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Splatoon was the first Nintendo game to push me out of my comfort zone of single player games, and with the closure of it's servers I wanted to draw a tribute to a game that really means a lot to me.
Some long rambles about the game under the cut.
When I first played the Global Testfire I was 15, and the only mutliplayer games I played were with friends in the same room.
Splatoon was also the first shooter I ever picked up, as I always liked bright colours over more realistic graphics in my games, and back then the only shooters I knew about were Halo(and that was only really a name to me!) and the CoD games.
Any worries I had about being bad quickly vanished as the sheer vibe of chaotic fun the game had, particularly when no one had played it before, got rid of any worries, and all I remember is having fun. And choosing to play as the guy instead of the girl for the first time, solely becuase I wanted a ponytail like in real life(I would continue to use the guy through the series as a tradition, a contrast to what I saw most people online doing).
When the game came out I binged the single player, and vividly remember the first time I fought DJ Octavio, and the first time I heard Calamari Inkantation. If ever a game was to convince me that a song could irreversibly change your life, it was Splatoon. Because to teenage me, in that moment, with Calamari Inkantation playing in the background while I fought an octupus DJ, it did.
It gave me terminal brainworms for this series. And here I am, 8 yrs later. Older and more tired, been through some shit, had some good times, tried, succeeded and failed in things throughout the years.
I've always been grateful that they made the decision for the player character from 1 to return, everytime they've shown up it's felt a bit like seeing an old friend, especially since as the games time skips have always had them close to my age(which probably helped my attachement back in the first game). So hi Three, can't believe we both probably pay taxes now.
I have the original two Inkling Amiibos, in a collection that is slowly building, I'm still attached to Marie, and yes I was on her team for the Final Splatfest.
I cried when it was over, just like I did in 2's Final Fest(I was team chaos, two for two baby!) and will probably do so for 3's as well. Something about this series just makes me super attached to it's world and characters.
So booyah Splatoon, my final online game of yours was well and truly years ago, but I replayed story mode to share you with a friend recently, and I think I'll refight Octavio tonight in honour of the good times.
You encouraged me to try out games I wouldn't have otherwise(hello Overwatch and Deep Rock Galactic), and outlasted one of the other major games of my teenage years(...Overwatch 1 I miss you). So thank you for that.
I'll miss Squid Jump, Inkstrike, the og kit for the NZap 89(why does it's new one not vibe with me ;-;), the Squid Sister's broadcasts and the more saturated colours. At least I can always return to the Plaza in 3, and that Spyke isn't dead like I was concerned he was when 3 released, and see the Squid Sisters perform during Splatfests again.
I have so much more to say in my heart about you but no more ways to word it.
You've been a fantastic game, and will always be a treasured experience that I am grateful to have been a apart of from the very beginning.
Now bring back Moray Towers in 3 damn it! It's in 2 but I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY FAVOURITE STAGE IF IT"S NOT IN 4.
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defiantly long overdo, i didn't think to start this before the servers shut down, but instead on the day of woops!
it was wired drawing splat1 spyke again after so long <3
#splatoon fanart#splatoon art#splatoon#splatoon spyke#splatoon shutdown#spyke splatoon#wii u#goodbye splatoon#splatoon 3#splatoon 2#nintendo#sumthing.art#my art
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6 years ago my brother bought this game called Splatoon for the Wii u. 6 years, 3 games and hours of time I can say that this game changed my life.
It started as a "childish game noone would like!!" Into my favourite game of all time.
I've spent hundreds of dollars and hours of my life into this game and I regret NONEof it!!!.
Art from 6 years ago when I was first starting to draw [splatoon got me into drawing]
Still can't draw them eyes or hair. [Estimated to be about 2017] I'd say it's an improvement
Some fond memories:
In hero mode in sector 2 the skatepark place I'd spent hours and hours just splashing around inking like i was skating as agent 3. Splatoon 2 how I would "run" in the inkstorm (I'd put down an inkstorm and pretend I was in a daydream while listening to music). Splatoon 3 world premiere spending hours in the tutorial bc we couldn't get into the training grounds or just spending lots of time around the splatlands
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Funny how Splatoon 1 is shutting down the same day there's a solar eclipse. Anyways, to those who have S1 pay your respects now that you have the chance to. I sure wish I could but unfortunately I don't have a WiiU...
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It's good to see that splatoon shutting down has made ppl realise what's truly important in life
simping for callie
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Gamers our Splatoon 1 disc is damaged 😔
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I got a capture card so I could record my splatoon 1 final moments. I made so many friendships and memories made thanks to the 3ds and the wii u. It's sad to see the og online go 😢 .Thank you to everyone who joined the squid party until the very end. Im glad pretendo exists so people can play splatoon 1 in the future 🥹
Hello, my name is Toad. This is my first post here. Feel free to add me on Pretendo or Nintendo switch 😄
PNID: Yahboitoad
SW-8383-4773-1315
no NNID because of the shutdown
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thinking about the great uk squid hijacking at Splatoon 1’s release and that they never caught the guy. they would have had to hold onto them for at least a while and then sell them *slowly* and secretly, cuz if they were the only ones in the country you’d be basically handing yourself into the cops. so you’d have to be super careful or you might just have like. every preorder’s worth of green squid amiibo. forever. anyway happy server shutdown day to the owner of hundreds of tiny green squids from 2015 in particular-
#I think about this a lot I’ve had this screenshot in my phone for like 6 months#any given green squid amiibo in the UK could have been involved in organised crime and you just wouldn’t know :)#teh scenest cephalopod#<<my splatoon tag btw in case anyone needs to block it#notscene.txt#splatoon#splatoon 1#Nintendo network shutdown
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Thanks for playing
#goodbye splatoon#splatoon#splatoon 1#my edit#nintendo#wii u#wii u online#pretendo#splatoon servers shutdown
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So I’m pretty sure I heard the Splatoon server shut down.
#sketch#doodle#fanart#digital art#art#splatoon fanart#splatoon#marie splatoon#callie splatoon#splatoon 1#Splatoon server shutdown
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Wave goodbye,
to Inkopolis News by the Squid Sisters
#until never…#staaaay fresh!#squid sisters#callie and marie#inkopolis news#wave goodbye#splatoon#nintendo#wiiu#wii u#server shutdown#agent 1#agent 2#splatoon 1#splatoon 2#splatoon 3#m’n
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i remember staying up really late with my friends during a sleepover, trying to stay quiet as to not wake our parents, as we pulled out our DS’s to try and beat eachother at mario kart.
my friend always brought a cartridge for me bc i didn’t own a mario kart game but we had a blast together.
it was the silent way in saying “i love you, friend” that we could never say out loud.
my friends would also play a lot of splatoon when it first came out. i didn’t have a wii u but i was just content to watch. They didn’t believe me but i was genuinely enraptured by them playing and bantering together and me sitting there in the middle just happy to watch.
theres a lot of memories i have from the ds servers.
i love you video games. you help me show how much i love my friends one blue shell at a time 💝
#inkstrikes you#nintendo#ds#ds servers#nintendo server#server shutdown#splatoon#mario kart#the talk show
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Splatoon was literally a game changer in my life, and I wanted to thank the game that have brought so MANY emotions in me.
Happiness, sadness, angryness, confusion, you name it. I'm just so into this world and it's lore that I got drawn in.
Thank you Splatoon 1
#I was suppose to post this sooner but didn't have time#*cries in a corner*#See you on splatoon 3#drawing#dibujo#draw#digital#digitalart#illustration#sai#art#doodle#sketch#splatoon fanart#splatoon#splatoon 1#splatoon 1 shutdown#captain#splatoon captain#nintendo#nintendo switch#wii u#*cries*
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Just finished my last match of Splatoon 1 I'll get to play before server shutdown. Farewell, old friend.
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By the time I wake up tomorrow an era will have ended and Splatoon 1 will be gone, at least officially. Strangely surreal, even if I never had a wii u. We'll miss you, Kaori and John, and all the others too. Hope you're doing okay, nine years later. They'd be 23 now, huh... How time flies.
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