Rumour: Data Miners Find Evidence That Suggests New Splatoon amiibo Are Coming

HALL A LEW YA HALL A LEW YA HALL A LEW YA

I'd buy them both.
I don't even care if I have to spend $50 each, I'd buy them both.

Stay Fresh!

@DarthNocturnal That's for the regular free updates. I don't know about any future content, they've been pretty evasive and noncommittal when asked about future, paid DLC.

What.
There's a possibility that we get Callie and Marie amiibo?
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Brb, going to pray to every God I know of.

let me start the unfounded rumor that using callie and marie amiibo unlock two story modes which allow play as octolings.

I'd love to see the Squid Sisters as Amiibo. I'll definitely be getting Marie if that's what it is, but I wonder what they would do? As one of the rewards from challenges I could see it unlocking certain songs from the Squid Sisters that players could listen to while walking around Inkopolis.

I would camp out for Callie & Marie amiibo. Those two are <3<3<3<3<3<3.

Callie is a Roller user, and Marie a Charger user, so if these end up being our beloved Squid Sisters as most expect, I'm thinking that challenge levels just like the Squid Amiibo, but with rollers and chargers instead, are a decently likely prospect.

Dataminging also seems to suggest new enemies (Enemy_Hammer_Guy, Enemy_Jumping_Guy and another that I forget) iirc, so they could unlock totally new gameplay as well, though!

@DarthNocturnal The final update could have already implmented new amiibo functionality that just can't be used until you've scanned the to-be-announced amiibo. Thus, there won't be any more "content" coming, technically, because it's already there, just hidden away in the data... or something.

The 'stay fresh' thing sounds so horrible, I can't be the only one thinking so xD;

I'd rather have an amiibo of the the old veteran gramp or that black market spike in the back alley.

You mean Cap'n Cuttlefish?

I never cared about amiibos. I'm just hoping for a Splatoon 2 NX reveal, honestly.

Rumors suck and data miners suck. The end.

Blatant truth aside, having more Splatoon content would be cool!

Whelp this is a rumor but I'll give you a fact @MitchVogel minecraft hit number one download of all time on the Japanese eshop today. I bet Microsoft won't dilly dally on the nx port if you know what I mean

I don't understand why people everywhere are taking this as complete confirmation that the Squid Sisters will be an amiibo. People should just take the information as is and come to a logical idea.

Is it referring to Callie and Marie? Most likely yes (in-game files refer to them as that). Does this mean we will get them as amiibo? Maybe. We can't make the assumption that they will until there is concrete evidence.

Granted, I would personally like this to be real. I'd buy them in an instant (hopefully as a bundle).

Hope this turns out to be legit.

I would buy them SO FAST.

Hmmm...interesting 😀

Imagine the amiibos unlocking Callie and Marie as playable skins

@CharlieSmile Same...well not $50 but I'd definitely buy them if I could get them early.

Also we've got a release date for Bayonetta and Corrin. February 4th in Japan.

NOTE: I don't have a source. I came from the future. Just wait 5 days or a few hours and find out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UkBr2SOPfY&feature=youtu.be

It's apparently unlisted may get removed.

See? I knew the future.

http://www.smashbros.com/en-uk/dlc/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhjxc5Inc4w

Now you know you should never doubt Fee.

More:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D6mh2NTKG4&feature=youtu.be

@HeCaster101 Callie and Marie outfits would seem more likely.

Also maybe we'll finally get the pixelated platformer mini game from all the previews?

Yes, because we really needed even more amiibos! sarcasm I seriously hope they don't actually lock out something out an entire feature with this, or else I might end up buying an Amiiqo soon.

Have you guys ever thought to yourself that if you don't like something, don't buy it?

The hate that Amiibo is getting is seriously depressing.

I smell a Nintendo Direct in the air....

@Mr_Action Actually what you're smelling is...nevermind.

Oh yay! More SCamiibo! Who needs games? Our next big game is a lazy remaster of a game most of us played 10 years ago with guess what, more SCamiibo attached. The only real major quality game coming this year for Wii U is Zelda U and it doesn't even have a release date. We've seen next to no footage of it, bar the same field. It could potentially end up on NX, at the least it'll be a dual launch. And guess what'll be attached to that game? You guessed right, SCamiibo! A game we know nothing about already has Wolf Link SCamiibo tethered to it.

The sooner this DLC(disgusting locked crap) disease dies the better.

When Ancho-V Games came out, they did cheekily mention that its the office for the people who made the minigames, and that the computers are turned off so you can't see what new games they're currently working on.

So I wouldn't be surprised to see more of the same: challenges, gear, weapons, and minigames.

In which case, I'd suspect Blaster and Slosher-based challenges, though Splatling Guns haven't been done either. It's a long shot, but since the squid had infinite Kraken challenges, I would love to see infinite Ink Strike challenges. Could be interesting having that as your only means of attack while you waddle around avoiding enemy ink.

@Sligeach you need to slow your roll before you have a seizure or something

@Sligeach Tell us how you feel about it, though.

If this is true, I personally wouldn't mind since Splatoon's amiibo are all optional and nothing major is really "locked" behind them. The challenges don't really change how you approach the level that much outside of the limited ink challenge which isn't really that hard to replicate without tbh. The rewards are all reskins of existing stuff excluding the minigames which is really just a small bonus and not needed to enjoy the game.

DJ Octopus (?), Captain Cuttlefish, The Great Zapfish, and Octarians please.
Also Sheldon and the purple haired spiky guy who adds slots would be cool too.

The streets will be flooded with blood if this is true.

@Xenocity
DJ Octavio

Oh, and Spyke.

I actually was hoping for something like this to happen. I liked going through Octo Valley missions with the roller and charger, and would love to do it again with a Slosher and a H. Splatling. Not to mention unlock 2 more minigames!

I would gladly love to buy a Marie amiibo

Waiting for the disappointing news that they are only going to be amiibo cards. Lol

Need a Callie and Marie splatfest.

@Capn Umm Inkling Girl is charger challenges and Boy is roller lol Why would C&M also do those

@yaryah21 lol

My money's on a captain cuttlefish amiibo

@Zombo I'm talking more Timed missions, orcLimited Ink challenges, but with the Roller/Charger. The regular amiibos just have normal levels with their weapon. Inkling Squid amiibo (the green one) has challenge levels like the ones I mentioned, but only for Shooter stages. I'm suggesting challenge levels like those levels, but using a Roller/Charger instead.

I'm thinking Nintendo will go even further in terms of locking big content behind amiibo and have full story campaigns for agents 1 and 2 from the single player campaign.

@Sligeach b-but... *re-reads comment.

Nah. Just nah.

@Grumblevolcano That ideas definitely pushing it.

@DarthNocturnal The Free content is ending. I'm glad we're gonna get some Paid DLC. That stuff is gonna be NUTS

I'd buy them

Gimme dem sexy squid sisters as amiibos! I want my waifus!

I want a snow globe amiibo, have since I saw it. Snow globes are cool. They did mega Yarn Yoshi for $40, they could do a $25 snow globe that unlocks octoling skins. Maybe we could use it to transfer over all of our single player upgrades to Spla2oon.

And since there are 2, Captain Cuttlefish, which unlocks new single player levels from the days of his youth.

The free content has been exemplary. I don't mind paid dlc, especially if it comes with a multi-game amiibo.

The first thing that comes to my mind is, is this even necessary? Pretty cool for the fans though! That is, if it turns out to be true. Data miners have been awfully accurate as of late.

I mentioned this in a comment on an article about the dlc ending to get immediately told that it's not happening lol. Yeah as soon as I first heard of the hacking I knew something was happening! I was entirely convinced when Nintendo went crazy and was searching everywhere on the internet blocking videos on copyright grounds I had to make a video without any articles which was crazy ai just had to read the information off my phone haha. So yeah Nintendo make it pretty obvious when they trid hiding all this from the internet unfortunately for them it's the internet @GrumbleVolcano maybe it's something else to put in the direct we're waiting for

@Sligeach "disgusting locked crap" eh? I admit that I hate paying more money for things that I feel should already be included with my initial purchase. But it seems rude to call NEW content that. Especially for this game that's almost a year old now.

Besides it's optional. So why the hurt feelings?

@JohnnyC It wasn't free DLC. We paid for it. Had the game not had the promise of updates a lot of people wouldn't have bought the game. The game was a barren wilderness at launch. I can't remember precisely but didn't we have like 5 maps at launch? Imagine a COD trying that. And isn't it funny how as soon as the DLC ends, immediately there's strong rumours of DLC?

@NintyMan Looking at the past amiibos, they give single player missions with alternative weapons/play mechanics. So, at a guess, amiibos yielding a Blaster, (or more likely) a slosher, or heavy splatling. Though, I'm unsure we will see more amiibo. Splatoon has been out for a while, and I don't think that any more amiibo would 'fit' if you get what I mean. Also, the Octoling files were updated, but I don't think we going to be able to play as those. Nonetheless, it would be cool to have more amiibos

@Sligeach In reality we did get actual free DLC, just later on. The game was mostly completed in August after their 2.0 update, in which we were given basically everything we were originally promised back when the Splatoon Direct was shown (with the exception of a few weapons) From that point, most of the following content was new and free DLC.

@WillTheLion I love Nintendo. I know it mightn't seem like it sometimes by my responses. My favourite games are all Nintendo. Not hard because I'm a Ninty only gamer. I've been there from the very start. Super Metroid is the greatest game ever made. I want Nintendo back sitting on their throne. It's hard watching them and some of their decisions they've made. Why is it I as a consumer knew the Wii U would die before launch but Nintendo couldn't?

Splatoon isn't nearly a year old. It's only just turned 8 months old.

Instabuy for me. I hope it's true.

To the other unavoidable discussion topic, I will say that I thought Splatoon was the worst amiibo implementation for Nintendo. $30+ of DLC that could only be purchased in that manner, with zero other option for in game purchase. That's not how I want to see DLC done, and I hope if this is true, it's done differently this time.

@Sligeach 8 months seem nearly a year old to me, but I guess we could say it was a simply 'over half a year old'.

As far as the Wii U being/having been a flop, I've always enjoyed it and the games that are on it. I'm excited for the games that are supposedly coming this year. It's my most played console at my home more than my ps4, Xbox, or my 3ds.

Many people have even played my Wii U at my house and then gone and bought one afterwards because they enjoyed it. So while it hasn't sold nearly as much as the Wii, I'd say it's still at least a partial success.

And as far as Nintendo losing their spot on the gaming throne? What king sits on a throne of gold without enough gold in his treasury to run his kingdom? If anything I feel that is buying dlc or even amiibo helps Nintendo become more capable of producing something even more incredible.

I'd like to think paid dlc is a fad, but I also believe that modern systems and games cost more to produce which leaves companies less room to profit.

I don't care about weapons in Splatoon. I've tried them all out but I still stick to the first weapon we start with. And all the different variations are much of a muchness. Insignificant to me, the new maps were the only substantial DLC to me. Imagine a COD launching with 5 maps or imagine another company saying we're launching with very little content but give us your money and it'll be complete 8 months later. How many companies could get away with that? Nintendo can because we trust them and we are the hardcore, the Wii U has tanked but we've stood by it. The Wii U has many a game with very impressive attach rates, none more so than MK8(roughly 50%).

@WillTheLion So much to disagree with in that last statement. Apart from your opening paragraph there's faults in every other one. The Wii U has been a partial success? You do realise why the NX is launching this year?

They would be stupid by not making Callie and Marie amiibos

@Sligeach ea did that with bettle front but they are charging for the added maps.

@Sligeach In fairness announcing the NX 10 months ago as a passing comment with no details seems like a desperate "We're not dead yet!" plea for attention on Nintendo's part.

As such it's also reasonable to say the Wii U wasn't as big as Nintendo or anyone else even wanted it to be. That's why I said it was a partial success. There are those who love it and there are some really great game exclusives for it.

But even 'partial success' is still more success than a total failure.

Which is why I don't mind paying a little extra for NEW not already made content that comes out after release. Such purchases likely will help fund Nintendo so that they can make the NX amazing.

But there's still so little light on the NX that for the time being it makes more sense to focus on what is currently out or actually announced Wii U and 3DS games.

@faint Exactly. Other companies can be even less fair with DLC. What a good example.

^^^ @WillTheLion I've seen this mentioned so many times. So because everyone else is doing DLC and Nintendo are the less evil in its execution this makes it alright?

How much has NWPlayer123 been right about, though? I don't see any playable octolings, plus I'm pretty sure she confirmed rumors of Nintendo Directs that didn't happen during the hype drought. Sometimes developers put placeholder data in without ever actually realizing that feature, so I'd be skeptical. I'm hoping, though. I will buy them instantly.

@WillTheLion Referring to your earlier point.

"What king sits on a throne of gold without enough cold in his treasury to run his kingdom?"

Nintendo are rich. They're sitting on a mountain of gold in the bank.

"Such purchases likely will help fund Nintendo so that they can make the NX amazing."

Again. What did I just say? Nintendo aren't a charity. I buy all their good games. amiibo is something I will never get behind.

EA? Effing Ars€h01€$. Is that what we're comparing Nintendo to? If so we really do have a problem.

@Sligeach just point out an industry leader who did the same but far worse. It is what it is. I'm far more worried that trump could become president of the U.S. Than about anything Nintendo does right now

Just when I could see the end of the Amiibo I planned to buy... will be picking these up when they release. Hopefully its more gear and single player missions that are added. I don't really see how multilayer content could be added through amiibo anyway.

@Sligeach Man you must hate modern gaming lol cya. Also tons of. pepole have never played TP dude

I haven't bought a single amiibo yet at full retail price (yet I have 7 of them), but I would definitely get Callie and Marie. Please let this be true.

I would buy them in a heartbeat but im taking this with a grain of salt

If you touch them to the GamePad it skips the announcements...

@faint Yeah, battlefront has about 8 maps now. It's a great game though not as good as battlefront 2 but I've been having loads of fun with it!

@Sligeach These kinds of business practices are why I'm mostly a DRM-free PC and retro gamer now. Nintendo isn't going to listen to dissenting ideas. In my opinion, it's quite frankly a waste of time to try to convince those who are already spellbound otherwise. (Though that hasn't stopped me from saying my piece sometimes, either!)

If fans want to resort to cop outs of lesser evilism, well, they should be careful what they wish for. For digital products, I'd rather just buy from places like GOG.com that already understand the concepts of which you speak, and have a default policy of DRM-free and anti-bad DLC policies. (With a vigilant community that the company actually listens to and has even revoked bad changes, when the community calls out the company on doing something wrong!) For physical products, places I buy from are mostly local exchange stores. In other words, small businesses.

Sometimes, we have to struggle with others to do the right thing. Most of the time, though, it's better to just embrace those who already understand what the right thing to do is.

Callie and Marie are pretty awesome, so I'd appreciate that. With so crazy many Animal Crossing amiibos out there, it wouldn't be right without more love for Splatoon.

What I don't understand: I thought NWPlayer123 was banned? How could she datamine without a new account?

@DarthNocturnal Nope, just yesterday the producer of Splatoon talked about the possibility of new content during a tournament in Japan.