Yes, Splatoon is set after a climate apocalypse

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Splatoon 3S reveals yesterday took many people by surprise, both because there were few indications in advance that the water shooter would receive a third, and because of the presence of a Eiffel Tower upside down in the trailer. No, your eyes did not deceive you: Splatoon it is set on Earth, thousands of years after the world we know was destroyed by a climate apocalypse.

Clues to Splatoon’s dark past stretch back to the series’s arrival in 2015, but this tradition was largely limited to the single-player Sunken Scrolls, which for most people took a back seat to a multiplayer competition. sweet and sweet. . While these collectibles covered mostly stupid topics, such as Inkling biology and what happens to the multicolored goop that covers the battlefield after each match, they also detailed humanity’s terrifying 12,000 swan song. years before games.

The first idea (pun categorical intentionally) that Splatoon it was more than just the squid turf wars that came in the tenth stage of the first entry, thanks to a Sunken Parchment that explains how the game’s Inkling species have evolved over the years.

“With surface creatures driven to extinction by rising sea levels, Inklings ancestors were free to pull their 10-foot bodies onto the abandoned land. This is how the Mollusk Age began. ”
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“Surface creatures” sound a lot like humans, don’t they? Add to this an image that suggests that the squid we know and love in the real world served as the progenitors for the Inkling race and it immediately begins to feel like Splatoon takes place on Earth.

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“What’s this? Looks like he’s the owner of that shoe store! Could there have been an old creature eating shrimp as food ?! A really terrifying thought …”
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A dozen steps later, another sunken parchment appears to be a menu from a long-lost age before Inklings roams the dry land, depicting a fried shrimp that visibly resembles the guy who sells you sweet shots in Splatoonthe main hub.

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“Although academic circles warn of rising sea levels, political decision-makers do not pay attention to them. At this rate, human civilization can get lost under the wave. Will this very type of fur be consumed by the raging ocean? ”
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The last sunken parchments are the place where things become very obvious. They are even attributed to people, who talk about an impending disaster, which sounds too familiar with what we face in the real world.

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“A 12,000-year-old fossil of a creature with a strange internal skeleton. Its small skull indicates that the creature was probably primitive with little intelligence. This specimen seems to have been fossilized in the middle of some kind of ritual. ”
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This is literally a human skeleton, buried while playing the Wii U. Real subtle, Nintendo.

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“Oh, my boyfriend Judd … Looks like the day has finally come. This capsule is designed to remain cryogenically sealed for 10,000 years. Goodbye, my kitten. May your meow resound over time.
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And finally, some perspective on how Judd, the cat who judges everything Splatoon matches, they came to live in a world ruled by cephalopods.

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“Oh, Judd. When your capsule opens in the future, you may find yourself alone. In this case, please invigorate the capsule again. Oh, dear Judd, I just hope you can forgive me for everything I’ve done to you. ”
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Unfortunately, the shields sunk Splatoon 2 does not keep up with this tradition, with except for a single entry from Judd’s former human owner, but both games are full of a variety of subtle clues other than the ones I’ve documented here.

With the imminent release of Splatoon 3 I also announce the Eiffel Tower, which is strangely, the post-apocalyptic inclinations of the franchise are now beginning to be put in front and in the center. That being said, it’s weird to see Inklings in a dusty, Mad Max-style environment after previous games mentioned that the water level is rising and endangering the dominant species.

I think we’ll have to wait until next year to find out what that’s it everything, but I hope Nintendo continues to push these issues. Not only does it add a great flavor, but it could also be what real-world people need to recognize the dangerous path we all take.

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