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Splatoon 2 |OT| Fresh Squids 2 Go

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akira28

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The Squids and the Octarians are still at war...

now i'm legit curious about Marina's backstory and her constantly worried look.

Is she a POW?
 
Man... I would be all over a Splatoon 2 Pro Controller if it had any other color combination... Not sure I want to rock the pink/green even if it would be my secondary Pro controller.
 
Excited to pick this up tomorrow, never had a Wii U so i missed out on the first game. Absolutely loved the Splatfest!

Also, great OT!
 

JustenP88

I earned 100 Gamerscore™ for collecting 300 widgets and thereby created Trump's America
I'm having a hard time deciding if I'm going to be sick tomorrow or not...
 

Smithy C

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Posted in the other thread, but posting here again:

If anyone else is new to Splatoon, add me and we can be bad at the game together.

Friend code: SW-7290-2606-1330
 

DaBoss

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I'm sorry that I missed some parts to add to the OT, but I'll try to fix anything missing in the coming days.
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I totally missed the original (but I bought it to support a new I.P., just never really played it) so I hope to get into this one proper.
 

AcridMeat

Banned
Really excited for tomorrow. Hoping I can install the game tomorrow morning before I leave for work.

Also really hope it's playable in portable. I know technically it is, what I mean is I hope I find it comfortable.

Having been wanting to play Splatoon since the first one was debuted at E3!
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Buy it guys doesn't matter if you have one already.
...Why?
 
The Squids and the Octarians are still at war...

now i'm legit curious about Marina's backstory and her constantly worried look.

Is she a POW?

Is it a worried look or a smug anime girl look? It's hard to tell.

Are there any youtubers or twitch people that are good to watch if you want to learn this game? I never played the original splatoon and I don't have a switch yet but when I get one I want to pick up the sequel.
 

ChrisD

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Very colorful OT, Boss!

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Buy it guys doesn't matter if you have one already.

It was $81.99 after tax so my mind is kind of freaking out. I'm hoping I love it enough that the purchase becomes fully justified. :'D


New Squid smell is great. RIP SP1 OT, though. It almost made it to a final thread. Almost. *MetalGearSalutegif*
 

Milennia

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Is it a worried look or a smug anime girl look? It's hard to tell.

Are there any youtubers or twitch people that are good to watch if you want to learn this game? I never played the original splatoon and I don't have a switch yet but when I get one I want to pick up the sequel.

thatsrb2dude is who I watch usually, pro player who breaks everything down
 

javac

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Got my copy today, jumping into Hero Mode first but I might play a bit of online later, in the EU regarding time-zones etc.

SW-2726-0019-7995
 

NotLiquid

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The Squids and the Octarians are still at war...

now i'm legit curious about Marina's backstory and her constantly worried look.

Is she a POW?

I've theorized for a long time that Inklings and Octolings aren't "inherently" opposed (think kind of like how in the Paper Mario series, there are a lot of Koopas and Goombas who are just passive good guys). The scrolls in Splatoon 1 showed that Inklings and Octolings used to live together in harmony, but something happened along the way that exiled Octavio to Octo Valley where he controls primitive Octarians for his own nefarious purposes. The credits for Splatoon 1 also show an image where some Octolings get along with Inklings.

So my theory with Marina is presumably she knows many Inklings view Octarians and Octolings negatively and that's why she's a lot more submissive/anxious, but Pearl maintains a gung ho attitude to keep her motivated like a big little sister. Maybe she's an idol because she wants to bridge the gap between Inklings and Octarians, kind of like a positive icon.

I guess you can read into the class/racial divide undertones in there somewhere.
 
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