User:ArgentuTA164/Splatoon 4 Ideas

Splatoon 4​

Splatoon 4

I have come up with plentiful ideas for Splatoon 4 and I thought it would be nice to share them as well as document them.

Main gimmick

My main gimmick idea is elemental ink - your ink would have different effects based on the element you chose! It goes off of the idea of the "fire, water, air, earth" quartet of elements.

Elemental Ink Effects
Element	Effect
	Normal spread	Explosion	Status effect	Tracking
Fire	Ink will spread outwards at a moderate pace, but does not spread up or down walls. Lower range payoff. Melts frozen ink and ice.	???	Toxic Mist will damage players who walk through it but their speed will be lowered less.	Fire-tracked players will move faster but be unable to stop until the tracking wears off.
Water	Ink will freeze over and become slippery, and will break after a while and become normal ink. Less efficiency payoff. Can be melted by fire ink.	Explosions have very little power but will freeze players in place if they come into contact with it. The ice melts after a while. They can also attempt to break free from the ice by mashing buttons.	Toxic Mist will freeze players if they come into contact with it. They will also melt when the mist disappears.	Water-tracked players will move as if they were on ice.
Air	Ink will shoot further. Less power payoff. Brellas will allow the player to fall slower if they still have their canopy and not in swim form.	Explosions have less power but will fling enemies away. Will break rocks.	???	Air-tracked players will be slowly rising into the air, unable to move much.
Earth	Ink is stickier and harder to move through.	Creates a giant rock that prevents the area from being inked on or moved through for a while. Can be destroyed by air-bombs.	???	Earth-tracked players are unable to jump or dodge-roll.

General Gameplay

Modes

Pretty much all modes from Splatoon 2 onwards will return.

Hero Mode	The story mode of Splatoon 4.
Turf War	Cover the most turf in your team's ink in three minutes to win.
Splat Zones	Maintain control of the zone(s) for about 100 seconds to win.
Tower Control	Stay on the tower and ride it to the enemy's base to win.
Rainmaker	Take the super-powerful Rainmaker through the checkpoint and to the enemy's base to win.
Clam Blitz	Fill the enemy's goal with 100 clams to win.
Salmon Run	Defeat the three waves of enemies and meet quotas for some cash.

Special Battles

Aside from the classics, there are also some extra multiplayer modes!

Tricolor Turf War

Tricolor Turf War returns from Splatoon 3. Every map has a Tricolor layout now, and it can be played at any time - including during Splatfests! It can't appear during a Splatfest with only two teams.

Quad-Color Turf War

A Turf War with... four colors? Quad-Color Turf War is also available at any time and has its own unique set of maps to facilitate its nonsense! It can't appear during a Splatfest with two or theee teams.

Free-for-All Turf War

Eight colors??? That's just ridiculous. Witness true chaos in this 8-player Free-for-All Turf War! Scramble to be the one with more ink on the ground than the other 7 players! It also has its own set of maps... obviously.

Monocolor Turf War

A normal 4v4 Splatfest but both teams have the same color. Simply have fun and hope you win!

Splatfests

Splatfests can have 2, 3, or 4 teams, as sometimes the idols will agree on certain matters. Just like in Splatoon 3, they are split up into two days. All previous idols will appear during a Splatfest and will behave mostly as normal. Every idol will be affiliated with a team, and every team will have at least one idol affiliated with it.

Day 1

During the first day of a Splatfest, each of the past idols will be found in the section according to the team they're on. You can talk to them and play as them for some Splatfest fun, and they'll have their usual special kits. In addition, you can also talk to the idol performing and play as them, which will allow you to swap out their performance with that of a previous idol.

	Callie would perform Bomb Rush Blush.		Marie would perform Tide Goes Out.
	Pearl would perform a completely original song.		Marina would perform a cover of Unsconscience.
	Shiver would perform Anarchy Poisons (Bird Mix).		Frye would perform Anarchy Poisons (Snake Mix).
	Big Man would perform Anarchy Poisons (Boar Mix).

Day 2

During the second day of the Splatfest, all of the current idols gather on the halftime leader's section and perform their Day 2 song. While you can still play as the previous idols (who are on your team), you will not be able to play as the current idols on Day 2.

List of Splatfest ideas for Splatoon 4

Splatfests with 4 teams

Theme	Alpha	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Neutral
Fire vs. Water vs. Earth vs. Air
	Fire	Water	Earth	Air
Mario vs. Luigi vs. Princess Peach vs. Toad
	Mario	Luigi	Princess Peach	Toad
Winter vs. Spring vs. Summer vs. Autumn
	Summer	Winter	Spring	Autumn
Sun vs. Moon vs. World vs. Stars
	Sun	Moon	World	Stars

Color sets

Hero Mode Color Sets

Name	Player	Enemy	Situation
Your Majesty			Used in the tutorial.
Acid Grains			Used in World 1.
Desert Oasis			Used in World 2.
Poison Boysenberry			Used in World 3
Boss Battles
Coal Mine			Used when fighting a boss.
Frigid Waterfall			Used when fighting a boss.
Rock Climb			Used when fighting a boss.
Lightning and Thunder			Used when fighting a boss.

4v4 Color Sets

Alpha	Bravo	Neutral	Notes
Orange	Blue		To reference the main colors of Splatoon.
Pink	Green		To reference the main colors of Splatoon 2.
Yellow	Blue		To reference the main colors of Splatoon 3.
Red	Blue		The main colors of Splatoon 4.

Tricolor Color Sets

Alpha	Bravo	Charlie	Neutral	Notes
Rose Pink	Lime Green	Orange		To reference Callie, Marie, and the new Captain.
Pink	Cyan	Gray		To reference Pearl, Marina, and Eight.
Blue	Yellow	Red		To reference Shiver, Frye, and Big Man as well as their eponymous Splatfest.
Orange	Green	Purple

Quad-Color Color Sets

Alpha	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Neutral	Notes
Red	Blue	Green	Yellow		The main Quad-Color color set.

Free-for-All Turf War

Alpha	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	Neutral
Red	Blue	Green	Yellow	Purple	Cyan	Black	Gray