The Strange Rough Draft of Splatoon's Story

Splatoon’s art books feature tons of amazing illustrations and early concepts. In this video, we look at one of the most interesting inclusions—a strange Splatoon manga—and see how it compares to the story presented in the final game! ——— Chapters ——— 0:00 Intro 1:59 What is “Splatoon Days?” 4:20 Summary & Explanation 19:41 Redacted Text 23:40 Other Appearances 31:07 Mini Theory 33:40 Outro ———————————— Thank you to rassicas, ardnin, and planetNamik for their help with comparing/ scanning the JP artbook! rassicas:    / @rassicas   ardnin:    / @ardnin   planetNamik: https://x.com/planetnamik?s=21 ——— Sources ——— 1.) “Iwata Asks: Splatoon” Link: https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interv... 2.) “The Secrets of Splatoon’s Fresh Design” Link to translation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n... 3.) “A method for expressing function through the designs of ‘Splatoon’” Link to translation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y... 4.) Splatoon Base Link: https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character... 5.) Splatoon 2 Q&A from Nintendo Dream Link to translation: https://bsky.app/profile/rassicas.spl... ——— Music Used ——— 0:03 Lookin’ Fresh (Splatoon) 1:07 Splattack! (Jam Sesh) (Splatoon) 1:59 Pour It On (Splatoon 3) 3:04 Sandcastles (Splatoon 3) 4:20 #13 shade (Octo Expansion) 5:39 #12 awake (Octo Expansion) 7:33 The Sunken Scrolls (Splatoon) 8:53 Slip Into Inkopolis (Splatoon) 9:37 Deepsea Metro Central Station (Octo Expansion) 10:10 Fuzzy Dazzler (Octo Expansion) 12:09 Octo Valley (Octo Expansion) 13:30 Lookin’ Fresh (Splatoon) 14:03 Show Yourself (Splatoon) 15:09 Inkstrike Shuffle (Splatoon) 16:56 Octoling Rendezvous (Splatoon) 18:10 Octoweaponry (Splatoon) 19:06 The Crater (Splatoon 3) 19:41 Exploring Shangri-Spa (Paper Mario: The Origami King) 22:20 Exploring Shogun Studios (Paper Mario: The Origami King) 23:40 Fort Cobalt (Paper Mario: Color Splash) 25:12 Kiwano Temple (Paper Mario: Color Splash) 27:04 Bloo Bay Beach (Paper Mario: Color Splash) 28:56 Island in Violet (Paper Mario: Color Splash) 30:15 Cherry Lake (Paper Mario: Color Splash) 31:07 The Sunken Scrolls (Splatoon) 32:42 Ink or Sink (Splatoon) 33:39 You Got the Paint Star! (Paper Mario: Color Splash) ------------------------------------------- The Cloud Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / cosmiccloud_yt   Art:   / cosmiccloud_art   ------------------------------------------- #Splatoon3 #Splatoon