Splatoon 2 - Tidal Rush / Fly Octo Fly | Reacting To Video Game Music!
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2024
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Visorelle here, thanks for the reaction again! I'm not sure what the differences between the Octo Expansion and Final Fest versions of Fly Octo Fly, but they are technically different versions? Idk, lol. If you noticed the shift in the middle of the song where it changed completely, thats the Ebb & Flow part, which is actually a separate song by the same in-game band that Fly Octo Fly switches to during the last minute of the fight.
The singers in splatoon are not speaking/singing english or any other real language, they have their own made up language they sing in. And they do actually talk in game, in that language as well (though obviously we read a translation). The vocals for the first song was Callie and Marie, and the vocals for the second song was Pearl and Marina (Pearl was in the left ear, Marina was in the right ear. Pearl is a rapper for the most part, while Marina does the singing).
Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion does have a lot of songs that largely fit that branding, very vibed out vaporwave kind of thing. Fly Octo Fly is the final boss music for Octo Expansion, so thats why I requested it, since it was more exciting. #14 crush is on your request list, but that one also doesnt really fit the vibe, lol. #8 Regret is probably my favorite of the level themes, so Ill probably submit that one soon, since it fits.
FinalFest was the last Splatfest (regular in-game events that sees players fighting for one side or another, and whichever side has more victories wins). The winners of the FinalFest determined the storyline for Splatoon 3, which was really cool! It was Chaos vs Order. Chaos won, so the town of Splatoon 3 was ruled by an anarchist group in the middle of a desert!
I dont really see Splatoon as a party game, though it definitely looks it from the outside. Its a competitive 3rd person team-based shooter largely, and the single player modes are actually really good! The expansions, Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion and Splatoon 3's Side Order, are both exclusively single player experiences that are very, very well done.
Sorry for the text wall, I like splatoon, lol.
I love this comment so much. Also, yeah, there's an endless list of music from all three games and both DLCs. I don't think I could ever begin to make a complete best of for it (fate knows I've tried)
Tbh I would've given him the Side Order version instead of the Final Fest one but oh well it's fine lol Did he choose the Final Fest video himself?
@@AHylianWarrior I submitted the FinalFest version by paypal request back in 2022. Splatoon 3 had only barely come out and Side Order was still a ways off. Later, last August, someone else requested the Octo Expansion version, also by paypal. You cant see the song request list unless youre a patron, so that person wouldnt have known that Fly Octo Fly was basically already requested.
Now that Im a Patron, I used one of my requests for this month on Spectrum Obligato, which will probably got paired with the normal version of Ebb & Flow that is already on the request list.
@@r.f.switch5847 I need to add to this. If you go to the right from the hub spawn, and go near the non accessible stores. Most of them have their own store songs.
There's so much detail in Splatoon that you can just miss, because a lot of the textures are low rez. But when you just take the time to look at the maps in recon mode, they all have unique ambiance that you will never hear in main gameplay.
Octo Expansion is legitimately one of the best shooter campaigns I've ever played. Also, based fellow "#8 Regret" enjoyer.
Splatoon is VERY popular in japan and it's considered one of the "big four" of nintendo, being on par with Mario, Zelda, and animal crossing
Which is INSANEE, since Splatoon only came out in 2015, while the others have been around for a WHOLE lot longer, especially Mario and Zelda! ^^ I'm so, so happy Splatoon is so successful, I love it so much! ;w;
@@jellycore1316 And also it originated on Wii U, of all things, a console notorious for how much of a commercial blunder it was. I wish remembered the numbers, but I recall the attach rate for Splatoon 1 in Japan being absolutely insane at the time.
Yeah pretty much japanese artist I know on twitter are kinda obssesed with it lol
Splatoon 3 sold 3.45 million domestically in three days, becoming the biggest video game launch in Japan ever. To put in in perspective, most Japanese releases only sell in the hundreds of thousands. The most popular games, like Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest, have still sold like 1.5 million less than Splatoon 3 in that same period. Only Pokemon can surpass Splatoon.
It's also interesting because two of those four are made by the same team (Animal Crossing and Splatoon have the same dev team)
The reason why you noticed that Octo Expansion screams the 80’s is because that year was ALL about the number 8.
New usable Octopus based characters, 80 levels, 80’s Aesthetic, 80’s style EDM and Pop, 8 phases to the final section, etc.
And a lot of 8’s implemented everywhere. Like the giant 8balls you have to push through the stage
@@Bucketnetta I'm going to ask you not to mention those damn things ever again....
@@Bucketnetta Don’t remind us of those levels in the DLC’s. . . . .the whole fandom agrees on that DLC is 1 of the hardest’ d levels with how easy you lose with harder movements on the ball but easy to knock it off stages. . .
@@CLOWNTOWNBBY
I like 8ball levels.
Not To forget dedf1sh (acht=eight)
Splatoon marketing has definitely tended to portray the game in a bit of a surface-level way, it's completely reasonable to assume it's a colorful party game like a more elaborate Mario Party. However, the game actually puts a ton of emphasis on worldbuilding, insisting that the passage of time in Splatoon is synchronized to the real world so characters and locations age over time. There's a lot of lore both humorous and dark, but I think ultimately the game is really about self expression and embracing differences.
WOOO SPLATOON
Anyways the one thing I'll point out is that the first song, Tidal Rush, has a LOT of references to other in-universe music. The two Squid Sisters each have their own solo MVs, and this track uses motifs from both. It's so chaotic because it's constantly switching between two very different melodic ideas, and towards the end mashing them together with counterpoint and such.
More context: Tidal Rush plays during the second phase of the final boss. In the first phase, a brainwashed Callie sings a heavily remixed version of her solo song (Bomb Rush Blush). In the second phase, Marie breaks the brainwashing device and sings her own song (Tide Goes Out) to pull Callie back to the good side. That's why Callie's parts of Bomb Rush Blush that get mixed into Tidal Rush sound a lot less distorted and closer to the original than the first phase remix, because Callie is returning to her original self.
@@Iphao *Marie breaks the brainwashing device by shooting Callie in the head with her modified Charger (basically a sniper rifle).
You can't leave out that detail.
@@r.f.switch5847don’t forget she mind controls herself on refights because the shades look cool
Tidal Rush is conceptually one of my favorite tracks in the Splatoon series. “Tide Goes Out” and “Bomb Rush Blush” were music videos released around the end of Splatoon 1’s update cycle. (These songs were unique because Callie and Marie usually release songs together as the “Squid Sisters.”) In the Splatoon 2 story campaign, Callie is kidnapped and brainwashed, and you fight her and the main antagonist DJ Octavio in the final boss. The first phase of the fight is a warped/twisted remix of Bomb Rush Blush, and the second phase plays Tidal Rush, which is a mashup of the two solo tracks, as Marie attempts to break through the mind control. The slower, flowing notes are Marie signing the melody of Tide Goes Out, and the more upbeat, chirpy vocals are Callie with the main line of Bomb Rush Blush.
The splatoon games have insane lore if you acutally take time to look into it, and while they do have a "story" mode in all 3, they are more like portal with the puzzles rather than a full story game. But the music is a key part of the game, a lot of the main characters are musicians so it's very drilled into the story as well.
It's pretty damn colorful for a post-apocalypse game. No, I am not kidding.
I lost my shit when I found out there's lore to the songs for the pvp and ingame bands for them. I played the first two games their entire lifetimes and never knew there was ingame bands and breakups and etc. to them..
The story modes are... *story modes* especially Splatoon 3's story mode and the splatoon 2 DLC.
I feel like people's views on Splatoon and several other Nintendo franchises are similar to family-friendly animated shows.
From what people see on the surface, they just seem like something silly for younger audiences that shouldn't really be given a serious thought.
But when you look closer you see that they go much deeper than that, and realize that despite their appearances they are still a labor of love by the creators who are truly passionate about the world they've created.
Yeah I mean splatoon really has some dark sides. I mean it’s implied thousands of beings were blended to death
@@Bucketnetta Not to mention race wars, discrimination, child labor, the entire lore and concept of salmon run, the ominous scream ambience in the boss arenas.
There's a lot of darkness underneath the colorful fun multi-player that people know the game for.
"People are not buying it for the story"
Lol. Lmao.
Actually, no they don't. People won't buy a splatoon game for the story, it's good, but you won't buy the game just because you want to know what happens to the agents or whatever
@@luulcas_6267 I mean, no doubt, but that was one of the main reasons I bought the game. Octo Expansion made me really excited to see what the team could do with the next story mode.
Turns out most of the people involved with Splatoon 2 and Octo Expansion didn’t work on Splatoon 3, so the game didn’t exactly progress from Octo Expansion, it was less difficult and lacked the kind of writing that made Octo Expansion so compelling.
It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t better than or on the same level as Octo Expansion. It all depends on what you’re looking for in the game I guess, I had fun, and continue to have fun with it, it just doesn’t have the same kind of staying power as the game proceeding it. But as an overall package, compared to Splatoon 2 as a complete unit, Splatoon 3 is the much better game just generally.
@@luulcas_6267 I'm not super good at the pvp but i for sure love the stories of the splatoon games.
@@luulcas_6267 I did lmao. I don't play online, don't pay for the sub, but I like the story mode and the characters and world.
Fun fact: the art director for this game, Seita Inoue, almost exclusively worked on the Wii U UI design until 2015. Then he suddenly designed the inklings and made one of Nintendo's four most iconic franchises ever.
I feel like Tidal Rush requires a lot of context to appreciate. Callie and Marie are cousins that make up the Squid Sisters, basically and idol duo. In Splatoon 2, Callie is kidnapped and brainwashed by DJ Octavio after he escapes prison. The player works with Marie to rescue her and take down Octavio. During the final battle, Callie and Marie basically have a musical duel singing their respective singles ("Tide Goes Out" and "Bomb Rush Blush") at each other while you battle Octavio. It's a very cool moment.
I love the thought of trying to expalin fly octo fly/ebb because you basically have to explain not only the boss fight, but the apocalypse, humanity in the world of splatoon, and why they're treating this world ending event as just another pvp battle.
The last fight in the octo expansion is a trip alright, it’s basically a rogue AI bent on genociding all the inklings/octolings using a DNA primordial soup of 10,000 previous test subjects blended up together and fired out of a giant vaporwave statue (the first time anyone in the Splatoon universe has seen what a human looked like) while the main character (the latest test subject to succeed) covers the entire statue in ink to stop it absorbing sunlight and charging, the little snippet of footage from the end shows the bad ending where the statue fires off and destroys the city. The final fight comes in waves of 30 seconds and the beats of the song match each phase, with the last minute of the fight shifting into ebb & flow to represent the ‘now or never’ portion of regular online matches
Incidentally, the singers from the first one are Mari Kikuma and keity.pop... who have made a real duo band (maripop) because they enjoyed singing together for the game so much. It's amazing.
Wow.
If I had a nickel for video game series' that caused a real band to spawn out from them. I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
The other one I'm talking about is Poets of the Fall, who basically started because remedy needed a end credits song for the first Max Payne. Definite recommend btw.
There's also crush 40 created from sonic adventure!!
Does The Primals created out of FFXIV count, or are they ineligible because they basically only make covers of FFXIV music
Pearl and Marina's voice actors also do stuff together but idk if they are really a 'band' too
Tidal Rush is basically a Rap Battle, both Callie and Marie are rephrasing their solos trying to silence the other.
Marie starts singing Tide Goes Out while Callie interrupts with Bomb Rush Blush.
There's a lot of different styles and genres of music in Splatoon, and they're all represented in-world by different bands. For what is supposed to be just a fun party shooter game, they went all out on the worldbuilding and lore for this series, and we as players even seem to have an impact on where the story goes for sequels. There's recurring events in the games called Splatfests, where players duke it out over opinions on what's best, usually simple stuff like do you prefer cats or dogs, etc. However, for the last Splatfest for the first game it was about Callie and Marie themselves, the presenters of these Splatfests and huge idols and popstars in the setting, and the girl who lost subsequently went missing in the sequel because the duo had a falling out.
Finally, Fly Octo Fly is here!
I love this song so much, I still use it as my rintone to this day XD. But man, at times like this, I wish you could have listened to the song in-game for yourself, because the story progression, the characters and the situation just add to the experience of the song that much more! I also had the opportunity to attend one of the Splatoon concert in Japan and when they started playing this song, everyone just went CRAZY the moment they heard the beginning jingles.
You might have expected a different vibe from Fly Octo Fly based on the Octo Expansion logo's 80s/90s aesthetics, but it's an exception. Most of the background music in Octo Expansion are in the Vaporwave style to give players the feel of being in a weird, otherworldly place, yet somehow familiar as they're going through the campaign, but Fly Octo Fly is more of an upbeat J-Pop and Electronic as it's played during the last boss fight to hype up the players.
The singer/voice actresses for the characters are also done by famous Japanese singers such as Itou Rina (Pearl) and Alice Peraltra (Marina) and had their voice synthesised to be gibberish on purpose:
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Also, about "People don't buy Splatoon for the story." Very true right there, but man, once you got into the game, you really get invested in the story! Well, most of the fandom does, in any case. XD
Important and fun facts about Fly Octo Fly. The song is specifically designed to play during a boss fight on a 3 minute timer. Which is notable because 3 minutes is how long a Splatoon match is in the default mode, turf war. And during a match of turf war, when it hits 1 minute remaining, the song will switch to a song called "Now or Never" to signify that you have only a minute left and this is your last chance to affect the outcome of the game. So they mirror this in the final boss for Octo Expansion by having the song switch to a version of Ebb and Flow at 1 minute remaining. Ebb and Flow was a popular song in the game already by Off the Hook, the duo singing Fly Octo Fly. This is also why they were able to use Fly Octo Fly in the final fest, because the final fest was a turf war event (like all splatfests) and it already matched to 3 minutes perfectly.
Fly octo fly is actually live performed by the band "off the hook" while an octoling, nicknamed agent 8, id trying to defeat a crazy mashine who wants to kill out the entirety of inklingkind
The player characters and npcs do make squid/octo/other noises for dialog and stuff in the game, not just the songs. Personally I really love the sound of the vocals in splatoon songs, as far as I can tell it's all gibberish though some of it sounds more like japanese gibberish and some more like english gibberish or maybe something else.
Splatoon is a team-based online competitive game mostly, though I guess more on the casual side of things than many of those kinds of games just because it's nintendo running it. They do run tournaments and stuff. Somewhere in between something like fall guys and a traditional competitive shooter, but closer to the competitive shooter side, more so than you might expect. There are still plenty of ways to play it casually as well, and there's also a cooperative PvE mode called salmon run too.
Separate from the online there's a single-player story mode (in all 3 games), which is where both the songs in this video are from, one from the base game and one from the expansion story mode.
Tidal Rush is interesting because it's two separate songs (Tide Goes Out and Bomb Rush Blush) being sung by separate singers (the members of the Squid Sisters) in a way that's sort of clashing but still sounds good together. The reason is due to a mind control plot, in which Marie trying to get through to Callie while Callie is still being controlled by Octavio. In-game it is immediately followed by Spicy Calamari Inkantation when Callie is freed.
Now all he has to listen to is “Bear with me”
Fly octo fly ~ Ebb n flow is lichrally my favorite song the series so hearing it again after a while is so much fun
ALSO the splatocolypse was the last splatfest of splatoon 2 where Order and Chaos battle out to see what the next game will be based on as if it were an SMT game lol
The language they speak are just their own squid/octo language but the voice actors are singing in Japanese gibberish with heavy filters
There are so many great songs and quirky things about splatoon's music. Some of my favorite are Shark Byte and Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today!
I am so happy about this. Two great songs from a bewildering series of amazing OST. Like, all three games have fantastic music through and through. I can't wait for people to suggest stuff from Side Order.
Also, Tidal Rush is actually two songs sung simultaneously, Tide Goes Out and Bomb Rush Blush. It's story related for this, but there's a reason Callie and Marie are fighting each other vocally in this.
Also, it's a third person shooter, not a party game. And oh boy do people buy it for the story, music, and gameplay. If you really want to know more, I'm always willing to explain..... Assuming I'm not butchering entire teams as the Grim Inker.
As for your questions: For story mode and, say, the DLCs, there's a lot of talking and they do move their mouths. It's also its own original IP and there's nothing else really like it. Again, I can explain gameplay and stuff in more detail if you're interested. I've been playing since nearly the beginning of the game, and I've achieved S+ rank in Ranked mode (considered playing competitively a few times.)
god yeah i need more reactions to side order ost lol id also like to see him cover some of the credits songs/smth like daybreaker anthem. a slower song with more feeling!
seeing the final fest on the channel brings back all the good memories from that event, splatoon is so great at doing final events
Splatoon is one of the few games with very little non diagetic adio, allmost every track in the game has some sort of in universe source like loudspeakers or artists perfoming it live on stage.
Every theme is sung/made by an in universe artist so there is also a lot of lore behind each song, remixes are often just covers by other artists, etc.
oh man I rlly wish he got to see the live version of fly octo fly. the upload by hadamsj even has captions (official lyrics from the splatoon art books) so if anyone is interested in how the gibberish is actually written out
Fly Octo Fly is a great track imo. The last minute of the track is lifted from a track that plays during the multiplayer sometimes, and which players likely were already familiar with before the DLC Fly Octo Fly appears in released, so when it kicked in, it was like a familiar friend coming to your aid at the conclusion of the level. The song appearing again in a special level in Final Fest (a multiplayer event as sort of a send-off to any new content being added to the game) felt like a really cool sendoff to the game, but also a missed opportunity that the song wasn't utilized in more multiplayer levels.
I think the only difference with the Final Fest version is the balance on the instruments and vocals is slightly different. The comments on the Final Fest's video also think it might be slightly faster, by like a second.
If I remember correctly, Tidal Rush is technically a mashup, so it sounds like two different songs competing with each other, being simultaneously performed by both the enemy you're fighting and your allies. I honestly think it would hit harder if it were preceded by the boss's music alone, as is the case in the context where it plays in game. On its own, Tidal Rush feels like an odd in-between between two different things; one might be able to pick up that there's some "traditional" Japanese singing-like vocals (like samurai era? I don't know Japanese history) with layers of this electronic sound pushing against it.
the thing about tidal rush is that it's two remixed song mashed together, those being tide goes out(originally a calm solo song by Marie) and bomb rush blush(originally a upbeat solo song by Callie)
Some of the splatoon music, like tidal rush, is way more hype when you recognize the specific parts of other songs that are being drawn from/remixed along with the storytelling going into it. Fly Octo Fly does it too a bit too. The in-universe bands/idols have histories and make work that plays off their previous work.
Splatoon is a competitive third person shooter actually. It CAN feel like a party game when played casually but it also has a serious competitive scene at the same time (one of the least toxic and most diverse competitive scenes to boot).
Fun fact: those eyeballs sort of play off how there are stealth mechanics in the game.
As for what the game is about... uuuh... cute, colorful cephalopods, self expression, race wars, among other things
I really hope you react to more songs from Off The Hook (the idol pair that does Fly Octo Fly) every single song they have is fire and they have an hour's worth of songs.
I think one of my favourite things as a Splatoon fan is watching other people who know little about the game kinda open up the goofy ass pandoras box of what Splatoon actually is. Really great video! 💜
yeah tidal rush would be a bit confusing without context. without getting too into it its two songs being mixed together, "Bomb Rush Blush" by Callie and "Tide goes out" by Marie, over a beat by DJ Octavio. Its supposed to represent the squid sisters reuniting. Id recommend checking out the songs individually.
Basically fly octo fly + ebb and flow plays during the last fight of the octo expansion vs that statue thing you saw. It mirrors the actual turf war battles because it lasts three minutes and you need to cover the entire statue as the whole thing is a solar panel in the sense that it’s charging itself using the sun in order to use that laser thing in it’s mouth.
Normally in the last minute of turf wars a song called now or never plays but here that’s replaced by ebb and flow.
Without specifying anything, Splatoon is definitely one of those games with a lot more behind the scenes than you would e pect, especially in regards to its dlc like the Octo E pansion
A little info on splatoon as a whole.
Splatoon is actually the most competitive Nintendo game period. The world championships just happened and many, many tournaments happen. It’s also one of the biggest Nintendo franchises in Japan!
There are many bands, each with their individual lore, the 3 idol groups are widely different.
I’d recommend watching someone like Prochara, a competitive player, he talks about a lot of the major things in the game.
It is a huge, competitive 3rd person shooter that is intense, fun, wild, and slaps harder than it ever needs too!
Each band sounds different, yes they do have actual voice actors for the songs, and no they aren’t singing real words! It was an original ip from the end of the wii u, and they do talk like that at all times.
It's set in a post-apocalyptic post-human world. (e.g. human no longer exist there)
I love Splatoon so much. You can tell when a dev team loves their own franchise.
The Splatoon series is often seen "just" as the new child of Nintendo, but the truth is, it now stands proudly side by side with Mario, Zelda, Pokémon and Co.
It has proven to be a big big staple franchise for Nintendo over the years and it deserves the respect :D
The game announcement and the series as a whole came out of nowhere and inkstantly began rising up peoples interests over one way or another.
It is a competetive shooter at heart, but the campaign and DLCs that exist since Splatoon2 are definetly selling points too for many many people^-^
The game isn't serious for the most part and very happy go lucky silly about the circumstances of the told stories, but the lore reaches deep deep oceans and the world takes itself very seriously.
You can look at it as this "haha funny squid game" (and that's totally fine), but if you let yourself into this world, you might find a path of self reflection, self expression, how to treat the world, how to treat others and many other topics :)
Since self expression is a big deal, it coincidently has become a safe space for a lot of pride people too which is a fun side effect I wanted to mention^^
Splatoon is a vibe check. It's fine to not play it but if you actively hate it, I will think of you as somewhat close minded :P
Anyways, can't wait for Into the Light, #14 Crush, #8 Regret, Shooting Starfish, New World Order and whatever else might be requested. Maybe one of the lyric videos, the ingame performance videos or straight up a whole concert.
There is still sooo much variety to hear in the Splatunes :3
Idk if anyones mentioned it here before but nintendo actually does live irl splatoon concerts every now and then where they project the characters on stage and have a live band play the songs! I personally love the live version of Fly Octo Fly because the crowd sings along to the "WA WA WA WA-WA WA WA"
I admit i loved octo expansion so much, has great memories and great music! :3
I still think octo expansion is the best 20 euro I have ever spent on a "fun" thing. It was perfect.
Splatoon has a lot of lore and depth for sure. And it’s a competitive shooter as well, not just a party game! There’s actually a tournament going on this weekend. It’s definitely a cultural movement in its own right even if it doesn’t appear like it from the outside.
Also it’s cool to see you pick up on the logo for Octo Expansion, this was DLC that added a second story mode and let you play as the octopus characters. They went heavy on the use of the number 8 for that reason, and the DLC is 80’s themed.
Bigger deal outside of America - Absolutely huge in Japan. Splatoon 3 - at the time - had the biggest initial three days in Japan in terms of sales of any Switch game. Also Nintendo kind of got into the Virtual Idol scene due to promoting Splatoon via live hologram concerts at conventions which always wind up with a full audience (Not sure how the size of them compare to other V-Idol concerts)?
Splatoon is an original IP that came out of nowhere, though the development is actually unusually well documented for a game from a major studio - Originally coming out of a series of prototypes a group of developers at Nintendo were working on to see what would come out, they built the 'tofu' prototype (so named because the test models for were grey rectangles that resembled tofu), which had the core mechanics of shooting ink in your own colour , and reloading by shrinking down into your own ink. They realized they had something, and designed... A game about rabbits around that (after going through a 'people with capes' stage). And then proceeded to not be able to sell anyone on the idea that since it's a battle over territory it should be rabbits so eventually went with shapeshifting squids which made a lot more sense to everyone outside of the development team since squids actually are connected to ink and swimming, and in the past 9 years has become one of Nintendo's bigger IPs.
Most of the VA's the series uses are singers rather than professional VAs, who are then given nonsense lyrics to sing (and nonsense sentences in the same fictional language to say)
It is insane that Splatoon has a series is almost getting to it's 10th anniversary next year.
Splatoon when it first was revealed was meet with caution and if it would be any good. For a tired genre that is shooters, Splatoon is really something special that's for sure.
The first song is special in that it's a sort of dueling between two songs, the singers both singing their signature singles against each other. This is in phase 2 of the Splat2 final boss, after this shifting into both singers coming together to sing Spicy Calamari Inkantation for the final phase. The second song is from the final boss of the Splat2 DLC Octo Expansion. You're in a battle to save the world, it's complicated don't worry about it. The fight is a timed event, shifting during the last minute into a sort of "final push" phase which is the reason for the sudden shift there.
Patiently waiting for Splatoon's Salmon Run tracks to appear on this channel.
If you thought the PvP and Single Player tracks were odd, you ain't ready.
I kinda wished he heard bomb rush blush first cuz it leads to tidal rush
I played through the whole single player (well, both I suppose) in this game with every weapon, I’m incredibly surprised that I don’t hardly remember tidal rush at all. True banger
Amazing video, as per usual! Just wanted to drop in a little bit of extra information on "Fly Octo Fly/Ebb and Flow." The reason for the sudden shift of the song, as well as its length, is because it fits in with the gameplay of when it happens.
See, in the main Splatoon multiplayer mode, Turf War, matches last for three minutes, where players have to cover as much of the map in their colored ink to outdo the other team. The first two minutes of a match use tracks from the many in-game bands, but the last minute always plays a song called "Now or Never!". It's been like this in all three games and there are several different versions of it; some are by the in-game bands, while others are by the idol characters and those are saved for the in-game events called "Splatfests", where people vote on a favorite team and try to win for the side they represent.
The reason why "Fly Octo Fly/Ebb and Flow" shifts in that way is because the final boss of the Octo Expansion DLC actually plays out like a Turf War, where you only have three minutes to cover the boss in ink or the world ends. So, "Ebb and Flow", which plays for the last, decisive minute, not only acts as this moment's version of "Now or Never!", but its also the main theme associated with the idol duo singing at this moment, Pearl and Marina! It's actually it's own, full piece that sounds a bit different from how it does here, so it could also be good to listen to in a future video, as well as the "Now or Never!" tracks!
The reason why you heard the song twice because it was was also used for the Final Fest event, which was the final Splatfest done for Splatoon 2!
Splatoon music is a treat. The most experimental yet immersive music I've ever heard, and some of it is really good. I especially recommend everything from the Octo Expansion.
Splatoon isn't quite a party game, its a multiplayer shooter. It also has a singleplayer mode, which has a fun storyline, and great level design
I am absolutely thrilled you are doing Splatoon music. Any song by the in game band Omega-3 is an absolute must listen for how odd and unique they are
someone should have suggested Spectrum Obligato ~ Ebb & Flow, its an actual different version of the song
It makes my day every time Splatoon shows up on this channel!
Ive only played a little bit of Splatoon but I think it has a pretty hardcore eSports following and thats not really something that you'd expect to be said about a Nintendo game. Its basically Nintendo's "shooter" although I think you have to speak the language to really understand whats going on.
But, said language is really easy to pick up and the game itself is not that hard to comprehend.
Yeah the comp community is very alive. Each season we freak out and get hyped over patch notes (a good sign a game has a comp community imo) 💀
Finally, more Splatoon videos, I'm hoping for story mode track requests (especially Splatoon 1's)
Nasty magisty is a very good octo expansion track by off the hook that brings some great energy especially for characterising the lead vocalist Pearl being a very in your face and confident inkling! Btw the reason why i talk like these are real people and real bands is because for multiple years on end my favorite band in the world was ABXY (also know as chirpy chips plz give them a listen) which is a band IN SPLATOON so this setting has been my second life and world to live in from my early teens to my early adulthood with my age exactly matching up with the age of the main protagonist from the first game (time passes at the same rate both in game and irl) making me connect with this game even more.
The world building of the Splatoon universe is by far one of the most impressive chunks of world building, up there with avatar the last Airbender and rain world and i say this as someone who has been contracted to write world books for IP before. I deeply recommend diving into the vast and expansive world of Splatoon with one of the many community made video essays autistically rambling about the world, the characters, the culture, and the impact Splatoon has had on us and the way we appreciate art.
dude splatoon music slaps so hard its so cool seeing this pop up
someone please get this man to listen to nasty majesty if he hasnt
My favorite part of the lore of the game is that over the course of he 3 games multiple bands have broken up and formed new bands in lore. Parts of their sounds and some vocals are recognizable in their newer bands, an example would be Ikkan leaving Squid Squad to form Dis pair
Most of the people behind the voices are singers who picked up voice acting for splatoon! I forgot the details but there was a really interesting thomas game docs video on how they cast the voices of splatoon idols (and how they edit their vocals)
If Jesse is open to more wierd stuff he really need to listen Crush and Regret from Dedf1sh( it would be even funnier if he listen these two together since they're the total oposites lmao)
Just to add to what other have already said, the first song plays during the second phase of Splatoon 2’s final boss. The villain is a DJ and he is basically mixing the song live using orchestra samples while the two singers, one of whom has been brainwashed by said villain, are trying to take control of the piece singing their respective solo songs.
The song is that the character sing are made up language that the writers just put words that sounded similar and catchy together
So Jesse, Splatoon lore goes unnecessarily hard, people have probably told you this before but it's a third person shooter where you shoot ink and is a very competitive game unironically, the clothes you wear can have different buffs and effects, the weapons have a wide variety of stats, playstyles, sub weapon and special weapon loadouts etc.
The game is Nintendo's LARGEST success in terms of new IPs in the last ~10-20 years or so because it really hits both casual and hardcore markets well due to it's actually interesting story set within a post apocalyptic earth where sea life evolved to become humanoid and the lore is SURPRISINGLY deep ranging from the silly (A cat called Judd who judges the match outcomes and was brought back to life or freed from ice or something and used to be a human's pet) to the serious (The Octo-expansion DLC involves an artificial life-form trying to wipe out the new society on the planet and return things to naturality because it was made by an insane human scientist and recently unearthed or something).
I'm kind of rambling but Splatoon really IS huge, artists love making OCs, people love all of the in game bands, there are actual legitimately Nintendo organised splatoon concerts that use the same hologram tech as the vocaloid (Hatsune Miku etc.) concerts, the game has an alive competitive scene etc.
TL;DR Splatoon is a surprisingly deep franchise with a LOT of appeal for pretty much every corner of the market it needs to hit, is a very skill-based game in competitive settings, has an interesting story and deeper lore than you'd think and has enough of a following for hologram concerts for almost every year since splatoon 1's release
EDIT: OH YEAH AND IT'S ALSO POPULAR ENOUGH TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL NINTENDO LICENSED MANGA SERIES WHICH ONLY ZELDA, KIRBY, POKEMON AND MARIO CAN CLAIM (If i'm not missing one) and the player protagonists are recruited into the "squidbeak splatoons" (like platoon) by callie, marie and cap'n cuttlefish who are all also soldiers effectively, the main plots tend to be about stopping octarian forces from invading Inkling society, in splatoon 1 Octolings were the octarian inkling equivalents (octopus and squid humanoids respectively which is what most characters are) but then part of the octo-expansion dlc story involves Octolings integrating into inkling society and being accepted (Marina is octoling and hid it from everyone including her bandmate pearl - who actually knew the whole time - because she didn't want to be subjected to racism, i'm not even joking).
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This game series is significantly deeper than one would expect at a glance and actually has some very serious undertones beneath the kid friendly style of colourful sights and very upbeat and hyperactive music
Ah yes final fest, that takes me back. Its was pretty big back then because it will decide the theme of the next game which we now have as Splatoon 3.
If I had to make a suggestion for future Splatoon reactions, I would strongly suggest you give a listen to the tracks of Omega-3, a salmon trio of cello, timpani drums, and turntable. If that sounds completely disjointed and nonsensical, you’re exactly right. All of their tracks have a chaotic nature with all manner of weird time signatures, giving them a sound truly unlike any other music. Is it an acquired taste? Yes, but still one worth giving a try.
Listening to Splatoon music outside of the game's community, especially the single-player tracks, might feel strange. thrsongs are packed with references and leitmotifs that add significant context, and knowing the specific part of the game where each song plays is crucial to fully appreciating them.
Fly Octo Fly is the main song, Ebb and Flow is another song and it starts in the last minute. It's a remix with different instrumental and lyrics. Yeah they have lyrics just nonsensical.
splatoon and splatoon music my beloved hope u enjoyed! fly octo fly remains one of my favorite songs from the series
since you're unsure about splatoon's genre: they're shooter games. it's just that the objective is generally not killing your opponents, it's objectives often related to painting the floor, like a mode where you have to fight for who can cover the most ground in the level, or one where you have to protect an area of your colour. of course, defeating your opponents helps with this.
on the topic of modes the game had, splatoon also has salmon run, which is basically a wave based zombie mode. the reason I bring it up is because the music in this mode is extremely unique and completely incomprehensible. I really hope someone requests salmon run music, it'd be a unique experience for you, I think.
Splatoon is an absolutely monster of a franchise in Japan like it's probably in the top 5 for Nintendo at the moment. They hold tournaments, idol concerts and all sorts of promotions too. The creators of Splatoon are also the creators of Animal Crossing lmao
Splatoons greatest ability, No thoughts head empty.
I love my funky Squid Game about the post-biblical flooding apocalypse and bopping music.
splatoon is actually hugely popular, but a lot of us in the west may not realize since it’s not as known over here. there’s a lot more to the series (gameplay, story, world, etc) than it’s surface appearance but it’s really hard to convey without just having someone play it 😅
i wouldn't say that, its still incredibly popular in the west. more popular over east, probably, but the difference isnt THAT staggering
@@squiddu i think the public perception is a lot different. here in the us at least it’s seen as a kids shooter and most don’t see it past surface level unless they’re already fans. whereas it’s more of a massive media franchise in japan that’s recognizable to a broader audience. the amount of merch and other fun stuff that never comes over here kind of shows where the market is. although splatoon 3’s success i think has helped a lot
kinda wish he would watch some of the concerts.
The Octo Expansion is all about the number 8. In it's visual theming, characters, plot, levels, it's all about 8. I feel like there's a connection with 8 in the music style or something but I can't place it. I'm not very familiar with 80's music even though I'm a music teacher (24 years old)
you should check out the bts videos for the music, they show the singers who voice the characters and the musicians who record the battle tracks and other songs. also splatoon is nintendo’s precious baby, it’s 100% an original creation by them and was developed first with the gameplay (paint based shooter) in mind. the squid characters came after.
If Jesse will never play the games himself, I would love for him to actually the boss fights/events where the music takes place.
I SPOKE TOO SOON, YES THIS IS WHAT I WANTED 12:15
Have you ever listened to any of the stage themes in Street Fighter 6, they’re very good
also! the voice actresses for many of the idols are actual celebrities or singers! from what i know at least. some of the characters are even named after their actresses
Sorry to 🤓, but it was confirmed that the name similarities were coincidences.
@@sherbertshortkake6649 even with marina and pearl? that’s a crazy coincidence then :o
It’s probably far off, if ever. But I’d love to hear Jesse’s take on Octo Expansion’s “Into the Light”
TIDAL RUSH IS SO NIECHE BUT IS MY FAVOURITE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
That’s so funny because Splatoon is very much NOT a party game it’s such a shooter sweat fest (I don’t mean that in a bad way)
You need to react to the calamari inkcantion it is the splatoon song
When it comes to language of Splatoon. It's basically supposed to sound like someone speaking foreign language mouth halfway underwater and half above the water. The language in splatoon doesn't have consistency, some characters speak in a made up language based on a specific language and other characters speak on a made up language based on a different language. There's even around 3 different typefaces and none of them are consistent.
The thing that Splatoon does is a another japanese stable. The canon is built outside the game. A lot of what we know about splatoon is basically just what a "researcher" (someone in dev team) "finds out" about the series and posts it on twitter. A lot of Japanese games does this thing, where you have just the game and then you learn about the manga that just happens to exist. Yes, Splatoon does have a manga. Does it suck, absolutely, but I found it a fun read (at least the splatoon 3 series is the least tedious).
Splatoon is not a party game. Is a online competitive third person shooter.
Can you pls react to Octoweaponry from splatoon 1... pls
Who the hell requests Tidal Rush without Bomb Rush Blush lol
by the way, Fly Octo Fly's "Whoa Oh Oh~, Whoa Ohoh Oh~!" is based on Splatoon 2's stage clear jingle.
So it becomes tension rising melody from game ending melody, then it all comes down to Ebb & Flow.
Splatoon's music tends to heavily relys on musical motif. Sometimes too heavy lol
Splatoon is a competitive shooter. Doesn't really work as a party game. Considering there's no couch co-op
Both made up languages, the first designed to sound more Japanese, and the second designed more English.
For a game like Splatoon, y'all can't just pick your favorite endgame song and throw it at a reactor who hasn't played through the game, you've gotta give them context and some build up. Pick the songs that combine to make up Tidal Rush and let them hear those first. *Then* they'd be able to appreciate the song and actually have something to say.
Like, you're giving him Fly Octo Fly without requesting the original Ebb and Flow first? C'mon man
Splatoon has to be one of the worst games in terms of marketing, because it's so deep. Whether it's its lore or its story. Everything about this series feels “alive”. And its gameplay is so good that if Nintendo would stop acting like idiots, it could easily compete with the big esports games. The game is ultra-dynamic, fluid, hard to master and has so much gameplay depth in both PvP (anarchy/X) and PvE (salmon run) modes.
But no, Nintendo is in turf war mode (the least interesting mode), you're kid now you're a squid now, that makes me sad.
Also the music are so good, the closest thing to splatoon music is the vocaloid music for its "out-of-the-box style".
Hmm, yea I can see that sentiment being echoed, woulda never guessed!
also I forget the question. Yes, it's real voice actor with a effect on their voice to make them sond like squid/octopus/fish people and yes there is in-game "dubbing" (they doesn't really talk) of all the dialogue. They have there own languague like the simlish in the sims. We know almost all the singers who were used for this dubbing. And finally, Splatoon is a original IP made for the WII U.