Splatoon's Story and What It Means To Be Human
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2024
- A deep dive into my personal experience growing up alongside the world depicted in the “Splatoon” series of video games. Part analysis, part rambling, part philosophizing. Take it as seriously or as non-seriously as you like. Either way, thanks for watching :)
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0:00 Beginning With The End
3:49 Splatoon Believes in the World
9:39 A History of Conflict
20:24 That’s Not the Point
34:54 A New Perspective
41:38 The Brilliance of Introversion
54:35 Us & Them
1:05:50 The Human Legacy
1:14:42 Outro
--- Art Featured ---
Madeline Art by: / del_steamer
--- TH-cam Videos Referenced/ Used ---
“What was so good about UNDERTALE, anyway? (A mildly deranged retrospective)” by Andrew Cunningham - • What was so good about...
"Mr Nogami and Mr Takahashi discuss the making of Splatoon at the V&A Museum" by Nintendo UK - • Mr Nogami and Mr Takah...
“How TARTAR Changed in Splatoon 2's English Localization: A linguistic analysis” by rassicas - • How TARTAR Changed in ...
"Splatoon 2 - Developer Interview with Nintendo AUNZ (Nintendo Switch)" by NintendoAU - • Splatoon 2 - Developer...
--- Developer Interviews ---
“What ‘Dark Nintendo’ Means, According To Splatoon's Producer” by GameSpot - www.gamespot.com/articles/wha...
“Celebrating the first anniversary of ‘Splatoon 2’ and the release of ‘Octo Expansion’! An in-depth interview full of secret stories, including the origins of the nostalgia-inducing ‘Octo Expansion’ and the relationship between Agent 8 and Marina! “ by Famitsu, translated by Nintendo Everything, Splattwig, Octopl+s, and rassicas - docs.google.com/document/d/1G...
--- Music Used ---
0:05 Haunted Foes (Hollow Knight: Gods & Nightmares OST)
0:54 Introduction (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
1:08 The One Left Behind (Bug Fables OST)
1:58 To the Gateway (Super Mario Galaxy OST)
3:05 Tussle Among Trees (OMORI OST)
3:49 Scarlet Forest (Deltarune OST)
5:18 Snakemouth Den (Bug Fables OST)
7:30 The Legendary Hero (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker OST)
8:18 Farewell Hyrule King (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker OST)
9:39 Enemy Approaching (UNDERTALE OST)
11:10 In the Court of the Ant Queen (Bug Fables OST)
12:26 Termite Capitol (Bug Fables OST)
13:56 The Sunken Scrolls (Splatoon OST)
15:21 Dead Sea (Splatoon 3 OST)
16:07 Whirlpool Tune (Splatoon 3 OST)
20:24 Through the Halls of History (Hi-Fi RUSH OST)
23:04 Slimy Spring Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2 OST)
25:35 Greenpath (Hollow Knight OST)
29:02 Kingdom's Edge (Hollow Knight OST)
30:21 Hyper Diver (Splatoon 3 OST)
32:34 Calamari Inkantation (Splatoon OST)
34:54 Low Tide (Splatoon 2 OST)
35:33 Nasty Majesty (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
36:16 See In Your Fantasy (OMORI OST)
37:06 Tentacular Circus (Splatoon OST)
37:27 # 12 awake (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
38:29 Introduction (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
38:51 Chorus of Calamari County (Splatoon OST)
40:05 Octoling Rendezvous (Splatoon OST)
40:46 Central Station (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
41:44 Underwater Highway (OMORI OST)
42:47 Poems in the Fog (OMORI OST)
44:16 Hanging With The Boys (OMORI OST)
45:53 A Home For Flowers [Daisy] (OMORI OST)
47:39 Starjump (Celeste OST)
50:19 Agent 3 Appears! (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
50:31 The Plan (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
51:57 Reaching The Surface (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
52:41 Puddles (OMORI OST)
53:06 Commander Tartar's Theme (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
54:53 Reflection (Celeste OST)
57:27 Sad Olivia (Paper Mario: The Origami King OST)
59:16 Alterna Citizen Program M-??: mY dEAR (Splatoon 3 OST)
1:00:08 # 8 regret (Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion OST)
1:02:12 Hyper Diver (Splatoon 3 OST)
1:02:53 Two Shadows in the Sun (Splatoon 3 OST)
1:06:03 How Far We've Come (Hi-Fi RUSH OST)
1:08:22 What the Future Holds (Hi-Fi RUSH OST)
1:10:19 What's the Next Move? (Hi-Fi RUSH OST)
1:11:59 Reflection (Hi-Fi RUSH OST)
1:14:36 Exhale (Celeste OST)
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Hey guys! Thank you so much for watching. This video has been a passion project of mine for the past few months, and I’m really excited to finally release it. Between scripting, voiceover, illustration, animation, and editing, this project took at least a couple hundred hours to complete, and it’s hard to believe it’s actually finished.
Please keep in mind that this essay is a bit more personal than my “discussion” videos. The goal wasn’t really to analyze the games objectively as much as it was to explain my own reasons for falling in love with the world of Splatoon. I hope by listening to these thoughts, you might find something new to take away from this series and video games in general. At the very least, I hope you enjoy!
Thank you for making this! I’d love to see a talkback or discussion be organized if that’s something you’re willing to do.
Videos like this they are so calming like the transitions are so perfect everything
Honestly, I love this type of genre videos like they’re just so beautiful
Thank you so much for making this! I always had an interest in Splatoons story so there is that part as well but…
The message at the end of the video made me feel so hopeful in a way I find hard to discribe. This might just be 1:30 am me talking but even so I can at least say I'll sleep soundly tonight.
Everything you said was Correct.
sometimes i get really emotional thinking about wave goodbye, the splatoon 3 credits song, because you can hear human voices chanting the calamari inkantation. this implies that it was written by humans and passed down to inklings and octolings, even if by accident, and that it is quite literally IN their dna. it makes me wonder if inklings and octolings, upon hearing this song, feel the same hope and joy that we feel when embracing our human nature and indomitable spirit. i know its really silly but its how i feel.
Honestly I never even noticed that but… that fits the lore perfectly.
Even with the lore of the Crystalized Memories as I call it, both it helped Ink/Octolings evolve with society and biology… but also helped them impact their souls for lack of a better term.
Finally someone else who thinks this! If you really think about it, the Calamari Inkantation technically WAS written by humans as Splatoon seems to canonically exist in its own world.
It's nice thinking that the song humans sang for hope of being happy, becoming free and fix the problems of the world, actually accomplished all it's goals
In a way, the crystallized memories made the Inklings and Octolings indirect descendants of humanity.
@@nightigalOur cephalopod spiritual successors.
I wish people during my time in high school understood why I was into this game. I would sort of get clowned on by a lot of people for it. Now in college the new people I've met show interest in it even if they never heard of it. One quick gander at the my consoles screen, sketchpad, or backpack is all it takes to know what it is. Really this game is what got me to go to college since I appreciate its love for the arts. Art is really the only thing I see myself doing with my life. I keep to myself as a means of protecting myself from being disappointed, hated, and hurt. What I create does the talking for me because I can't ever seem to allow myself to verbally say anything.
100% agree I’m a trans girl who had gotten bullied..partly for being trans but partly for my interests, I dress gothic, and I’m obsessed with video games, kind of set up for bullying to be honest. But I’m still in school, and I’m okay!
@@late_night_crybaby as a trans girl myself, YOU GO GIRL!! KEEP IT UP!!
I just played splatoon 1, liked it, saw sploon 3 was coming out, saw the flipped effiel tower and then my neurons went "fuck yeah." Oh that and the music goes way too hard.
This is amazing lowkey
I had a few people at Secondary School make fun of me for really liking Nintendo, I was thinking if you have an issue with my love for Nintendo stay the heck at home lol
I always interpreted Tartar’s speech as darkly ironic. He, like many fascists, idealizes civilizations of the past, looking at their successes while ignoring their flaws. Octo Expansion celebrates the fact that there will never be a perfect civilization, but that lack of perfection, as you say early on, is what makes interesting worlds - what makes us human. When we kill him, we destroy the last direct link to humanity. It’s horribly melancholy, but it’s a necessary step - we must let go of the past to meet the future.
I’m so glad this game series exists.
(Also, this was an absolutely incredible video. You should be very proud of it.)
Honestly every Villian I have seen in this fits this theme.
Octovio in Splatoon 1 and 2 had him trying to improve and basically perfect the Octoling race and the place they call home.
Grizz sought to bring back the days of mammals from the Greenhorn’s of the Inklings/Octolings
And while I haven’t played the Side- Order Expansion yet outside of the tutorial part and the first boss… even THEY have a feeling of wanting to have the world never change and be in a state of stagnation… never changing but never improving.
I wish there was a way to save comments because what your just wrote is art
i mean isnt judd a cat of the past
eng tartar's views are a shade beyond that, i think. it hates what mollusks have done BECAUSE their mistakes are the same as humanity. humanity's flaws are the very reason why tartar was created, and it knows those flaws all too well. it is PERFECTLY aware that humans made the same mistakes.
no, that's not where the anger comes from. from tartar's perspective, mollusks were meant to be BETTER than humanity, and they *failed.* TARTAR failed. THAT is what he's angry about - THAT is why he specifically lists off flaws that are also evident in human society.
tartar hates mollusks because _they are the same._
@@somethingforsenro Oh I always interpreted it as him not realizing humanity had those flaws too, which I think is more in line with the Japanese translation (which has tartar idolizing humanity), but I like this interpretation too. Both are pretty tragic
I've heard a theory talking about how Tartar and Judd were meant to be together, with Judd being the emotional side and Tartar being the logical side. With Tartar being by themselves for thousands years made him essentially lose any humanity he'd had and just made decisions by logic, coming to the conclusion that killing and remaking is better than teaching.
Honestly that also fits with Grizz from 3 as well.
They had knowledge of Humanity from surviving for so long in the ruins of the Arc but no soul to it. Just the basic summary and logic of what humans did without the proper context to WHY we did it.
Companies probably had a LOT of leftover advertisements and media on old internet(before whatever Splatoon’s modern equivalent is) so if trying to go back to a better time; they can just try to do that.
A perfect phrase to describe Splatoon culture and history would be this. "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
i s w e a r i read that in side order but im not sure
no way the more chaos, the more order 😧
Human i remember youre SIDE ORDER
37:43 “eight” actually IS a nickname (very very very very very small side order spoilers to the point where it kinda isnt even a spoiler but still technically is)
in one of the dev diaries in Side Order, Marina states “agent 8 felt to formal,” so she said “yo, eight!” To agent 8, and 8 gave her a big smile. neat
This video was finished before I began playing Side Order, but yes! I’m very happy about that detail. It’s really nice that Eight has this kind of found family relationship with Off the Hook, and I think them “claiming” their name as Eight after being assigned it by Tartar is super cool
*too
@@hudberwafdog shut up
Also to prove this eight doesnt remember their name so cuttlefish nicknames them 8 in octo expansion
Cosmic mentioned that "Hachi" ("Eight" in japanese) can also be considered a name, so in japanese I guess it makes sense that Marina decided to call Agent 8 like that and also her smiling after hearing that name.
I want to tie in Chaos vs Order. It’s a beautiful miracle that Chaos won. Pearl was the embodiment of change. She wanted expression and free will. She stood up for everyone, especially those she loved. Her victory is the perfect end cap to Octo Expansion’s ending. Because she won, we got a more accepting society with a mishmash of cultures all smeared onto one canvas. That’s pretty special
i literally wish i chose chaos
i thought it was like
no justice vs justice if tht makes sense
and yeah it is amazing
no matter what, ill never lose my faith in humanity
i was hella confused abt who to choose!!!
i wish i could tell 12 yr old me to choose chaos!!! curse my preteen brain
@@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 that's interesting, i am team chaos and the way I thought about it was "free will vs dictatorship", which was what splatoon 3 and its dlc ended up being about basically (wonder if it would be different if order won), but ultimately, too much of something is very bad, you cannot have order without chaos but at the same time you cannot have chaos without order, the extreme for each one is not worth living
@@mariotheundying YEAH that was also in my head too like
chaos vs order
nah it should be both!!
I framed Chaos vs Order as Unpredictable vs Predictable. The difference between using the Shell-Out Machine and buying items in the shop. It's weird that I chose Team Order because I love Salmon Run and the absolute chaos of that game mode.
Also, I think I'd add tp the point on the idea of the "Destruction of Humanity's Legacy" is that...
After Splatoon 3, I took my own interpretation of Tartar's defeat. Both Tartar and Mr. Grizz make one fatal mistake in not realizing that the new life on the planet, the Inklings and Octolings, ARE Humanity's Legacy. Our collective consciousness distilled into liquid crystal, and carried on into the next generation of life on earth.
Also on this, I think there's something interesting about Side Order in this regard and the connections to be made between THAT major antagonist and Captain Tartar. Though that would require me to throw spoilers into the comment and I'm not quite sure how I'd tag that.
@@aquamarinerose5405 id like to heard your thoughts here
@@aquamarinerose5405just press enter a few times until the spoilers are below the thing that says read more.
Well then.... Spoilers for Side Order.
The antagonist of Side Order is another Rogue AI called Order, inside of a virtual space called the Memverse. It's implied that Marina accidentally Created Order during her trials in the process of making the memverse (Though I don't have all the Dev Diaries to confirm more info yet)
Once you reach Order's chamber at the end of a run for the first time, Order and Marina have a conversation about this. Order's belief that a perfect world is a stable one without change or desire, and Marina outright rejecting that, saying about how there was a time she believed everything would stay the same, and that uncertainty can tire you or make you afraid of what tomorrow might bring, but that the gamble of the beauty that that uncertainty can bring is one she's willing to take.
Order takes some time to process the fact that its creator, and the creator of the memverse as a whole, would deny them, and immediately breaks down in an "unrecoverable mentality error" (in its own words) and resorts to destroying everyone anyway.
Aside from the painfully obvious comparison of being two Artificial Intelligences, Marina explicitly denying the monster that Order had become seems to parallel with Tartar. The Human who created Tartar probably would have gone against this "destructive" philosophy specifically BECAUSE they have the humanity to know that these same mistakes that the inklings and octolings make are those which humans made in their own time... But neither of the AI's could process the contradiction, and with their psyches shattered by the revelation, they turn to apocalyptic measures.
i have NEVER seen anyone describe why exactly i adore splatoon's art and lore, but this video is exactly that, and exactly what i needed after side order's release. i've been thinking about why the themes of this series, the appreciation of humanity, art, and connection, and why they speak so much to me, but it's not so easy to put into words. but this sums it up SO WELL. it also perfectly illustrates why octo expansion changed my damn brain chemistry forever. i wish i could telepathically beam this video into everyone's head, oh my god
Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad this video seems to be resonating with people. I’m under the impression a lot of us were similarly affected by Octo Expansion, but there’s a surprising lack of content covering the series’ story and themes.
If it means I get to rant about lore for hour+ long videos, I’m more than happy to fill that void lol
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Man! Amazing level of depth. I also wished I could beam this into everyones head. To not take what your told for granted.
LMAO SAME
The first day I played Splatoon 3 and learned that Inklings and Octolings basically came to be because of those crystals that showed the dreams of humanity changed my view of the whole game... It is so sad yet beautiful
One piece puts it best: OUR WILL SHALL LIVE ON!!!
honestly, i feel like Splatoon 3's hero mode is actually the perfect addendum to your point about how the power of creation can change lives for the better. the game's ending is not only a fanservice-y "everyone is here!" moment outside of characters in splatoon 2's octo expansion, but also the first time all 3 sides, Inkling, Octoling, and Salmonid, are working together. it's a unification of all former sea life that CAN fight to do so to protect their only home from yet another misinterpretation of what might as well of been Humanity's Last Will and Testament to this world. we have new Agent 3 on the front lines of space, the anarchy trio joining with the squid sisters and octavio to drop the fattest musical beat to kick ass with, and Little Buddy, your sidekick goes from the little sidekick to a secondary protagonist empowered by the inkantation as well. the battle in space is a spectacle of a statement that says "the next generation will always create greater and greater feats" basically.
it's also the first Base Game storyline where you can play as an Octoling, which can be looked into from the standpoint of mercifully putting thier fuzzified former friends out of their misery.
Idk where all the criminally underrated splatoon channels are coming from, but im here for it
Agreed.
Us that a jojo refrence???
Some pop up, some disappear. It's a revolving door.
@@SpaceMarineJeff no, did i accidentally make one? 💀
@@Evening451I have no Idea just for the memes :)
I was genuinely emotional moved by this video. Even thinking about Splatoon as strictly a video game, there's no doubt it has flaws, and yet, it still unites a bunch of people together to connect over it.
Same here 😭 and it’s crazy how Splat 1 is 9 years old almost 10 I remember being in elementary school in 2015 when splat 1 came out so pretty much this series has been with me my entire life. And now Splatoon 3 is out I’m already graduated and have a job Nintendo making Splatoon is the best IP they have created imo and the Splatoon team never fails at making how good the story is for Splatoon especially how Dark it is from reading the scrolls for more lore ppl say Splatoon is a kids yea ok um what about octo expansion’s story doesn’t seem kid friendly too me that story is super dark and messed up even Side order DLC is pretty dark imo if u read the lore for it that’s what the Splatoon team does best they make the story really good
Yeah lol, even my subconscious was like "Man, that's deep af bro..." and fking cried XD
@@outright4697: The game is for "kids" but the lore is for adults and teens ;)
Reason #635894 why Octo will forever be the best Splatoon campaign
Side Order was a great experience and the antagonist turned out to be way more fun than the one-dimensional drag it looked like at the start, but how could it ever top the Octo Expansion?
Octo expansion is my all time favorite video game dlc
its the rizzi
never even played it but its superior
@nicolebell5556 Yeah, I hadn't played Octo Expansion so I didn't share the dream of matching its brilliance with Side Order, but the more I learn about Octo Expansion the more missed potential I see.
Me when clicking on this video: "Hmm... I'll watch this for a bit but I'm a bit too busy to watch the whole thing..."
Your superior writing and storytelling to 99% of channels like this blocking the door on my way out:
I wonder if Tartar was actually "disgusted" by the new species specifically because they had already made the same mistakes humans had, before Tartar even got the chance to relay the humans' information/knowledge? Perhaps one of his goals was to relay the humans' knowledge for the specific purpose of preventing new sentient life from making the same mistakes that they did. I wonder if wiping out the species entirely was a conclusion that the AI came to itself - lacking that sense of humanity - or if it was something that humans had programmed into it, thinking it would be more "humane" to stop another species from potentially suffering the way they did? Tartar and the extinction of the humans in the Splatoon universe is so spooky to think about!!!
Anyways. This video made me SO EMOTIONAL. It is SO GOOD. I want more people to see how amazing the message from the Splatoon world is!!! Definitely going to share this video as much as possible!!! :)
Honestly maybe,
Maybe Tartar saw that they were WAY to close to what an AI would see as a civilization on the way to collapse but can be saved by FORCE.
hard agree. tartar's programming taught him that mollusks were meant to be BETTER than humanity. but they weren't. they *failed;* TARTAR failed. THAT is what he's angry about!
tartar hates mollusks because _they are the same._
My interpretation was that Tartar loved humans too much; he put them on such a high pedestal that he was completely blind to the fact that the mistakes the cephalopods were making were *exactly the same as humanity's.*
Apparently the Japanese version is a lot more explicit in Tartar’s fanatical devotion towards humans. Rassicas made a pretty good video on that, go check it out!
Those human voices chanting the Calamari Inkantation hitting my feels like a frying pan to the head frfr
Oh this? This is a great video essay.
When I say I love Splatoon's lore, I sometimes find it hard to express what I mean by that... Like, people assume lore=plot and get confused because on the whole, Splatoon's story mode plotlines and writing is uh...y'know. LOL
But no, it is the WORLD of Splatoon that has an iron grip on my brain. The level of detail put into the most random aspects of the Inkling's society and culture, the way the developers have thought about the world in a way that feels realistic and subtly dark despite the colorful cartoony exterior, the morally gray conflict between species that isn't fully addressed in the main stories but certainly exists in the background, the sociopolitical parallels to our own world and the way the echoes of humanity influences their society and- it's hard to express!
You've wonderfully encapsulated here WHY you, I, so many people love the world of Splatoon despite the surface level plot being far from the pinnacle of storytelling. Also really refreshing to see someone who actually GETS IT analyze Splatoon's story on a deeper level and what it's all about. excellent narration, editing, production quality, 888 out of 10
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I agree, I couldn’t explain the story as good as him.
Came for the shoutout, stayed because you seem really fucking good at this lol. I hope it's not too conceited of me to say, but your style reminds me a bit of my own videos. It's been a very interesting watch.
Thank you so much! Your videos are actually a huge inspiration to me as a writer and editor, which might explain why it felt familiar lol. Really glad you enjoyed!
I think it's a bit of a mistake to skip over Splatoon 2's story mode. Because of the Calamari Inkantation from Splatoon 1, the Octarians were so inspired by it that it prompted Octavio to kidnap and brainwash Callie into providing inspiration and design changes into the Octarian Army. The reason the Octarians' ink is so sparkly is because of Callie, and the Octo Samurai is a fan of Callie's. I think it reflects how the world of Splatoon isn't one of immediate change, but of gradual change, and it showcases that even if the story is mostly the same, the characters' are adapting to their circumstances.
That’s actually a very interesting detail to point out! I definitely agree with that!
@@CocatGaming I retroactively took your advice by having been subscribed to Rassicas (the CEO of Splatoon Lore) for a couple years, and so I've picked up a lot of stuff over time.
Fun fact, in Square Script (one of multiple in-game fonts that have been deciphered by fans), while the back of the Octo Samurai's jacket says "DJ OCTAVIO", the front of it says "CAL" "LIE". His Octocycle says "SAMURAI".
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I love the little details that the Splatoon devs put into stuff like that. I honestly think that the Splatoon 2 story mode should’ve been talked about a bit more in this video too. Just those little details gives a lot more to Splatoon 2’s story mode than just it being a repeat of the first game’s story.
So basically Octavio saw that Octarians liked the music and so that's why he brainwashed Callie? Honestly, maybe that's the reason the Octolings have similar shades. People say they're brainwashed too, but that doesn't seem like it would mesh with Octavio's supposed MO
@@brolytriplethreat Right, the “Octarians are brainwashed by Octavio” thing is headcanon. It’s more like they’re entrenched in centuries of Octarian propaganda rather than their brains getting “remixed”.
After all, even Octavio can’t help but dance to the beat of Calamari Inkantation.
i was playing side order while watching this and i LITTERALY HAD TO PUT DOWN MY SWITCH TO CONTEMPLATE THE HUMANITY OF FRICKIN SQUIDS. epic video i can now say i've had an existential crisis over splatoon thank you. edit: 67 LIKES LITERALY HOW
OHmy god saaaaame
You put into words perfectly the rarely spoken themes of this series. When I say "I love Splatoon's story" I'm always met with looks of confusion, now I finally have a video to send them when that happens! Thank you for that
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I think your retrospective fits in nicely with side order, Marina wanted to take things slower and was afraid of life and the relationships she's apart of changing so she unintentionally made order a static being. I think it fits in nicely with the rest of the splatoon storyline.
I know you didn’t really talk about Splatoon 3’s story, but really your analysis and conclusion feels even more accurate looking back on it.
In 3, the world has become one of both Squid & Octo from the start, the latest generation has gladly accepted them as teammates, rivals, coworkers, idols, etc. And the story really shows that, yes while there are still lingering feelings of fear and disdain from the past, it’s more possible than ever to overcome those feelings and be more accepting. Through the growing variety of song, style, people- the world of Splatoon 3 feels more alive than ever, and I think tht reflects a little bit of our world too :)
Splatoon fills me with hope. The thought of humanity eventually coming to destroy themselves might happen, but in the end, things like art and love will still exist.
Fun fact: the spanish translation is much more faithful to the original. When you were reading the text in english i was like "how did this fly over my head when i played?" Turns out, it didnt. Because i do remember him saying he wanted to create the perfect lifeform.
yep, even more if is the spain spanish version since the latinoamerican one took the spain one and put bits of the english one on it
Ive legitimately never seen any retrospective on splatoon and world building as good as this. It’s always difficult to make sense of games that are seen as childish with uninteresting stories. I’m so glad this video exists. Thank you so much for this
I think another thing that makes Splatoon's narrative so powerful is that each entry acknowledges that the player is growing up. In Splatoon 1, your Inkling is a teen, but by Splatoon 3, they're a young adult. Throughout this aging process, it makes sense that you'd be able to understand more about the complexities and moral greyness of the world, thus they'd be able to tell increasingly deeper stories with Octo Expansion and Side Order. I love this game series and I can't wait to see what they do next!
(Side note, this video was incredible. I really hope the youtube algorithm was kind because I think a lot of people need to see this. Good job!)
I'll be honest I thought this video had way more views that it actually did I feel like an archaeologist making a new discovery
You really just- explained WHY Splatoon feels so alive ❤❤❤
I remember when I finished the octo expansion... the song that played at the end stuck with me. The scene of humanity and the new world hit me. I didnt play splatoon one so I didn’t get all of the stuff, but the end of splatoon two still sticks with me. Everything you said and so forth, thank you for creating as you do.
It really says a lot that so many people were the same age of the characters when Splatoon 1 came out. We grew up with the characters, and we matured with them. We see the past of prejudice, even unintentionally engaging with it; we see the present of division, a conflict we think we're on the right side of until the layer is peeled back and we're forced to confront our own biases; and we see the future of hope, realizing that there is always room to grow, there is always more to learn, and there is always a chance for things to get better.
What an excellently produced, well written, interesting and insightful video! Bravo, good sir. Bravo.
Splatoon is one of the most immersive video games ever despite it being really cartoony and silly. The attention to detail and everything from the music down to the ambient sounds in recon is just so good.
This video was a whole five star meal, ty for cooking this banger
LITERALLY LIKE !!!
HOW DO PPL NOT LIKE IT
also i wanna add that the story doesnt just end on a concert, but on a battle of the bands. the fight is simultaneusly a physical war and a cultural war, mano a mano and musician against musician the octarian king as a dj vs the cultural icons of inkopolis
i kept almost crying during this video whenever calamari inkantation was brought up and i don't know why. i recently told a friend of mine to play through the story modes of the games because they're crucial, but then i realized i didn't understand *why* i loved the story mode so much. maybe this is it. or maybe it's because i just love the gameplay of splatoon and would make up stories in my head while i played. i remember getting stuck at one part in octo expansion and making up a whole lore for 8 being stuck in this semi timeloop about it lmao. maybe i love splatoon so much because it's core message just... completely meshes together with my personality. i don't like giving up and i was heavily inspired by splatoon. maybe i was an octoling watching the final fight at the end of the first game. after all, my dad beat it for me, so it'd make sense. yeah. maybe that's it
I'm sure you'll go into it, but 35 minutes in or so and I wanted to add even more to that "final boss fight is a Concert" angle. Though I'm sure you'll go further into it over time.
It's extremely obvious that Music has incredible power in the splatoon universe. The Octarian "King" as you call him isn't even referred to as king, but as DJ Octavio, and his giant battle-robot is decked out by a full surround sound system and Turntables. The fact that he is a Musician is more important than the have that he is a Political Leader. The same thing with the Squid Sisters. Their role as artists, and THE performer of "That Heavenly Melody", the Calamari Inkantation, is shown to have the power to rock people to their core, give an old man the strength to break out of bondage just to dance, and cleanse the souls of those touched by corruption.
No wonder that my Splatoon phase keeps on coming back. I am an artist, and my life always changes by the songs I listen to. This revelation now means so much. I couldn't have even said it better than you. I love Splatoon because it is a celebration of visual and performing arts. It is a celebration of humanity and a reflection of humanity. In all Inklings, all Octolings, and all Salmonids, I see humanity's hopes and dreams.
That makes me teary eyed thinking about it. It goes to show how deeply impacted one can be by a simple game about silly lil cephalopods shooting other silly lil cephalopods with some cool ass looking fish with frying pans. It's all still pure art
Gotta say, you COOKED here, my guy. Wonderful work! I was always fascinated by the Splatoon world and lore, even though I never really search for it. It's dark, interesting and each game is like they are evolving mire step by step.
One thing I absolutely love is the interpretation of a certain world event that defined the relation between Inklings and Octolings in the franchise: the great flood.
In Splatoon 1 we learned the Great Turf War happened as a result for a fight for territory, since the flood made land smaller and didn't had enough space for everyone. So, Inklings and Octolings fought and the result is as we know. Inklings won, meanwhile Octolings were forced underground. Pretty much the flood can be seen as what separated Inklings and Octolings and forced them into war, showing that perhaps they could never live in harmony... Now, this view of the great flood could be seen from the perspective of a Inkling and Octolings from GREAT INKOPOLIS. In the Splatlands, however, is different.
In Splatoon 3 we learned that the flood also hit there, however instead of going into war for territory, something else happened. The "Three Lights", a union of the 3 main Clans united to save them. The Manta Clan (a clan of Mantas), Ell Clan (a clan of Inklings) and the Shark Clan (a clan of OCTOLINGS). Instead of fighting, they united and save the Splatlands from the flood, allowing them to keep living in harmony without war.
So, while the flood in Inkopolis could be seeing as a event that separated the two kinds, in the Splatlands it could be seeing as an event that united them further and proved they could always live in harmony. Perhaps, if things were different, the Great Turf War could have been avoided all together, if Splatlands is to be seen as an example. I don't know but it is some food for thought. If what Nintendo said is true Splatoon 3 story marked the end of the Octarian War saga. Maybe now Octavio and Cuttlefish could be in good terms and makes it easier for all Octolings to move to the surface. Maybe the next world ending event is something Octolings and Inklings could fave together, in union... Maybe hibrids of Octolings and Inklings, that so many wish was real, could finally be a reality.
SIDE ORDER SPOILERS FOR STORY, MARINA DEV DIARY AND THE LAST REWARD FROM THE LOCKERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED:
Even Side Order gives an end to the Sanitization and Eight Arc. The Memverse was made by Marins to help Sanitized Octolings to recover their memories and pretty much be cure from what happened to them in the Deep Sea Metro. Also help Eight recover their memories. Considering Eight's final Pallette is their own, is possible they did recover at the true end of the game. So, who knows, maybe in a possible Splatoon 4 Sanitized Octolings will also be part of the world :D
I never thought that deep into the lore. Now it makes more sense in how the game feels almost like a significant part of of my life
I have a lot of things to say.
My god, this video was so good. I genuinely shed tears at some points, especially the octo expansion part. The way you explain everything so… perfectly?? So clearly?? Oh I could go on and on
I have always seen splatoon as some sort of love letter to creativity, so many different artforms and people coming together to make something and work together, it’s beautiful! Even through different worldviews and opinions, they still come around to make something work.
I also loved how you explained the different perspectives of the world from the eyes of inklings and octolings, it really shows how flawed Splatoon’s world really is, and I love that. The inklings aren’t perfect, octolings aren’t perfect, WE aren’t perfect. But we all have room for change and acceptance. Nobody’s perfect.
Thank you for making this video! I enjoyed it all the way through. I will definitely be recommending this video to other splatoon fans or people who want to know more about the lore in depth!! ❤️
55:10 imagine showing this to someone who has never played splatoon and, then telling them it’s from that game.
Fantastic video. Splatoon's world is truly something special, and I really love how the world has evolved over since the very start. It's so natural, and it's amazing just how well Nintendo was able to design it with so much care and depth to every aspect of it.
What I would give to play Octo Expansion for the first time again, that was probably one of the best gaming experienes I've ever had
this is quite possibly one of the best splatoon videos ever made.
This is why I love this game series: the unabashed celebration of the best parts of humanity. The fact that it never shied away from the darker parts, the grim realities of a real life world is what makes the message so powerful and meaningful. For me, Splatoon 3's story mode was the perfect bookend for the story: that the creativity, the optimism, the drive for reaching for ever greater heights was what carried on from humanity to these future sea creatures.
I remember staying up into the wee hours of the morning, playing the ending of Octo Expansion for the first time. The music, the story, it changed me just as you said it did for you, and I will never forget it.
I am very surprised this doesn't have more views than it does (currently just over 40.5k!). Really great essay, keep up the good work!
I'm about halfway through the video as I write this, so you might talk about this later, but hearing you talk about Eight's drive to reach the surface, it reminds me of what we learn in Alterna. How the remnants of humanity - trapped underground - desired to see the blue skies again so desperately that they plastered those very desires on the walls of their caves. Given that those crystals would later spark the evolution of all sapient life in Splatoon, I can't help but think that the Calamari Inkantation was such a powerful, life-changing event for those Octolings *because* it resonated with those long forgotten human dreams of reaching the surface - of escaping from their caves and seeing the skies above once more.
Splatoon also messed up with my brain chemistry at an impressionable age and I also thought about everything that was brought up here at least once in my short life
Splatoon has such a rich, wide world and it's message to humanity is very important to me- that being that despite everything creativity transcends, even to non-human especies, that our legacy is important and is already (right now) leaving a mark in the world and the world that's yet to come
Amazing video- i kinda needed to hear this and have my brain chemistry altered by Splatoon once again 💜💜
Deep within the earth. A being lost in time
Unconcious and untamed. Memories long lost again
It's now time to rise, Ascend and beyond.
"when i die i want to come back as one of these" -Grandma Tala from moana... and me after playing splatoon
It's so rare to see a video essay truly be an essay, to say more than what's on the page, to offer a perspective that is both refreshing and insightful. I've loved Splatoon just as long as you have, in a similar timeframe and age as you, and it is incredible to see thoughts I've had said so eloquently. I cannot say that I've thought this much about Splatoon, been as touched by it as you have, but it's magical, to see the themes of the series given room to breath, to speak and live.
I'm watching this just as I'm about to finish up Side Order and this is perhaps the best time for me to see this, to see the majesty of storytelling that is kept to the sidelines and has a very good reason to be there. Both in a theming sense (to keep the cheery aesthetic) and for a very real story reason as you've described.
I'm not sure what else to say, but thank you. Thank you so much for creating this, for working so hard on this video and being able to touch so many people through it. I must wonder if you expected this much of a response, to touch so many people through the act of creation as you describe.
Thank you. And stay fresh.
I think this one is one of my favorite Splatoon videos. There isn’t just an explanation of the gameplay, not just logic and facts, but so much emotion: passion. I can tell there was a lot of time and dedication put in place for this video, and to be honest, I fucking love that. The message about being human, the way they convey perspectives in the games, the music choice, and your word choices. How you explain it is so worth it. I absolutely loved Splatoon for its story, but I’m glad you could expand on it. I don’t usually like commenting, but I think it’s worth saying that you did an amazing job with this.
This video was truly something special. Critical analysis of media is important, but I have been skipping out on a lot of essays lately because I got the vibe they were just being made to talk about a series’/company’s problems.
“Oh, what’s that, you say? The MCU is declining in quality? Gee, thank you for reminding me for the 10,008th fucking time!”
To see such genuine passion put into your personal views of what makes Splatoon so beautiful to you is…nearly bringing tears to my eyes this very moment.
From my point of view, Splatoon is a good series. I’ve fallen off of the Turf Wars to the point where I only come back for the Splatfests. By the way, I am sick and tired of the Splatfest music, and I have no one to blame but myself.
That said, the Campaigns and Salmon Run have always been the peak of the game’s appeal to me. The former is because of the chaotic PvE nature and extra-world building, and the latter for…well, many reasons you pointed out. One thing I can say for myself is that the final battles (maybe with the exception of 2’s Base Story) never fail to get me hyped with their stellar music and over-the-top boss fights.
DJ Octavio (1) was absolutely brutal, but I pushed on through the power of the Calamari Inkantation. Octo Expansion’s entire finale was mind-blowing. 3’s Base Story and Side Order didn’t provide anything too new for me to think about, but had insanely hype finales with their own unique, over-the-top big finishers.
Speaking of Octo Expansion being mind-blowing…the amount of eights associated with the Year of the Octoling. I never picked up on a single detail. Not even the protagonist’s name being Eight. So much of what you shared had me grow a lot more respect for the series, mainly Octo Expansion.
Shoutouts to the writers for having Eight be the protagonist of Side Order. They knew what it was like to feel lost without a purpose, and had already fought to save others from losing their freedom. It only makes sense that they’d be the ones to do it again.
Your views on what this series means to you is inspiring and highly relatable. We all have different views on life, which can lead to conflict, but it can also lead to conversation. You said it yourself at the end.
“Objectively, these games are not the pinnacle of storytelling…or character writing…or animation. But this world means more to me than any other setting in fiction.”
In my case…
LEGO Dimensions was just a cheap cash grab that joined the toys-to-life party way too late. But its stellar presentation, varied roster, love for (most of) the franchises it represents, and the original locales like Vorton have let those figures stay on my shelves for years,
The Muppets are not the pinnacle of comedy or storytelling, but their fuzzy hearts and charm of being genuinely flawed “people” who never know when to give up has been enduring to me,
And Kirby doesn’t have peak gameplay in my opinion, nor does it have consistent chronology across its stories, but a majority of those stories might have a deeper meaning if you decide to peek behind the curtain and let your imagination run wild. I think everything about the Kirby series has been as inspirational and comforting to me as Splatoon is to you.
Thank you for sharing your love of what you believe in.
Stay Fresh, Cosmic.
That opening with the hollow knight music goes hard.
Thank you for putting into words what I never could. I've always felt like I had a need to justify why I loved this franchise, and while this isn't the whole reason, it's certainly a part.
The darkness of Splatoon's world reminds me of how Kirby games handle lore.
The pause screen info sometimes gives you disturbing or depressing insight into what's going on, but it's not like Kirby ever learns that, he's focused on the main lighthearted goal, just like the Inklings.
I've been a fan of Splatoon since it released back in 2015, and even though is not my favourite game gameplay-wise, I've always loved its lore, art and its worldbuilding. It's a game that makes me very nostalgic but that keeps growing with me and lots of other people. And you were able to express everything I feel about this game in your essay and made me emotional. Congratulations on this video, it's incredible!
it makes me feel tremendously warm to have been making art as i watched this video for the first time, and for it to articulate why the NILS statue's image struck me the way it did. excellent work! i can certainly tell it was a passion project.
dude holy shit this is beautiful. The music choices, the discussion about the topics the game brings up. I didn't even know "Dark Nintendo" was a phrase brought up. Splatoon may have only been in my life since the launch of Splat 3, but it really holds a deep place in my heart, and this video perfectly captures the intricacies of splatoon and why we love the characters and the world that nintendo made for them so much.
I wasn’t expecting to be emotionally moved and learn life lessons from a splatoon video essay. Damn bro you hit this out of the park, now I’m genuinely inspired to create and connect with people.
One of my FAV things in Splatoon is seeing how they take human tools and such and turn them into Squirt Guns. The fact that the E-Liter is just a gas pump turned into a Sniper Rifle is so great.
im choking up hard as fuck man my hard exterior is broken by the tenderness this game offers this video has changed me and i realize the connection i share with every splatoon player, every human, and everything that has attributed to our being here right now. im crying hard as fuck bro
i think this stands one of the best video essays ive watched--you managed to encapsulate every feeling i had about splatoon and about octo expansion amazingly. im genuinely shocked..
I hope that this video is seen by as many people as possible. I’ve always been drawn in by the world of Splatoon and always loved its lore. However, it’s hard to explain that lore to a person who has never played the game, let alone help them understand the significance of it. I imagine that because of this, a lot of people online just assume that Splatoon fans are making a big deal over nothing.
I’m glad that there are videos like this I can show to other people and prove that it’s not nothing. Thank you so much for making this video.
I’m only 15 minutes in, but i have to comment on how well edited this is. Even segments where you could just put pngs onscreen have fluid, bubble-like animations. So impressive!
I've gotta say, this is an amazing watch! Splatoon is a series I was super into when 1 released, but drifted away from it. For me, Splatoon holds IMMENSE nostalgia of my own childhood, I was 14 when it came out and am now 18. My life has changed so much and going into Splatoon 3 just made me feel so reminiscent of what the game stand for, how this game that was once seemingly joyful and energetic, with uplifting music had a deeper side. And still, hearing the "heavenly song" makes me just as energetic and motivated as I was as a kid, no matter what I am going through. For me, Splatoon is a series that weirdly enough I put beside the sonic series for having a seemingly energetic look, but very deep meaning and themes, at least up to 2001. It CAN be deep, it CAN motivate and hold values underneath, a telling sign of humanity and what conflict means in the real world, behind a game many would just see as a thrill to play. I love Splatoon for the reason it feels like YOU exist within it, YOU could actually have your hopes from Alterna impact inklings from humanity. It's the one game that comes closest to truly putting you in the foot of your player.
wait what...
if you were 14 when splat1 released, shouldn't you be in your early 20s?
@@Marshtard I didnt remember the specific age, I was most likely more around 12s, I don't remember mcuh a timeline from my childhood
This is such an amazing video essay, you managed to capture why so many people are interested in this series, why its world is so convincing, and how splatoon critiques but embraces our cultures. Wanted to comment to show my appreciation and to boost this to make other people see this amazing video, well done!
to paraphrase how i described it to a friend: this video puts into words why the world of splatoon is so intriguing to me, does a wonderful job of summarizing the plot without losing the narrative drama OR failing to incorporate how ridiculous the franchise is in general.. and got me to re-feel everything that made me so attached to the series in the first place.
this is seriously wonderful work + absolutely something i'll be saving to show everyone who cares enough to listen. thank you from the bottom of my heart
This was honestly one of the best videos I've ever watched on here.
Splatoon 1 was one of my favourite games back on the Wii U, but Splatoon 2 simply failed to hook me back in due to it being so similar to Splatoon 1 in my eyes. I briefly played Octo Expansion but never thought much of it because I never cared to finish it or look too deep into it. Fast forward a few years, and now Splatoon 3's Side Order of all things got me back into the series. I never looked into the series' lore or all the nitty gritty details hidden away into the games' collectibles, but learning about it through videos like this has shifted my perspective on the series as a whole.
I got a bit teary-eyed at the end, hearing about the correlations between Splatoon's world and ecosystem and our own, as humans. We fight with each other on daily basis, we love, we hate, we make mistakes we don't learn from, but at the end of the day, when push comes to shove, we are all one. We might not always like each other, and we may not always agree with one another, but human creation and culture unites us. Watching the same TV show as someone else may result in an unexpected friendship. Creating art, or TH-cam content in this case, for others to look at and interpret may change the way someone looks at the world and their role in it.
Humanity is flawed, but boy am I happy to be a part of it. Much love from the Netherlands.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen or heard. I had always looked on Splatoon from the outside, as a quirky and entertaining-looking game that fell outside my gameplay preferences but which I could nonetheless appreciate in terms of art, music, style, and surprisingly deep lore. I can't say I'm any more encouraged to play the games myself - like I said, they fall outside my gameplay preferences, I'm just not a big fan of most shooters - but still, thank you for opening my eyes to something beautiful that I otherwise wouldn't have known about. Art is the truest essence of humanity, and I love art that appreciates that fact.
Using the sing Starjump at around 47:57 was nothing short of perfection, its the perfect song for talking about false hope or thinking sometbing is going well just for it to blow up in your face, absolutely love that song. Great video i rly enjoyed the story telling
I went into this video expecting to find gold...
I was wrong... I found diamond instead! This video was so beautiful and well put together! I was starting to tear up by the end of it. The music choices were good, the editing was very great, and the video was basically perfect both in how it was written and explained basically everything. Like seriously, are you perhaps a writer or storyteller by chance? Because this video sure made me convinced you might be one.
In any case, Splatoon's story and lore is definitely an amazing and unique one that not everyone is going to get or even notice. This video just made me love it even more and realize just how empowering and positive the message of Splatoon is. Thank you for making this video and I hope it gets more support as time goes on because I feel like this is a video that every Splatoon fan should give a watch! Keep on going and cooking!
At least with the short time I've played side order for, I think it continues this sentiment on the value of creation, with Pearl and Marina's dialogue in the fight with Order arguing that creation, the things that are inherently chaotic, are what make life worth living.
This is one of the best Splatoon videos I think I have ever seen. This is why I always loved Splatoon as a game. Thank you for making this amazing video.
You're gonna enjoy Side Order.
I don't have the words for how much this essay GETS me. Everyone who knows me or even takes a look at my username knows that I'm THE Splatoon friend of the group. This game is so many layers of a great big onion that makes me break down in TEARS trying to peel back, and I love it every single damn time. Bless you for this video.
what makes these games so special and so much fun is that you can really tell the people who made them had fun making them. they went above and beyond with the world-building and all the details. everyehere you look in splatoon you will find something someone had fun creating
Despite the post-apocalyptic setting of Splatoon, I always feel like there's something... Oddly hopeful about it all. That even after destroying ourselves, destroying our world... Life finds a way. Life goes on. Even after mankind dies off, our hope lives on. Even after we're gone, there will still be art. There will be music. There will be love. And that music can conquer any foe. Our song will continue to be sung throughout all of time.
I love Splatoon bc its a celebration of culture, especially in a world thats quickly demeaning the humanities in favor of STEM which are also a part of culture. In splatoon music is the central focus, anyone and everyone can and will post their art for random ppl to see. Splatoon for me, in addition to the celebration of humanity, and the will to thrive and see the next sunrise, is a rejection that STEM should be the only focus. Literature, Music, Food, Art, Sports are all forms of Expression, and should be celebrated
Gotta love that impeccable use of Starjump... that's just one of the several moments this video took me right out! I love it when someone can summarize a moment in-game that made me cry so perfectly that I start crying again for both the same and new reasons. Thanks.
This video is really making me appreciate the Splatoon manga.
At the end of both main story mode arcs, the main character is completely content to just say lets share power with the octarians.
Sure it's a little kids manga but I just love what a good kid that goober can be.
this is an amazing video essay, fantastic job man
completely encasuplated the reasons as to why i hold this franchise to near and dear to my heart in just an hour and 16 minutes
god damn.
It's amazing how splatoon has this deep and intriguing lore that's on par with games like metal gear, and yet it's never once forced into the the players face.
Large portion of the player base will never even know that any of this exists yet its still there for those who want to seek it out. It reminds me of kirby in that way.
this is one of the best yt videos I’ve seen yet… good job man, I love a good 1 hour splat lore video
I love this game so much I genuinely wanna give 8 a hug evert time I see her
... Whenever I play multiplayer matches, I always try to combat the saltiness of a loss (because goodness, do Ranked matches get me heated up!) by reminding myself that, from the opponent's perspective, I'm probably giving them as much grief as they are giving me. That's the way these games go: someone has to lose, for the other team to have won. And I think, maybe, it doesn't actually have to be a bad thing. Yes, being trapped in A+ Rank forever is... pretty frustrating, but I am certainly *learning* through my losses. I love using the Aerospray, a weapon described by many as "with zero high-ranking combat potential", and I'd like to think I've become a pretty mean little thing with it over the years. I've grown! And maybe that's akin to the lesson here: failure sucks, but it's also complicated, but it's also an opportunity to grow.
Perhaps it's akin to how (supposedly) Eight and Three - now "The Captain" - came to accept and befriend each other. In all their tousles (even if one of them involved some creepy mind control), perhaps they saw another person behind the eyes of their opponent. Not an "enemy", but an "individual" - and perhaps now take a sort of pride in their matched strengths, a friendly rivalry of sorts. A way to view an opponent in a more positive light. (... And I know I'm perhaps projecting, but, uh, just. Just work with me, here.)
And now looking at what Splatoon 3 is containing, it does really feel like the messages are aligning with your points here. Splatoon 3's Story literally opens up with a subversion of expectations, the world itself almost humorously exhausted of these two elderly cephalopods always having this ancient grudge with each other. And it ends with that same song empowering everyone (literally, in the case of Smallfry), old grudges being lost in that iconic melody as everyone fights together against another villain unwilling to let go and move on from the past.
... Heck, Side Order... well, I won't say too much because at press time, it's still pretty new. But it again feels like it's a story about mistakes, people affecting other people, how culture inspires, and how our fears - even very reasonable ones - can hold us back from flourishing. It makes me wonder this story - heck, this franchise - may continue to evolve even further with additional stories.
... Alright, alright, I'll wrap things up. There's so much I could say, but we both have places to be! My point is: this is a really profound and heartfelt video essay, and I really do love what you've done here. It absolutely mirrors a lot of my own feelings about how I've experienced the game's narratives over the years, and just... how *genuine* you are in discussing your perspective on a hopeful message was truly moving. Truly fantastic!!
And... thank you, for this! This has absolutely made my day!
I cant lie, it looks like the statue head is smokin a cigar
It took awhile, but TH-cam finally recommended another good video.
It's videos like these that show the artistry of video games. The power a narrative can have. The effects a work of art can have on people. And the meaning it can bring to the slog that is real life sometimes. I hope that more art like this tries to inspire, not disappoint. I've felt lost many a time, and I still push through it all. I try to be positive and motivate others, while not always doing the same for myself. These videos are comforting because they allow me, if only briefly, to suspend my troubles. So thank you for this.
(As an aside, I'm trying to get better at supporting myself like I do for others. It's just been a long process, for those wondering)
Holy frick i simply have no words besides the fact that i'm mindblown over the WAY splatoon states it's themes in such a cool understated way WHAT
I recently tried to put into words of why Splatoon’s story was so compelling to me, and I had a lot of trouble with it. This video, though, describes exactly why I love splatoon. Amazing video and thank you for your time spent to create it
Why am I crying? 😢 It's just a video game, right? A money maker, if you ask the people in power. And still, you telling this story made me cry. Maybe it's your vision of hope. The hope that creativity and love will win in the end. Maybe I didn't realize how much I needed this hope, and how much of it I have lost in the last years. And it made me cry. Really cry. Thank you! I needed this.
Splatoon’s world building is amazing. This is part of why I play the game. The story is kinda bad but thinking about the world is fun.
bad? its intentionally very silly but i dont think its bad
That’s fair, I just don’t think the story holds up to other games.
Not going to lie, I've been with the series since the first game but found myself becoming indifferent to it lately. Doing nothing but grinding catalogs, getting frustrated during Splatfests, and thinking that the game has just become routine lately. I thought it was just be growing out of love for what was once a new frontier, but this video has reignited my love for the series and reminded me of exactly why I stuck with the series for so long in the first place.
The characters, lore, and community surrounding the game gives me something that I very rarely feel with other series and it's for that reason, I appreciate this video deeply for reminding me of what I've forgotten and giving me hope to continue. Thank you.
time to go get myself lost in yet another hour long video about lore in a game about squids
edit : im back after an hour, this video just changed my brain chemistry
This is exactly why Splatoon is so important to my life.
I haven't feel this way for any other game.
Thank you so much for your video, I really needed that. Thank you. ♥️
This video is exactly what I was looking for. Splatoon has always made me feel more human as I grew up besides it, it taught me about art, it taught me about music, and it taught me what it meant to be human.
Thank you so much for making this video.
This video was amazing, I really just started playing when Splatoon 2 was launched on the NS, but BC one friend was always talking about it, it really captivated me and when I started playing and learning about the lore, connecting with the characters and how besides their differences they accept and love eachother...it gives me joy and hope. I really fell in love with the series, this video reminded me of all of that, thank you so much for sharing it
Wow, that's the best Splatoon interpretation i've ever seen. Thanks for that awesome video
Holy crap! I nearly missed this video between all of those Side Order videos. Can't wait to watch it!
This video genuinely changed my view of everything. I'm not kidding. I've never cried over a video before, until now.
One of the reasons because i like Tartar's japanese translation is because it really shows just how much he idolizes the human race.
Where instead of wanting to create the ultimate lifeform like in the eng translation, he really just wants to create another humanity.
It's like Tartar doesn't want to move on and instead rathers commiting mass genocide and bring back a new generation of human beings.
And when you think about it, if we were in the splatoon universe... We probably would be rooting for him