I don't think it has anything to do with the Splatpocalypse, at least in the first part. Because humanity is just abandoned but it looks like Grizco plays a huge part in this story.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the Smallfry redemption arc? They went from being maniacal bloodlust children that everyone hated with the burning passion of a thousand suns...to being your companion, your friend who's there for you in this now barren world. I'm happy for them.
But look at that “city” or something in the middle of the trailer. I think they just dropped the idea of a fallen society or a world of chaos halfway. A little repetitive, if you ask me.
The 2022 date on this one was brutal. Crazy to think the game was supposedly only 10% done at this point. They really made this as early as they possibly could.
Yeah I remember in like late 2020 Nogami said that this game wasn’t in development and then like 3-4 months later they made this trailer with a new city, new map, a dozen or so weapons/specials, and a new song… like damn chill out Nintendo
Nah not if you’ve been playing the game since 4.3 and if your trying to get X while the game literally rewards impatient players on some maps cause of how bad weapons are on those maps.
Please Nintendo, do me just one favour: release an artbook when splatoon 3 released of how Splatoon 3 would have looked like if team order won, including lore. I really need it pleaseeee
@Diesel St Ivany no, I mean you are true, the beta era was rabbits. But before the rabbits they used grey and white tofu, that was REALLY early in development. So they changed to rabbits, and they felt like it didn't suit the theme of shooting paint so they choose squids, and here we are now
I was 11 when Splatoon first came out and I absolutely feel in love with everything it had to do with this game. The vibe, music, colors, story, gameplay mechanics, events and so much more. I met wonderful people of this community because of this game and I learned how to enjoy the everything each game haves to offer. Unique experiences. Now I’m gonna be 18, graduating highschool. And my hype for this franchise hasn’t die yet, not even a little bit. Can’t wait to have the three hard copies of this amazing trilogy together on my hands already. Since they forever will be stuck in my heart and mind forever, thank you Nintendo.
Same!!! I got splatoon 2 but I watched gameplays of the first one, apart from that, we have pretty much the same experience lol. Can’t wait to finally graduate, I’ll be able to enjoy splatoon 3 after finishing senior year (thank goodness)
I got Splatoon 1 two months after it's release and since then, it's introduced me to so many cool things. I really like Splatoon 2, especially it's DLC, and based off of what I've seen so far, the next game is gonna be fire.
Ha, I was twelve! I remember watching the squid research lab over and over, becoming more captivated each time. Combine that with the wonderful American marketing campaigns and events like the mess fest with Kit and Krysta and I could hardly wait to play. After release, the mysterious and captivating world of the inklings and octarians as told through the sea scrolls became my first interest in videogame lore, and something my 12 yr old self didn't expect at all. This franchise has been fantastic!
It probably isn't them, although that would be cool. This takes place in a different country to the first game so I doubt they'd make a physical appearance, but an appearance through a music track would be neat.
Me, I'm sad, this game just started, not even 2 years ago 😢, and I'm scared that this grand festival will end of a splatoon trilogy, and splatoon 4 will be completely different 😭
Does anyone else come back to this trailer to listen to what could have been? The new Splattack! sounds fine, but this one, THIS ONE, is what could have been a true master-piece.
I actually come back to listen to the train music, it’s extremely original from what I can tell and better than the anarchy rainbow remix that plays in the finished game
ahhh, the day where everyone doesn’t have perfectly aligned abilities on their gear... and the day where you don’t know how many hours some tryhard has poured into splatoon as a series...
@@L4C3Z It looks like there is still gender, but hairstyles & shorts are no longer gender locked. At 0:17 there are two of inklings & two octolings. ♀ on left, ♂ on right. I assume that they'll be slightly different faces & bodies, but you are really choosing between Woomy, Ngyes, Veemo, or Oomy.
@@uviolin593 take a good look at the early version of the map - scorch gorge, that was showcased here if youll watch most recent trailers like the launch one, youll notice that they sizeably shrank down the stage and made it way less interesting over all, while also narrowing your approach options this is a trend with all splatoon 3 stages going forward
I still can't believe that I'm playing the game right now. I remember being so hyped about Splatoon 3 last year while playing Splatoon 1 & 2! Now it's time to enjoy Splatoon 3 for another 5 to 6 years before Splatoon 4 comes out!
What a creative character creation menu, having it actually take place in-universe and using the removal of a cloak to move on to smaller details. Really clever, I hope it remains in the final game.
@@panwasacz2733 When you first boot up the game, I don’t think you should skip this. Although, if you’re yk changing your character a second or a third time there should be a menu for quicker access.
I mean, while you still can change your look in Octo Expansion the same way as it was the first time, on the plaza it's like the menu before so I'd say it's just for the first time, which makes it special if you ask me
Lore theory: the train is connected to the same train stations that agent 8 was on. A huge drought caused more land to be revealed/controllable by both inkling and octolings (this are just guesses idl what I'm saying)
actually that makes a ton of sense you see the Eiffle tower at the beggining UPSIDE DOWN and the entire game takes place in this scortched desert the Eiffle could have been rusted and fliped due to water rushing in and destroying the earth humans knew and loved
My sister was jokingly saying "there is going to be splatoon 3" The look on her face was priceless when she saw the inkling. She going to buy that as soon as it comes out
Lol everyone in the comments kept saying Splatoon 3 and I’m like ok we need Splatoon 3 to be announced and sure enough and I screamed when I saw this 😂
@@theultimateinksack5825 I can't say for sure but I'd assume so, splat, burst and suction bombs all returned from the first game. None of them are severely unbalanced (although I am a beast with splat bombs)
Yes and no, the original Splatoon game was taking place in Japan while this one from seeing the Eiffel tower should be taking place around Paris so this might be a standalone story maybe expanding the world on Splatoon
@@PinkPuff07 actually assuming that twitter translator didnt commit an oopsie and i got everything right, this town at the end of tha trailer is actually a whole seprate one, not a post apocaliptic inkopolis, its probably somewhere around france and somehow has been growing really big after the final fest, i dunno how tho
Speaking of which, this makes me feel worried for Splatoon 1. Since Nintendo is soon stopping people from uploading levels to Super Mario Maker Wii U, it's clear we'll have to prepare for the worst. After the long awaited Splatoon 3 comes out, Splatoon 1 online just might be completely dead. Brace yourselves
Splatoon 1: You Can Be A Squid, OR Even A Kid! Splatoon 2: Make Inkopolis Great Again, Octoling Aliens Ruining City, Intense Political Dillemas Splatoon 3: Anarcho-Inklingism
@@basilblue32 the pattern seems to be complimentary colors on the paint color wheel (which is different from the light color wheel which does yellow, cyan, and magenta) Everything makes sense except for green and pink, it should actually be green and red. But red is not really a splatoon ink color (excluding splatfests) because it's more harsh and reminiscent of blood. But because that's where complimentary colors on the color wheel end (at least with the primary colors), there's no telling what's gonna be the next set of colors. tl;dr idfk lol
@@micaiuslucian Seems like they are basing it off of the Splatnet colors (I actually have yellow and purple as my colors there), as there are specifically yellow and purple, pink and green, and blue and orange, as well as other color schemes.
Ive been thinking that either purple and yellow would be for this game (which it is) or blue and red but i like the yellow and purple better sinci its the colour of my controllers
@@basilblue32 unlikely since splatoon always followed the paintball-colour guidelines, meaning that white, black and red are taboos. You only had them for splatfests. Never as regular colours
@@srlopez875 it also served a dual purpose it control the salmon population and the octarians benefit from it's because they get sold the golden eggs because salmon eggs are the collectible currency in the story mode
you know its an big annoucement YOU *KNOW* ITS A BIIGG ANNOUNCEMENT ITS AN INSTICNT YOU KNOW ITS AN BBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIG ANNOUNCEMENT (sorry for getting carried away uwu I'm just so excited)
Just knowing that makes me wish they did a Pokémon and released one game fixated on exploring a dystopia and the other taking place within a cyber utopia
I'm just noticing that the inkling girl with the sloshing machine bounced it like a basket ball and caught it at 2:15 I recommend putting it on 0.25x to watch it. It's a really cool animation for sloshers
@@stevetattersall5933 Its a surprise because the fandom have been asking for it for ages and have lost hope about now. Its also got a year of development ahead, are you really that surprised a teaser shows ported assets? Ofc they're gonna tweak things up and we can see they already have to quite a large extent. And just because the series mainstay turf wars are back doesnt mean the whole game is gonna be recycled modes. As long as there's still ranked modes the comp community will be happy and I'll be happy regardless.
Prolly more than that even, think about how many people watched through their console, or got the info through the 15 minute breakdowns. Like how did they stretch a 3 min trailer that far?
*Part one: My Basic Theory* So chaos won Mr. Grizz was able to get more of a foothold on the economy which due to his shady practices and greed almost hunted salmonids to extinction by using the inklings in salmon run who stole their eggs and committed fish genocide. This would explain why Salmonids have formed a symbiotic relationship with inklings (to protect the species from going extinct) and the Save Our Salmon post from last year. Notice that the great salmon migration should be over now,pointing towards something happening to their ecosystem or population. Also note that we aren’t even in inkopolis anymore we don’t even know the fate of what happened there. The Inklings in the splatlands are described as “battle hardened” meaning that the chaos probably did numbers on the society that they live in. (Yes,we live in a society) *Part Two:Off the Hook* Now,regarding off the hook there are 2 ways that it could go: One: Pearl didn’t understand the weight of her actions and the effect it would have on the world,and her and Marina together are the ones who run the story mode (maybe with some Calamari if you know what I mean) trying to undo the apocalypse that Pearl unknowingly caused Or the more likely scenario, Pearl takes advantage of the chaos and becomes the figurehead/leader of said chaos while Marina works beside the player to get her girlfri-BEST FRIEND back to the way that she was before the splat fest and hopefully DJ Octavio won’t be there. And it will be Grizz (MORE ON HIM IN A BIT) *Part Three:It Isn’t France* There’s also a chance that because of the pyramids in the background it isn’t France and it’s Hong Kong which has a wonders of the world thing with the towers and pyrimid,AND splatsville looks a whole lot like Hong Kong so it’s PROBABLY THERE! *Part Four:The Rise of Lil Judd* I believe Lil Judd will be the only judge because he was on team chaos which won (duh) and it says that he’s “looking to overthrow Judd” in the art book so he’s probably taken advantage the chaos to do that! Judd probably (hopefully) isn’t dead but Lil Judd has probably overthrown him as the main judge,and probably feels more at home in the chaos ravaged city. How darling. *Part Five(ish):No,Mr. Grizz is NOT a bear eating salmon eggs why do people think that. It’s beyond stupid* Read the title of this part...it’s too big of an operation,and if he’s soooo hung up on keeping his identity secret then why would he use a bear statue as a radio if he was a bear? I mean I just wanted to point that out,it’s nothing big but still. *Part Six:No the Smallfry isn’t a pet,wtf?* Salmonids have been REPEATEDLY referred to as a species who is as intelligent and as advanced as the inklings and octarians,it’d be weird to keep a sentient and intelligent species as a pet. I would say that the salmonid is the equivalent to a child (say 4-5 years old) and the inkling and it have a symbiotic relationship. The end of “Theory time with Fia”
I don’t really believe on it releasing next year, the teaser and the gameplay shown look very advanced, like if they have taken their time with this. I expect a winter 2021/22 release, it just looks so advanced to release on a later date.
@@edgarmayen1188 Splatoon 1s first demo released when the game was 10% completed and it was a pretty good looking demo. This could be parts they’ve finalized for a trailer and since they showed so little. They’re probably working on other maps or maybe a story mode. January 2022 at the earliest probably fall 2022 at the latest.
Well thing is that this is a different location called splatlands this place is miles from inkolpolis. I don’t think that mr grizz would have anything to do with this because of location. Besides that though it is weird that a salmoid is here in the first place unless something happened that dried up their land.
I also had a dream that I was playing Splatoon 3, I was playing turf war and the maps were like so huge and so cool and it was literally so awesome, but then I woke up 😭😭😭
I was & am pro Team Order, I hope that we will get a revenge so that o r d e r and peace shall finally succeed in being the main Focus of Inkling- and octokind. Sowwy for my sad english
I remember when I was a wee lad on Miiverse, I made a post talking about my weapon concepts for Splatoon. And some guy called me an idiot for considering the idea of an Ink Bow. Finally, after six years, he’s the idiot. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
that would be sick :00 i was thinking maybe callie and marie would be forced to return tho because marina and pearl probably didnt do too well after the final fest but tbh without new characters it would be a little boring
I remember being absolutely obsessed with Splatoon (1) when it came out. And I was just a tiny kid :D and I am still obsessed. I can’t believe that Splatoon 3 is now coming out soon. Dreams really do come true 🥺
Well now we have more info on where inkopolis is. Bc like wasn't there a huge flood so what if there was a huge drought? If that is correct then Inkpolis is in europe, not Japan or America.
Shout out to all the Verteran Splatoon players! We've played the very First Splatoon that came out for the Wii U. And now were going from Splatoon2 to Splatoon3 coming out Next Year!! It has been an honor to be apart of such an awesome game.
@sweeze the only thing I liked from the first game was the One player mode. Everything else, let's just say horrible stuff happened and then I raged quit.
The thing is the last splatfest in splatoon 2 is gonna be the theme, chaos won and not order, but a part of me wishes that I could just see how it’s like with order.
Just to think if team order won we could’ve gotten a corrupt futuristic utopia instead which is wild
I mean i'm a fan of borderlands so win-win
I don't think it has anything to do with the Splatpocalypse, at least in the first part. Because humanity is just abandoned but it looks like Grizco plays a huge part in this story.
Who are the next idols tho?
@@annagrace2604 I hadn't thought of that. Now I'm curious....
I mean, it looks like it's like this because of something to do with salmon hunt.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the Smallfry redemption arc? They went from being maniacal bloodlust children that everyone hated with the burning passion of a thousand suns...to being your companion, your friend who's there for you in this now barren world. I'm happy for them.
Notice you can have different border eye colors?
But look at that “city” or something in the middle of the trailer. I think they just dropped the idea of a fallen society or a world of chaos halfway. A little repetitive, if you ask me.
I imagine your character (this agent 5 I guess) smuggled a golden egg in salmon run in splatoon 2 and now she’s here just raising it
Me: you can give him hairstyles best day ever
Zuko's got some competition.
Can't wait to play Splatoon 3! And look, the squid's eyes in the logo make a 3 shape!
Hello Zack
Hey zack
Sup zack
But yeah me too
Wait a sec 🤔
The 2022 date on this one was brutal. Crazy to think the game was supposedly only 10% done at this point. They really made this as early as they possibly could.
Who said that
@@Nahobinoah the devs in an interview. Forgot which one
Atleast what came out is good, and with the long support for the game alongwith DLCs I think it was meant to be like that...
Yeah I remember in like late 2020 Nogami said that this game wasn’t in development and then like 3-4 months later they made this trailer with a new city, new map, a dozen or so weapons/specials, and a new song… like damn chill out Nintendo
@@space_bacon1953It not being in development in 2020 is straight up impossible
Splatoon 2: don’t go in water, water kill
Splatoon 3: I miss water, I want water kill me
Splatoon 2: You don't go near water
Splatoon 3: Water doesn't go near you
Lmao true
Splatoon 2: kill Salmon to get E G G
Splatoon 3: baby Yoda 🐟.0
lamo
Now we fear *CLIFF*
Even so, after all these years, Splatoon music still slaps.
Nah not if you’ve been playing the game since 4.3 and if your trying to get X while the game literally rewards impatient players on some maps cause of how bad weapons are on those maps.
@@halloweenpeachy They said music
Yeah music too lol.
@@halloweenpeachy idk the music is pretty slappin
I knowwww this trailer music is a bop
At this moment, the entirety of the splatoon fandom just awoken in one loud cry of joy
True
Yes we are shedding ink of happiness
I checked the Splatoon subreddit and they’re popping off over there
the hairstyles look good too 💀💀💀
@@dr.puggles3610 i can bet I've been popping off all day lmao
I can’t believe it has already been a year since Splatoon 3 got revealed, I was losing my mind when I first saw this. Can’t wait to play it in summer.
Man time goes by so fast it felt like two or three months😭
Iwata, the Wii U may have been a failed system, but look at what its legacy has brought us.
@@AzureMoebius22 true
Make that 3 years. Time does not feel real.
Please Nintendo, do me just one favour: release an artbook when splatoon 3 released of how Splatoon 3 would have looked like if team order won, including lore. I really need it pleaseeee
I’ll buy some for both of us
I'm gonna imagine it looking like the octarians base or whatever in the octo expansion. That looked pretty dystopian to me
@@user-px7op7wg8c damn Splatoon is actually really dark, but ur theory seems pretty realistic, if order won
@@lerriboogusto7362 oh yes please
@@user-px7op7wg8c I'm for order, but I am NOT for octolings
The concept for this game started out as white and gray blocks of tofu. Here we are six years later
i would absolutely pay for tofutoon to be released as a spinoff
@@izzygalax what about “tofoon”?
@@izzygalax tofoon, best game on the wii U.
@Diesel St Ivany no tofu came before rabbits
@Diesel St Ivany no, I mean you are true, the beta era was rabbits. But before the rabbits they used grey and white tofu, that was REALLY early in development. So they changed to rabbits, and they felt like it didn't suit the theme of shooting paint so they choose squids, and here we are now
“Welcome to the apocalypse Mr. Squidward. I hope you like leather.”
“I prefer suede.”
Lmao
Best comment
@Otneimica L
Yes!!!
Don’t you mean, SPLATOCALYPSE
I was 11 when Splatoon first came out and I absolutely feel in love with everything it had to do with this game. The vibe, music, colors, story, gameplay mechanics, events and so much more. I met wonderful people of this community because of this game and I learned how to enjoy the everything each game haves to offer. Unique experiences. Now I’m gonna be 18, graduating highschool. And my hype for this franchise hasn’t die yet, not even a little bit. Can’t wait to have the three hard copies of this amazing trilogy together on my hands already. Since they forever will be stuck in my heart and mind forever, thank you Nintendo.
Same!!! I got splatoon 2 but I watched gameplays of the first one, apart from that, we have pretty much the same experience lol. Can’t wait to finally graduate, I’ll be able to enjoy splatoon 3 after finishing senior year (thank goodness)
I was 9 when Splatoon was first announced in E3 2014, time passes so fast
I got Splatoon 1 two months after it's release and since then, it's introduced me to so many cool things. I really like Splatoon 2, especially it's DLC, and based off of what I've seen so far, the next game is gonna be fire.
Ha, I was twelve! I remember watching the squid research lab over and over, becoming more captivated each time. Combine that with the wonderful American marketing campaigns and events like the mess fest with Kit and Krysta and I could hardly wait to play. After release, the mysterious and captivating world of the inklings and octarians as told through the sea scrolls became my first interest in videogame lore, and something my 12 yr old self didn't expect at all. This franchise has been fantastic!
Hey! I'm graduating this year too! I'm 20 and this is my very moment to hope it happens!
Looks like someone named the Effie Tower Dinnerbone
underrated
ayy, lets hope someone slaps on Jeb_ on there too during the 'fests!
@@hexiplax6081 YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
XDDDDDDDD
They are a man of culture too i see
If you guys listen closely to when we’re on the train, you can hear what sounds like Callie and Marie singing in the background
That's them? :0
That’s interesting does it mean anything tho is the question
It probably isn't them, although that would be cool. This takes place in a different country to the first game so I doubt they'd make a physical appearance, but an appearance through a music track would be neat.
I mean, the track doesn't have the same vibe as the Squid Sisters, this is more retro. Either way, I'm pumped to see what Nintendo comes up with
I don't hear Callie and Marie singing
Even in an apocalypse, they still wanna see who can ink more turf
Expect this time it’s probably an actual turf WAR
I don’t blame them tbh..
Gotta keep that morale up somehow
@mr freakout post post apocalypse
I just hope it can still be joyful and happy
Who's back here after the grand Fest announcement?
Me, I'm sad, this game just started, not even 2 years ago 😢, and I'm scared that this grand festival will end of a splatoon trilogy, and splatoon 4 will be completely different 😭
@@Ace-qm1wh I literally just got back into Splatoon (I stopped after season 2 because I lost motivation (I think)) and then this happened 😭😭😭
@@lumikyuuIk it's crazy, i don't want it to end 😭
It may end but it can be still enjoy it, maybe they can put out a final update that allows you to play splatfest combats in private and Big Run
@@serdac2376 That would be cool, like they did in splatoon 2 😁
Judging by the way this looks it looks like this was based off of team chaos winning.
Pearl better have an extremely important role in this game
Agreed!
"Hows it goin, handsome jack here. your best friend!". an intro like that for Pearl please
Ahhh yessss
I can clearly imagine Pearl being a mafia boss
@@maximiniumsubs8393 and you have to fight the entirety of inkopolis
I'm so hyped that I keep rewatching this... It really caught me off guard because it didn't look like a Splatoon game at first
I honestly thought this was a new Mario Game, Until I saw the inkling girls hair
@@NeoSonic579 She's a bad girl. Just kidding!
@Rock Finch
Honestly, same!! 😂
When they put the camera to her I had no idea what game it was. I was looking at the characters hand confused. Then I saw the hair
i knew as soon as I saw the yellow tape
LETS GOOOOO
LETTTSSSS GOOOOOOOOOO
YEESSS
The Splatoon fanbase is BACC
LETS GOOOO
LETS GOOOOOOO YEAAAAAAH
Does anyone else come back to this trailer to listen to what could have been? The new Splattack! sounds fine, but this one, THIS ONE, is what could have been a true master-piece.
Indeed
No
I actually come back to listen to the train music, it’s extremely original from what I can tell and better than the anarchy rainbow remix that plays in the finished game
nah i think the current one is better, it has more guitars and it sounds fuller
theyre both great
The best part of any new Splatoon game is that first week where no one knows how to maximize the specials and everyone is just trying things out.
ahhh, the day where everyone doesn’t have perfectly aligned abilities on their gear... and the day where you don’t know how many hours some tryhard has poured into splatoon as a series...
yes
Yesssss
The worst part of Splatoon is the first couple hours where the people with 1000 hours in Splat 2 have to play against me, because no one is ranked.
Hi I like splatoon too and squids lets have kids
just realized you get to choose to be an inkling or an octling from the start. it’s gonna take me till 2022 to even make my decision
If we only had time machines
I'm probably gonna play inkling because those hairstyles are pretty great-
I already played as an octoling for majority of Splatoon 2 so eh..
Not only that. There’s no gender. Nintendo is awesome.
@@L4C3Z It looks like there is still gender, but hairstyles & shorts are no longer gender locked. At 0:17 there are two of inklings & two octolings. ♀ on left, ♂ on right. I assume that they'll be slightly different faces & bodies, but you are really choosing between Woomy, Ngyes, Veemo, or Oomy.
@@Daehpo yeah. I assume the voices are still gender...ed
We didn't know we needed the salmon pet until we saw it.
For me, I actually thought that "salmon pet" creature is a chicken for some reason.
TRUE
I will protect it with my life
When
As will I, and hopefully the rest of people who play it will
The game has drastically changed looking at this trailer now.
How has it changed? I played splatoon 2 a lot but my switch has been collecting dust for a while now.
@@uviolin593 take a good look at the early version of the map - scorch gorge, that was showcased here
if youll watch most recent trailers like the launch one, youll notice that they sizeably shrank down the stage and made it way less interesting over all, while also narrowing your approach options
this is a trend with all splatoon 3 stages going forward
Splatoon itself: the post-apocalypse world where humanity went extinct
Splatoon 3: NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO GET EXTINCT, INKLINGS.
that was the plot of octo expansion
I hope there’s new bosses and cool new agents!!!
I want Mr. Grizz to be the final boss
hope it's not Octavio again
I was deadass about to smoke you and I’m not even french
Extinctlings
2019: I HATE SMALLFRYS
2021: woaha a little budde
Gold
@@Whooshmilk ha
Still hate him lol
Ima name him sal
Trueee
Agent 3: "Welcome to the apocalypse,
Agent 4. Hope you like leather"
Agent 8: am I late for train stop?
welcome to the ghetto
@@zeromeflimber514 Agent 3: "Nah you’re just in time!"
Agent 7???: oh hello I have never seen you guys before who are you?
@Quinn McDonnell hhhmm maybe
I still can't believe that I'm playing the game right now. I remember being so hyped about Splatoon 3 last year while playing Splatoon 1 & 2! Now it's time to enjoy Splatoon 3 for another 5 to 6 years before Splatoon 4 comes out!
And now for a game harder than any ranked mode, the waiting game
Cries
Nice pfp dude
Still easier than soloq clams
Yes.
At least you have time to save up 🤷🏾♀️
What a creative character creation menu, having it actually take place in-universe and using the removal of a cloak to move on to smaller details. Really clever, I hope it remains in the final game.
@Lessaki i just hope you will be able to skip it because it seems unnecessary
@@panwasacz2733 When you first boot up the game, I don’t think you should skip this. Although, if you’re yk changing your character a second or a third time there should be a menu for quicker access.
@@panwasacz2733 4U
@@thomasdiedxd837 yeah I do think after the first time, they will probably have a menu similar to how they did it in splatoon 2
I mean, while you still can change your look in Octo Expansion the same way as it was the first time, on the plaza it's like the menu before so I'd say it's just for the first time, which makes it special if you ask me
Hyped for new Splatoon music!!
I hope we can turn off the music this time
@@spooderman6661 why literal splatoon is made for the music what the point of playing it without the music
@@spooderman6661 I respect your disision
same here. can't wait! Splatoon music is always A M A Z I N G!
In the trailer it showed the inkoming remix so we can expect some amazing tracks
3 years already... man. I can't believe time has already passed this quickly.
Right!?
Lore theory: the train is connected to the same train stations that agent 8 was on. A huge drought caused more land to be revealed/controllable by both inkling and octolings (this are just guesses idl what I'm saying)
actually that makes a ton of sense
you see the Eiffle tower at the beggining UPSIDE DOWN and the entire game takes place in this scortched desert
the Eiffle could have been rusted and fliped due to water rushing in and destroying the earth humans knew and loved
New protagonist being the missing Agent 7?
That is a possibility. I wonder if the idols are also agents. I also wonder if dj Octavio (don't know if I spelled that right) is still a threat
@@ronyanko3530 that is the best idea i have ever heard ever in my life ever
I hope all our Safe data from Splatoon 2 is still there and that you could update splatoon 2 in someway because i have the DLC and the Normal game
I love how Splatoon 3’s been heavily influenced by the victory of chaos in the chaos vs order splatfest
XD
That's what people speculated too after Splatoon 1's final splatfest affected the story in 2.
What do you mean? I only got a switch a little over a year ago so I couldn't take part.
DON'T BRING POLITICS INTO THIS!
I you rather prefer order than caos but anyways it seems to be a great game
the intro made me think this was gonna be a open world survival game
Same
yeah it looks like its going to have an insane story mode
That sounds kinda dope tho
Me too
Same here.
The fact that it’s almost been a year since this game was announced is beyond me. Time really flies.
Ikr! And this summer will be the summer Splatoon 3 comes out! I can't wait!
@@emilyannthevioletghost715 YES!!
73 days till summer...
Tell Gorb bout it dude.
And here I am, after first Splatfest and only 10 days before it come out, time's speed is crazy
My sister was jokingly saying "there is going to be splatoon 3" The look on her face was priceless when she saw the inkling. She going to buy that as soon as it comes out
Same
me and my siblings are like: "lol there's no way it's going to be Splatoon 3". Then i became real and we are hyped.
Lol everyone in the comments kept saying Splatoon 3 and I’m like ok we need Splatoon 3 to be announced and sure enough and I screamed when I saw this 😂
Same. I already have Splatoon 2 (Not Splatoon 1 tho, sad)
@@D1abolosMemez same I also only have splat2
“Welcome to the apocalypse, Mr. Squidward”
"I hope you like leather"
@@zumonachoinc8524 i prefer...
Uh........
I forgot how to spell it lol
@@jaz3766 bruh
@@misci26 suede
Little buddy simp cult...who wants to join??
I love the bow and arrow weapon! :D
im just WAITING for sword and shield, claymore and spellbook weapons now
I always wondered the last months which new weapon ideas they introduce!! 😆😃😃
Same im really into bows
me too
I can’t wait to shoot people out of the sky
Team Past won, so here I am revisiting the past… man how time flies…
Baby Salmonoid's gameplay purpose: he runs around is is useless but man is he cute. (This is definitely a real leak from Nintendo)
Emotional support baby
Can u get me a leak on if burst bombs are in the game?
@@theultimateinksack5825 I can't say for sure but I'd assume so, splat, burst and suction bombs all returned from the first game. None of them are severely unbalanced (although I am a beast with splat bombs)
@@isaacgates5859
Splat bombs are very useful, I have to agree on you there
@@isaacgates5859 Splat bombs can be seen somewhere in the trailer
Marina: "Congratulations Pearl, you started the apocalypse."
Pearl: "Why are you complaining? I'll never survive. I can't pull off leather!"
The fact that PEARL of all people caused an apocalypse is HILARIOUS to me 💀 I’m very curious to see what happened to her tbh
didn’t she come from a punk background? those guys loved leather!
I've seen an edit of her in leather, she definitely can pull it off
Yes and no, the original Splatoon game was taking place in Japan while this one from seeing the Eiffel tower should be taking place around Paris so this might be a standalone story maybe expanding the world on Splatoon
@@PinkPuff07 actually assuming that twitter translator didnt commit an oopsie and i got everything right, this town at the end of tha trailer is actually a whole seprate one, not a post apocaliptic inkopolis, its probably somewhere around france and somehow has been growing really big after the final fest, i dunno how tho
Splatoon 1: fun and games
Splatoon 2: "lets start a war!"
Splatoon 3: "its free real estate."
Speaking of which, this makes me feel worried for Splatoon 1. Since Nintendo is soon stopping people from uploading levels to Super Mario Maker Wii U, it's clear we'll have to prepare for the worst. After the long awaited Splatoon 3 comes out, Splatoon 1 online just might be completely dead. Brace yourselves
Splatoon 1: You Can Be A Squid, OR Even A Kid!
Splatoon 2: Make Inkopolis Great Again, Octoling Aliens Ruining City, Intense Political Dillemas
Splatoon 3: Anarcho-Inklingism
True
Splatoon 4: Splatoon Endgame."
Lore: Pearl launched an Inkstrike at Inkopolis accidentally while trying to celebrate with fireworks.
I STILL think this version of Splattack is better than what we got.
youre so right
Yeah the version in the trailer sounds good, but when you hear it in game it’s not that good….
@@LucyPalko the one in the trailer was the demo and the one in the game is the official
Splatoon 1: blue and orange
Splatoon 2: green and pink
Splatoon 3: yellow and purple
Splatoon 4 (?): red and black!??
@@basilblue32 the pattern seems to be complimentary colors on the paint color wheel (which is different from the light color wheel which does yellow, cyan, and magenta)
Everything makes sense except for green and pink, it should actually be green and red. But red is not really a splatoon ink color (excluding splatfests) because it's more harsh and reminiscent of blood. But because that's where complimentary colors on the color wheel end (at least with the primary colors), there's no telling what's gonna be the next set of colors.
tl;dr idfk lol
@@micaiuslucian Seems like they are basing it off of the Splatnet colors (I actually have yellow and purple as my colors there), as there are specifically yellow and purple, pink and green, and blue and orange, as well as other color schemes.
Ive been thinking that either purple and yellow would be for this game (which it is) or blue and red but i like the yellow and purple better sinci its the colour of my controllers
@@basilblue32 unlikely since splatoon always followed the paintball-colour guidelines, meaning that white, black and red are taboos.
You only had them for splatfests. Never as regular colours
On this day, many lost their voice, mics where destroyed, tweeter was mad as usual, and yet, it feels like a dream
Very true my friend,me included
This made a tear fall from my face
Nezuko-Chan~ 🥰
Petition to delete Twitter
It's mostly useless anyway with even more useless people on it
As a Splatoon 2 post said:
TWITTER IS A MISTAKE
show us the new idols show us the new idols show us the new idols show us the new idols show us the new idols show us the new idols
Yes yes yes!
NEW IDOLS ONG!! IMMA BE SO HYPED BRO
Yes ong
NEW IDOLS PLS
I hope there are guy idols this time around
3 years later, and the Grand Festival just concluded. Thank you Splatoon 3 for everything!
splatoon 3 rlly said "where we droppin' boys?"
ground war rules, baby!
Hmm, Nintendo Direct seems like it has lot of lot let’s drop there!
I kinda thought that but it didn't look like it was the exact same thing. Even if it was that would actually be cool
So is no one gonna talk abt how they have apparently domesticated salmonids or-
I know right.
I guess for that was that the bear wanted the salmonid eggs, to control their population by domesticating them
Yeah, this is really weird for me
@@srlopez875 it also served a dual purpose it control the salmon population and the octarians benefit from it's because they get sold the golden eggs because salmon eggs are the collectible currency in the story mode
Maybe that salmonoid will play a role in turf wars or hero mode we could be basically getting pets in the game
Bro the fact that they added the small details like a slit eyebrow and blendid colored eyes is so cool!!!!!
And the squid punching the spawner with the bucket xD
Coming back after playing the testfire. The wait was 10,000% worth it!
Back 11 days after the game released, im sorry i kinda have 85 hours already lol
@@voidresonation4570
I might have 70 hours already. Might
Whenever it says “not actual game footage” you know it’s a big announcement
you know its an big annoucement
YOU *KNOW* ITS A BIIGG ANNOUNCEMENT
ITS AN INSTICNT YOU KNOW ITS AN BBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIG ANNOUNCEMENT
(sorry for getting carried away uwu I'm just so excited)
@@alfredoo5261 uwu
2 important things:
“Little buddy”
Beeg blaster
This game sucks, its for literal babies, I wanted mario tennis 2 instead. Nintendo needs to cancel this game.
@@borutosucks1586 no
buddi
@@borutosucks1586 angry af lmfaoooo
@@borutosucks1586 nobody gets what they want all the time
Can you imagine what this trailer would have been if team order had won
Omg it probably would’ve some cyber punk themed area
like a more cartoony version of Cyber Punk 2088?
I'm imagining like super futuristic dystopia
Dystopian Cyberpunk society.
Just knowing that makes me wish they did a Pokémon and released one game fixated on exploring a dystopia and the other taking place within a cyber utopia
I'm just noticing that the inkling girl with the sloshing machine bounced it like a basket ball and caught it at 2:15 I recommend putting it on 0.25x to watch it. It's a really cool animation for sloshers
That's neat!
The hairstyles having actual physics now instead of being preanimated im so happy
*I was questioning the male octoling hair style in the second game.*
i hope there's clothing physics to
How can you tell?
"actual physics" clips right through her arm? lmao stop! 1:22
Your right!
its been a week and im still in disbelief that this exists what
It's the third Splatoon in 5 years. It's hardly a surprise. Looks exactly like the other two.
Meanwhile other franchises are entirely neglected.
@@stevetattersall5933 Its a surprise because the fandom have been asking for it for ages and have lost hope about now.
Its also got a year of development ahead, are you really that surprised a teaser shows ported assets?
Ofc they're gonna tweak things up and we can see they already have to quite a large extent.
And just because the series mainstay turf wars are back doesnt mean the whole game is gonna be recycled modes.
As long as there's still ranked modes the comp community will be happy and I'll be happy regardless.
Frr I thought we would be stuck with 2 games until a new console
Its been a year since botw2 announced and now I'm in disbelief
Same-
*"how to give a heart attack to approximately 1 million people"*
Yeah, seems accurate.
Prolly more than that even, think about how many people watched through their console, or got the info through the 15 minute breakdowns.
Like how did they stretch a 3 min trailer that far?
The video
I was fine till I saw 2022
@@Ryujinnokenwokurae2099 exactly my face went from😆 to 😕 But I’m glad we got a splatoon 3
THREE YEARS AGO!!
Okay who's the wise guy who let him out of the snowglobe again
Lol using the same snow globe totally worked
My prediction was that Octavio would switch sides and be a good guy to the protagonist but eh who knows
FREE MY MANS HE DIDNT DO NOTHING
@@ikarainijirai THEY ALWAYS WERE THE GOOD GUYS
nintendo revealed the game takes place in another city called splatlands, so maybe it won't be octavio again.
If I'm ever feeling down, I'm just gonna come back to this trailer
thats what I use to do with Splatoon island, only this has the added bonus of not being a April fools joke
1
Same.
Until you realize it comes out in 2022 and you feel down again
Same
*Part one: My Basic Theory*
So chaos won Mr. Grizz was able to get more of a foothold on the economy which due to his shady practices and greed almost hunted salmonids to extinction by using the inklings in salmon run who stole their eggs and committed fish genocide. This would explain why Salmonids have formed a symbiotic relationship with inklings (to protect the species from going extinct) and the Save Our Salmon post from last year.
Notice that the great salmon migration should be over now,pointing towards something happening to their ecosystem or population.
Also note that we aren’t even in inkopolis anymore we don’t even know the fate of what happened there. The Inklings in the splatlands are described as “battle hardened” meaning that the chaos probably did numbers on the society that they live in. (Yes,we live in a society)
*Part Two:Off the Hook*
Now,regarding off the hook
there are 2 ways that it could go:
One:
Pearl didn’t understand the weight of her actions and the effect it would have on the world,and her and Marina together are the ones who run the story mode (maybe with some Calamari if you know what I mean) trying to undo the apocalypse that Pearl unknowingly caused
Or the more likely scenario,
Pearl takes advantage of the chaos and becomes the figurehead/leader of said chaos while Marina works beside the player to get her girlfri-BEST FRIEND back to the way that she was before the splat fest and hopefully DJ Octavio won’t be there. And it will be Grizz (MORE ON HIM IN A BIT)
*Part Three:It Isn’t France*
There’s also a chance that because of the pyramids in the background it isn’t France and it’s Hong Kong which has a wonders of the world thing with the towers and pyrimid,AND splatsville looks a whole lot like Hong Kong so it’s PROBABLY THERE!
*Part Four:The Rise of Lil Judd*
I believe Lil Judd will be the only judge because he was on team chaos which won (duh) and it says that he’s “looking to overthrow Judd” in the art book so he’s probably taken advantage the chaos to do that! Judd probably (hopefully) isn’t dead but Lil Judd has probably overthrown him as the main judge,and probably feels more at home in the chaos ravaged city. How darling.
*Part Five(ish):No,Mr. Grizz is NOT a bear eating salmon eggs why do people think that. It’s beyond stupid*
Read the title of this part...it’s too big of an operation,and if he’s soooo hung up on keeping his identity secret then why would he use a bear statue as a radio if he was a bear? I mean I just wanted to point that out,it’s nothing big but still.
*Part Six:No the Smallfry isn’t a pet,wtf?*
Salmonids have been REPEATEDLY referred to as a species who is as intelligent and as advanced as the inklings and octarians,it’d be weird to keep a sentient and intelligent species as a pet. I would say that the salmonid is the equivalent to a child (say 4-5 years old) and the inkling and it have a symbiotic relationship.
The end of “Theory time with Fia”
Both points make a lot of sense. I am extremely excited to learn about the lore in this game.
would have been perfect timing...
I don’t really believe on it releasing next year, the teaser and the gameplay shown look very advanced, like if they have taken their time with this. I expect a winter 2021/22 release, it just looks so advanced to release on a later date.
@@edgarmayen1188 Splatoon 1s first demo released when the game was 10% completed and it was a pretty good looking demo. This could be parts they’ve finalized for a trailer and since they showed so little. They’re probably working on other maps or maybe a story mode. January 2022 at the earliest probably fall 2022 at the latest.
Well thing is that this is a different location called splatlands this place is miles from inkolpolis. I don’t think that mr grizz would have anything to do with this because of location. Besides that though it is weird that a salmoid is here in the first place unless something happened that dried up their land.
I had a dream I was playing Splatoon 3, so now I’m rewatching all the trailers and getting hyped all over again. I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS SUMMER
Same I had a dream about it after the announcement it was me in the plaza it was really cramped
I also had a dream that I was playing Splatoon 3, I was playing turf war and the maps were like so huge and so cool and it was literally so awesome, but then I woke up 😭😭😭
I wonder how Splatoon 3 would have turned out if Team Order won...
splatterpunk 2077
Order sucks, let Chaos rain!!!!!
Let's just hope tar tar doesn't come back
I was & am pro Team Order, I hope that we will get a revenge so that o r d e r and peace shall finally succeed in being the main Focus of Inkling- and octokind.
Sowwy for my sad english
I know right?
I like how the inkling takes off her hood, mask, and glasses in the character selection. Pretty creative.
I think that's an inkling, you have the option to be an octoling though!
*inkling
Inkling cause of the hair tentacle but yea, really hyped
Or inkling
(Even though I am totes going Octoling)
Alright everyone I think he already got the message that it’s an inkling
Funny thing Splatoon 3 got more views than the actual Nintendo Direct.
I’m proud to say I have contributed one third of those views
bcuz everyones been watching it a billion times a day
Dang Splatoon is getting big
@@ImNotTetra either that or the rest of the direct was absolute garbage, which is true either way
@@bingoccolon It wasn’t really garbage
I can't believe that it's been ~19 months since this direct and most of them survived until the release.
this is the best day for us
I remember when I was a wee lad on Miiverse, I made a post talking about my weapon concepts for Splatoon. And some guy called me an idiot for considering the idea of an Ink Bow. Finally, after six years, he’s the idiot. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
@[?] Vanilla òwó Y E S
@[?] Vanilla Y E S
Y E A , A B S O L U T E L Y .
Y E S
Y E S
THIS IS LITERALLY THE L E A S T THING I EXPECTED TO SHOW UP I WAS SHAKING
I literally said " No Pokemon cuz they have their own Direct and no Mario Kart 9 or Splatoon 3
Nintendo: We have something for you
I literally was trying to scream out the color pulse lyrics when I saw this
Mario Kart Double Dash 2
me too lmao
Plot Twist: The new idols aren’t inklings or octolings but instead, are salmonids
@Joel the Fanboy interesting
SalmoKIDS
that would be sick :00 i was thinking maybe callie and marie would be forced to return tho because marina and pearl probably didnt do too well after the final fest but tbh without new characters it would be a little boring
XD
*no.*
This being 3 years ago does not feel real 😭 I remember it like yesterday screaming and showing my dad
Splatoon 1: The new kid on the block
Splatoon 2: The military boot camp
Splatoon 3: Welcome to the Salty “Splatoon” how tough are ya?
Inkling Boy: How tough I'm I? You got a new bottle of ketchup?
Guy: Sure!
Inkling Boy: it's on!
You mean the Salty Splatoon?
How tough am I. I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast
@@tomodaphne that will be me 10 minutes in
I’ll be going to weenie hut jr.’s
If they announce you can skip the news in this game, then I wouldn’t care how broken weapons or specials are, it would literally be perfect.
Lmao yes
I mean, if the idols were interesting, then you wouldn’t even want to skip it
100% agree
this
PLEASE
OMG YES. PLEASE. PLEASE!!!
Oh Heck yeah!!!
New Splatoon game!!!! :D
This is gonna be awesome 🤩
Hi spider b
New models for you to use
yes
Nice to see you here. Lol
LET'S GO, SPIDER!
I remember being absolutely obsessed with Splatoon (1) when it came out. And I was just a tiny kid :D and I am still obsessed. I can’t believe that Splatoon 3 is now coming out soon. Dreams really do come true 🥺
so cool to see how much this game has developed
From a simple ink shooting game, to a game where your playing in literal Desert and Tokyo.
Yep!
True, but tbh I don't know if I really like the way Splatoon 3 looks yet
@Mohad Gamer 2022 actually
Yeah 😃
Dude I literally forgot it was 2021 and I thought it was gonna take two years LOL.
I'm slow and I live under a rock
@@Swilly2 don’t we all
One time my aunt thought it was 2019 a few months ago
s a m e
@@antonywu6672 my teacher once tought we were in 2012 👁️💧👄💧👁️
this hits hard knowing that the finalfest for splat 3 has been announced
It's funny how unreal this still seems to me.
Every day I wake up, and I remember that Splatoon 3 is more than just a dream and my life is reset.
Me to
IKR
oooh boi it's back
Yes it is verified channel I have no idea on your existence it is back
I’m trying too hard to get likes at this point now.
This is where the fun begins
Here before 1.1k likes and 100 replies.
i like stealing memes from your server, thanks
Are you winning son?
it really has been a whole month now
i’m gonna cry
same
Same
10 months i guess
It feels like it was only yesterday when splatoon 3 was announced💕
Now here we are in a new era we will never forget splatoon 1 and 2
"Not actual gameplay footage"
it looks like gameplay footage
Trith
Ikr
Tru
Its probably because it's beta and undecided.
Well we know the last 50 seconds is early on gameplay footage cuz it's still well in development
THE LITTLE FLYING RESPAWN DROID THINGS ARE COFFEE MACHINES
Lol they are
You mean a keurig?
WHAT
@@_stealth_313 no it’s like a latte, coffee machine thing cuz keurigs look different
they look kinda like exploshers
0:53 Nintendo said “Let’s flip the Eiffel Tower cuz why not.”
Could also be the small one from Vegas. It is in a desert, and, I dont really know how tall the inklings and octolings are compared to humans.
@@TreeckoJedi9 according to lore they’re way taller than we see them as. They can also jump 5 feet tall and can spot prey from 100 yards away
Well now we have more info on where inkopolis is. Bc like wasn't there a huge flood so what if there was a huge drought? If that is correct then Inkpolis is in europe, not Japan or America.
@pocketguy NO WAY I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN!!!!
@pocketguy that’s what I thought I mean why did no one notice lolol
after 1 year of waiting its finally september 9! Happy launch day yall!
No one going to talk about how the music during the minor showcase of the new Inkopolis is the Splatoon1 Wii U Loading Menu music
ik it was nostalgic for me but alot of people didnt play the original
It brings back memories
I played the original
:0 I hadn't noticed that until now!
Oh yeah it is
*sees the salmonid buddy for the first time*
“Yo why is he looking at me like that? What’s wrong little buddy, got a staring problem?”
Not going to lie when I saw the Sam annoy buddy I thought it was either a spin-off or Splatoon 3
When I saw Little buddy, I thought it was something for Salmonid DLC for 2
"Like what, dude? He's just looking at you, he's a baby."
Shout out to all the Verteran Splatoon players! We've played the very First Splatoon that came out for the Wii U. And now were going from Splatoon2 to Splatoon3 coming out Next Year!! It has been an honor to be apart of such an awesome game.
Not really
No to be a downer but I hated Splatoon 1. Splatoon 2 on the other hand, I freaking love it. Seriously Hype for the Big 3.
It has been
@sweeze the only thing I liked from the first game was the One player mode. Everything else, let's just say horrible stuff happened and then I raged quit.
I feel honored
Man it been 3 years
They made updates is so slow
This story mode is gonna be INSANE, I can already tell.
Story mode will either be really good or almost nonexistent because of the setting.
i bet pearl went rogue and caused chaos around inkopolis and its up to you and marina to stop her
@b0nk_ Headcanon: Off the Hook is disbanded and DJ Marina is like: LOOK WHAT YOU DID!
The thing is the last splatfest in splatoon 2 is gonna be the theme, chaos won and not order, but a part of me wishes that I could just see how it’s like with order.
Kinda cool to know that the Octoling from Octo Expansion canonically destroyed racism worldwide and now inklings and octolings coexist peacefully
Yay
I would have just blames the Marina simps for that, of which I am one.
Yeah except both of them are still racist against Salmonids (which is probs want Splatoon 3 and our little buddy is about)
Haha true
@@MagileineTopDeckToFullField me too lol
2022 GOTY
I agree
AYYY Its Nathaniel Bandy
*W H E E Z E*
maybe
Splatoon 3 better get the dub
I can’t believe this is already 2 years old
"Truth is, the splatfest was rigged from the start"
*Splattershot sound*
10 seconds later: "Hey, you're awake. Well how about that."
Turfwar....Turfwar Never Changes.....
Wake up squid kid...we got a city to burn
“Patrolling the splatlands almost makes you wish for a frostyfest”
Chaos and Order both teams played well but we on Chaos did slightly better after all it was close on the results
The fact that this announcement single-handedly brought my discord server back to life really says something about the community. Nintendo, thank you.
Was this perhaps a Clone High server?
@@StellarSaturn7440 I like your funny words, inkling girl.
Same thing happened to an inactive Splatoon server I'm in haha
@@yourresidentanon4169 So how many scoops?
@@StellarSaturn7440 3. Bc splatoon 3
Pretty dope, especially the bow and arrow, I’m down for that :)
Yeah, that Bow looks fun.
Gonna min that for a long time
Most likely a special
@@allenparker2113 nope, it looks like a main since the inkling starts the match with it
Same
Good god, 1 year and 8 months? It feels so much longer than that. Either way, we’ve finally made it. I’ll see you all in Splatsville.
I know right?
mom: I’ll slap you into next year
Me: pls do I can’t wait any longer
Yes mom,*l need the console and the game.*
Then she accidentally slaps you 8 years more so you wake up with splatoon 7 lol
@@emmalion1976 actually it would be splatoon 5 or 6 if I'm wrong pls let me know
my mother it's a nice woman. and i was defend myself back in 2011
Bahahahaha same