Flounder Heights

Flounder Heights is a multiplayer stage in Splatoon. It is a map set on an apartment complex with many high vantage points and low, corner-based areas. It is a vertical stage with many inkable walls, allowing for several navigation options.

Layout

The center of Flounder Heights contains two towers connected by a grated bridge. This is where most fighting occurs, as the only way to get to the other side of the map is by going over the towers or through the alley beneath the bridge. Two alleys separate each team's base from the central towers, which each consist of one tree for cover. The bases in Flounder Heights resemble the starting areas in Saltspray Rig; the other team cannot reach the higher part of the plaza, and there are four ways of exiting into the low alleys. On both sides of the stage is a map that shows the layout of ink on the stage from a top-down perspective. However, the GamePad map renders these mostly redundant.

Ranked Battle terrain

In Ranked Battles, specifications for the terrain or placement of objects are different between the modes; these changes create new paths or new objects to take cover behind.

Splat Zones

This stage includes two Splat Zones. Each zone is located on one of the two roofs of the central towers. The high ground is the main battlefield of this mode and using the buildings' walls can make for great access to either zone.

Tower Control

The Tower is located at the center of the stage, in the lower path between the two main buildings. When ridden, the Tower travels over the divider wall and travel down through the low alleys before traveling into the lower part of the rivals' starting plaza. The goal points are at the center of each sandlot in both starting plazas.

Rainmaker

The Rainmaker in Flounder Heights is located on top of the grated bridge in the center of the map. The goal is located outside of the opposing team's base in the sandlot below the spawn point. Three stacks of boxes have been added to help the attacking team get inside the enemy team's starting plaza.

Splatoon

Flounder Heights

Introduced	20 August 2015
Total area	2,375p
Features
Hazards	Abyss

Flounder Heights was revealed during a Japanese promotional trailer depicting new updates on 24 July 2015. It was released on 20 August 2015.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	In addition to changing the stage layout in Rainmaker, other adjustments have been made to prevent users from taking certain shortcuts in all modes and to prevent the attachment of Suction Bombs in certain places.
2.4.0	Added prohibited areas in Walleye Warehouse, Saltspray Rig, Arowana Mall, and Flounder Heights in Rainmaker mode. Adjustments made to prevent players from taking certain shortcuts in all modes.
2.7.0	Adjustment made to prevent players from taking unintended shortcuts in Tower Control mode.

Maps

Turf War.
Splat Zones.
Tower Control.
Rainmaker.

Gallery

A fight across rooftops of vs
A fight taking place down below on the streets
A high view of pre-release Flounder Heights
Rainmaker being played on Flounder Heights
A team of Inklings spawning at Flounder Heights
Animated GIF of an Inkling firing a Heavy Splatling in Flounder Heights
Still of the same Inkling
Top-right view of Flounder Heights
Bottom-right view of Flounder Heights
Bottom-left view of Flounder Heights
Top-left view of Flounder Heights
The park seen at Flounder Heights
Two sparrows on the ground at Flounder Heights
Two more sparrows on a wall
One of the flowering vines near Flounder Heights' spawn points
A bulletin board at Flounder Heights
A jellyfish dancing on a balcony next to one of Flounder Heights' spawn points
A jellyfish silhouetted in a window during a Splatfest
Lights on in the windows
The night sky over Flounder Heights during a Splatfest

Splatfests

Flounder Heights was available in the following Splatfests in Splatoon:

Quotes

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Trivia

The stage's name is a reference to the real-life flounder.
This stage was featured in some promotional imagery for the release of the Rainmaker mode before it was released.
This stage's name was accidentally shown in a GameXplain preview video long before it was properly revealed.
Cicadas can be heard singing from the trees throughout the stage. The audio used is similar, if not identical, to that of the Brown Cicada, Walker Cicada and Robust Cicada in the Animal Crossing series.
- The cicadas will also sound agitated if their tree is inked.
- During Splatfests, which took place at night, crickets could be heard instead.
According to Callie, the time of day that battles happen at Flounder Heights is in the afternoon at sunset.
Near the end of a match, the horn of a tofu seller can be heard.^[1]
The internal codename for this stage in the game files is from the Japanese 城壁 (じょうへき), "Castle wall".

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒラメが丘団地 Hirame'ga'oka Danchi	Hiramegaoka Housing Development. Hiramegaoka is a portmanteau of the words hirame and oka, translating to "Flounder Hill".
French (NOA)	Appartements Filament	Filament Apartments
French (NOE)	Lotissement Filament	Housing development named "Filament"
German	Schollensiedlung	Plaice (a type of flounder) Estate
Italian	Cime sogliolose	Sole Heights, sogliolose comes from sogliola. Might be referencing "Cime tempestose"
Spanish	Complejo Medusa	From complejo de edificios (building complex) and medusa (jellyfish)