Side Order

Side Order​

Side Order

Type	Single-player campaign
Players	1
Ranked
Weapons	Various
Controllers	Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Release Date	22 February 2024

Side Order is a single-player campaign mode comprising Wave 2 of the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass paid downloadable content. It was revealed through a teaser trailer during the February 2023 Nintendo Direct and released on 22 February 2024. The mode is intended to be highly replayable.

Release History

During the Splatoon 3 Direct on 10 August 2022, large-scale paid downloadable content involving Off the Hook was announced to arrive in a later Splatoon 3 update. A Tweet was put out by Nintendo of Europe the same day reiterating Off the Hook's association with the DLC.

During the 8 February 2023 Direct, Side Order was revealed as Wave 2 of the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass, without a release date. The teaser trailer features Agent 8 in a bleached-out version of Inkopolis Square. Shortly after the Direct, some brief information about Side Order was listed on official Nintendo websites detailing the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass.

A longer gameplay trailer was shown during the 14 September 2023 Nintendo Direct, in which the Octoling player character seen in the teaser trailer was confirmed for the first time to be the Octo Expansion's Agent 8; additionally, Pearl and Acht were revealed as major supporting characters. The mode's Floor progression system and Palette skill tree system were briefly demonstrated. After the trailer was shown, the Spire of Order's name was revealed, and the mode's release date was stated as Spring 2024 at the earliest.

The same day as the trailer's release, an official Japanese website went online.

On 21 November 2023, an online version of the winter issue of the Japanese Nintendo Magazine was made available for free; pages 42-43 of this issue cover Side Order. An English language version of the issue is also available, though its translation is noted to possibly differ from official localization choices, as the magazine is not intended for the international market.

On 24 January 2024, Nintendo social media accounts posted a release date trailer for the DLC, which was shown to be 22 February 2024. It also revealed vertical artwork for the DLC, similar to past artworks revealed for the series' other campaigns.

On 13 February 2024, Nintendo posted a longer overview trailer, containing extended new gameplay footage accompanied by a voice over. On the same day a Fresh Season 2024 trailer was released, which included a short Side Order teaser at the end. The Japanese website was also updated.

An unknown time prior to the 13 February 2024 trailer's release, Nintendo invited journalists to play Side Order early at Nintendo headquarters locations in San Fransisco and London for ninety minutes to two hours depending on the location. These reviewers subsequently released reviews for the mode immediately upon the overview trailer's release. Participants of the early access demo include Splatoon community content creator ThatSrb2DUDE as well as journalists writing for Gamespot, Video Games Chronicle, The Mercury News and Nintendo Life. Early reviewers claim Nintendo accommodated all travel expenses, though they were not allowed to record their own footage of the demo event. Within the reviews the mode was noted as fun, difficult and frenetic, often compared to Salmon Run Next Wave or the roguelite genre.

Trailers

Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass: Wave 2: Side Order teaser trailer

A teaser trailer revealing Side Order was shown in the latter half of the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass trailer shown in the February 2023 Nintendo Direct. The teaser trailer opens with a slow pan across a dull, stark white version of Inkopolis Square from Splatoon 2, slowly focusing on Agent 8, who is wearing new gear. This altered version of Inkopolis Square features presumed dead or bleached coral; Deca Tower has been replaced with the Spire of Order. A swarm of fish-like objects "swim" around Agent 8 towards the end of the clip shown.

Throughout the trailer, various cryptic static images and short video clips briefly flicker on-screen; the images primarily depict Agent 8 in strange bright white locations, as well as Off the Hook, while the clips seemingly depict biological components such as cells, blood, and organs.

A dull, slightly out-of-tune music box melody with steady electronic percussion accompanies the teaser trailer, which slowly grows more intense; towards the end, someone can be heard speaking.

Side Order trailer

A second Side Order trailer which focused on gameplay was shown in the September 2023 Nintendo Direct. The trailer opens with Agent 8 in an updated version of the dull, stark white version of Inkopolis Square alongside the Pearl Drone, a drone resembling Pearl, as the same out-of-tune music box melody featured in the first trailer plays.

Agent 8 is shown descending into an unknown Floor via a grappling attachment on the Pearl Drone. The Pearl Drone, Agent 8's equipment and Jelletons, new type of unknown fish-like enemy are revealed, then gameplay footage of Agent 8 in combat with the enemies is shown. The new enemies appear to spawn en masse from a black orb-shaped mechanism.

Cutscene footage of Agent 8 and Pearl encountering Acht in an elevator is then shown; within it, Acht introduces themself as an old friend of Marina's. The Floor Selection and Palette screens are shown, then Agent 8 enters the Exposed Winding Floor. Gameplay footage of several different unknown Floors is shown in quick succession, then the trailer abruptly cuts to a clip of Agent 8's octopus ghost entering a crystalized shell resembling their form, seemingly spawning into a Floor. After a cut to black, Agent 8 is shown running in slow motion alongside the Pearl Drone towards a very large six-tiered mechanical contraption; each of its tiers has separate types of protruding components and spins independently of the others. After another cut to black, the mode's title is shown with glitch and black coral effects.

Throughout the trailer various scenes depict the Spire of Order's Floors seemingly spontaneously generating with a Matrix-style code effect. Many Floors shown appear to have blocky, black holes in their walls reminiscent of a greeble effect. Additionally, armor pickups and an unknown can-shaped pickup bearing Marina's poster design can be spotted within certain Floors.

Agent 8's ink color is significantly paler compared to the previous trailer; their ink color tint appears to change between clips, seemingly being affected by different color chips. Their gear appears at various stage of upgrade throughout the trailer; the seemingly well-upgraded version includes thin, bright, hologram-like extensions on their Dualies, as well as an eyepiece similar to the See-an-Enemy HUD.

The trailer opens with the same musical box tune heard in the teaser trailer, then cuts to a slow-paced electronic glitch song with prominent industrial percussion. Midway, the song swaps for a more intense electronic song, then at the end into a different slow, echoed song.

Release date trailer

The key artwork of Splatoon 3: Side Order.

A third Side Order trailer revealing the mode's release date as well as new key artwork was posted to Twitter and YouTube on 24 January 2024.

The trailer opens with the train cutscene seen in Splatoon 3's tutorial; the player's character is instead listening to Muck Warfare (rather than Anarchy Rainbow) alongside a sleeping Smallfry and other passengers. As the player dozes off, the music becomes more and more distorted, accompanied by glitch effects. The yellow Matrix-style code seen in the second trailer slowly fills the screen.

The scene cuts to what is presumably Agent 8's point of view upon waking in the Order Sector version of Inkopolis Square. Pearl calls out to wake them, as the Square is seemingly generated on the spot by the yellow code effect. The glitch effects seen in the previous scene intermittently appear. The music box theme from the previous trailers plays as someone can be heard speaking, similar to the first trailer's ending.

The trailer then cuts to the campaign's key artwork, which unfolds from the upper section, gradually descending to the lower portion: at the zenith, Marina and Pearl (in her Inkling form) are displayed, alongside black silhouettes with red eyes. Notably, the central silhouette bears a resemblance to an Inkling sporting the "haircut" hairstyle. The middle segment showcases Jelletons circling an unknown entity, as well as Acht and Cipher. The lower segment highlights Agent 8 and the Pearl Drone. During the descent, the 22 February 2024 release date slowly fades in.

Overview trailer

A fourth Side Order trailer showing an overview of the gameplay was posted to Twitter and YouTube on 13 February 2024.

The trailer features a voiceover explaining the mode's basic gameplay loop, which consists of Floor selection, Color chip enhancement and Objective completion.

New Floor objective types, Jelleton types, bosses, Color chips, and available weapons were revealed in this trailer. Additionally, the Membux and Prlz currencies were introduced.

At the end of the trailer various footage of Side Order gameplay and cutscenes is shown, along with the announcement of replica gear and main weapons which can be used in multiplayer battles.

Fresh Season 2024 teaser

A brief teaser for Side Order was shown after the fake-out ending in the Fresh Season 2024 trailer posted to Twitter and YouTube.

The teaser is a fast-paced montage of new Floor and boss gameplay footage, cutscenes, close-ups of stage details and a brief look at a customization screen for Agent 8. Most notably, it briefly shows Pearl in her regular Inkling form speaking, as well as Acht at their DJ table.

Story

The mode takes place in "what has become of" Inkopolis Square, the main hub of Splatoon 2, in "what would've happened" if Team Order had beaten Team Chaos.

Agent 8 has been unexpectedly transported to the Order Sector, a mysterious world that is built out of its own unique rules. Agent 8 wakes up to find what appears to be Inkopolis Square, suddenly drained of color and uninhabited. They are challenged to ascend the Spire of Order, a tower that changes floor structure each time it's entered, which has mysteriously replaced Deca Tower, as "something wants to make the entire world orderly". Pearl, having been transformed into a drone called the Pearl Drone, accompanies Agent 8 and assists them in combat.

Acht, also known as Dedf1sh, has "wandered into" the Order Sector, and appears to travel between Floors alongside Agent 8 inside an elevator within the Spire of Order.

After freeing Marina from a machine in the Spire, Agent 8 and Pearl are confronted by a being calling itself Order. They are booted out of the Spire after it declares its goal to establish a world of pure order. When they end up back in the Order Sector Marina reveals that it is in fact part of a prototype virtual reality system she designed called the Memverse, which was originally intended to reverse the sanitizing process. After Order seized control of the Memverse, it began forcibly connecting people to the system to begin building a world of perfect order where independent thought does not exist. By "grayscaling" its victims, it will eventually be able to impose its ideal world upon reality.

Gameplay

The mode's missions take place in the Spire of Order's many different Floors; the Spire contains thirty Floors total, where a boss is encountered every ten floors. Players can unlock different main weapons, which are assigned to individual Palettes. Palettes are unlocked by obtaining Keys dropped by bosses on the 10th, 20th, and 30th floors, and using them to open the Lockers in the Memverse version of Inkopolis Square.

While the Locker cubbies containing Palettes are set (which are indicated by pulsing rings around them), the exact contents is randomized, so individual players may unlock specific Palettes earlier or later than others.

Menu for obtaining upgrades with Prlz

Before each Floor begins, the player may select one of three objectives to complete; harder objectives yield greater rewards. After selecting a floor, the player is given Color chips. The color chips provide many different enhancements, some of which are similar to gear abilities, like Ink Saver (Main) or Run Speed Up. By default the Pearl Drone can only scout sight enemies; all of her attacks are unlockable, which means her aid will be limited without the collection of Drone color chips.

Clearing Floors rewards the player with Membux, which can be used as a currency on Floors containing vending machines. However, if the player loses all their lives, they will lose all their Color chips and must restart from the first Floor. When this happens, the accumulated Color chips and Membux will be converted into Prlz, which can be used to buy permanent upgrades via Marina in the Square that will subsequently apply to all future runs through the Spire.

Permanent Upgrades

Permanent upgrades can be purchased with Prlz via Marina hacking them into effect, and will aid the player in reaching the top of the Spire:

Player

• Max Lives: Increases the maximum number of lives available per run.
• Damage Reduction: Reduces the damage the player takes when being attacked.
• Max Armor: Increases the maximum pieces of additional armor that the player can have active at once.
• Broken-Armor Jump: The player is propelled into the air when their armor is broken. Upgrades increases the height.
• Armor Recovery: Decreases the time it takes to regain armor.
• Broken-Armor Speed: Lowers the speed penalty Agent 8 gets from getting all their armor broken.
• Continue: Allows players to spend Membux to resume the fight at any given fight. More investment lowers the cost.
• Attack Damage: Increases base damage done to Jellatons.

Random Factors

• Floor Reset: Enables the player to spend Membux to reset the available floor types and rewards.
• Double-Chip Rate: Increases the chance of getting double chips during floor selection.
• Color-Chip Bias: Increases the chances of getting color chip options that are tied to a specific Palette. (e.g. Pearl's Palette will have a primary draw chance to have Lucky/Yellow-tone color chips and a secondary Support/Purple-tone color chip)

Pearl Drone

• Drone Action Slots: Allows you to have additional slots for color chips that give the Pearl Drone extra attacks.
• Specific Drone Color Chips: Enables more Drone color chips to be put into circulation.
  • Drone-Gauge Turf Charge: Increase the Drone Gauge by inking the ground.
  • Drone-Gauge Splat Charge: Increase the Dronw Gauge by splatting Jellatons.
  • Drone Ink Mine: Allows the Pearl Drone to plant Ink Mines.
  • Drone Sprinkler: Allows the Pearl Drone to spray ink akin to a Sprinkler.
  • Drone Burst Bomb: Allows the Pearl Drone to launch Burst Bombs.
  • Drone Inkstrike: Allows the Pearl Drone to use a Inkstrike capsule.
  • Drone Items: Allows the Pearl Drone to generate a item.

Enemies

• Reveal 10F Boss: Reveals the identity of the boss that will appear on 10F.
• Reveal 20F Boss- Reveals the identity of the boss that will appear on 20F.
  • Upon beating Side Order for the first time, the identity of the boss on 30F will appear permanently, as if it were a purchased permanent upgrade.
• Weaken Enemies: Jellatons will spawn already damaged on Easy (up to 20F) and Normal (up to 10F) tier options.

Vending Machines

• Vending-Machine Discount: Lowers the Membux prices at vending machines.
• Vending-Machine Reset: Spend Membux to shuffle a vending machine's selection.
• 15F Vending Machine: Ensures that there will always be an option to go to a vending machine corner at 15F.
• 25F Vending Machine: Ensures that there will always be an option to go to a vending machine corner at 25F.

Membux

• Membux Reward: Provides a multiplier to Membux upon clearing a floor.

Prlz

• Risky Rewards: Offers more Prlz in exchange for fewer active hacks upon completing a run. Failing to do so, however, results in no Prlz.
  • This upgrade is only available upon completing your first run.

Mechanics

Each weapon can earn up to three File:SO Key spire map.png keys. The keys are used for "unlocking items in lockers at the base of the tower"

• Weapons
  • Main:
    • Shooter
    • Roller
    • Charger
    • Slosher
    • Splatling
    • Order Dualies
    • Brella
    • Blaster
    • Brush
    • Stringer
    • Splatana
  • Sub:
    • Splat Bomb
    • Curling Bomb
    • Fizzy Bomb
    • Sprinkler
    • Splash Wall
    • Burst Bomb
    • Ink Mine
  • Special:
    • Killer Wail 5.1
    • Triple Inkstrike
    • Reefslider
    • Ink Storm
    • Kraken Royale
    • Triple Splashdown
    • Wave Breaker
    • Ultra Stamp
    • Booyah Bomb
    • Trizooka
    • Crab Tank

Characters

• Agent 8 - Octoling - The playable avatar.
• Pearl - Drone (Inkling) - A member of Off the Hook who accompanies Agent 8.
• Marina - Octoling - A member of Off the Hook who supports Agent 8.
• Acht - Octoling (Sanitized) - A musician who meets Agent 8 and Pearl in the Spire of Order.
• File:SO Unknown character.jpg Cipher - Owner of a stall named Cipher Siftings, selling items which can be bought with Prlz.
• Order - The mastermind behind the creation of the Order Sector.
• Various citizens of the Order Sector

Floors

Side Order's level system consists of the Spire of Order's individual Floors, which are randomly generated on each run.

The player will pass through a 10 floor tutorial phase before access to the full 30 floors of the Spire of Order. During this tutorial phase, the Color Chips are not randomized, and will be the same for every player.

Floor Selection

Agent 8 on the Floor Selection screen.

During a 30 floor run the player will be given the option of 3 floors with varying difficulty, objectives, and rewards. Each selection has a difficulty, objective, and color chip reward, with a small chance of awarding two instances of the given color chip. Membux will be earned based on the difficulty of the floor the player selects; bonus floors offer the chance to gain additional Membux by either changing the Color Chips to a randomized set or by imposing optional restrictions. The Color Chip is applied before start of a floor.
Upon selection of a floor, the player will spawn onto a starting platform while the objective text will be displayed to the player. The Cage will spawn at the end of this starting platform, where the player can ride the Cage above the main platform, which will give allow players to strategically plan where they will land on the floor platform using Pearl Drone to glide down. After landing, the player can glide using the drone by double-jumping

Spire of Order Map

The Spire of Order's map as Agent 8 ascends a Floor

After finishing a floor, the Spire's map will appear and show a few completed floors below the player, future floors above the player, and what floor the player is currently on.
The background of the Spire map will change colors depending on what third of the spire has been reached. The first ten floors have a dark grey background, floors eleven through twenty have a dark turquoise background and twenty-one through thirty have a dark purple background.

Spire map icons

• File:SO Key spire map.png

  A key icon located next to one of the floors of the spire map

• 

  A vending machine icon located next to one of the floors of the spire map

• 

  A Player icon indicating what floor a player is located on within the spire map

• 

  A boss icon indicating a boss floor on the spire map

Floor Names

Floors' names have a root part describing its basic features, and may have modifiers to it that describes the enemies, difficulty, and/or hazards on it. If the player has not played the exact combination of floor and its modifiers, the level will show as "???".

Root floor names

• All-the-Way-Down(Then-Up-Again).Floor
• Bowl.Floor
• Careful-Aim.Floor
• Carefully-Aimed-Reversal.Floor
• Combined-Forces(Striking-in-Unison).Floor
• Coverage(Between-Crosshairs).Floor
• Covered.Floor
• Crisscross.Floor
• Divided.Floor
• Double-Hill.Floor
• Eight-Shaped.Floor
• Escape-Artist.Floor
• Explosion-Festival.Floor
• Fortress.Floor
• Forward-Momentum.Floor
• Gateway.Floor
• High-Tower.Floor
• Mountain_Battlefield(Ascent).Floor
• On-the-Run(Circles)_Eternally-Hunted.Floor
• Pyramid.Floor
• Rising-Ground.Floor
• Rolling.Floor
• Rotational.Floor
• Sitting_Duck_Valley.Floor
• Slope.Floor
• Soaker-Blockade.Floor
• Steamroller.Floor
• Stepping-Stones.Floor
• Switchback.Floor
• Two-Bridge.Floor
• Uneven.Floor
• Unstable-Footing(Bounce-Pad).Floor
• Up-and-Down.Floor
• Uphill-Push.Floor
• Whirling-Shell.Floor
• Wide-Open.Floor
• Winding.Floor

Modifiers

• Acrobatic_
• Assault(Incoming)_
• Bombarded_
• Bombarded(Constant)_
• Bombarded(Relentless)_
• Ceaseless_
• Cruel_
• Danger-Magnet_
• Dizzying_
• Double-Decker_
• Eternally-Shelterless_
• Eternally-Vigilant_
• Exposed_
• Extensively-Circuitous_
• Field-Day_
• Flying_
• Frantic_
• Homing(Swarm)_
• Ink-Drenched_
• Intense_
• Large-Underpass_
• Launching_
• Nightmare_
• Onrushing_
• Open-Season_
• Outstretched-Neck_
• Ping-Ponging_
• Projectile-Spam(High)_
• Projectile-Spam(Med)_
• Powerful_
• Pursuit(All-Out)_
• Reckless_
• Scampering_
• Scampering(Between-Crosshairs)_
• Shelterless_
• Sisyphean_
• Springing_
• Springing(Swarmed)_
• Surrounded(All-Sides)_
• Swarmed_
• Targeted(Giants)_
• Threatened(All-Sides)_
• Unreasonable_
• Up-and-Down_
• Whirling_
• Whirling-Enemies(High)_

As well as special floors:

• Control Room
• Elusive-Bounder.Floor
• Layered-Rotator.Floor
• Intensifying-Harmony.Floor
• Vending-Machine Corner

Floor Objectives

Conjecture

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Reason: Some objectives and names are not fully revealed, and as such aren't fully understood

Objective	Description
Destroy the portals!	Agent 8 must destroy all Jelleton portals found on a given Floor.
Defeat the fleeing foes!	Agent 8 must pursue and defeat specific Jelletons on wheels that flee from them.
Guide the infinity ball!	Agent 8 must guide one or more Infinity Balls; this mode is similar to Octo Expansion's 8-ball stations.
Protect the zones!	Agent 8 must keep a Splat Zone inked for a timed duration while Jelletons attempt to attack and claim the Zone.
Escort the Turbine Tower!	Agent 8 must ink a Turbine tower to move it along it's fixed path; this mode is similar to Tower Control.

Boss Floors

Boss	Description
Pinging Marciale	The Pinging Marciale is a large Jelleton similar to both the Rampaging Octowhirl and an 8-ball. Its arena has bumpers at the edges; if the Pinging Marciale hits them, a Wave Breaker-like shockwave hits the Floor, and many Jelletons are summoned. The Pinging Marciale will periodically lose its outer shell, exposing weak points that the player can hit to deal more damage.
Asynchronous Rondo	The Asynchronous Rondo has layers that rotate around itself, with rectangular weak points that slightly protrude from each layer. Players must defeat it by knocking down each individual layer one by one, while avoiding floodlights, Jelletons, and bombs summoned by the boss.
Parallel Canon	Parallel takes the form of Jelleton-like ink blobs in the shape of Inklings and Octolings that attack using weapons, resembling Splatoon's playable characters. The boss is fought in three waves of one to five such creatures at a time. It's appearance can be influenced by your Splatoon 2 save data, specifically the appearance of your Agent 4.

Floor Features

Features that can appear on a floor within the Spire.

Floor Feature	Description
Inkrail	An Inkrail on an unknown floor inside the Spire of Order
File:SO Dash Track.jpg Dash Track	A dash track within the Spire of Order
Balloon Fish	A balloon fish within the Spire of Order
Crates	A crate
Armor	A case of Armor in the Spire of Order
Ink refiller	A Ink refiller inside the Spire of Order, which refills 50% of the player's ink when collected.
File:SO Marina Canned Special.png Canned Special	A can, featuring Marina's poster, that partially fills up the player's special gauge
Disc Piece	A piece of an audio disc. Collecting three allows Pearl to play her "Step-Off Song", which temporarily disables portals, knocks back enemies, and stuns bosses.
Drone Batteries	A battery pack that partially fills up the drone gauge.
File:SO unknown top mechanism.png Unknown top mechanism	A type of top-shaped mechanism found within floors that when attacked, rapidly pierces through nearby enemies for high damage and can bounce off walls. Dropped by defeated Whirling Accelerandos.

Danger effects

Danger effects are debuff events that can occur on any given floor, and are marked as such inside the Floor Selection screen. Danger level floors will contain an augmentation similar to Salmon Run Next Wave's Known Occurrences. If a player decides to avoid a Floor marked with Danger upon its initial appearance, the Danger augmentation is more likely to re-appear over more floors in the player's Floor Selection screen over the course of the run until a floor with the Danger effect is selected. It is possible for a Danger effect to become unavoidable and persist for the rest of a run. Additionally, multiple Danger effects can appear on the same floor.

Danger augment	Description
Lights Out	The stage is dark, making it difficult to see the terrain and enemies.
Ink Coating	Agent 8 must fight on a main platform that is fully covered in enemy ink.
No Pearl Drone	Agent 8 must fight without the help of Pearl Drone
No Item Drops	Enemies do not drop items when killed. Crates still drop items.
Stronger Jelletons	Agent 8 must battle Jelletons that are even tougher than on other floors.

Rewards

Over the course of Side Order it is possible to unlock to replicas of the weapons and gear used throughout the mode.

Additionally, clearing Side Order for the first time unlocks Inkopolis Square for New Agent 3 to traverse to.

Lockers

The Lockers, located in plain sight of spawning distance, hold various rewards, used both within Side Order and out.

Within the Lockers are Palettes, weapon sets to be used to climb the Spire of Order, entries of Marina's Dev Diary which serve as the Sunken Scrolls of Side Order, with the entries' backgrounds becoming locker stickers once read, Prlz to spend on Marina's hacks or Cipher's wares, and even splashtag banners.

To access the Lockers, players need Keys, which can only be earned by defeating the bosses found on the 10th, 20th, and 30th floors for the first time with any given weapon. Completing a run with any given Palette unlocks replica versions of that weapon for multiplayer battle usage.

Cipher's Siftings

File:SO Cipher Siftings.jpg

Cipher at Cipher's Siftings (English)

File:Side Order Store.jpg

Cipher at Cipher's Siftings (Japanese)

Cipher's Siftings is a shop found within the Order Sector run by the enigmatic Cipher, located near what would be the subway that once allowed access to the Deepsea Metro.

Items available for purchase in the store include locker decorations, locker stickers, splashtag banners, and gear in exchange for Prlz.

Cipher only appears after clearing Side Order for the first time. Additionally, Cipher's wares expand the more runs you have attempted and completed.

Decorations

Name	Cost
Marching Andante	10
Swarming Languendo	10
Battering Lento	10
celebratory pancakes	10
Panicking Alla Mambo	20
Drizzling Capriccioso	20
puzzle with missing piece	20
memorable picture book	20
Whirling Accelerando	30
Springing Spiccato	30
dead-C toy piano	30
nostalgic mobile	30
Spawning Accordo	50
Homing Arpeggio	50
inseparable anglerfish	50
Towering Nobilmente	100
Gushing Trionfale	100
beloved toy	100

Stickers

Name	Cost
dream tapestry 01	15
dream tapestry 02	15
dream tapestry 03	15
dream tapestry 04	15
dream tapestry 05	15
Marina Order graffiti	20
Pearl Order graffiti	20
Callie Order graffiti	20
Marie Order graffiti	20
pixel Big Man	30
pixel Frye	30
pixel Shiver	30
pixel Callie	30
pixel Sheldon	30
pixel Pearl	30
pixel Marina	30
pixel Eight	30
pixel Agent 4	30
pixel DJ Octavio	30
pixel Murch	30
Jelleton Sticker	50
Pearl wallpaper	100

Banners

Image Details	Cost
Memverse Inkopolis Square	200
Pearl Drone	200
Graffiti	200
Pixel Characters	200

Gear

Image Details	Cost
Order Regulator Replica	333
Controller VM	333
Parallel Mask	333
Pearl Plushie	888

Quotes

“	As for the second wave, we're flummoxed! What is that strange tower? Why has everything turned white and ghostly? What's on that Octoling's mind? We're going to get to the bottom - or maybe the top - of this, so stay tuned for further updates on our research.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

“	A new single-player campaign called Side Order super jumps to the Splatoon 3 game in the second wave of this DLC. See what has become of Inkopolis Square, the central area featured in the Splatoon 2 game!	”
— eShop description

“	Challenge yourself to a new single-player campaign, Side Order! See what has happened to Inkopolis Square from the Splatoon 2 game, and what would've happened if Order thwarted Chaos to rule the city!	”
— Official DLC webpage

“	As Agent 8, you wake up to discover Inkopolis Square has been drained of colour and its residents have gone missing. Alongside a drone who claims to be Off the Hook member Pearl, ascend the floors of the Spire of Order and strengthen your abilities as you climb the tower in a single-player experience that's designed to be replayed over and over!	”
— Official UK DLC webpage

“	Based on what we know so far, it's safe to speculate that Agent 8 is in for a tall order of trials in this new world. Side Order is planned to launch spring 2024 at the earliest, so please have patience while we make everything...perfect.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

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Trivia

• Side Order marks the first single-player campaign to feature a returning protagonist as the playable character.
• Side Order's inclusion of Acht marks the second instance of a non-idol musician making an interactable debut, the first having been Harmony.
• Side Order was announced in February of 2023, two years after Splatoon 3 was announced.
• February being the 2nd month of the year, Side Order's release of the 22nd of February and it being the 2nd wave of the DLC may be a reference to its main characters (Off the Hook, Acht, Agent 8) debuting in Splatoon 2.
  • Multiplying the three twos in the release day equals to 8, a possible reference to Agent 8 as well as the Octo Expansion, which also had the number 8 as a recurring theme.
  • The 3 twos may also be a reference to the number 3, a recurring theme throughout Splatoon 3.
• The initial run of Side Order is implied to take place concurrently with Return of the Mammalians, as Pearl mentions that the incident in the Deepsea Metro happened "five or so years back". This is most likely referring to the release date of Splatoon 2, which released just over five years before Splatoon 3; the Octo Expansion is likewise implied to occur at the same time as Octo Canyon, the initial campaign of Splatoon 2. Additionally, Pearl and Marina mention being in the middle of their world tour before defeating the Overlorder for the first time, while the Anarchy Splatcast that occurs after viewing the credits of Side Order states that it has recently ended, a detail confirmed by Pearl and Marina upon revisiting the Order Sector.

Etymology

A side order is another term for a side dish, a food item meant to accompany a larger main item as part of a meal. The title is a pun on the mode being a side story about Team Order, the Splatfest team led by Marina that lost the Final Fest in Splatoon 2.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	サイド・オーダー Saido Ōdā	Side Order
Dutch	De Toren der Orde	The Tower of Order
French	Tour de l'Ordre	Order Tower
German	Ruf zur Ordnung	Call to Order
Italian	Torre dell'Ordine	Tower of Order
Russian	Порядочная порция Poryadochnaya portsiya	Decent serving
Spanish	La cara del orden	The face of order
Chinese	秩序篇 Zhìxù Piān	Order Chapter
Korean	사이드 오더 Saideu odeo	Side Order