Ika Musume (Squid Girl) Costume Coming To Splatoon With August Patch!

Recently for an issue of Famitsu, a special collaboration illustration was included where Splatoon crosses over with the Manga Ika Musume (Squid Girl). For those who don't know the manga, it is a series by Masahiro Anbe that has been serialized since 2007. In it a cute Squid Girl sets out to take revenge on mankind for polluting the ocean. However she manages to accidentally do some damage to a beach house and must work as a waitress to pay off her debts and her unusual life on the surface begins from there.

Two other collaborative pictures were also released that you can see here and here. However there is even more exciting news! According to the picture taken from the magazine above it seems a special Ika Musume costume will be coming to Splatoon. It would appear to have a white dress and triangle hat just as the main character of the manga as well. It says it will be coming for free with an update in August. At this time the announcement only seems to pertain to Japan. Stay tuned to Squidboards for any news on it coming elsewhere!

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SmashCapps is very excited to see this incredibly unique crossover hit Splatoon, and hopes we can use the costume all over the world. To keep up with him and his writing antics follow him on Twitter.

 

That is great. I'd love if my boy Inkling could wear Ika Musume's dress, but as with the schoolgirl outfit, it will probably be "adapted" :T

 

Plz have have it everywhere!

I just got into the series and love it to death!

 

It had to happen, de geso - Looking forward to it, and hopefully I'll be able to spare some time for watching IkaMusume one of these days!

 

Do want. Do want for the entire world. Plz Japan.

Also while you're at it, make a costume for Tanabe Kozue from the same series. For those unaware, she's an octopus girl, and thus would fit here like a glove too.

 

Do want. I don't even watch Squid Girl, (even though I should), but that outfit is amazing!

 

I swear to god if its japan only and I see players using that costume, and I CANT ORDER IT FROM SPIKE. I WILL DO THINGS THAT ARE HARMFUL AND THREATENING PROBABLY. ok not actually. but srsly pls japan sharing is caring

 

She looks ridiculously cute
I like it

 

if this doesn't come to NA I'm going to flip a table across the Pacific Ocean

 

 

Cool! I had a feeling this would happen.

 

Bring it to NA, please!

 

Time to order outfits off of inklings from Japan.

 

This makes me so happy! As you might guess from my signature, I'm a big Ika Musume fan!

I've been a fan of the manga for a long time and Ika Musume was one of the first things I thought about when Splatoon was announced. I'm definitely going to use this!

 

Beautiful. I'm already lucky enough to be able to visit Yogurty's to try the new Splatoon flavours, now hopefully I can be doubly lucky to have the Ika Musume costume if it's released to the west.

 

 

!!!! No way they can make costumes region specific. they gotta let us have this. LET ME HAVE THIS!!!

 

Yeah I also don't think outfits would be region specific. They might just not identify it as the Ika Musume costume in the non-Japan versions of the game, but it would still be the same thing. Just like how everything has different names already depending on region like the Squid Sisters/Shiokaraazu.

 

I guess it will be Japan only. ):

 

I wonder if the outfit also changes your inklings hair, like if DLC costumes are the only way to change your hair style