Inkopolis News (song)

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Inkopolis News (Squid Sisters)
Artist Squid Sisters
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon
Inkopolis News
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Lobby (Inkopolis Tower)
Featured in Splatoon Squid Beatz – track 24
Splatoon 3 Jukebox
Splatune – disc 1, track 24
Genre Pop
Electronic
BPM 125
Key signature C mixolydian
C lydian
Length 0:54
Sample

Inkopolis News (Off the Hook)
Artist Off the Hook
Game Splatoon 2
Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon 2
Inkopolis News
Heard in
Splatoon 3
Lobby (Deca Tower)
Featured in Splatoon 2 Squid Beatz 2 – track 27
Splatoon 3 Jukebox
Splatune 2 – disc 1, track 33
Nintendo Music – link
Genre Electronic
Length 0:52
Sample
This article is about the song. For the event where this song plays, see Inkopolis News.

Inkopolis News is a song. In Splatoon, it is not credited to an artist, but in Splatoon 3, it is credited to the Squid Sisters.

Description

Inkopolis News is an upbeat pop instrumental that is named after and serves as the theme song for Inkopolis News. The version in Splatune contains the proper ending heard after the news is finished rather than fading out. In Splatoon, the song is played in Inkopolis News, except during Splatfests, in which the instrumental of City of Color played instead. It can also be heard in Squid Beatz. In Splatoon 3, the song plays in Inkopolis Plaza's lobby on weekends, replacing Drip Feed from Splatsville's lobby. The song can also be heard in the jukebox if the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass has been downloaded.

Remixes and covers

Inkopolis News (Off the Hook)

Another version of Inkopolis News appears in Splatoon 2, made by Off the Hook. It is a very different composition from the original, with much more electronic production and Pearl and Marina briefly singing in the intro. A record scratch sound effect produced by Marina is played briefly when stages are introduced on the news. In the version of the song in Splatune 2, throughout the second half of the track, the same record scratch sound effects heard while stages are announced in Inkopolis News are heard. They are heard at roughly 0:50 and 1:04, with two being played at each of these points, imitating the two stages per mode. The Splatune 2 version also contains the proper ending heard after the news is finished rather than fading out.

In Splatoon 3, the song can be heard in the jukebox as of version 7.0.0 if the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass has been downloaded. It plays in Inkopolis Square's lobby on weekends, replacing Drip Feed from Splatsville's lobby.

Samples and interpolations

Step-Off Song

The Pearl Drone's Step-Off Song in Splatoon 3: Side Order is a snippet of the intro of Off the Hook's version of Inkopolis News.