let me state a neutral, objective fact about your main weapon

[briank913]

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That doesn't look like a Mewtwo

Anyway, my main is Yoshi

 

[sevenleaf]

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the sloshing machine was slightly redesigned between splatoon 2 and 3 - in 1 & 2, the ink-colored part was the bottom half, and in 3, it's now the top half

My main is a Yoshi

dinoed saur

 

[OnePotWonder]

I would say Dynamo Roller, but I know a fact more fun than can be dug up on Inkipedia: Its motor doesn’t work. Seriously, when rolling its mechanical parts aren’t animated whatsoever, and anyone who’s picked it up knows it handles as though it’s unpowered. I can only assume that this is because the weapon may be too strong with the motor active, and it has to be handicapped for turf battle balance purposes in-universe. (Imagine a Dynamo Roller flying across the stage at even half the speed of the Grizzco Roller. Terrifying.) I will celebrate the day when Sheldon is able to unleash Dynamo and reveal its true power.
The only question that’s left is, are the other Ammo Knights weapons also hiding their true potential? Probably not.

How about Flingza Roller?

 

[sevenleaf]

How about Flingza Roller?

uniquely among rollers, the flingza’s vertical flick sends small trails of ink to the sides rather than forming a single, straight trail

this one i read on inkipedia and went “??? i have to see this for myself to see what they mean by that” so i just went in-game and tested it myself and:

…yeah, it does!

 

[OCTöHEAD]

In anticipation of the upcoming fest I've decided to take my gal out!

How about that?

 

[sevenleaf]

In anticipation of the upcoming fest I've decided to take my gal out!

How about that?

the 52 gal only shows up in one alterna mission: "Low Viz, High Risk" from world 5. it's paired with li'l buddy as the sub

 

[OCTöHEAD]

woah I didn't know that! cool

 

[solz]

Sploosh-o-matic

 

[OnePotWonder]

Sploosh-o-matic

I have one for this. Sploosh-o-matic is tied with .52 Gal for the fastest time to splat among shooters, at 20 frames or 1/3 of a second.

Feel free to offer a different fact, @sevenleaf.

 

[sevenleaf]

Sploosh-o-matic

the sploosh had a slight redesign with fresh season '23/version 3.0.0 - the silver parts of its nozzle were turned black, as seen in its 2d art:

(original on left, updated version on right)

the splash had a similar redesign. this coincided with the release of both weapon's neo kits, which had a substantial redesign from the previous games - both previously followed the "vanilla look with a sticker slapped on" second kit philosophy, and the silver-and-black designs are new to splatoon 3. the black nozzles of the redesigned vanilla weapons match the black nozzles of the neo kits' new looks.

(...i have no idea how commonly known this is. apparently it wasn't mentioned in the patch notes and i don't think i saw anyone talk about it at the time?)

 

[solz]

nice u did ur research also: octobrush

 

[sevenleaf]

nice u did ur research also: octobrush

well, this is the thread where i do quick inkipedia research about weapons

anyway, despite being treated like the “default” brush from splatoon 2 on - being the base model for the hero brush and orderbrush in 2 and 3 respectively - in splatoon 1, the octobrush was added to the game after the inkbrush

 

[ltsora]

custom dualie squelchers

 

[sevenleaf]

custom dualie squelchers

similar to what i said about tri nouveau, cds was identical to vds besides the brand sticker before splatoon 3, but 3 gives it one more point of visual distinction in the yellow tips

 

[Algae]

well, this is the thread where i do quick inkipedia research about weapons

anyway, despite being treated like the “default” brush from splatoon 2 on - being unlocked at an earlier level in 2, being the base model for the hero brush and orderbrush in 2 and 3 respectively - in splatoon 1, the octobrush was added to the game after the inkbrush

s2 inkbrush and octobrush are buyable at levels 5 and 10, respectively

 

[sevenleaf]

s2 inkbrush and octobrush are buyable at levels 5 and 10, respectively

damn ok somehow got that mixed up. ty

 

[OnePotWonder]

damn ok somehow got that mixed up. ty

It’s a reasonable mistake. Octobrush was available on launch in Splatoon 2, while Inkbrush was added in later.

Splatoon 2 didn’t initially have all of the weapons from the previous game available on launch; in fact, some weapons had second kits on launch rather than old main weapons being available. Access to all main weapons on launch is a benefit largely taken for granted in Splatoon 3. Mostly because only a portion of players actually got the game when it launched.

 

[raven's tea]

Both Custom Jet Squelcher and the Gold Dynamo

 

[sevenleaf]

Both Custom Jet Squelcher and the Gold Dynamo

the same thing happened with custom jet as with custom dualie squelchers - previously the only visual difference between the kits was the custom sticker, but splatoon 3 gives the custom jet a yellow tip (vs. the vanilla's gray)

gold dynamo has had splat bomb as its sub across all three games. for a point of comparison, vanilla dynamo had sprinkler in both 1 and 3, but ink mine in 2 (though its kensa kit did get sprinkler in that game)

 

[Kirlia]

slides in with my dinky sword thing (wiper deco in specific)