Wave Goodbye

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Wave Goodbye
S3 Band Squid Sisters.png
Artist Squid Sisters
Vocals keity.pop
Mari Kikuma
Callie (in-game)
Marie (in-game)
Game Splatoon 3
Heard in
Splatoon 3
End credits after finishing Story Mode
Jukebox
Album Splatune 3
Track list no. 18 (Splatune 3 Disc 3)
Genre Pop
BPM 126
Key signature D major
Time signature 4/4
Length 5:31
2:11 (In the Studio video)
Audio file

Wave Goodbye is a song performed by Squid Sisters. It is played during the end credits of Splatoon 3's story mode: Return of the Mammalians.

Description

Wave Goodbye is an atmospheric J-pop song that starts with somber, drawn-out melodies that build up to an energetic chorus. Following the chorus, the intensity drops again, and the Squid Sisters pause singing as unidentified human-sounding vocals sing the lyrics to Calamari Inkantation. The Squid Sisters then harmonize with this voice singing their own lyrics before transitioning out of the interlude and back into the pre-chorus.

The major mode of the track (as opposed to the relative B minor) is implied harmonically but it does not fully resolve to the tonic D major until the interlude, around 3:19 in the Splatune 3 release. This keeps the tension and momentum up throughout the first half of the track, as it never feels securely anchored in the major key.

The credits of Splatune 3 reveal that Wave Goodbye is the only new track in the game by Shiho Fujii, the original sound team member responsible for the music of the Squid Sisters. The other new Squid Sisters songs, Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today and Liquid Sunshine (as well as the arrangement of City of Color (2023)) were written and produced by Yumi Takahashi.

Wave Goodbye plays during the credit sequence while the player is free to shoot ink out into space where the final boss battle takes place. The ink will explode like the shot from a Blaster before fading into the abyss.

Lyrics

The booklet included with Splatune 3 gives the official lyrics for Wave Goodbye. The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana simply give the pronunciation.

Wave Goodbye (Kana version)

まの しゅらり ゆわめきゅ
しゃしゃれて ぴゅらり うねりにっちゅ
みやてにゅこら のらうぇて
にゅらめら しゅらめら てゅらめきゅ

そうぇて きゅらり もれにけ
しゃしゃれて ぴゅらり うねりにゅって
よわけにゅもら てゅらりて
にゅらめら しゅらめら てぃらめけらっしょ

まの とぅられ しゅらめきゅ
ちゃちゃれけ ぴゅらり うねらにっちゅ
みやてにゅこら そりゃめて
にゅらめら しゅらめら にゅらめきゅ

きうぇて ひゅらり もれにけ
しゃしゃれて ぴあり うねりめっちぇ
よわてにゅ そりゃ てゅられて
にゅらめら しゅらめら てぃらめけら

もうぇて ふぃらりら なみにょわて
よら しゃんしゃん こうぇて きゅらしぇ
うぃんうぃん よりけらにゅ

わな しゅーりん にょえて きゅられいきゅ
ぱけな ちぇっきゅ もらにっしゅ
となうぇて ゆのわに もゆうぇて

ちゅてらぺ とぅらぺ ぬらめっきゅ
けしぇらて ふぉにゅ られきゅって
くねらにゅらけ うぉこらっちぇ
もにゅれ てゅらにて

わな しゅーりん ぽえて てぃらてきゅら
ぱけら めっきゅ られてゅうり
きゅらめきゅ しうぉかれの ふぉしに

ちゅてらぺ とぅらペ ぱらめっきゅ
けしぇらて もりん られきゅって
くねらにゅら ゆらめらり
もにゅれ てゅらりにゅきゅ
うぉりん とぅら みゅってらてしょ
のら にゅら うぇな

たうぇて ふぃらりら なみにょわけ
うぉら しゃんしゃん こうぇて にゅける
ひらりめって しょめて

わな しゅーりん ゆうぇに にゅらめいちぇ
ぱけら てぃっきゅ もらにしゅ
きゅらめきゅ てぃうぉかれに ゆうぇて

ちゅてらぺ とぅらぺ ぬらめっきゅ
けしぇらて ふぉり られきゅって
くねらみゅらけ うぉこらっちぇ
もにゅれ てゅらにて

わな しゅーりん ぽえて きゅらめきゅら
ぱけら めっきゅ られてゅうり
となうぇて わのてゅらに きうぇて

ちゅてらぺ とぅらぺ ぬらめっきゅ
うぉってみて ちゃり められきゅって
くねらみゅら ゆら めらり
もにゅれ てゅらりめきゅ
うぉりん とぅら みゅってらてしょ
のら にゅら うぇな

まの とぅられ ゆらめきゅ
にゅらめら しゅらめら てぃらめけらっしょ

Wave Goodbye (Romaji version)

Mano shurari yuwamekyu
Shasharete pyurari unerinicchu
Miyatenyukora norawete
Nyuramera shuramera tyuramekyu

Sowete kyurari morenike
Shasharete pyurari unerinyutte
Yowakenyumora tyurarite
Nyuramera shuramera tiramekerassho

Mano turare shuramekyu
Chachareke pyurari uneranicchu
Miyatenyukora soryamete
Nyuramera shuramera nyuramekyu

Kiwete hyurari morenike
Shasharete piari unerimecche
Yowatenyu sorya tyurarete
Nyuramera shuramera tiramekera

Mowete firarira naminyowate
Yora shanshan kowete kyurashe
Win'win yorikeranyu

Wana shūrin nyoete kyurareikyu
Pakena chekkyu moranisshu
Tonawete yunowani moyuwete

Chuterape turape nuramekkyu
Kesherate fonyu rarekyutte
Kuneranyurake wokoracche
Monyure tyuranite

Wana shūrin poete tiratekyura
Pakera mekkyu raretyuuri
Kyuramekyu shiwokareno foshini

Chuterape turape paramekkyu
Kesherate morin rarekyutte
Kuneranyura yuramerari
Monyure tyurarinyukyu
Worin tura myutteratesho
Nora nyura wena

Tawete firarira naminyowake
Wora shanshan kowete nyukeru
Hirarimette shomete

Wana shūrin yuweni nyurameiche
Pakera tikkyu moranishu
Kyuramekyu tiwokareni yuwete

Chuterape turape nuramekkyu
Kesherate fori rarekyutte
Kuneramyurake wokoracche
Monyure tyuranite

Wana shūrin poete kyuramekyura
Pakera mekkyu raretyuuri
Tonawete wanotyurani kiwete

Chuterape turape nuramekkyu
Wottemite chari merarekyutte
Kuneramyura yura merari
Monyure tyurarimekyu
Worin tura myutteratesho
Nora nyura wena

Mano turare yuramekyu
Nyuramera shuramera tiramekerassho

Other versions

Wave Goodbye (In the Studio)

The behind-the-scenes video uploaded by Nintendo[1][2] uses a shortened version of the song.

Samples and interpolations

Chorus of Calamari County

Main article: Chorus of Calamari County

Part of Calamari Inkantation and the Chorus of Calamari County can be heard in Wave Goodbye.

Fresh Start

Main article: Fresh Start

Samples of Fresh Start can be most noticeably heard at 3:00-3:07, before the Calamari Inkantation section.

Trivia

  • One of the verses appears to be saying "Shiokaze no hoshi", the Japanese title of the song.

Etymology

Wave Goodbye is a pun on wave, and waving goodbye as the Splatoon 3 credits song.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese シオカゼの星
shiokaze no hoshi
Star of the Sea Breeze. Also a pun on shiokara.
CanadaFrance French Wave Goodbye -
China Chinese Wave Goodbye -

References