Cap'n Cuttlefish isn't a cuttlefish. That's just his localized name. In Japan his name is actually Atarime which means dried squid. Similarly Callie and Marie are named after more squid species, their Japanese names coming from the words for the Bigfin Reef Squid and the Firefly squid respectively. They are not cuttlefish. They are squids.
yeah!! not to mention that capn cuttlefish and the squid sisters have suction cups in their tentacles, unlike cuttlefish which do not have suction cups
I mean his whole joke are his bones when your player character doesn't have any. Also Callie and Marie in their childhood photos don't have the ink colors in their skin, so they're very likely not squids. As to whether or not they are inklings I'm not so sure, since i personally think that the term includes both species. Also there was some in universe promo about an 80s cuttlefish duo, and they looked fairly similar to the squid sisters.
I personally don’t think we’ll get another playable species this soon but I absolutely love the idea of anything more. Cuttlefish characters would be cute! Maybe they’d be a subspecies of inklings where they’re only denoted by specific hairstyles or something idk. It’d be cute!
What? You realize that what inklings in Japanese are called loosely translate to squid kid. They aren’t called inklings in Japanese Same with octolings Octo fish women
I don’t think they’re hinting any anything. In 2 they hinted at Octolings by having MARINA be an octoling. If they were hinting at something there would be much more to go by.
If my memory doesn't deceive me, they could also be Callie and Marie mothers because of their similarities with the two of them, but at the end it's a theory so we won't know till the release of the dlc
@@yeye3282 I doubt that since callie n Marie are inklings, but it'd be cool if like..idk they had kids with inklings because I'm pretty sure cuttlefish are a sub-type of squid
Bro WHERE'S the evidence they're Cuttlefish? I've literally seen nothing that has ever said that they were cuttlefish or even hinted towards them being one
For those who haven't watched much lore videos, it has been hinted that some band members (who aren't inklings) have done turf war before, so it isn't a stretch for us to get some random fish species as a playable character. Of course, i don't think it's likely either, but if they do I'd like to see the beta fish be playable bcus Finn from the Bottom Feeders looks cool.
If anything, it seems more likely that we're going to get Some form of Mantalings as a new species, since the Idols so far each rep one of the playable species each. Back in splatoon 2, it was One inkling idol and one octoling idol. Now, it's one inkling, one octoling, and A manta as the 3rd one.
Cuttlings are a stretch because they gave us the us a very clear version of the story to read out and all of these refrances are very small and obscure, they would be cool though. (btw, captain cuttlefish is an inkling, cuttlefish is a last name)
As much as I would prefer more customization for the already playable characters, I liked the theory of callie and marie being cuttlefish instead of inklings (same as captain cuttlefish) I dont know if I want the cuttlefishes to be playable, but I like the idea that they hide because they're similar to the inklings in the same theory. I hope it's something like that!
The Japanese versions of Callie and Marie debunk this theory. Their names in Japan are Aori and Hotaru, named after species of Squid. The Aori-Ika and Hotaru-Ika. Bigfin Reef Squid and Firefly Squid respectively.
With this new information available, I suddenly find it extremely suspicious that Captain Cuttlefish, Calle, & Marie are all related, & we’ve never seen them in their supposed squid forms. Spoilers ahead for the ending of Splatoon 3, stop reading now if you don’t want to be spoiled. Yes, there is that moment in Splatoon 3 where Captain Cuttlefish is already in his supposed squid form, but he was also essentially mummified aka extremely dried up to the point where it would be impossible to tell the difference between a squid & a cuttlefish.
They are all inklings. It’s like how Cappy from Mario Odyssey is actually a Tophat but he’s called Cappy. Captain Cuttlefish is an Inkling but he’s called Cuttlefish
That's exactly what i'm thinking. So far the Idols have represented the different playable species in the game, and Now we have a Third one, a manta, sitting down next to an inkling an octoling in the news stage.
Idk if cuttlefish are the thing that's gonna get added, but it would be interesting to get some sort of third species option since this game is so obsessed with the concept of things in 3s. There's 3 of everything if they can help it, so a third new species being introduced would make sense in that regard too!
I was really hoping for sharklings and shrimplings but Cuttlefishlings could be really cool tbh Edit: DID NOT EXPECT THIS COMMENT TO GET 200 LIKES jeez I wish my shorts would get this many
But that would just remove the whole “it’s about ink making animals using their ink to fight” if it were shrimp or sharks it would just be… colored… water
There is a canon cuttlefish species, although they don’t look very different from the inklings. Captain Cuttlefish is simply his name, he’s an inkling. In Japan his name is Atarime, which simply means dried squid.
captain cuttlefish is an inkling and his namenis just bad localization at this point, but i like the idea of cuttlefish having been raised or military trained by a tribe of cuttlefish and using that to explain his localized name
That actually would make a lot of sense! There are 3 cephalopods, squid, octopus, and of course, cuttlefish. So it would make sense to have all cephalopods as playable characters. Edit: I guess they are the only cephalopods that PRODUCE INK meaning my point is still valid.
So crazy idea. During splatoon’s development the idea went from Tofu, to humans with capes, to rabbits, and then squids. Also let’s look at the agents we have 1-2 (squid sisters) agent 3 and captain 3, agent 4, agents 5-6 (Pearl and Marine), and agent 8. We’re missing 7. 7 is a number associated with luck and people cutoff rabbit’s feet for good luck. Not to mention the entire splatoon 3 campaign is about mammals. So if Splatoon 3 does get a dlc expansion we might get rabbits or something rabbits related. But hey that’s just a theory. A GAME THEORY!
I've been thinking about this for a while, since I watched a Caitlin Koi video about the Splatoon iceberg, and she mentions that in the Splatoon 2 Octo expansion there is some kind of sticker of two past idols that happen to be called "The cuttlefish idols" and the Splatoon book Haikara walker talks about it, you should check out Caitlin's video.
i know it’s silly but having some kind of salmonling would be so cool even though they don’t produce ink in real life. i just like the idea of fighting against salmonids in salmon run and then fighting with salmonlings in turf war or whatever
@@cheeseitpuffsthe4orthandahalf I agree. I'm saying it could reference that cuttlefish are coming not that he is a cuttlefish, but just that his name and the actions of the story could be vague hints
in the "The Splatoon Music Iceberg explained" video, the youtuber Caitlin Koi talks about there being Cuttlefish Idols and an illustration of them exist in something called the "Haikara walker" the official artbook for the Octo Expansion
I think Callie and Marie are just an inkling sub-species because their ears are longer and thinner, same as Frye. But my theory for the new dlc is that we might play as sub species as inkings and octos
The ink thing doesn't really matter much when normal fish like the Salmonids are making ink. Callie and Marie's swim forms were also shown on the splatfest trucks in 1 and in Mario Maker through the mystery mushroom and they look like squids. That being said, having cuttlefish playable would be pretty cool
@@MetaKnight964 that's simply inklings and octolings, there could be some sort of twist in the storyline that allows other species to shoot ink. plus, many of the creatures in splatoon have probably been in turf wars before, but idk.
This feels like a crucial detail, but it probably doesnt have a better lead to it. Since we're basing it off of creatures who can produce ink, the only other species we saw other than inklings and octolings do that is big man, from the boss fight. I dont think anywhere says how or why he can create ink like inklings and octolings can, but that's something i havent seen be brought up, maybe because of irrelevancy or it hasnt been considered before.
hmm, yeah true!! maybe 'mantalings' have a humanoid form like inklings and octolings, and their swim form is like big man- a manta ray!! so it could then be said that maybe big man is just in his swim form all the time, like octavo!!
So, this is a really cool concept. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of a new species coming to Splatoon, but I honestly just don’t see it happening. I mean, Octolings make sense because we had seen them before in game. But CUTTLEFISH? I mean we saw what a cuttlefish fish would look like via the former captain’s dried-out model and it doesn’t have that extra flap (or whatever you want to call it) on it. While it would be nice to have another option, I just don’t think Nintendo will add another species unless they have dead solid reasoning as to why they are adding them in advance.
It would be really fun for cuttlefish to be a playable species, but In my opinion, they're very similar to the inklings, and not really unique in their own way, per say. Great concept, though!
yeah i think this is a good point. nintendo is pretty deliberate with their character design and is sometimes obsessive about making characters (playable characters especially) clearly distinct
Makin' them distinct is somewhat easy, all they even need as a baseline is different eye markings, different hairstyles, and different kind of..actions? i dunno, the octolings act different in the weapon shop when you look at the weapons.
It's an odd thing to think about. In Japanese, cuttlefish and squid are named the same, and Nintendo is a Japan-Based company so I dunno if cuttlefish are realitiscally possible, it's still cool to think about. I'd also like to point out that Captain Cuttlefish isn't a cuttlefish, he's an inkling. It's just his localised name. I really do not know if we'll get a new species at all, but 3 species ties in to the REALLY heavy (dare I say excessive) motifs of the number 3. I'm sure all of us are completely unsure about what a new species could be and if we're even getting one at all. TL;DR: Cuttlefish or a new species at all are realistically unlikely and Cap'n isn't a cuttlefish it's just his localised name.
i don't know where it's from, but there is official nintendo art of a cuttleling idol group, so the idea of them finally becoming playable is big possibility. to see the art, just look up the splatoon cuttlefish idols. it should show the art
The subway sold it for me, if we get a new species in the dlc and if its inside the subway it could very likely be true. Though, Marina being an octoling was the teaser, maybe vampire squids could be a thing (frye)
4:45 the pic said scout and that gave me an idea what if at some point in the dlc there is some kind of energy emitting from the subway 🤔 and the inklings and octolings can sense it and send you and three other agents now called scouts out and what if it's not a metro or subway what if it's a secret subway to a underground military base built by humans and the inklings/octolings find water suits which could grant them water travel from there they follow the energy to a strange island where they find cuttlefish from that captain cuttlefish has some explaining to do about why he never told us about the other cuttlefish and that could tie into the backstory we've always wanted. 🦑🐙
I heard agent four is supposed to be in the dlc. Honestly, I think agent four got less attention. What i mean is that agent four was only in the story mode for splatoon 2. Agent 3 was in Splatoon, Octo Expansion, and splatoon 3. Agent 8 was only in Octo expansion. I feel like we should know what agent 8 did after Octo expansion.
there actually is mention of cuttlefish people all the way back in splatoon 2 octo expansion. theres a pair of cuttlefish idols who seem like they used to be a big deal in the splatoon universes version of the 80s, and you can see one of their cds (featuring a picture of them on the case) in the background of one of the octo expansion stations, as well as mention of them in the octo explansion artbook. and, unlike captain cuttlefish, who is an inkling and just had his name changed to cuttlefish in the english version of the game, the artbook explicitly calls the cuttlefish idols "cuttlefish idols". so theres definitely precedent for adding cuttlefish as a 3rd playable species, given that its already been established that cuttlefish have inkling like forms
ah, i just looked it up for good measure and it turns out captain cuttlefishs japanese name is the word for both dried shredded squid and dried shredded cuttlefish. so he is, technically, named after cuttlefish after all
Ooh, I hope so, one of my OCs, PJ, he's a striped pyjama squid while it doesn't have a cuttlebone, it still looks more like a cuttlefish, I had this conversation with my friend back in 2016 when she drew him for me. She said that it looks more like a cuttlefish but we looked it up & it seems like it isn't technically a cuttlefish but since it looks like one, I could select cuttlefish when playing as PJ if this does actually happen.
I don’t know, with the octo expansion, having a new playable species was something new, but doing it again wouldn’t feel as special. Just like how the story mode of Splatoon 2 felt like a copy paste, something similar could happen with the DLCs
I love the idea of cuttlefish in the game, but I hope the don't do another underground metro. I kinda hope they do something like an abandoned building or something, but another thing to remember is that Pearl and Marina were leaked for DLC too.
I think that the metro station is a good little piece of evidence ce because as of yesterday it has been confirmed that the DLC will be where that station is. Cool vid btw love this whole idea
There is one problem with the plushies in Hagglefish Market being a new species: the blue squid plush, which is a squid based on the head, has the same tentacles as the "cuttlefish" plushies. So, why would a squid plush have the tentacles of a cuttlefish plush?
iirc in the lore of the bands in splatoon, it implies that some of the urchins participate in turf war, then there's also Big Man who produced ink in story mode
I'm fairly certain that cuttlefish already exist in the series however they're musicians and the fact that they're cuttlefish is more hinted at than anything...I'm pretty sure Caitlin Koi talked about it in her Splatoon music ice burg
Looking at cap'n cuttlefish's design, and especially his dehydrated state, he is very distinctly an inkling. However Callie and Marie have star shaped pupils, the only ones we ever see. However However that may mean nothing looking at the other idols' eyes
Idk about cuttlefish, but what I DO believe, is that the "large Scale paid DLC" is actually the name, "Large Scale" Splatoon loves their puns, so it could easily be referring to a literal Giant Fish Scale that might be, idk.. Used as a shield? New island that's a floating scale of an ancient leviathan? Idk all the details yet, but that is my guess nonetheless
tbh i dont want a new species it would be cramped and sort of a half assed idea to copy the octo expansion, its better if they would expand the inklings and octolings customization
captain cuttlefish is not a cuttlefish but instead an inkling but there are already cuttlefish in the game, in the octo expansion (station stick 'n' move) there is one specific album made by two cuttlefish idols
Honestly I don’t think we’re going to get cuttlefish. I feel like cuttlefish and squid both just evolved together to both become inklings, so they have cuttlefish and squid ancestry. In real life, cuttlefish and squid are more closely related than they are to octopus. If they were siblings, octopus would be their second cousin. Even if they did add cuttlefish, I think they would be too similar to the inklings anyway and they wouldn’t have any plot relevance. It would just be having a new species for no reason, and we know the devs love their lore so it wouldn’t happen. The octolings have been around since the beginning, and there’s evidence pointing to them have been being playable back then as well. One thing I think is interesting though, is that vampire squid in real life, are so different from other squid. They’re not really too similar to any known cephalopod species, and could actually be their own species. And I feel like Frye could be a vampire squid, just because of how different she looks from inklings and octolings. No inklings’ hair look like hers, and she only has 2 tentacles instead of the usual 6, or even 4 for octolings. That wouldn’t make sense because vampire squid have 8 arms like octopus, but shivers hair confuses me too so eh. But I don’t know if they’ll ever acknowledge Frye possibly being a vampire squid, it might have just been inspiration for design with no lore purposes. I’d be okay with that though, Im content with just having inklings and octolings, because I feel like a third would make things over saturated. If people just want species for customization, I think there should just be more customization for what’s already within the species we have. Also no, no inktolings. Inktolings bad
Well, if Captain Cuttlefish is a cuttlefish, then I guess it's inevitable, but if that's just a fancy secret agent name he chose to either hide his true identity or make himself sound more important than he really is, then it's still possible if cuttlefish are really all you're making them out to be.
The enter and don’t enter is probably the best bit of evidence. That image is obviously NOT an octo or inkling, and it’s the most likely place to be where we enter for DLC
I don’t think we’re gonna get a new species without some sort of explicit reference to them beforehand, my guess is that if one is on the way they’ll be mentioned in the first dlc, and then usable in a second dlc/ splatoon 4
This is awesome! Nintendo’s definitely hinting something here and I hope we get the new species and if not cuttlefish, I’m hoping the other octolings like Marina because I really want that hairstyle.
Cuttlefish already exist and it’s likely that whey will make their arrival! I believed it’s Hikara walker and if im wrong maybe it’s the art of Splatoon but we’ve already been introduced to cuttlefish idols via these books. Cuttlefish though hard to tell the difference between them and inklings cuttlefish will have long ears that are flat on top and curved along the bottom just like frye, Callie and Marie along with the star pupils. Obviously it’s not confirmed that they will come to the game but it is likely and they do exist!
Captain Cuttlefish and his granddaughters are not cuttlefish, but cuttlefishes do exist. There is an idol group called Cuttlefish Idol, but they resemble inklings down to the T so it could just be a band name. If they were to be implemented into the game and how it would play with the main storyline, my guess is that they were thought to be extinct, or trapped in Alterna until Agent 3 opened a gateway, making it similar to Octo expansion but instead we play as a cuttlefish trying to make it to the surface.
I hope that there is a new species, but I have an attachment to octolings for some reason. Idk why, I just love them. (Even though my favourite idols of each group have never been octolings) If I can play as the possible new species , I probably will, but I'm guessing I'll mainly be an octo.
well,about the in thingy actually all cephalopod species produce ink,for example,the rossia also shoots ink (maybe splatoon 4....?) but anyway thw ink thing doesnt matter,inklings and octolings dont shoot ink THEMSELVES.
Personally I doubt they would just introduce a species out of the blue. The only reason Octo Expansion had us play as an Octoling is because they were already established in the story mode. No other types of -lings are shown anywhere so bringing one out of nowhere would seem weird for Nintendo. If anything it would be Salmonlings in my opinion. Salmonids are already able to use ink based weapons and are already established as a key species in the universe. While I doubt it would happen it would be the most likely option.
Cap’n Cuttlefish isn’t actually a cuttlefish. Cap’n Cuttlefish is his localized name. His Japanese name is a Atarime which means “dry squid”. Also the reason Cap’n Cuttlefish looks different from other Inklings is because he’s sun drying. It’s a process Inklings (and possibly Octolings? Though I don’t think we’ve seen a sun drying Octoling.) go through to allow themselves to live longer. It causes them to have dryer skin, lose their ink, and aren’t able to go into their squid form. Also at the end of the story mode, Cap’n Cuttlefish literally turns into a floating squid.
I think if anything, there is more hinting at vampire squids than cuttlefish. Marina was an octoling in 2, and then we got octolings. Frye is a vampire squid, so maybe vampire squids will be a new species. It also fits with the theme while still being varied, being a sort of midpoint with a twist. Octolings seem fun and carefree while the inklings are a bit more reserved, but based of Frye's temperment, vampire squids could be energetic and enthusiastic.
Just a thought I thought I should put out there- what if Nintendo decides to make a hybrid between the squid and octoling? I just thought about it while I was watching but this is just my theory.
It would definitely be very cool! It would also make sense. Splatoon 3 is all about the number 3, it can be seen everywhere. If we’d get a new species, it would be the *third* species!
If we were to get a new species we would probably get a manta ray. Because of big man. Octopus v Squid v Manta ray splatfest kinda like the one in splatoon 2
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Cap'n Cuttlefish isn't a cuttlefish. That's just his localized name. In Japan his name is actually Atarime which means dried squid. Similarly Callie and Marie are named after more squid species, their Japanese names coming from the words for the Bigfin Reef Squid and the Firefly squid respectively. They are not cuttlefish. They are squids.
(spoilers) oh cod his name in japanese makes so much sense after splatoon 3 story mode-
@@zaybeol WAIT WHAT NOO
It was his fate since his parents named him...
@@zaybeol Now that explains everything XD
yeah!! not to mention that capn cuttlefish and the squid sisters have suction cups in their tentacles, unlike cuttlefish which do not have suction cups
@@yaky_thoughts34 it’s like parents call their son failure
I think that Captain Cuttlefish is just his name, but he's actually an Inkling. But I'm down for a new species of Cuttlefish!
I mean his whole joke are his bones when your player character doesn't have any. Also Callie and Marie in their childhood photos don't have the ink colors in their skin, so they're very likely not squids. As to whether or not they are inklings I'm not so sure, since i personally think that the term includes both species. Also there was some in universe promo about an 80s cuttlefish duo, and they looked fairly similar to the squid sisters.
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I’m pretty sure it’s a translation thing. I could be wrong but I don’t think he’s mean to be a cuttlefish in Japan
no, he's an actual cuttlefish
Not to mention that when he’s dried up, he looks like the dried squid from the scroll
I personally don’t think we’ll get another playable species this soon but I absolutely love the idea of anything more. Cuttlefish characters would be cute! Maybe they’d be a subspecies of inklings where they’re only denoted by specific hairstyles or something idk. It’d be cute!
Honestly I really can’t think of any reason there would be such specific silhouettes that match a plush
They will never exist bc how will you call them in Japanese?
What? You realize that what inklings in Japanese are called loosely translate to squid kid. They aren’t called inklings in Japanese
Same with octolings
Octo fish women
@@ricestrangethey already DO exist . they js aren't playable
I don’t think they’re hinting any anything. In 2 they hinted at Octolings by having MARINA be an octoling. If they were hinting at something there would be much more to go by.
Maybe they’re trying to be more subtle now. Marina was way too obvious, but who knows.
So… playable mantas?
Mantas would be to big it would basically be pay to lose unfortunately
There is a salmonling looking creature in c-side... so I hope for salmonlings...
@@ACESGaminglcs no there isn’t
In the octo expansive art book there were actually some cuttlefish idols! If you look up cuttlefish idols they show up.
Awh, they just look like inklings though
If my memory doesn't deceive me, they could also be Callie and Marie mothers because of their similarities with the two of them, but at the end it's a theory so we won't know till the release of the dlc
@@yeye3282 I doubt that since callie n Marie are inklings, but it'd be cool if like..idk they had kids with inklings because I'm pretty sure cuttlefish are a sub-type of squid
Bro WHERE'S the evidence they're Cuttlefish? I've literally seen nothing that has ever said that they were cuttlefish or even hinted towards them being one
@@ilovemydog240 maybe...the writing about them? it was translated that they are cuttlefish. uhm, maybe go check out rassicas?
For those who haven't watched much lore videos, it has been hinted that some band members (who aren't inklings) have done turf war before, so it isn't a stretch for us to get some random fish species as a playable character. Of course, i don't think it's likely either, but if they do I'd like to see the beta fish be playable bcus Finn from the Bottom Feeders looks cool.
Rather than hinted it has been said that species other than cephalopods do partake in turf war
If anything, it seems more likely that we're going to get Some form of Mantalings as a new species, since the Idols so far each rep one of the playable species each. Back in splatoon 2, it was One inkling idol and one octoling idol. Now, it's one inkling, one octoling, and A manta as the 3rd one.
@@AveryTomfoolerySpecialist3682god I hope we get them
Especially if it’s like the concept art he showed in the video
Cuttlings are a stretch because they gave us the us a very clear version of the story to read out and all of these refrances are very small and obscure, they would be cool though.
(btw, captain cuttlefish is an inkling, cuttlefish is a last name)
Cuttlefish could be a good hybrid. I wonder what they will look like
They looks same has inkglings
They will never exist bc how will you call them in Japanese?
I wanna see shrimplings......hopefully I don't regret that statement later.
Cuttlings actually already exist in an idol group from an era gone by.
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As much as I would prefer more customization for the already playable characters, I liked the theory of callie and marie being cuttlefish instead of inklings (same as captain cuttlefish) I dont know if I want the cuttlefishes to be playable, but I like the idea that they hide because they're similar to the inklings in the same theory. I hope it's something like that!
despite his name, I'm pretty sure capn cuttlefish is still just an inkling.
The Japanese versions of Callie and Marie debunk this theory. Their names in Japan are Aori and Hotaru, named after species of Squid.
The Aori-Ika and Hotaru-Ika. Bigfin Reef Squid and Firefly Squid respectively.
With this new information available, I suddenly find it extremely suspicious that Captain Cuttlefish, Calle, & Marie are all related, & we’ve never seen them in their supposed squid forms. Spoilers ahead for the ending of Splatoon 3, stop reading now if you don’t want to be spoiled. Yes, there is that moment in Splatoon 3 where Captain Cuttlefish is already in his supposed squid form, but he was also essentially mummified aka extremely dried up to the point where it would be impossible to tell the difference between a squid & a cuttlefish.
@@dcox7487 cuttlefish have bones
They are all inklings. It’s like how Cappy from Mario Odyssey is actually a Tophat but he’s called Cappy. Captain Cuttlefish is an Inkling but he’s called Cuttlefish
Personally I think the manta ray has a decent chance. While they may not shoot ink, they do have toxins as shown in the big man fight.
Itd be funny if they were called mantalings
That's exactly what i'm thinking. So far the Idols have represented the different playable species in the game, and Now we have a Third one, a manta, sitting down next to an inkling an octoling in the news stage.
@@AveryTomfoolerySpecialist3682 I actually really enjoy this concept too I would love to see how splatoon would incorporate it if possible
I think it would be a cool idea to have a manta storm like special.
Btw captain cuttlefish is an Inkling
Ye without his hat he has the OG hairstyle
@@_octoboi12_ i swear i’ve seen you before
Inkling-like Cuttlefish are already canonically a thing. Two singers, like Callie and Marie. They are the predecessors of the squid sisters.
Callie and Marie are just inklings, and im pretty sure craig cuttlefish is just a cuttlefish-like inkling
@@marsybarz i think they mean the cuttlefish idols found in the artbook and the octo expansion background
@@marsybarz they didn't mean the squid sisters were cuttlefish lol
@@ScarasRealLover i couldnt tell from the wording, mb 💀
@@marsybarz yeah but the ear thing still has no explanation, so they very well COULD be cuttlefish, a subspecies of inkling
Idk if cuttlefish are the thing that's gonna get added, but it would be interesting to get some sort of third species option since this game is so obsessed with the concept of things in 3s. There's 3 of everything if they can help it, so a third new species being introduced would make sense in that regard too!
I’m a little convinced with the subway thing, thats what they did in splatoon 2 with the 8-bit octopus in front of the deepsea metro entrance
I was really hoping for sharklings and shrimplings but Cuttlefishlings could be really cool tbh
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Sharklings? vertebrate humanoids is strange for such a world
@@bowser3017 I mean it's splatoon bruh thats normal
where my shrimps at
But that would just remove the whole “it’s about ink making animals using their ink to fight” if it were shrimp or sharks it would just be… colored… water
@@LiterallySunGuy it's just a videogame but I get it that would be weird
There is a canon cuttlefish species, although they don’t look very different from the inklings. Captain Cuttlefish is simply his name, he’s an inkling. In Japan his name is Atarime, which simply means dried squid.
I was looking for this comment. I’m assuming you’re talking about the idols from that art in a magazine or art book right?
@@bloodorange7428 Yep!
captain cuttlefish is an inkling and his namenis just bad localization at this point, but i like the idea of cuttlefish having been raised or military trained by a tribe of cuttlefish and using that to explain his localized name
That actually would make a lot of sense! There are 3 cephalopods, squid, octopus, and of course, cuttlefish. So it would make sense to have all cephalopods as playable characters.
Edit: I guess they are the only cephalopods that PRODUCE INK meaning my point is still valid.
There's more than 3 cephalopods though. They can use any
Actually that’s not the case lol
Gnarly Eddy crying in the bg
They are the only cephalopods who can produce Ink
Yea
So crazy idea. During splatoon’s development the idea went from Tofu, to humans with capes, to rabbits, and then squids. Also let’s look at the agents we have 1-2 (squid sisters) agent 3 and captain 3, agent 4, agents 5-6 (Pearl and Marine), and agent 8. We’re missing 7. 7 is a number associated with luck and people cutoff rabbit’s feet for good luck. Not to mention the entire splatoon 3 campaign is about mammals. So if Splatoon 3 does get a dlc expansion we might get rabbits or something rabbits related.
But hey that’s just a theory. A GAME THEORY!
I've been thinking about this for a while, since I watched a Caitlin Koi video about the Splatoon iceberg, and she mentions that in the Splatoon 2 Octo expansion there is some kind of sticker of two past idols that happen to be called "The cuttlefish idols" and the Splatoon book Haikara walker talks about it, you should check out Caitlin's video.
i know it’s silly but having some kind of salmonling would be so cool even though they don’t produce ink in real life. i just like the idea of fighting against salmonids in salmon run and then fighting with salmonlings in turf war or whatever
Cap'n Cuttlefish is actually an inkling despite his name
Captain Cuttlefish did get his 'cuttlefish' form from the main story too. its a dried fish form, BUT he didn't have that form before now.
Bro Craig's dry form doesn't look like a cuttlefish; It looks like 'squid jerky'
Wrong his dried-up form is dried squid. He's an inkling.
@@Emisop Yes i know that part, but he is captain 'cuttlefish' and he just got his inkling form after 3 games
@@Rueian that doesn’t change the fact that he’s an inkling
@@cheeseitpuffsthe4orthandahalf I agree. I'm saying it could reference that cuttlefish are coming not that he is a cuttlefish, but just that his name and the actions of the story could be vague hints
I would really like the idea of super tall jellies being playable
that would be so funny 😭
i doubt this but would absolutely love it
in the "The Splatoon Music Iceberg explained" video, the youtuber Caitlin Koi talks about there being Cuttlefish Idols and an illustration of them exist in something called the "Haikara walker" the official artbook for the Octo Expansion
Sea slug or sea hare can use ink and are super cute!
I think Callie and Marie are just an inkling sub-species because their ears are longer and thinner, same as Frye. But my theory for the new dlc is that we might play as sub species as inkings and octos
The ink thing doesn't really matter much when normal fish like the Salmonids are making ink. Callie and Marie's swim forms were also shown on the splatfest trucks in 1 and in Mario Maker through the mystery mushroom and they look like squids. That being said, having cuttlefish playable would be pretty cool
Salmonids have slime really
it would be better to have a species that can produce ink naturally.
They will never exist bc how will you call them in Japanese?
@@MetaKnight964 that's simply inklings and octolings, there could be some sort of twist in the storyline that allows other species to shoot ink. plus, many of the creatures in splatoon have probably been in turf wars before, but idk.
@@ricestrange wdym by that
This feels like a crucial detail, but it probably doesnt have a better lead to it. Since we're basing it off of creatures who can produce ink, the only other species we saw other than inklings and octolings do that is big man, from the boss fight. I dont think anywhere says how or why he can create ink like inklings and octolings can, but that's something i havent seen be brought up, maybe because of irrelevancy or it hasnt been considered before.
hmm, yeah true!! maybe 'mantalings' have a humanoid form like inklings and octolings, and their swim form is like big man- a manta ray!! so it could then be said that maybe big man is just in his swim form all the time, like octavo!!
It has been mentioned that other species partake in turf war, maybe the difference is that instead of being able to refill they have to reload.
So, this is a really cool concept. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of a new species coming to Splatoon, but I honestly just don’t see it happening. I mean, Octolings make sense because we had seen them before in game. But CUTTLEFISH? I mean we saw what a cuttlefish fish would look like via the former captain’s dried-out model and it doesn’t have that extra flap (or whatever you want to call it) on it. While it would be nice to have another option, I just don’t think Nintendo will add another species unless they have dead solid reasoning as to why they are adding them in advance.
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It would be really fun for cuttlefish to be a playable species, but In my opinion, they're very similar to the inklings, and not really unique in their own way, per say. Great concept, though!
yeah i think this is a good point. nintendo is pretty deliberate with their character design and is sometimes obsessive about making characters (playable characters especially) clearly distinct
They could make them distinct though. Whilst still following the traditional playable body type
Makin' them distinct is somewhat easy, all they even need as a baseline is different eye markings, different hairstyles, and different kind of..actions? i dunno, the octolings act different in the weapon shop when you look at the weapons.
I think this would be a neat concept!
Still hoping for like inktoling hybrids as well if they made those
I don't think it's gonna happen in this game it's been only a few years since the octolings escaped but we can still hope
If they added a third species that would work perfectly for a tricolor splatfest
It's an odd thing to think about. In Japanese, cuttlefish and squid are named the same, and Nintendo is a Japan-Based company so I dunno if cuttlefish are realitiscally possible, it's still cool to think about.
I'd also like to point out that Captain Cuttlefish isn't a cuttlefish, he's an inkling. It's just his localised name.
I really do not know if we'll get a new species at all, but 3 species ties in to the REALLY heavy (dare I say excessive) motifs of the number 3. I'm sure all of us are completely unsure about what a new species could be and if we're even getting one at all.
TL;DR: Cuttlefish or a new species at all are realistically unlikely and Cap'n isn't a cuttlefish it's just his localised name.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
I really want sea bunnies instead 😭
is this because of syzygy
Lil Judd making Catlings with fuzzy ooze please. Catgirl inklings for the memes.
i don't know where it's from, but there is official nintendo art of a cuttleling idol group, so the idea of them finally becoming playable is big possibility.
to see the art, just look up the splatoon cuttlefish idols. it should show the art
The subway sold it for me, if we get a new species in the dlc and if its inside the subway it could very likely be true. Though, Marina being an octoling was the teaser, maybe vampire squids could be a thing (frye)
4:45 the pic said scout and that gave me an idea what if at some point in the dlc there is some kind of energy emitting from the subway 🤔 and the inklings and octolings can sense it and send you and three other agents now called scouts out and what if it's not a metro or subway what if it's a secret subway to a underground military base built by humans and the inklings/octolings find water suits which could grant them water travel from there they follow the energy to a strange island where they find cuttlefish from that captain cuttlefish has some explaining to do about why he never told us about the other cuttlefish and that could tie into the backstory we've always wanted. 🦑🐙
I heard agent four is supposed to be in the dlc. Honestly, I think agent four got less attention. What i mean is that agent four was only in the story mode for splatoon 2. Agent 3 was in Splatoon, Octo Expansion, and splatoon 3. Agent 8 was only in Octo expansion. I feel like we should know what agent 8 did after Octo expansion.
there actually is mention of cuttlefish people all the way back in splatoon 2 octo expansion. theres a pair of cuttlefish idols who seem like they used to be a big deal in the splatoon universes version of the 80s, and you can see one of their cds (featuring a picture of them on the case) in the background of one of the octo expansion stations, as well as mention of them in the octo explansion artbook. and, unlike captain cuttlefish, who is an inkling and just had his name changed to cuttlefish in the english version of the game, the artbook explicitly calls the cuttlefish idols "cuttlefish idols". so theres definitely precedent for adding cuttlefish as a 3rd playable species, given that its already been established that cuttlefish have inkling like forms
ah, i just looked it up for good measure and it turns out captain cuttlefishs japanese name is the word for both dried shredded squid and dried shredded cuttlefish. so he is, technically, named after cuttlefish after all
Honestly, a cuttlefish DLC would be so awesome.
Ooh, I hope so, one of my OCs, PJ, he's a striped pyjama squid while it doesn't have a cuttlebone, it still looks more like a cuttlefish, I had this conversation with my friend back in 2016 when she drew him for me. She said that it looks more like a cuttlefish but we looked it up & it seems like it isn't technically a cuttlefish but since it looks like one, I could select cuttlefish when playing as PJ if this does actually happen.
I know Squids and Octopus Irl produce ink but turns out cuttlefish do as well so there's that. I had no idea until now
I actually love this, i hope they make it a reality
This is the 2nd time that you've thought this. And this is the second time that I'll say that Cuttlefish is confirmed Inkling
I don’t know, with the octo expansion, having a new playable species was something new, but doing it again wouldn’t feel as special. Just like how the story mode of Splatoon 2 felt like a copy paste, something similar could happen with the DLCs
110% agree
Heck yeah. I've been wanting a playable cuttlefish character since splatoon 1
I have loved splatoon since I was 5, and a new species sounds awesome!
I love the idea of cuttlefish in the game, but I hope the don't do another underground metro. I kinda hope they do something like an abandoned building or something, but another thing to remember is that Pearl and Marina were leaked for DLC too.
Craig is confirmed to be an inkling, not a cuttlefish
idk man, cap'n cuttlefish is just an inkling. a lot of these seem like grasping for straws tbh.
I'm personally holding out for the Rabbits. Especially since this year is the year of the Rabbit. But we'll see...
New species might be wave 3
Maybe, but i think it will just be about pearl and marina
I really think the idea of sea hares are cool, yes, I know that they aren't cephalopods but they DO spread ink when they are disturbed
personally i would say it’s manta raylings. big man could be like octavio , who is stuck in his swim or squid form. manta ray form?
I think that the metro station is a good little piece of evidence ce because as of yesterday it has been confirmed that the DLC will be where that station is. Cool vid btw love this whole idea
There is one problem with the plushies in Hagglefish Market being a new species: the blue squid plush, which is a squid based on the head, has the same tentacles as the "cuttlefish" plushies. So, why would a squid plush have the tentacles of a cuttlefish plush?
iirc in the lore of the bands in splatoon, it implies that some of the urchins participate in turf war, then there's also Big Man who produced ink in story mode
The first evidence could be a jellyfish.
I'm fairly certain that cuttlefish already exist in the series however they're musicians and the fact that they're cuttlefish is more hinted at than anything...I'm pretty sure Caitlin Koi talked about it in her Splatoon music ice burg
not to mention the fact that at the possible DLC area the signs have the colors of the Chaos vs Order splatfest.
Plushie: looks *slightly* different
This guy: GUYS LOOK!! ITS HINTS FOR A NEW SPEICIES THAT IS ALREADY IN THE GAME
I feel salmonlings or any really fishlings are coming, this is because while playing salmon run, the salmonids do spread their own ink😊
Looking at cap'n cuttlefish's design, and especially his dehydrated state, he is very distinctly an inkling. However Callie and Marie have star shaped pupils, the only ones we ever see. However However that may mean nothing looking at the other idols' eyes
Idk about cuttlefish, but what I DO believe, is that the "large Scale paid DLC" is actually the name, "Large Scale"
Splatoon loves their puns, so it could easily be referring to a literal Giant Fish Scale that might be, idk.. Used as a shield? New island that's a floating scale of an ancient leviathan? Idk all the details yet, but that is my guess nonetheless
I love this idea can’t wait to see where this goes. Perhaps the “large scale” is the Mcguffin of sorts of the story
tbh i dont want a new species it would be cramped and sort of a half assed idea to copy the octo expansion, its better if they would expand the inklings and octolings customization
mantalings would be epic
captain cuttlefish is not a cuttlefish but instead an inkling but there are already cuttlefish in the game, in the octo expansion (station stick 'n' move) there is one specific album made by two cuttlefish idols
I need sluglings, but cuttleing would be neat, I just think it feels too similar to inklings because cap'n cuttlefish
Honestly I don’t think we’re going to get cuttlefish. I feel like cuttlefish and squid both just evolved together to both become inklings, so they have cuttlefish and squid ancestry. In real life, cuttlefish and squid are more closely related than they are to octopus. If they were siblings, octopus would be their second cousin. Even if they did add cuttlefish, I think they would be too similar to the inklings anyway and they wouldn’t have any plot relevance. It would just be having a new species for no reason, and we know the devs love their lore so it wouldn’t happen. The octolings have been around since the beginning, and there’s evidence pointing to them have been being playable back then as well. One thing I think is interesting though, is that vampire squid in real life, are so different from other squid. They’re not really too similar to any known cephalopod species, and could actually be their own species. And I feel like Frye could be a vampire squid, just because of how different she looks from inklings and octolings. No inklings’ hair look like hers, and she only has 2 tentacles instead of the usual 6, or even 4 for octolings. That wouldn’t make sense because vampire squid have 8 arms like octopus, but shivers hair confuses me too so eh. But I don’t know if they’ll ever acknowledge Frye possibly being a vampire squid, it might have just been inspiration for design with no lore purposes. I’d be okay with that though, Im content with just having inklings and octolings, because I feel like a third would make things over saturated. If people just want species for customization, I think there should just be more customization for what’s already within the species we have.
Also no, no inktolings. Inktolings bad
How would having another playable species be over saturated?
inktolings ARE canon. the 100x/333x battle photoshoot glitch proves it
i think its most possible for us to have anemone-lings. look at HARMONY!LOOK AT ANNIE! they're hidden in plain sight.
@@MetaKnight964 i'm asking the same question
They can still make it work there are difference in cuttlefish and squids they can illustrate in their body.
I want a lot more character customization options please!
I don't think it's cuttlefish.... since cuttlefish are still squid(ika) in Japanese(koika). So it would be just inkling....
Pretty sure there are idols in haikara walker that are specifically called cuttlefish
I want a salmonoid personally. I think it would be funny to see Nintendo try to make the salmonoids look cool
actually it was proven that captain cuttlefish is an inkling in some Japanese artwor but I still like the idea
We have already seen what Cuttlefish look like and they are just classified as a sub-species of inkling, but if they do join that would be sick.
Well, if Captain Cuttlefish is a cuttlefish, then I guess it's inevitable, but if that's just a fancy secret agent name he chose to either hide his true identity or make himself sound more important than he really is, then it's still possible if cuttlefish are really all you're making them out to be.
I wouldnt mind any species if they make it so a shark can somehow produce ink then i believe they can add almost anything
The enter and don’t enter is probably the best bit of evidence. That image is obviously NOT an octo or inkling, and it’s the most likely place to be where we enter for DLC
I don’t think we’re gonna get a new species without some sort of explicit reference to them beforehand, my guess is that if one is on the way they’ll be mentioned in the first dlc, and then usable in a second dlc/ splatoon 4
Now i'm now more exited for the dlc if this happens!
I think the mantaling species was very cool. But unfortunately that probably isn’t the case
This is awesome! Nintendo’s definitely hinting something here and I hope we get the new species and if not cuttlefish, I’m hoping the other octolings like Marina because I really want that hairstyle.
Cuttlefish already exist and it’s likely that whey will make their arrival! I believed it’s Hikara walker and if im wrong maybe it’s the art of Splatoon but we’ve already been introduced to cuttlefish idols via these books. Cuttlefish though hard to tell the difference between them and inklings cuttlefish will have long ears that are flat on top and curved along the bottom just like frye, Callie and Marie along with the star pupils. Obviously it’s not confirmed that they will come to the game but it is likely and they do exist!
Captain Cuttlefish and his granddaughters are not cuttlefish, but cuttlefishes do exist. There is an idol group called Cuttlefish Idol, but they resemble inklings down to the T so it could just be a band name. If they were to be implemented into the game and how it would play with the main storyline, my guess is that they were thought to be extinct, or trapped in Alterna until Agent 3 opened a gateway, making it similar to Octo expansion but instead we play as a cuttlefish trying to make it to the surface.
I hope that there is a new species, but I have an attachment to octolings for some reason. Idk why, I just love them. (Even though my favourite idols of each group have never been octolings) If I can play as the possible new species , I probably will, but I'm guessing I'll mainly be an octo.
Have no idea if you bought this up before but in splatoon 2 dlc there are 2 idols who are canonically cuttlefish. Search up splatoon cuttlefish idols!
What if humans appear in the dlc as both the main villains and allies
well,about the in thingy actually all cephalopod species produce ink,for example,the rossia also shoots ink (maybe splatoon 4....?) but anyway thw ink thing doesnt matter,inklings and octolings dont shoot ink THEMSELVES.
4:47 That hair is so cute I want that😭❤
i was really hoping for sea slugs (or jellyfish) variant , but i guess cuttlefish makes more sense especially due to captain
Wait till he sees the new trailer
Personally I doubt they would just introduce a species out of the blue. The only reason Octo Expansion had us play as an Octoling is because they were already established in the story mode. No other types of -lings are shown anywhere so bringing one out of nowhere would seem weird for Nintendo.
If anything it would be Salmonlings in my opinion. Salmonids are already able to use ink based weapons and are already established as a key species in the universe. While I doubt it would happen it would be the most likely option.
Cap’n Cuttlefish isn’t actually a cuttlefish. Cap’n Cuttlefish is his localized name. His Japanese name is a Atarime which means “dry squid”. Also the reason Cap’n Cuttlefish looks different from other Inklings is because he’s sun drying. It’s a process Inklings (and possibly Octolings? Though I don’t think we’ve seen a sun drying Octoling.) go through to allow themselves to live longer. It causes them to have dryer skin, lose their ink, and aren’t able to go into their squid form. Also at the end of the story mode, Cap’n Cuttlefish literally turns into a floating squid.
I think if anything, there is more hinting at vampire squids than cuttlefish. Marina was an octoling in 2, and then we got octolings. Frye is a vampire squid, so maybe vampire squids will be a new species. It also fits with the theme while still being varied, being a sort of midpoint with a twist. Octolings seem fun and carefree while the inklings are a bit more reserved, but based of Frye's temperment, vampire squids could be energetic and enthusiastic.
Just a thought I thought I should put out there- what if Nintendo decides to make a hybrid between the squid and octoling? I just thought about it while I was watching but this is just my theory.
They're called Inktolings
It would definitely be very cool!
It would also make sense. Splatoon 3 is all about the number 3, it can be seen everywhere. If we’d get a new species, it would be the *third* species!
I think that there are all ready two cuddling idols
If we were to get a new species we would probably get a manta ray. Because of big man. Octopus v Squid v Manta ray splatfest kinda like the one in splatoon 2
I shall like to point out that Cap'n Cuttlefish and the Squid Sisters are Inklings. Their last name being Cuttlefish is just a coincidence.
came back here cause he was right about the subway.. it is dlc :D