A funny detail I noticed is if you take a step back the Emberz “smile” can also sorta double as a loose rendering of blob fish’s wrinkled face and huge nose
it is indeed a frowning blobfish stylized like a smiley face. it actually debuted in octo expansion as a graffiti/sticker. because you know, blobfishes are deep sea dwellers
10:44 that squid design was actually one of the inkling concept designs as Nintendo was developing the player characters for Splatoon 1. They were considering mario characters for the game, then rabbits, then anthro squids that eventually became the inklings
It's really amazing how they included an iteration of their early design in the game like that. I just learned that today from you and another commenter. Thanks for mentioning that as well!
Iirc they were considering rabbits (and scientists) before Miyamoto told them they could use Mario characters as a sort of last resort, and then settled on squids
thanks for mentioning this, i was gonna say it if nobody else did. the development history of splatoon is really interesting, beta64 did a video on it 2 years ago.
as someone who does silkscreen printing i love that you're pointing out the real-life methods used to create the stuff in this game!!! i want an artbook for splatoon 3 so bad
Ayyye that's awesome! Silkscreen has to be the best printing method out there for t shirts. At least I personally prefer it over direct to garment. I'm so glad you commented here btw! It's awesome to know someone who does the printing side of things can also admire the details in this game.
Same here! It's such a cool little touch. It also makes me miss doing silkscreening, there's an artist space near me I need to join so I can get back into it.
@@CommanderWiggins it's so fun! i'm majoring in print media so i've done all different types of printmaking, but screen-printing is one of my favorite methods! (now i'm thinking about screen-printing some of the designs from this game onto shirts and stickers... obviously for personal use, not sure how legal it'd be to sell, but it'd be fun)
Nice catch! I actually didn't know that minigame existed until someone else pointed it out. That's so cool! I really like how so many things have returned from Splatoon 1 in Hotlantis.
No way! That's freaking cool! That makes sense too since as Jack pointed out, the little tray is there for the money which is more of a Japanese custom. Thanks for bringing that up!
suika and pasmo are the cards that are also used on railways. There are IC cards for other applications, such as the ones used for saving your data on arcade games.
I think the reason why splatoon 3's hub is so genius is the use of verticality to create emphasis and contrast between sections. To get to the lobby, you have to go through a giant set of stairs, that almost make the lobby look like a palace. The center of splatland's society. And around the lobby you can find all of the other multiplayer gameplay related locations. Meanwhile, all of the shops and recon mode are located downtown. This is genius for a reason: contrast. We relate going up with getting ready to battle, meanwhile going down or going away from the lobby means relaxing and slowing down.
Very nice analysis! You bring up a lot of great points that I didn't notice. The fact that the lobby and table turf are up the stairs kind of blows my mind. That's a clever detail. Honestly reading your analysis made me realize once again that the devs put so much thought into every single little asset in the game. Thanks for pointing all of that out!
there's also just more space to make good use of the new Photo Mode. yes you can skip to other shops by using the X menu, but the big physical hub will always be there so you can take cool photos
I felt the opposite, during the first splatfest it felt like everything blended together and it was difficult to differentiate between all the stores/places I could go into ones that were just for show. It was overcomplicated, compared to splatoon 2s plaza being more simplified
Idk if anyone else has mentioned it, but since the Splatoon team is also the Animal Crossing team, there are a ton of reused assets from AC:NH. For example, the capsule machines behind Harmony on the left side of the screen are straight out of Animal Crossing, where they're a furniture item that can be purchased and placed.
You're actually the first to mention that! I did not know that was a reused model. Dang I haven't played animal crossing in so long. Nice catch btw! I wonder if there's things in other shops that use animal crossing assets.
i love how bagged soda is a thing at grab-n-go, this is something that is uncommon in america, europe, and japan afaik but in many countries soda is sold in bags
I'm a huge fan of the bagged drinks too tbh. I remember when I was in 1st grade, they would give us milk pouches like that haha. Didn't know it was a custom in other countries though. That's a very cool detail! Thanks for mentioning it
8:02 I just noticed inside the second character of the logo, it looks like a pair of headphones. Don't know if that also counts as knickknacks, but definitely something I can see being sold at a shop like this, maybe not audiophile quality, but toy/fun stuff you'd spend like 20 bucks on...
Yeah it totally does. That's very interesting. Funny enough, none of the Chirpy Chips band members use headphones. It also looks like building blocks. That's the fun of logos tbh. They're vague and abstract on purpose so that the viewer can interpret it.
This is a really good collaboration I am looking forward to the Splatoon 3 hub video. Also I love that they included that squid with legs at 10:44 as it is literally copy and pasted concept art of the player concept they had before they finalized it to having a separate squid and humanoid form.
Thanks! That hub video will be a huge project for sure, but really exciting! No way you're totally right!!! I did not know that. Man, I'm always learning something new from you. Nice catch! I found it on the wiki if anyone reads this reply and is interested: splatoonwiki.org/wiki/File:Early_concept_art.jpg
In terms of Harmony's link to Nintendo: Chirpy Chips is the localised name of the band, in Japan, they're called ABXY - The face buttons on Nintendo consoles
When I saw the Smiley Faces you talk about at 1:40, I thought they looked similar to the flower icons made by the Japanese contemporary artist, Takashi Murakami.
I thought the same thing! To say it was probably a reference is not a stretch either since Splatoon 3 has a few designs that seem to be inspired by hypebeast culture. I'm pretty sure I've seen the Smiley faces as different colors as well used almost exactly like Takashi's art but I don't remember where.
another banger!! something i want to point out in regards to the smiley-face "BlobMob" design from Emberz is that we've also seen it on pins on a piece of Annaki gear: the Rockin' Leather Jacket has a reeeally small yellow pin with the design on it! that being said, i hope we get to see more of those designs that "originated" from the Deepsea Metro out on the surface and within Hotlantis. there's a lot to unpack in that store and i can't wait to see what's in each catalog!
Thanks cosmo! I always look forward to your comments. I didn't know it was on that jacket! That's interesting how they mix brands or more specifically designs like that. Seeing more of those designs would be really cool! There could be like a movement that happened after the octo expansion timeline. Would be some fascinating lore. I'm about to grind out rank battles just for Hotlantis lol
I absolutely love this games attention to detail, I loved sitting in the city in the recent big run just listened to all the sounds and if im bored I just walk around looking around for things I hadn't noticed yet
The crab design on Mr. Coco's shirt is probably crab miso/innards which are usually eaten in Japan and other nearby countries. It's not radioactive green, but I can imagine it's similar to designs with exposed brains or guts and other gross out stuff that was pretty popular in the 90s. Loving the videos showcasing all these little details! Keep up the good work!
Wow I've never heard of that before! I did feel like it was a crab dish, but I wasn't sure what exactly it was so thanks for bringing it up. Yeah I thought the same thing too. I suppose acid was a harsh word to use, but what you're referring to is what I meant. Some more mainstream skater stores like Zumiez sometimes reference designs like that. Very cool! I'm so happy to know you're enjoying the videos we're making! More of them coming soon :)
Acron hello! Yes of course I remember you! So happy to see you're still sticking around after so long. Hope you like Splatoon and graphic design, because that's what's really driven me to make content again and I absolutely love it! Hope you're doing well!
I think that as you level up the animation when you use the bumpers to transition from shops also changes? Cause in this video it shows the character sliding into the store and losing their balance when changing shops where my character has an animation that smiles and jumps while transitioning shops
Okay so I just tested it, and it turns out it's the octolings that jump from screen to screen while inklings lose their balance. Looks like we both learned something new today. Thanks for pointing that out!
I think the "Crush station" logo is also supposed to reference a crab wearing shoes, using the text in the logo as the body of the crab. With the palm tree in the back it makes it look like the crab is sitting on the beach!
Wow it totally does! That makes me love the logo even more. Thanks for bringing that up! It's so fascinating to me the many clever ways these designers integrate themes like this.
I'm really enjoying this series so far! It's fascinating to see you guys talk about little details that I had never even considered. Makes me appreciate the Splatoon devs even more.
Glad you're enjoying the series! Thank you for watching. We're still making more as well so that they come out weekly. I'm so happy that you could notice some new little details that the devs and designers put into the game. That has been my goal for this series and your comment is very encouraging that we're doing it right!
I think the sticker is called SOZ-3 because it appears to have three construction workers bowing apologitically, and "soz" is a slang way of saying sorry
That's very interesting, but it totally makes sense! Especially when considering the theme of the store. I don't know how to describe it but it just fits haha. Thanks for mentioning that!
I thought this channel had hundreds of thousands of subscribers when I saw the first few seconds of this video, you are super underrated and deserve more!
10:19 I think that was the artwork for the Squid Racer minigame from the first Splatoon game, which could be unlocked with the Inkling Boy amiibo alongside samurai-themed gear. And I believe 10:43 is _actual concept art for the first game._ This was drawn _after_ it was decided to use squids as the player characters instead of rabbits or tofu blocks, but also _before_ they made the squids more human-like.
Very nice finds! The concept art being in game is wild to me. But I really love that it's there. As for the Squid Racer artwork, well, I also love that it's here too haha. I didn't get into the series until Splatoon 2, so anything Splatoon 1 is a bit harder for me to notice. What were the mini games like? Was it similar to Squid Jump?
The one thing I've always loved about the shops across all the games is how consistent they are. They always keep similar color coding like a light blue or cyan for the shirt shop, orange for shoes, and a red-ish pink for the hats. Plus I love the consistency with the shopkeepers themselves. The shoe store owners are always some type of crustacean with that overall "fresh" nature about them, the hat store owners are some kind of laid-back creature with a tiny, energetic partner that references some kind of symbiotic relationship in real life, and the shirt store owners are always jellyfish with good fashion sense and get more sophisticated and older over the course of the games with Jelonzo speaking in strange mannerisms, Jelfonzo speaking in an almost Shakespearean way, and Jel la Fleur speaking in a similarly outdated way. I've never been the biggest fan of the hat shopkeepers that much but Gnarly Eddy has definitely changed that. I just love seeing all the new but slightly similar ways they can change these guys up and I love seeing their creativity shown through the characters.
at 6:34 the mystery logo gives me Suica/Pasmo vibes. the logo seems to combine the prominent elements of the logos visible on both cards, the highlighted "ic" of "suica", and the train windows of pasmo. for context, both of those are (competing) prepaid contactless payment cards used originally for public transport in Japan but also available as a payment method in some shops.
Hotlantis reminds me so much of those big T-shirt stores I would go to on the boardwalk in Ocean City as a kid. So touristy but brings back some really specific nostalgia
I like that a lot of the stickers have seemingly incoherent names, but when you take a bit to look into them, they make complete sense. For example, the boxy maze on you talk about at 9:30 has the name TWSNTRN, which seems random, until you think about it. There are uneven shapes inside the lines, and it looks like a maze. What do those have in common? They both have twists and turns... Twists and Turns... TWSNTRN... It all makes sense. I've seen another in game that's something like FRGL, and it has broken glasses (the cups not the spectacles), FRGL, in this case, clearly meaning Fragile. 10:22 Funny you mention the SEGA Genesis, since that item in the game actually has the cover art for Squid Racer, a mini game from Splatoon 1. I didn't get a good look before because I forgot, but the sticker ANGSQ at 10:58 is most likely Angry Squid, as the sticker looks like a squid who happens to be angry. The SOZ-3 sticker at 10:57 has characters that look like those found on Japanese construction or road work signs. No idea what the SOZ on this one could mean though.
I personally like his little glittery eyes when you buy something. But some have pointed out that his voice gets deeper when the player has no money lol
10:43 i believe that's concept art for the early inklings designs!! ive done a lot of research on splatoon character design as an aspiring character designer and it looks very familiar
When talking about Harmony's old Nintendo stuff, you missed the Gameboy Color camera that was in the little triangle made by the gameboys and her two keyboards. It's the little purple rectangle with the white circle and black dot.
Oh that is so cool!! I didn't catch that. That is so interesting to see that there was more to their instruments. Nice catch! I kind of want to see Harmony using the Gameboy camera now haha
10:43 the squid with legs is a reference to a suuuper early concept art for the game back when they were trying to figure our what the player character should be and were geting a human-ish squid hybrid thing eventually they realised the human form should look human and the squid form should look squid like and made the inklings we know now
Haha don't even worry about not mentioning it first. In fact you're the first to mention the full context (the part about settling with human looking characters while keeping the squid versions). I think it's cool that so many people were excited to point it out because it really is a cool detail that I missed in the video. Thank you for mentioning it!
One thing i just noticed. The hat shop in high up, like how you wear a hat on your head. Man-o-wardrobe is on street level, like how your shirt is the middle part of the outfit. And mr coco's shop has a stairway going down from the doorway. So his shop is below the shirt shop, just like how shoes are on the ground. Seems small but its really cool, how the shops are oriented based on were they are worn
This blows my mind. At first I was like, hey that's pretty neat that there's stairs to get to the hat shop, but knowing the rest of the shops have intentional design placements as well is mind boggling. Thanks for mentioning this!
@@DekuGamer perhaps another thing to notice is that the weapon shop is also at street level and on the left side if you are facing it or right in you have your back to it, just like how an inkling or octoling holds their weapon in their right hand then hotlantis is across the street. So if we have the locations in order, we have an inkling wearing a hat, shirt and shoes, holding a gun (basic shooter for simplicity) while looking at their locker.
Cool detail alert! the inklings and octolings have different animations in the shops! while the inkling almost falls over, if my memory serves me right the octoling jumps between them..... dont quote me but im pretty sure...
No you're totally right! It's funny another commenter mentioned that their character did a different animation, but they didn't know why. We used the Nintendo Direct footage here so we didn't even notice. Nice catch! It's also in line with the octolings being smarter and more serious which is really cool.
@@DekuGamer Yeah! also im pretty sure that besides that they have a ton of different animations like, IN the shops, idles, and weapon stances which I think are really cool details
Woah I have never heard of that before! I knew they were using obscure consoles like the Gameboy camera, but this is pretty mind blowing. Nice catch! Thank you for bringing that up.
The SQDWV-RB sticker is actually the emblem from a Splatoon brand used previously only in IRL Splatoon merch. The “brand” had been around since the Wii U era, back when Nintendo released a red and blue flat bill snapback available at the Nintendo store sporting the same logo.
That's incredible! I didn't know about that. I'm a huge fan of the merch they put out for this game. It looks incredible, and in line with the game. You telling me that the logo had it's commercial use makes me appreciate it even more. Thank you for bringing it up!
6:34 that would be a reference to the *IC* card where in Japan you can use it as a cash card for most stores and as a traveling card for trains and bus! 10:43 the squid with legs are actually the earlier design for squid kids.
Apparently it is the box art for it! I really do miss squid jump. While I like practicing the weapon while I wait for a lobby, there was something very special about squid jump.
That would be an awesome idea to add! I like the idea of more pants customization. I think custom colors that don't change with ink colors would be great. And maybe for weapons we can add the Hotlantis stickers?
The one big thing Splatoon 3 dropped the ball on was character creation and customization, we need to be able to change things like body type, eye ring design, head shape, have face paint/makeup, better distinction between girls and boys, actually have MORE hair choices rather than lazily unlocking all hair types(they only made 2 new hair styles for each i.e. 8 total), Octolings have colored fingers, earrings, and yes have more clothing choices for aesthetic reasons rather than gear. We just need more, think the level of customization from Saints Row 1&2
WHAT!? I didn't notice that at all haha. At least that confirms my speculation. Nice catch! I've realized that the prices in Hotlantis are very contextual since you pointed it out.
the face from octo expansion used on the blobmob emberz designs is in fact a blobfish meant to evoke a smiley face. you can see by looking closely that the "smile" is a floppy nose obscuring a frown
Very cool! I actually had no idea it was called blobmob. I kind of missed the Emberz post on Twitter lol. It's so clever how it looks like both. Thanks for bringing it up
@@DekuGamer i also wanted to express: i do think gnarly eddy and nails have an interesting dynamic going on! while they keep up the trend of a laid-back shopkeeper with a small, energetic companion, not only is nails rather more friendly than his predecessors, he's actually canonically eddy's boss, reversing the established shopkeeper-assistant convention. i think that's fun!
Yeah I can see that! Very cool! I like that the logo is much more personalized to the owner. Well, in some way they all are, but this one seems the most direct. Nice catch!
Welcome to the club because I didn't see it either until commenters pointed it out XD. Isn't that so cool though? I LOVE that the devs put it into the game.
Does anyone know how to get the black squid keychains for your locker mentioned at 11:52 please? Do they just appear in the store or do you have to unlock them?
I bought them directly from Hotlantis. I think there's two variants too. They should just show up on occasion. Really wish there was a way to share locker items or just order from other people's lockers. I would have totally given them to you. Just keep checking! The shop items change at 4pm PST if that helps.
The "tiny companion thing being done before" is actually not that the hat shopkeeper always has a small "companion", but that the two are always animals that have a symbiotic relationship in real life. In Splatoon 1 it's between Annie who's a sea anemone, and Moe who's a clownfish, and in Splatoon 2 it's between Flow who's a sea slug and Craymond who's an emperor shrimp. I'm honestly not sure what symbiotic relationship Gnarly Eddy and Nails are supposed to represent, we don't even know for sure what species Nails is yet, but they kept the patterns for the other 2 clothes stores (shoe shopkeeper is an animal with many legs and clothes shopkeeper is a jellyfish) so I doubt they'd break the tradition with just one of them :p
I like Sheldon's shop design. I like the cork board and peg look. It looks like a garage ngl and with the logo, idk it sorta fits with a wanna be tactahcool look. When it is clearly not something you like I like the details and stuff hanging near the roof. Granted art is highly subjective but saying "There's nothing here" Implies there is not much for anyone to like about the design. Also yes I do get it's mostly talking about refences to other things, but still.
That's a fair point! Often times I get so fixated on the graphic design side of things, that I say things like, "there's not much else" because the other details outside of graphics design I tend to miss sometimes. That's why I like working with Jack because he spots so much that I would originally miss. I've learned so much from him and comments like yours. Thanks for the feedback, and thank you for understanding.
Something not in this video which i think is worth noting is that the drinks in the food stand are now in plastic bags with straws in them, which is super common in South East Asia where i'm from and its really nostalgic
0:00 Splatoon 3 - Music - Splatfest battle 2 by Deep Cut 2:53 Shiver's Theme Splatfest 4:44 Crush Station (Mr. Coco) 6:11 Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion #14 Crush - Dedf1sh 7:50 Hotlantis: Splatoon 3 8:33 Inkopolis Evolution - Squid Sisters 9:55 Now or Never - Deep Cut 10:56 Split & Splat - Chirpy Chips I had to open up the the file to search for some of these haha. Hope it helps!
10:42 that sticker is actually a callback to the original inkling design before they finalized the current design of inklings. Splatoon wouldn't be a game if that inkling design is what they went with.
hotlantis has a takoyaki balloon in it which is cute. theres actually a takoyaki and fried shrimp flavored canned drink in the vending machine near the unusable metro station in spatsvile square
10:43 "Is that a squid with a leg?" That squid is one of the designs that the devs came up during the development of Splatoon 1. At a certain point they knew that because the game was about painting stuff, the character had to be a squid so they came up with it. You can see it more clearly on the Beta64 video. ua-cam.com/video/tJ3s-xbEEwg/v-deo.html So yeah, it's a reference to the game development. They also snuck references to the tofu character too, if you know what to look for.
hotlantis logo that you said look seems organic that familiar to japanese 竜 word 'ryu' that mean dragon and the other look more geometric more like a palace to me. and than combine them together seems like a legendary story about a water dragon palace that under the sea from chinese or japan that call 竜宮城
Oh do you think so? That would make sense actually since the type creating the shell would leave the legs/ eyes up for interpretation. Thanks for bringing that up! You just made the logo even MORE interesting!
is that something you would be interested in? I'd be totally down to do that! There's a lot of designs in the Catalogue that seem to reference some obscure stuff
A funny detail I noticed is if you take a step back the Emberz “smile” can also sorta double as a loose rendering of blob fish’s wrinkled face and huge nose
MY MIND IS BLOWN AWAY!! Was that double entendre actually intentional!? Nice catch!
@@DekuGamer i really think it is, since a shirt covered in the logo is called "blob mob tee"!
I was honestly noticing that when he brought it up and was gonna comment it but it seems that others noticed it as well
it is indeed a frowning blobfish stylized like a smiley face. it actually debuted in octo expansion as a graffiti/sticker. because you know, blobfishes are deep sea dwellers
@@DekuGamer It's literally called blobmob XD
10:44 that squid design was actually one of the inkling concept designs as Nintendo was developing the player characters for Splatoon 1. They were considering mario characters for the game, then rabbits, then anthro squids that eventually became the inklings
It's really amazing how they included an iteration of their early design in the game like that. I just learned that today from you and another commenter. Thanks for mentioning that as well!
@@DekuGamer yea I actually kinda liked those squids design. I love the inklings we got more but it’s really cool to see that design return in a way
Iirc they were considering rabbits (and scientists) before Miyamoto told them they could use Mario characters as a sort of last resort, and then settled on squids
thanks for mentioning this, i was gonna say it if nobody else did.
the development history of splatoon is really interesting, beta64 did a video on it 2 years ago.
Here's a picture of that same drawing, I think the colors were changed a bit tho, super cool detail tho!
tcrf.net/images/1/10/Splatoon-image-squid.jpg
as someone who does silkscreen printing i love that you're pointing out the real-life methods used to create the stuff in this game!!! i want an artbook for splatoon 3 so bad
Ayyye that's awesome! Silkscreen has to be the best printing method out there for t shirts. At least I personally prefer it over direct to garment. I'm so glad you commented here btw! It's awesome to know someone who does the printing side of things can also admire the details in this game.
Same here! It's such a cool little touch. It also makes me miss doing silkscreening, there's an artist space near me I need to join so I can get back into it.
@@CommanderWiggins it's so fun! i'm majoring in print media so i've done all different types of printmaking, but screen-printing is one of my favorite methods! (now i'm thinking about screen-printing some of the designs from this game onto shirts and stickers... obviously for personal use, not sure how legal it'd be to sell, but it'd be fun)
As a graphic design junkie, graffiti-head and splatoon lore enthusiast i fucking love this video.
That's awesome! Really glad you loved the video. I'm literally the same, well, slowly becoming a graffiti head because of this franchise lol
the "magazine" at 10:16 is actually the box art for Squid Racer! An amiibo exclusive minigame from splat 1 made by the people who did squid jump.
Nice catch! I actually didn't know that minigame existed until someone else pointed it out. That's so cool! I really like how so many things have returned from Splatoon 1 in Hotlantis.
squid racer is best
6:30 is an IC card, which is a subway card used in Japan! You can also use it at various shops and convenience stores there.
No way! That's freaking cool! That makes sense too since as Jack pointed out, the little tray is there for the money which is more of a Japanese custom. Thanks for bringing that up!
I thought it was Visa ngl
@@Anthro_Girl101 same
suika and pasmo are the cards that are also used on railways. There are IC cards for other applications, such as the ones used for saving your data on arcade games.
@urotsumi wait they have save data cards for arcades? That's sick
I think the reason why splatoon 3's hub is so genius is the use of verticality to create emphasis and contrast between sections. To get to the lobby, you have to go through a giant set of stairs, that almost make the lobby look like a palace. The center of splatland's society. And around the lobby you can find all of the other multiplayer gameplay related locations. Meanwhile, all of the shops and recon mode are located downtown. This is genius for a reason: contrast. We relate going up with getting ready to battle, meanwhile going down or going away from the lobby means relaxing and slowing down.
Very nice analysis! You bring up a lot of great points that I didn't notice. The fact that the lobby and table turf are up the stairs kind of blows my mind. That's a clever detail. Honestly reading your analysis made me realize once again that the devs put so much thought into every single little asset in the game. Thanks for pointing all of that out!
there's also just more space to make good use of the new Photo Mode.
yes you can skip to other shops by using the X menu, but the big physical hub will always be there so you can take cool photos
I felt the opposite, during the first splatfest it felt like everything blended together and it was difficult to differentiate between all the stores/places I could go into ones that were just for show. It was overcomplicated, compared to splatoon 2s plaza being more simplified
I never realised that and it is such an awesome nod to detail.
Idk if anyone else has mentioned it, but since the Splatoon team is also the Animal Crossing team, there are a ton of reused assets from AC:NH. For example, the capsule machines behind Harmony on the left side of the screen are straight out of Animal Crossing, where they're a furniture item that can be purchased and placed.
You're actually the first to mention that! I did not know that was a reused model. Dang I haven't played animal crossing in so long. Nice catch btw! I wonder if there's things in other shops that use animal crossing assets.
@@DekuGamer Every now and then, I notice something that I recognize from Animal Crossing. I'll have to start keeping a list!
i love how bagged soda is a thing at grab-n-go, this is something that is uncommon in america, europe, and japan afaik but in many countries soda is sold in bags
I'm a huge fan of the bagged drinks too tbh. I remember when I was in 1st grade, they would give us milk pouches like that haha. Didn't know it was a custom in other countries though. That's a very cool detail! Thanks for mentioning it
8:02 I just noticed inside the second character of the logo, it looks like a pair of headphones. Don't know if that also counts as knickknacks, but definitely something I can see being sold at a shop like this, maybe not audiophile quality, but toy/fun stuff you'd spend like 20 bucks on...
Yeah it totally does. That's very interesting. Funny enough, none of the Chirpy Chips band members use headphones. It also looks like building blocks. That's the fun of logos tbh. They're vague and abstract on purpose so that the viewer can interpret it.
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@@ado_5 that too
This is a really good collaboration I am looking forward to the Splatoon 3 hub video. Also I love that they included that squid with legs at 10:44 as it is literally copy and pasted concept art of the player concept they had before they finalized it to having a separate squid and humanoid form.
Thanks! That hub video will be a huge project for sure, but really exciting! No way you're totally right!!! I did not know that. Man, I'm always learning something new from you. Nice catch! I found it on the wiki if anyone reads this reply and is interested: splatoonwiki.org/wiki/File:Early_concept_art.jpg
In terms of Harmony's link to Nintendo: Chirpy Chips is the localised name of the band, in Japan, they're called ABXY - The face buttons on Nintendo consoles
That's so cool. So they really do embrace the Nintendo theme down to the name
When I saw the Smiley Faces you talk about at 1:40, I thought they looked similar to the flower icons made by the Japanese contemporary artist, Takashi Murakami.
I thought the same thing! To say it was probably a reference is not a stretch either since Splatoon 3 has a few designs that seem to be inspired by hypebeast culture. I'm pretty sure I've seen the Smiley faces as different colors as well used almost exactly like Takashi's art but I don't remember where.
another banger!! something i want to point out in regards to the smiley-face "BlobMob" design from Emberz is that we've also seen it on pins on a piece of Annaki gear: the Rockin' Leather Jacket has a reeeally small yellow pin with the design on it!
that being said, i hope we get to see more of those designs that "originated" from the Deepsea Metro out on the surface and within Hotlantis. there's a lot to unpack in that store and i can't wait to see what's in each catalog!
Thanks cosmo! I always look forward to your comments. I didn't know it was on that jacket! That's interesting how they mix brands or more specifically designs like that. Seeing more of those designs would be really cool! There could be like a movement that happened after the octo expansion timeline. Would be some fascinating lore. I'm about to grind out rank battles just for Hotlantis lol
I absolutely love this games attention to detail, I loved sitting in the city in the recent big run just listened to all the sounds and if im bored I just walk around looking around for things I hadn't noticed yet
Right! It seems like there's always something new because of all the small details and secrets.
The crab design on Mr. Coco's shirt is probably crab miso/innards which are usually eaten in Japan and other nearby countries. It's not radioactive green, but I can imagine it's similar to designs with exposed brains or guts and other gross out stuff that was pretty popular in the 90s.
Loving the videos showcasing all these little details! Keep up the good work!
Wow I've never heard of that before! I did feel like it was a crab dish, but I wasn't sure what exactly it was so thanks for bringing it up. Yeah I thought the same thing too. I suppose acid was a harsh word to use, but what you're referring to is what I meant. Some more mainstream skater stores like Zumiez sometimes reference designs like that. Very cool!
I'm so happy to know you're enjoying the videos we're making! More of them coming soon :)
10:43 That's actually an early inkling design!
I knew it looked familiar haha. Nice catch!
8:17 I'm never gonna unsee that now, thanks.
but seriously, Awesome video! I love this sorta stuff so thanks for making a video about it!
I'm so happy to see you uploading again! I remember asking a question in your Q&A 5 years ago
Acron hello! Yes of course I remember you! So happy to see you're still sticking around after so long. Hope you like Splatoon and graphic design, because that's what's really driven me to make content again and I absolutely love it! Hope you're doing well!
@@DekuGamer I absolutely love both! The last few videos have been very engaging and unique and I can't wait to see what future videos you have in mind
The way you broke down the designs really helped to show people just how much detail goes into their designs. It’s incredible!
I'm so happy to hear that! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I KNEW I HAD SEEN HARMONY SOMEWHERE BEFORE BUT I WASN'T SURE WHERE, AND NOW I KNOW......THIS IS GREAT!
That was my exact thought originally too!!! Glad we both know where she's from now haha
I think that as you level up the animation when you use the bumpers to transition from shops also changes? Cause in this video it shows the character sliding into the store and losing their balance when changing shops where my character has an animation that smiles and jumps while transitioning shops
Okay so I just tested it, and it turns out it's the octolings that jump from screen to screen while inklings lose their balance. Looks like we both learned something new today. Thanks for pointing that out!
10:43 OH MY GOD ITS THE INKLING EARLY CONCEPT ART thats so freakin cool, i never noticed
IT TOTALLY IS!! I really love that it's there
Ohmygosh the squid with legs at 10:43 is the first inkling concept sketch! That’s such a cool little reference :)
It really is a cool reference. Didn't recognize it at first, but it's really cool that it's there
I think the "Crush station" logo is also supposed to reference a crab wearing shoes, using the text in the logo as the body of the crab. With the palm tree in the back it makes it look like the crab is sitting on the beach!
Wow it totally does! That makes me love the logo even more. Thanks for bringing that up! It's so fascinating to me the many clever ways these designers integrate themes like this.
I'm really enjoying this series so far! It's fascinating to see you guys talk about little details that I had never even considered. Makes me appreciate the Splatoon devs even more.
Glad you're enjoying the series! Thank you for watching. We're still making more as well so that they come out weekly. I'm so happy that you could notice some new little details that the devs and designers put into the game. That has been my goal for this series and your comment is very encouraging that we're doing it right!
I think the sticker is called SOZ-3 because it appears to have three construction workers bowing apologitically, and "soz" is a slang way of saying sorry
That's very interesting, but it totally makes sense! Especially when considering the theme of the store. I don't know how to describe it but it just fits haha. Thanks for mentioning that!
I thought this channel had hundreds of thousands of subscribers when I saw the first few seconds of this video, you are super underrated and deserve more!
Thank you so much! That really means a lot.
10:19 I think that was the artwork for the Squid Racer minigame from the first Splatoon game, which could be unlocked with the Inkling Boy amiibo alongside samurai-themed gear.
And I believe 10:43 is _actual concept art for the first game._ This was drawn _after_ it was decided to use squids as the player characters instead of rabbits or tofu blocks, but also _before_ they made the squids more human-like.
Very nice finds! The concept art being in game is wild to me. But I really love that it's there. As for the Squid Racer artwork, well, I also love that it's here too haha. I didn't get into the series until Splatoon 2, so anything Splatoon 1 is a bit harder for me to notice. What were the mini games like? Was it similar to Squid Jump?
YOOOOO I DID NOT EXPECT THIS COLAB SO COOL!!!
YESSS!!! I was so excited to work on this. We're making more btw! Hope you enjoy :)
The one thing I've always loved about the shops across all the games is how consistent they are. They always keep similar color coding like a light blue or cyan for the shirt shop, orange for shoes, and a red-ish pink for the hats. Plus I love the consistency with the shopkeepers themselves. The shoe store owners are always some type of crustacean with that overall "fresh" nature about them, the hat store owners are some kind of laid-back creature with a tiny, energetic partner that references some kind of symbiotic relationship in real life, and the shirt store owners are always jellyfish with good fashion sense and get more sophisticated and older over the course of the games with Jelonzo speaking in strange mannerisms, Jelfonzo speaking in an almost Shakespearean way, and Jel la Fleur speaking in a similarly outdated way. I've never been the biggest fan of the hat shopkeepers that much but Gnarly Eddy has definitely changed that. I just love seeing all the new but slightly similar ways they can change these guys up and I love seeing their creativity shown through the characters.
at 6:34 the mystery logo gives me Suica/Pasmo vibes. the logo seems to combine the prominent elements of the logos visible on both cards, the highlighted "ic" of "suica", and the train windows of pasmo.
for context, both of those are (competing) prepaid contactless payment cards used originally for public transport in Japan but also available as a payment method in some shops.
Hotlantis reminds me so much of those big T-shirt stores I would go to on the boardwalk in Ocean City as a kid. So touristy but brings back some really specific nostalgia
Yeah! Like a souvenir shop that has all sorts of cool knickknacks
I like that a lot of the stickers have seemingly incoherent names, but when you take a bit to look into them, they make complete sense.
For example, the boxy maze on you talk about at 9:30 has the name TWSNTRN, which seems random, until you think about it. There are uneven shapes inside the lines, and it looks like a maze. What do those have in common? They both have twists and turns... Twists and Turns... TWSNTRN... It all makes sense.
I've seen another in game that's something like FRGL, and it has broken glasses (the cups not the spectacles), FRGL, in this case, clearly meaning Fragile.
10:22 Funny you mention the SEGA Genesis, since that item in the game actually has the cover art for Squid Racer, a mini game from Splatoon 1.
I didn't get a good look before because I forgot, but the sticker ANGSQ at 10:58 is most likely Angry Squid, as the sticker looks like a squid who happens to be angry.
The SOZ-3 sticker at 10:57 has characters that look like those found on Japanese construction or road work signs. No idea what the SOZ on this one could mean though.
Apparently "soz" is a real slang term for "sorry", and the construction workers are likely bowing in apology.
I WONT STAND FOR THE MR. COCO SLANDER. HE IS PERFECT
I personally like his little glittery eyes when you buy something. But some have pointed out that his voice gets deeper when the player has no money lol
@9:00 the names are actually pretty coherent if you read them as txtspk. For instance, SOZ-3 is three apologizing guys. Sorrys-3
Woah you're right! txtspk totally fits with the theme of the store too. Thanks for bringing it up. That actually makes things easier to understand.
1:13
the japanese name for the hat store is Golden Ratio, and the logo has it as the nautilus shell
Wow I didn't know that! That is so freaking clever. Thanks for bringing that up
10:43 i believe that's concept art for the early inklings designs!! ive done a lot of research on splatoon character design as an aspiring character designer and it looks very familiar
When talking about Harmony's old Nintendo stuff, you missed the Gameboy Color camera that was in the little triangle made by the gameboys and her two keyboards. It's the little purple rectangle with the white circle and black dot.
Oh that is so cool!! I didn't catch that. That is so interesting to see that there was more to their instruments. Nice catch! I kind of want to see Harmony using the Gameboy camera now haha
nice editing!
thank you!
10:43 the squid with legs is a reference to a suuuper early concept art for the game back when they were trying to figure our what the player character should be and were geting a human-ish squid hybrid thing
eventually they realised the human form should look human and the squid form should look squid like and made the inklings we know now
just realised im not the first to comment about this
Haha don't even worry about not mentioning it first. In fact you're the first to mention the full context (the part about settling with human looking characters while keeping the squid versions). I think it's cool that so many people were excited to point it out because it really is a cool detail that I missed in the video. Thank you for mentioning it!
One thing i just noticed.
The hat shop in high up, like how you wear a hat on your head.
Man-o-wardrobe is on street level, like how your shirt is the middle part of the outfit.
And mr coco's shop has a stairway going down from the doorway.
So his shop is below the shirt shop, just like how shoes are on the ground.
Seems small but its really cool, how the shops are oriented based on were they are worn
This blows my mind. At first I was like, hey that's pretty neat that there's stairs to get to the hat shop, but knowing the rest of the shops have intentional design placements as well is mind boggling. Thanks for mentioning this!
@@DekuGamer perhaps another thing to notice is that the weapon shop is also at street level and on the left side if you are facing it or right in you have your back to it, just like how an inkling or octoling holds their weapon in their right hand then hotlantis is across the street.
So if we have the locations in order, we have an inkling wearing a hat, shirt and shoes, holding a gun (basic shooter for simplicity) while looking at their locker.
Cool detail alert! the inklings and octolings have different animations in the shops! while the inkling almost falls over, if my memory serves me right the octoling jumps between them..... dont quote me but im pretty sure...
No you're totally right! It's funny another commenter mentioned that their character did a different animation, but they didn't know why. We used the Nintendo Direct footage here so we didn't even notice. Nice catch! It's also in line with the octolings being smarter and more serious which is really cool.
@@DekuGamer Yeah! also im pretty sure that besides that they have a ton of different animations like, IN the shops, idles, and weapon stances which I think are really cool details
11:34 The SNES seems to be a Sharp SF1 14", that was a SFC integrated into a TV and was only sold in Japan.
Woah I have never heard of that before! I knew they were using obscure consoles like the Gameboy camera, but this is pretty mind blowing. Nice catch! Thank you for bringing that up.
The SQDWV-RB sticker is actually the emblem from a Splatoon brand used previously only in IRL Splatoon merch. The “brand” had been around since the Wii U era, back when Nintendo released a red and blue flat bill snapback available at the Nintendo store sporting the same logo.
That's incredible! I didn't know about that. I'm a huge fan of the merch they put out for this game. It looks incredible, and in line with the game. You telling me that the logo had it's commercial use makes me appreciate it even more. Thank you for bringing it up!
10:42 that guy's from some of the first splatoon concept art that featured squids as characters, I thought that was rly cool
You're right! What's funny is I almost cut that bit from the video. Really cool that you spotted that! Thanks for pointing it out
At 10:43 that picture is a reference, that is the original design of the inklings when the were making splatoon
6:34 that would be a reference to the *IC* card where in Japan you can use it as a cash card for most stores and as a traveling card for trains and bus!
10:43 the squid with legs are actually the earlier design for squid kids.
I tend to let "art designs" in Splatoon get over my head but after watching this video, I'm in awe!
I'm so happy that this video could let you see the designs in this game differently! That really is my goal with these. Glad you liked it!
10:21 it kinda reminds me of the box art for squid jump. wish they'd bring that back for splatoon 3...
Apparently it is the box art for it! I really do miss squid jump. While I like practicing the weapon while I wait for a lobby, there was something very special about squid jump.
10:43 actually the squid with legs is concept art from Splatoon one's development, and was going to be the original design for inklings
I will not tolerate Mr. Coco slander. He is a perfect little sweetheart and I love him too much to just let that slide.
In my defense, I didn't say that. That was all Jack lmao
I always love the shops so I can’t help but love them more now.
Right? The shops look super amazing in this game.
I haven’t had as much time to play as I’d like, but I really love this series
Happy to hear that! The game is super fun, and if you're new to the series, I think Splatoon 3 is really great for all players
You could always zoom in for a close up look at items you’re tying on. It was in splatoon 2 as well. They just didn’t have an onscreen prompt for it.
I would love some more shops. For even non improvement gear. Like just the small detail items like maybe a pants shop. Or weapons customization shop.
That would be an awesome idea to add! I like the idea of more pants customization. I think custom colors that don't change with ink colors would be great. And maybe for weapons we can add the Hotlantis stickers?
The one big thing Splatoon 3 dropped the ball on was character creation and customization, we need to be able to change things like body type, eye ring design, head shape, have face paint/makeup, better distinction between girls and boys, actually have MORE hair choices rather than lazily unlocking all hair types(they only made 2 new hair styles for each i.e. 8 total), Octolings have colored fingers, earrings, and yes have more clothing choices for aesthetic reasons rather than gear. We just need more, think the level of customization from Saints Row 1&2
We should have layered clothing but the first item you equip is the one that is applied to balance it
You aren’t wrong about mr coco, his voice gets a lot deeper if you have no money 🧐
Woah I didn't know his voice gets deeper. So Mr. Coco is only nice to us because it's good for business? 😮
That clownfish has been “dying from neglect” for almost a decade in-universe. I think he’s fine.
I'm so sad that he's had to get used to it by now.
6:35
I believe it's referencing Visa
The list of speculation rn is visa, paypal, and IC card. The fact that it could be any of those makes it a phenomenal logo
10:20: You point out that the graphics look like a 90's design, but skip past the fact that the price is 1990...as in the year :)
WHAT!? I didn't notice that at all haha. At least that confirms my speculation. Nice catch! I've realized that the prices in Hotlantis are very contextual since you pointed it out.
the face from octo expansion used on the blobmob emberz designs is in fact a blobfish meant to evoke a smiley face. you can see by looking closely that the "smile" is a floppy nose obscuring a frown
Very cool! I actually had no idea it was called blobmob. I kind of missed the Emberz post on Twitter lol. It's so clever how it looks like both. Thanks for bringing it up
@@DekuGamer i also wanted to express: i do think gnarly eddy and nails have an interesting dynamic going on! while they keep up the trend of a laid-back shopkeeper with a small, energetic companion, not only is nails rather more friendly than his predecessors, he's actually canonically eddy's boss, reversing the established shopkeeper-assistant convention. i think that's fun!
I noticed Mr. Coco’s shop logo is shaped to look like the shop owner himself, large claws and all.
Yeah I can see that! Very cool! I like that the logo is much more personalized to the owner. Well, in some way they all are, but this one seems the most direct. Nice catch!
10:43 WAIT WTF THATS CONCEPT ART HOW DID I NOTSEE THAT
Welcome to the club because I didn't see it either until commenters pointed it out XD. Isn't that so cool though? I LOVE that the devs put it into the game.
great video!
I noticed that one of the side shops that are there just to add detail to the loby. One of them has what looks like figures of both squid sisters
10:47 the squid with legs is the inkling beta design
you're right! It's really cool that it's there tbh
Finally, the collab we needed🤭
That's what I'm saying haha. We're making more too! 😄
The squid with legs in the background of Hotlantis is actually early concept art for an inkling
You're right! It's really awesome that it's there tbh
The squid sticker with the X X eyes could be a reference to the vinyl figure artist KAWS.
I thought so too. I like all the referencing they've added in this game. And KAWS being a huge cultural figure, just makes perfect sense to be here.
10:43 the squid with legs is the original squid design for inklings
Yeah, it's pretty wild that it's there to be honest
10:27 somehow makes me think of Twice's Lovelys
Haven't heard of that until now. Do you think it could be inspired? It really does look super similar
@@DekuGamer lol I still see a reference
12:19 it’s not a pet
9:28 i actually have the rainbow one its very cool!
The squid with legs in hotlantis was actually one of the first pieces of concept art for squid characters for splatoon 1
Yeah it totally is! Very nice catch. It's honestly cool that it's there
10:44 That’s one of inkling’s beta designs from all the back before splat1
Does anyone know how to get the black squid keychains for your locker mentioned at 11:52 please? Do they just appear in the store or do you have to unlock them?
I bought them directly from Hotlantis. I think there's two variants too. They should just show up on occasion. Really wish there was a way to share locker items or just order from other people's lockers. I would have totally given them to you. Just keep checking! The shop items change at 4pm PST if that helps.
@@DekuGamer awh thank you so much! At least I know exactly where to get them now. Thank you!!
The "tiny companion thing being done before" is actually not that the hat shopkeeper always has a small "companion", but that the two are always animals that have a symbiotic relationship in real life. In Splatoon 1 it's between Annie who's a sea anemone, and Moe who's a clownfish, and in Splatoon 2 it's between Flow who's a sea slug and Craymond who's an emperor shrimp.
I'm honestly not sure what symbiotic relationship Gnarly Eddy and Nails are supposed to represent, we don't even know for sure what species Nails is yet, but they kept the patterns for the other 2 clothes stores (shoe shopkeeper is an animal with many legs and clothes shopkeeper is a jellyfish) so I doubt they'd break the tradition with just one of them :p
I like Sheldon's shop design. I like the cork board and peg look. It looks like a garage ngl and with the logo, idk it sorta fits with a wanna be tactahcool look.
When it is clearly not something you like I like the details and stuff hanging near the roof. Granted art is highly subjective but saying "There's nothing here" Implies there is not much for anyone to like about the design. Also yes I do get it's mostly talking about refences to other things, but still.
That's a fair point! Often times I get so fixated on the graphic design side of things, that I say things like, "there's not much else" because the other details outside of graphics design I tend to miss sometimes. That's why I like working with Jack because he spots so much that I would originally miss. I've learned so much from him and comments like yours. Thanks for the feedback, and thank you for understanding.
Something not in this video which i think is worth noting is that the drinks in the food stand are now in plastic bags with straws in them, which is super common in South East Asia where i'm from and its really nostalgic
I need the music names
Same… especially the one around 7:00 😗
0:00 Splatoon 3 - Music - Splatfest battle 2 by Deep Cut
2:53 Shiver's Theme Splatfest
4:44 Crush Station (Mr. Coco)
6:11 Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion #14 Crush - Dedf1sh
7:50 Hotlantis: Splatoon 3
8:33 Inkopolis Evolution - Squid Sisters
9:55 Now or Never - Deep Cut
10:56 Split & Splat - Chirpy Chips
I had to open up the the file to search for some of these haha. Hope it helps!
That one is Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion #14 Crush - Dedf1sh
I replied to the original comment with the rest if your interested! :)
@@DekuGamer thank you so much,you two UA-camrs are amazing
the smiley faces on hotlantis use the same lines-on-the-face design choice that wasabi-kun from sashimori album art has.
a small detail people might skip over, the "close" store have their own music if you get close to the doors.
Yeah I noticed that during the world premiere splatfest. I loved that subtle detail. Just goes to show how fleshed out the hub is.
10:42 that sticker is actually a callback to the original inkling design before they finalized the current design of inklings. Splatoon wouldn't be a game if that inkling design is what they went with.
It's not even just a callback. That is the actual concept art.
That's really awesome! Nice catch! You make a good point btw. There's no way this franchise would be where it is today with the original designs.
Yeah apparently it's straight up the same. Honestly kind of cool!
What's the song at 6:21 ?
Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion #14 Crush - Dedf1sh
It's a banger! haha
@@DekuGamer Thanks!
I like mr.coco. I always have a thing for the big giant guy who is actually really sweet trope.
Yeah, I find him too hard to hate lol. Big Man is the same haha.
hes sweet, but try buying something from him when you dont have enough money and then see how he acts
hotlantis has a takoyaki balloon in it which is cute. theres actually a takoyaki and fried shrimp flavored canned drink in the vending machine near the unusable metro station in spatsvile square
Harmony was in a band that has music you can hear in splatoon 1 and 2
Yes! I loved their music in Splatoon 2 so much!
10:43 "Is that a squid with a leg?" That squid is one of the designs that the devs came up during the development of Splatoon 1. At a certain point they knew that because the game was about painting stuff, the character had to be a squid so they came up with it. You can see it more clearly on the Beta64 video. ua-cam.com/video/tJ3s-xbEEwg/v-deo.html
So yeah, it's a reference to the game development. They also snuck references to the tofu character too, if you know what to look for.
This video was recommended to me after Aitai Kuiji released official Splatoon 3 merch like plush keycharms lol
Haha that's pretty funny. I didn't know they released something today
hotlantis logo that you said look seems organic that familiar to japanese 竜 word 'ryu' that mean dragon and the other look more geometric more like a palace to me.
and than combine them together seems like a legendary story about a water dragon palace that under the sea from chinese or japan that call 竜宮城
(Fun fact) The squid with legs is actual concept art of an inkling of splatoon 1 10:43
the shirt mr coco wears is likely a reference to kanimiso, a japanese crab dish where the organs are roasted into soup
I think the shoes on the crust station logo may be intended to look like crab eyes?
Oh do you think so? That would make sense actually since the type creating the shell would leave the legs/ eyes up for interpretation. Thanks for bringing that up! You just made the logo even MORE interesting!
I think one of the big parts for me is that I can believe, for the most part, that someone would wear the clothes in the stores
When you change shops inklings lose balance while octolings hop up :)
I noticed that too! Love those little details haha
so like later on once you see more of the stickers are you gonna make a video explain more of them or non
is that something you would be interested in? I'd be totally down to do that! There's a lot of designs in the Catalogue that seem to reference some obscure stuff
what's that energetic song at the beginning?
Splatoon 3 - Music - Splatfest battle 2 by Deep Cut
The name is kind of unofficial, but you can find it with that name lol
WAIT THAT SQUID WITH THE LEGS IN HOTLANTIS IS AN INKLING BETA DESIGN HOLY SHIT!
IT TOTALLY IS! It's freaking amazing that it's there.
Song starting at 6:12?
Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion #14 Crush - Dedf1sh
It's a banger!
@@DekuGamer Thanks. Amazing video btw, I love this side of videogames.
If I remember correctly the "Squid With Legs" originates from earlier inkling concept art