Tableturf Battle
Template:InfoboxMode Tableturf Battle is an in-universe collectible card game inspired by Turf War battles, but turn-based and designed for two players. Both players use the cards in their custom decks to add ink patterns to a grid-like board, competing to have the most ink on the board at the end of the game.
Tableturf Battle is popular in the Splatlands and can be played in Splatsville's Tableturf Battle Dojo.
History
Tableturf Battle was announced on 10 August 2022 during the Splatoon 3 Direct. It was released with the launch of Splatoon 3.
Cards
- Main article: List of Tableturf Battle cards in Splatoon 3
There are currently 162 cards to collect. The cards are based on weapons, characters, and other Splatoon concepts such as Tower Control.
Attributes
The face of every card has:
- a name at the top,
- an illustration in the center,
- an 8-by-8 square grid containing an ink pattern in the lower-right corner,
- a number inside a diamond in the lower-left corner equal to the number of squares the pattern covers, and
- a Special Attack cost, indicated by the number of Special Space squares that are shown at the bottom.
The ink pattern depicted in the grid is added to the board when the card is played. Most card patterns contain exactly one Special Space, indicated by their unique colour.
A card's Special Attack cost is typically proportionate to its size, roughly equal to one Special Point per three spaces (rounded up). Cards that do not feature a Special Space have a lower Special Attack cost than other cards of the same size.
There are three levels of card rarity: Common, Rare, and Fresh. The color of the card's name and the diamond in the lower-left corner correspond to this rarity, being either purple, yellow, or multi-colored respectively.
Each card has a sequence number that is not shown on the card but can be used for sorting. For example, the .52 Gal card is No. 7.
Each card has an upgrade level that affects the card's appearance. The level is indicated using one, two, or three stars.
Acquiring cards
Every player receives a Starter Deck from Staff at the Tableturf Battle Dojo upon speaking to them for the first time.[1] This deck is always composed of these 15 cards.
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Players can earn either normal or "fresh" card packs by increasing their Tableturf Battle rank[2] or catalog level. The Shell-Out Machine also has a chance to dispense normal packs, but whether or not the Shell-Out Machine can dispense fresh card packs is currently unknown. You can find some card packs by exploring Alterna as well. A pack contains five random cards,[2] with a fresh pack containing one guaranteed Fresh card. Players cannot own more than one copy of a card;[2] duplicates are converted to a certain number of card bits based on their rarity.[2][3] Players can spend card bits to acquire new cards or upgrade the appearance of existing cards.[2]
Upgrading cards
Upgrading a card from ★ to ★★ changes its background image.[4]
Upgrading a card from ★★ to ★★★ adds a holographic foil layer.[4]
Decks
A deck contains 15 cards. A player can save up to 16 decks, assigning a name and a card sleeve design to each one. When selecting or editing a deck, the total number of spaces covered by the ink patterns of cards in the deck is shown.
When the player receives the Starter Deck, it is automatically saved to their first deck slot with the name "Starter Deck" and the default sleeves.
Sleeves
New sleeves can be unlocked by reaching certain Tableturf ranks or by defeating a (non-Jellyfish) rival 30 times on Level 3.
Crusty Sean's sleeve design is available as a Wandercrust Tour reward.
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Default
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Big Man
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Agent 1
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Cuttlefish
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Crusty Sean
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Frye
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Gnarly Eddy
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Harmony
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Jel La Fleur
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Judd
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Li'l Judd
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Agent 2
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Mr. Coco
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Murch
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Sheldon
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Shiver
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Staff
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Rank 20
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Rank 40
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Rank 49
Rules
A game lasts 12 turns. Each turn, working simultaneously, both players choose a card from a hand of four cards and decide where to place that card's ink pattern on the board. Players may also pass, discarding one card from their hand and gaining a Special Point.
Ink placement
A card's ink pattern must be placed orthogonally or diagonally adjacent to spaces that already contain the player's ink. On a normal turn, it cannot overlap existing ink.
If both players try to place their ink patterns in the same spot, one of two things will happen:
- If the two cards have different numbers, then the card with the larger ink pattern is placed first, and the card with the smaller ink pattern is placed second. The smaller pattern covers up the larger one.[5][6] However, Special Spaces can only be covered by other Special Spaces.
- If the two cards have the same number, then both cards add their ink patterns to the board at the same time. Spaces where the patterns overlap become neutral walls and cannot be inked again. Special Spaces do not become walls unless both are on the exact same square.
Special Spaces and Special Attacks
When a Special Space on the board has no empty spaces adjacent to it (including diagonally), the space will begin to glow with a fiery effect. When this happens, the player that the space belongs to earns a Special Point.
A player can spend Special Points to play a card as a Special Attack, allowing the card's ink pattern to be placed over existing ink (but not Special Spaces or Walls) and replace it. When a card is played as a Special Attack, its ink pattern must be placed orthogonally or diagonally adjacent to one of the player's own Special Spaces on the board.
End of game
The player with more ink spaces on the board at the end of the game wins. However, the player who resigns always loses, regardless of how many ink spaces they have.
Rank and rewards
Players earn Tableturf Points at the end of each game. 40 points are awarded for a loss or draw, while 100, 115, or 130 points are awarded for a win against a Splatsville rival, depending on the rival's level. For a computer-controlled player, 115, 130 or 150 points can be awarded. This value is fixed for each player that appears, seemingly at random. No points are awarded for resigning (giving up).
At certain point thresholds, the player's Tableturf Rank increases, allowing access to new opponents and unlocking new Tableturf Battle stages (for use when testing out decks in the editor), as well as Splashtag and Emote options.[2]
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0 | N/A | 1 | N/A |
100 | 100 | 2 | Rival: Cool Jelly |
250 | 150 | 3 | Pack of cards |
400 | 150 | 4 | Rival: Aggro Jelly |
550 | 150 | 5 | Stage: Thunder Point |
700 | 150 | 6 | Title: Fun - Tableturf Battler |
850 | 150 | 7 | Rival: Sheldon |
1000 | 150 | 8 | Stage: X Marks the Garden |
1150 | 150 | 9 | Pack of cards |
1300 | 150 | 10 | Banner |
1500 | 200 | 11 | Rival: Gnarly Eddy |
1750 | 250 | 12 | Locker sticker |
2050 | 300 | 13 | Rival: Jel La Fleur |
2400 | 350 | 14 | Stage: Square Squared |
2810 | 410 | 15 | Rival: Mr. Coco |
3270 | 460 | 16 | Pack of cards |
3790 | 520 | 17 | Rival: Harmony |
4370 | 580 | 18 | Stage: Lakefront Property |
5000 | 630 | 19 | Rival: Judd |
5690 | 690 | 20 | Card sleeve |
6440 | 750 | 21 | Rival: Li'l Judd |
7250 | 810 | 22 | Stage: Double Gemini |
8120 | 870 | 23 | Pack of cards |
9060 | 940 | 24 | Rival: Murch |
10060 | 1000 | 25 | Banner (TableTurf Tiles) |
11130 | 1070 | 26 | Rival: Shiver |
12260 | 1130 | 27 | Stage: River Drift |
13460 | 1200 | 28 | Locker decoration (Tri-Stringer Card) |
14730 | 1270 | 29 | Rival: Frye |
16070 | 1340 | 30 | Emote (Card Shark), and badge |
17480 | 1410 | 31 | Rival: Big Man |
18960 | 1480 | 32 | Locker sticker |
20510 | 1550 | 33 | Pack of cards |
22140 | 1630 | 34 | Rival: Staff |
23840 | 1700 | 35 | Stage: Box Seats |
25620 | 1780 | 36 | Locker sticker |
27480 | 1860 | 37 | Locker decoration (Trizooka Card) |
29420 | 1940 | 38 | Rival: Cuttlefish |
31440 | 2020 | 39 | Locker sticker |
33540 | 2100 | 40 | Card sleeve and badge |
35720 | 2180 | 41 | Rival: Agent 1 (Callie) |
37990 | 2270 | 42 | Locker sticker |
40340 | 2350 | 43 | Locker decoration (Smallfry Card) |
42780 | 2440 | 44 | Rival: Agent 2 (Marie) |
45310 | 2530 | 45 | Locker sticker |
47930 | 2620 | 46 | Banner |
50640 | 2710 | 47 | Rival: Clone Jelly |
53450 | 2810 | 48 | Locker sticker |
56350 | 2900 | 49 | Card sleeve |
59683 | 3333 | 50 | Title: The Strongest - Card Gamer and badge |
Gallery
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Banner: Rank 10
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Banner: Rank 25
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Emote: Card Shark
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Badge: Rank 30
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Badge: Rank 40
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Banner: Rank 46
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Badge: Rank 50
Opponents
Players can battle their way to the top by challenging the 'Splatsville locals', a group of computer controlled Tableturf opponents. The 'Splatsville locals' are comprised of "Baby Jelly", "Cool Jelly", "Aggro Jelly", Sheldon, Gnarly Eddy, Jel La Fleur, Mr. Coco, Harmony, Judd, Li’l Judd, Murch, Shiver, Frye, Big Man, "Staff", Cuttlefish, Agent 1, Agent 2 and "Clone Jelly".
Each of the 'Splatsville locals' have 3 difficulty rankings (Rank 1, Rank 2, and Rank 3). When a new 'Splatsville local' is unlocked, only Rank 1 is available for the player to challenge. When the player has beaten a 'Splatsville local' three times at a particular Rank, the next sequential Rank is unlocked.
Some player avatars holding a small spread of cards can be played against; they gather by groups of three to the right of Hotlantis and around the Battle Dojo. Each will take the form of a computer opponent using that player's deck. A free update to Splatoon 3 will allow online play against other human players sometime in the future.[7]
Computer-controlled opponents
Baby Jelly
Baby Jelly is the first computer opponent, available from Rank 1, and is fought on Main Street. They use the Starter Deck.
Sheldon
Sheldon is the fourth computer opponent, unlocked at Rank 7, and is fought on X Marks the Garden. His deck consists of:
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Mr. Coco
Mr. Coco is the seventh computer opponent, unlocked at Rank 15, and is fought on Square Squared. His deck consists of:
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Harmony
Harmony is the eighth computer opponent, unlocked at Rank 17, and is fought on Lakefront Property. Her deck consists of:
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Stages
There are eight stages:
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Box Seats | 100 | |
Double Gemini | 249 | |
Lakefront Property | 240 | |
Main Street | 234 | |
River Drift | 245 | |
Square Squared | 225 | |
Thunder Point | 240 | |
X Marks the Garden | 245 |
Quotes
“ | Remember the discovery of the Tableturf Battle minigame in our Splatoon 3 Direct? SRL here - we wanted to make sure this competitive card game didn't get lost in the shuffle, so to speak. Collect cards, build out your deck, and see who can ink the most 2D table turf to win!
Of course, Tableturf Battle is deeper than that, and we've discovered that an official manual exists! Nothing beats field research, but you can get a tentacle up by reading through the manual carefully before starting a battle. Did you even KNOW there are Special Attacks? |
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Trivia
- Some cards have similar postures to the weapon illustrations from Splatoon or other promotional material.
- If the player tries to battle against Shiver but hasn't completed Return of the Mammalians yet, the game will tell them it is not available until they finish the story mode.
- During a Splatfest, the player cannot play against Shiver, Frye, or Big Man.
- All Splatsville Locals other than Jellies use their own card in their deck.
- Each member of Deep Cut also uses the other two members' cards.
- Agents 1 and 2 have both Callie and Marie in their deck, with the latter also using Sheldon.
- The only other character to use another character's card is Judd, who uses Li'l Judd.
- The cards based off of special weapons are the only cards to lack a Special Space.
- The ink pattern on all such cards covers exactly 12 spaces.
Gallery
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Card List screen[10]
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Results screen [10]
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Tableturf Battle machines on the upper floor of the Battle Lobby.
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Logo
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Card illustrations
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An unusual arrangement of neutral spaces, seen at left, caused by two Heavy Splatling cards being played in the exact same space
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An instance of receiving a pack of Tableturf Battle cards that are already possessed by the player, having them be converted into Card Bits
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A draw against Sheldon
Rules
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Tableturf Battle: The Freshest Card Game
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A One-on-One Turf War...with Cards!
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Ink It All with Cards
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The Rules of Inking
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The Where and How of Inking
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Special Points for You
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Special Attacks Turn the Tide
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Build Your Collection
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Deck Out Your Cards
Names in other languages
Translation notes
References
- ↑ Splatoon 3: Squid Research Lab Confidential Report (JP)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tableturf Battle - Famitsu.com
- ↑ File:Tableturf Battle Intro 9.jpg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 cort1237 on reddit
- ↑ Splatoon 3 TableTurf Battle mode! @2:54
- ↑ Splatoon 3 TableTurf Battle mode! @4:48
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ @SplatoonNA on Twitter
- ↑ @SplatoonNA on Twitter
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Splatoon 3 Direct summary - Nintendo of Korea
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