Pink Trainers

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The Pink Trainers are a pair of shoes in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon, they are a 1-star item produced by Tentatek and come with the primary ability Bomb Range Up. They can be purchased from Shrimp Kicks for Cash 500.

In Splatoon 2, they are a 1-star item produced by Tentatek and come with the primary ability Sub Power Up. They can be purchased from Shella Fresh for Cash 500 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for Cash 1,250.

In Splatoon 3, they are a 0-star item produced by Tentatek and come with the primary ability Sub Power Up. They can be obtained through leveling up the Drizzle Season 2022 catalog to level 7, or they can be purchased from Crush Station for Cash 500 from SplatNet 3 Shop for Cash 1,250.

They can also be obtained through leveling up the Drizzle Season 2023 Catalog to level 54 as part of the White Tee Outfit.

Appearance

The Pink Trainers are a pair of brightly colored pink sneakers with sections of purple and light blue. They have blue laces and, like all Tentatek shoes, the Tentatek logo at the top of the tongue.

Splatoon

Pink Trainers
Pink Trainers
Category
Brand
Ability
Cost
Cash 500
Star count
Added in
Initial Release (1.0.0)

The Pink Trainers debuted in Splatoon at release.

Abilities

The Pink Trainers come with Bomb Range Up as the primary ability. As a 1-star item, the Pink Trainers come with one additional slot for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail or 30,000 cash for each slot. Since they are made by the Tentatek gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Recovery Up and a lower chance of rolling Quick Super Jump to fill their secondary ability slot.

Splatoon 2

Pink Trainers
Pink Trainers
Category
Brand
Ability
Cost
Cash 500
SplatNet 2
Cash 1,250
Star count
Added in
Initial Release (1.0.0)

The Pink Trainers return in Splatoon 2 at release.

Abilities

The Pink Trainers come with Sub Power Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 2, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Shoes. As a 1-star item, the Pink Trainers come with one additional slot for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail for each slot. Since they are made by the Tentatek gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Recovery Up and a lower chance of rolling Quick Super Jump to fill their secondary ability slot.

Splatoon 3

Pink Trainers
Pink Trainers
Category
Brand
Ability
Cost
Cash 500
SplatNet 3
Cash 1,250
Star power
Added in

The Pink Trainers return in Splatoon 3 in Drizzle Season 2022 in version 1.1.0.

Abilities

The Pink Trainers come with Sub Power Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 3, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Shoes. As a 0-star item, the Pink Trainers come with one additional slot for secondary abilities. The star level may be increased with Super Sea Snails for 1 (first), 1 (second), 5 (third), 10 (fourth), or 20 (fifth) Super Sea Snails per star, or by purchasing additional copies of them from Crush Station for 10,000 (first), 30,000 (second), 50,000 (third), 100,000 (fourth), or 200,000 (fifth) Cash per star. Increasing the star level to 1 or 2 stars will add a secondary ability slot per level, up to a maximum of three slots. Increasing the star level beyond 2 stars will increase the gear experience gained by a cumulative 3.333…% up to 10% additional experience at 5-star level. Since they are made by the Tentatek gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Recovery Up and a lower chance of rolling Quick Super Jump to fill their secondary ability slots.

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Trivia

  • The Pink Trainers are commonly worn by Inkling girls in official art and promotional material for Splatoon, as well as by the Inkling Girl amiibo.
    • They are also are worn by Crusty Sean. Out of his four pairs of shoes, the Pink Trainers and the Blue Sea Slugs are the only ones that correspond to an item available to players.
  • A Pink Trainer can be seen on sale at the Arowana Mall.
  • Inkling Girl's default variant wears the Pink Trainers in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
  • The Pink Trainers exist in real life, sold by ZOZOTOWN.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese ピンクビーンズ
pinku bīnzu
Pink Beans[a]
Netherlands Dutch Roze sportschoenen Pink sport shoes
Canada French (NOA) Espadrilles roses Pink sport shoes
France French (NOE) Baskets roses Pink sneakers
Germany German Pinke Turnschuhe Pink Trainers
Italy Italian Runner rosa Pink runner
Russia Russian Розовые кроссовки
Rozovye krossovki
Pink sneakers
Mexico Spanish (NOA) Deportivos rosas Pink sneakers
Spain Spanish (NOE) Deportiva rosa Pink sneaker
China Chinese (Simplified) 糖果运动鞋 粉红色
tángguǒ yùndòng xié fěnhóng sè (Mandarin)
Candy Sneakers Pink
Hong Kong Chinese (Traditional) 糖果運動鞋 粉紅色
tángguǒ yùndòng xié fěnhóng sè (Mandarin)
Candy Sneakers Pink
South Korea Korean 핑크 스니커즈
pingkeu seunikeojeu
Pink Sneakers

Translation notes

  1. Beans may be short for jellybeans, as implied by page 64 of HaikaraWalker