1. it said that bear #3 was the only survivor 2. if you look at the other alterna logs, then you can deduce that they used the crystallized ink that the scientists were working on
The crystals were also what accelerated the evolution of sea life, reflecting humanity in the creatures the squids and octos that consumed the crystals in the ruins of Alterna
The reason Cuttlefish is forced into a squid form and all dried up is because when Agent 3 is listening into the Radio Transmissions between Mr. Grizz, and Cuttlefish is because Mr. Grizz states that Cuttlefish’s Brain is exactly what he needed.. Before cutting out. Which is most likely Cuttlefish is laying there lifeless.
A thing you didn’t mention was that Mr. Grizz actually did survive the explosion. If you watch the credits and look closely, you can see him floating around, still alive. I feel like this has to be a hint at his return in some form, since if they wanted to get rid of him, it would’ve made more sense to just not show him again, but this was done intentionally. People are already speculating that Lil’ Judd took over Grizzco, so maybe Mr. Grizz may have a supportive role if he comes back.
My favorite Easter egg is that Big Man’s Fight is actually a reference to Super Mario Sunshine. In Sunshine you fight a Shadowy Manta Ray that splits in half and leaves ink trails right behind just like Big Man. The name for the boss is even “The Manta Storm” and Big man’s boss intro calls him “The Hype Manta Storm”.
When you finish the story mode, the Mr. Grizz radio can be found next to the Squidbeak Splatoon, and the radio is replaced with Hugefry holding Mr.Grizz in his mouth. You can see it in the Salmon Run lobby. Love this little detail.
also lil judd has a little mic on during the end of matches after beating story mode. this is presumably supposed to show that lil judd is running grizzco now… for some reason
You forgot one thing, Li'l Judd. Li'l Judd gains a headset after beating the game for unknown reasons. People believe it has to do with Grizz Co but it still remains a mystery. Not having the Judd's in the story mode Titled "Return Of The Mammalians" just makes me believe Li'l Judd will reveal his backstabbing plan in the DLC.
P!us there slamon run these when yuo fight them in tbleturfbattle Whic more proof they teasin Who new mr grizz like they did in 2 whit beat realed thigs
there is also a sunken scroll seemingly written by lil about Judds weaknesses. and last time there was a seemingly random sunken scroll about a character, it was foreshadowing for pearls final attack in OE
I kinda hope Octavio's progress gets elaborated on in the dlc as after the first confrontation he disappears for the entire game but the end. Would be nice to see more of him as he try to make his new mech seen in the final fight instead of it being entirely random.
@@kizoomtite4779 What's up with the Octolings in the first place? Is the fuzzy ooze supposed to be a brainwashing thing? I feel like a fellow Octoling wouldn't attack Agent 3 if they're an Octoling.
So with Little Buddy/Smallfry after rewatching the transformation scenes a lot because I loved it so much, it hit me. I think the reason he transforms is the same reason that Mr. Grizz is a GIANT bear. (since he was presumably a normal sized bear before). Little Buddy has been spending the entire story eating those fuzz balls. Those fuzzballs were made by mr grizz combining those crystal things with his fur. So Little buddy basically has a lot of those crystal things inside him. Similar to how they reacted to the wishes of the humans and then reacted to the wishes of Mr. Grizz I think now after all the fuzz balls he ate, they're reacting to Little Buddies desire to save the earth/fight Mr. Grizz/be a big boy (whatever motivated him) Edit: my above explanation does not take away from the fact the calamari Inkantation was 100% involved. I didn't mention it cuz I assumed it was a given. I just think the song + the fuzzballs is what lead to the perfect combination of events that led to the creation of hugefry. I think the crystals resonated with the song and hopes of little buddy and all marine life.
@@alexwixom4599 oh 100% the calamari inkantation was a very important part of the process as it has been in all 3 games. The transformation would have never happened without it. I just didn't mention it because when I typed it I had already considered it a given since the transformation happens right as the song starts. I edited my comment to include that the song was also involved
Theories as to how Cap'n cuttlefish got revived: Cap'n cuttlefish isn't an inkling, and as such, can survive water. Inkling tears aren't actually water. Dehydrated inklings can be rehydrated with water, and brought back. Also, the saddest part of the ending was Mr grizz saying "you will not receive severance pay."
Inklings arent allergic to water its just that too much water can make them pop, I like to think of them as liquid filled membranes that swell up due to osmosis, with water wanting to enter the body rather than exit, this also in turn dilutes the ink they are comprised of and cause them to burst when surrounded by water. This is why i think rain is a relative non issue for them unless they get stuck in a typhoon or flood, though that begs the question why they have an entire water park resort.
i like to imagine Mr Grizz survived the explosion fully, and tumbled back to earth, with his revelation of things needing to move forward, he could still use Grizzco and the golden eggs to make profit and make new discoveries for the sake of the new world
Bruh yall blind he is still alive. If you actually looked at the credits he is still alive floating in space. And it seems lil jud has taken over Grizzco as after the story mode he is seen wearing a head set
Sadly, its hinted towards that salmon run most likely went into lil judd's hands, because he gets an ear piece out of nowhere when you complete the story mode.
Yeah, who knows, maybe the Salmon eggs could be used to benefit Splatsville too. That, and I like to believe that he's still operating Grizz-co from space. (I know that's not the case but it's a funny thought)
@@mooncake8059 Technically speaking, the splatoon 3 direct labelled this story mode as the end of the saga. Most likely talking about the story modes specifically as a part of the New squidbeak splatoon, maybe the dlc will take a different approach.
Whatever they do, I just hope they don't end up rehashing Octo Expansion again. The rocket section is just a bad bootleg of the Kamabo Corp escape, and the actual style of levels (which btw were painfully short an unfulfilling) was just Octo Expansion 2 Electric Boogaloo. We need something properly NEW.
I actually would have liked to see an alternate scenario where Mr. Grizz actually succeeded in his plan. Definitely would have been a very different ending.
There is a game over screen in the DJ Octavio ship phase. I know because I failed it 2 times. Edit: I see what you mean now, you mean like after a long time after the bad ending. It would be interesting to see how the Splatoon world would become if they became mammals, but I guess we’ll never know.
Did anyone else notice that when you’re walking around the platforms in between the final levels you can hear a slow creepy version of the salmon run winning theme?
I think that maybe it isn't all sad: the lore stuff says how it was a human essence imposed on the squids and octopuses (I think), so basically it is human essence in squids, so they live on in some way. Idk, just looking for some hope. Bro, the Alterna people would have survived longer if they just stayed in the cave or exited through normal means, like -_-
The human scientists probably wanted to fly into the skies too, like their ancestors did. But yeah, launching a rocket in a cave definitely wasn’t the smartest idea.
Yeah imo it's melancholy but not just sad. Humans in their current form died, but their hopes and dreams and essence was passed on and continues to thrive
I remember that in one of their lore videos, rassicas once said "I hope that when they reveal mr grizz's identity, it doesn't turn out to be an actual bear" and I was like "eh nintendo is not THAT obvious"... now I feel like a clown.
11:13 this is actually one of the sunken scrolls! The three moving stages that the idol sing on that combine at the end of the show are part of a festival celebrating the joining together of three types of marine life in order to create one force that saved the entirety of splatsville and the crater! I loved how they tied that in and how the salmonids were the thrid type of marine life!
it is noted that the liquid comes from squids in one of the Alterna Logs and is what causes the ceiling of alterna to look like a sky despite being fake
Ok so here’s my theory. Mr grizz is still alive and I’m pretty sure we all know that at this point and it’s hinted that lil Judd took over salmon run. But the big runs still happen which I feel like people are forgetting about. I think Mr grizz is still helping to do salmon run but in a good way to help the salmon not invade inkopolis and kill them all and I don’t think he’s evil as he has accepted the world will not become all mammals at the end of the boss fight. And for those wondering, the power eggs are probably now used to power inkopolis
I think they just went with Agent 3 again because Splatoon 3 keeps referring to the number 3 like the Octo Expansion did with the number 8. Also Ursine Anomaly 3 for the same reason :P
they did the same think with Octo Expansion. Octopi have 8 tentacles, Agent 8, 8 ball levels, 888.8% in the ending cutscene, Mr. Nogami's 8-pose in the credits - it's basically just the same thing with 3
So log 6 tells us the squids and octopi that would become inklings and octolings became our spiritual successors? Pretty neat. That and more mentions of cryopods which is..... *interesting....*
It said in a Splatoon 2 sunken sea scroll that, the Salminoids come up to attack the inklings/octolings since "ancient times". So we might still fight the salminoids.
Pretty sure inklings don’t just die when they touch water, they need water to survive, as seen with Cuttlefish before the final boss. They probably die when submerged in too much water. The new captain (old Agent 3) “reviving” Cuttlefish implies that he wasn’t actually dead, but dehydrated as Callie states. Yes, this is stupid and yes, you can reply with ”🤓”
nah, i think you prolly right. they might just not be hydrodynamic, and drown when submerged since they can't swim, but can still interact with water in ways we humans do
I think the return of the mammalians lore is so interesting. At first I didn’t like the thought that the squid’s evolution was sped up because of the hopes and dreams of the dead humans. But it’s kind of poetic and symbolic of real evolution. When the age of reptiles was over, mamals filled in the leftover niche. Squidkids just filled in the leftover niche of a civilization. Return of the mamalians strait up says the mammalians may be gone but their essence is still here. Just like the dolphins filled in for the ichthyosaurs and the birds filled in the terasaurs. But there is one ‘mamalian’ left kinda. 1 the great zapfish clearly contacted some fuzzy ooze and survived. And ORCA while not an organic being is a whale- an aquatic mamal. It makes me wonder if return of the mammalians isn’t complete yet, if ORCA will find a way to regenerate whales to live with the inkling and octolings.
I personally believe Lil Judd will be a villain in the DLC. He is hinted to have taken over Grizzco. after the events of RotM by the fact he has a headset after you beat the story mode. He also has a full Salmon Run-themed deck of cards in Tableturf battles. Also, if I’m not wrong, one of the sunken scrolls says that lil Judd harbors a hatred or resentment for either Judd, Inklings/Octarians or at least his position in life.
The crystalized liquid was the same liquid as the one talked about in Alterna log 3 and 5. In 3 it talks about how they made it and what its used for and 5 it talks about how this liquid effectively accelerated the Squid, Octopuses, and many different sea creatures' evolution by influencing their impulses to the point where they effectively forced many *many* generations of lives that would normally take much longer than 3k+ years (since only 5k years had passed since Alterna's Collapse and there would still need to be some time in order to cause such changes and to also traverse the world by land with a body not perfectly suited for walking yet so I'll say they left after 3k years of evolution) in order to satiate this impulse to walk on earth's surface.
At this point I think Grizzco will become a energy supplier, we know that the golden eggs hold power witch is why grizz was collecting them first until he though of stealing the zap fish so I think grizzco will still be around probably under a different name. We still know that the octolings are still struggling with power, then theirs that eerie comment that deep cut said about the zap fish looking different could mean that the zap fish itself is losing it power? but that's just a theory.
Mr grizz is alive in some form due to him being able to breathe in space and also being seen floating in scape with his eyes open as one commenter stated
In splatoon 2 the ark Polaris is seen. There are warnings for bears in English on the map, which we now know is mr grizz. The secret log explains it too.
Something of note: Mr grizz said that he wouldn't underestimate the squidbeak spaltoon leader AGAIN, meaning that not only does he know who cuttlefish is, but also has probably foughten him in close combat (or as close as bear and a military leader can get) but cuttlefish is now not only no longer the captain, but he is also a smelly old man, meaning the Mr.grizz fuzzball discovery was founded while cuttlefish was at his prime AND that the crystals had somehow granted him immortality including a substance that can turn living creatures into mammals
Here’s one thing some people I think are getting a bit wrong. It’s the fact that Mr. Grizz is still alive and that there are still going to be more SR content especially since there is gonna be the invasions.
I like how Splatoon 3's story mode incorporates a lot of the new elements introduced in Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion, for example, the "bad ending" cutscene if you fail the final boss.
the crystals mentioned in the final log are the crystals the humans of Alterna used to replicate the the sky, they’re also the crystals that caused the inklings, octolings, and other marine life to grow a conscious desire to live on the surface (and I assume the fact that the crystals were designed to change colors at the human’s desire is what gave the Ink/Octolings the ability to change their ink color
8:31 Ok so I don't know all the details (nobody really does tbh) but there is canon proof Inklings actually have showers meaning SOME water doesn't actually kill them. It's sort of confusing but I assume it's a certain amount of water that could kill them.
What still puzzles me is what happened to Marina after the last splatfest. In Splatoon 2, Callie was turned evil after the last splatfest of the first game. Maybe a dlc will explore the history of the salmonoids & we'll get to see everything that happened to the fan favorite idol of Off the Hook
One of the sunken scrolls mentions Off the Hook started doing vocals for some other band. There would need to be some explanation of how that's going for them.
one thing to note is that after you beat mr grizz, little judd gets a headset you can see when matches are decided. keep note of this for future expansions....
Okay, you say you're explaining the end but neglect to read the Sunken Scrolls to learn about the Three Lights that united to consume disaster? It's all up in there. Just look through the sunken scrolls and it gives a bit of insight to things here
7:00 Mr.Grizz finding "Crystalized liquid spread all over the walls" I am sure that is just the liquid crystal that makes the sky in alterna. And is the same stuff that is the main component of Inkling Ink. basically he came into contact with the raw mutigenic Psychic Technicolor liquid goop.
Hm, if you have such a hard time calling the Original Agent 3 for the Old Agent 3, then why don’t you just do what Callie and Marie does and call them The Captain or if that would prove too confusing, maybe you just could call them Captain 3 or something.
So...villain is a relic of the humans and their age, having survived for over ten thousand years before emerging and repurposing human technology for his own needs. Then, he starts up a company to trick people into helping his plans, before using his creation to try and cover the world in mind-control goop, only to be defeated by the heroes with the help of some side characters and a big laser. And he's later hinted to maybe still be alive. Gee, does this remind anyone of a certain telephone?
ummm... isn't a Cuttlefish a type of cephalopod, just like Squids and Octopi? Because I feel like that could hint at them ALSO having ink and, by proxy, a weakness to water...
People who played Splatoon 2 only: hopefully mr grizz is not a bear. People who only played this one: guys I think he is a bear. People who played both: Now I feel like a idiot
Mr grizz is actually alive is you look at the earth in one of the scenes you can see Mr grizz floating around up there and why he still communicates with us and a side note once you complete the game he actually is replaced with a fish biting a bear
octolings and Inklings don't die when they touch water. they just can't swim, the dissolve is just a game play mechanic or maybe a Defensive measure so they can revive on dry land.
bro... ...Marina literally said in Splatoon 2 during one of the announcements that "water is deadly to us." And the context was Pearl saying "Remember to drink up, gotta stay hydrated!" with her response being "that sounds well and good... until you remember that water is deadly to us"
It says in the logs humans went completely extinct. After Alterna's collapse and crash landing of the Ark Polaris, I think it is safe to assume Humans are gone.
@@Miguel-iv5ft Oh I know about the war, but those Orca logs managed to record the launch of the Ark Polaris--which launched roughly before Alterna was established (as far as we know anyway). If there had been other survivors, wouldn't the log have also recorded them as well?
@@sealover7134 The ark was launched after the hour 00:00 (The nuclear bomb) so it probably that the sides of the war not share their info about their own "Alterna". Anyway, we would need more info about the last human war, and how advance was the humans in this universe.
Honestly, I thought out of anything, I didn’t expect Mr. Grizz to just… be a bear. A really fat bear, but a bear none the less. I dunno why, but I didn’t expect it to be so straightforward, lol.
6:40 that’s explain why there’s a rocket in salmon run in splatoon 2 it makes more sense now because people are making teorís about that a bear or humans
I think the most unsettling part is the last point you see grizz in the fight, he's heavily mutilated, missing a lot of his old size and... warped? You blasted him so hard he's literally cleaved from.
Mr. Grizz is still alive, the explosion severally damaged him but if you look at the debris during the credits he's not dead. his eyes are still glowing and full of life. He's just left to float endlessly in space
From bits that I understand from the lore of the second game and this one its that the salmonids are an annual thing in their world, as in I think they are a problem every 7 years I think it said in world and Grizz decided to make capital off them since he needed their power eggs and they are sort of a problem anyways.(turns out the real villain was capitalism this whole time) but I guess that's more theorizing on my part with the clues we are given with the sunken scrolls. Also I heard that this is the last splatoon game with the story line of the squidbreak characters so I'm so hyped on what they'll do next. Maybe that last sunken scroll was setting up either the dlc or the next game?
The only thing g I don't get is if we're cool with Octavio since he help us or he just did that cause he didn't want mr.grizz to succeed maybe it'll be explained in the upcoming dlc.
I just noticed that in Splatoon two Pearl comments on how the great zap fish looks smaller than she thought and in Splatoon three shiver also comments that it looks a little different
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1. it said that bear #3 was the only survivor
2. if you look at the other alterna logs, then you can deduce that they used the crystallized ink that the scientists were working on
It also said that the crystals both store and project desires. You want more mammals? Here you go Ted :-)
The crystals were also what accelerated the evolution of sea life, reflecting humanity in the creatures the squids and octos that consumed the crystals in the ruins of Alterna
no??? did you play the fucking game it literally makes no sense that bear #3 was the only survivor
The reason Cuttlefish is forced into a squid form and all dried up is because when Agent 3 is listening into the Radio Transmissions between Mr. Grizz, and Cuttlefish is because Mr. Grizz states that Cuttlefish’s Brain is exactly what he needed.. Before cutting out. Which is most likely Cuttlefish is laying there lifeless.
A thing you didn’t mention was that Mr. Grizz actually did survive the explosion. If you watch the credits and look closely, you can see him floating around, still alive. I feel like this has to be a hint at his return in some form, since if they wanted to get rid of him, it would’ve made more sense to just not show him again, but this was done intentionally. People are already speculating that Lil’ Judd took over Grizzco, so maybe Mr. Grizz may have a supportive role if he comes back.
True that
I think there’s a possibility mr grizz is actually dead, because floating through space is not something you need life for
@@cheeseitpuffsthe4orthandahalf yeah, but his eyes are clearly open, and he's looking at the camera as he drifts around
Yh he’s floating around in space with vector waiting for his time for a 2nd chance lol
@@cjlite0210 oh I didn’t know that sorry
My favorite Easter egg is that Big Man’s Fight is actually a reference to Super Mario Sunshine. In Sunshine you fight a Shadowy Manta Ray that splits in half and leaves ink trails right behind just like Big Man. The name for the boss is even “The Manta Storm” and Big man’s boss intro calls him “The Hype Manta Storm”.
That's the first thing I thought of when fighting him I'm glad I'm not alone
When you finish the story mode, the Mr. Grizz radio can be found next to the Squidbeak Splatoon, and the radio is replaced with Hugefry holding Mr.Grizz in his mouth. You can see it in the Salmon Run lobby. Love this little detail.
also lil judd has a little mic on during the end of matches after beating story mode. this is presumably supposed to show that lil judd is running grizzco now… for some reason
@@realbrobo Where is lil judd even located ?
@@Hellhero130 He isn't even in the hub. They mean he's wearing a headset after turf war battles, when the two Judd's are... Judd-ging.
@@Hellhero130 when judd and lil judd are judging a match results
@Purple_blood it's probably the og one from s2
You forgot one thing, Li'l Judd. Li'l Judd gains a headset after beating the game for unknown reasons. People believe it has to do with Grizz Co but it still remains a mystery.
Not having the Judd's in the story mode Titled "Return Of The Mammalians" just makes me believe Li'l Judd will reveal his backstabbing plan in the DLC.
P!us there slamon run these when yuo fight them in tbleturfbattle Whic more proof they teasin Who new mr grizz like they did in 2 whit beat realed thigs
@@alexanderdahms4001 your engrish is great
It is canon that Li'l Judd has a grudge against Judd as Li'l Judd feels inferior for being his clone. I think this will be expanded on in the DLC.
@@joaneminxy
One thing I learned
The more broken the spelling is, the more likely it is that they are native speakers
there is also a sunken scroll seemingly written by lil about Judds weaknesses. and last time there was a seemingly random sunken scroll about a character, it was foreshadowing for pearls final attack in OE
I kinda hope Octavio's progress gets elaborated on in the dlc as after the first confrontation he disappears for the entire game but the end. Would be nice to see more of him as he try to make his new mech seen in the final fight instead of it being entirely random.
Especially cause the octolings never get cured of fuzzy ink- there's no way he's just gonna give up on his troops
I think it's a very likely possibility, considering that the DLC seems to involve Pearl and Marina and Marina was one of his scientists.
@@kizoomtite4779 What's up with the Octolings in the first place? Is the fuzzy ooze supposed to be a brainwashing thing? I feel like a fellow Octoling wouldn't attack Agent 3 if they're an Octoling.
@@popsicIes it can be if octavio isnt controlling them
So with Little Buddy/Smallfry after rewatching the transformation scenes a lot because I loved it so much, it hit me. I think the reason he transforms is the same reason that Mr. Grizz is a GIANT bear. (since he was presumably a normal sized bear before). Little Buddy has been spending the entire story eating those fuzz balls. Those fuzzballs were made by mr grizz combining those crystal things with his fur. So Little buddy basically has a lot of those crystal things inside him. Similar to how they reacted to the wishes of the humans and then reacted to the wishes of Mr. Grizz I think now after all the fuzz balls he ate, they're reacting to Little Buddies desire to save the earth/fight Mr. Grizz/be a big boy (whatever motivated him)
Edit: my above explanation does not take away from the fact the calamari Inkantation was 100% involved. I didn't mention it cuz I assumed it was a given. I just think the song + the fuzzballs is what lead to the perfect combination of events that led to the creation of hugefry. I think the crystals resonated with the song and hopes of little buddy and all marine life.
The Calamari Inkantation as well, cause we know this song has special properties.
That's a perfect explanation, although I personally believe singing the calamari incantation was part of the process.
@@alexwixom4599 oh 100% the calamari inkantation was a very important part of the process as it has been in all 3 games. The transformation would have never happened without it. I just didn't mention it because when I typed it I had already considered it a given since the transformation happens right as the song starts. I edited my comment to include that the song was also involved
Theories as to how Cap'n cuttlefish got revived:
Cap'n cuttlefish isn't an inkling, and as such, can survive water.
Inkling tears aren't actually water.
Dehydrated inklings can be rehydrated with water, and brought back.
Also, the saddest part of the ending was Mr grizz saying "you will not receive severance pay."
Inkling or not, he IS a living creature. They ALL need water.
Cap'n Cuttlefish isn't a Cuttlefish despite his name, he's an inkling just like Callie and Marie
Inklings and octolings still need water to survive
Inklings arent allergic to water its just that too much water can make them pop, I like to think of them as liquid filled membranes that swell up due to osmosis, with water wanting to enter the body rather than exit, this also in turn dilutes the ink they are comprised of and cause them to burst when surrounded by water. This is why i think rain is a relative non issue for them unless they get stuck in a typhoon or flood, though that begs the question why they have an entire water park resort.
lol innit that was so sad,like how do i afford my micky d's if i dont get payment from this
@@themushroominside6540 I’m pretty sure it’s just we can’t swim
i like to imagine Mr Grizz survived the explosion fully, and tumbled back to earth, with his revelation of things needing to move forward, he could still use Grizzco and the golden eggs to make profit and make new discoveries for the sake of the new world
If Mr grizz use the profits for the world I could the next splatoon game having a more futuristic theme
Bruh yall blind he is still alive. If you actually looked at the credits he is still alive floating in space. And it seems lil jud has taken over Grizzco as after the story mode he is seen wearing a head set
Sadly, its hinted towards that salmon run most likely went into lil judd's hands, because he gets an ear piece out of nowhere when you complete the story mode.
Yeah, who knows, maybe the Salmon eggs could be used to benefit Splatsville too. That, and I like to believe that he's still operating Grizz-co from space. (I know that's not the case but it's a funny thought)
@@v3ndali Well, y'know if or when he ever gets pulled back down to earth.
There is _no way_ the DLC is gonna top this epic finale, let alone the Octo Expansion.
Edit: I mean the final boss, not the end of the franchise.
Who said its the finale?
Who knows, maybe Nintendo has other plans..
@@mooncake8059 he means the splatoon 3 story mode finale
@@mooncake8059 Technically speaking, the splatoon 3 direct labelled this story mode as the end of the saga. Most likely talking about the story modes specifically as a part of the New squidbeak splatoon, maybe the dlc will take a different approach.
Whatever they do, I just hope they don't end up rehashing Octo Expansion again. The rocket section is just a bad bootleg of the Kamabo Corp escape, and the actual style of levels (which btw were painfully short an unfulfilling) was just Octo Expansion 2 Electric Boogaloo. We need something properly NEW.
Who knows????
I think the "three lights" are mentioned on one of the sunken scrolls, so maybe it's an ancient event happening again?
I thought that’s what led to huge fry happening. Shiver mentions smth about it during his transformation and all the sea life uniting
three lights?
I actually would have liked to see an alternate scenario where Mr. Grizz actually succeeded in his plan. Definitely would have been a very different ending.
And speaking of Grizz...
It was just me or did i see him during the credits...?
@@MrOz1705 yeah yyou saw him
@@LiveOrcaReaction ...kinda?
I saw a big fuzz ball on space...
Fun fact: if yuo die in final fight that what happens
There is a game over screen in the DJ Octavio ship phase. I know because I failed it 2 times.
Edit: I see what you mean now, you mean like after a long time after the bad ending. It would be interesting to see how the Splatoon world would become if they became mammals, but I guess we’ll never know.
Did anyone else notice that when you’re walking around the platforms in between the final levels you can hear a slow creepy version of the salmon run winning theme?
Yep, the "Happy Little Workers" motif seems to be in quite a few of the songs towards the end of the story mode
I think that maybe it isn't all sad: the lore stuff says how it was a human essence imposed on the squids and octopuses (I think), so basically it is human essence in squids, so they live on in some way. Idk, just looking for some hope. Bro, the Alterna people would have survived longer if they just stayed in the cave or exited through normal means, like -_-
Who could've guessed that ego and the desire to make an explosive impact would be our greatest downfall
Also "God I wish squids were real"
@@baimhakani o h n o . . .
The human scientists probably wanted to fly into the skies too, like their ancestors did. But yeah, launching a rocket in a cave definitely wasn’t the smartest idea.
Yeah imo it's melancholy but not just sad. Humans in their current form died, but their hopes and dreams and essence was passed on and continues to thrive
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I remember that in one of their lore videos, rassicas once said "I hope that when they reveal mr grizz's identity, it doesn't turn out to be an actual bear" and I was like "eh nintendo is not THAT obvious"... now I feel like a clown.
bruh
11:13 this is actually one of the sunken scrolls! The three moving stages that the idol sing on that combine at the end of the show are part of a festival celebrating the joining together of three types of marine life in order to create one force that saved the entirety of splatsville and the crater! I loved how they tied that in and how the salmonids were the thrid type of marine life!
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The Crystals are a big part of the lore you need to finish all the levels to get all the logs unscrambled
I love how DJ Octavio was able to help them
i liked that he was helping i just didnt enjoy having to ride the mech at the end cause of the "weapon" you had to use
@@young_G_glitch me to
it is noted that the liquid comes from squids in one of the Alterna Logs and is what causes the ceiling of alterna to look like a sky despite being fake
specify which liquid?
Ok so here’s my theory. Mr grizz is still alive and I’m pretty sure we all know that at this point and it’s hinted that lil Judd took over salmon run. But the big runs still happen which I feel like people are forgetting about. I think Mr grizz is still helping to do salmon run but in a good way to help the salmon not invade inkopolis and kill them all and I don’t think he’s evil as he has accepted the world will not become all mammals at the end of the boss fight. And for those wondering, the power eggs are probably now used to power inkopolis
I think they just went with Agent 3 again because Splatoon 3 keeps referring to the number 3 like the Octo Expansion did with the number 8. Also Ursine Anomaly 3 for the same reason :P
They went back to number 3 because the old agent 3 is the new captain
@@DaSwagGoose Yeah, they did that so the protagonist can be named Agent 3 to keep up with the theme of the number 3
they did the same think with Octo Expansion. Octopi have 8 tentacles, Agent 8, 8 ball levels, 888.8% in the ending cutscene, Mr. Nogami's 8-pose in the credits - it's basically just the same thing with 3
Also, the price to play the final level is 333 eggs
@@Aidea._. And the reward is 3,333 eggs
Who else thinks that Little Judd may be involved in the next campaign or is a villain or something?
He was planning to kill Judd
pls no i don't think I'll be able to kill a cat
So log 6 tells us the squids and octopi that would become inklings and octolings became our spiritual successors? Pretty neat. That and more mentions of cryopods which is..... *interesting....*
It said in a Splatoon 2 sunken sea scroll that, the Salminoids come up to attack the inklings/octolings since "ancient times". So we might still fight the salminoids.
Pretty sure inklings don’t just die when they touch water, they need water to survive, as seen with Cuttlefish before the final boss. They probably die when submerged in too much water. The new captain (old Agent 3) “reviving” Cuttlefish implies that he wasn’t actually dead, but dehydrated as Callie states. Yes, this is stupid and yes, you can reply with ”🤓”
nah, i think you prolly right. they might just not be hydrodynamic, and drown when submerged since they can't swim, but can still interact with water in ways we humans do
true,facts
Nice one showing the final boss on the thumbnail. Excellent for those who haven’t played it yet.
thank god I dodged any and all media before finishing story mode
I think the return of the mammalians lore is so interesting. At first I didn’t like the thought that the squid’s evolution was sped up because of the hopes and dreams of the dead humans. But it’s kind of poetic and symbolic of real evolution. When the age of reptiles was over, mamals filled in the leftover niche. Squidkids just filled in the leftover niche of a civilization. Return of the mamalians strait up says the mammalians may be gone but their essence is still here. Just like the dolphins filled in for the ichthyosaurs and the birds filled in the terasaurs.
But there is one ‘mamalian’ left kinda. 1 the great zapfish clearly contacted some fuzzy ooze and survived. And ORCA while not an organic being is a whale- an aquatic mamal. It makes me wonder if return of the mammalians isn’t complete yet, if ORCA will find a way to regenerate whales to live with the inkling and octolings.
I personally believe Lil Judd will be a villain in the DLC. He is hinted to have taken over Grizzco. after the events of RotM by the fact he has a headset after you beat the story mode. He also has a full Salmon Run-themed deck of cards in Tableturf battles. Also, if I’m not wrong, one of the sunken scrolls says that lil Judd harbors a hatred or resentment for either Judd, Inklings/Octarians or at least his position in life.
There's a thing with the Zapfish. The whiskers or whatever on it's face are completely black now instead of glowing like before.
If I remember correctly Shiver says it looks off in the end of story mode
since Cuttlefish had no ink in him, he was just squid, so water wont kill him anymore now
A flying squid.
Like man literally turned his hacks on
@@ChaiGptea1010 he was definitely a smash. Like 10/10
@@ChaiGptea1010 /gamemode creative
@@Sera12105 /gamemode spectator
@@ninlaw9810 man had 10 years of a hardcore world 😢
The crystalized liquid was the same liquid as the one talked about in Alterna log 3 and 5. In 3 it talks about how they made it and what its used for and 5 it talks about how this liquid effectively accelerated the Squid, Octopuses, and many different sea creatures' evolution by influencing their impulses to the point where they effectively forced many *many* generations of lives that would normally take much longer than 3k+ years (since only 5k years had passed since Alterna's Collapse and there would still need to be some time in order to cause such changes and to also traverse the world by land with a body not perfectly suited for walking yet so I'll say they left after 3k years of evolution) in order to satiate this impulse to walk on earth's surface.
At this point I think Grizzco will become a energy supplier, we know that the golden eggs hold power witch is why grizz was collecting them first until he though of stealing the zap fish so I think grizzco will still be around probably under a different name. We still know that the octolings are still struggling with power, then theirs that eerie comment that deep cut said about the zap fish looking different could mean that the zap fish itself is losing it power? but that's just a theory.
If you looked at the credits you would have seen Mr. Grizz floating around in space probably shifting the salmon run shifts
If Mr. Grizz comes back i hope he realizes he cant defeat us and just runs his business like that: a business. Without a secret plot behind it.
Mr grizz is alive in some form due to him being able to breathe in space and also being seen floating in scape with his eyes open as one commenter stated
Good job on putting spoilers in the thumbnail! Thanks!
Eh, no love loss there. I think spoilers are stress relievers.
@@ma3mc3mu-X Okay you maybe, but most people wouldn't think so.
In splatoon 2 the ark Polaris is seen. There are warnings for bears in English on the map, which we now know is mr grizz. The secret log explains it too.
Something of note: Mr grizz said that he wouldn't underestimate the squidbeak spaltoon leader AGAIN, meaning that not only does he know who cuttlefish is, but also has probably foughten him in close combat (or as close as bear and a military leader can get) but cuttlefish is now not only no longer the captain, but he is also a smelly old man, meaning the Mr.grizz fuzzball discovery was founded while cuttlefish was at his prime AND that the crystals had somehow granted him immortality including a substance that can turn living creatures into mammals
I was not expecting the story to be THIS GOOD!
Here’s one thing some people I think are getting a bit wrong. It’s the fact that Mr. Grizz is still alive and that there are still going to be more SR content especially since there is gonna be the invasions.
I like how Splatoon 3's story mode incorporates a lot of the new elements introduced in Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion, for example, the "bad ending" cutscene if you fail the final boss.
In the end credits you can see mr grizz is circling the world but he’s usually covered by the ink
3:27
Oh. He ded
I never noticed captain 3 collapse and flop on the ground while playing which makes this so much funnier to me
the crystals mentioned in the final log are the crystals the humans of Alterna used to replicate the the sky, they’re also the crystals that caused the inklings, octolings, and other marine life to grow a conscious desire to live on the surface (and I assume the fact that the crystals were designed to change colors at the human’s desire is what gave the Ink/Octolings the ability to change their ink color
don’t include spoilers in the thumbnail
The story was absolutely incredible. I can’t believe we were right about Grizz being the main antagonist
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Ok so I don't know all the details (nobody really does tbh) but there is canon proof Inklings actually have showers meaning SOME water doesn't actually kill them. It's sort of confusing but I assume it's a certain amount of water that could kill them.
What still puzzles me is what happened to Marina after the last splatfest. In Splatoon 2, Callie was turned evil after the last splatfest of the first game. Maybe a dlc will explore the history of the salmonoids & we'll get to see everything that happened to the fan favorite idol of Off the Hook
One of the sunken scrolls mentions Off the Hook started doing vocals for some other band. There would need to be some explanation of how that's going for them.
Please don't put spoilers in the thumbnail from now on, thank you
Mr. GRiZ is still alive in the credits you can see him floating around in earths orbit curled up like he’s crying
I am glad I finished the story mode today. Or the thumbnail had been a huge spoiler. Bad move bro😑
I feel like that this was the most interesting Splatoon Story so far and it makes very curious to see how it will play out from here.
one thing to note is that after you beat mr grizz, little judd gets a headset you can see when matches are decided. keep note of this for future expansions....
Okay, you say you're explaining the end but neglect to read the Sunken Scrolls to learn about the Three Lights that united to consume disaster? It's all up in there. Just look through the sunken scrolls and it gives a bit of insight to things here
The crystallised liquid you mention is just liquid crystals, like the kind in LCD screens.
7:00 Mr.Grizz finding "Crystalized liquid spread all over the walls"
I am sure that is just the liquid crystal that makes the sky in alterna.
And is the same stuff that is the main component of Inkling Ink.
basically he came into contact with the raw mutigenic Psychic Technicolor liquid goop.
Rule 1: Wait a month before putting spoilers in the thumbnail.
Thank you
"what about salmon run is it going to be gone in Splatoon 4 , are we going to be hunting sharks"
Meanwhile shiver: *angr*
something interesting is that li'l judd has a headset when you beat the hero mode
5:25 that’s… actually both cool and gruesome at the same time
I'm new around here and just needed to say that your theorys are the most interesting and intriguing by far! Love the content!!
Mr Grizz is floating in the credit backround at one point so he is not dead.
Why did you put that in the thumbnail?
11:10 I remember that the song is a sacred and that was what powered up lil buddy. I think thats the lure
Hm, if you have such a hard time calling the Original Agent 3 for the Old Agent 3, then why don’t you just do what Callie and Marie does and call them The Captain or if that would prove too confusing, maybe you just could call them Captain 3 or something.
So...villain is a relic of the humans and their age, having survived for over ten thousand years before emerging and repurposing human technology for his own needs. Then, he starts up a company to trick people into helping his plans, before using his creation to try and cover the world in mind-control goop, only to be defeated by the heroes with the help of some side characters and a big laser. And he's later hinted to maybe still be alive.
Gee, does this remind anyone of a certain telephone?
Cap'n Cuttlefish is a Cuttlefish, so he wouldn't dissolve or get hurt by water like squids or ocotz
ummm... isn't a Cuttlefish a type of cephalopod, just like Squids and Octopi? Because I feel like that could hint at them ALSO having ink and, by proxy, a weakness to water...
@@pokegirl1799 Hes dehydrated though... he produces no ink...
@@pokegirl1799 Yes, but he doesn't have ink fused in his body, like the inklings and octolings, even when he wasn't dehydrated.
People who played Splatoon 2 only: hopefully mr grizz is not a bear. People who only played this one: guys I think he is a bear. People who played both: Now I feel like a idiot
*normal player*
"It been barely one week ???"
*most of the splat player*
"Yea it been a week*
Mr grizz is actually alive is you look at the earth in one of the scenes you can see Mr grizz floating around up there and why he still communicates with us and a side note once you complete the game he actually is replaced with a fish biting a bear
Mr Grizz is a bear
octolings and Inklings don't die when they touch water. they just can't swim, the dissolve is just a game play mechanic or maybe a Defensive measure so they can revive on dry land.
bro...
...Marina literally said in Splatoon 2 during one of the announcements that "water is deadly to us." And the context was Pearl saying "Remember to drink up, gotta stay hydrated!" with her response being "that sounds well and good... until you remember that water is deadly to us"
Spoilers in the thumbnail
Me just giving up and watching it because there's too many spoilers and no time to complete the story mode
small fry probably got the marine life energy from the golden eggs
You should do a video of a possible return of the humans and how this would affect the story and gameplay as ink can't really effect them
It says in the logs humans went completely extinct. After Alterna's collapse and crash landing of the Ark Polaris, I think it is safe to assume Humans are gone.
I know that I just thought that different groups of humans did something similar but just got lucky but I can understand your point
@@sealover7134 Remember this, humans were at war before the calamity, so there is a possibility that some humans are still alive.
@@Miguel-iv5ft Oh I know about the war, but those Orca logs managed to record the launch of the Ark Polaris--which launched roughly before Alterna was established (as far as we know anyway). If there had been other survivors, wouldn't the log have also recorded them as well?
@@sealover7134 The ark was launched after the hour 00:00 (The nuclear bomb) so it probably that the sides of the war not share their info about their own "Alterna". Anyway, we would need more info about the last human war, and how advance was the humans in this universe.
havent watched the video yet but YOU BETTER NOT SAY A SINGLE THING BAD ABOUT THIS STORY MODE IT IS THE BEST STORY MODE EVER
Honestly, I thought out of anything, I didn’t expect Mr. Grizz to just… be a bear. A really fat bear, but a bear none the less. I dunno why, but I didn’t expect it to be so straightforward, lol.
Agent 3 landed perfectly on the rocket
Smallfry: Ow ow ow augh.. pefect landing :)
6:40 that’s explain why there’s a rocket in salmon run in splatoon 2 it makes more sense now because people are making teorís about that a bear or humans
calling Salmon Run "a side mode" is more of a stretch than Mr Armstrong of the same name
I think the most unsettling part is the last point you see grizz in the fight, he's heavily mutilated, missing a lot of his old size and... warped?
You blasted him so hard he's literally cleaved from.
Mr. Grizz is still alive, the explosion severally damaged him but if you look at the debris during the credits he's not dead. his eyes are still glowing and full of life. He's just left to float endlessly in space
Fun fact after the story mode when you go to salon run the statue turns into a samon holding a bear
13:49 Big runs, salmon go invade land sp defend inkoplois basicly
There’s just one question left what happens if you enter salmon run once you’ve completed the main story
Nothing, but the statue is inverted with a giant Salmon chomping on a bear
Nohting
@@Envy_the_Darksider And the old statue is behind the Squid Sisters HQ and you can refight the final bosd and rewatch the credits there.
From bits that I understand from the lore of the second game and this one its that the salmonids are an annual thing in their world, as in I think they are a problem every 7 years I think it said in world and Grizz decided to make capital off them since he needed their power eggs and they are sort of a problem anyways.(turns out the real villain was capitalism this whole time) but I guess that's more theorizing on my part with the clues we are given with the sunken scrolls.
Also I heard that this is the last splatoon game with the story line of the squidbreak characters so I'm so hyped on what they'll do next. Maybe that last sunken scroll was setting up either the dlc or the next game?
Mr. Grizz is actually alive. you can see him floating around the planet in space for a small time before he floats offscreen.
ok but why did cuttlefish get squidnapped all three games 😭😭
I think that mr.grizz will come back but he will be nice now and use the power eggs for good (:
After the main story is a change on mr. Grizz. He changed into a salmon eating him.
I think the butt ooze was supposed to be his tail
The only thing g I don't get is if we're cool with Octavio since he help us or he just did that cause he didn't want mr.grizz to succeed maybe it'll be explained in the upcoming dlc.
EXT-INK-TION you really missed out there man.
Bro at least hide the spoilers in the thumbnail, many people still haven’t done story mode yet and it hasn’t been a month since the game’s been out.
After you beat the story the bear statue canges into a seal statue in the salmon run lobby. So salmon run might be under new management.
well mr grizze is still alive you can see him on the credits screan
I noticed that Lil Judd has a headset of some kind? And in Salmon run, “Mr. Grizz” is a lot nicer
Maybe since grizz did survive he just keeps running grizzco to keep salmonoids out?
I just noticed that in Splatoon two Pearl comments on how the great zap fish looks smaller than she thought and in Splatoon three shiver also comments that it looks a little different