Gold Dynamo Roller

The Gold Dynamo Roller is a main weapon in the Splatoon series. It is a Dynamo Roller with a different look and a different loadout.

Appearance
The Gold Dynamo Roller shares its build with the Dynamo Roller. However, the Gold Dynamo Roller is entirely gold, except for the tubes and the roller which change color to match the user's ink. In Splatoon, the gold color is shinier, while in Splatoon 2, the color is duller.

Splatoon
The Gold Dynamo Roller comes with Splat Bombs and the Inkstrike.

Like the Dynamo Roller, the Gold Dynamo Roller can only be purchased after collecting the Sunken Scroll from the Octo Valley mission Enter the Octobot King!.

Quotes

 * Notes

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6iUjOEo9Lk

Splatoon 2
The Gold Dynamo Roller returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It was released on 2017-10-28 at July 27, 2024. It comes with Splat Bombs and Ink Armor. In early data mining, it was shown to have Toxic Mist as its sub weapon, but this was changed before release.

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/7xuKvhdSmGY

Splatoon 3
The Gold Dynamo Roller returns in Splatoon 3 with a slightly updated design. It is currently unknown if it will keep its attributes from the previous games, or what its kit will be.

Strategy
For competitive tips about the Gold Dynamo Roller

Trivia

 * The horizontal swing of the Gold Dynamo Roller will fill more of the special gauge than it's vertical swing.
 * The range of the Gold Dynamo Roller’s vertical swing surpasses the range of both the Squiffer and Bamboozler series, the Squiffers by a good deal, and the Bamboozlers by a few frames.
 * Despite the Gold Dynamo Roller being shown in the announcement trailer, as well as appearing in promotional images for Splatoon 3, so far it is unobtainable.

Etymology
Gold Dynamo Roller is derived from Gold, Dynamo and Roller. Dynamo is a type of electrical generator, which the Gold Dynamo Roller seems partly based on. Gold refers to the fact that it is a gilded Dynamo Roller, and also used to differentiate the Gold Dynamo Roller from the Dynamo Roller.

ダイナモローラーテスラ Dainamo rōrā tesura means Dynamo Roller Tesla. Tesla refers to Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American inventor known for his work in electrical engineering. Tesla may also refer to a Tesla coil.