Topic: Splatoon 3

Btw. If you get a gold scale, it's shiny and sparkling now. Nice new added detail.

Tinkered around with all the new additions over the course of the last few days and I've got some thoughts!

• Inkopolis is a very cool hub that, while it doesn't really have much exclusive compared to Splatsville, is still an extremely nice nostalgia trip filled with great music, cool characters and a boatload of charm. I'll probably still stick to Splatsville as I prefer the scale and architecture comparatively but I can definitely see myself constantly coming back here and you better BELIEVE I'll be rocking out in the crowd come the next Splatfest!
• The new weapons are very cool. While I lament the fact that we somehow got MORE shooters than the last time (seriously: HOW), the weapons themselves are very fun to use with personal shoutouts to Tri-Slosher Nouveau and L-3 Nozzlenose D in particular, those ones are super fun!
• The new specials are weird, probably unbalanced....and extremely fun to both fight with and against. Kraken could probably do with some tuning (the way it's able to blitz through specials like Booyah Bomb and easily contest the Tower in TC is a bit much) but the joyful panic instilled by carefully dodging their attacks, stalling until the special runs out to OHKO them in return? Oh it is HEAVENLY I tell you. Super Chump is also a fun special to pop in advantageous positions that works well on the two weapons it's currently on (N-Zap especially), even if the damage and ease of which the bombs get destroyed makes it pretty underpowered currently imo.
• The new stages are decently fun, though they'll certainly take some getting used to. Manta Maria was one of my personal favourites from 2 and once again it works pretty flawlessly in 3 with fun areas to creep in on thanks to the walls and center pole. Um'ami Ruins (despite having a name that I still have no clue how to properly pronounce) is also a neat stage that, while it still suffers a bit from the Tetris-block design of most of 3's brand new stages, has a lot more unique about it to compensate like the wide spawns, perch points for sniping/movement and fight pits next to said spawn. Definitely two appreciated additions that I could definitely see growing on me in the coming months.
• The new Salmon Run content won't be fully felt until Big Run rolls around this weekend but I love that they brought back a ton of old gear from 2....and hate how expensive they all are (EIGHT GODDAMN HUNDRED BRONZE SCALES FOR MY BELOVED DUSTBLOCKER?! OH COME THE F*** ON).

Overall, Fresh Season's brought about a ton of really cool improvements/additions to 3 and has genuinely brought me all the way back to being addicted after hitting a bit of a low point come the end of last season. Can't wait for Big Run this weekend and the eventual first Splatfest in Inkopolis!

I'm already on level 6 of my catalog.

Inkopolis has an advantage over Splatsville.

If you like both Salmon Run & Tableturf, you can change between the two much quicker since the walk is so short.

The downside of playing Tableturf lately, is it doesn't progress the catalog. The Undulator emote is the emote I want to get, and I'm not making any progress toward it because of Tableturf. (I'm grinding Tableturf to level 30 because I want the Card Shark emote. Currently level tableturf level 22.)

@WoomyNNYes Wait, there's an emote at level 30!? starts grinding immediatly
I'm also level 22 btw!

@GreenTea Yeah, Tableturf level 30 rewards the Card Shark emote. That's the only way to get that emote. It looks like someone taking a kungfu stance. At least, that's how I'd describe it. It's nothing crazy, but I kinda like it because I think a lot of emotes are a bit over the top.

Seen here after the dab

@WoomyNNYes Wait so there is actual reason to play tableturf. How long would it take me?

I was lucky enough to finally get the dab out of the machine, I’m so happy!

@Snatcher You landed the Dab emote (aka Double Cross?) from the shellout machine? Nice work!

Tableturf has a few rewards. It has three banners, and the Card Shark emote. Banner 1 was level 10. Banner 2 was level 25. Although, I don't think the first two banners are anything people yearn for. They're fine? The third banner is like level 50. I don't have plans to play much past level 30. (If you search tableturf rewards, you'll find some sites that show the rewards - possibly a splatoon wiki site.)
edit: You can see the banners on this page: https://game8.co/games/Splatoon-3/archives/390066

How long to get to level 30 in tableturf? Good question. I finally started getting the hang of tableturf about a week ago. I've gotten to level 26 in about a week. I think I leveled up 4 levels today. Tableturf is about all I played.

I struggled to understand the game until StarPoint gave me some tips. Then youtuber cryptidcultist's tutorials got me over the hump with understanding how to build a deck and how to play. Anyway, I recommend youtuber cryptidcultist's table turf tutorials: how to win, how to build a deck, how to level up. Crypitidcultist is an amusing girl and she explains things really well. And now I think tableturf is fun. I've been enjoying it.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFOLwAHdeZafhSNS2hSOrs...

**Note: One thing that annoyed and confused me, the AI can do something you can't. AI plays their card right after you. And AI can cover your ink without a special weapon. I thought it was BS, because I can't cover AI ink without a special weapon. But it's how the game works.

**Plus: I learned from cryptidcultist that we don't always have to fit our ink pieces together like Tetris.

I think the Card Shark emote is a homage to card game animes. 😅

OHHHHHHhhhh, I could see that. You're probably right. Thanks, @Budda!

2 hours till Big Run, LET ME IIIIIIIIIIIN

Well, I managed to beat the first Horrorboros I fought! It’s a fun boss, and since it’s so huge it’s pretty easy to hit. So far my high score has been 123 eggs, but I’m hoping to get a bit higher than that.

WOW. Has everyone visited Inkopolis since big run started??? Its different! There's some weird siren whirring sound that's creepy AF. IT'S SICK!!!! Why doesn't Splatsville have the same sound? Splatsville is lame in comparison. There's also occasionally a distant roar at Inkopolis, which I haven't heard before. This is so awesome. I haven't even played yet. 🤣

EDIT: Ok, now I've played big run. Oof. There was virtually always newbs on the team. I played 20 jobs, and failed a lot. At this rate, I'm worried I'll never get a decent haul of eggs for a good high score. One freak job got above a hundred eggs with a total of 117, but that's still thrid place bronze reward. ☹ That's what I got last time.😠 ......I got Horrorboros 3-4 times, but never took out more than half of horrorboros' health.

Is it me, or do things seem a big janky with Art Academy for big run? The camera, the tricky raised wall - I failed to get up that so often, it felt broken.

Just curious - I have a question to those who have the Splatoon 3 DLC. If you're in Inkopolis and you start matches in its lobby, does it play Splatoon 1 music while you're in Turf War matches? Or is it just the regular S3 music?

That kind of makes sense location-wise. Inkblot is (I think) pretty close to the centre of Inkopolis, so the hub wouldn't be far away from the action (unlike Splatsville).

Wow, Salmon Run prices are steep. I only just bought my 5th item from the shop (have 2 banners, 2 stickers and green slopsuit) which unlocked the next batch of items and Blue is 30 silver scales.

@Grumblevolcano Upon spending a cerain amount, the Salmon Run shop unlocks to it's second tier, which so far, seems to be the full size of the Salmon Run store. Yeah there are some items with crazy high prices using the more rarely rewarded gold and silver scales. It's clear Nintendo has planned for the very-long-term. People will be unlocking those things after the next gen nintendo console releases. Or, even though I play a lot, I'll probably still never grind enough to buy those things.

What are everybody''s highest egg total so far in big run?

Mine is 117. Low confidence I'll get better. Today, Im about the only person with salmon run banner & badges. Its rare i get matched with other SR veterans. My current best badges are the silver ones for 1000 kills for maws, steelhead, fry fish.

@Dev9417 Ah, OK. Thanks for filling me in, and agreed for sure. Inkopolis also looks like a nice throwback, but I kind of wish they had it as a free update instead.