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Splatfests

Which is the most important to you?
Past vs. Present vs. Future​

Which is the most important to you?
Past vs. Present vs. Future

Teams	Past   Present   Future
Region	Global
Start	13 September 2024 at 00:00 UTC
End	16 September 2024 at 00:00 UTC
Length	72 hours

This article is about the Splatfest in Splatoon 3. For the Splatfest from Splatoon, see Past vs. Future.

Past vs. Present vs. Future, also known as Grand Festival, is an upcoming special Splatfest event in Splatoon 3. It was announced via a teaser trailer on social networks on 19 July 2024. It will be held for 72 hours from 13 September 2024 to 16 September 2024. The Sneak Peek will begin on 1 September 2024, lasting for two weeks rather than the usual one.

Release history

This Splatfest event was announced via a teaser trailer featuring footage of the event in-game. Showcasing the new festival grounds, a heavy emphasis is put on the presence of all three idol groups' headlining of the event.

This trailer features a dramatic electropop remix of Calamari Inkantation that cuts off after the intro. This remix's intro samples the Squid Sisters' original release of the song, Off the Hook's Color Pulse, and Deep Cut's Anarchy Rainbow; these three samples are synced with the individual reveals of the three idol groups performing during this event.

Several promotional tweets revealing new information regarding Grand Festival were presented as undercover reports done by Deep Cut dressed as journalists as they investigated the new festival grounds.

On 13 August 2024, a Japanese website promoting Grand Festival was released.

Details

Map of the Grand Festival grounds

Described as the "crescendo" or "grand finale" of Splatoon 3's Splatfests, this is a special Splatfest event that commemorates the second anniversary of Splatoon 3.

The event will take place in a new area known as the Grand Festival venue, resembling where the tutorial takes place, with the upside-down Eiffel Tower-like structure visible in the background. The Squid Sisters, Off the Hook, and Deep Cut perform on three stages: the Giant Clam Stage, located at the back of the venue, the indoor Seashell Stage, located behind the photo spot, and the Urchin Stage, facing the venue's plaza. Rather than gaining the ability to board the Splatfest Floats upon winning a 100× or 333× battle, all players who have achieved the Ruler Splatfest Rank or higher will be able to board the stage where Deep Cut will be performing. Players that own the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass will additionally be able to board the stages where the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook will be performing.

During the Splatfest, the amiibo box and the Tableturf Battle Dojo will be unavailable, and players will be unable to travel to Splatsville, Inkopolis Plaza, and Inkopolis Square.

Instead of each team being represented by a member of Deep Cut like in other Splatfests in Splatoon 3, the teams are each represented by a different idol group: the Squid Sisters represent Team Past, Off the Hook represents Team Present, and Deep Cut represents Team Future.

All three idol groups wearing their Grand Festival costumes

During the first part of the event, the idols wear their usual costumes as they rotate between each one of the three stages, whilst rotating through a set schedule of five songs per group. During the second part, all idols perform “Three Wishes” together on the Giant Clam Stage whilst wearing new costumes, primarily white and chrome-colored, and (besides Big Man) paired with iridescent tentacle tips.

• Callie wears a white, short, sleeveless turtleneck onesie with two loops of small chrome plates surrounding her neck, a beige frilly skirt above and white opera gloves. She wears long spikes in the knot of her tentacles, and beige trekking ankle boots with gray laces and soles.
• Marie wears an onesie with a beige skirt on top that matches Callie's, but with long beige sleeves and an off-the-shoulder neckline with chrome plates surrounding it. She has an all-white crown similar to the test of an urchin in place of her usual hat, boots similar to Callie's, and a black ring on the middle finger of her left hand.
• Pearl wears a white peaked cap with silver studs around it and a metal Off the Hook logo at the center atop an oval black plate, a white crop top with a harness on top of a mesh T-shirt, white puffy shorts, and matching combat boots with three buckled beige strips on the sides.
• Marina wears a white plunge bikini top, a multi-tiered chrome necklace with round pendants hanging from a bronze choker, partially unbuttoned white pants with crossed laces on the bare sides, and tall white laced boots. Lacking her usual headphones, she wears multiple piercings in her ears, with a small, teal round one on the front and several purple spikes behind. Her fingertips have a gradient to white, matching Shiver and Frye's.
• Shiver wears a white crossed crop top, silver serpentine bracelets on both arms, and long chrome bell-bottoms; she also wears a dark, curved horn-shaped ornament on the right side of her head and a dull red Deep Cut logo tattoo on the right side of her midriff. Her eyebrows and tentacles are colored white, with the front one seeming to cover less of her left eye than usual.
• Frye wears a white long-sleeved bolero, a chrome strapless crop top, matching shorts with a thin strip circling each of her hips, and white laceless calf-length boots reminiscent of Order Boot Replicas. Her tentacles have a shorter side bang and are tied up in triangular buns, resembling imp horns, with a holographic X-shaped band; she also wears the same type of band on her left ear.
• Big Man wears white suspenders with large spikes and a black leather underside, white bandages around his tail, and a white flared headpiece reminiscent of a mohawk or a sailfish fin. He additionally has three tips of makeup under his left eye, and a tribal-style pattern on his fins.

Set list

Second part

Time	Stage
	Giant Clam Stage
	Band	Song
15 September 2024 at 00:00 UTC until 16 September 2024 at 00:00 UTC	Squid Sisters, Off The Hook and Deep Cut (Now or Never Seven)	Three Wishes

After Splatfest

Time	Stage
	Urchin Stage		Seashell Stage		Giant Clam Stage
	Band	Song	Band	Song	Band	Song
16 September 2024 at 00:00 UTC until 02:00 UTC		Daybreaker Anthem		Into the Light		Maritime Memory
		Into the Light		Maritime Memory		Daybreaker Anthem
		Maritime Memory		Daybreaker Anthem		Into the Light
	Rotation starts at the top again.

Other

A Big Run will occur on 7 September 2024, a week before the Grand Festival, at the Grand Splatlands Bowl, the location of the Grand Festival.

Gallery

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Trivia

• This Splatfest was announced on the five-year anniversary of Splatoon 2's Final Fest, Chaos vs. Order.
• This is the first Splatfest in Splatoon 3 to be held for 72 hours, rather than the usual 48.
• The dance choreography performed by the idol groups in separate tents seen in the teaser trailer matches the dance choreography seen in certain live concerts.
  • The Squid Sisters are shown performing the following dance choreography:
    • That of Spicy Calamari Inkantation as seen at Haicalive at Tokaigi 2018.
    • A new dance choreography not seen before.
  • Off the Hook are shown performing the following dance choreography:
    • That of Acid Hues as seen at Haicalive at Tokaigi 2018 and during the medley with Color Pulse seen at Tentalive at Tokaigi 2019.
    • An unknown dance resembling that of We're So Back seen in Splatfests in Splatoon 3.
  • Deep Cut are shown performing the following dance choreography:
    • That of Till Depth Do Us Part as seen at Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO.
    • That of the unique Anarchy Rainbow and Anarchy Poisons medley as seen at the Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022.
  • Of all the songs featured in the first part of the Splatfest, Liquid Sunshine is the only one to not have pre-existing choreography, due to it not being performed in either a previous Splatfest (excluding its usage in battles) or in a live concert.
• The first and third options of this Splatfest use the same English names as the options in Past vs. Future, a North American Splatfest in Splatoon (albeit with a different question). However, the names are different in French and Spanish, as Past vs. Future was known as "Dinosaurs vs. Robots" in these languages.
• This is the fourth Splatfest in Splatoon 3 to feature plain-colored Splatfest Tees instead of tie-dye ones, with the others being Grass vs. Fire vs. Water, Power vs. Wisdom vs. Courage, and Lightly Salted vs. Consommé vs. Salted Seaweed.
  • Of these Splatfests, this is the only one to not be a collaboration with a real-life brand.

Names in other languages

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Short name

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	過去 vs. 現在 vs. 未来 Kako vs. Genzai vs. Mirai	Past vs. Present vs. Future
Dutch	Verleden vs. Heden vs. Toekomst	Past vs. Present vs. Future
French (NOE)	Passé vs. Présent vs. Futur	Past vs. Present vs. Future
German	Vergangenheit vs. Gegenwart vs. Zukunft	Past vs. Present vs. Future
Italian	Passato vs. Presente vs. Futuro	Past vs. Present vs. Future
Spanish	Pasado vs. Presente vs. Futuro	Past vs. Present vs. Future
Chinese (Traditional)	過去 vs. 現在 vs. 未來 Guòqù vs. Xiànzài vs. Wèilái	Past vs. Present vs. Future
Korean	과거 vs 현재 vs 미래 Gwageo vs Hyeonjae vs Mirae	Past vs. Present vs. Future
Portuguese (NOE)	Passado vs. Presente vs. Futuro	Past vs. Present vs. Future

Which is the most important to you?

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	大切なのは？ Taisetsu nano wa?	Which is more important?
Dutch	Welke tijd is het belangrijkst voor jou?	Which time is the most important to you?
French (NOE)	Qu'est-ce qui vous importe le plus ?	What is most important to you?
German	Welches ist dir am wichtigsten?	What is most important to you?
Italian	Cos'è più importante per te?	What's important for you?
Spanish	¿Qué es lo más importante para ti?	What is the most important to you?
Chinese (Traditional)	重要的是什麼？ Zhòngyào de shì shénme?	What is important?
Korean	소중한 것은? Sojunghan geoseun?	What is important to you?
Portuguese (NOE)	Qual é mais importante?	What is more important?