We Already Know Who's Winning This Splatfest Coming January 2024 - Splatoon 3 FrostyFest

[@TheEmeraldLunast75]

Shiver: Wants to spend the holidays with her friends, aka Deep Cut. Frye: Has a lot of siblings, probably has a HUGE holiday event that she loves. Big Man: Just wants some alone time, maybe he's just an introvert that ended up here.

[@sEEdistly]

Fun fact Frye has quite a few younger sisters Very random

[@berry.1uvr]

Big Man never seemed like much a talker to me so this honestly makes a lot of sense. I’m so tempted to choose solo cause I feel the same way.

[@StarWindow3155]

Yeah big man just wants some alone time away from being an idol and the girls all day!

[@StarWindow3155]

Yeah big man just wants some alone time away from being an idol and the girls all day!

[@pines45]

I headcanon that Big Man just wants a break from producing a lot of the bangers we’ve been getting from Splatoon 3

[@asmallone3173]

Shiver: She's the youngest in her family clan, maybe she has some baggage with her older siblings. So she'd rather hand out with the friends that treat her better. Frye: She's the oldest sibling in her family and she'd probably be alot more family oriented around the holidays, planing out activities for the youngins. BigMan: Considering how...chaotic Shiver and Fyre are in comparison to him, he'd probably would need a break from them to destress every once in a while. And the holidays might be the only free time he gets to himself since he's a newscaster. So he'd ride it solo then. Least that's my take on the theme. Team Family all the way! Cause your friends can become your family in some cases. >:D

[@FireSonicYT]

my prediction: solo wins the popular vote, but family gets all the mirror matches, at least in NA. this is just gonna be the chocolate splatfest all over again.

[@TreeBranchStudios]

And then shiver is gonna take the win again😓

[@FizzleSPL]

Solo is popular in JP too

[@FireSonicYT]

@@FizzleSPL yeah, that's why i think solo will get the popular vote. Family seems to be more popular in NA, so they'll most likely be getting more mirror matches.

[@ultmewtwo]

​@@FireSonicYTwhite chocolate might win this again because 🇯🇵 like solo

[@carinaduran4013]

No us Team Family members Have To Win this for Frye! Team Family!

[@supaiki]

5:41 frye fits team fam great? she has a lot of known relatives from the news dialogue, like twin sisters, a brother, and a grandfather. i can definitely see frye wanting to visit grandpas house for christmas.

[@FuzzyMH]

It actually makes a whole lot of sense that Frye is on team Family since Frye actually has some younger siblings!

[@RunickandGlympse-3570]

Oh, and Shiver’s Frostyfest outfit looks super snazzy Makes sense considering her demeanor and her name, but the outfit design is something that character designers should take note from. ITS SO COOL I HAVENT SEEN OUTFITS THAT UNIQUE IN FOREVERRRR

[@nathanblackburn1193]

Fun fact: I saw on the Japanese side of twitter that Solo seems to be much more popular that Friends or Family so I can't help but wonder if this is gonna be another White Chocolate situation, I'm still choosing Team Family as I think picking teams solely on "which will win" is shallow and dumb I mean you only get like 3 extra sea snails and I already have a surplus of them even with me owning every piece of gear with at least 2 stars. Also Frosty Fest has always been more about New Years that Christmas Another thing to note is that Frye has many siblings and even mentions a shopping trip with her sisters in the Barnacle & Dime Big Run dialogue so team Family makes total sense

[@Puggg_]

I feel like family works really well for frye, I'm pretty sure frye mentions her brothers and siblings a lot in the news and I feel like shiver and big man should switch themes. It would make more sense I was shocked to see big man with the solo theme

[@SlushieCloud]

I think the past Vs future Vs present was a good idea, shoutout to whoever came up with that. Also Frye with the family kind of makes sense, it was revealed that she had 7 (Or 6) siblings, but shiver and big man don’t really.

[@forillafax2169]

Grand fest reaction

[@SlushieCloud]

:0

[@nathanielsmith1879]

I completely agree with you that the choices matched up with Deep Cut are really hard to swallow this time around... I would have put Shiver as Solo, Frye as Friends, and Big Man as Family, as you said. I'll be on Team Family, but my prediction is that Friends will be the most popular. If you are incorrect, then my challenge will vary depending on which team wins overall! If Friends wins, you alongside stream viewers need to show us your stuff by winning an anarchy series (i.e. get 5 wins before getting 3 losses)! If Family wins, you alongside Clam Crashers need to show us your stuff by winning an anarchy series (i.e. get 5 wins before getting 3 losses)! If Solo wins, you have to play a private battle 1v2 where you are by yourself. The challenge is to not lose a tower control match by knockout! As long as you don't get knocked out, you pass the challenge.

[@nathanblackburn1193]

Frye literally mentions having a large family so her being Team Family makes total sense and Big Man has no siblings so him being Team Family makes little sense

[@WereJustCephalopods]

This hasn’t aged well at all. I can’t believe Solo took all the points 💀

[@Ketaoa]

why bigman always gotta get the unpopular team... This splatfest better not turn out like the greeting splatfest where fistbump was the obvious winner, but then shiver swoops in for the win. Alr now for my vote, I absolutely love all my friends, but i'm a family man all the way through, so ima go with family! this was a hard choice though bc I love the blue that they used for team friends.

[@elreydaisyocto6047]

I choose family because friends are also a family at school or anywhere else you go that's far away from ur real family.🥰

[@Pikachu_8587]

Going for team friends for this fest! And my challenge for you if you're wrong is to get a minimum of 6 splats with the triple splashdown without getting canceled in the air

[@George-d3n]

You should get the 30 wins badge for every special.

[@RA_0645]

Challenge: If Family doesn't win popularity, you have to do 5 push ups every time you get splatted in a match.

[@teresaespinoza7752]

Good luck on Frostyfest everyone!! Team Family ftw!! If your prediction is wrong, I propose this challenge. Splatoon, but you can only move by swimming! No walking or rolling! (Exception for special weapons)

[@Ana36377]

In terms of idol matchups, I could see Shiver and Big Man swapping but Frye canonically has a huge family - she has three younger siblings (a brother and twin sisters) and was practically raised by her grandfather. Her parents are there too - they just travel a lot. And if you count her eels as family the Onaga clan has a ton of them. I could see Shiver on friends (wouldn’t be my first choice), but Big Man on solo is odd, even if he is a little more introverted especially when he was younger. That’s just my personal take. I’m also not really a person who celebrates the holidays like this (my closest equivalent is Lunar/Chinese New Year - in which my answer would be family), so I’m just going to join my friends’ team - which is ironically family. (Side note: Still banking on a LunarFest, find it highly unlikely since it’s one of the more regional holidays, but hey a girl can dream).

[@cousinparty7266]

Unfortunately I feel like a Valentines fest would be more likely, as was the case for Money v Love and Dark v Milk v White

[@animdoodle]

For me, I’d pick family. It’s kind of a no brainer. Also, Frye for family makes lots of sense. We see in the lore how coordinated she is with her family and the Onaga clan being the background for splatsville. This might just be like fame love or money. Solo will prob not win, and since fam ppl will change spots to not get mirror matches, maybe things will be all evened out? But ye team fam for me.

[@PinkyTheInky]

I hope the ink colors look appetizing like they did last splatfest.

[@SubSpaceKing]

in the Big Run dialogue for Barnacle & Dime, Frye does mention she has younger sisters, so her being on Team Family actually makes sense, lore wise. I think Solo will win the votes as Isolation is a big thing in Japanese culture, and this is a global Splatfest.

[@Maliktevin1643]

Ellie!! Where’d you go?! 😢 what happened?!

[@ZeraAxon]

2:03 he’s always had a tail? Unless you mean it being striped- I guess I get where you’re coming from? Actually not really, he looks so dapper

[@TyTy_118]

from what ive seen, solo is super popular in japan and family is popular outside of japan. friends just seems to be the least popular choice by far this time

[@Matt-qq4zh]

Shiver looks SO GOOD. I think it's the mask that sold me on the design

[@OctagonalSquare]

I think the teams should have been: Big man: friends Frye: family Shiver: solo Shiver seems the most reserved, so I feel like of any of them, she’d be solo. Frye is bubbly and friendly, but she has a lot of west Asian influences in her design, and those cultures are really big on family, especially when it comes to holidays and other celebrations. Plus her personality reminds me of every friend I’ve had who had great relationships with their family and loved getting to visit them Big Man is just the dad of every friend group. Also mantas swim in squadrons (yes, that’s the name of a group of mantas). Which is a mixture of both related and non-related mantas

[@Ringoismybirdo]

Bigman is traumatised from shiver and Frye annoying the living hell out of him

[@MajureArulnesan5959]

Hi Elie! Did you check the Splatfest results?

[@dreamerliver6830]

The first time when I saw the winter mask gear, I thought persona five and I guess I never saw it coming!!!! instantly my favorite I’m wearing it

[@boowho817]

"Welcome to the family, son."

[@ZeraAxon]

5:41 I agree with your take ab Shiver, but Frye? Frye is definitely Team Family. She has brothers and sisters (I believe) and definitely fits her character. Sure she likes her friends, but family to her is so important. She’s mentioned her family many times before during the news

[@Avisponnn]

I feel like big man kinda makes sense with solo. He’s an introvert but he still loves Frye and shiver. I love my friends but during holidays I would prefer solo. As for shiver, idk. She’s pretty rebellious but that’s all I got 😭

[@mmuu]

the strategy is to pick solo. solo will have all the sweats and tryhards since they're already alone anyway :)

[@fishygaming2554]

This time it isn’t regional. Solo is the team that Japan is choosing.

[@MeloniestNeon]

I pretty much only spend time with my family around the holidays, as all my friends are super busy. Plus, Frye needs a win! She's been robbed one too many times... As for a challenge: Spread some holiday cheer by holding a snowball fight! And by that I mean a very, very chilly water-balloon fight. You can only use Burst Bombs, but you must also wear some christmas-y gear too!

[@carinaduran4013]

Yes! Frye needs this win

[@MidX4]

Team friends for the win. I’d never pass up hanging out with the boys. In the small chance your prediction is wrong your challenge is to get 20 splats in a game of anarchy with the sorella brella

[@SillyGoober_N]

family is definitely gonna win. so team family! merry splatmas!

[@Crisp_Toast]

The question is cool and I would enjoy time with family on the holidays even though it’s going to be on January and the holiday spirit would be over. But the teams are a bit confusing for the idols. But I have to pick team family because that’s what the holidays is about.

[@StarWindow3155]

I am picking team friends for some reasons, but one of them is I Can’t Let my girl Down!

[@DarksparkNecrobat]

I'll be on Shiver's team. Granted,it's a tough choice between friends and family when it comes to who you want to spend the holidays with. Note; Shiver's FrostyFest outfit has some vibes of Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat.

[@Teriiiyakiii]

For me I'd go solo. I just spent time, cooked, and ate with all of my extended family and friends a month ago. Now I gotta do that again AND morally obligated to buy them something? Nah fam, just take the money or whatever little gift in the mail and leave me to enjoy my serenity.

[@Thomasrice-lp4iz]

I want to pick team friends because I like hanging out with them but I have only ever done the holidays with my family so I’m gonna do that one most likely

[@SillyGooberEnergy]

If family doesn’t win I will explode 😭😭

[@RunickandGlympse-3570]

Yet again, Frye is at a disadvantage. She couldn’t even win as the most popular option, however, so if the most popular option loses yet again, then maybe she’ll give the L instead of taking it

[@harlgg]

Im going team friends. I spend time with both family and friends during the holidays tho

[@Potentiallychaotic]

my prediction is no matter what solo would probably get the vote simply because a lot of platoon players are introverts and a lot of introverts like they’re alone time you kinda have to face it but if you’re playing, Splatoon, you most likely are not playing with friends and if you are, they’re you’re closely woven friends

[@Yiseverywhere232]

I think splatfest should be on the first weekend of January. By the way go team Friends!!!

[@dark_moth7]

I feel like this is going to be another issue where Fry and Big man's teams will get too many mirror matches and Shiver will get a huge lead by winning the Tricolor proportion of matches, not guaranteed a win but it's a huge amount of points and combine that plus the Conch shells could give her the win even if Team Family wins both Normal and Pro matches.

[@Blaze_Prodz]

Elie, are you going to make a video about the splatfest results?

[@Aaroendz]

I'm going on team friends. I do spend Christmas and other holidays w family, but I'd rather be w friends because in my opinion, friends are like family. To be honest I want to say this by heart to all, 🎄🎁🎄🎁Hope u guys have a wonderful and jolly Christmas 🎄🎁🎄🎁

[@FelizOfficial142]

Big Man has always had a tail, he just got it painted🤣

[@bunchthemunch]

It’s so annoying that we don’t have a splatfest this month…

[@SlushieCloud]

Challenge: Ink 500 points in the first minute of the match

[@corndawg1228]

Family is EVERYTHING

[@splatcola]

Family because family is family‼️‼️‼️ I love my mom

[@Okeana_Aster]

I personally joined Team Solo. I mean I spend the holiday with my father since I live with him, but I like my alone time so I wouldn't mind spending the holiday alone. Cozy introvert time. And we all know Team Solo is gonna have the least amount of people joining it so I wanted to support them. And I wouldn't choose Friends because, well I have a few friends but not that many, and I don't spend the holiday with them. I wouldn't choose Family either because, outside of my father, the family I grew up with SUCKS. Growing up, I did spend most of my holidays with them, but they're mentally abusive and I don't want anything to do with them. It's a bit unfair for my father who I genuinly love, but I can't ignore such a big part of my family when considering if I pick Team Family or not.

[@EdgyGamer24]

I think the ink color is reused from the greetings splatfest (fist bump/solo) their both the same ink color

[@DevinY1]

So I'm going with the google translated version of the JP Splatfest Prompt which says `When do you have a day off? Have fun with friends vs. relax with family vs. relax by yourself.'' Which is still poorly translated but I'm going Team Solo so I can be on the White ink team for once and have less mirrors and also Big Man.

[@lunarspace1196]

I heard someone say Frye would be family because of her siblings

[@h0ojn-c1j]

still wish we couldve gotten this splatfest around the holidays instead of in the middle of january. also, stingray have tails

[@bestevil.]

Team Solo should win because it has the best players. But friends will probably win because it'll have the most players and teams Team Solo btw

[@SMLucas]

Same here! :D

[@yinyangyt8749]

I guess that we’ll just have to wait. It’s been a while since we got the announcement. I’m very happy that we finally got it. I was actually thinking of when we’d get any info. And then the day after, we get news. It’s funny to me

[@Shiverbu-vw4kk]

You should go team friends because you can play with your friends!!! I am going friends same with Unity we are going to play together!

[@georgia7736]

I'm picking team solo for the sole (ha) reason that I want to have that chilled out octo on my splatfest tee, they look so content and peaceful

[@martin1042]

I wish the wording was identical in all languages. In German it's "who do you like spending the holidays with", and someone said in Japan it's not about the holidays (Christmas) at all, but about work-free days in general.

[@OctagonalSquare]

Blue and white is like a winter wonderland, but then the yellow seems like someone made yellow snow

[@damobehaj4437]

That's gold

[@nzrrreborn2510]

The monical is giving me flashbacks to dapper squids.. Their return is imminent. Especially with splattercolour screen being fixed.

[@statbrainrat]

People have already justified frye and big man enough. When i see that shiver spends her time with friends, i interpret this as her rushing to an online gamingsphere and wishing them happy holidays in her own weird way. I dont really see shiver having some large respect for family, but i still see her being silly with someone on the holidays.

[@titusgaming9527]

Challenge: Play h-3 nozzlenose D on series/open while ur screen is greyscale and get at least 15 splats in a match

[@ChocolateStars-ze3nm]

I can’t choose between solo or family😭

[@pandee29]

do the thug shake if you loose

[@berry5965]

i always spend holiday with my family or partner and the evening playing with friends but i feel like picking blue or silver cuz i really don't wanna play yellow.. shiver and bigman really should've switched teams

[@CarolineMadsen-y8w]

I think that nintendo gave frye family because they want to appease the "shiver is rigging splatfests" people and gave frye an, "objectively correct" team. and then big man having solo >:( why did the lovin', huggin' man get SOLO?! at least give him friends.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Anyone not really fussed about these choices, All three are important?

[@Blaze_Prodz]

Challenge: Do a poll for the next Splatfest and pick whichever team is the least popular on the poll

[@Enrique-q1z]

The whole idea of the holidays is getting time off of work stress and enjoy the holidays. Who else is better than family to do that with? You can see friends often because they generally live close to you, but family is more of an exclusive thing which is perfect for the holidays. But even if your an introvert, family is the way to go. Your family is your family, so you definitely should feel comfy with them. Going solo for the fun and happy holidays is a depressing idea. Family all the way

[@Sound-Stone]

Why does one of the tentacles of the team solos octoling look like a cinnamon roll

[@fem5175]

Frye would be family since she mentions her brother sometimes and other stufff

[@EliOsuna-q2z]

Big man has the colors of hot coco :3

[@JasmineCatuccino]

WHAT? THERES A SPLATFEST COMING? OMG (oh my goodness) HOW DID YOU FIND OUT

[@RiverSongBlackstarr]

In ways I definitely agree with you about the theme being all wrong. I thought that Shiver was going to be Team Solo.. Yeah, my only reason why I'm on Team Friends is because of the color mainly and Shiver.

[@Rocky_AnimationsYT]

Once again, I’m stuck on which team to choose. I want to choose either Family or Friends and idk which to choose 😭 PLEASE HELPPPPP!!!!

[@Crystal_Dylan]

Shiver is team Friends exclusively because she always wins and if she was team solo like she should’ve been and wins it makes the community look like we aren’t social

[@Star-Soul4]

Even though I have spent the holidays with my family i still think alone is better

[@Sweetie.21]

I just realized I dyed my hair icy blue a few days ago and Shiver’s hair is too! I’ll also be on their team because I like spending New Years with my BFF Edit: I’d unironically would pick family last, I don’t like them very much. I don’t hate seeing them as much as I used to, but I still very much dislike them. I’d rather spend the holidays with me and my alters, than with family. Although I am sorta obligated to come visit my family on the first day of Christmas (next Monday), I don’t like not being there for my grandparents, they’re decent people. A bit ignorant, but I’m willing to see past that since they have a lot less life to life than me, to put it bluntly.

[@AgentZhai]

FAMLY TIME

[@FelizOfficial142]

I'm gonna be honest, i'm glad Frye is team family bc i'm answering the question.

[@ShurikanBlade]

Okay honestly it either should've been: Shiver: A). team family because she's traditional Japanese and family is huge aspect of Japanese culture. or B). Team solo cuz shell be like "I DONT NEED ANYONE TO BE HAPPY" Frye: could've been team family because she has like 100 eels she cares about as part of her family. Big man: shouldve been friends cuz he's always yappin about how much he cares about his friends. But he also seems the most comfortable in himself to actually be able to cherish a holdiay alone. Tho I feel the optimal order would've been: Shiver alone, Frye family, Big Man friends.

[@ZarzaManta]

Mmm not sure, the anarchy splatcast dialouge for big man states that he lives alone and likes living alone, as well as mentioning that frye has a big family, and she constantly talks of doing things with her younger sisters. So i feel they fit, though not much was said about shiver.

[@pamelablasse6920]

Careful not to get your hopes up even the most popular has a chance to lose like team love and fist bump

[@screamingpingu2112]

Remember that love was not the most popular.

[@Duckslack]

Famliy will be most popular but will because of how popular they are and solo might win because of jp going crazy on solo and most wins for each splatfest was because of jp and friends are just there

[@ArgentuTA164-2]

CHALLENGES If Team Friends wins, you must win a 2v2 match. If Team Solo wins, you must win a 1v3 match on the solo team. EXPLANATION Frye regularly talks about her siblings (and I think her extended family sometimes?), so she fits Team Family. Shiver and Big Man should absolutely be swapped though, so I'm very curious to see what's going on there. I'm gonna go Team Friends, myself.

[@jrosario0126]

Solo won massively, but should we be happy or sad about this? Like solo won the majority vote

[@jrosario0126]

@Kanelii_ solo won the majority vote, meaning a majority were alone during the holidays, even if you choose it for yourself that kind of sad that a lot of people would be alone, I would have thought at least friends would have won the vote if it wasn't family but never imagined for solo to win the majority vote

[@Potato-so6zr]

I thought Family would get the popular vote since holidays are usually celebrated with families.

[@Yiseverywhere232]

I think its thanks by the Japanese Community

[@gachacoldheart]

I could care less about who wins. If family wins, that would be a redemption for last frosty fest and Frye's second win. She hasn't won in a year!

[@screamingpingu2112]

It would be her third.

[@gachacoldheart]

@@screamingpingu2112 no second

[@screamingpingu2112]

@@gachacoldheart She won twice now. Once on Team Sweet and again on Team Oban-Yaki.

[@gachacoldheart]

@@screamingpingu2112 well that was just for Japan so I don't feel like that one counts... at least for me anyway

[@T725db]

I think Shiver would work for solo. Definitely don’t think Big Man would be solo. Frye for family is fine . She has two younger sisters. I could definitely see her with her grandparents ( who raised her and her siblings. So Frye matches perfectly. Big Man I definitely see friends. We’ve established he’s kind and out going for others. So I feel they should have switched Shiver and Big Man.

[@ShurikanBlade]

Shivers outfit is a fire emblem fates reference trust

[@TheBluezooker]

Challenge: Play shot till you win but you can only kill with trizooka

[@SmileyzArtz]

Solo sweep 😢

[@octokraken6359]

I’m not sure what team to pick! I agree about the teams being weird. Shiver should have been solo, Frye should have been friends and Big Man should have been family. None of them actually fit the type of character Deep Cut is. Like why would Big Man be team solo? I’m really excited for this fest though!

[@Herocross64]

Shiver's Outfit: 1,000,000/10 Perfect| Shiver being on Team Friends: Listen to me, gather round'! Cold and Cool people like Shiver will drop plans to hang out with Friends INKluding me. So Shiver leading Team Friends fits, 10/10| Frye's Outfit is fine nothing much to say so 5/10| Frye on Team Family makes sense to me since She's most likely to say Fam. Big Man: BM's Suit is just Tuxedo Mask, SAILOR MOON/10| Big Man going on Team Solo, Big Man needs a break sometimes like think about it.| Thoughts on the entire FrostyFest, Team Friends will Win 100%. Shiver haves to Win like LOOK AT HER SHE'S BEAUTIFUL I'm going to Fix my Switch just for this FrostyFest and Her! Team Friends, listen my Family is my No.2 and my Friends are No.1 okay. If I can hang out with my Dudes and Dudettes, I'ma drop plans.