Splatoon / Splatoon 3 - I Am Octavio | Reacting To Video Game Music!
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
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Yeah you're starting to catch on, it's a musical culture war. The squids are very proudly punk/ska, so the multiplayer has a lot of tracks like that, then in singleplayer the octopi bring a lot of DJ/EDM elements and then they try to impose their music tastes on each other. And every game (or the dlc) resolves the story conflict with the assistance of music. Notably in Splatoon 2 one of the idols is an octo and the culture adapts and displays more EDM elements in that game. And then there's salmons whose musical genre is... chaos cello?
Chaos cello is the best thing i ever read xD
Hats off to you for chaos chello lol I mean yeah what do you call their genre of choice? :D
The "dah, dah, dahdahdah" is like a motif for the Octarian army, you hear it quite a bit in the story modes for Splat 1 and 2. I like it, simple and catchy
I don't know if it's named after a specific song, but that motif is called ONWARD, and I like to imagine it's Octavio screaming to his army "ON - WARD, OCTARIANS" as they march to war
@@amberukiseve well there is a track called Onward! for Hero Mode in the soundtracks, which is just that jingle, so I guess that's the song lol
Another note as well on the Onward motif--it shows up in one other place than the story modes! To reference the fact that the Salmonids get most of their tech from trading with the Octarians, the Scrapper jingle that it plays when stunned is the Onward motif!
Splatoon has its own musical genre.
It's called Octotronica.
Which is what Octavio, Turquoise October and Octoplush do.
Squid Squad also plays Squidcore.
@@maravreloaded I think Dedf1sh would also count as Octotronica
Very odd Octotronica, but yeah, I'd agree.@@Butter_999
That is SO true XD You can just tell when it's Splatoon music, even without the vocals, usually, I feel like, even with all the different genres of music it has!
I love what they did with F34RM3 Remix because it not only sounds "less important" in a _meta sense,_ it's very easy to imagine Octavio _diegetically writing it that way IN-UNIVERSE;_ in Splatoon 1, he's at the top of his game, he's got tech beyond your wildest dreams powered by an untold source of power he stole from a paradisical megatropolis, but in Splatoon 3 he's more down on his luck, using a scrapped-together machine that looks worse for wear, with no special power source, desperately trying to still be as threatening
Awesome to see more Splatoon stuff, I freakin' LOVE this song haha :D --I hope someone's requested some -_-salmon-_- somewhere down the line 👀--
Even the name of the remix sells it. "Fear me" isn't some imposing command. It's basically Octavio saying "please, someone fear me".
Compared to his outing in Splatoon 1, which is still living in my head as one of the coolest final bosses ever, where it genuinely feels like everything builds up to it...Splat 3 Octavio is down on his luck. Hard. Which it makes it perfect for the intro 'fake out' boss.
I NEED him to hear frothy waters. I NEED it.
I never really thought of it that way! But yes, it makes perfect sense!
This even makes sense in the perspective of the player, or even the NSS themselves. Splatoon 1 Octavio is probably the first time anyone in the agency actually got to him, and so he's not only terrifying because it's literally the *big guy himself* but also because this is the first time they've really seen what he can do.
However, by Splatoon 3, we've fought him twice before. Not only for the player, but also for the in-universe characters. By the time Fear Me comes around, it's just more of the same, he's lost his whole thing.
You made a very good guess! DJ Octavio is the final boss for Splatoon 1, but is the FIRST boss for Splatoon 3. Which is why S3’s version doesn’t have as many phases as S1’s version, it’s a much shorter boss battle.
After only listening to whacky Splatoon music bro’s gonna get a culture shock when he hears Two shadows in the sun or Pour it on
I'm so glad to see someone else who acknowledges Pour It On. I love that song.
@@calyx8808YESSS Same, ahh!
And yeah, I also really hope someone requests Whirlpool Tune sometime, I love that one so much, it feels so emotional, to me, personally! ^^
Hey, that's my Rq!
In universe, this is a song that DJ Octavio plays while trying to kill you. It's great. Note, the first version has multiple phases, so the mix changes throughout the song.
Note, that in the second version DJ Octavio is no longer the final boss, and is way less powerful, hence its as less climatic song.
yeah, just got to 14:04 in the vid and scrolled down to say jesse nailed it
Thank you so much for requesting this! ^^ I love these songs, Splatoon in general, and Jesse's reaction was awesome! X3
Indeed, Splatoon is very much "all ages" not just "for kids", quite similarly to perhaps other "medium-dark" Nintendo series like Pikmin and Zelda where there's a lot of reasons kids would love it but somewhat even more things that adults can enjoy about the games
It's sorta like Kirby too, with how most of the "dark" stuff ("dark" relative to the rest of the game anyway) is limited to either hidden secrets or toward the end of the story mode
@@emanresu2425 nah I'd still say kirby is primarily a kids series and this is coming from someone whose favorite series is kirby
@@shybandit521 True, I just think they're similar in terms of _how_ they handle the (relatively) dark parts of their stories. (With Splatoon's overall tone and audience being somewhat more mature comparatively, though still very much "all ages" as you mentioned)
Splatoon does a great job of integrating its music with its world and characters.
In the first game, "I Am Octavio" is the final boss theme, with the mix changing as you progress through the fight. (Also Octavio literally is DJing the music on turntables inside the huge mech he pilots.) Until you get to the final stretch of the fight, where the heroes literally hijack the theme music (to play "Calamari Inkantation", which I think you've also heard).
And yeah, in Splatoon 3 he's the first boss, and is much easier to defeat. I think the part with the kind of out-of-place sitar in the background reflects how the fight takes place in a desert-like wasteland area. (I never noticed that part until now tbh)
There's a recontextualization from the game's victory jingle for the single player campaigns within that tune.
(He's the final boss of Splatoon 1 and the first boss in Splatoon 3, defeating him changes the context of the Splatoon 3 campaign to the point of shifting the victory jingle to something completely different. And, yes, he is an in universe DJ)
I'd say the theming is on youth counter culture rather than music itself, and bands - and music generally - is part of that. (As is the late 80s/early 90s skater culture the game takes heavy influence from in its aesthetics - Your in-game pics and posts are presented as in-game graffiti for other players, as are the things the other players are saying and drawing for you. The matches generally are taking place in places you're not meant to be. This kind of contextualizes the paint thing as competitive graffiti, aesthetically if not in lore)
I forget if you've been shown any of the Salmon Run music yet yet because... Oh boy the Salmon Run music is different - not just from the rest of Splatoon's soundscape, but from pretty much anything I recall hearing in a mainstream video game. (to continue the youth counter culture theming, salmon run is a hoard mode framed as a shitty part time job you might take in your teens, complete with the original announcement for Salmon Run as a mode in Splatoon 2 being framed as a VHS training video)
Splatoon 3 released almost exactly one year ago - It's next update at the start of September is around the one year anniversary of it's release, and around halfway through the preannounced support in the form of content updates for the game. The original released in 2015. The second in 2017.
Splatoon 3 sold 3.5 million copies in its first weekend in Japan alone, becoming the fastest selling game of all time there. (It was surpassed by Pokemon Scarlet & Violet a few months later.) To put it in perspective, game launches in Japan are usually in the hundreds of thousands rather than millions. Splatoon 2, for example, sold about 650k in the same period. Its lifetime sales in Japan are a bit over 4 million, which Splatoon 3 has already surpassed. It really became a big cultural thing in the last six years.
It's worth noting that this is the song that plays in Splatoon 1 during the first several parts of the final boss. The final phase of the fight is when Calamari Inkantation plays!
Octavio fights in a flying mech suit that he controls with DJ equipment, he 'scratches' with two sticks of wasabi.
The the ost version doesn't do the music justice because so much of the experience is hearing the music progress as you progress through the fight/stage.
The genre is called Octotronica
According to Dj Octavio (the boss and who made it in universe)
This is the first time hearing it side by side and it's really interesting.
In the first version he is the final boss of the first game. He is confident and full of swagger: he has achieved all of his objectives and is poised to make an attack on the surface. He received the big energy source of the surface and is powering a mega mech of death rays and flying robo fists. You are striking him when he's at the top and the bells that are tolling are foretelling your defeat.
In the second version he is the first boss of the third game. I noticed you pointed out that it's "not as in your face" and "reserved," and you are absolutely right. In this version, a significant group of his underlings were stolen from him and he is accusing you as the culprit. His mech is a cobbled together back-up and is running on his spite and indignation. He's trying to maintain his composure as the leader of a once-powerful military force (and, yes, he's also a DJ), but he's proud and arrogant and isn't about to let on the fact that he's desperately trying to keep everything together, which I feel comes through in the music.
Also, related. Music does indeed play a pretty big role in the lore. It seems that in the fall of humanity, one of the thing that persisted is the emotional connected attached to music. What's surprising is that the composers are more or less allowed to blend things that don't ordinarily go together, which makes for some very unique music that is specific to Splatoon.
Splatoon is mainly a multiplayer shooter game (with a party feel to it), so you're not quite wrong.
A few requests from me would be:
-Underwater Neon by Octoplush
-Shooting Starfish by Turqouise October
-#8 regret by Dedf1sh
-Fly Octo Fly by Off the Hook
YESSSSSS MORE SPLATOON AHHH
Thank you Jesse! ^^ SINGLE PLAYER music, too, yess, I was really hoping for more of it!
Octavio It's an octopus DJ samurai who scratches with WASABI.
How more cooler can you be?
Both versions of " i am octavio" we're composed by Toru Minegishi
Splatoon has, as far as I know, inspiration from many different cultures that fit the variety of characters found in the series.
Someone should request Salmon Run music. And some more obscure Story Mode music. And maybe some music from the lobby.
But for Jessie:
Splatoon 3 is still receiving new content every 3 months and has an active playerbase. It’s a 3rd person shooter 5 different 4v4 PvP modes, a 4p coop horde mode and 1 free story campaign each game + 1 story dlc for Splatoon 2 and 1 unreleased dlc for S3. The game is more casual than other shooters but still has a high skill ceiling and dedicated competitive community.
7:26 I like to imagine that when Octavio turns the turntable, it plays that sound
'Splatoon has way more depth' is pretty much a great summary. Surface level, it's a pvp shooter where the goal is get more of your ink color than the opposing team. In true Nintendo fashion, gameplay is solid. Feels very good to control and you can either be casual or go very hard core into mechanics with weapon ranges, ability boosts etc etc.
What's made it stick the landing as strongly as it has though is the culture and lore. They went above and beyond figuring out how trends would evolve over time. Each game has a popular idol group, all the songs are done by different 'bands' that will break up or collab over time, there are different clothing brands that go in and out of style, it encourages players to submit art which then becomes graffiti in the hub world. Also they have monthly events called 'splatfests' that are essentially really big music festivals where you can watch the idols perform and compete against each other in different teams. Teams can be anything from 'dogs versus cats' to major story changing things like 'chaos versus order'. Story changing isn't an exaggeration. One contest pit the squid sisters against each other and that resulted in the losing team's idol being kidnapped in the next game.
It's very much a feedback loop between devs and players to make it feel like a living, breathing world.
It'sssss also a post apocalyptic game where most of the mammals died off, more than one character has probably been cloned, and an underground subway was essentially turning the denizens into mindless zombies in order to be cleansed.
Octavio is the final boss of the first & 2nd games & there’s a different song used as his boss theme in 2. They subvert expectations in S3 by making Octavio the FIRST boss in that game and that’s what plays here. There’s dozens & dozens of bands in the Splatoon world that all have their own unique feel to them. Splatoon 3 just celebrated its 1 year anniversary and is still getting more new music and updates. Hopefully you’ll listen to more in the future!
I think it's so cool to see someone who knows absolutely nothing about a game learn about it through its music. You can't find that anywhere else on UA-cam.
"Pour it on" is probably my favorite song in 3~ but gosh im so glad you finally reached a song from splatoon that wasnt the punkrock scene!
Nice!! Finally we are getting some story mode stuff, i really hope he hears at least one of the different area themes from splatoon 3's story mode those are some of my favourites.
The lore context of Splatoon is a lot about fashion and idols. The usual equipment in videogames es based on stats even if it doesn't fit much the character, but here style is another factor that is very popular.
Regarding DJ Octavio, you were right as I read in another comment
Now someone needs to request Bear With Me. >.>
I pray you listen to the Salmonid music. Its unreal.
You should look up a picture of DJ Octavio and see just how much of a DJ he is lol His whole flying mecha that he drives in is a giant deck with massive speakers, a stage on the roof and he sits in the middle using turntables as controls (while scratching them with wasabi cause he's an octopus lol). His giant mecha has giant fists with giant rapper rings on them, it's great
OH MY GOSH! I'm so glad you did this.
I cannot wait for you to listen to some Off The Hook from Splatoon 2 and Octo Expansion. Fly Octo Fly!
Also, this time I wanna add something to something in the song! ^^ KIND OF spoilers, but not too much!
That choir part in the first one is actually a melody that you hear multiple times throughout the whole story mode, such as at the start of the song that plays in the first level! It is, I believe, kind of the leitmotif for the "octarians", which DJ Octavio is the leader of! ^^ So it's cool and makes sense that that leitmotif is featured so prominently in his theme!
Thanks again for the reaction, I love your Splatoon and Pokémon reactions especially, I hope you have an awesome day/night, whoever's reading this!
Yeah, I'd say Splatoon puts a lot of importance into the value of art, be it illustration or composition!
(It also highlights fashion style a lot, so when it's all combined with the art and music, I start trying to make connections to The World Ends With You lol)
I really hope one day you react to any of the salmon run music from splatoon 2 & 3! Its a very interesting kind of music, namely "frothy waters" , "Fishing Frenzy" & "Bait & Click!" All of these tracks are for the games hoarde co-op mode, and I think its the gameplay of that very well!
bro banger series after series, im binging this game always its so good, haha
I hope someone gets some salmon run music or octo expansion music in eventually
a fun recurring motif in the first song: that little 5 note scale that plays every once in a while is the jingle that plays every time you complete a level
i can literally hear the sounds of octavio's attacks in the first one
hope someday he will get requestet song from chirpy chips/abxy. (especially blitz it)
favorite band in splatoon. Paruko is cute
(love the community abxy covers of classic songs)
A fun fact: the choir's "HO, HO, HO HO HO" is the victory jingle for Splatoon 1's story mode levels. They've been consistent in implementing these jingles into the final boss themes in the later games.
some songs i would recommend are Ride or Fry by Octoplush, Hyper Diver by Anxiety Society, Aquasonic or Ripstop & Go by H2Whoa, Sea Me Now and Sandy Side Up by Front Roe, Crater Eight Routines by Turquoise October
2:01 If you want to hear more splatoon songs like this check out Turquoise October (splatoon in game band).
Dj Octavio is in splatoon 2 but the boss theme for that fight is bomb rush blush and tidal rush
its nintendos version of a shooter, like smash bros is nintendos version of a fighting game. Theirs plenty of people who just play the game for the story, its a fun game but can be competitive
You could say on popularity it's the Dragon Quest or Monster Hunter of shooters? In the West, it's pretty popular, but Japan the launch could threaten to shut down the country.
Dj octavio is grating wasabi on his turntable XD
Something about the first version reminds me of _Metroid_ in some places...
You have reactes to enough splatoon music to make a splatoon playlist at this point will make it easier for new people tof find the rest
I know putting the low drone in a different key than the rest of the Splatoon 3 remix is intentional, but it sounds a little _too_ out of place for me. I usually think of Splatoon music as odd or strange, not… wrong.
Can you do Sonic CD Metallic Madness bad future US and JP?
ngl theres way better songs
in splatoon? then yes
I forget if you did all the Calamari Inkantations but it's worth noting that though there's a couple different final boss themes-- being I Am Octavio, Bomb Rush Blush/Tidal Rush, and Bear With Me-- Calamari Inkantation is always the final phase theme. You're also right on the money, while Octavio was the final boss of Splat 1 and Co-final boss of Splat 2, he was only the first boss of Splat 3. Though he does show up in that final phase later along with Calamari Inkantation 3Mix.