Ink from Above Station

Ink from Above Station is a test in paid downloadable content, the Octo Expansion. This station is unlocked after clearing either Breakdance Station, Pop Rock Station or One-Shot Station.

Access
The player must clear either Breakdance Station,  Pop Rock Station or  One-Shot Station to access this test. The shortest way to access this station is to clear Pop Rock Station.

Brief Overview
The player must reach the end of the stage without any weapons while avoiding a Sanitized Octarian Missile Octocopter's Tenta Missiles. Partway through, there will a canned Glooga Dualies main weapon and a canned Splat Bomb sub weapon to pick up.

Checkpoint 1
In the first area, a few crates have to be destroyed by a Sanitized Missile Octocopter's Tenta Missiles. Once these have been destroyed, a key can be collected to unlock a vault containing a launchpad which leads to the second checkpoint.

Checkpoint 2
In the second area, the Tenta Missiles have to hit an Ink Switch. This will move a platform used to proceed. Then missiles have to be dodged until the moving platform gets to another, larger area. Use the missiles to shrink a sponge. Under this are some grates that can fall through where the Glooga Dualies are found. Activate a ride rail to get back to the main area and get to the next part with some more sponges, climbing them leading to the third checkpoint.

Checkpoint 3
In the third area, there are a large group of sponges, which make up the floor. Climb up the sponges to get to the fourth and final checkpoint

Final Checkpoint
The final section involves moving a large platform with more Ink Switches. In the end, a wall can be swum up and leads to the area where the Missile Octocopter is. Once it is defeated, a launchpad will appear, leading to the goal.

Mem Cake
"Finality's not what it seems. When your end comes, rise up and run. Don't let defeat dissolve your dreams."

- Spawn Point mem cake

Completing this test awards the player with the Spawn Point mem cake.

Quotes
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S2 Icon C.Q. Cumber 2.png C.Q. Cumbergreen
"Take care to avoid the missiles fired by the Missile Octocopter."

"If you're under a roof, you should be safe."

"And please watch your step."

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S2 Icon Cap'n Cuttlefish.png Cap'n Cuttlefishgreen
"Sponges! Sponges I say!"

"Grab that weapon and fire fire fire!"

"Good!"

"Missile Octocopter spotted! Stand firm!"

"Splendid!"

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S2 Icon Marina 2.png Marinagreen
"Missile Octocopter! Careful - those things can fire on you from a long way off."

"Find the key!"

"Missiles won't be able to hit you if you've got a roof over your head!"

"This is not a good spot when missiles are being shot at you..."

"Just a bit more!"

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S2 Icon Pearl 2.png Pearlgreen
"Or "missile copter," for short."

"Cha-ching! Now where's the vault?"

"For eels? It can spot you from that far away?!"

"Oho? Something's here!"

"From here, you can see there's more ground down there!"

"Nice! NICE!"

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Trivia

 * The title is a play on the phrase "death from above" and the subtitles is a reference to the children's game Heads Up, Seven Up.
 * The Spanish (NOA) name and catchphrase are references to the song "Devuélveme a mi chica" by Hombres G
 * The Japanese name of this station is a pun on "Ko-akuma kei" ((a girl) like a sweet devil).
 * This stage has Nintendo GameCube systems, controllers, and disks floating around in the background.
 * One-Shot Station has GameCube controllers floating in the background as well.
 * The Dutch title of this station, "Mag het een kuubje meer zijn?", alludes to these. "Kuub" is pronounced similar to "cube", as in "GameCube".
 * This level is similar to the Octostriker missions in Octo Valley from the first game.
 * Ink From Above Station is the only mission in the Octo Expansion to use the and the only non-escape mission to have a canned sub weapon.