Splatoon has a lot of detailed lore and in the lead-up to the release of Splatoon 3, Nintendo's Squid Research Lab has been sharing also sorts of details about the Inklings, Octolings, weapons, maps, music and even the brands in the game.
In the latest social media update, the lab has officially confirmed the return of 'Skalop'. This brand has been in the series since the early days, so it's great to see it is back for the third outing. Here's a look at some squid kids posing in some Skalop gear:
Prior to this, Nintendo's Squid Research Lab showed off some more returning weapons. The third game's home menu icon also appears to have been revealed. You can take a look at it in our previous story:
Are you excited for the return of Splatoon this September? Tell us down below.
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Not a brand I used very often I think but cool to see it back regardless.
Hoping for a Splatoon 3 Direct soon, honestly! If the current trend continues, with the first two games having a dedicated Direct a few weeks before release, we should see one at the end of August.
Either way I can't wait for this game, it's looking real fresh so far!
@Yosher,
Hopefully a Splatoon 3 direct is just round the corner, we need some more info on this game prior to release, I am personally looking for a rather substantial single player story mode, would not be too upset about an update further down to the line, as long as there is enough meat at the start.
Bored of this trickle of information now, give me more Nintendo!
@johnvboy I'm sure there'll at least be a comparable single player mode as the first two games had. Could complete them in several hours if you wanted to but I think they were good!
And who knows, maybe there'll be another DLC single player campaign as 2 had with Octo Expansion too. We'll have to see though, but I have good hope for this game in any case. I don't think they're going to screw this one up.
I never really understood the brands in Splatoon, like it makes sense for making a convincing world but do they do anything mechanically? In Borderlands some brands made weapons with certain stats like one brand always had a high rate of fire and some brands had exclusive abilities but Splatoon doesn't seem to do that or at least I never noticed it.
@Tourtus When your gear rolls for a new ability slot, certain gear favors a certain ability and dislikes a certain other. Like Krak-On, I know off the top of my head that it favors Swim Speed Up, so you'll be more likely to get that on Krak-On gear. For the weapons, there's no effects, so on the actual gameplay perspective it's just for the gear.
Hope that helps!
@Yosher Thanks because I had no idea what the brands were for lmao.
@Yosher Oh thanks, that's good to know!
i really hope this means a splatoon direct is coming cause theyve been very adamant on not showing us anything new or interesting since the trailers
@Tourtus @Snatcher If I may suggest, you can see what all the brands favour and unfavour right here on the Splatoon wiki!
https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Brand
It may change in Splatoon 3 but I'm gonna guess it will remain largely the same.
@Yosher,
Fingers and toes crossed.
@Yosher This great info, I only played some splatoon 2 from what I played when a borrowed the game, I loved what I played, did take me a bit to warm up to it tho.
Again thanks for the info!
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