The PEAK and the WEAK of Splatoon's Splatfests

[@Alphastar716]

What were some of your favorite splatfest in the series so far? Let me know right here in the comments!

[@MantısHK]

Probably the Zelda fest, it was just so fun for me

[@Velocity_6410]

My favorite was dark chocolate vs. Milk chocolate vs. White chocolate, even though I probably was one of the twelve people from the West that chose white chocolate because it is there favorite

[@FierceBoi325]

Def Zelda fest

[@UrLocalSplatoonFanGuy]

The Seasonal Splatfests. (Splatoween, Frosty Fest, Springfest, Summer Nights). Hands down.

[@SpyderGnat]

the chocolate splatfest holds a special place in my heart. it was the first splatfest i ever played, and I loved every moment of it.

[@TazukeiOtakai]

Honestly, no matter how good or bad a Splatfest was, im just glad i was here to be a part of Splatoon 3s fests. Splatoon 2 had such an impact on me in all aspects, yet the one thing i missed out on was the Splatfests. This time, when that final fest comes, im going in guns blazing, ready for one hell of a good time :3

[@Alphastar716]

I'm glad you were able to experience the joy of splatfests!

[@TheAverage3DSUser]

It might be crazy what I’m about to say- Grand Fest is final fest

[@Honestmairda]

Dude, same!

[@MoshPlayz]

5:35 bro had to dig through his files to find that fossil of a screenshot 💀

[@xX_Jimmy_Xx997]

omg hi moshplayz

[@Alphastar716]

And yet even that "fossil of a screenshot" still isn't as old as your pfp. I think you've had that since we first met LOL! (I'm just messing with you, you're free to keep it till the end of time or change it whenever you want. 😅)

[@StormTheInkling]

Yo, I use those headphones and hairstyle/color too!

[@Blucario]

8:44 .............. that was personal

[@Alphastar716]

😀

[@kado-2323]

It wouldn’t be a Splatfest without at least a little bit of *_W R A T H_* .

[@jaidaloo4041]

I gotta love my whole situation during Drums vs. Guitar vs. Keyboard. The splatfest was scheduled to happen on my birthday weekend, including my birthday itself. I had gone team Keyboard. I had a choice I loved, a date I loved, the ink was purple (my favorite color), it reintroduced my favorite idol group, I was ready to rock the splatfest! And then Foamstars announced that a 1v1 mode I had been looking forward to overlapped with the fest and my birthday, and then I spent all of my time that weekend on that instead of the splatfest like I had planned. Keyboard still won though!

[@whitehom]

Zamn wishing I had ur birthday too

[@Alphastar716]

Oh nooo LOL! I hope you still had a good time on Foamstars though!

[@hsvard692]

You are the chosen one haha 😂🤩✨️

[@Worm_Void]

Triplets born, the throne awaits.

[@Dots988]

DUDE HOW COULD YOU TALK ABOUT SPOON VS FORK AND NOT INCLUDE EGG VS CHICKEN FEST, THAT FEST WAS SOOOOO PEAK! Genuinely my most fond splatfest memory has to be the first s3 one. I missed out on a ton of fests in s2 but i grinded all the hours we had available during that world primere. But in terms of other actual fests in the full game, the idol fest and mythfest were some of my highlights, I had complete confidence in frye that I made a whole paged list of reasons why frye should be leader that my parents got concerned as to why I kept mumbling the word fry and staring at my journal X) and us team nessiers dancing on the aliens and big foot graves while also inadvertently making nessie a canon creature in splatoon is very awesome :DDD

[@GKMedoh]

Isn't that the fest where marina says that we're living in a simulation?

[@ghostlybeannie]

8:20 Sorry I summoned my entire Ghost legion for that Splatfest lol

[@Alphastar716]

There's certainly a ton of you then lol

[@som-two]

i’ll have you know going team bucket list for totally legal reasons is exactly the reason why i would survive the apocalypse thank you for your time

[@-Hamza]

@@som-two you would not survive the apocalypse I can tell

[@som-two]

⁠I WOULD SURVIVE

[@Pearl_Blossom]

But joining anything besides "Save the Day" basically is admitting defeat and accepting the end, especially considering that in Japanese the team name translates more like "Try to Survive"

[@-Hamza]

@@som-two right right, say didn’t you get scared by your own shadow that one time? Not the mention the milk incident /lh

[@Alphastar716]

You wouldn't last 11 minutes in the apocalypse

[@SiSoz]

Heres to hopping a x333 for the grand fest!

[@SiSoz]

Update: got one and won one

[@inknight3416]

The Final Fest has yet to be topped honestly the simple fact of having every single shifty station on rotation for 48 hours and the awesome MC Princess Diaries on the last day was so fantastic The songs too omg splat 1 themes for day 1 spicy calamari inkantation for day 2 and Fly Octo Fly + Ebb & Flow just like the statue fight for the final day for the epic fest theme those were the three most majestic and beautiful days in Splatoon, truly was a grand celebration and love card to the series

[@rockmanv23]

0:43 best splatfest i ever enjoyed not only because it took place on my birthday but also because we got off the hook again and fizzbangs and also won on keyboard

[@zorafails9200]

Okay can we talk about the hype that was that grand festival reveal omg the nostalgia

[@Alphastar716]

The Grand Festival still hasn't started. Don't go talking about nostalgia yet. x)

[@-Hamza]

Hey man whoever thought of Front roll vs Back roll is CLEARLY one of Earth’s smartest people alongside Einstein and Newton, show some respect 😤😤

[@Zorban90]

Though the obvious answer is front

[@unknownbrony93]

Why didn't Splatoon 3 recycle this one? We could have had Front roll vs Back roll vs Bidet!

[@-Hamza]

@@unknownbrony93 see you clearly get it

[@Splatmic]

The shade towards the Weekend fest, love to see it. Anything bad that happened that weekend, blame that Splatfest specifically. Thats what Ive been doing since then XD

[@Alphastar716]

Exactly, you get it LOL!

[@elijahdevin]

We need rock vs pop vs metal splatfest

[@Thylos]

yes.

[@mysryuza]

Would be funny if pop was the most popular, yet metal won

[@thatweirdoartist4685]

What if instead of metal, it's country

[@RoyalDrummr]

Isn’t metal just a more intense and demonic version of rock? 🤔

[@Feathertru]

I feel like the only one who remembers this Splatfest, but S1 Barbarians vs Ninjas. Literally everyone was on team Ninjas but me yet we Barbarians won with only 23% of the vote and I will forever cherish the memory of watching those results

[@zomrai]

they did the euopians dirty 😭😭 OCTOBER-THE MONTH OF HALLOWEEN- AND U GET TTTTOOOOOIIIIILLLEEETTTT PAPPEEEERRRRR????????

[@mysryuza]

It’s like they knew they would get pissy over that… I’ll see myself out.

[@TheRealNoob-fg6uk]

Its hard to have a 'same ol' day when everyone else is out committing war crimes around your house

[@-Hamza]

So uh was that team bucket list slander or was that just Som and Calvin slander disguised as bucket list slander-

[@Amethyst0407]

Honestly probably Som and Calvin slander

[@Alphastar716]

Yes

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

burger vs pizza was my first fest, even tho it was supposed to be autobots vs decepticons, and all i remember was how slow i felt bc of the splatfest tee removing my abilities lol

[@SunburstSenshi]

It’s been 9 years and I’m still pissed Cats lost solely because Dogs were more popular 😂

[@Ashleythezombie-f1v]

As a team bucket list member I only wanted to do crime and dumb stuff like t posing in front of major tourist spots or winning the lottery just to spend it on splatoon merchandise

[@Alphastar716]

Your priorities are in interesting places my run lol

[@Amethyst0407]

I’m going to be completely honest, even though I had splatoon 2 I never got to play in splatfests (I blame losing the game card and nintendo adding the online fee) so yeah I am pretty happy to play in s3 splatfests even if I never win!

[@Alphastar716]

It's ok, nobody ever wins in Splatoon 3 splatfests 😀

[@darrinfix199]

this cat loving chaotic ninja artist that was on every good/main character team except Raph, drinks mushy oj, needs tools on an island, and helped Marie get the win...was one of the crazies who voted for Moray (user has left and is running for safety after confessing)

[@Tiggggerr]

Youre telling me that bucket lists arent just a bunch of crimes? yes i picked bucket list to commit as many crimes as possible :)

[@Alphastar716]

Jail time 😀

[@mysryuza]

“At least 70% of players with backgrounds in this region had their Splatfest wins increase by 1” as someone who is half Filipino and is visiting the Philippines soon, this is way too accurate The Carbfest has to be one of my favorites because I actually like all three options and Splatoween for the Halloween theme. Zeldafest somehow didn’t click with me as a Zelda fan (probably because I was raging so much), but the Pokefest one kinda did??

[@Chrispy103]

I loved Friday Vs. Saturday Vs. Sunday simply because I was on Team Sunday and got to play with one of my favourite streamers for the first time, got only 1 mirror match in 4v4 battles, and none in Tricolour, and won 2 100x battles in Open, 2 100x battles in Pro, and 2 (yes, TWO) 333x battles in Open. That Splatfest was by far my best Splatfest and I doubt I'll ever reach that performance level in Splatfest again. Also Tricolour heavily favoured Team Sunday so yeah

[@VVolfTheGatoLover]

Honestly, the only reason I chose team rice was because of Japan being the main place of Splatoon 3 holders

[@ItsWolf0]

Bro has NOT enjoyed some peak onigiri 😂😂😂

[@Alphastar716]

I tried to fight against them on team bread but I was outnumbered... 😞

[@VVolfTheGatoLover]

@@Alphastar716 oof. I saw the stream and wished you luck.

[@djcalvin15]

food >>>>>>>> the world. nothing can change mah mind 😏😏

[@Alphastar716]

And where does food come from Calvin? 🤔

[@HellmanakaUselessTeamakaDevad]

4. Frye is up to 4 Ws. She won the Japanese Kaiten-yaki vs Oban-yaki vs Imagawa-yaki one.

[@jasonso2056]

I got into Splatfests with the TMNT tournament in Splatoon 2... despite having no attachment to the subject material whatsoever (you can probably imagine how that felt...). From then on though, I've had some great times with Splatfests and have some fond memories of them! To list some of my favorites: - Hare vs. Tortoise (S2 Springfest): I loved the aesthetic and it also gave us one of the most memorable Shifty Stations for me: Bridge to Tentaswitchia! The ability to "store" turf away from where the enemy can paint it over is really powerful and adds a bit more strategy to Turf War. - Chaos vs. Order: A predictable favorite, but a favorite nonetheless! I really loved how they really showed how high the stakes were for this one and made you feel the weight of your choices. Hearing Spicy Calamari Inkantation and Fly Octo Fly in battle was also an absolute treat! - Grass vs. Fire vs. Water: The perfect Pokémon themes to use with the newly-introduced three-team structure! - Drums vs. Guitar vs. Keyboard: I actually play piano so this was an easy choice! The introduction of Fizzbangs and Off the Hook quite literally being so back in this one really amplified my enjoyment of it further! - Baby Chicks vs. Li'l Bunnies vs. Bear Cubs (S3 Springfest): Didn't like it as much for the theme as I did for the vibes and the Tricolor map. For some reason, I really like Tricolor Mahi since the water level gimmick helped it stand out from the other maps, and the map wasn't too bad to play on when the water wasn't lowered either! - Same Ol' vs. Bucket List vs. Save the Day: Like with Springfest, I mostly remember this one for the Tricolor map. Robo ROM-en just has a really solid layout (probably because it was a great map to begin with) and this one felt fun and satisfying to play on! - Palace vs. Theme Park vs. Beach (Summer Nights): This Splatfest had my favorite vibes by far. The lobby music and that fest's version of Anarchy Rainbow really gave off the "fun-night-at-the-beach" vibes that really upped the immersion.

[@kibbets2911]

I’m surprised that there was no mention of the Pokefest, it was one of the most fun and balanced fests for me, almost as good as the Zeldafest

[@Alphastar716]

The Pokémon Fest was good, too!

[@JasmineCatuccino]

I think the grand fest is the best of every splatoon splatfest ever

[@Pups2702]

You joined Team Bucket List to experience new things, I joined Team Bucket List to experience new things too! The only difference is you chose it to maybe try out hobbies, I choice it because I want to commit arson! :D (FBI this comment shouldn't be taken seriously, please don't put me higher up on the watch list)

[@tims1204]

I loved the weekend Splatfest. I picked Friday because I wanted to avoid mirrors and I don't like Sundays. I actually started laughing loud when I saw the results.

[@RainbowHawk7505]

I was only there for the chicken or the egg splatfest because I don’t and still understand how there planned

[@audiojack2540]

wasn't expecting a wizard101 wraith to be in a splatoon video

[@daughter.of.the.devil.]

What a coincidence that we were on the same team in the apocalypse splatfest

[@SubSpaceKing]

Some of my favorite, and even more memorable, Splatfests were some good ones: Splatoon 1: Cats vs. Dogs, first Splatfest experience Art vs. Science, the closest Splatfest I have seen, like you I had super close matches Cars vs. Planes was my first lose but like Art vs. Science, most of my matches were really close Pirates vs. Ninjas had to be my Naughty vs. Nice experience you had, I kept getting battered, yet fought my own team more often than not. The Pokemon Splatfest was also fun, it was the Splatfest I broke Queen (yes I was an inkling girl at the time) right as the Splatfest ended, and even though I lost, I was happy to see Marie finally break her lose streak. Early Bird vs. Night Owl was another fun Splatfest, since it was the first Splatfest I played with friends I made over Splatoon 1 (we were on opposing teams the previous Splatfest and we first met just after the Spongebob one ended) and winning on Night Owl made it more memorable Callie vs. Marie was another close Splatfest I didn't complain about the outcome, I fought for Callie and I couldn't complain with a super tight score Splatoon 2: Money vs. Love was a Splatfest I "loved", (totally not intended) and my matches were so memorable. Including the Shifty Station which had the Salmon Run cannons in them, that was so much fun. Chicken vs. Egg, I had a very fun time this Splatfest on team Chicken, I had the best jokes with my friends and we won most to all of our games. Both times, this happened, this was one of the Splatfests to get a rerun when the world was in lockdown Frostyfest was a memorable experience, since that was the first Splatfest I ever got a multiplier battle, on the very last match of the Splatfest to. I never got a photo in the terminal because Splatfest ended right after. But I made up for it in Springfest for a 10x win then. Speaking of, Springfest was another fun experience. Bridge to Tentaswitchia is one of my favorite Shifty Stations and I really had fun with my matches, representing Team Hare, the Splatfest that broke my losing streak since my last win on Team Villain. Chaos vs. Order was one memorable treat, it was the Splatfest that got me known in the Splatoon community (heck I even ran into you in one of my Pro matches, was in my montage of that Splatfest) and it was when I got my first ever 100x battle, and I won, WITH A DC on my Team! Winning on Chaos was the icing on the cake Splatoon 3: Zelda Splatfest, this was the first Splatfest in Splatoon 3 I remember loving every single second, not to mention it's where I got my first 333x (not counting the demo) and won. The memory will forever live on, too bad Wisdom got last and my brother's wisdom led us to defeat. The Ice Cream Splatfest was one I really had fun with, and that was my first victory in Splatoon 3 Splatfests. I really enjoyed the music instrument Splatfest, the only reason I went Team Keyboard was for the color, and it secured another victory. Summer Nights was a Splatfest I really enjoyed, got me in the mojo and my matches were very fun. Winning shore felt good. If I could pick a past Splatfest to get a 3rd option, tough choice, but my first pick would be a Pancakes vs. Waffles rematch, but add French Toast for the 3rd option.

[@FISH-_-1899]

I did theater in hs and played a fork twice you know I would have been forks strongest champion if they reran it in splat 3 but would absolutely have lost to a theoretical knife team

[@Xenon_Proto]

Man they really did just boot deep cut out of their own game didn’t they?

[@Bun_andpip]

0:13 you realize I’m just weeks older than Splatoon one release right

[@Muichirofancookierun]

0:35 just money vs love vs fame

[@Alphastar716]

That one too lol

[@Muichirofancookierun]

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[@fakesomefire]

loved this video great writing and editing especially the splatoon 1 section since i wasnt there for it. good job alphastar716!

[@Alphastar716]

Thank you!

[@radioactiveoj]

i've been watching u since the start of splatoon 2 and now that the final fest of splat three is here it makes me feel old 😨😭

[@kado-2323]

7:22 You dropped this, my liege. 👑 7:47 Wait… What…?

[@Kyogre23456]

I loved Moreau tower at night

[@SayisSpeakin]

The dlc is literally called side ORDER whoever is telling you that chaos vs order didn’t influence splatoon 3 they’re delusional 😭

[@PseudoSubpar]

Honestly I only got to play splatoon 3 but damn was past, present, future was so hype

[@TopazTiger975]

I don't know what it is about Splatoon 2s splatfests, but those were some of my most memorable fest experiences. Something about them just made fests feel much more fun...It probably also helped that I blocked out most of the salt coming from other people. 😅 Amazing video as always Alpha! 🐯

[@Alphastar716]

That's probably the same with me and Splatoon 1 splatfests. I wasn't old enough to be on social media and seeing people whine about every single thing lol.

[@Anim4ticYT]

i chose future but then realised wont i get more aggressive salmonids in salmon run if i chose past and won i regret oh well i got online after 2nd final fest so im technically supporting my 1st idols

[@Hotcake10720]

Grand festival is coming 🎉🎉

[@sawsandra_]

Splatfest Haters gets into my skin all the time. Grand Festival is GOATED, and I’m Team Past. Hope Past Wins. Naughty was my first Splatfest Win for my Splatoon Debut in 2016. (Originally debuted sense 2015) 4:15 On Friday Vs Saturday Vs Sunday Splatfest I skipped it due to health issues back in January to March 2024 due to Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Essential Hypertension, so I couldn’t play the Splatfest.

[@AVeryOrdinarySquid]

9:12 what if my bucket list is save the world

[@Alphastar716]

Then you shoulda gone Save the World anyway 😀

[@AVeryOrdinarySquid]

@@Alphastar716 but what if I was him

[@hahani17]

Old man feels old for 11 minutes /j

[@Natrium-c6x]

3:18 please no, I hate SpongeBob! also, toilet paper was a great Splatfest idea. I'm on front roll

[@Alphastar716]

You hate Spongebob but you like TOILET PAPER? 😭

[@Alolaways]

LMFAOOO oh thats me (genuinely jumpscared lol)

[@Harvimusprime]

Bruh this grand fest is gonna be EPIC

[@randomsquiddy]

8:45 what is this audio??? I recognize it from somewhere 😭

[@Alphastar716]

@randomsquiddy it's the "You Failed!" booing sound effect from tf2.

[@randomsquiddy]

⁠@@Alphastar716I think I heard it in a Roblox game once. Since I’ve never played tf2.

[@a_rod9378]

I had never had a 10x at all during splatoon 2 and I played it from the start 😢

[@Alphastar716]

Well there's still one more chance to get one in Splatoon 3 👀

[@spaceboy420]

not the wrath from wizard 101 0:19

[@paizonedout]

(LEGO MOVIE MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

[@Bria987]

Why are you hating the front roll vs back? Even though I might have not played that one I still think it’s a good theme

[@ankkitha]

Even if some were bad, I still had fun and that’s all that matters 😊

[@Smartplanet11224]

I thought grand fest already happened lol Don’t scare me like that alpha!

[@Alphastar716]

Oh no dw, you still got another week haha. Better get ready for it! 👀

[@DevinY1]

Yeah mirrors suck but at least we get to play now days 4:21 Yeah that was me during Bread vs Rice vs Pasta like I knew Rice was gonna win we could've called the results early and I wouldn't have to be manhandled for that whole fest smh lol.

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, I figured team rice would win. It still wasn’t gonna stop me from going for the team I wanted to go on though.

[@DevinY1]

@@Alphastar716 Me either. Team Bread forever!

[@Dumbeans]

i wont be able to play the grand festival 😔

[@lfeife243]

good video keep up the good work

[@Alphastar716]

Thanks!

[@Wildkatt.]

so first i wasn't there when splatoon 1 released, reason being i didn't have a wii i *did* get splatoon 2 but that was WAAAYYYY after the final fest ended, so i don't really get to have a say about the splatfests in neither of those games 😭 the only thing i can give my opinion about is splatoon 3's splatfests. So far, we had some ups and downs with the splatfests in splatoon 3, some were bad, some were good, and some were just downright confusing.. i mean seriously how does FRIDAY COUNT AS A WEEKEND THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE 😭😭 overall tho, a splatfest is a splatfest and I will enjoy every single one of them until we reach splatoon 3's end! ^^" (ok I'll stop talking now 😭)

[@Alphastar716]

No keep talking, you're spittin' facts 🗣

[@CaptainAstronaut]

If you played in Cats vs Dogs, you deserve a Veteran's Discount ...so where's my discount??

[@Alphastar716]

With the way Salmon Run treats players, you know you shouldn't expect a veteran's discount. The most you're gonna get is a pat on the shoulder from Nogami.

[@JudeSmith-j7m]

So people in North Korea had their splatfest win increased by one?

[@Lincdup]

HELP NOT THE ROBLOX JUMPSCARE 0:24

[@zinedineghafar8156]

Honestly splatfests are just guessing which will be the most popular so you get the most rewards... well most

[@robolatiosshorts]

That intro was a bit much don’t you think, I swear I’m not that old…

[@Alphastar716]

That's what old people say

[@robolatiosshorts]

@@Alphastar716 I’m still in school 💀 I guess anything over 5 is old nowadays. (I promise I am not 5)

[@MantısHK]

BIG MAN Team Past ftw but BIG MAN

[@breathewater]

rice is the most popular food in the world so ofc it won’t (I’m Indian)

[@mispinchergamings3470]

10:26 ya wrost

[@Jackogien]

TOILET FEST IS PEAK-

[@mispinchergamings3470]

Me: love splat 1 splatfest. Splat 2 splatfest 2 good still. Even don’t remember ect much. But not picking because I won where splat 3 I won like 3 or 5 only. Splat 3 start good end bad. Hate host splatfest in middle or brithday of splatoon 3. Just wish jeep the trend but they doing the wrost bet going to be. But less fav is hand base ones why we like hands. But best food because of yum.

[@game4us_Splatuber]

Dear Alphastar very clickbaity thumbnail, but i see whats going on. Ive caught you red handed! 💥

[@ItsWolf0]

Team Present FTW

[@NoahTurbo_]

Alpha, did you really have to make a ragebait thumbnail for this video...?

[@nievefria]

🎉

[@iantopia9132]

Unpopular opinion: 90% of splatoon 3 splatfest are so bad and boring because making 3 teams Removes 90% of the possibilities!! Since the most interestings were 1 vs 1 Edit: not to mention the GRAND FEST IS LITERALLY A RERUN ONE…💀

[@Mijzelffan]

In my opinion if players vote for 80% the same option then that's the players' fault, enjoy your mirror matches idiots. The best splatfest themes in my opinion are the ones that people will start flamewars over on social media, nobody cares what team wins in a splatfest like "what does your last day on earth look like"

[@Kyogre23456]

How dare you disrespect morray towers one of my fav maps

[@katiechapman4005]

Marie simp!

[@alrawafidengineering3864]

The 3 idols ruined it. Just 2 was way better

[@EnaK-ym4xu]

[@VVolfTheGatoLover]

Third! Who's here from the discord?

[@PerpetualIyTired]

4:00 moray towers is my favorite map……

[@Nagareboshi-_-splat]

3:36 but when I do that for Shiver, I get called a simp.

[@Alphastar716]

Cuz you are 😀 /j