Painbrush
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The Painbrush is an upcoming main weapon in Splatoon 3.
Appearance
The Painbrush resembles a fan brush with a slit in its bristles. Its silver, metallic handle resembles a palette cup. On the handle near the bristles, the Nouveau logo can be seen, colored white.
Splatoon 3
The Painbrush was revealed on 16 May 2023 in the Sizzle Season 2023 trailer.[1] On 18 May 2023, Nintendo revealed the weapon in a dedicated post on their Twitter. The post shows that the Painbrush will have Curling Bomb and Wave Breaker.[2]
It rolls with a speed comparable to the Octobrush and also has more range. Though, unlike other brushes, which typically fling ink in a wide area, the Painbrush spreads ink in a much more narrow field, straight ahead of the user, similar to the Splatana's horizontal slash. It takes at least 3 ranged hits to splat an opponent.
Quotes
“ | SRL Ballistics back again! The S-BLAST was and IS cool, but we can only watch the video so many times. Now we're on to the Painbrush, the biggest, heaviest, and NEWEST brush in the game! Please hold while we watch and analyze our new Painbrush video 2,479 times.
And here it is in action! Note how the first swing is slow, but subsequent swings fling ink fast and wide. Plus, you can hold down the Button to advance quickly as needed. If battling is an art, this brush could be... an art tool? IDK. We're scientists, not artists. |
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Gallery
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Promo render
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Japanese promotional image
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The Painbrush's reveal from the trailer
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Flinging ink with the Painbrush
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The Painbrush showing the Nouveau logo
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The top right card is for the Painbrush
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Model of the Painbrush rotating (link to file)
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The Painbrush in action (link to file)
Etymology
Painbrush is a pun on "paintbrush" and a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "brush."
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | フィンセント Finsento |
From fin and Vincent, a reference to Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch painter |
Dutch | Kwistkwast | From either kwist ("annihilation, torture") or kwisten ("to squander") and kwast ("brush") |
French | Épinceau écaïe | Shell brush |
German | Fächerfärber | Fan painter |
Italian | Tonnoretto | Pun of "tonno" (tuna) and Italian painter Tintoretto |
Spanish | Brocha abanico | Fan brush |
Chinese | 文森 Wén sēn (Mandarin) man4 sam1 (Cantonese) |
Vincent, a reference to Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch painter |
Korean | 빈센트 Binsenteu |
Vincent, a reference to Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch painter |