Jukebox



The jukebox is a machine in that allows the player to listen to in-game songs in the Battle Lobby. It is located next to the Crab-N-Go stall. Players are able to request a song to play on it, which causes the selected song to play in the Battle Lobby (even if the player leaves and re-enters) until the player chooses to cancel the request. Requesting a song costs per song. When using the jukebox in a Private Battle room, the requested music will play in the lobbies of all other players in that room as well. The music playing on the jukebox will only play while in the lobby and will have no impact on the battle music.

The jukebox was added to Splatoon 3 as part of the Version 3.0.0 update, replacing one of the two vending machines present in the lobby. Prior to this update, an unused jukebox was placed below the lobby floor, inaccessible by the player; this jukebox model had a different design than the final jukebox.

Usage
The jukebox can be activated by standing in front of it and pressing. The left side of the jukebox screen displays the currently playing song, and if someone requested the song, their username is also shown. The right side shows the list of music tracks that can be requested, which are sorted into five sections (toggled between with and ): Battles, Story Mode, Salmon Run, City, and Other. Pressing allows the player to preview the first 10 seconds of the song for free. Pressing on a track prompts the player to confirm the song request, which costs. When a song has been requested, pressing allows the player to cancel their song request.

If a newly unlocked song is available in the jukebox, the song item and its corresponding section heading will show an exclamation mark icon. Hovering over the song removes the exclamation mark.

Quotes
"OK, that's more than enough from Ballistics. Musicology here with news that SINGS—there's a jukebox coming to the lobby! Just plug in 100 cash to choose a tune. If you're in a Private Battle, you can be the DJ—everyone will hear your selection. No judgment...but choose wisely!"

- @SplatoonNA on Twitter

"Welcome to the jukebox! You can use this to request a song for the lobby—just per song."

- Message upon first using the jukebox

Trivia

 * When the player has chosen a song to play, the music at Crab-N-Go stops playing and the jellyfish barista does not make noises. However, the Lobby Terminal's music still plays.
 * At 2AM, 10AM, and 6PM UTC, the battle lobby will air one of six playlists of select battle themes from previous Splatoon games, rotating through songs in a set order every 5 minutes until the hour is up. The lobby will play the same legacy playlist for all three of the designated hours in a particular day, then rotate to the next playlist in sequence for the next day.
 * At the start of a legacy playlist hour, a version of Opening corresponding to the playlist's game of origin will play as a prelude. When the jukebox is used during this occasion, the jukebox screen will display the previous song to play as the current song.
 * When a song playing in the Battle Lobby has not yet been unlocked in the jukebox, the jukebox screen shows a placeholder cover art with the song name and artist listed as "???" (three question marks).
 * This happens with Daybreaker Anthem right after the end of the first Splatfest a player participated since Version 5.0.0, before the results announcement.
 * This also happens with songs requested by another player in a Private Battle room.

Names in other languages
"Jukebox" is also available as the subject part of titles since Drizzle Season 2023. For the title in other languages, refer to Title/Names in other languages/Subject.