The Splatoon 3 Plaza is experiencing somewhat of a trend lately, but no one really knows what it is — just that it's him.
The "him" in question is, as the lead image implies, a strange little creature with no name, often just known as "animal" or "the animal", sometimes just as "he". He appears different in everyone's interpretations — sometimes his eyes are closer together or further apart, sometimes he has more of a nose, sometimes his snout extends like an anteater's — but the one thing everyone can seemingly agree upon is that "he" is very important, in some way.
Does this story, or the animal's existence, affect Splatoon in any way? Not at all. But to see a community banding around something that everyone loves, to see an organically-created meme that's adorable and pure in real time... it's almost like we're truly back in the Miiverse days.
The image below is the original animal, posted on November 20th with the simple title "my animal" by a player known as "aple ipod".
We love the him. Thank you, Splatoon community, for bringing him to us.
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heh looks like a cut character from the game Baba is You. I love it~
We must protect plaza posts at all cost.
Isn't there like post trends every week on that game? This week its this. It changes like every week
Will be sad to him go
I care he very much.
@EaglyTheKawaiiShika kinda like us and Moose
#Moosecember
Looks like the Dudunsparce equivalent of the TBH autism creature
It's like that cryptid known as ningen, only quadrupedal.
Would like to see him/her in the next Smash.
@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I love small comunities
That’s amazing, I never would have expected a trend to be created out of the Splatoon 3 Plaza, but I love it so much
Just a little boy
Plaza is all we have, it’s the only social interaction we have on Nintendo, so I agree, we must keep it safe.
I saw this today after downloading the Chill Season update. Thought it was dumb and moved on.
Return of the Animalians
@abbyhitter Thanks for letting us know. Do you go to parties and take a dump in the punch bowl too?
I actually thought this was a waterbear drawing, or at least a cuter version of it.
@BrazillianCara it really does! Also, this and Ningen look like the Fresno nightcrawler, too.
This is the exact reason I turned this feature off.
I know I am old now but I will never understand this online social media sheep mentality.
Can't wait for the Amiibo.
Peppa Pig with four eggs instead of two
I thought it was meant to be a capybara when I first saw it lol
@Hero-of-WiiU Glad to see a fellow Wii U fan!
I love how when you hover your mouse over the thumbnail pic its just says "him"
He is so cute! I love him.
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