Graffiti

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An example of graffiti, as seen in the credits of Splatoon.

Graffiti are a common element in Inkopolis and Splatsville, being present in all main hubs, Story Modes and all stages. They consist of official designs and player-made drawings made via the mailbox. If a player is not connected to the internet or disables posts in the Options menu (or in any case in Splatoon following Miiverse's closure), graffiti that would normally depict player-made drawings instead shows predetermined illustrations.

Official designs show up in all sorts of forms, some of them being stickers, posters or spray painted. They can appear on the ground, buildings, objects, loading screens and menus among others. Many of these designs reoccur throughout multiple games.

Splatoon

Players could create drawings in the form of Miiverse posts that then showed up in game. This feature was removed upon Miiverse's closure. They appeared on specific billboards, and during Splatfests they appeared on banners, neon signs, fireworks and the back of the Squid Sisters' trucks. Walking up to an Inkling in the Inkopolis Plaza displayed their drawing (if one was created) above their head in a speech bubble. A player is able to hold ZR to focus on a specific player-made drawing, which allows them to respond to it with "Yeah!".

Splatoon 2

Player-made drawings are now created fully in game, and can be shared online through a Twitter or Facebook account linked to their Nintendo account. A player has to post their drawing on at least one of those sites for it to show to other players. Similarly to Splatoon, player-made drawings show up on specific billboards and as speech bubbles above Inklings and Octolings. They additionally show up as small cards during Splatfests, and banners held by Inklings and Octolings. A player is able to hold to focus on a specific player-made drawing, which allows them to respond to it with "Fresh!". This can also be done directly through the speech bubbles.

Splatoon 3

Player-made drawings function almost identically to Splatoon 2. During Splatfests, they also additionally appear in the sky through drone shows.

Locations

Graffiti Located in Splatoon logo.png Located in Splatoon2 Logo.png Located in
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Jr. Mark (mem cake)
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Splashtags
  • Starting Banner

Locker Customizations

  • SQD-NML character
S2 Mem Cake "Slow Your Roll" Mole.png
"Slow Your Roll" Mole (mem cake)
Construction company
Mascot of Neo
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Other
  • Urchin Underpass 2.0 update teaser
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Locker Customizations
  • BCF poster
S2 Mem Cake iShipIt Logo.png
iShipIt (mem cake)
Shipping company
N/A
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Locker Customizations
  • iShipIt logo
S2 Mem Cake Familiar Graffiti.png
Familiar graffiti (mem cake)
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Locker Customizations

  • RBTSML sticker
S2 Mem Cake Li'l Max.png
Li'l Max (mem cake)
N/A
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Locker Customizations
  • NMMX character
Legsfish.png
Climbing Skipjack tuna
(ノボリガツオくん / Noborigatsuo-kun)[1]
Fish with legs and a backpack
Indicates a slope nearby.
Octo Canyon's official mascot character.[2]
N/A
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Locker Customizations

  • GGTNA character
Squidluminati.png
Squidluminati
N/A
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Graffiti face A.png
ASARIDEAD
Character by graffiti artist Sally
Inspired by the insides of dead clams cooked in miso soup.[3]
May be a stylized face with a nose hanging over a smile.
N/A
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  • UI display
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Locker Customizations

  • XCLM character

Other

  • Banner
Graffiti Squid slopes.png
Squid slopes
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Locker Customizations
  • PTYSQD-B sticker
  • PTYSQD-R sticker
Graffiti SquidEyes.png
Squid eye stickers
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Locker Customizations

  • ANG-IZ deco
  • DZY-IZ deco
  • I-IZ deco
  • UO-IZ deco
  • WNQ-IZ deco
Graffiti Octarian Poster 1.png
Octopus Poster
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Graffiti SquidExit.png
Squid exit sign
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Graffiti OctoExit.png
Octopus exit sign
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S Vending Machines Logo.png
Vending machines in Splatoon
(じはんき)
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Shark fins graffiti.png
Shark fins
Vending machines in Splatoon 2
(Fizzy)
N/A
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Reel
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Octopus oil company.png
Octopus oil company
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Other
  • Octarian UFOs
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"Hello my name is" Stickers
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Graffiti Octopus 1.png
Octopus
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  • Callie's Octarian outfit tattoo
S3 Sticker SM-SM Character.png
BlobMob
N/A
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Locker Customizations
  • SM-SM Character

Gallery

Trivia

  • Despite the closure of Miiverse, posts from it still appear as graffiti in Splatoon in the Battle Dojo stages and Octo Valley missions that are based on multiplayer stages.
  • According to a developer interview, jellyfish are known to create a large amount of graffiti.[4] This may mean that they are responsible for some of the graffiti in Inkopolis.
  • Some stickers that appear as Easter eggs depict characters from other Nintendo franchises, such as Bloopers and Octoroks.
  • The graffiti in stages is colored to match the neutral color of the two ink colors in the current battle.
  • There are different variants of the small cards that depict graffiti in Octo Valley and Octo Canyon to those found in Inkopolis. In the Octo Expansion, round versions of these cards appear.

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