An idea on How Agent 8 could be the owner of Inkopolis Square's Ammo Knights

[Cephalobro]

This refers to a player character, so their appearance will vary according to what the player has picked in Side Order. However, Agent 8 must stay as a silent character because of them being a player character. But with this comes a perfect opportunity to change things up. What I'm talking about is having an Octarian talk for Agent 8, with the Octarian most likely being an Octotrooper since Octotroopers seem to be the most common Octarian Nintendo uses.

The reason to bring this up is how Sheldon was thinking of hiring Agent 8 for Ammo Knights. But having a silent character becoming suddenly talkative ruins the idea of the silent character in the first place, thus, having an Octarian talk for Agent 8 is really the best idea to have as a replacement.

 

[9DB]

Hmmmm...

I don't know about the talking octarian.

However, what if 8 had like... A computer voice chip that can only formulate a few words at a time.

The character would still be technically silent and it would fit the whole vibe Nintendo is going for in side order

 

[Cephalobro]

The talking Octarian is from the idea that Inkopolis Square was the first place in which we saw playable Octolings on the surface, thus it should be the first place we would see a friendly Octarian.

Also, it's canon that Octarians can talk, as they have their own language different from that of Inklings. In fact, Octolings from Inkadia have Octarian as their native language.