Battle Dojo

Battle Dojo​

Battle Dojo

Type	Local multiplayer mode (Balloon Battle)
Players	2 (1v1)
Ranked	No
Weapons	8 (see Weapons)
Controllers	Wii U GamePad, Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Classic Controller (optional Wii Remote)
Release Date	Launch

For the location in Splatoon 3, see Tableturf Battle Dojo.

“	Find out who's got the freshest splatter skills in a 1 vs. 1 balloon-bursting battle.	”
— Splatoon's official website,

Battle Dojo is a 1v1 local multiplayer mode in Splatoon. It was announced on 1 April 2015 during a Nintendo Direct.

Description

Battle Dojo is playable by two people on the same console, one using the Wii U GamePad and its screen and the other using the Wii U Pro Controller or Wii Classic Controller and the TV screen. The only mode playable in the Battle Dojo is Balloon Battle.

Once a Balloon Battle match begins, a column of light, marking a location, appears. Players must travel to this location and shoot the seven balloons that appear within twenty seconds. Each balloon is worth one point, and two when there is one minute left in the match. After all seven balloons are popped or are not popped after a certain amount of time, a new light column appears. The first player to reach thirty points or the player with the most points after five minutes wins the round.

Players can splat each other to reduce the other's points. (Going out-of-bounds or dissolving in the water does not cost points.)

Point Loss When Splatted

Points	When Splatted
0-1	-0 points
2-3	-1 point
4-5	-2 points
6-7	-3 points
8-9	-4 points
≥10	-5 points

A canned special found in Battle Dojo.

Cans make an appearance here and will either give the players a status effect, sub weapon or special weapon. These can be found by breaking open crates found in various areas around each stage. All obtainable content from the cans are used immediately upon getting them, so specials are not able to be stored for later use.

A list of the obtainable items and conditions from the cans are shown below.

• Bubbler: Equips player with a Bubbler.
• Disruptor: Causes the opponent to suffer as if under the effects of a Disruptor.
• Full Power-Up: Causes the player to receive a temporary boost to their run speed, swim speed, and ink recovery.
• Inkstrike: Automatically sends an Inkstrike to the opponent's current location.
• Inkzooka: Equips the player with an Inkzooka.
• Point Sensor: Causes the player to see the opponent as if under the effects of a Point Sensor.
• Sprinkler: Automatically places a Sprinkler in front of the player.
• Super Jump: Automatically cause both players to swap places through a Super Jump.

Stages

Only five stages are playable in Battle Dojo:

• Arowana Mall
• Blackbelly Skatepark
• Saltspray Rig
• Urchin Underpass (Unchanged from the modifications in 2.0.0)
• Walleye Warehouse

Weapons and gear

There are eight weapons available in Battle Dojo. The player will be equipped with gear based on the weapon they choose, as shown in the following table.

Weapon	Sub Weapon	Headgear	Clothing	Shoes
Splattershot	Burst Bomb	Studio Headphones	White Tee	Pink Trainers
Jet Squelcher	Splash Wall	Skate Helmet	Yellow Urban Vest	Orange Lo-Tops
Splat Roller	Suction Bomb	Retro Specs	Baby-Jelly Shirt	Blue Slip-Ons
Aerospray MG	Seeker	Takoroka Mesh	Black Squideye	White Kicks
Splat Charger	Splat Bomb	Bobble Hat	Green Zip Hoodie	Moto Boots
Classic Squiffer	Point Sensor	Paintball Mask	Gray College Sweat	Zombie Hi-Horses
Blaster	Disruptor	Safari Hat	Black Baseball LS	Red Work Boots
Rapid Blaster	Ink Mine	Pilot Goggles	Zink Layered LS	Purple Hi-Horses

Gallery

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  Battle Dojo promo

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  Logo that appears on the balloons.

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  English website button

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  Choosing weapons in the Dojo

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  Connecting a controller

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  Choosing a Classic Controller type

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  A Wii U GamePad and four Wii U Pro Controllers, visible inside the Battle Dojo building

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  The pre-2.0.0 Urchin Underpass in the Battle Dojo during a Splatfest

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  An Inkling affected by a Disruptor in the Battle Dojo

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  Battle Dojo results screen as seen on the GamePad

Trivia

Pro Controller + Wii Remote combo.

• Multiple Pro Controllers and a Wii U GamePad can be seen inside the Battle Dojo hanging on the wall. There are three white controllers, a black controller and a white GamePad on the left side and two black controllers on the right side.
• Battle Dojo matches can also be played with a combination of the Wii U Pro Controller or Wii Classic Controller attached to a Wii Remote with MotionPlus, which is hinted at in the 26th Sunken Scroll, pictured right. This allows the player using the controller to have motion controls. To perform this, the player must hold down on and , and press and , as described on Squid Research Lab.
• The playable Inklings in the Battle Dojo are based on those seen in various pieces of official art.
• During a Splatfest, all the stages in the Battle Dojo were switched to nighttime along with the Squid Sisters Splatfest theme Ink Me Up.
• Stages that were added to the game through updates were not added to this mode.
  • Using hacks, one can load every stage into Battle Dojo, and each player would spawn where the spawn points would be in multiplayer, but no balloons or crates would spawn anywhere.
• The Urchin Underpass stage never received the changes from Version 2.0.0 as the multiplayer stage did.
• In Splatoon 3, the Shoal in Inkopolis Plaza is in the same spot as the Battle Dojo was in originally.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バトルドージョー batoru dōjō	Battle Dojo
French (NOE)	Dojo	Dojo
Italian	Palestra	Gym
Russian	Схватка додзё Skhvatka dodzyo	Combat dojo
Spanish (NOE)	Arena	Arena