Goby Arena

Goby Arena is a multiplayer stage in Splatoon 2. It is designed after a basketball court, with overhead monitors, and the hoops are inkable and play a strategic role in both Regular Battle and Ranked Battle.

Layout

Goby Arena is a stage featuring many levels, hallways and ramps leading into a central basketball court the functions as the central battleground of the map. The Spawn Point in located at the highest point of the map, inaccessible to the opposing team. The area immediately surrounding spawn provides an alarming amount of inkable turf that in inaccessible to the opposing team, furthermore, the level just below is also inaccessible by the opposing team where the player can either drop off to a small plaza connected to the main court, take an inkrail to the left leading to the raised platforms over the court or take a ramp to the right leading to the outer area. The lower hallways connecting each team's side to the central court contains uninkable ramps making infiltrating the opposing team's base dangerous. The basketball court is a fairly flat open area with two basketball hoops attached to inkable pillars to the left and right which can be used to get to the opposing team's upper area. Two small bumpers on each team's side with a wide bumper at the center of the map. A raised area overseeing the central court is present on each team's side offering a loose vantage point. Template:-

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Goby Arena

Added in	March 2, 2018
Total area	2,221pp
Features	Inkrails & Sponges
Hazards

Goby Arena was announced on February 11, 2018 at Template:UTC and released on March 2, 2018 at Template:UTC.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.3.2	Issues where it was difficult to discern between different colors of ink in Goby Arena during festivals have been fixed.

Maps

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  Turf War

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  Splat Zones

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  Tower Control

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  Rainmaker

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  Clam Blitz

Gallery

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Quotes

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Trivia

• The name of the map is a reference to the family Gobiidae, known as goby fish.
• While playing on this stage, ambient noises of basketball shoes squeaking on hardwood can be heard. This is especially notable in Recon mode, since there is no background music.
• Behind team Alpha's spawn, banners can be seen that have the same coloring and logo as the B-ball Jersey (Away).
• Behind team Bravo's spawn, banners can be seen that have the same coloring and logo as the "Lobstars Uniform" gear that will be released in Version 3.0.