Return of the Mammalians

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Template:Todo Return of the Mammalians is a single player game mode in Splatoon 3. It involves the player donning a Hero Suit and venturing into the Crater in Alterna (the setting of the story) to defeat the Octarian army.

Story

An Inkling or Octoling, accompanied by their "little buddy", Smallfry the Smallfry, are scrap hunters who search for junk gems by day and splat it up in Turf Wars on the side. They meet the New Squidbeak Splatoon, then become the new Agent 3 in the continued fight against the evil Octarians.

Quotes

“	SRL historian here with a pro tip. Want to learn about the weird world of Alterna AND brush up your skills with all kinds of weapons and varied terrain? Check out Story Mode! Just follow the strange old man into the Splatsville sewer to get started. Wow, new sentence. Another Story Mode tip: most stages allow you to choose from multiple weapon loadouts. So you can sharpen your skills AND take advantage of a weapon's particular strengths to survive. That said, sometimes you'll have nothing to rely on but your wits... and maybe a Zipcaster.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Trivia

• This is the only single-player campaign that does not have "Octo" as the first word.
• New Agent 3 has two styles of the Hero Suit. A post on Nintendo's official website hints that they are "each suited to different situations".
• Unlike Octo Valley and Octo Canyon, the player can use a non-hero weapon in this campaign.
• In a post from Splatoon's Japanese account, an Octoling can be seen in the Hero Suit, confirming that Octolings will be playable in the single-player campaign of the base game for the first time.

Gallery

Artwork

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  Mode icon

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  Logo

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  Key art (vertical)

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  Key art (horizontal, no logo)

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  Agent 3 and Smallfry

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  Agent 3

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  Agent 3

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  Agent 3

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  Smallfry and Power Eggs

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  Smallfry

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  Smallfry

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  New Squidbeak Splatoon (Callie, Captain and Marie)

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  New Squidbeak Splatoon - Holidays 2021

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  New Squidbeak Splatoon

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  Craig Cuttlefish

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  Craig Cuttlefish

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  Octotrooper

Promotional images

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  New Agent 3 with the first style of the Hero Suit

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  New Agent 3]] with the second style of the Hero Suit

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• File:S3 promo screenshot story Alterna 00.jpg
• File:S3 promo screenshot story Alterna stage 00.jpg
• File:S3 promo screenshot story Alterna stage 01.jpg
• File:S3 promo screenshot story Alterna stage 02.jpg
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  Callie, Marie, and captain (Agent 3)

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  An Octarian and Smallfry

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  Cap'n Cuttlefish, as seen in Splatoon 3

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  Octostamps in Return of the Mammalians

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  Octotroopers with strange bucket-like weapons and what looks like pogo sticks.

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  A group of Octopods with a large puffed-up one.

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  A group of Octarians

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  Enemy Octolings

Screenshots

• File:S3 Hero Mode Sloshing Machine.png

External links

• Splatoon 3 – “Return of the Mammalians” – Nintendo Switch