Octohopper
The name(s) presented could be conjectural.
Reason: The diving variant does not have an official name.[Citation needed]
Octohoppers are a type of Octarian and an enemy in Return of the Mammalians in Splatoon 3.
Description
Octohoppers are a variant of Octotroopers and very similar to them in design, but they ride a differently-designed vehicle resembling a pogo stick. This vehicle is composed of a spring-like post, a yellow base (which is more rectangular than that of an Octotrooper's vehicle), and a bucket-like nozzle used to fling ink similarly to a Slosher, which is how Octohoppers attack. They constantly jump up and down and actively pursue the player upon noticing them. It is also mentioned that they (apparently) hate puns.
There is also an Octodiver variant of the Octohopper that emerges from enemy ink upon the player's approach.
Appearances
- 0000 After Alterna
- 0402 Octohoppers Don't Have a Sense of Humor (and They Hate Puns)!
- 0603 Torture Tour
- 0610 Mission: Fly-Fishin'
- Rocket 2 Alterna Space Center: Hangar
- Rocket
2 Return of the Mammalians
Gallery
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A diving Octohopper next to Agent 3
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The Tableturf Battle card icon of an Octohopper
Trivia
- The Octohopper has slightly more health than the regular Octotrooper and its variants. Notably, this lets the enemy survive one hit from the Slosher.
- When an idle Octohopper patrols along a circular path, it can turn in mid-air, moving along a curved path.
- During combat Octohopper will try to maintain some distance from the player. This can be used to force one off a ledge and off the map.
- Unlike other Octotrooper-type enemies, the Octohopper does not use its weapon nozzle to ink ground under itself while idle. Instead, ink seems to spill from the underside of the vehicle.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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タコホッパー | Octopus Hopper | |
Octosprongkrijger | Octo-Jump Warrior | |
Tentasaute | From Tentacule (Tentacle) and Sauter (to jump) | |
Oktohüpfer | Octohopper | |
Saltapolpastro | From saltare (to jump) and Polpastro (Octotrooper) | |
Осьмопрыг Os'mopryg |
Octojump | |
Octosaltador | ||
Octobrincos | ||
章鱼弹跳兵 Zhāngyú tántiào bīng |
Octopus bouncing trooper | |
章魚彈跳兵 | ||
문어 호퍼 | Same as Japanese | |
Msn_EnmOctTrooper_13 [1] |
References
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