They're all pretty good. I like the Squid Sisters (good thing too, their news reports would be unbearable interruptions of an otherwise-solid game otherwise), but the shop guys (and Annie) are nice too. Spyke's cool as well (the guy sells you his food to upgrade your stuff (probably at 3 times the market price like the other things he's sold me, but still), so he's alright), though I'm not sure how his hair works (is his hair covering his face, or does he have a shell or something around his head?) and I wish he'd lower his prices a little (30,000 for a shirt? I know it's 3 stars, but really?). DJ Octavio has a a cool mech thing (not sure how scratching records with wasabi controls a giant robot, but it looks neat so I don't care), I found his dialogue amusing and he's got a really fun boss fight (one of the best in recent memory for me, though I wish he'd be kind enough to STOP SHOOTING EVERYTHING AT ME WHILE I'M TRYING TO SEND BACK THIS MISSILE AND I'M ON THIS TINY PLATFORM HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DODGE ALL THIS AND SHOOT THAT WEIRD GLASSES MISSILE
WHY DOES IT EVEN HAVE GLASSES IF IT DOESN'T HAVE EYES STOP SHOOTING THE KILLER WAIL AT ME THAT'S BAD ENOUGH IN MULTIPLAYER WHEN I HAVE ROOM TO GET OUT OF THE WAY UNLIKE RIGHT NOW AND STOP WITH THE BALL THINGIES THE MISSILES HOMING IN ON ME AND COVERING THE GROUND AND GIVING ME NOWHERE TO STAND SAFELY ARE BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT THROWING OCTOTROOPERS AT ME TOO IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN TAKE TIME OUT OF SHOOTING YOUR SUPERFAST MISSILE TO SPLATTER A TROOPER OR TWO WHEN IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR ME JUST THROW THE KITCHEN SINK AT ME TOO WHYDON'TYA I KNOW YOU WANT TO SURELY YOU HAVE A FEW THOUSAND OF THOSE TO DROP ON ME ON YOUR RIDICULOUSLY-WELL-ARMED DJ STAGE OF MASS DESTRUCTION-*splat*
...Sorry, I've been trying to do that with a roller lately.
Captain Cuttlefish is alright too, definitely helped me grasp single player.
Also, Judd's kinda cute, gives good advice, and he pays you for winning a lot, so he's cool too.
But overall, I have to go with Callie as my favorite, just because I like the way she looks (why can't playable inklings have different hairstyles? And will they be selling sponge-things as headgear ar some point?) (also I found her funny in single player).
How can you compete against the greatness of DJ Octavio?!?
By shooting his fists until he punches himself backward. Then punching his glasses-wearing missile back at him (while somehow dodging/armoring through everything else he's shooting at you) until he gets hit by it. Then repeat like 4 times and finish by shooting him as he falls out of his wasabi-controlled DJ-stage-mecha-thingy.
That fight was so awesome. Really hard at the end, but awesome, and so satisfying when I won. 2nd-favorite character, just for that.
The Great Zapfish is clearly the best character. He just chills on top of the tower powering the city without a care in the world. Just look at him. The inklings may be fresh, but they will never be as chill.
That is true, he is super chill. Didn't even look like he cared when he was getting sucked up into the DJ Stage Of Mass Destruction, just acting like getting fishnapped and used to power a giant robot was just another day at the office (insofar as curled-around-a-tower counts as an office. Would be cool to have a turf war on him and his tower though (at least I think it could be; do you think he counts as an inkable surface?). Think he'd still be chill with a bunch of Inklings crawling on him?