My Splatoon motivation is pretty dead but I just want to make a bit of an update now that the game is actually out.
I’m gonna wait till the end of the month to mark things confirmed or not to be mindful of spoilers.
I still have 76 old asks I never got around to doing, I’m unsure what to do with them. Some of them actually predicted things but because I never posted them and Tumblr doesn’t show you how old asks are they won’t seem that much like predictions anymore.
Others are just so off base because they were before the game was announced. Those I can still post since they’re funny but IDK how to handle the real predictions.
Also, I just want to make a public apology for putting Tabitha (yellow inkling girl) in the headdress in a few posts. I was a dumb teenager at the time and didn’t really know the significance of it and just wanted something “chaotic” for her to wear. I hope you’ll forgive me. If enough people want me to redo those posts to replace her attire I’d be more than willing.
I’ve closed the ask box for now since I have quite a backlog. Since the game’s out there isn’t much to predict anyways, not until we learn more about the DLC since right now all we know is “Off The Hook will be there” which may lead to some funny ideas but right now... too many right now XD
I must say, “fuzzy octarians” was not on ANY prediction I got.
This one is the closest I got, sadly it says inkling and not octarian so gonna dock some points.
As for continuing the blog....
My muse for making splatoon content is at an all time low, this is how many I had before I took my break. Since I am pretty much working on this blog by myself there is no way I can force myself to work through these alone. Tempted to just post em with no related art just so you can see em.
Some people wanted a part 2 to my last post so here you go, this one being a lot more silly because Tumblr deleted my first draft of this post and I am bitter.
1. Pet system
As mentioned in my first post Paintman Go used to have a pet system. While most of it was lost to time due to little photo archiving being done I asked around and it seemed you could feed your pet food and evolve them, bringing them in battle would give your weapon a different sub then it normally would.
2. Upgradable Weapons
Unlike in Splatoon, all you need stat wise is your gun allowing clothing to be fully cosmetic which I prefer. You can also equip 3 subs to a weapon at a time. Some of the subs and specials are exclusive to Paintman Go too.
3. New sub system.
To keep the subs balanced they added a bar to the bottom right, to use your special or your subs you need the correct amount of points which are gotten by inking turf. You could in theory get your special off twice in a row if you save up and are good enough.
4. Inking the walls
Inking the walls gives you points.... I don’t get it either.
5. Bot players
You know how I know inking the walls isn’t a bug? these little heckers do it! If a player disconnects or not enough people show up these guys show up. They like to move before the match even starts, ink the walls, jump around and sometimes get stuck in their bot forms.
6. Super Jumping anywhere
I was a bit mistaken in my last post on paintman go, turns out super jumping anywhere is a much older feature. It’s just only in the battle royale mode as of the current build so I was confused.
7. Battle Royal Mode
Oh yeah, the battle royale mode. That’s a thing I gotta list. Instead of 2 teams of 3 it’s 4 teams of 3. No clue why it’s not 4 teams of 4 but likely since that may be laggy.
8. The autobombs are children
This one I’m throwing in since it’s just something I find funny. The autobombs are identical to your crab form, no it’s not a placeholder since even the HUD icon is of a little itty bitty bot. Man, good thing Octo Expansion isn’t copied in this game or Agent 3 would have some explaining to do.
9. Backpacks
Someone sent this idea to the blog a while ago, little did they know it was a feature in Paintman Go this whole time. The backpacks sadly don’t show your ink amount but I’m sure if Nintendo added it they’d fix that.
10. Pokémon Clothing
Seriously, why isn’t this in Splatoon? Nintendo, what are you doing? Why is there no nintendo themed gear, make it amiibo functionality or something.
11. Longer clothing and skirts
This isn’t even all of them but you get the idea right?
12. White ink in normal turf
Not my screenshots since it seems kind of rare but you see a cpu player with the coconut juice.
13. World Leaderboard
Self explanatory.
14. Clothing Chunks
By winning in turf wars you can get these clothing puzzle piece things, if you get enough you get free clothing.
15. Lootboxes
Oh yeah... forgot to mention the lootboxes. Yeah you get the things from number 14 and more from these. THANKFULLY they can only be gotten via actual gameplay and not real money like in past builds. (for now at least, is still in beta)
If any of this interests you you can download the game here, maybe it can hold you over till splatoon 3. (Assuming you don’t have a switch or Wii U...)
Not my normal kind of post I know but this has been eating at my mind recently.
The game Sepia/Paintman Go has been a bit of a running gag on this blog, even using their bootleg inkling as a placeholder for the real Splatoon 3 Inkling design.
Now that the Splatoon 3 trailer exists I noticed this bootleg splatoon game has predicted a lot over it’s lifespan, which I have listed under the cut. (some more spot on than others)
1. The ink colors
This one dates back to when the game was originally called Sepia Go. Pretty self explanatory.
2. The new respawning system
This is from the latest build, while it released this month it was still long before Splatoon 3 was shown off. Unlike in the trailer, Paintman Go instead lets you respawn anywhere on the map. (Note, Paintman Go doesn’t show your respawner at the start of matches so forgive me for only showing the map. Also of note respawning only works like this in the game’s battle royale mode, not regular turf)
3. Pets
Back during the “starfish” build players used to have pets that you could raise that could help you in battle. We do not know the current function of your “little buddy” but figured I would include just to be sure. Just the concept of your character having a buddy in general is worth noting.
4. The crab special.
This one is interesting since unlike what was seen in Splatoon 3 this one seems to be separated into two parts. Ever since Version 11.12.01 of Paintman Go you turn into a robot crab thing instead of a squid. As for the ink turret functionality, that’s just a normal sub weapon within the game. Now, we do not know the functionality of Splatoon 3′s Crab so my turret theory may be incorrect but can we at least agree the crabs look similar? Same green lights and similar legs.
5. Predicting the Splatoon 2 inkling haircuts before splatoon 2 existed.
I get this is “Splatoon 3 predictions” but figured I’d toss this one in too as a bonus. I couldn’t find a screenshot of the boy with the more accurate Splatoon 2 hair so I just included a picture of it’s HUD icon instead. Note, this build of Paintman Go where the haircuts came from predates Splatoon 2 by quite a bit.
Am I reaching? Maybe... but isn’t that what this blog is about?
Let me know if anyone wants to see a part 2 called “Features Sepia/Paintman Go has that Splatoon doesn’t!” Since yes, there are a few features this bootleg has over the original source games.
Valve takes over the Splatoon franchise. We'll get a really cool remake of the Octo Expansion but that also means Splatoon 3 will n e v e r h a p p e n .
once splat 3 gets released will predictions relating to it still be allowed (assuming the blog stays active after splat 3) or will rebranding happen and its splat4predictions after release?
Of course predictions will still be allowed, updates and DLC exist after all!
As for Splatoon 4? Let’s cross that bridge when we get to it
As much as I joked about “Octavio 3 and knuckles” in the past I am genuinely scared Octavio actually isn’t gonna be in Splatoon 3 since it’s not taking place in Inkopolis, I’m gonna miss my goofy octopus man.
As for the blog, hopefully the fact the game is a year away will motivate me to actually work on it again.
Not looking forward forward to going through my archives and marking old posts with new tags though. I know a few people mentioned unisex hair and pants in the past so I need to mark those.
No one seemed to predict the new respawner system aside from the splatoon rip off game PSPD so points to China I guess?
