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Ink & Watch Station is a mission in the Octo Expansion.
Gameplay
Agent 8 has to break crates that are stacked on top of Octowashers with limited ink three times. Each time there will be more crates. After breaking all the crates three times, the mission ends.
The first section has one crate which moves forward, towards the player. The second has two, which move along diagonally. The third has a large stack, also moving diagonally.
Tips: Rapid Blaster
Although being the less expensive choice, using the 
Rapid Blaster in this stage won't be much easier than facing the mission using the other weapons. In fact, the relatively low ink consumption and the explosive projectiles are paired with a middle-long range that will make very hard to hit the crates in movement. The best choice is to shot when the crates are in sight, to be sure that the explosion will break the crates. This has to be necessarily done in both the second and the third section of the mission.
Tips: Slosher
With the 
Slosher, timing is the key to success. While the first section does not cause many problems, because the only target comes straight at the player, the second phase presents two targets which move diagonally towards Agent 8. Although they can be destroyed one at a time, it's better to crash them with a single hit: to do this, the player has to slightly but rapidly move the camera from left to right (or from right to left, depending from the trajectory of the crates) while shooting: doing this, with decent timing, will make the splash of ink do a lateral trajectory which can hit both crates. In the third section, aiming precisely, upward, and jumping while attacking will greatly increase the chance of destroying more crates.
Tips: Splat Roller
The difficulty in using the 
Splat Roller is facing the third phase of the mission. In fact, both the first and the second section can be cleared quite easily: to complete the second one quickly, the player must wait until the crates are close to the playable character and they come close to each other, before swinging horizontally the weapon. In the third section, the best strategy is to wait for the Octowasher and swinging, vertically and with precision and cold blood, only when it's close to Agent 8. The Splat Roller hasn't got a low ink consumption, so every swing must hit a crate, otherwise the player risks to fail.
Another advise: while in the final section, if only one crate is left and the ink tank is basically empty, swing repeatedly the roller, because it may release the last drop of ink in form of a weak splash that can still destroy the crate (this cannot always happen before CQ Cumber detonates the bomb on Agent 8's back).
Gallery
Quotes
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You must destroy all the target crates with a limited supply of ink.
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Study the movement of the crates, and try not to waste any ink when shooting.
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We'll get started once you've jumped in.
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Destroying the target crates will get rid of the Octowashers too.
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You ran out of ink - test failed.
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The next one's the last set! Give it all you've got!
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Conserve as much ink as you can!
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Scope out the movement - then blast 'em!
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Trivia
Names in other languages
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Translation notes
Rapid Blaster in this stage won't be much easier than facing the mission using the other weapons. In fact, the relatively low ink consumption and the explosive projectiles are paired with a middle-long range that will make very hard to hit the crates in movement. The best choice is to shot when the crates are in sight, to be sure that the explosion will break the crates. This has to be necessarily done in both the second and the third section of the mission.
Slosher, timing is the key to success. While the first section does not cause many problems, because the only target comes straight at the player, the second phase presents two targets which move diagonally towards Agent 8. Although they can be destroyed one at a time, it's better to crash them with a single hit: to do this, the player has to slightly but rapidly move the camera from left to right (or from right to left, depending from the trajectory of the crates) while shooting: doing this, with decent timing, will make the splash of ink do a lateral trajectory which can hit both crates. In the third section, aiming precisely, upward, and jumping while attacking will greatly increase the chance of destroying more crates.
Splat Roller is facing the third phase of the mission. In fact, both the first and the second section can be cleared quite easily: to complete the second one quickly, the player must wait until the crates are close to the playable character and they come close to each other, before swinging horizontally the weapon. In the third section, the best strategy is to wait for the Octowasher and swinging, vertically and with precision and cold blood, only when it's close to Agent 8. The Splat Roller hasn't got a low ink consumption, so every swing must hit a crate, otherwise the player risks to fail.
Another advise: while in the final section, if only one crate is left and the ink tank is basically empty, swing repeatedly the roller, because it may release the last drop of ink in form of a weak splash that can still destroy the crate (this cannot always happen before CQ Cumber detonates the bomb on Agent 8's back).
