During the final “Splatfest,” an event where Splatoon players are divided into global teams, most of us believed we were just voting for the best waifu. Turns out, we were helping decide the future of Splatoon’s lore without knowing it.
Yesterday night, the official Splatoon site uploaded a “Prologue” page for something called “Squid Sister stories,” presumably a mode available in Splatoon 2:
If you recall, the last Splatfest asked players to vote between the in-game pop idols, Marie and Callie. Players pretended it was a grueling war that was right up there with Captain America vs Iron Man:
Welp. We just got confirmation that the Splatfest will influence Splatoon 2 somehow, though we don’t know the exact details yet. Still, though: having a multiplayer event affect a sequel feels surprisingly modern for Nintendo, so I’m excited to see where this goes.
In the mean time, fans are freaking out:
