You’ve got it backwards. Parallel Canon is based off of Agent 4. They were appointed as the “head of security” so naturally Order used that info to create replicas to guard the Spire
Honestly, side order did save Splatoon 3 for me, I was getting so burnt out on the online gameplay but when I started Side Order, it was so different that it renewed my interest in the game. It's probably my favorite mode to play now. Also Parallel Agent 8 should have been the octoshot final boss, real Shadow Link type beat
I love how the music get more intense and eerie as you progress. It took me 3 tries to beat it too, and my 2nd attempt was when I broke floor 20. I was listening to the music during a danger zones level, and in that moment I knew I needed to lock in
I agree the music is fantastic but my favorite songs are both actually boss songs, Unconscience (Marina Ida’s boss theme) and New World Order (the first phase of Overlorder’s fight the first time you reach him)
6:50 You kinda discribed what I thought the devs could/should have done for Big Runs in the hub world. Have Inklings and Octolings making battle plans/sharing information to help fend off the invading salmoniods. Like yeah, what we have is foreboding, but what I just shared give the sence urgency of the situation at large.
I think I just really enjoyed every sound design and music detail cause I spent my college years focused so much on that so every little detail was like ear candy to me. Personal 10/10 but my bar may be really low since I didn't grow up that much with video games
Your editing is hilarious and so engaging! Instant sub! 👏 I agree sooooo much with the views on the story - we waited so long for this DLC only for it to not have any weight. The gameplay is great, but without a strong story, it just feels exhausting. I wonder if (alongside the delays to it's release) there were some internal factors that made it turn out half-baked? I'm almost expecting another reveal with something else (a second DLC, etc) but there's no way they'd do something like that. It's just hard to think of a reason as to why there's so much missed opportunities?
I told my friends how much cooler the final boss theme would've been if it evolved over time, like each of the palettes having their own little leitmotif (theme) and when you completed the palette of the person it added that leitmotif to the boss music at the end... so it was like you were fighting alongside all the people you'd helped or something :] (it also would have made me not hate the final boss theme so much.... because it was always the same song....) Also secret boss 8 would've been better rather than just another smollusk made big...usk.... the boss puns made me laugh though. Also justice for agent 4 :( they deserved better.
i completely understand with not clicking to the last two songs. i feel like spectrum obligato was underused and just a gateway for nintendo to SOMEHOW use ebb and flow again. and i feel wrong for comparing the two, yet with into the light, the first notes tell you “ITS ACTUALLY FUCKING OVER”, while onward says to me “enjoy acht attempting to recreate free association’s music with marina singing her heart out.”
Side order was a great addition but for all the delays it got, really didn't have the content behind it showing the extra cooking time. They could so easily just add a zone to some of the zoneless map layouts, and a path to guide the propellor thing through some and add another 100 levels with minimal effort. Or add some of the other octo expanson objectives. And all that is without the whole "restore 8s memories" being forgotten about at the end, and the obvious hair and finger colour reward everyone predicted not happening. (i expected this not to happen and instead the colours would be options for the 11 side order weapons we can swap "to surprise us" nintendo style, but we didn't get that either.) I very much enjoyed side order, don't get me wrong, but it didn't deliver on any of the ideas it itself presented.
Unfortunately no. I honestly found it tedious to complete each pallete (except for low hacks 8's pallete) I don't really connect to the music (besides the credit's theme and the final boss theme) or what little there is of lore in this DLC. And the fact that this is worth more than Octo expansion in Nintendo's eyes is mind-boggling to me. I am greatful for them fully canonizing Pearl and Marina's relationship tho
I honestly really enjoyed Side Order, I really like short games that I can just have stupid little self imposed challenges like monochip and sub only But I will admit the game honestly did get kinda boring after I did everything I wanted to do and I really think that it could have benefited from having more content
Im suprised spectrum obligato didnt click with you after we hear the same leitmotif all around Side order. In terms of If I think it saved sploon 3? Probably not but its the sole reason I finally decided to buy Octo expansion and sploon 3 afterwards.
The core gameplay loop is fantastic, but it's lacking in polish. I'll echo what a lot of people have said that more floor types and bosses definitely would've gone a long way. But the biggest issue I have with it is that it seems like Nintendo couldn't decide what they wanted the difficulty to be. Full disclosure I am a massive snob who believe "-lites" besmirch the good name of Rogue, so I wanted to try and completely ignore all the persistent upgrades. You kind of have to since the game becomes a complete joke if you use them. Thankfully they left the door open to turn upgrades off, and even offer a score multiplier if you do, so it seems like they at least thought about this playstyle... However, it just feels to me like they never actually *designed* the game for this, because the balancing is such a mess. Many floors remain trivial, but others are such massive difficulty spikes you should just avoid them at all costs, and the final boss is simple enough that I settled on a playstyle of ignoring my build entirely and just pathing for safe floors. Which then felt like I'd optimized the fun out of the game by playing that way.
Did Side Order save Splatoon 3? Yes and no. While Side Order is a phenomenal DLC, there's plenty of lackluster things that Side Order is holding back. I feel like that Side Order should've have 40/50 floors and mission objectives instead of 30 floors and mission objectives. I feel like that Parallel Canon boss fight should've been Agent 4's boss fight in Side Order. I feel like we should've got more character development for Pearl, Marina, and DedF1sh in Side Order. I feel like that we should've unlock Agent 4 once we beat the main game of Side Order. I feel like we should've got more boss fights in Side Order. I feel like we should've got more rows of pallets for the color chips in Side Order. I feel like that we should've got more varieties of color chips and weapons in Side Order. I feel like that Commander TarTar should've been returned as a nightmare-fuled blender machine in Side Order. I feel like that Side Order should've taken place in some kind of dark, Desolate dimension instead of dystopian simulation. I feel like that the Jeletons in Side Order should've been fossil-like Jeletons instead of toy-like Jeletons. I feel like that we should've got a secret boss fight in Side Order. And I feel like that Side Order should've gone through a different and darker direction. Other than that, Side Order is still a solid DLC. Also Ted, can you do a try not to laugh/cringe challenge of Splatoon, please? Also Ted, can you do a reaction video to Murder Drones, Lackadaisy, and The Amazing Digital Circus, please?
If I ever find a compilation of Splatoon memes that's long enough for a video sure I'd be down. I've already seen the first Lackadaisy and Digital Circus episode but I haven't seen EP 2 yet and I haven't seen Murder Drones yet either. Idk if I'm even allowed to upload reactions to those tho tbh
i made the grave mistake of setting my standards and expectations as high as octo expac put them and getting a spinoff shoehorned into the base game as DLC which for me places side order way below octo expac regardless of quality of the content itself in isolation pricing wise, for what i got, the price was too high when we compare it to past nintendo DLC and their pricings at most, side order is worth $10 on its own and inkopolis plaza is worth no more than $5 and we were forced to buy all of it in one lump on top of it, not buying another splatoon dlc let alone another splatoon until everything in 3 is addressed
Not fully worth the price, but not a complete rip off. For you I'd say just pass on it, you'd be done with the main game probably in the same time I finished it
I would’ve much, MUCH rather it be an actual story mode with an actual threat, like how tartars backstory was set up. im genuinely sad how much better it could’ve been. if I’m being honest, the first play through that lasted less than 3 HOURS just felt like “ there’s a villain you need to defeat, go defeat him, and then you finish the game. Woohoo” its still good though
Slight misunderstanding. The changes I made would be for the intro of SO and would be presented through the news intro into a cutscene into agent 8 waking up
I think it gave S3 a spike, but the fresh season wasn't banger (probably one of the worst seasons, seriously how do they manage to release this season and manage to make chill season #1 look better-) And the story got killed seriously this feels like Hero mode 1&2 stories, and smollusk is a bad villain, I feel like his desperation goes away because of how he speaks, you can't take his UwU talk seriously, and the main story ends after clearing the first palette, and I feel like It would need to actually hit story beats it sets up instead of it being brought up and never resolved like it was just forgotten about, Like seriously Why does 8 just have memory loss now?
Agent 4 is confirmed to be parralel canon based off of the secret notes on agent 4s pallette
You’ve got it backwards. Parallel Canon is based off of Agent 4. They were appointed as the “head of security” so naturally Order used that info to create replicas to guard the Spire
@@davidhower7095 The one with hair is agent 4, the rest are bald copys
@@seth_i.thinkk the one with hair is a copy of 4, the others are a copy of the copy
@@emmyladybug4697 Well since it’s a VR if it’s a copy of 4 it’s pretty much 4💁♀️
Honestly, side order did save Splatoon 3 for me, I was getting so burnt out on the online gameplay but when I started Side Order, it was so different that it renewed my interest in the game. It's probably my favorite mode to play now. Also Parallel Agent 8 should have been the octoshot final boss, real Shadow Link type beat
Great way to look at it. As long as SO saves S3 for you and others, thats all that really matters
I just want third kits man
Real.
I love how the music get more intense and eerie as you progress. It took me 3 tries to beat it too, and my 2nd attempt was when I broke floor 20. I was listening to the music during a danger zones level, and in that moment I knew I needed to lock in
I agree the music is fantastic but my favorite songs are both actually boss songs, Unconscience (Marina Ida’s boss theme) and New World Order (the first phase of Overlorder’s fight the first time you reach him)
6:50 You kinda discribed what I thought the devs could/should have done for Big Runs in the hub world. Have Inklings and Octolings making battle plans/sharing information to help fend off the invading salmoniods. Like yeah, what we have is foreboding, but what I just shared give the sence urgency of the situation at large.
I think I just really enjoyed every sound design and music detail cause I spent my college years focused so much on that so every little detail was like ear candy to me. Personal 10/10 but my bar may be really low since I didn't grow up that much with video games
Awesome choice on who to greyscale lmao
Your editing is hilarious and so engaging! Instant sub! 👏
I agree sooooo much with the views on the story - we waited so long for this DLC only for it to not have any weight. The gameplay is great, but without a strong story, it just feels exhausting. I wonder if (alongside the delays to it's release) there were some internal factors that made it turn out half-baked? I'm almost expecting another reveal with something else (a second DLC, etc) but there's no way they'd do something like that. It's just hard to think of a reason as to why there's so much missed opportunities?
i cackled at each variation of memverse 😭 😭
Why does bro's editing always go crazy
I might be him idk tho
OH MY GOD NEW TED VIDEO NO WAY THATS CRAZY (also I may or may not be using your videos as a guide as to what to do when I make Sploon vids lol)
Ay thats perfectly fine by me, if you want to use my videos as a guide go right for it. Appreciate you wanting to do so
@@Teds3 YIPEEEEEEEE (also ur channel deserves more attention)
0:58 just realizing it gets released on 2.22.2024 yep. Keeping it real in Splatoon 2 fashion
me personally i would prefer the story if it wasnt a simulation and inkopolis square was actually bleached
wave 3 is bout to be crazy wave three will be crazy wave three please be crazy
Did Side Order save Splatoon?
Imo, not really, however it's pretty aight
6/10 dlc
its suffering from the trilogy curse
interesting -> GOD -> TRaSh -> trying to reinvent the wheel -> desperation to salvage
I love Inkopolis Square (Pearl Drone)
TED HAS RETURNED!!!!!
I told my friends how much cooler the final boss theme would've been if it evolved over time, like each of the palettes having their own little leitmotif (theme) and when you completed the palette of the person it added that leitmotif to the boss music at the end... so it was like you were fighting alongside all the people you'd helped or something :] (it also would have made me not hate the final boss theme so much.... because it was always the same song....)
Also secret boss 8 would've been better rather than just another smollusk made big...usk.... the boss puns made me laugh though. Also justice for agent 4 :( they deserved better.
i completely understand with not clicking to the last two songs. i feel like spectrum obligato was underused and just a gateway for nintendo to SOMEHOW use ebb and flow again. and i feel wrong for comparing the two, yet with into the light, the first notes tell you “ITS ACTUALLY FUCKING OVER”, while onward says to me “enjoy acht attempting to recreate free association’s music with marina singing her heart out.”
Side order was a great addition but for all the delays it got, really didn't have the content behind it showing the extra cooking time. They could so easily just add a zone to some of the zoneless map layouts, and a path to guide the propellor thing through some and add another 100 levels with minimal effort. Or add some of the other octo expanson objectives.
And all that is without the whole "restore 8s memories" being forgotten about at the end, and the obvious hair and finger colour reward everyone predicted not happening. (i expected this not to happen and instead the colours would be options for the 11 side order weapons we can swap "to surprise us" nintendo style, but we didn't get that either.)
I very much enjoyed side order, don't get me wrong, but it didn't deliver on any of the ideas it itself presented.
Unfortunately no. I honestly found it tedious to complete each pallete (except for low hacks 8's pallete)
I don't really connect to the music (besides the credit's theme and the final boss theme) or what little there is of lore in this DLC. And the fact that this is worth more than Octo expansion in Nintendo's eyes is mind-boggling to me.
I am greatful for them fully canonizing Pearl and Marina's relationship tho
Even if it's never fully said in game, Pearlina is basically already next to confirmed and its great to see.
All you said was alright, but what we really needed was an INFINITE MODE!
Honestly, we should have just gotten a salmon run story mode. that would have been epic and the rogue like Elements would still work
They probably could've done more with that tbh
Me after this video dropped : 🦋🐕
9:44 There’s 60 layouts.
souven1r is SO good
I honestly really enjoyed Side Order, I really like short games that I can just have stupid little self imposed challenges like monochip and sub only
But I will admit the game honestly did get kinda boring after I did everything I wanted to do and I really think that it could have benefited from having more content
I can't even 100% that mf but it was still solid
side order wasn’t delayed? for me I got it on the 21st instead of the 22nd
Im suprised spectrum obligato didnt click with you after we hear the same leitmotif all around Side order. In terms of If I think it saved sploon 3? Probably not but its the sole reason I finally decided to buy Octo expansion and sploon 3 afterwards.
I would've rather an original final boss song instead of what we got which I personally feel is just a down grade of the S2 Ebb & Flow version.
The core gameplay loop is fantastic, but it's lacking in polish. I'll echo what a lot of people have said that more floor types and bosses definitely would've gone a long way.
But the biggest issue I have with it is that it seems like Nintendo couldn't decide what they wanted the difficulty to be. Full disclosure I am a massive snob who believe "-lites" besmirch the good name of Rogue, so I wanted to try and completely ignore all the persistent upgrades. You kind of have to since the game becomes a complete joke if you use them. Thankfully they left the door open to turn upgrades off, and even offer a score multiplier if you do, so it seems like they at least thought about this playstyle...
However, it just feels to me like they never actually *designed* the game for this, because the balancing is such a mess. Many floors remain trivial, but others are such massive difficulty spikes you should just avoid them at all costs, and the final boss is simple enough that I settled on a playstyle of ignoring my build entirely and just pathing for safe floors. Which then felt like I'd optimized the fun out of the game by playing that way.
Very valid point I also never considered. The game really just expects you to get upgrades whenever you can
Why does your profile picture have inkling ears but octoling hair?!?!
Did Side Order save Splatoon 3?
Yes and no.
While Side Order is a phenomenal DLC, there's plenty of lackluster things that Side Order is holding back.
I feel like that Side Order should've have 40/50 floors and mission objectives instead of 30 floors and mission objectives.
I feel like that Parallel Canon boss fight should've been Agent 4's boss fight in Side Order.
I feel like we should've got more character development for Pearl, Marina, and DedF1sh in Side Order.
I feel like that we should've unlock Agent 4 once we beat the main game of Side Order.
I feel like we should've got more boss fights in Side Order.
I feel like we should've got more rows of pallets for the color chips in Side Order.
I feel like that we should've got more varieties of color chips and weapons in Side Order.
I feel like that Commander TarTar should've been returned as a nightmare-fuled blender machine in Side Order.
I feel like that Side Order should've taken place in some kind of dark, Desolate dimension instead of dystopian simulation.
I feel like that the Jeletons in Side Order should've been fossil-like Jeletons instead of toy-like Jeletons.
I feel like that we should've got a secret boss fight in Side Order.
And I feel like that Side Order should've gone through a different and darker direction.
Other than that, Side Order is still a solid DLC.
Also Ted, can you do a try not to laugh/cringe challenge of Splatoon, please?
Also Ted, can you do a reaction video to Murder Drones, Lackadaisy, and The Amazing Digital Circus, please?
You did it, the crazy son of a bitch, you did it
If I ever find a compilation of Splatoon memes that's long enough for a video sure I'd be down. I've already seen the first Lackadaisy and Digital Circus episode but I haven't seen EP 2 yet and I haven't seen Murder Drones yet either. Idk if I'm even allowed to upload reactions to those tho tbh
i made the grave mistake of setting my standards and expectations as high as octo expac put them and getting a spinoff shoehorned into the base game as DLC which for me places side order way below octo expac regardless of quality of the content itself in isolation
pricing wise, for what i got, the price was too high when we compare it to past nintendo DLC and their pricings
at most, side order is worth $10 on its own and inkopolis plaza is worth no more than $5 and we were forced to buy all of it in one lump on top of it, not buying another splatoon dlc let alone another splatoon until everything in 3 is addressed
tl:dr?
Not fully worth the price, but not a complete rip off. For you I'd say just pass on it, you'd be done with the main game probably in the same time I finished it
I would’ve much, MUCH rather it be an actual story mode with an actual threat, like how tartars backstory was set up. im genuinely sad how much better it could’ve been. if I’m being honest, the first play through that lasted less than 3 HOURS just felt like “ there’s a villain you need to defeat, go defeat him, and then you finish the game. Woohoo” its still good though
and some friends placed this as better than octo expac
hi ted!!!
Hello Ethan Rock 👋
Teddy.
You say the songs like the word
The numbers are just there for aesthetic purposes 💀
Shhhh, I just had to make sure ya know lmao
I'm not sure if i like your story changes? It would be permanent changes to the world that you could not fix unless you paid 25$
Slight misunderstanding. The changes I made would be for the intro of SO and would be presented through the news intro into a cutscene into agent 8 waking up
Well YES but actually NOT really much.
This is the most accurate response to the video title. Thank you Kurumi Tokisaki from Date A Live
I think it gave S3 a spike, but the fresh season wasn't banger (probably one of the worst seasons, seriously how do they manage to release this season and manage to make chill season #1 look better-)
And the story got killed seriously this feels like Hero mode 1&2 stories, and smollusk is a bad villain, I feel like his desperation goes away because of how he speaks, you can't take his UwU talk seriously, and the main story ends after clearing the first palette, and I feel like It would need to actually hit story beats it sets up instead of it being brought up and never resolved like it was just forgotten about, Like seriously Why does 8 just have memory loss now?
The memory loss was so pointless, nothing in the story would've changed if she had her memory so I seriously don't get why they went that route.
No. It did not. Still cool tho
nah not for me
haven’t touched it after i 888% it
no
TLDR: nah not really
No, because Splatoon 3 didn't need to be saved.
The game was mid at start and a couple of seasons still mid and story was awesome but DLC is kinda mid not octo expansion GOOD so
5-6/10
First
Nah it was kinda mid