However looking back now, I can see that this was the pre-cursor to the high score obsessed gaming revolution we see today. The player will then be able to show the rest of the gaming community that they have achieved the highest level of skill in the game (even though then can then repeat the process to achieve 1 st prestige, 2 nd prestige etc.) At the time, I was puzzled why my friends often chose to do this as I found it strange to discard all of the weaponry they had spend hours and hours earning, simply to impress strangers online. The term ‘prestige’ is a term used in Call Of Duty online multiplayer where a player can achieve the top level of skill, attaining all of the possible weapons, and then discard all of their weapons to ‘prestige’. The rise of multiplayer on an online level also paved the ways for what gaming would become. Storyline and playability were also aspects of the saleability of a game, but essentially these factors could be overruled by outstanding graphics. Ironically, the generation with less technology opted for the more technologically reliant aspects of gaming but nonetheless, the gaming industry revolved around how good a game looked. In the early to mid-2000’s, a games trump card was always its graphics. This is in stark contrast to the previous graphics-obsessed generation of gamers. Games are no longer made to be clever or interesting they are created to be about getting a high score and nothing else. The design of Doodle Jump is purposefully simplistic and the graphics seen on Flappy Bird are charmingly pixelated. The games we see now are primitive, almost proudly so. IPhone culture has also significantly shaped the direction of the video gaming industry. In real life, Tower Records promoted Splatoon 2 merchandise and sold a Wet Floor CD.Flappy Bird is now a part of youth culture and the simplicity of the game is coming to shape aspects of millennial culture in general. A poster promoting the new Wet Floor album resembling the real-life Tower Records can be seen above the Galleria. Above the Grizzco Industries building are two posters parodying the real-life musicals The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked. The Shoal also has a sticker resembling Mastercard. The Shoal and the Crust Bucket both feature stickers that resemble the real-life American Express and Visa symbols. This signifies Callie being mind-controlled by the Octarians, and collaborating with Turquoise October under DJ Octavio's control. Maritime Memory is heard in Shooting Starfish, City of Color in Octo Eight-Step, Ink Me Up in The Girl from Inkopolis, and their version of Now or Never! in Buoyant Boogie. In every Octo Canyon music track that plays in normal levels (aside from returning ones), if played backwards, has Callie's lyrics from a song by the Squid Sisters in it. However, moving the camera shows that phone screen is blank, likely an oversight. This appears to be a reference to how Inkopolis Tower could be seen in the background of various stages and Octo Valley.īy going to Murch in Inkopolis Square, the player can hear sound effects of Squid Jump, a minigame from the first Splatoon, coming from his phone. In the back right part of Inkopolis Square, past the Crust Bucket, one can see Inkopolis Tower from the first game. Using a Splashdown with the right timing is one way to perform this task. This mirrors the Easter egg with the basketball hoop in the first game. Splatting all three moving Squid Bumpers at the same time in the left part of the room will cause the player to say a celebration phrase, much like they would if they were to splat an opponent or signal. There is also a pair of Purple Sea Slugs and a hat on the right side of the wall. This could possibly reference the Splat Roller seen in the first game's Shooting Range. In the new Shooting Range, there is a windowed room that contains two unexploded Suction Bombs, a Splat Bomb with no ink filled, a disassembled E-liter 3K (which is not otherwise available in the game) and a Splat Roller with the first game's design. In Splatoon 3, it is printed on Seven Seas Crew's Dripping with Style. In Splatoon 2, it is printed on DJ Real Sole's New You and Turquoise October's album. In Splatoon, it is printed on DJ Lee Fish's Lookin' Fresh and the Squid Sisters' album. The albums of multiple artists have a black and white logo usually located on the bottom left corner, which resembles and might be the in-universe Parental Advisory label.
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