Shifty Station

Splatoon 2​

Shifty Station

Added in	4 August 2017
Total area
Features	Variable layout
Hazards

	“ We made a special stage for this Splatfest! ” -Marina
	“ You helped make the stage? That's amazing, Marina! ” -Pearl

Shifty Station is the title given to a series of multiplayer stages in Splatoon 2. The stages were originally only available during Splatfests, but were made available in Private Battles starting with Version 5.0.0. Only one Shifty Station appeared per Splatfest, except for Chaos vs. Order, where the first 23 layouts were playable for the first 48 hours, with the last 24 hours having only the final layout playable.

List of layouts

Name	Description	Debut Splatfest	Release Date
Wayslide Cool	The first variation of Shifty Station used in the Mayo vs. Ketchup Splatfest. It features large platforms on the sides of the stage which slide to and from the center.	Mayo vs. Ketchup	4 August 2017
File:S2 Stage The Secret of S.P.L.A.T..png The Secret of S.P.L.A.T.	The variant that debuted in Flight vs. Invisibility and Lemon vs. No Lemon, and later returned for Raph vs. Leo. This stage features platforms in the middle which move up and down.	Flight vs. Invisibility and Lemon vs. No Lemon	1 September 2017
Goosponge	The variant that debuted in Fries vs. McNuggets, Front Roll vs. Back Roll, and Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy, and later returned for Mikey vs. Donnie and Hello Kitty vs. Cinnamoroll. It features sponges and Inkrails that help the player reach central points on the stage.	Fries vs. McNuggets, Front Roll vs. Back Roll and Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy	9 September 2017
Windmill House on the Pearlie	The variant that debuted in Vampire vs. Werewolf, Dexterity vs. Endurance, and Warm Breakfast vs. Cold Breakfast, and later returned for My Melody vs. Pompompurin. It features four large, rotating platforms.	Vampire vs. Werewolf, Dexterity vs. Endurance, and Warm Breakfast vs. Cold Breakfast	13 October 2017
Fancy Spew	The variant that debuted in Inner Wear vs. Outer Wear, Film vs. Book, and Sweater vs. Sock. It heavily features Spreaders, most notably rotating Spreaders in the center.	Inner Wear vs. Outer Wear, Film vs. Book, and Sweater vs. Sock	9 December 2017
Zone of Glass	The variant that debuted in Action vs. Comedy. It primarily features invisible platforms, as well as long Squee-Gs that move uninterrupted.	Action vs. Comedy	13 January 2018
File:S2 Stage Cannon Fire Pearl.png Cannon Fire Pearl	The variant that debuted in Champion vs. Challenger, Gherk-OUT vs. Gherk-IN, and Money vs. Love. It features Ink Cannons which can be used to fire at distant opponents, and walls that allow players to hide from the cannons.	Champion vs. Challenger, Gherk-OUT vs. Gherk-IN, and Money vs. Love	3 February 2018
File:S2 Stage The Bunker Games.png The Bunker Games	The variant that debuted in Hana vs. Dango and Chicken vs. Egg. It features large containment chambers which close off parts of the stage over time. Once an area is closed off, a launchpad appears in it, allowing players inside the domes to escape.	Hana vs. Dango and Chicken vs. Egg	3 March 2018
Grapplink Girl	The variant that debuted in Newest vs. Most Popular, Baseball vs. Soccer and Salty vs. Sweet. It has an element of verticality with Grapplinks being used to quickly reach high points.	Newest vs. Most Popular, Baseball vs. Soccer and Salty vs. Sweet	24 March 2018
Zappy Longshocking	The variant that debuted in New Lifeform vs. Future Tech and Pulp vs. No-Pulp. It features lateral symmetry, as well as Ink Switches that move platforms and walls.	New Lifeform vs. Future Tech and Pulp vs. No-Pulp	21 April 2018
A Swiftly Tilting Balance	The variant that debuted in Raph vs. Donnie and Hello Kitty vs. My Melody. The stage is built like a double-beam balance scale, with the weight of players and sub weapons tilting the two large platforms on either side of the stage.	Raph vs. Donnie and Hello Kitty vs. My Melody	18 May 2018
Sweet Valley Tentacles	The variant that debuted in Squid vs. Octopus. It features large, tentacle-shaped dummies that, when splatted, open up gates around the stage.	Squid vs. Octopus	21 July 2018
The Switches	The variant that debuted in Mushroom Mountain vs. Bamboo Shoot Village, Adventure vs. Relax and Fork vs. Spoon. It features Splat-Switches that move gates around the stage when inked.	Mushroom Mountain vs. Bamboo Shoot Village, Adventure vs. Relax and Fork vs. Spoon	18 August 2018
The Bouncey Twins	The variant that debuted in Retro vs. Modern and Tsubuan vs. Koshian. It features Bounce Pads that allow players to reach high points on the stage, but are placed above the abyss.	Retro vs. Modern and Tsubuan vs. Koshian	22 September 2018
Railway Chillin'	The variant that debuted in Trick vs. Treat. It features ride rails which are the only means of traversing to the raised platform in the center that leads to the opponents' turf.	Trick vs. Treat	19 October 2018
Gusher Towns	The variant that debuted in Pocky Chocolate vs. Pocky: Gokuboso, Salsa vs. Guac, and Eat It vs. Save It. It features Gushers which allow players to reach high points, or block off routes for opponents.	Pocky Chocolate vs. Pocky: Gokuboso, Salsa vs. Guac, and Eat It vs. Save It	10 November 2018
The Maze Dasher	The variant that debuted in Hero vs. Villain. It primarily features dash tracks, which allow players to quickly hop from one side of the stage to the other.	Hero vs. Villain	15 December 2018
Flooders in the Attic	The variant that debuted in Fam vs. Friend. It features Flooders that survey small areas of the stage, as well as Bounce Pads that let players jump on top of the Flooders.	Fam vs. Friend	4 January 2019
The Splat in our Zones	The variant that debuted in Boke vs. Tsukkomi and Pancake vs. Waffle. It features six "free Splat Zones" which fill up with a team's ink once enough of the zone has been inked a particular color.	Boke vs. Tsukkomi and Pancake vs. Waffle	2 February 2019
The Ink is Spreading	The variant that debuted in Knight vs. Wizard. It features Splat-Switches which control the ink color of ten Spreaders placed around the stage.	Knight vs. Wizard	16 March 2019
File:S2 Stage Bridge to Tentaswitchia.png Bridge to Tentaswitchia	The variant that debuted in Hare vs. Tortoise. It features an Ink Switch in the center that moves a long strip of turf. The strip of turf moves behind a glass wall, where it becomes no longer accessible.	Hare vs. Tortoise	19 April 2019
File:S2 Stage The Chronicles of Rolonium.png The Chronicles of Rolonium	The variant that debuted in Ce vs. Pa and Time Travel vs. Teleportation. It features bundles of Rolonium that roll over hills in the stage and can splat opponents in two hits.	Ce vs. Pa and Time Travel vs. Teleportation	11 May 2019
File:S2 Stage Furler in the Ashes.png Furler in the Ashes	The variant that debuted in Unicorn vs. Narwhal, No Pineapple vs. Pineapple and Kid vs. Grown-Up. It features Inkfurlers which, when unraveled, allow players to move across the stage. After ninety seconds, the water level drops, similar to Mahi-Mahi Resort.	Unicorn vs. Narwhal, No Pineapple vs. Pineapple and Kid vs. Grown-Up	15 June 2019
MC.Princess Diaries	The final variant that debuted in Chaos vs. Order. It features the Princess Cannon and hyperbombs, and Off the Hook can be seen performing live.	Chaos vs. Order	20 July 2019

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	Fixed an issue on terrain that moves in Shifty Station which would occasionally move in a halting fashion.
2.3.0	Fixed an issue on terrain that moves in Shifty Station which would occasionally move in a halting fashion.

Trivia

• Marina claims to have helped make the stage herself, which is shown by her symbol appearing on the stage image.
  • As Marina mentions often in the news segments, she was raised around Octarian machinery, which would explain why many of the Shifty Station variants contain at least one of the Octo Valley and Octo Canyon mechanics.
  • This is elaborated on further in the Octo Expansion. In Marina's chat room, Pearl mentions how Marina creates these stages all by herself, while Cap'n Cuttlefish notes the Octarian technology used, such as floating rocks, from Marina's time as a combat engineer for DJ Octavio.
• Every Shifty Station's name is a reference to a work in some form of media. The English version references titles of young adult Western novels, while in the Japanese version references titles of Japanese shōjo manga.
• Shifty Station's name is a reference to the fact that it is not the same every Splatfest.
• On one of the Stations there is an Inkjet glitch that allows the player to clip through the wall.
• The internal code name for this stage in the game files is "Deli".
  • An unused variant of Shifty Station has the file name "Deli04" and the code name "Box".
• Between the debut of Shifty Station in Mayo vs. Ketchup and the final Shifty Station in Chaos vs. Order, November 2017 and June 2018 were the only months not to introduce a new variation.
  • Pulp vs. No-Pulp used Zappy Longshocking, which first appeared in Japan for the New Lifeform vs. Future Tech Splatfest in April.
  • Hello Kitty vs. My Melody used A Swiftly Tilting Balance, which first appeared in North America, Oceania, and Europe for the Raph vs. Donnie Splatfest.
• The Shifty Stations appear to be built in Octarian domes, and share many similarities with them, such as having floating objects and octopus-shaped rocks. However, this has not been confirmed.
• In Private Battles, the four variants that were featured during seasonal Splatfests (Railway Chillin', Flooders in the Attic, Bridge to Tentaswitchia, and MC.Princess Diaries) still have the stickers and graffiti that decorated them during Chaos vs. Order. These stickers are displayed regardless of team ink color.

Names in other languages

Shifty Station
A Swiftly Tilting Balance	Bridge to Tentaswitchia	Cannon Fire Pearl	Fancy Spew
Flooders in the Attic	Furler in the Ashes	Goosponge	Grapplink Girl
Gusher Towns	MC.Princess Diaries	Railway Chillin'	Sweet Valley Tentacles
The Bouncey Twins	The Bunker Games	The Chronicles of Rolonium	The Ink is Spreading
The Maze Dasher	The Secret of S.P.L.A.T.	The Splat in our Zones	The Switches
Wayslide Cool	Windmill House on the Pearlie	Zappy Longshocking	Zone of Glass