Sea-Cucumber Phone

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An Inkling and Octoling both operating their Sea-cucumber phones.

Sea-Cucumber Phones are a piece of equipment that the player has in Splatoon 3.

Description

The obtainable sea cucumber phone locker item

Sea-Cucumber Phones are flip-phones with a rounded shell and rounded spines on the outside of their screens, resembling those of a sea cucumber. All players seem to have them, although they are not usually seen.

The phone is popular worldwide, but its popularity originated with the youth of the Splatlands. The spines on the phone are all antennae, which make the phone troublesome to use, but allow the phone to get a signal from anywhere.[1] The phone's sturdiness and the strength of the antennae are factors that make it suitable for the Splatlands, and have led to it getting significant share of the market.[2]

Gameplay

Using the Sea-Cucumber Phone to listen to the Anarchy Splatcast in the background

Sea-Cucumber Phones can be used to listen to the Anarchy Splatcast in the background as an alternative to watching it, and players can be seen in Splatsville and Inkopolis Plaza using them. When using the Sea-Cucumber Phone to listen to the broadcast in the background, the dialog is shown at the top left of the screen, implying that the player is using their phone to listen to it. Players can obtain a Sea-Cucumber Phone for their locker by purchasing it from Hotlantis for 85,850 coins or via the Shell-Out Machine.

Story

Side Order

In Side Order (as stated in the 11th entry of Marina's Dev Diaries), Marina realizes that the Sea-Cucumber Phones, which she was planning to use as entrypoints into her virtual reality named "★Dramatic Days in Orderland★," have a security flaw that could be exploited to pull anyone into it losing their free will in the real world by using a process called "Grayscaling."

Gallery

Trivia

  • The Sea-Cucumber Phones replace the squid and octopi shaped smartphones from Splatoon 2, although squid-shaped phones are still visible on a table in Splatoon 3's iteration of The Shoal and on display in a shop in Splatsville. The smartphones are also still visible in Inkopolis Square, where Murch still uses his squid-shaped phone, and the player and offline stand-in characters also use the old phones.
  • Big Man references the Sea-Cucumber Phone in one of the Anarchy Splatcast stage dialogues for Hagglefish Market.[3]
  • When entering Hotlantis from Inkopolis Plaza or Inkopolis Square, Harmony will use a Sea-Cucumber Phone to communicate.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese ナマコフォン
namako fon
Sea-Cucumber Phone
Netherlands Dutch Zeekomkommertelefoon Sea-cucumber telephone
Germany German Seegurken-Telefon Sea-Cucumber Phone
Italy Italian Cetriollare di mare Sea-cucumphone[note 1]
Russia Russian Голотурифон (Pre-7.0.0)
Goloturifon
Holothuroiphone[note 2]
Голотурофон
Goloturofon
Same above
SpainMexico Spanish Teléfono pepino de mar Sea-Cucumber Phone

Translation notes

  1. From Cetriolo di mare (Sea cucumber) and Cellulare (Mobile phone, Cellular)
  2. From голотурия goloturiya (Holothuroidea) and телефон telefon (phone)

References

  1. Tumblr[1] The Art of Splatoon 3 page 151. Fan translation by rassicas
  2. [2] April 2023 Developer Interview with Famitsu magazine, fan translation by rassicas.
  3. Hagglefish Market, regular dialogue #3: "Ay! (Buyer beware at Hagglefish Market! I think my sea-cucumber phone is fake...)"