Everything about Splatoon
Video game series
Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game franchise developed and published by Nintendo. It is set far in the future on a post-apocalyptic Earth that has been repopulated with evolved marine life and centers around a pair of humanoid races derived from cephalopods known as Inklings and Octolings—squids and octopuses respectively—which can morph between humanoid and cephalopodic forms at will. They often battle one another in competitive sport, using a multitude of weapons that produce and shoot ink while in their humanoid forms or swim through and hide in solid surfaces covered in their own ink while in their cephalopodic forms. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SplatoonA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Art of Splatoon 2The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: ‘Imagine talking about politics in a kids’ game’: Making sense of #BLM in Nintendo’s Splatoon 2Cited 4 times
- Go sideways: Splatoon 2A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Splatoon (video game)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
‘Imagine talking about politics in a kids’ game’: Making sense of #BLM in Nintendo’s Splatoon 2
Finding Belonging in Competitive Play: How a Japanese Splatoon Discord Community Functions as a Third Place
The Other Squid Game: How Splatoon 3 Promotes a Culture of Coziness, Inclusivity, and Becoming-Cephalopod
SPlatoon: Secure Platoon with Lightweight Authenticated Encryption
📚 Books worth reading
The Art of Splatoon 2Nintendo · 2019
The Art of SplatoonNintendo · 2017
Population Inkopolissillyliliess, kailerooni · 2025- 📕Repping for Splatlandsfishhjuice, kikuracside · 2025
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