What culture is Splatoon 3 based on?

Each member draws inspiration from different cultures, demonstrated both by their designs and their solo songs during the first half of Splatfests; Frye is based on Middle Eastern/Indian culture, Shiver on Japanese culture, and Big Man on Brazilian culture.

What country does Splatoon 3 take place?

The story mode of Splatoon 3 takes place in Alterna, with areas similar to Octo Canyon and Octo Valley's visual appearance.

What culture is Frye Splatoon 3 based on?

The other reson for why Frye has a big forhead is because of the culture Frye is based off of, Indian culture, where large forheads are a sign of beauty.

Is Frye Indian Splatoon 3?

It's a mashup of different cultures from each Deep Cut member (Shiver being Japanese, Big Man Brazilian, and Frye Indian, seemingly), resulting in an amazing song. The first Splatfest in Splatoon 3 already felt like a huge festival, in contrast to the first two games' more concert-like energy.

Is Splatoon 3 popular in Japan?

And now with Splatoon 3 becoming not only the fastest-selling Switch game in Japan, but the country's fastest-selling video game, full stop (beating the previous record-holder, Pokémon Black & White), the series has cemented itself as a cultural touchstone for a generation of Japanese gamers.

The 5 Biggest Problems With Splatoon 3

Did Splatoon 3 remove gender?

The game already eschews binary male/female options in its character creator (you're offered different styles rather than a specifically gendered character), but as one of the company's most exciting and — yes — freshest IPs, it felt like the perfect game to introduce a little more diversity into the world of Nintendo.

What gender is shiver in Splatoon 3 in Japan?

However, official sources such as interviews with Nintendo of America executives and the media's preview game access soon clarified that Shiver is female and is referred to using the pronouns "she" and "her" in-game.

What ethnicity is Marina Splatoon?

Marina is an Octoling, the Octarian version of an Inkling.

Which Splatoon 3 character is nonbinary?

So we asked Nate Bihldorff, Nintendo's SVP of development and publishing, who confirmed to The Verge that Shiver identifies as female. And that while Shiver's she/her pronouns weren't mentioned in the Direct, they are used in the game.

Is Shiver a female?

However, Senior VP of development and publishing Nate Bihldorff confirmed to The Verge that Shiver identifies as female and uses she/her pronouns in the game itself.

Is Shiver Splatoon 3 a guy?

The site got an official response from Nate Bihldorff, Nintendo's SVP of development and publishing, who confirmed to The Verge that Shiver identifies as female.

Is the Afro in Splatoon 3?

If you want to wear the classic afro style, you'll need to choose an Octoling body shape in the character creation menu.

Is Frye Black Splatoon?

Frye is an Inkling with medium brown skin and a round face, with darker brown lips and large eyes under round yellow triangle eyebrows. Her irises are golden, with yellow pupils in the shape of a plus, similar to that of the Squid Sisters and Pearl.

Why is Splatoon lore so dark?

There's a theme of segregation/racism since Octolings have been driven underground and Inkling groups like Squidbeak are keeping them down there and we see that the series has mostly focused on Octolings. One of the scrolls in Splatoon 2 has confirmed that the series takes place AFTER HUMANITY IS EXTINCT!!!

What country is Inkopolis in?

The layout and design of Inkopolis is based on the city of Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan.

When did humans go extinct in Splatoon?

The history of humanity as it exists in the Splatoon series is heavily implied to have mirrored that of real life humanity until a mass extinction event took place approximately 12,000 years ago. Warfare combined with rising sea levels and an upsurge in volcanic activity lead to the Earth becoming uninhabitable.

Are Inklings all female?

Trivia! You can choose either a female or male Inkling, much like an Animal Crossing Villager. Inklings (when in squid form) show some resemblance to Bloopers, another ink-squirting character from the Mario series.

Did Nintendo say Splatoon 3 Shiver isn't nonbinary?

Senior vice president of development and publishing Nate Bihldorff confirmed Shiver will indeed identify as female in Splatoon 3 and is not non-binary.

Do Inklings give live birth?

Inklings lay eggs in squid form on a random day, and the next day has the inkling turning into a squid and going to live in the water, getting a regular squid life and eventually dying.

What is Pearl's Japanese name Splatoon?

Pearl's full Japanese name is revealed to be Hōzuki Hime (ホウズキ・ヒメ) in the Octotune Soundtrack booklet. Within the fictional Splatoon universe, Pearl and Marina are members of two species of sapient terrestrial cephalopods: Pearl, an Inkling, is 21 while Marina, an Octoling, is 18.