Weapon brand

Weapon brands are the names and logos of the in-game companies that make the weapons in Splatoon. Unlike the brands for gear, weapon brands do not have any influence on abilities.



"Splat"
This brand is most likely the first weapon brand a player encounters in Splatoon, since this brand is the maker of the, the starting weapon.

More than just providing the starting weapon, the "Splat" brand is generally aimed towards beginners. Most of their weapons are unlocked early and usually have the first weapon available of the different main weapon classifications.

The brand has a very unified look, based on water toy guns. The weapons features bright, plastic colours of light green, dark green and red. The exceptions to this aesthetic are the and  series, but nonetheless have a clear toy gun inspiration like the rest. Another attribute that the "Splat" weapons share is that most of them features the word "Splat" in one way or another. The conjectural name "Splat" has been assumed from this theme. Despite falling into this pattern with its English name, the is not part of this brand - in Japanese, its prefix is different than the other weapons named Splat.

In Splatoon 2 the companies designs are now less colourful and more stylised, and instead of preferring bright green colors, they prefer purple, dark green and dark blue/purple colors.

The "Splat" brand is known for their collaborations with popular gear brands, such as and. The alternate sets of their different weapons consists mainly of these collaborations.

Gallery of "Splat" weapons




Deco
The Deco brand focuses on creating weapons with chic, fashionable designs with a slight athletic vibe to them. Their weapons consist mainly of black or grey, with bright colours used as accents. Many of them include various patterns or shapes on them. The Deco weapons are mostly made of either carbon fiber or some high-end quality plastic. Another common characteristic of the Deco weapons are the big water cooler bottles, used as ink tanks for some of their bigger weapons.

The suffix Deco is short for either Decorated or Decoration.

The alternate sets of their main weapons have the suffix Deco and are decorated with either patterned rhinestones or yellow arrow stickers.

"Dolphin"
The "Dolphin" brand features weapons based on common, water-related household items, such as products for cleaning and gardening.

The alternate sets of their Nozzlenose series have the suffix D and are decorated with a sticker of a dolphin logo. "Dolphin" is a conjectural name assumed from this sticker.

The dolphin may be a reference to the codename for the Nintendo GameCube: "Dolphin."

Neo
The Neo brand weapons are based on utilities. Their Splash-o-matic series is a fusion of a marker and tattoo pen with a steampunk aesthetic, the Luna Blaster series is a hair dryer with a futuristic aesthetic. The Sloshing Machine series is a washing machine with a modern aesthetic. The Clash Blaster is an electric pencil sharpener (with crayons), also with a modern aesthetic.

Outside of their weapon manufacturing, the Neo company are also shown to be a construction company. It has construction sites at various locations in Splatoon. The stage Hammerhead Bridge is one of them and will be the largest bridge in Inkopolis when completed. However, it is implied by Callie and Marie that the construction has been stalling for quite some time, for unknown reasons. The Tutorial Area also has two apartments under construction, both adorn with two signs with the Neo logo and text. The company also carried out the redesign of Urchin Underpass in August 2015.

The alternate sets of their main weapons have the word Neo as a suffix or prefix and are decorated with a sticker of their logo. The 's in-game description describes this sticker as "sweet".

In Splatoon 2, the icon is simplified, and less letters are seen in the promo images.

Nouveau
The Nouveau brand consists of weapons based on brushes and accompanying art supplies. Their weapons are made almost entirely with light materials, such as plastic or wood, with just some metal pieces holding them together or to grip them with.

Their weapons favors high mobility and easily moving across the map. The, on the other hand, focuses on restricting the opponents' movement instead. The Nouveau main weapons generally have rather short range in favor for a wider coverage.

The alternate sets of their main weapons have the suffix Nouveau and are decorated with a white sticker, with red and black text written in Inkling.

Custom
The Custom brand is home to many of the heavy-hitters in Splatoon. Their main weapons boasts impressive range or power, sometimes both. As a downside, most of them also have low Ink efficiency and low mobility.

The Custom brand weapons are in general unlocked late and may take time to master.

The brand features a heavy industrial aesthetic to their weapons, with lots of metal parts, huge tanks, and wiring. Most of their weapons seems to consist of various forged items and tools that have been modified and turned into weapons, such as gas pumps (the series), fire hydrants (the  series), and loudspeakers (the ).

The alternate sets of their main weapons have the prefix Custom and are decorated with a sticker of their logo, or a differently colored variant of it. Despite falling into this pattern with its English name, the is not part of this brand - in Japanese, its suffix is different than the other weapons named Custom.

Ammo Knights
The Ammo Knights brand features the in-house weapons from Sheldon's weapon shop, Ammo Knights. While Sheldon has modified weapons of other brands to create new weapon sets for his shop, the Ammo Knights brand weapons are solely created from the blueprints of his grandfather, Ammoses Shellendorf.

Both of the Ammo Knights series have a very mechanical look to them and are seemingly made entirely out of metal parts. Each weapon has parts that have been spray-painted in either chrome or gold.



Nintendo
The Nintendo weapon brand is an outlier among the weapon brands, since it is the only one that exists in the real world. It only has one series of weapons, the N-ZAPs. These are based on the different versions of the NES Zapper.

Sheldon's Picks
The Sheldon's Picks brand contains recolored variants of other main weapons.

Foil
The Foil brand is one of the new weapon brands in Splatoon 2.

The alternate sets of their main weapons have the prefix Foil and are decorated with either a black and white Inkling sticker, or a orange and white triangular one with black text.

This brand shows two sides to their weapons, indicated by the arrow symbol pointing to both sides in their logo.

"Brella"
The "Brella" brand is one of the new weapon brands in Splatoon 2.

This company makes weapons that are both offensive and defensive depending on how long the player holds.

"Auto"
The "Auto" brand is one of the new weapon brands in Splatoon 2.

The only weapon currently made by this company is the. Their logo appears to be a humpback whale, possibly in reference to the whale's "singing" being similar to the Autobomb's sonar.

Tentatek
Normally a gear brand, also creates weapons of its own. Similar to their clothes, their independently created weapons are brightly colored and sporty-themed.