Shifty Station

Shifty Station is the title given to a series of multiplayer stages in Splatoon 2. The stages were originally only available during Splatfests, but were made available in Private Battles starting with Version. Only one Shifty Station appeared per Splatfest, except for Chaos vs. Order and Super Mushroom vs. Super Star.

Shifty Stations typically either have parts of the stage moving around and/or Octo Canyon stage gimmicks, such as Ink Cannons and Grapplinks. The only stages that are exceptions to this rule are Sweet Valley Tentacles, The Splat in our Zones, and MC.Princess Diaries. Sweet Valley Tentacles uses a unique gimmick, The Splat in our Zones uses free Splat Zones, and MC.Princess Diaries uses hyperbombs from the Octo Expansion as well asPearl's Princess Cannon.

Trivia

 * Marina claims to have helped make the stage herself, which is shown by her symbol appearing on the stage image.
 * As Marina mentions often in the news segments, she was raised around Octarian machinery, which would explain why many of the Shifty Station variants contain at least one of the Octo Valley and Octo Canyon mechanics.
 * This is elaborated on further in the Octo Expansion. In Marina's chat room, Pearl mentions how Marina creates these stages all by herself, while Cap'n Cuttlefish notes the Octarian technology used, such as floating rocks, from Marina's time as a combat engineer for DJ Octavio.
 * Every Shifty Station's name is a reference to a work in some form of media. The English version references titles of young adult Western novels, while the Japanese version references titles of shōjo manga.
 * Shifty Station's name is a reference to the fact that it is not the same every Splatfest.
 * On Wayslide Cool, there is an Inkjet glitch that allows the player to clip through the wall.
 * The internal code name for this stage in the game files is "Deli".
 * An unused variant of Shifty Station has the file name "Deli04" and the code name "Box".
 * Between the debut of Shifty Station in Mayo vs. Ketchup (2017) and the final Shifty Station in Chaos vs. Order, November 2017 and June 2018 were the only months not to introduce a new variation.
 * Pulp vs. No-Pulp used Zappy Longshocking, which first appeared in Japan for the New Lifeform vs. Future Tech Splatfest in April.
 * Hello Kitty vs. My Melody used A Swiftly Tilting Balance, which first appeared in North America, Oceania, and Europe for the Raph vs. Donnie Splatfest.
 * The Shifty Stations (except for MC.Princess Diaries) appear to be built in Octarian domes, and share many similarities with them, such as having floating objects and octopus-shaped rocks. However, this has not been confirmed.
 * In Private Battles, the four variants that were featured during seasonal Splatfests (Railway Chillin', Flooders in the Attic, Bridge to Tentaswitchia, and MC.Princess Diaries) still have the stickers and graffiti that decorated them during Chaos vs. Order. These stickers are displayed regardless of team ink color.