it was so cool.

[@Maxler5795]

It was the best of octo expansion mixed with the best of vanilla hero mode with some amazing animation in the side for flavor.

[@ShaOryDow]

And the music slaps as well.

[@LiliumOrientalis]

@@ShaOryDow it's splatoon though, the music always slaps

[@Maxler5795]

@@LiliumOrientalis so "chocolate por la noticia".

[@ScorbunGame]

Best hero mode Splatoon has ever gotten. I love the bait and switch at the beginning, Alterna is such a fun location to explore that connects beautifully to Splatoon's lore and they somehow managed to top the NILS statue with the final boss.

[@BlobstoF]

I'm so glad you're making a video on the story mode that's a very nice way to diversify your content ! Also I love your opinion on stuff

[@DiegoG2004]

The Zipcaster levels are the best ones in this story mode. Followed very closely by the infinite Splashdown level. Fight me.

[@theargawalathing]

Big agree. The zipcaster level in the [spoiler] part was really fun and a great puzzle, especially in the last part with the snipers.

[@theargawalathing]

Big agree. The zipcaster level in the [spoiler] part was really fun and a great puzzle, especially in the last part with the snipers.

[@DiegoG2004]

@@theargawalathing Yeah. A shame the multiplayer maps are all flat with some elevation for snipers

[@TrueTgirl]

The zip levels are definitely the best group, but the splashdown level is easily my favorite single stage in the game. The fucking CACKLING it got out of me, whether I wanted to or not, god damn. XD

[@DiegoG2004]

@@TrueTgirl It was amazing. Perfect revenge from getting canceled so many times on the previous game.

[@takumiiscool]

As soon as I heard you liked Mario Sunshine, I wanted to see your reaction the *THAT* Boss.

[@cinnasauria]

I feel like not giving you Inkjet in the Big Man fight was a missed opportunity to not make the reference even more perfect, but it's already so good!!! I started watching but paused before his fight because I hadn't done it yet and just came back to watch the rest after beating story mode myself, it's super fun to see your reaction to everything.

[@octogorb9853]

Rare to see singleplayer from Prochara, but its nice to see him go through the story.

[@dawndoe11]

The fact that everyone I've watched has walked into the fuzzy ooze in the beginning makes me feel better about doing it myself when I played Story Mode! I love how they baited us with the first five levels, then completely changed tone with Alterna.

[@king_fresh27]

when i saw the story mode title card in alterna for the first time, that made me think "wow, i'm really playing splatoon 3 right now huh?" story mode was a hell of a journey this time around, i loved it sm

[@bodacious12]

Chara never using this way to recall smallfry slightly bothered me throughout the entire playthrough

[@ProChara]

I DIDN'T REMEMBER

[@CaptainBedtime]

me who just used the r button again to bring him back >.>

[@djroscurro9859]

@@CaptainBedtime I did that for half my playthrough until I used “this way” accidentally lol

[@Dr.Pootis]

I found it easier it just use r as it requires less effort than the d-pad

[@Octoptic0n]

ONE. UNIT. OF. ENERGY. OH. MY. GOSH.

[@Stroyoo_03]

When I fought the 4th boss I literally was freaking out cos it LITERALLY is SUNSHINE! I was all giddy and such just like you, it was an amazing throwback that had me grinning the whole battle! Absolutely the best reference to Sunshine they coulda done.

[@haydenator4751]

“Feels like a fake out” Couldn’t have been any more right

[@xanthousizalith5641]

I love how EVERYONE has had the exact same reaction to Big Man and that reaction is just joy and nostalgia for Sunshine.

[@justalazer7485]

Still waiting for shifty station to come back so we can get an ice stage 😭

[@theguywithnoideas2279]

Or even better… ICE RINK MAP

[@woomy7.7]

@@theguywithnoideas2279 dash pads

[@the1sar598]

The Splatoon 3 story mode is great! Also, when I first saw the Big Man fight and what it was gonna entail, I paused my game and spent a bit laughing at the reference. Big Man was probably my fav of the Deep Cut fights. I am curious if you did all of the kettles or not... Either way, I'll be looking forward to your reaction to the end of the story and what comes after.

[@Nova-_-]

i love the way you come at this story mode, awesome combination of 'yeah i'm in this to enjoy it' as well as insights as someone with lots of multiplayer experience sometimes it can feel like casual and competitive can be two parties at odds with each other... maybe it's in part because it's Splatoon which is just built different, but people like you and your community (some great chat moments there) remind me we're all trying to have fun, i guess also Shiver would totally step on you regardless of whether you want her to or not, just saying

[@nogoodchad4473]

I'm really glad they went more the route of the Octo Expansion as far as design, but I didn't feel like there was as much challenge available as OE had. That's probably getting saved for that promised DLC, but it was disappointing to only have that one secret level as a real challenge.

[@Tak0__]

13:17 I like how he had splashdown ready but he was so insulted by Frye using missles he took her out the long way

[@Teh-Dee-bear]

Now can we talk about the story mode in the comment section? I’m glad that Prochara likes the story so far and great video as always my dude!

[@charakiga]

Something about the big man boss fight, there is an upgrade that when you’re in ink, shows you near objects and enemies… yes, I could literally know which shadow was big man.

[@MadWeegee]

Yeah, I've heard he was pathetically easy. I played through for the first time with no upgrades, so he took me lots of attempts

[@seleritz]

I was just watching your singleplayer vods im glad you had fun :DD

[@PastaPasta_]

Another thing that adds to the big man fight is that he has a M on his headband thing

[@tylermorrison6335]

I've always loved games where you're traveling with a companion, so I got extremely attached to Little Buddy. I couldn't have asked for a better ending for the game with that in mind.

[@Oretizm]

I love the feeling of hearing a grown man act like a toddler at the Christmas tree

[@guff-rx6cu]

7:53 am I the only one who thinks this level is a reference to the ending of octo expansion? Like come on you get bombs only and you're painting a giant head

[@Lìnne1196]

Yeah i felt like it might be a reference lol

[@sectonias]

I've been watching the VODs for this playthrough and enjoying them! I'm so glad you really love the hero mode too! Hoping you get to the secret when you do every level!

[@Fabian.J]

The base story mode was AMAZING! I’m so excited to see what the DLC will look like!

[@sk8rgradient]

As someone who Charted areas 1-6, I can confirm there are so many cool and secret things in the story mode and I love that they make you upgrade and all of this new stuff, I really like the mechanics in the game and (spoiler warning, proceed with caution) THE AMAZING FINAL BOSS OST, MR GRIZZ I DONT CARE HOW EVIL YOU ARE I NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU MAKE SUCH GOOD SONGS.

[@jasruss989]

I don’t know if Chara noticed, but the manta ray boss from Mario sunshine is called the manta storm, and big man’s title is literally the hype manta storm (18:58). So it is now confirmed that big man’s boss fight is Mario sunshine themed.

[@AzathothLives]

This was a great story this time around. It feels like they did a mix of the regular story mode with what they did in Octo Expansion.

[@jeremiahl.arkham7705]

I know that Big Man’s fight is, like, the best part about the story mode, but what I am never going to understand is how in the world would this fight ever be anything but EASY. Maybe it was just me trying to get all the upgrades i could before moving islands so I could see a reticle on Big Man and, after he divided, the red one was on the main body. Not even two minutes long

[@micahzeringue984]

It's interesting because I thought the m shape on his head was just some symbol, but it might also be a reference to Mario given the boss battle.

[@buildermonkey2229]

A little detail that everyone seems to miss about big man's ink is that the yellow is acually the splatcast logo repeating overtop of green ink.

[@Senyor_Human]

Fun fact, if you turn colour lock on while fighting Frye their ink colour turns purple.

[@ShaOryDow]

what about Big Man and Shiver?

[@Ago7092]

Shiver would be the same as Big Man also turns blue instead of green with the Anarchy Splatcast logo

[@Senyor_Human]

@@ShaOryDow doesn’t work on them, I wish it did tho

[@Senyor_Human]

Actually, I don’t know about big man.

[@ToaCody1]

18:15 "They fly now?!" "No! Jump good!"

[@CaptainoftheFacility]

I just realized that Big Man's fight has the Kraken Royale's charge attack kind of. Cool that the story mode makes early use of certain elements later added to multiplayer, like fog for the foggy notion challenge.

[@azza5332]

Believe me when I say I was pissed when I saw Octavio in the trailer, and even more so when they announced the Zapfish disappearance. I forgave the story after that.

[@somerandomdude2584]

i spent 2 hours on the deadly dance hall and this dude finishes it first try

[@nicotbh8304]

18:00 That strike was so epic it made me jump 😅

[@alexrowe7063]

Cuttlefish: "The octarians are coming!" Your character: ●__●

[@Knight_Ry]

can we just appreciate splatoon for never having any underwater levels?

[@EpicAvoGaming]

16:46 Melgalodon used Hyperbeam. It was Super Effective!

[@insertclevernamehere6607]

Prochara going crazy over the sunshine reference is so heartwarming.

[@Mech3001]

3:53 “they’re teaching you how to fight the new specials already” Bruh it’s teaching you to throw your sub weapon at ink vac

[@link8296]

Did you know in the battle against Frye she often may say wtf when she goes to a next difficult stage😬

[@trashpandatwtch]

Chara ignoring the upgrade system and the alterna logs

[@Star-Powder]

Nintendo: "You want singleplayer mechanics in multiplayer? Ok." Makes a stage with the ice physics.

[@CYBERR0CKS]

Ooh yes he changed the outro to bing bing bang, bang bing

[@metalsonic5669]

I love how after beating Octavio, as you fall your drip flies off.

[@andreworders7305]

It’s fun trying to platform around the hub while removing as little fur as possible, because they made routes for getting to most of the levels without removing most of it.

[@LegendsE4mpire]

They should have kept the shifty stations, imagine one with the octozepplins or the icy surfaces or even the soaker blocks, a what about a 🗿 stage

[@LegendsE4mpire]

Now that I think about it a foggy stage would work real well

[@MadWeegee]

Just imagine a 🗿 stage where inking the 🗿s counts towards your points

[@Arik815]

9:25 I actually went back to this stage after beating story mode to get all the power eggs

[@crashur3600]

7:29 I still can't believe I beat that level in 1 shot.

[@veronicaoviedo711]

me too, but in 6-7 seconds!

[@andreworders7305]

I painted every surface in Alterna after realizing it didn’t go away between levels, assuming it was permanent. Turns out it goes away when you return to the plaza 😢.

[@gio_frank6622]

21:08 OH HELL YEAH THE BEST SONG IN THE GAME FOR OUTRO LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@stormysky7370]

The zipcaster levels were so fun. For a couple of minutes you get to become spiderman

[@nahnah390]

Man the big man fight looks actually tough without upgrades, huh.

[@charismaentertainer1657]

“I hope this person is agent 4 or 8” “O.R.C.A meanwhile literally explain what they are and how they can help you, while previously booting up itself”

[@no-zk6ls]

The song you included at the end is my favorite Splatoon 3 Hero Mode song

[@niinestormtv2331]

11:51 tbh for a shark master, shiver really is all bark and no bite

[@buildermonkey2229]

The deadly dance hall level has trained me to dodge lasers when there are 3 big shots in salmon run

[@shadow9570]

I got so excited and scared at the same time with the manta fight

[@anidiotontheinternet2184]

This is a combination of Splatoon 1 & 2’s story modes and Octo Expansion

[@CHRISSY345L0liDoal0t]

“Get em’! Get em’!” Gravity Falls Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

[@therealjeromeo4366]

I love how during Deep Cut’s intro to the story Big Man says “get money fuck bitches” in child-appropriate language 😂

[@OliyTC]

Watching through this there's so much more to the bosses than what I experienced because I just went straight in and shot them Never saw that shark laser or any of big man's attacks besides the splat bombs

[@Numberfoxify]

Perfect time for this to drop since I beat the story mode today! Was a great time~

[@Inclanti]

I just need you to know, if you have the Hero Gear fully upgraded, the targeting site on the real Big Man is a different color. His boss fight was SO EASY as a result I didn't know he had any attacks other than 'ink the ground and split apart' until I watched this.

[@sleepynuigurumiamalgamation]

I chose to do the campaign upgradeless. I quite liked what it added especially to boss fights and last level.

[@saber_6683]

"Reach the goal without running out of ink" Chara: :0 range blaster?! Also chara: drains all of his ink

[@saber_6683]

Hmm Sus you wouldn't use your real acc 🤔

[@rainirodriguezskinnylegend9154]

Have to say thought these new thumbnails are amazing

[@LunaxioProductions]

20:17 TORPEDOS VS TORCHILDREN LMFAO

[@burntoast7628]

6:49 my boy deserves to be on Vogue

[@lilactie9]

My brother was on the fence about getting Splatoon 3 until I showed him the moyai level and the moyai locker decor and it convinced him to get it

[@Platinum_XYZ]

ahh left it on a cliff hanger! well, can't wait to watch the second part when it gets uploaded!

[@MrMuffin3]

i love how nintendo made a joke out of there being only 2 ways to talk to your team mates

[@MisterBrick42]

0:04 just noticed this trailer has a zap fish in an alternan background despite that never happening. Subversion of expectations, I guess

[@Hunter-99user]

It's curious how Craig Cuttlefish still thinking the Octarians did stole the Great Zapfish again when we're Octarians, i mean you are an Octoling and I too and it feel so crazy when Craig still thinking that when he didn't know New agent 3 is an Octarian

[@holyelephantmg8838]

8:21 I only now learn that there are platforms for you

[@blu6295]

Charas "get 'em" reminds me of the "get' em! Get 'em" from the gravity falls mayor ^v^

[@Yaveshtolethien]

I miss the challenging puzzle that was involved with finding each level in 1 and 2 campaign

[@kittiecandy747]

can't wait for the hidden level attempt(s)

[@1-5_Star_Gaming]

Btw what callie and marie didn't tell you is that buy shooting tri stringer at the right time you can get a diagonal hit

[@ambarasodor]

Bing bang bing at the end is just the cherry on top

[@kristinsellers8417]

2:02 bro is so wholesome I’m in pieces 💀