#sneo concept

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Bonus sketch dump for side order hype. Pls excuse the roughness lol

2 new wpn classes

Juggernaut - water jug hammer

Turf board - hover board / surf board with water jets

Double sided Markatana - jotter class lightweight fusion. Attacks faster and swings twice but does half the damage of the original.

(Markatana 2.0 reworked incoming since we now know how swords work in Splat)

Bubble bands - working concept for “gloves” / dauber wpns. Unconfirmed wpn as of now.

Pallet board - sub wpn concept for reflecting enemy projectiles. Unconfirmed.

Expired Octolings. Another look at the “zombie” theme for potential hero mode shenanigans. They would use bones and ink to create monstrous anomalies. Idea was too similar to the dlc enemies so it’s scrapped for now. Using this energy on “exolings” check other posts.

Light saber inspired hero markatana.

I don’t believe this is the first stage I’ve shown but sharing this concept because we might actually see something like it in the real game. I’ve scrapped my idea for an airport stage bc I thought it wasn’t splatoon appropriate but there’s yet another idea I liked that I can actually say I’m happy to see.

But back to this stage. This train station is huge and underground. Idk how safe battling would be here but for safety reasons let’s just imagine that when trains are arriving there’s a clear shield wall around the rails. When trains are gone you can still fall out of bounds though.

For its turf war gimmick I could see the trains leaving and all the turf you’ve accumulated on top of (or inside) the train will be like a reserved area of ink that leaves the stage and acts as turf that’s permanently claimed. Imagine the trains as surface area that leaves mid match like a reverse of Mahi, where the change adds turf. In this case the change will hold on to turf as points that cannot be overwritten and a surprise after the match when the train returns to the station for calculating points. Just concepts for now tho. Might not even keep this gimmick idea.

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Splatoon Neo - Hero Mode: Cross Contamination (Concept)

As the hero is starting to get used to their surroundings, their journey leads them into a wasteland. This abandoned area used to be called home by many. Now the location is off limits to the average person as it has become where all the waste, trash, and toxic materials of the surface world ends up.

You must be saturated in ink to even withstand the harsh conditions down there. Without your ink mucus protecting you, you’d undoubtedly breathe in lethal materials. And even after all of that, you’re not the only thing “alive” down there… Unwelcoming, glowing red eyes stare back at you from the shadows. Unveiled to be infected octopus creatures that can barely hold themselves up- like zombies. Being an outiser, you activate their fight or flight response and in an instant they’re attacking you as an army. No longer slow and sluggish, but equal in athleticism to the hero.

Your Captain assures you there’s no brain activity detected in these creatures. Their theory is that these Octolings have been contaminated by standing water. They look familiar to ones he’s faced before but not quite. Collect “think pieces” and the Biologist will explain what’s happening.

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Author’s Notes:

Here’s our first look at world 2 of story mode. After you win the treasure map from the carnival of world 1 you’d end up here. The general order of story mode is finished so I’ll be sharing sketches as I confirm plot points. This area has no name yet but it is the Neoverse (Splatoon Neo universe) equivalent of a Octoling colony such as Octo Valley. With each world the story gets more convoluted. This section will show the failures of genetic modification experiments and the failure of a world that portays itself as green and clean. The vibe is very different from world 1 but they connect on the theme of environmental hazards. Will share the designs of the Octolings found in this area once I decide on a name for their “species”

The agent has their “agent number” as well, can’t wait to share it once their full design is complete. I go a different way about naming the agents, it’ll make sense later