Splash-o-matic

The Splash-o-matic is a main weapon in the SS undefined, coming from the weapon brand Neo.

Its attack power is slightly better than the Aerosprays but has a slightly diminished rate of fire equal to the Splattershot Jr. It has a narrower splat range outwards.

Appearance
The Splash-o-matic, similarly to its cousin the Sploosh-o-matic, seems to be a marker or pen inside a metal frame. The marker changes color to match the user's ink. The Splash-o-matic has what appears to be a pressure sensor near the nozzle, and flanking the nozzle is a pair of levers with black handles. On the back of the Splash-o-matic is a small black attachment that supports a lever. The rings on the attachment and the lever also change color to match the user's ink. Attached to the marker are the handle and trigger.

Splatoon
The Splash-o-matic was released in Splatoon on 2015-06-13 at July 27, 2024.

Quotes

 * Notes

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQwcs-vEK4c

Splatoon 2
The Splash-o-matic returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It comes with Toxic Mist and Inkjet.

It appears in one Octo Expansion station:
 * Wassup 8-Ball Station

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/D7zCRFwTnBM

Splatoon 3
The Splash-o-matic returned in Splatoon 3 with identical stats. During the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, Its set was shown to be the Burst Bomb and the Zipcaster. However, this was changed to Burst Bomb and Crab Tank.

Its design was changed in the update preceding the release of Fresh Season 2023, with the formerly silver parts of the design now being black. This is reflected in the in-game artwork, as well.

It appears in only one mission in Alterna:
 * Conserve Ink - Splat Sustainably

Badges
Reaching certain Freshness levels with the Splash-o-matic will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Strategy
For competitive tips about the Splash-o-matic

Trivia

 * This weapon is tied with the Octobrush, Herobrush Replica, and Custom Goo Tuber for the cheapest Inkjet in with 170p.
 * In the Octo Expansion, the Splash-o-Matic does not have perfect firing accuracy while jumping. There was an update that gave the Splash-o-matic perfect accuracy, but it was released after the expansion was released and was not applied to the expansion; Nintendo generally does not apply post-release weapon balance updates to single-player modes.
 * In Splatoon 3, the icons for the Splash-o-matic were made darker in Version 3.0.0, probably to make it more uniform with the Neo Splash-o-matics icons.

Etymology
Splash-o-matic is derived from Splash and Automatic. The -o-matic suffix is also a common, cliché naming convention for technological gadgets.

シャープマーカー Shāpu mākā (Sharp Marker) references the pen-based appearance of the Splash-o-matic. The name is also to contrast it with the Sploosh-o-matic. The highly accurate Splash-o-matic is named after a sharp marker pen, while the Sploosh-o-matic with its wide, cone-shaped muzzle is more akin to a bold marker pen.