The Splatoon 3 Inkspedition: Robo ROM-en

Robo ROM-en was a map released in Splatoon 3’s Chill Season 2023. It is one of the best received maps in the game so far and is fun to play no matter what mode it is. Robo ROM-en is a ramen restaurant but part of the staff comprises robots. You can see these robot workers preparing meals and serving food to the customers below and to the side of the stage. In this Inkspedition we’ll explore some of the cool details of the map as well as how good it is to play on in turf war and the ranked modes. What Splatoon map would you want to see in the next Inkspedition? Let me know in the comments and remember to subscribe to Alphastar716 for more content on #splatoon3 #nintendo #splatoon and other things gaming.
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Background music:
Misgivings (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Professor Sycamore Theme (Pokemon X & Y)
Intrigue (Xenoblade Chronicles DE)
Mount Volbono (Super Mario Odyssey)
Deepsea Metro Station (Splatoon 2)
Ramen Bowl (ARMS)
Sweet Sweet Canyon (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
Redeem the Future Instrumental (Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed)

[@Alphastar716]

It's nice seeing the maps gradually improve over time! What map would you like the Host of the Inkspedition to check out next? Let me know right here in the comments! 😉

[@JustPeachy738]

Blue fin depo?

[@JustPeachy738]

Or a salmon run stage

[@davidtull452]

Blue Fin Next please

[@Scorbunzx]

Blue fin or eel tail

[@Lilac_Amethyst]

It’s not bluefin 🤨

[@zeatehkcasualaccount]

i sure hope nothing happens to anybody on the crew this episode! excited to see them explore robo rom-en in another wholesome episode of the inkspedition 😃

[@raymundinhoevangelista4148]

So uh... who's gonna tell them?

[@fate7418]

Well this aged wonderfully 😃…

[@Alphastar716]

You know exactly what you did 👁👁

[@raymundinhoevangelista4148]

​@@Alphastar716 are you threatning me? (I say "threatning" but I'm saying it like a joke)

[@That1person-v6t]

THE LORE IN THIS EPISODE IS INSANE!!! AMAZING JOB ALPHA!!!!

[@ionlymadethisforcommenting]

"Oh a new inkspedition! I wonder what will happen, since there was a LOT of lore last time. Let's see, yup lots of lore- wait what? TRAVIS NOOOOOOO!" Basically my feelings during this episode. Like seriously this episode was so good, amazing job Alpha :D

[@SpicyWasabiBeatz]

Travisss 😭😭

[@djcalvin15]

this is gonna be a wholesome alphastar video to end of 2023 right… (BYEEE THE ACTING IS SO GOOD, LORE IS LORE-ING THIS IS SO INTRIGUING)

[@TopazTiger975]

Words cannot describe my emotions with the lore here. Just...oh my god. 😭 On a lighter note, Robo Rom-en is definitely a top 10 stage for me. Paintable walls, flank routes, and overall super fun to play on. Amazing video as always Alpha! 🐯

[@Alphastar716]

If only we could order some ramen at the place too 😞

[@karlpizza]

First off 5:50 Huggy Wuggy is in the background and I can’t get over it 😭😭 SECOND OFF HOW COULD YOU MR ALPHA STAR!!! HOW COULD YOU POSION THE BEST CHARACTERS IN THIS SERIES YOU MAY LEAVE NOW ALPHA THERE IS THE DOOR, LEAVE!!!🚪👈🏼 anywaysss i love the lore

[@Alphastar716]

Sometimes I try to make these shots look serious only to see the hilarious art staring at me from the background LOL!

[@Amethyst0407]

Dang got here and it said 19 seconds ago- ALSO TRAVIS NOOO MY FELLOW TEXAN. ALPHA YOUR EVIL FOR THIS 😭 But jokes aside the acting and everything is just amazing. Dave panicking when Travis was poisoned and trying to snap inkspedition out of your control, to the voice cracks in your voice when you said you didn’t want to hurt them…I love it sm. Keep up the good work!

[@Alphastar716]

Thanks! And at least your fellow Texan protected his friend!

[@KaiKoi8001]

Howdy other texan🤠

[@ninjaphant1881]

The ACU (Alphastar Cinematic Universe) popping off rn

[@BooTube5]

Lore Summary time: (Spoilers for the episode) 0:00) This seems like travis and dave just told him the truth of his past, however they simply just gave the boss a new outfit to get him in a good mood before the reveal 2:49) Dave explaining to travis everything he knows but also warning him to keep his voice down. this infomation wouldnt effect any normal bystander so perhaps dave is aware that alpha's watching, or is just worried that this convosation will be picked up by the cameras recording the inkspedition 3:18) "one was litterally designed to be the opposite of the other" 3:45) alpha has created a poison by taking the fuzzy ooze and combining it with his own ink... (is alpha like a DNA Scientist or something how did he manage this?! :P) 3:59) This poison seems to allow alpha to control anyone who he uses it on much like billy and the host 4:04) "It's hidden away" The poison is hidden in the host's splat charger so alpha can quickly and remotely access it 5:55) Dave theorises about the memory sharing abilities of the host and alpha 6:30) "If alpha even dares to lay a hand on you he'll have to go through me first" This will come back into play later 8:18) Dave and travis try and lure the host to a remote location so that they can reveal his past without the interfearance of alpha 8:26) It's had to make out but i think alpha is controling the host in this instance due to the slight blue tint of the host's eyes. Or he could just be observing without controlling 8:39) I beleive this is the actuall host talking here 8:53) However, i think alpha heard travis say that and then took control at this point. alpha could've taken control here to stop the host remembering at this point, so he doesn't wonder why dave and travis never managed to tell him of his past 8:55) Dave gets ready to explain but is interupted by a swift charger shot from alpha (in the host's body) but travis managed to get in the way just in time 9:08) Alpha doesn't even hide the fact that the host isn't the host at this point, as he is speaking with his own voice instead of the host's 9:26) and 10:40) Alpha didnt want to resort to the poison method but it was the only choice left 9:35) the Poison starts to set into travis, leaving him inkredibly ill 9:56) "This isn't just damage i could shake off from swim form" Implying that this is permanant damage... 10:00) "It's like it has an iron grip on my very core" 10:03) Alpha explains the origins of the host and billy to dave and travis 10:09) "They're a part of my very being" 10:16) "This power that connects us doesn't come without it's risks" If the host and billy are sharing a being/life force with alpha, it would make sense that their existance is unstable 10:30) "Boss snap out of it" Dave tries to make alpha loose his contol over the host's body but to no evail 10:43) "My *Counterpart* Respects you guys more than you know" 10:51) The poison may allow alpha to control travis as if he were created from alpha himself. 10:59) One more piece has been added to the Alpha-Star --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's something interesing i thought of: If alpha can make the poison once, he can most likely do it again. So he may target dave if he does do so... However! this leaves us with an interesting perdicament. as there are still 2 main characters in the lore: Dave, and Splatlocke... But only 1 more point on the Alpha-Star... So if alpha uses the poison on dave... will it be too much for him to handle? Here's another question: Is splatlocke even a part of alpha? I ask this question as the points on the alpha star represent people it connects to: Alpha, Billy, The host, and now travis... But billy and the host's colours were already present on the star as they were part of the star's creation in the first place... so wouldn't splatlocke be already present on the star if he was created from alpha too? What if splatlocke was never a part of alpha to begin with...

[@CountBLECK1]

This is amazing thank you

[@Eli_Isaac_gaming]

Your a member also ARE YA SKAKESPEAR? Am not reading all of that

[@fate7418]

I’ve had a feeling from the beginning that neither Splatlocke nor Travis were apart of Alpha, Alpha himself had to watch in on their conversations, meaning he couldn’t look through either of their eyes, and the star indicates there must be five parts of him, I’d assume the left is Billy and the right is the Host, and I’m thinking Alpha is the top point of the star, but a new version has awoken, I’d assume this is Alpha’s “counterpart” as he mentioned, perhaps the exact opposite of Alpha, maybe a sanitized version? The ink color being green? It’s unlikely though, hmmm… that now begs the question who’s the fifth? The lower right of the star still stands with no ink color… but maybe Alpha using the poison made Travis part of him and that’s why the star fragment turned green? I’m still wondering if this “counterpart” is the green but I’m not entirely certain

[@BooTube5]

@@fate7418 I think the counterpart was reffering to the host. and the new green segment on the star is Travis. As his eye colour is green, we saw the star appear when he was talking about how the poison felt, and it only appeared after that whole interaction

[@fate7418]

@@BooTube5 that does make a lot of sense actually- and I watched the episode again and immediately was like: “yeah i probably overthought that-“ But still, that does beg the question of who will be the fifth “fragment” is what I’m going to call it- it could possibly be Splatlocke but… I don’t know, I’m still wondering if we’ll be introduced to a new character or if Dave will be hit with the poison

[@MoshPlayz]

I felt like I was watching cinema in those last 3 minutes… very well put together

[@Eli_Isaac_gaming]

4:02 WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? PTSD? HE IS NOW A REAL PSYCHOTIC MURDER FROM BREAKING BAD HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE POISON HE IS LITERALLY A BREAKING BAD PERSON I’ve never seen the show

[@chaotic_44]

THE LORE IS LOREING RN YOOO, Also I'm just imagining some random person who hasn't watched your channel before stumbling upon this, that'd be pretty funny lmao

[@Alphastar716]

At least 1 person has had that happen to them I'm sure x)

[@PieceOfNephrite]

WHO'S READY FOR THE LORE DROP (Edit after actually watching the video) 🫢😦

[@TopazTiger975]

Super wholesome lore this time around! Right? 😀

[@Alphastar716]

😀😊

[@splatfin1467]

This series is getting good!

[@ashaluv16]

It was ALWAYS the perfect series!

[@Sakura_panda120]

Welp looks like Alpha is a twist villain

[@Alphastar716]

Not all antagonists are evil 🤔

[@Sakura_panda120]

​@@Alphastar716 OMG you actually replied!?! This is soo cool

[@user-we2lc2vv8h]

OH MY ITS OUT BOIS ITS OUT LETS GOOOOO

[@OmegaKatana]

The lore is getting SO GOOD!

[@fruitbowlzzz]

okay, so, LOTS of questions. 1: i have noticed that Alpha has gotten a lot more controlling (literally) as he gets more in-sync with his abilities. during the alterna playthrough, he seemed almost scared of this ability, but as time progressed, he became like this. is this the sanitization trying to take effect, or is he nervous that if his counterparts stray away from their original design, “something bad will happen” to HIM, which is why he doesnt want them to know about their past. 2: not exactly on topic, but will we ever get more of those “dizzy spells” and migraines again? did they only happen when his counterparts strayed away, or are they just a side effect for after he looks through someone’s eyes? and why did he get those migraines when mr. grizz was around?? i get you may not want to answer this for spoiler reasons, its just some observations i’ve made. I love this story so much and I’m so excited for how it will go! sorry for the long paragraph😅

[@N0T__XYN]

Watching this in an awkward family meet up for new year's thank you 🤞🤞

[@Alphastar716]

Put it on the TV for all of them to watch LOL

[@slimshady1987]

why do I love the alpha lore so much ☠️

[@jaxxenowo9720]

I'm so happy he got a new fit

[@TreeBranchStudios]

THE CINEMATOGRAPHY AND LORE🤩

[@madamstasis]

returning and i just watched all of the inkspeditions. i am now super invested in this series!

[@BooTube5]

Uh oh... What is going to happen here?

[@ankkitha]

Oooooh things just got tense…… 😬 Is Alpha cooking a 5 star meal or something even spicier??👀 Keep it up Alpha!❤

[@swileyhedrick2373]

Ya mean a 5 point meal...

[@FierceBoi325]

I’m super excited for Splatlocke’s return! Keep up the great work Alpha 😃

[@ruikasasfixer]

the lore we got in this ep was awesome!!

[@FierceBoi325]

Alphastar, please… spare them. PLEASE! Dave and Travis, they don’t know better

[@Alphastar716]

I warned them, but they didn't listen 😔

[@FierceBoi325]

Please🥺🥺🥺 Also I love your content Alpha

[@j03l69]

Well At least Dave isn't Dead.

[@Agent-XI]

Happy new year Alpha and I have a few things to say. One uh you make such amazing videos that help bring me a laugh every day. Two I for some reason think your voice is like the American version of Eggsmr And three I hope you keep making videos! ❤

[@Alphastar716]

Thank you so much! Have a happy new year!

[@raymundinhoevangelista4148]

Honestly this was the Best thing I could recive for the New Year's

[@Alphastar716]

Happy New Year x)

[@raymundinhoevangelista4148]

@@Alphastar716 same to you! (This is the Second best thing)

[@j.corbygaming]

The lore is deep here

[@PoweruptheOcto]

Aye alphas back with a new inkspedistion. Keep up the great content.

[@fate7418]

*HOLY SH-* THE LORE!!!! OH this is getting SO GOOOOD the star though… five segments, two full and two “fragments” if you will… if I had to make a guess the top fragment is probably Alpha himself… I have a feeling that he’s being affected not only physically but psychologically by Tartars ink… hmmm and Alpha seemed mortified that if he himself couldn’t stop them then… someone else would… his “counterpart” he called it…? On the opposite side of the star… perhaps… there’s a version of Alpha that’s fully sanitized… that’s dangerous… and it now seems that counterpart has been awakened. Hmmm, I’m thinking this counterpart is more dangerous to those two, and Alpha is doing this to *protect* them… gosh this is REALLY making my lore deducting come out and I’m more excited for the next episode of the Inkspedition then I am for Genshin’s next Archon quest 😂😂😂 I do believe though that the lore will be continuing into Side Order as that has now been confirmed as Agent 8… Also, CAN WE GET SOME ANIMATORS WORKING ON THAT ENDING SCENE? THAT WILL MAKE FOR SOME AMAZING ANGSTY LORE AND I *NEED TO SEE IT* XD

[@jfo4022]

New inkspedition episode, that means more of my weird, probably stupid joke theories! 1. The host finds his individuality and breaks free from Alpha's control 2. Alpha accidentally screws up and the poison was too strong, killing Travis 3. Travis and Dave convince Alpha to let them tell the Host 4. EPIC BOSSFIGHT As someone who believes that Splattercolor screen is and was fine before the patch, 7:39 is basically the Splattercolor screen drama explained. Why is it so accurate-

[@Alphastar716]

That splatterscreen joke was actually written after the patch that made it darker. It never affected me much but it was stopping some players from playing the game and not in the way it's supposed to.

[@Bria987]

I’m just surprised. So my theory a while was kind of close I guess. So I thought that Alpha, The Inkspedition, and Billy were all the same person but was somehow separated each other’s personalities into a inkling and octolin’s body since The Inkspedition was always in a mood and Billy was mostly cheerful. And Alpha was like the hive mind of the whole thing. But the lore is just, wow. I’m just scared what Alpha is going to do with Dave.

[@Lilac_Amethyst]

OMG ALPHA HOW DARE YOU HURT TRAVIS >:( (Thank you for cooking amazing food tho)

[@Lucario251]

New year, New lore

[@hahani17]

NO WAY HE ACTUALLY MADE IT EVEN IN GERMANY

[@nelsonlopez9559]

Wait a damn minute! The bottom left of the Star of Alpha at the end turned green, which represents another character made by Alpha! Not only that, the layout of the video playlists at the end... Billy's Singleplayer playlist on the left side of the star shows that Billy is the white sector of the star. The host of the Inkspedition's maps on the right side of the star shows that The Host of the Inkspedition is the purple sector of the star. Then, there's *Splatlocke's* X Rank Nuzlocke on the bottom left side of the star showing that the green sector represents Splatlocke! And, to top it off, *Alpha,* the creator of these 3 is in the middle of the star, representing that *he* is the main root to these 3 Squids and Octopi. Sorry for the long paragraph 😅

[@Alphastar716]

Spot on! 👀

[@nelsonlopez9559]

​@Alphastar716 I'm still surprised that I just watched a 2-second scene and managed to pull up a whole paragraph describing the exact meaning of it!

[@dvg7093]

Happy new year!

[@Alphastar716]

Have a Happy New Year!

[@xstar4698]

bro this needs to be a fandom-

[@katylepetsos7512]

You make for a great Splatoon connoisseur, Alpha.

[@user-we2lc2vv8h]

THE LORE

[@Eli_Isaac_gaming]

9:21 the terminator has awoken (edit) oh no the poison

[@ItsMeVSG216]

Idk what to say to Travis, rest in peace or rest in pieces.

[@noremfor]

5:36 Undercover W

[@ringlemur9666]

So the pieces of thestar are, Billy, the host of the inkspedition, Splatlocke(???????????), and now Travis, the fact that he can get anyone in the world with this stuff makes Alpha sound like he has similar plans with the people like Mr. Grizz and tartar soooooooooooo Be on the lookout for him in Side Order!!!

[@Pearl7sp]

i was there! edit: so that’s what that scene was for

[@TJ_Graffiti]

So... Alpha is the streamer, Billy plays story mode, and the others just exist and show stuff off?

[@giganticmoon]

LORE IS LOREING HARD

[@someoctopus8749]

He’ll just respawn. Chill out guys

[@TheBlooper159]

heheh.. lore >:D i love how in depth this is alpha!

[@antoniomoreira5039]

I knew there was one piece missing from the puzzle! Now we just need to wait for him

[@octostar2410]

I’m sorry… what just happened?! 😮

[@octobombyt]

BRO WHY IS THE LORE SO DEEP, IM MORE INVESTED IN THIS THAN JUJUTSU KAISEN BEFORE SEASON TWO ENDED.

[@narrator-bf]

honestly i just come to these video's for the lore lol

[@ariaharding9212]

Lore

[@aquaticsnom]

OH…OH-

[@bub1444]

ah yes. what a normal episode.

[@AstroOcto]

The next episode gonna be an epic anime fight lol. But for real these drops of lore have been insane...

[@Radical_SPL]

LETS GOOOO

[@deltarunecharacter]

So 1. Alphastar 2.inkspedition 3. Billy 4.splatlocke 5.??

[@legoshiishot]

I knew i saw you i was the Splatana wiper bro you kept getting me but we won anyway my team had 2 novas on it

[@hellhound78]

This was not terrifying or unsetteling at all. I'm not shaking.

[@Mally01]

My sanity has been returned.

[@sweaters_n_dynamite]

TRAVIS NOOOOOOOOOOOO Screaming crying rolling on the floor SPARE HIM.

[@TURBO-N34]

I have a question. What colors of the star represents Billy and host, ik it's white and yellow but idk witch goes to who, ik the top blue is alpha and the new green spot is travis but im just asking about Billy and host so if anyone can answer my question plz do

[@Amethyst0407]

Billy is the white point on the star!

[@TURBO-N34]

​@@Amethyst0407ty and that means host is purple

[@Amethyst0407]

@@TURBO-N34 yep!

[@Eli_Isaac_gaming]

What does the star mean what does it mean what does it mean (this is meant to be a joke from a part from the movie nightmare before Christmas I can’t remember if it was a song because there’s another song with a similar name called what is this😊) S-tier movie

[@madamstasis]

Is there a playlist for this entire series? im getting invested but this is only the second one ive seen

[@Alphastar716]

Yep, just out the Splatoon 3 Inkspedition playlist on the channel!

[@madamstasis]

@@Alphastar716 why thank you alphastar! i will so joyous head that way. (falls into a mysteriously inkspedition playlist shaped hole)

[@Velocity_6410]

MY GOSH, THE MANY WAYS I FELT WAS INSANE IN THIS EPISODE. But I need info on this, if Billy is the top left, the host is top right, and I assume splatloke (I don't think he has an official name unless he is the same guy as the octoloke protagonist than it is Bob) is the top than who are the bottom two, are you going to make two new charters or do Travis and Dave count? So many questions.

[@Alphastar716]

The point at the very top represents myself, but that does still leave open room on the star...

[@Velocity_6410]

I thought you were the middle of the star, a equal balance of all.@@Alphastar716

[@user-un1bg9yz6u]

20 to 100 super fast😨.

[@GrizzDemon]

NOOOOOOOO THE LOOOOOREEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@FierceBoi325]

4:00 Alpha! NO!!!

[@FierceBoi325]

Please 🥺🥺🥺

[@slackzuesthegamer]

don't do anything to travis... please (but seriously that was cool, next map should be uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Bluefin Depot also that green is the NUZLOCKE guy right? or is it a new one AHHHH DONT TELL ME IM GOING TO THERORIZE EVERYTHINg)

[@marisstaff7019]

I still haven’t gotten to play on it this season yet :(

[@Alphastar716]

There's still 2 months to do so! And it's not like the maps are going anywhere. 🙇🏿‍♂️

[@brennananderson4527]

I konw the third personality it splatlocke

[@CountBLECK1]

LORE

[@Max-A-Max]

TRAVIS NOO WHY 😭

[@Nightbot_yep]

Dont tell me that whoever you shoot with that charger becomes one of you slaves your evil your heart is full of darkness the council will like to speak with you enter though this hole to speak to the council 👌 🕳

[@Alphastar716]

To the council I say, "I only poisoned one man!" 🥹

[@SKADOOOOOOOSHHHHHH]

What happened? I did not remember this storyline

[@jahendiaz1433]

Wsp guys

[@FierceBoi325]

Who’s the 5th point?

[@som-two]

oh boy! what a shame it would be if someone died 😀 anyways yeehaw texas is dead!!

[@splatfin1467]

Hi som!

[@Enperry22]

Zzzzzzzzzz,huh?-o-oh sorry,I'm just waiting for more lore

[@Mally01]