Octo Samurai
| Species | Octarian |
| Hair color | Red Blue / Neon Yellow (Sanitized) |
| Eye color | Blue with green sclera Aqua blue with black sclera (Sanitized) |
| Gender | Male |
| Location | Octo Canyon, Deepsea Metro |
The Octo Samurai is the second Octoboss encountered by Agent 4 in Octo Canyon.
Appearance
The Octo Samurai resembles an Octobomber but much larger in size and more humanoid. The Octo Samurai has a heavyweight and round body that is similar to that of a sumo wrestler, small eyes, and sports a tentacle on the back of his head in a ponytail. He wears a black leather motorcycle jacket with golden embroidery on the sides and a print of DJ Octavio on the back. He carries a weapon that is similar to a Dynamo Roller that can change positions vertically or horizontally to the handle, and can combine with his unicycle to form a vehicle which Sheldon calls "The Octocycle". The handlebars of the octocycle appear to be made of sword hilts.
Background
The Octo Samurai is an Octarian that was trained to wield his own Great Octoweapon, the Octocycle. His mission was to have a traditional duel against Agent 4 in Suction-Cup Lookout.
Personality and traits
The Octo Samurai diligently and strictly trains young Octarians, but he's not very good at sumo. He is also secretly a fan of Callie.[1]
Octo Canyon
The Octo Samurai is first seen in Suction-Cup Lookout in his own mission. He will rise out of a puddle of ink with his roller and start the battle. His tactic is to flick the roller at the hero or attempt to run them over. If Agent 4 is able to splat him, then the Octocycle opens up to reveal the tentacle for them to splat. After this, the samurai respawns with some new tricks up his sleeve. He will now be able to jump at the Agent with a vertical swing, and can also swing the roller around in a circle. In phase 3, he is able to cause a wave of ink to come straight at Agent 4 from a distance. After the tentacle has been splatted three times, the Octocycle will explode, leaving the splatted Octarian with nowhere to respawn, therefore letting Agent 4 collect the Sardinium and the Zapfish, allowing them to complete the mission.
Octo Expansion
In the Octo Expansion, the Octo Samurai returns in Whack-Fu Station. He has all the same moves he had with his fight with Agent 4, but this time tries to knock Agent 8 (who is in a Baller) off the platform instead of splatting them directly. After the Octocycle's tentacle has been splatted three times, it explodes, with the Octo Samurai once again defeated.
Gallery
Octo Canyon
3D artwork of the Octo Samurai.
Main artwork for Splatoon 2's Hero Mode, featuring the Octo Samurai in it.
The Octo Samurai Being summoned from the ink pool.
The Octo Samurai's introduction
The Octo Samurai attacking
The Octo Samurai respawning
The Octo Samurai covered in ink on the verge of being splatted
The left side of the Octo Samurai
The right side
The back side
The Octo Samurai slamming his roller down
A closeup of Octo Samurai's roller
The Octo Samurai looking suprised
The Octo Samurai's unicycle
The splash screen that appears after defeating the Octo Samurai in Octo Canyon
The Showdown icon
Unofficial render of the Octo Samurai's game model on The Models Resource
Concept art from The Art Of Splatoon 2
Octo Expansion
The sanitized Octo Samurai being summoned from the ink pool.
The sanitized Octo Samurai's introduction.
A closeup of the sanitized Octo Samurai.
The back side of the sanitized Octo Samurai.
The sanitized Octo Samurai readying a spin attack.
The sanitized Octo Samurai on the verge of being splatted.
The sanitized Octo Samurai respawning.
Kamabo Co.'s logo on the back of the sanitized Octo Samurai's jacket.
Trivia
- The Octo Samurai is a unique type of Octoboss where the Octoweapon is aiding the Octarian.
- The Octo Samurai wields a custom-made Dynamo Roller.
- The name of the Octocycle is a wordplay on the word "motorcycle".
- The sanitized version of the Octo Samurai has the Kamabo Corporation logo on the back of his jacket instead of DJ Octavio.
- Apparently, if the Octo Samurai somehow falls off the stage, the game freezes.[Citation needed]
- In the arenas for both the regular and sanitized versions of the Octo Samurai, it is possible to hear some unnerving ambient sounds in the background before the battle. These are the same sounds that can be heard after defeating DJ Octavio in Splatoon.
Names in other languages
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Translation notes
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Japanese
Dutch
French (NOE)
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish- ↑ The Art of Splatoon 2 page 166
