User:Cackle/Promotional characters

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Promotional chararcters are player characters often used in promotional media produced by Nintendo. The designs of these characters are mostly consistent, though skin tone and eye color frequently vary, with eye color typically adjusting to match the ink color.

Splatoon

To do

Write introduction to section, talk about how characters are less defined due to the lack of customization options & how these characters are named after miis

Render of six of the main eight promotional Inklings

Gallery

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  The key art for Splatoon, featuring Kaori, John, Mizuho, Laura and Pit

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  A render featuring Mizuho and Rui

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  John, Mizuho, Pit and Yuriko

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  Kaori, Rui, Laura and Yuya

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  The Inkling Girl amiibo, which is based on Kaori

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  The Inkling Boy amiibo, which is based on John

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  VeronIKA dressed as Kaori in Drizzle Season 2023's catalog

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  Hirooooo dressed as John

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  The Inkling Mii Fighter costumes from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, which are based on John and Kaori

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  Costume 1 for the Inkling in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which is based on Kaori

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  Costume 2, which is based on John

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  Costume 5, which is based on Laura

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  Costume 6, which is based on Rui

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  The Inkling Girl costume in Super Mario Maker, which is based on Kaori

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  The Inkling Boy costume, which is based on John

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  A drawing of an Inkling Girl from WarioWare Gold, which appears to be based on Kaori

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  Another drawing, which appears to be based on John

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  A performing character for Taiko no Tatsujin, which appears to be based on Kaori

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  A LINE sticker featuring Kaori

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  Another sticker featuring Kaori

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  A sticker featuring Mizuho

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  Artwork of Kaori and Squid Girl for the Squid Girl crossover

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  Kaori and Squid Girl

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  Kaori and Squid Girl wearing eachother's clothes

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  Kaori and John fighting characters from Squid Girl

Splatoon 2

Render of the main 8 promotional Inklings in Inkopolis Square

The two main promotional Inklings for Splatoon 2 next to the two promotional Octolings

To do

• Add features to style column
• Add names like "Bigfin", "SqueeG" to other names & source all of them
• Write introduction, explaining how characters have names that mimic player usernames now
• Possibly add promotional octolings to table, just unnamed with a note explaining why they are unnamed

Main Promotional Characters

Image	Name	Style	Gear	Other Names
	Surume	Female Inkling Haircut skin tone pants	King Flip Mesh White King Tank Mint Dakroniks	Alice
	Cuttlefrsh	Male Inkling Slick	Squidfin Hook Cans Black V-Neck Tee Yellow-Mesh Sneakers	Cuttlefresh
	Kensaki	Male Inkling Hipster	Half-Rim Glasses Hula Punk Shirt Piranha Moccasins
	Kelpshot	Female Inkling Hippie	Hockey Helmet Inkopolis Squaps Jersey Canary Trainers
	Splashley	Male Inkling	Bucket Hat Matcha Down Jacket Black Dakroniks
	Yari	Male Inkling	Takoroka Visor Takoroka Windcrusher Neon Delta Straps
	Kou	Female Inkling Wave	Knitted Hat Shirt with Blue Hoodie Smoky Wingtips
	Tof-U	Female Inkling Double-Bun	Painter's Mask Pink Easy-Stripe Shirt Hunting Boots

Gallery

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  A render of of Cuttlefrsh, Surume, Kelpshot and Splashley

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  Kensaki, Yari, Tof-U and Kou

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  The Inkling Girl amiibo, which is based on Surume

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  The Inkling Boy amiibo, which is based on Cuttlefrsh

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  The Splatoon 2 Inkling Mii Fighter costumes from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which are based on Surume and Cuttlefrsh

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  The Splatoon 2 clothing sets in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which are based on the outfits of Surume and Cuttlefrsh. The players here are dressed up as the two, even matching their typical eye colors.

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  A drawing of an Inkling Girl from WarioWare Gold, which appears to be based on Surume

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  Another drawing, which appears to be based on Cuttlefrsh

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  A LINE sticker featuring Surume

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  A sticker featuring Cuttlefrsh

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  A sticker featuring Kensaki

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  A sticker featuring Kou

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  A sticker featuring Kelpshot, though wearing a slightly different shirt

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  All of the promotional Inklings on the spectator map

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  Yari, Kou and Kensaki on the map

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  Kou and the remains of a splatted Tof-U

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  Surume, Yari, Kou and Kensaki spawning

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  A SplatNet 2 screenshot showing the second set of names sometimes used for some of the promotional characters

Splatoon 3

The main eight promotional player characters of Splatoon 3

To do

• Add features to style column
• Write introduction, mention that this is the first set with octolings on release maybe?

Main Promotional Characters

Image	Name	Style	Gear	Splashtag
	VeronIKA	Feminine Inkling Skin tone 5 Yellow-orange eyes Megalobraid Slit eyebrows Legwear 1	Fake Contacts Tri-Shred Tee Force ReBoots	Third-Gen Ringleader
	Hirooooo	Masculine Octoling Octolocks Classic eyebrows Legwear 1	Ocho OctoPhones Seahorse Shoreliner U Jellys	Inkless Office Drone
	AnemoneNo1	Feminine Inkling Bed Head Slit eyebrows Legwear 1	Retro Framers Manatee Swag Sweat Tenya OctoReds	Southpaw Champ
	kAyOSs	Masculine Octoling Fade Classic eyebrows Legwear 1	Glassless Glasses Apex Sweater BlobMob Flip-Flops	Splatsville's Fashionista
	YARRwhal	Masculine Octoling Surfcurl Legwear 3	Ink-Tinted Goggles Red Battlecrab Shell Turbo Tabi Red	Faithful C-Side SuperFan
	Stephanie	Feminine Inkling Hippie Slit eyebrows Legwear 2 (ripped)	Party Hard Hat Umibozu Home Jersey Skipjack Work Boots	Big-Money Man-o'-Wardrobe Regular
	TakoTruck	Feminine Octoling Tentatwists Classic eyebrows Legwear 2 (ripped)	Winkle Stripe Helm Khaki Ranger Vest Arctic Duck Boots	Clocked-Out Turf Warrior
	C4L4M4R	Masculine Inkling Banger Legwear 1	Ink-Black Flap Cap Button-Clown Shirt Arrow Toesies Blu	Attention-Seeking Bass Dropper

Gallery

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  Artwork featuring TakoTruck, AnemoneNo1, Hirooooo, YARRwhal and VeronIKA

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  The promotional characters battling, with an Inkling and an Octoling in swim form (presumably AnemoneNo1 and kAyOSs, as they are absent)

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  Hirooooo, VeronIKA and AnemoneNo1 as they appear in Splatoon Turf Quiz

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  The Inkling (yellow) amiibo, which is based on VeronIKA

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  The Octoling (blue) amiibo, which is based on Hirooooo

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  VeronIKA dressed as Kaori in Drizzle Season 2023's catalog

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  Hirooooo dressed as John

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  VeronIKA being referenced in a Tableturf Battle card

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  Hirooooo

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  AnemoneNo1

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  kAyOSs

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  YARRwhal

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  Stephanie

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  TakoTruck

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  C4L4M4R

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  Promotional screenshot with all the characters' Splashtags

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Trivia

• Despite being one of the promotional characters of Splatoon 2, Surume's name can be seen in screenshots from official tweets advertising changes to Tricolor Turf War, repping VeronIKA's and Stephanie's Splashtags. This seems to be a mistake, as TakoTruck and YARRwhal are replaced in these images.
• The title of a wallpaper featuring a render of VeronIKA, given out for birthdays by Nintendo, refers to them as Agent 3, despite no Hero Gear being worn.

Etymology

• Surume comes from the Japanese name of dried shredded squid.
• Cuttlefrsh is a portmanteau of "cuttlefish" and "fresh", missing the "e" in fresh due to the name character limit.
• Kensaki comes from the Japanese name of the swordtip squid, 剣先烏賊 kensaki-ika.
• KelpShot may be a pun on "kelp" and a term such as dead shot or killshot.
• Splashley is a portmanteau of "splash" and the name "Ashley".
• Yari comes from the Japanese name of the spear squid, ヤリイカ yari-ika.
• Kou comes from the Japanese name of the golden cuttlefish, コウイカ kou-ika
• Tof-U is a pun on "tofu" and Wii U.
• VeronIKA is a portmanteau of the name "Veronica" and the Japanese word for squid, イカ ika.
• Hirooooo comes from "Hiro", a name. This could be in reference to 'hero', as in 'Hero Mode' such as Return of the Mammalians. The number of 'o's in the name also extend the total letters used from 4 to 8, possibly referencing how octopuses have 8 limbs.
• AnemoneNo1 is a pun on "anemone" and the term public enemy number one.
• YARRwhal is a portmanteau of "yarr", an interjection commonly associated with pirates, and "narwhal".
• TakoTruck is a pun on "taco truck" and the Japanese word for octopus, 蛸 tako.
• kAyOSs seems to allude to "Chaos" in its pronunciation, likely in reference to the theme of chaos in Splatoon 3, following the victory of Team Chaos in the Chaos vs. Order Splatfest.
• C4L4M4R is a pun of "calamar", the Spanish word for squid, and the name "Lamar", written in leetspeak.