Splattershot

The Splattershot is a main weapon in the Splatoon series. It is an iconic weapon, commonly seen in Splatoon promotional material and as part of the Inkling Girl and Boy amiibo.

Appearance
The Splattershot vastly differs in appearance between games. In Splatoon, the Splattershot looks much like a squirt gun and consists mainly of a lime-green body attached to an ink tank that changes color to match the user's ink. They were connected via a red tube going from the back of the body into the back of the ink tank, as well as a lime-green piece of plastic wrapping around the top of the tank. Attached to the body is a dark-green handhold and a dark-green and red nozzle. In Splatoon 2, the ink tank is the main part of the gun, again changing color to match the user's ink. Pink plastic wraps around it, connecting it to a dark-green nozzle. On the back of the ink tank is a pink bottle cap. Underneath the tank is a purple handhold that houses the trigger, as well as a dark-green handhold just behind the nozzle.

Splatoon
The Splattershot is an all-around weapon in terms of power, range, and rate of fire, making it easy to use for players of all levels of experience. It has a simplistic colorful look, similar to real life children's water guns. When utilized, it sprays a steady splattering of ink until the player's ink tank is depleted. It comes in a set with Burst Bombs and the Bomb Rush.

Appearance
The Splattershot resembles a common toy water gun. The grip and stock are both yellow-green, while the muzzle and forestock being a dark green. The muzzle is surrounded by a red-orange ring, and is shaped like a cone. On the top of the weapon is an ink tank in the shape of a capsule that changes color depending on the player's ink. The tank is connected to the stock by a yellow-green ring that goes down the middle of the tank, as well as by a red-orange tube at the back of the weapon.

Quotes

 * Notes

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlH0ErqSIpA

Splatoon 2
The weapon reappears in Splatoon 2 and has a new design. There is a cap where the tube connecting the barrel to the gun used to be, reminiscent of the caps used to refill a water gun full of water in real life. It had the Tenta Missiles as its special weapon in the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire demo, but in the final game it has the Splashdown.

It appears in fifteen Octo Expansion Stations:
 * Far-Out Station
 * Fake Plastic Station
 * Grab & Go Station
 * Pop Rock Station
 * Shrinky Ink Station
 * Bust 'n' Move Station
 * Smash & Dash Station
 * Radical Rails Station
 * Bust & Run Station
 * Popalicious Station
 * Bring It Station
 * Sweet Ride Station
 * Break & Bounce Station
 * Righteous Rails Station
 * Girl Power Station (Canned)

Appearance
The Splattershot resembles a toy water gun. The grip and stock are both purple, while the forestock and muzzle are a dark green. The muzzle is shaped like a cone, as well. On top of the weapon is an ink tank in the shape of a capsule that changes color depending on the player's ink. On the upper part of the end of the ink tank is a pink cap. The ink tank is connected to the stock by a pink, diagonal facing ring that goes down the middle and back of the tank. On the bottom of the grip is what appears to be a magazine, colored dark green.

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/-iQI2xBz9Fo

Splatoon 3
The Splattershot returns in Splatoon 3 with a new design. It is currently unknown if it will keep its attributes from the previous games, although it has been confirmed that its special is the Trizooka.

Appearance
The Splattershot resembles a toy water gun. The grip and stock are both purple, while the muzzle and forestock are both yellow. The muzzle is shaped like a cone, as well. On top of the weapon is an ink tank in the shape of a capsule that changes color depending on the player's ink. The tank is connected to the stock by a wavy yellow piece holder that juts out at the end of the tank. At the end of the tank is a blue cone-shaped cap reminiscent of the caps used to refill a water gun. at the bottom of the handle is what appears to be a yellow colored magazine.

Strategy
For competitive tips about the Splattershot

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Splattershot appears as Inkling's neutral special and in a few normals in, alongside a variety of other weapons that they use in their attacks.

For their neutral special, they shoot projectiles with the Splattershot at the opponent to deal damage. This also coats opponents in ink but does not ink the ground. The projectiles will decrease in range as the Inkling runs low on ink, and the Splattershot will not fire if the Inkling is out of ink. Similarly, for their rapid jab, the Inkling shoots the Splattershot, creating spurts at the muzzle which damages and inks opponents. This move also stops functioning when out of ink. For their forward throw, the Inkling fires a single shot directly into the opponent, covering them slightly and using a small amount of ink. In their other normals, they physically swing and hit opponents with the Splattershot itself. These moves do not cost ink.

Trivia

 * The Hero Shot, a modified version of the Splattershot, is the default weapon in Octo Valley and the Inkling Squid amiibo challenges as well as one of the nine hero weapons in Octo Canyon. However, it cannot be used anywhere else.
 * The Splattershot was the first playable main weapon, available in the E3 2014 Splatoon demo. At that time it was called the "Ink Shot".
 * Furthermore, its sub and special weapons were Splat Bombs and the Inkzooka. No weapon in the Splattershot series has this combination, with the Tentatek Splattershot and Wasabi Splattershot using the beta special and sub weapons respectively. This combination later appeared on the Octobrush Nouveau, Soda Slosher, and Sploosh-o-matic 7. In addition, the Splat Bomb with a similar special appeared on the Tentatek Splattershot in.
 * It was also the first main weapon to be revealed to the public in the history of the Splatoon series.
 * In Splatoon and Splatoon 2, the Splattershot has the most variants out of all main weapons, with a total of five in both games.
 * In Splatoon 2, the Splattershot's model from the first game can still be seen when using the original Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy amiibo.
 * According to the Splatoon 2 Switch event demo and Splatoon 2 Global Testfire, the Splattershot was originally going to have the Tenta Missiles. The final game changed its special to the Splashdown. The sub weapon remained as Burst Bombs. The beta combination was given to the Splat Dualies, Hero Dualie Replicas, Mini Splatling, and Grim Range Blaster.
 * The Tenta Missiles would, however, find their way onto the Splattershot in the form of the Kensa Splattershot.
 * In the Splatoon manga bonus chapter "Splattershot Jr.", the character Splattershot Jr. wins a Golden Splattershot with the help of Team Blue.