PadWarrior
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I've always been curious as to what octoling boys looked like.
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Reddit rumor: Major Splatoon 2 Datamine (new maps, weapons and possible Octolings)
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The Giant
Banned
Shhhh, let me dream
Retro Edge
Member
Looks like all the other maps already in the game.
I wish Splatoon maps would look a little bit more different and not just industrial, square, dirty and again, square. I know there are some exceptions but still.
The ship leak looks interesting tho.
That map is literally already in the game lol. It's to show that they're not making thinga up.
Jonneh3003
Banned
That one is already in the game. It's just showing they can datamine.
It looks like another map in the because it's already there. That's Port Mackeral lol.
Retro Edge
Member
Oh, alright, got it. But I think you know what i mean. The Splatfest map is a good example. I liked the movables floors very much, but it looked just like all the other maps.
Or the first real leak:
Some interesting elements but just more of the same only rearranged.
Or the first real leak:
Some interesting elements but just more of the same only rearranged.
Dark Cloud
Member
I really want an underground map
Octolings, huh? I'll believe it when I see it
Personally, I wish there were a Map that was Reverse Moray Towers. I'd also like a Sea Shell type of map, where it's round and converges in the Center.
And more Salmon Run maps would be great, but it'd have to make the mode more readily available. Give me 7 maps, 1 for each day of the week.
Personally, I wish there were a Map that was Reverse Moray Towers. I'd also like a Sea Shell type of map, where it's round and converges in the Center.
And more Salmon Run maps would be great, but it'd have to make the mode more readily available. Give me 7 maps, 1 for each day of the week.
For free.
They just added files for "OctBoy," though. There're no male Octolings in the game, so why would they add data for them now?
People got overzealous about this in Splatoon 1, but people absolutely wanted playable Octolings. I'm sure Nintendo is aware of this.
E_Darkness
Member
I've been dying for the Octolings to be playable. Maybe this time.
Jonneh3003
Banned
I wouldn't be surprised if all maps come back eventually but I'm sure they want the game to feel brand new rather than relying on old content at launch.
Preach
Nitpicker_Red
Member
Not "files". Just a value. And it was not introduced by the update. They seems to indicate that it's a leftover value. It's not even used as possible value for the PlayerType variable.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Ok one question, what is the reason octolings aren't playable yet? Or what would be the reason?
Racism
goldenpp72
Member
I'm guessing it will always be the same theme but anything is good.
Retro Edge
Member
I don't know, why are we still having no pants as items even if it would be a perfect introduction for a sequel?
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Alright, I could actually see that.
Jonneh3003
Banned
No idea! I hope this comes to fruition, it will be like playing as Spartans or Elites in Halo 3
What about Marina though? She's an Octoling who fits in with the Inklings.
If we want to talk practicality then it's probably because of headgear. When Octolings were modded into the original Splatoon, headgear wasn't made to conform to their very busy hair, so it would all clip through them.
That's kind of why I thought Octoling hair/faces would at best be it's own headgear. If we do get playable Octolings I'm not sure how they'll solve the issue.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Indeed. Maybe the Marina amiibo will unlock playable octolings. Please don't kill me!
AlexFlame116
Member
Well she's adorable. Also apparently it's stated that she's a pretty nervous one cause what happened before between the species.
Just having the equipped headgear be 'invisible'/not change their model would be the simplest solution, even if it's not perfect.
Right I thought they would be day 1 on Splatoon 2
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
This and having to watch that god awful intro every time you start the game up.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Branding. It's a game about squids.
And also in-world, octoling societies and squdling societies don't exactly get along.
Blackbelly Skatepark was the map missing from the first game I really wanted to see come back. Glad it seems to be. Kelp Dome is great too.
Now I want to see Arrowana Mall and Saltspray Rig come back. Urchin Underpass doesn't really need to come back since the Reef is very similar to it.
Now I want to see Arrowana Mall and Saltspray Rig come back. Urchin Underpass doesn't really need to come back since the Reef is very similar to it.
Marina is an Octoling.
So much this. As soon as I discovered it it became my most played game mode.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
Maps and weapons in multiplayer are spoilers now?
Lmao splatoon really isnt like other shooters
Lmao splatoon really isnt like other shooters
C.Olimar788
Member
I hope they hurry up with new stages. The ones at launch are starting to get very boring, partly due to them not being nearly as distinctive as the launch maps in Splatoon 1.
I would quite nearly bet money on playable Octolings coming. Data changes (changing the Octoling model to make it compatible with win/loss animations and adding a special model for the Octoling Kraken) and promotional material (the goggles-less Octoling art) put out for Splatoon 1 would seem to indicate they were planned to become playable but were decided against, likely because of the Wii U selling approximately four units and the DLC plans for Splatoon winding down earlier than expected. It makes perfect sense that the concepts would be done in Splatoon 2 now, especially with Marina being a mascot of the game. Hell, even if they weren't planning it I would almost guarantee they are by now, what with approximately Everyone wanting them to add it as an option. It seems like a no-brainer.
I'd wager on a new single-player story expansion coupled with Octolings becoming playable sometime late this year or early next year. Inklings and Octolings vs Salmonids and/or Grizzco, I'm thinking.
I would quite nearly bet money on playable Octolings coming. Data changes (changing the Octoling model to make it compatible with win/loss animations and adding a special model for the Octoling Kraken) and promotional material (the goggles-less Octoling art) put out for Splatoon 1 would seem to indicate they were planned to become playable but were decided against, likely because of the Wii U selling approximately four units and the DLC plans for Splatoon winding down earlier than expected. It makes perfect sense that the concepts would be done in Splatoon 2 now, especially with Marina being a mascot of the game. Hell, even if they weren't planning it I would almost guarantee they are by now, what with approximately Everyone wanting them to add it as an option. It seems like a no-brainer.
I'd wager on a new single-player story expansion coupled with Octolings becoming playable sometime late this year or early next year. Inklings and Octolings vs Salmonids and/or Grizzco, I'm thinking.
shoryukens
Member
Please don't give them ideas!!!
Was the Oct boy value in the original game too?
Nazgul_Hunter
Member
Surprised to hear hate for Moray Towers. Whats peoples problem with it? Its my favorite stage
Nothing in these leaks seems to indicate anything of the sort. It does seem like they've left themselves room to expand the square, but it's nothing definitive.
Nitpicker_Red
Member
What we know lore-wise:
- In the original Splatoon, there is a Sunken Scroll depicting a humanoid adult Octarian. However the style is different from the game, which means artist's interpretation (it's probably supposed to be DJ. Octavio and Cap'n Cuttlefish).
- Another scroll seems to hint that all "tentacle" Octarians (Octotroopers) can be male or female.
- In the Splatoon Research tumblr blog and the Japanese Twitter they mentionned (both in english and japanese) that only Female Octarians were observed shapeshifting into Octolings (they wonder if it's a hobby or something).
This is probably related to the fact that Octolings in Japanese are named タコゾネス (Takozones) = Tako (Octopus) + Amazones, and that they only had female designs in-game.