The Splatoon Lore Iceberg Explained

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The iceberg in question:
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y'all asked for it so i worked on this practically nonstop for 5 days to deliver.
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EDIT: thanks for all the kind words! for reference, despite how i may sound i am not a girl, so if you're going to refer to me in third person, please use they/them pronouns. thank you!
EDIT (again): SPLATOON 3! Also damn this is blowing up
I don't think there will be iceberg-worthy material for the new game until a while after it comes out. If I added splatoon 3 theories now, THAT would age poorly. just sayin.
Amendments to the video / answers to frequently commented comments:
The mystery of Marie's pet at 13:34 has been solved, and it turns out there's a rare piece of concept art that confirms that it's an evolved scallop! You can check out the post here. (Thank you ShinyGirafarig for sending this my way!)
rassicas.tumblr.com/post/6618...
Settling what the Gen in Gen 83 is short for! (20:56) A few people suggested "General" which makes sense in a military context, but I ruled this out because the messages talk about her being in training to be a combat engineer. For some reason I never thought to check what Gen 83 is in Japanese, and it's 第83期. 期 means a period of time, so yes, generation. Still cryptic as hell though!
I know Pearl is 21. I translated chunks of the second artbook too. I deliberately left her out for the sake of showing more obscure examples. Also when I've seen people question adult inklings, they generally mean ones who are old enough to be the parents of the playable Inklings.
Spanish and Catalan subtitles by Lluc Riberax - / llucriberax
German subtitles by Ardnin- / ardnin_
SOURCES
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My Haikara Walker Translations
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Splatoon band member info
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Graffiti interview translated by me rassicas.tumblr.com/post/6170...
Lotta stuff relating to OE came from this interview (Japanese)
www.famitsu.com/news/201807/2...
ENG summary of this interview by u/linlaowee
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some stuff came from this interview (Japanese)
www.famitsu.com/news/201803/0...
Summarized BY u/Nimted
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My translation from page 4
docs.google.com/document/d/1S...
What do Squid Kids Eat?
kotaku.com/do-squid-kids-eat-...
What "Dark Nintendo" Means, According To Splatoon's Producer
www.gamespot.com/articles/wha...
Interview: Hisashi Nogami on Squids, Kids, and Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion
www.nintendolife.com/news/201...
i may be forgetting some sources so here's my obscure lore document where i've compiled p much all the lore interviews and translations i can find. enjoy.
docs.google.com/document/d/1a...
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Above the Iceberg
3:36 The Tip of the Iceberg
7:01 Just beneath the Surface
11:58 Deeper Waters
18:03 Even Further
26:27 The Bottom of the Iceberg
31:59 Beneath the Iceberg
36:45 The Darkest Depths
42:18 Outro

[@YourKingPyro]

Ok but the fact that the professor not only froze Judd but made a back up clone of him and injected him with an immortality serum shows how much he loved his cat and it’s adorable

[@unitds27-delta]

He also made an ai to teach the ways of human to the next intelligent species, but it went rogue and tried to kill inkopolis

[@YourKingPyro]

@@unitds27-delta we don’t talk about that

[@unitds27-delta]

@¿sweeze? his intentions were good, it just went rogue

[@Gloomdrake]

@@unitds27-delta I mean, that's prolly within the parameters of teaching them about the ways of humans

[@dysperdotted]

@@unitds27-delta he really was the last human saint.

[@25usd94]

what i expected from nintendo squid kid game for kids: '[unused assets]' what i got: *'world war 5'*

[@slavishentity6705]

Welcome to splatoon

[@tforde2143]

Honestly not surprised. Have you seen Kirby Lore and some other games?

[@PV9000]

@@tforde2143 yeah the puffball killed gods because of a goddamn cake

[@stevenrichards4399]

Welcome to the splatocalypse

[@RosemaryBo1991]

True

[@flydr3d766]

"As long as he's not a bear, I'll be happy"

[@Ranixo286]

The lore fits! It's not like it's just "oh haha bear eat salmon" and I'm sad a lot of people are mad he's a bear. But they have the right to their own opinion, of course.

[@elik.8113]

Uh oh

[@thatonyoutuber5968]

I'm sorry to tell ya bud

[@kacperszarek4223]

So... How do we tell them?

[@splattedbyjojo]

So uhmm... sorry to burst your bubble but-

[@Emi_Bean]

"Where did all the adult inklings go?" Pearl: *is literally 21*

[@Agentace1_]

And Marina literally 18

[@MaddyIsSilly]

Squid Sisters are both about 19

[@oogabooga6411]

captain cuttlefish

[@plus_ultra2.0]

Maybe the age for being an adult in Splatoon it's changed (?, like we know that all mammals (counting humans) got extinct, so they don't know about that. And maybe they changed it to a higher age. Idk lmao

[@techstuff9198]

(Clears throat) 14 is the age of physical maturation of the inklings. Think about it, there's _a lot_ of stuff that can lead to this thought, and I'm far too tired to list it all this moment.

[@EchoesOfArson]

Breaking: Girl with a large forehead demolishes a solid stone bridge by the power of shouting really loudly.

[@Helicopter7]

EEeEeeS

[@superspaghettibrawler]

More at 11, a tiny cat just started chasing the arm of a jellyfish like a string, the aftermath may surprise you. Aww isn’t that adorable? Back to you, Kevin.

[@PV9000]

Y E S

[@hdew12354]

@@superspaghettibrawler thanks martha, now, an update on the ongoing turf turf riots in th enow abandoned inkopolis, the yellow team is making headway, however the blue team does in fact have the rainmaker, i think it's gonna be a long night, i'm Kevin at SalmonewsTV, back to you

[@TheKawaiifan]

agent 3 slept through the world's loudest booyah

[@r3tk1n67]

“Save our salmons” After the splatoon 3 trailer: 👁👄👁

[@gamingworldfun5987]

Same 👁👄👁

[@r3tk1n67]

I think they gon save lil buddy’s fam

[@benedictdwyer2608]

‘Lil bud

[@Chopscrewyyy]

There's so much potential for little buddy I can't wait to see what happens!!

[@thatonedudelol4866]

Honestly I think it could just be because 2020 was such a bad year they put sos

[@mick5233]

Here is another disturbing piece of lore; the company in octo expansion is called kambo co. If you put the letters together, you get kamboko. Kamboko is actually the name of a Japanese dish. The dish is made up of BLENDED SQUID AND OCTOPUS. How disturbing is that.

[@penelopespahn3254]

@dauntlaspog !!! why? Inklings and octolinga are litteral ocopus and squid

[@mircowavenoisesmushroom1738]

It's a pun, of course it's a pun

[@aphrogdite]

@dauntlaspog !!! it is sorta disturbing considering the fact that agent 8 was almost blended alive by a giant blender. more of a disturbing pun

[@gua-pi-mao]

ooooooooook

[@Lunar_DeBrie]

Isn't it Kamabo Co.?

[@Sypitz]

“If mr grizz is an actual mammalian bear, I would be disappointed.” Welp.

[@naelpontes8444]

I mean, what else could he be tho

[@martinx.floresrodriguez4507]

@@naelpontes8444 a water bear would be so so cool

[@GuitarOfTime0116]

@@martinx.floresrodriguez4507 yeah but those are immortal, wouldn't make for a good fight.

[@aidansexton47]

That aged like fine... cheese! Blue cheese.

[@sassovolante8583]

Professor: has immortality serum Also Professor: yeah i'll inject my cat with it instead of saving mankind

[@squidveemo2281]

I guess you're right, that doesn't make any sense

[@SofieArts]

I mean I'd trust my cat more than humanity, humans are always up to something bad..

[@Blue93737]

@@SofieArts true

[@VeronicaGarcia-yy8wn]

Yeah I also never understood that. This professor sounded really smart. I mean he made a capsule for a animal to survive 10,000 years and a serum to let the animal live forever. Why tf did he not apply that to humans? I mean, there’s also the possibility humans are still alive somewhere.

[@spysoldierscout4562]

I'd guess it could be that the serum only protects from aging and dying to heart failure, rather than actually making someone get a steel body. So some world wars ending all humanity could be reasonable...

[@NamelessGamer29]

No joke, this entire time I thought that Mr. Grizz was literally the statue.

[@surprisinglysam3728]

For the longest time, me too 😭

[@LinnaeusTheGreatest]

he isnt?

[@asherpearce6704]

i only realized it was a radio like. last week

[@silvyach]

I completely accepted the fact that a talking wooden bear was telling me to steal a random species young

[@legomaniac4689]

Wait, he isn’t the statue!?

[@avacado3546]

Fun fact: In Splatoon 2 Hero Mode, Marie talks about the White Ghost of Mt. Nantai. In Octo Expansion Marina and Pearl are in Mt. Nantai. The White Ghost was said to have a voice that shatters glass. Pearl can shatter glass with her voice... Pearl is the White Ghost of Mt. Nantai.

[@avacado3546]

Btw if you listen closely to the deepsea metro you will hear Calamari inkantation on a piano.

[@Janal_Hoe]

Makes alot of sense.. I mean did that white dress really gave it away tho?

[@DHVF28]

Shoutouts to that one dude who said “what the fuck is splatoon” as a reply to the iceberg

[@faether1429]

A reply to a Splatoon youtuber as well

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

(:< D)

[@modestzachman758]

God damn, the developers did NOT need to go that in depth with world building. They could have just been like “hehe funny squid game” and nobody would bat an eye.

[@akaimizu1]

I think it was more of a “we can’t help it” situation. Once an idea takes over, it often means the creators saw that design and the lore was literally inspired from that. I definitely know how that feels.

[@Revsoshi]

Yeah maybe. But it's always more fun to find out/write about lore

[@kaistephens2694]

It's pretty similar to their game design philosophy, isn't it? Simple on the surface, deep on the inside....

[@pancake831]

The "splatoon is a post apocalyptic shooter" point now is even clearer because of splatoon 3 Splatoon 3 is basically an apocalypse after another apocalypse lmao

[@koveltskiis8391]

I think it’s just a different area of the splatoon world

[@Goose384]

@@koveltskiis8391 well yeah but its chaotic there

[@rbxq]

Postpost

[@michalaswindail783]

@@koveltskiis8391 Splatoon 2 is already post apocalyptic so it's possible it could just be the case of yet another apocolypse/war

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

Splatoon has always been a post apocalyptic shooter Even back to the first game in the diary entries or whatever they’re called

[@lucasboi7623]

“The adults are just doing adult stuff” The picture: *ok guys let’s go to real wars*

[@_1_05_]

@Music Stop probably

[@somethingbanter]

@Music Stop Basically inklings have simple and predatory brains so the active fighting in turf war games just gets all of that hunting energy out.

[@TrinityCore60]

@@somethingbanterI’m pretty sure the “simple and predatory” thing on that scroll is Octarian propaganda.

[@levthelion71810]

Finally, someone that is enthusiastic but doesn't earrape you every 5 seconds.

[@pixelpoe3469]

Who is that in reference too?

[@levthelion71810]

@@pixelpoe3469 I... I'm not sure. I wrote the comment a year ago lol

[@pixelpoe3469]

@@levthelion71810 😅ok

[@mahari893]

Wendigoon? Because he did that fucking numerous times with his dumbass “haha giants *EARRAPE*.

[@fruitful6139]

splatoon: lol look at these happy kids turning into squids and back to themselves also splatoon: *Hundreds of octolings were forced into tests, then brutally murdered whether or not if they completed them, also there has been multiple world wars within humans and inklings that resulted in millions dead, ALSO sanitized enemies are dead and are being mindlessly controlled to attack the enemy using green ink, which is actually blood*

[@alexanderdahms4001]

Splatoon agin: anyway want see more mind controll

[@Djstudiosgold]

What the fuck I thought the stuff they shot at you in octo expansion was hand sanitizer or dish soap.

[@TheAnimalzz]

@@Djstudiosgold In fact I'm pretty sure that all of the inklings and octolings ink is also their blood based on some of the sunken scrolls (I'm pretty sure some of them show ink sack organs instead of hearts and say that they pump ink through the body but I might be imagining things) and the fact that you explode in ink when you die, even in water. So yeah.

[@TopEye64]

Also splatoon: *Many intelligent clownfish are treated like pets and slowly die of neglect as their owners don't care about them and only use them as accessories*

[@thereptile4139]

@@TopEye64 *clownfish

[@mako_happy]

Inklings now: What does this mean? Humans then: *memes*

[@mehgemenymhge8566]

Im imagining them being confused on an image of a horse with the text juan on it

[@tentilol]

@@mehgemenymhge8566 "what does this mean" "sorry i keep on laughing" "what does this supposed to mean"

[@mehgemenymhge8566]

@@tentilol lmao

[@omegaotaku1342]

cornn flaek

[@thefutureismeaninglessthep7364]

No matter how much later species make fun of us, they will never understand the true beauty and meaning to live that is memes.

[@k_playz2804]

It's good to see that someone gets that Splatoon isn't just "squids play turf wars together" and other nonsense. I love Splatoons lore and I also think it's cool that you have the Haikara Walker and can translate it so that others can get more of Splatoons lore.

[@arizonasucculent8632]

I think a good point to add is that a lot of the sunken scrolls were made by the octarians. For example the biology of the inkling. It was from an octarians stand point, stating that the inklings are predatory and simple minded. Yet that doesn't seem to be given that they live in a really diverse world and society. But splatoon is indeed one of my top favorite games because of all the hidden lore. The developers did an amazing job of keep the secret buried just under the surface so those that want more lore to the game can find it.

[@volcanomilkk]

... I think that 2020 SOS thing makes some sense now

[@storm8498]

Lol

[@thedastardlylizard5944]

We either evolve to crab or revolve to monkee

[@F1SHB0NEZ_]

oh shi

[@theman6422]

@@thedastardlylizard5944 or die and let anything that lived in the sea evolve

[@thedastardlylizard5944]

Hmm... devolve to grass... yes... this is the way

[@glitchpog]

So basically Tartar’s beta design was kinda gonna be like the Omega Flowey of splatoon.

[@encryptedproductions6006]

"Mmmm, I can feel them wriggling... Awww, you're feeling left out, aren't you? Well, that's just perfect. After all, I only have six souls. I still need one more... Before I become GOD"

[@legomaniac4689]

I didn’t think things could be more creepy that that stinkin flower

[@wrecquerel]

The Izanami of Splatoon

[@Dialgapro]

Flowey is a TV and Tartar a Blender

[@ParakeetDSi]

@@wrecquerel A fellow Persona 4 fan

[@rainywainy8]

9:16 In a lore video I watched about Splatoon... gosh, years ago(man, that makes me feel old)- they mentioned that the odd 'screams' and clanking sounds similar to the blender we see in the octo expansion. Which is almost just as eerie because that implies that *something* has been blended in those blenders previously- or maybe *someone*

[@octolinggrimm6387]

Uh yeah. We see six full blenders of Tartar's primordial ooze on the NILS cannon.

[@WiretheAlligator]

I mean, they certainly have. The sanitized octarians are reconstituted goop of the previous agents who completed their trials

[@tetraxis3011]

Tartar literally mentions that there have been 10,007 subjects to 8

[@bethmoth22]

Holy shit the amount of lore that starts connecting dots with Splatoon 3 is insane. I swear, the plot to splatoon 3 was in our faces this whole time

[@shortcxke]

i've played splatoon 2 for a less than a year, so i didn't think that the lore was THIS deep until seeing the Splatoon 3 trailer. I literally did not know any of these, thank you

[@TrashSpace69]

Did you play octo expansion? This is pack has a good story too.

[@lulzalfest]

@@TrashSpace69 I hate how hard the octo expansion is. Its definitely darksouls-like. Most of the time I just let Off The Hook beat it for me.

[@momsaccount4033]

@@lulzalfest ... There is nothing “Dark Souls” about Octo Expansion. Either you constantly refuse to learn how challenges in the Octo Expansion work just to make yourself the victim, or you have never touched a video game your entire life until today. Saying that a game or a DLC is the “dark souls” of something without giving any reasoning outside of “it’s hard for me” is just bullshit. Think about how you’re actually playing the damn game before you call something difficult, and never call any game outside of the Dark Souls series as a “Dark Souls-like” ever again. At this point, the term is just a media buzzword and doesn’t even mean anything outside of “boohoo this game is too hard for us dumb game journalists”

[@lulzalfest]

@@momsaccount4033 typical dark souls player always saying games aren't hard and don't need very high levels of precision and concentration because they're mutants that can breeze through these hard games. smh.

[@momsaccount4033]

@@lulzalfest You would have a point if I actually had a PlayStation console to play a Dark Souls game, which I don’t. For a person playing Octo Expansion for the first time, yeah, some challenges can be difficult, but none of the challenges are obstacles you cannot overcome with either patience or practice. From the sounds of it, you have neither.

[@shrimp_bones4768]

I loved all of this!!! Also, an addition to iceberg. The ink the sanitized octolings and tartar use is not ink at all! It's actually BLOOD. This is bc octopie don't have hemoglobin in there blood but a copper rich hymogeycen that makes there blood a blue color....

[@solgaleo3533]

I noticed that too, that the blue colour is octoling blood

[@user-rg7vr1kd1w]

"Aha! You can hide but you can't run! I will splat you with my OWN BLOOD. AND MISERABLY FAIL...."

[@mjproject7072]

Dang, i know Octo expansion is dark, but not THIS dark...

[@mjproject7072]

@Herrick Family they blend it but we don't see the blend process. But we DID see they spread blood everywhere. I think it's cool if someone has a mod that change the color of tartar's ink to red

[@ElToland]

Well, they're actually dead, I guess they don't mind shooting blood at everything xD

[@-TPLT]

I like how the implications behind Nishida coming from a family with 247 children are so incredibly concerning that it was included as the second last iceberg detail. But I feel it will most likely get passed off as "funny detail" and never get elaborated on in-game if much more.

[@axolotlgab]

I noticed something recently about Tartar! I saw that when we fight the NILS Statue, on the big sanitized ink jug in the statue's mouth, there is a window where you can see the sanitized ink and what, too me at least, looks like an eye floating around in there. This could be a reference to the terrifying beta design of Tartar and his eyes floating around in the blender. I'm not completely sure it's an eye, but look for yourself if you think I might be wrong!

[@nihunako]

last time i looked, i saw a sanatized octoball in there

[@inactive8600]

Regarding Marie's pet, I once read in tumblr they were evolved clams.. Oysters? It even had a little diagram of said creatures evolving and flying out of the shell! Unfortunately, I've been searching and I can't find anything abt it anymore, so take it with a grain of salt

[@rassicas]

MAN id love to see that post! I saw one of my friends suggest something like that too, and that kinda does make sense with how it's body looks a lot like scallop meat! Though there's a guy in the band bottom feeders who's also a scallop so maybe there's some crazy divergent evolution happening lol

[@inactive8600]

@@rassicas yeah perhaps! We know how wacky evolution in splatoon can get.. These are way broader loose examples, but, some fish being more humanoid than others (salmonids being That One Radioactive Monkey scene in the simpsons lmao) and we do see normal algae and then just.. The Bottom Feeders guy being sentient! Or the implication of plain normal not sentient sea life still existing! This is all speculation rambling but yeah for me the idea wouldn't be that out of the picture!

[@junebug6685]

I've heard suggestions that it's sentient tofu? A few of my friends have said something about it being a tribute to the time when splatoon was just tofu blocks. At least, I believe I've heard of that.

[@rassicas]

@@junebug6685 I was gonna say I don't know how likely that is, but then I remembered that sentient seaweed exists in splatoon so. God, who knows

[@rassicas]

COMING BACK TO THIS apparently the name of the silver-lipped pearl oyster in japanese translates to "butterfly shellfish" so there's another (possible) piece of evidence to it being an oyster or something!

[@FrahdChikun]

8:34 This Easter Egg goes deeper actually. The laugh clips used for the statues are the exact same ones heard when you defeat Koloktos in Skyward Sword. Coincidentally, Koloktos is a possessed statue...

[@theparrishshow9803]

Maybe it’s nothing more than a reference?

[@Empy_C.]

@@theparrishshow9803 you’re no fun 😠

[@theparrishshow9803]

@@Empy_C. It was just a suggestion

[@LOVE-iv2pw]

@@theparrishshow9803 I think it’d be interesting if it happened to be the ghost of a human, and the statue was made by said human (maybe as a way to insert the creator into his own world like a lot of developers do)

[@HeyItsNovalee]

You know, it does sound similar because of the pitch but I don’t think it is the same laugh. The one from ss is longer, but I couldn’t recognize the same pattern from splatoon in the ss one. The splatoon one also sounds more like a pitched up inkling laugh specifically, while the ss one sounds like a pitched up normal little kid laugh. Inklings have that kind of distinctive sound to them that I can’t explain

[@VeiledArctic]

Splatoon is the incarnation of "_____ Gameplay" (Happy and funny) "_____ Lore" (Really fucking dark)

[@r0w3nAK63]

"as long as its not a bear ill be happy" Splatoon 3: that's a nice theory you got there, would be a shame if i-

[@Edgee_yy]

“Something relevant to the next game” Splat 3: liddol buddies aka baby salmonids

[@Rice-ss4np]

lol

[@elekkitty]

I didn’t know a lot in this video, but what really surprised me was that Agent 3 became a DJ??? I hope we get some of their music in Splatoon 3!

[@itsme7336]

I knooow why is no one talking about that??

[@lumi_2423]

That would be so frickin cool

[@gh0stofinf1nity11]

That might replace Turquoise October, I think it would be quite cool if that happened

[@squidmochi7811]

@𝕆ctophones 🦑 Actually its confirmed It's music from a DJ called Dedf1sh! Although that would have been cool!

[@projectpitchfork860]

Splatoon 3 is here and she's not a DJ.

[@utatoners]

"as long as he's not a bear, ill be happy" 😬 greetings from sept 2022

[@-Tanooki-]

9:57 the fact that they scrapped these is literally a violation to splatoon fans, I would die for the far right octoling boy haircut, the fact that the tentacles cover the eyes is freaking adorable

[@alexanderking8336]

To play devil's advocate to the "inklings have no bones" part...that scroll is likely an Octarian propaganda piece, with how "terrifying" the rest of their biology is described.

[@swampbottom1109]

Callie and Marie talk about their lack of bones as well in a splat 1 newscast

[@applechoco483]

The idols have heights of around 5 feet, you can see the opponent's team squidpartying from all the way across Walleye Warehouse, multiple NPCs comment on squids having no bones, and even with the sheer amount of ink an Inkling puts out just by chilling in squid form, you'd NEED that high of a capacity to fill the ink tank that quick! It's kinda like a documentary about lions- no matter how tense the music and slow-mo shots are, the fact remains that they will absolutely body everything they see.

[@luvkny-]

@@applechoco483 its actually a possibility that inklings could be smaller than five feet, there's evidence on it and theres a video ive seen that gives an explanation on their height and how inklings could either be 1 inch or 1-2 feet aswell

[@promienodrzutowysamuel790]

The cannibalism one reminds me of zora from zelda eating fish, but now that i think about it it's probably just because it's easier for them to catch fish than, like, shoot a bird. I think it's the same for inklings.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Yeah, Jabu Jabu ._. In real life fish eat other fish so it's fine, I think

[@pixelpoe3469]

Rito eat poultry too.

[@s0ckpupett]

better to eat fish than birds I think not just for convenience but what about the rito

[@pikachucetthesecond4296]

I mean, fish eat other fish all the time

[@eldritchinsomniac]

RIP to rassicas hoping Mr. Grizz isn't a bear-

[@pyralis_loves_you]

I find Marina's full name interesting. Marina translates to 'Harbour' whilst Ida translates to 'Gone'. Could this imply some secret meaning? Perhaps 'harbour gone' could mean something similar like 'boats have left' or something. I'm looking into this too much but just putting my theory out there.

[@frederikgjernrosenberg868]

Wait If Marina is Harbour Pearl and Marina Pearl Marina Pearl Harbour?

[@syweb2]

@@frederikgjernrosenberg868 _Oh no_

[@alexwest9015]

Well, she defected from the Octarians, so it could mean she has left their harbour to start a new life with the inklings?

[@abrahamgalvan8498]

A dark theory for the screams is that it's the sounds of the deep sea metro. You can hear the sounds of trains and the screams are most likely octolings going through the metro.

[@syweb2]

It's not all Octolings, though. We know for a fact that Iso Padre was one of the test subjects, and there were probably a variety of other species as well.

[@yorankoppes]

Splatoon is so packed with culture, it’s inkredible.

[@koichimi8475]

@@Tired14 jesus christ, let people make a pun and live their life

[@Kqphsh]

U cheecky little-

[@charerl7159]

Ooh I get it lolk

[@maggot848]

Ink-redible... i see what u did there lol, nice one

[@t_nner]

now you made me like the comment

[@trutrutrucy]

looking back on this video after playing through Splatoon 3, its surprising how accurate the Ark Polaris / Bear sign correlation is. same with the correlation between the bear sign and Mr Grizz. seeing how bits in the pervious Splatoon games all tied together and foreshadowed the events and lore revealed in 3 is astounding. so much thought was put into these games, even down to the tiny details that would normally be overlooked. same with the SOS messages and the fax machine, however the fax machine might be a bit of a stretch. the “Save our Salmon” message shows what the effects of collecting the golden eggs would be in the third game, and it’s possible the Fax Machine messages might be from tests of sending things into space with the Alterna rocket, however i’m not 100% sure.

[@remiel6455]

32:00 "as long as hes not a bear ill be happy" ...

[@midoriasakusa]

i cant believe they gentrified inkopolis square

[@poopityscoop839]

Ikr, I can’t believe Inkopolis used to be a ghetto 😂

[@imanithepinkmonster]

Yes omg why is everyone overlooking that.

[@mewhenmemeimeyea]

"save our salmons" Splatoon 3 trailer: SURPRISE SHAWTYY

[@ARDIZsq]

Something I'd like to mention about unreleased gear. The Ika Musume (Squid Girl) armor set also did not reappear in Splatoon 2. This was most likely due to licensing or something of the sort, but it's still sad that we didn't get it again. That set had my favorite hat in the entire game. Rest in peace Squid Girl gear, you will be missed.

[@mylesno9]

Rassicas: I just hope mr. Grizz is not a bear. Nintendo: that line doesn't work here.

[@KuDastardly]

Where are the adults? Charlie Brown: "First time?"

[@moth_luvrr]

LMFAO

[@therstorm4537]

There is so much lore in Splatoon and it felt like nobody except me and a few others realized that before Octo Expansion.

[@GammaRadiation]

9:12 The Boss battle screams are actually supposed to be a train, This is confirmed by one of the devs who realized when play testing cause they have a train by there apartment so of course they would recognize it.

[@theparrishshow9803]

That shit is more than just a train

[@a_bear]

I can hear a train but I can also hear the screams. Both at the same time. You know what place in the splatoon universe has screams (actually) and trains as well? I'm just gonna say smoothie and leave it at that 💀

[@theparrishshow9803]

@@a_bear It has basically been all but confirmed that that’s the origin of the noises. The only possible way to deny this is if the noise can be heard in the upcoming Splatoon 3. Then again there are theory is that commander TarTar is still alive so either way the chances of the blending still going on is very much a possibility. Point being I know what’s making those noises and it’s horrifying.

[@Alchemyyyyyy]

@@theparrishshow9803 in alterna log 4 it says humans tried to leave alterna but the elders said no, the scientists went on with it anyway and the whole place collapsed apparently so I think someone added it in so the crystals at the top of alterna are mimicking the human screams… (sorry if I worded it badly)

[@theparrishshow9803]

@@Alchemyyyyyy But the crystals only reflect images, not audio

[@randomcanadianguy9740]

*hearing about Mr.Grizz on the iceberg* well well well

[@PeterGriffin11]

There's so much lore in Splatoon I was hesitant to watch this video at first sense I'd already watched a Splatoon iceberg video prior to this one but I'm surprised that both this video & the other one have a good amount different information in them.

[@rassicas]

i actually havent watched other splatoon iceberg vids, so im glad to hear that its different enough! thank you grandma from rapsittie street

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@rassicas You're welcome!

[@348795]

Thanks Grandma, you always know just what to say!!!

[@imanithepinkmonster]

What was the other one you watched called?

[@doodlehobbo8697]

Inklings Language : Deciphering this is possible Grandma's Language : This is IMMMPPOOSSSIBBLlE!!!!!!!!

[@angel404]

this was an interesting iceburg

[@yummy_the_braix]

yes

[@Blues.EXE39]

It's... You

[@munnybunnyummy4332]

lol i was about to send u this

[@angel404]

@@munnybunnyummy4332 lol

[@Zephreyer]

Hey, uhh, you dude how are you didn’t know you liked Splatoon, whoever you are.

[@boneleg3835]

"As long as he's not a bear, I'll be happy." Hm. Well that's uh- Hm.

[@K1ttyGam3r]

Rassicas talking about Mr. Grizz’s identity: As long as he’s not a bear, I’ll be happy Me coming here after Splatoon 3:

[@toms7703]

The ”Save Our Salmon“ message actually seems very legit now after seeing little buddy in the Splatoon 3 trailer :0

[@black.baron_angel]

Salmon Slavery

[@NocturnalLoner]

@@black.baron_angel We have no idea what their relationship is.

[@black.baron_angel]

@@NocturnalLoner *Salmon Slavery*

[@NocturnalLoner]

@@black.baron_angel I'm saying that we don't know if the two have a bond or not. We can't just say that Little Buddy is a slave to our character.

[@black.baron_angel]

@@NocturnalLoner Little Buddy was lucky. He managed to make it out.

[@DJCalliean]

I try to stay super up to date and knowledgeable about Splatoon lore, but DANG is there a lot I miss! I really hope a third game expands upon the lore. The world is easily why I’m still in love with the series, even though I haven’t played in a long time (aside from 2 battles during the Mario Splatfest).

[@asherville]

you are so in luck for the news we got today

[@DJCalliean]

@@asherville Literally anybody who watched this video is in luck.

[@hunter17200]

@@DJCalliean lol

[@cherri.mp4527]

well you see...

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

Damn, hope you weren’t dissapointed by Mr. Grizz in Splatoon 3 :P

[@rassicas]

I was. Severely

[@urlocalbee_]

@@rassicas me too I was hoping for a human, not the most obvious thing

[@KingShinyRotom]

25:10 Well, this aged like fine wine.

[@MarcuustheMoose]

Loki?

[@oeinlee8090]

I feel like grizz could be the villain in the next splatoon game ngl. The salmonoids do literally nothing wrong, but grizz hires children to wipe them out by the hundreds and steal their eggs. It would also line up with the save our salmonoids thing and the fact that we have a salmon friend in splatoon3

[@BritAltie]

Apollo The gift of prophecy

[@CrazyMan31000]

Well, Splatoon 3 has shown Salmon Run: Next Wave, I’m confused

[@a_bear]

"return of mammals" "save our salmons"..... hmmmm....

[@cero2766]

Welp.

[@n1jigen]

Well

[@metanoia2226]

Me: *starts watching iceberg videos* Me right now: *Thinking about splatoon 3* Also me: S A L M O N B U D D Y

[@metanoia2226]

Alright, alright. on a serious note, i was not expecting to find all of this lore here. you opened my eyes, thank you!

[@mariselag.7197]

@@metanoia2226 you welcome

[@spookyscaryskeletons578]

Fuck pokemon, all my homies like S A L M O N B U D D Y

[@billy8944]

Splatoon is going for a kirby route looks like a nice cute and is actually a horror movie underneath

[@asparaaaagus]

I absolutey adore games with deep and dark lore. Here are some of my theories on some things The noises you hear near boss fights are either; 1. The train 2. The heartbreaking screams of the octolings who we're blended. 3. More octolings who are also going through the stages screaming for help, or bosses screaming I defeat.

[@g.g.6623]

21:06, the ''Gen 83'' is spanish is translated as ''Octarians engineer of *level* 83'', so i think it just means what range marina had in the army before leaving

[@maxiargos1971]

You: "So long as he is not a bear I'll be fine." Me: "...But what about a water bear?" Sorry I had to. XD

[@rassicas]

TBH I'd be totally cool with him being a fat fish that looked like a bear or yes, even a water bear! just not a mammalian bear.

[@teilamckendry5729]

That'd be hilarious. Here we are thinking he's this big intimidating creature of mysterious origin and suddenly... Boom. Tiny baby chunky man

[@ziongamer6905]

I was just thinking the same!! Imagine a water bear that evolved or something like that and he reveals himself in the third game

[@mjproject7072]

As long as you draw a circle you're safe tho...

[@eh-hw7yd]

Tardigrades are also known as water bears so it could be a thing but they’d be really tiny

[@n.gazzzz]

I’ve played splatoon since the first game came out and I was even decently suprised the lore was this deep

[@mrfnaf12]

“As Long as Mr grizz isn’t a bear, I’ll be happy” Oof you ain’t gonna be happy playing splatoon 3 hero mode

[@erengrad6950]

When a games history is more interesting than the real world.

[@Agentace1_]

Fr

[@pixnclix8619]

My guy have you seen Ancient Rome that’s sick

[@slasherflicks]

Real world history IS very interesting. It's just that US schools teach it in the most boring way possible.

[@CalvinNoire]

History is super interesting.

[@nodishtoodeep3053]

@@slasherflicks There’s only so much you can cram in only a few years. It’s just supposed to peak your interest, a sampler of sorts. That’s also what you get when you don’t have a person interested in history teaching history. They don’t even teach how insane the US war effort and scale was during ww2.

[@spiv]

i figured clown fish were like parrots. smart and can talk but limited in what they say. it would explain how theyre symbiotic and usually say very little.

[@rassicas]

I thought about the parrot concept too, as it would be less of a headache if these small species were not sentient! but they have separate personalities and use language in a way the bigger species they've latched on to wouldn't say. Craymond, while not a clownfish but is still another tiny sea creature who doesnt talk a lot, came to Flow on his own accord because she was very lost on a trip and he wanted to help her get around. all this makes me lean towards them being sentient intelligent creatures, smarter than a parrot. would be nice to get some official clarification on this because its. weird.

[@DedegikoGouku]

31:57 '' A long as he's not a bear i'll be happy '' Oh boy....

[@raikohru]

21:02 I assume gen 83 means general 83, considering how smart and gifted Marina was, it isn’t too strange to imagine she could’ve became a general :)

[@Impulse001]

*Splatoon 3 is revealed* rassicas: More lore for the iceberg!

[@k_playz2804]

Lmao

[@sp14tt3r]

GET READY TO UPDATE THE ICEBERG, WE GOT SPLATOON 3 NEXT YEAR

[@bucket9144]

For my senior English class, I wrote an essay about salmonids. It was more about how each boss salmonid's abilities relate to real life salmon, such as the Maw possibly usong electromagnetism to "see" what's above ground while they travel below. I also did an essay talking about the morals of salmon run, and Mr. Grizz's true intentions being illegally modified weapons, but I forgot to turn that one in so I'll never know what grade I would have gotten.

[@corruptedmissy]

I love the amount of detail put into Splatoon as a whole. The fact that we get the names of bands and their members behind music in the game, the times and dates of less important events, god we even get an explanation to where ink goes after a battle. It all makes for a world you want to learn more about and find things in. A game universe you want to be immersed in, even if it's a universe where you can't get milk.

[@AmapolaMystery]

you know, with actual in-depth splatoon lore being so rare and with so much official content "hidden" behind the language barrier, I thought I'd become very knowledgeable about it, so seeing so much stuff in this iceberg that I couldn't recognize was a magnificent surprise- and you unironically translated the haikara walker?! I thought I would have to wait around a year or two for an official localization, holy moly! I will definetely check that out, I've been dying to get my hands on that book since it was announced! was about time my youtube recommendations ACTUALLY catered to me :} this was an amazing video and I'm looking forward to watch the rest of your stuff once I have the time! Thank you for your effort and content, as a splatoon fan who lost hope in the fandom, your channel is great news!

[@purpellent]

something not mentioned about was in splatoon 2, where there’s a shaking sea snail next to murch, and on the other side of murch, a box full of empty sea snail shells, suggesting that murch eats sea snails. (Or maybe I just missed that lol)

[@pixelpoe3469]

He.. h-he does.. sea urchins eat sea snails.

[@scottobotto2772]

There's also a screwdriver next to him, so he probably pries them out

[@Tylerscrazyjellyfish]

9:21 I know it's been about a year since this video was posted but I just wanted to let you know that some people are theorizing that these screams & scary noises are octolings being blended by tartar after completing everything, and I believe the train noises are octolings escaping or just quiting. Again I'm not sure if this is true because I have no confirmation and I have not played octolings expansion in splatoon 2. Edit: when you were talking about the thousands of dead test subjects (26:47) this is technically what I’m talking about. The screams in the boss arenas are screams coming from these test subjects. There was probably a lot more that went into these deaths that we don’t know but the fact that the screams in the first game seem to be connected to the second seems super cool to me

[@Zyckro]

This is an incredible compilation of interesting Splatoon lore! As someone relatively new to the games, I found it quite informative!

[@Luisisdead]

Who knew a game about painting has this much deep and dark lore

[@pixelpoe3469]

"Painting"

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

Nintendo are good at that kind of thing.

[@ollie09_]

A SPLATOON THEORY CHANNEL EXISTS BDJXNSJRBZJENJFBSJEBXJSJEB THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

[@bendorsey3848]

SAME HERE

[@doritoschnitzel7823]

IKR!!!

[@LanieMae]

SOMEONE ELSE WHO LIKES SPLATOON THEORIES HDXGIFZZJDSNDGHCGSSGXY

[@DrHue-qt5ve]

How good did it get after yesterday?

[@doritoschnitzel7823]

@@DrHue-qt5ve She screm like monke

[@thekarlshow_tm]

for the "Save Our Salmon" thing I think this could relate to the new Splatoon 3 trailor and how everything is a deserted wasteland. We seem to be able to have a salmonid pet in the game so perhaps they will have more lore tied in with the main game and story mode. Maybe we saw the salmonid's message and took them along with us through this wasteland

[@Ender10zCyanOcto95]

Bro just predicted splatoon 3

[@HYAxSYNTH]

Her: Ihope mr/Grizz isn't a bear... Me: Yeah about that-

[@greypjuiced]

they use they/them pronouns :)

[@HYAxSYNTH]

@@greypjuiced sorry I’ll change it

[@noosef6101]

me before the video: well i probably know most of this me after: apparently I've been living in ignorance all this time

[@transcodeshootingstar8266]

Just thought I should mention, San gō (ごう) literally means “Number 3”, so DJ SANGO’s name has got to be a reference to their role as Agent 3

[@goopers1638]

I love seeing people react to the Splatoon lore, it's always a rollercoaster lmao

[@davidmartin5483]

Honestly mad props to you for having the skill and actually doing some translation work and putting it out there in order to make more things about this game known.

[@joeyjose727]

I care less about whether Mr Grizz is an actual bear and more about who’s behind the Salmon Run operation... i want splatoon 3 sooo bad, but I pray the mode returns because it’s my favorite! I wouldn’t have sunk nearly 1000 hours into it if it wasn’t for Salmon Run tbh

[@junecrocker]

Boy do I have some news for you >:)

[@joeyjose727]

@@junecrocker do you think Salmon Run will return though, that little fishy pet was awfully cute... I’ll feel bad about killing his fishy friends

[@junecrocker]

@@joeyjose727 I dont think it’ll return because the plot is probably going to revolve around helping the salmonids :(

[@moth_luvrr]

@@junecrocker I don’t think that either because of the save our salmons thing

[@char5285]

This aged well

[@sunson6822]

I have a theory wich would explain the cars being on both sides. When you enter a battle you just get sent to a random battle in a random country. I got this idea when i looked at that you cant see anything resembling an stage around inkopolis but in just a few seconds you just appear in a battle.

[@rassicas]

the stages in Splatoon 1 and 2 are in the same city/region. This is canon.

[@sunson6822]

Oh ok

[@pixelpoe3469]

sad...

[@beetlewiki8318]

25:19 How were you so close to what actually happened - this is amazing

[@LifeOfAZSuperman01]

30:58 *laughs in Splatoon 3*

[@joemedlen2924]

Polaris is a star in the constellation Ursa Minor, or little dipper. Ursa Minor is latin for Little Bear. Coincidence I think not

[@Spletz]

hol up

[@Empy_C.]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@oomelette]

me: never played splatoon before also me: watches 40 minutes of splatoon lore. *interesting*

[@maggot848]

It's a really fun game... casual, ranked It's extremly frustrating

[@bingbingbong3925]

You should get it

[@Lunar_DeBrie]

Pleased to hear that I know most of this! I feel like the thousands of killed test subjects would be near the top, though, because one could infer that in order to get all that primordial ooze, Tartar would have to kill A LOT of subjects...

[@Ryukachoo]

31:44 Well, this entire section took on a new light given the events of the Splatoon 3 story

[@yelloh2831]

Whelp... now the iceberg is gonna go deeper

[@sharkboy2008]

Yep!

[@Rice-ss4np]

yeah

[@Missiefatcat]

I love when people learn that Splatoon is just like all the other online shooter games in that it’s an apocalyptic shooter game with dark, fucked up lore

[@97MiloProductions]

this is certainly interesting to see after playing 3, specially some of the details behind maps i wasn't aware that are... straight up part of the logs

[@GoIdheart]

So, the Book of Madai. That likely translates to "When the seven continents of humanity go up in smoke (as the water levels rise), the pink fish will surface and devour all land life." This refers to the land mammals going extinct. The first beings to evolve into the Mollusk Era were Salmon. And when climate change did its job and raised the water levels to the point where humans couldn't survive, the evolved salmonids took to the land and devoured humans and other mammals in a violent feeding frenzy. And I know this because I've seen the perspective. Ever been mobbed by Chum in Salmon Run? It's terrifying.