~Princess~

old three:

was brainwashed against their will

had to fight all sort of messed up robotic creatures, including one that was trying to eat them

eight:

amnesiac

basically explodes when failing a mission

almost got blended to death

saved inkopolis (and probably the world)

new three:

peeped the horror via the alterna logs

went into space and was also tasked to save the world

fell down a giant hole into alterna, which definitely should’ve done some damage

and agent 4 is just

um. uh.

Okay so I was listening to Wave Goodbye, the Splatoon 3 Credits Song, over and over like a normal person, when at some point I realized when they get to the portion that starts the Calamari Inkantation lyrics, there are non-filtered voices singing. Humans Voices. (Pictured is around the point where that section starts)

Then I thought to myself: What if the Calamari Inkantation originated as a song humans made on Alterna? A song to help them continue despite their world falling around them. Then I started looking into the logs and reflecting on past events with the song and..

Let’s just say Sunken Scroll #23 from Splatoon 1 saying: “Nowadays, this song and dance may as well be carved into the very DNA of all Inklings.” ..might be a tiny bit more literal than expected. Let’s take a look at what we know.

The Calamari Inkantation is a literal incantation. Series of words, or a song in this case, that causes magical effects. It has, in many cases, been known to give strength, physical or otherwise, to those who have been in audible range of it. Ex. Giving Cuttlefish the strength to break out of his restraints and Smallfry to temporarily evolve(?) into Hugefry.

With that said, I believe the “Calamari” part could be from the place it was “founded” in and taken on as a traditional song for. Calamari Country. Which is where Callie and Marie come from. Perhaps the Inklings of the area long ago found the sheet music.

Moving on, the part of this that helps this theory’s case is Alterna Log005: Fresh Intelligence Awakens.

After the liquid crystals that retained decades of humanity’s wishes was absorbed by the squids, octopuses, and other sea creatures that inhabited Alterna’s waters.. it imbued them with fresh impulses that “bore a striking resembling to humanity’s passive desire to return to the Earth’s surface”.

Interesting. The desire to return to the surface was slowly fused into their DNA. You may be thinking “But what does this have to do with the Inkantation?” And that’s exactly where I’m going with this.

So if we are to think.. the Calamari Inkantation was made by the humans on Alterna, perhaps filled lyrically with their wishes.. and the sea creatures absorbed the desire and wishes of humanity to return to the surface through the liquid crystals.. and the Calamari Inkantation gives sea creatures the literal strength to move forward..

And the INKADIA-BORN OCTOLINGS, who were SUFFERING in poor conditions UNDERGROUND in DOMES heard the CALAMARI INKANTATION and suddenly their “SOULS WERE FREED” and THE DESIRE TO RETURN TO THE SURFACE AND THRIVE WAS EVOKED INTO THEM AGAIN?

AFTER YEARS OF LIVING A HARD MILITARISTIC-STYLE LIFE WITH BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AT A YOUNG AGE, THEY FOUND THE STRENGTH TO LEAVE THEIR ENTIRE OLD LIFE BEHIND? TO RISK IT ALL. EVEN THEIR OWN LIFE. TO JOIN WHAT THEY WERE PRESUMED TO BE THEIR WORST ENEMIES ON THE SURFACE IN HARMONY?

After thinking about all this and rewatching the Octo Expansion Surface Cutscene (from that last GIF), I nearly wanted to CRY. They had never seen the real sky before, the real SUN before. They made it. Not only the Octolings but humanity’s final wishes made it too.

That’s my theory. Perhaps I’m wrong but either way I would love to see what people think. Thanks for reading.

Oh and also, since it named the “Inkantation” that means someone knew of its power... This just in, did the Inklings cheat in the Great Turf War?

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I don’t get why so many people were so hot to get Waluigi into a Smash Bros. game. I mean, there’s literally nothing to Waluigi’s character besides being Luigi’s evil counterpart. That’s how Wario started out, but at least he was the final boss of his debut game, before becoming a treasure-hunter and game-maker in his spinoffs. Daisy was a damsel, but is essentially a recolor of Peach when she was brought into Smash.

Waluigi’s just…this guy who happens to be Luigi’s rival. He started in the Mario Tennis just so Wario wouldn’t have to face both Mario Bros. alone. In fact, I’m not sure if Waluigi’s ever been in a game besides the sports multiplayers. Crash Bandicoot and Rayman had more characterization and legacy than that, so I can get why people wanted them in.

Waluigi was a minor villain in the GameCube “Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix” game! That is unfortunately his only other role outside of the spin-offs that I’m aware of, in a very obscure DDR game for the GameCube that I haven’t seen many people talk about.

It’s where you’ll find some gifs of him dancing next to Mario/Luigi (gif below), and the same game where you’ll find gifs of Bowser absolutely shredding it on the dance floor.