Squid vs. Octopus (2018)


 * For the Splatfest from Splatoon, see Squid vs. Octopus (Splatoon)

Squid vs. Octopus was a Splatfest event in Splatoon 2. It was held worldwide. It was announced on 2018-07-07. The results were given on 2018-07-22.

Details
The Squid vs. Octopus Splatfest was unique in that the player character would change to match the team chosen; Team Squid played as Inklings, and Team Octopus played as Octolings. Normally, players must complete the Octo Expansion in order to unlock playable Octolings, but this Splatfest allowed anyone to play as an Octoling as long as they chose Team Octopus. The character change took effect for the duration of each match. Players kept gender, eye, and skin tone customization. If a player was switched to the other species, their hairstyle was the default hairstyle for that species. The lifetime ink coverage tracked in SplatNet 2 counted the turf inked as the species the player appeared as during battle.

The Splatfest celebrates Splatoon 2's first anniversary with falling confetti appearing at the start of the match, and squid-shaped and octopus-shaped fireworks appearing in Shifty Station.

When the Squid vs. Octopus Splatfest was announced, Marina brought up the potential speciesism of it as "dangerous" and "confrontational". It is then revealed that Off the Hook are pretending that Octolings are Inklings with "weird hairstyles".

English
Announcement

Results

Results if Octopus won

Dutch
Squid (Inktvis) vs. Octopus

Announcement

Results

Results if Octopus won

French (France)
Squid (Calamar) vs. Octopus (Poulpe)

Announcement

Results

Results if Octopus won

Spanish (Latin America)
Squid (Calamares) vs. Octopus (Pulpos)

Announcement

Results

Results if Octopus won

Japanese
Squid (イカ) vs. Octopus (タコ)

Announcement

Results

Results if Octopus won