I would definitely be partial to the fry fizzler because i am hungry for salmonid screentime, but the actual concept seems balanced to me. Kind of like a special version of a sprinkler you place down to cover an area, but it targets and doesn't take damage from the front! It would be nice to add a visual halo like an auto bomb so you can avoid its radius and wait it out, but an enemy who's trying to out range and shoot it down would be an easy target themselves and still fulfill its purpose as a distraction. Feels like that might clash with the turtle thing if all these were real, but I guess the fizzler would be splat focused and the soaker would be coverage focused
My thoughts on what could be changed. Fry Fizzler: If it doesn't have a base rod thing, it can move. Smallfry could slowly move the contraption around and passively turf over enemy ink when not in combat. Ink-Zilla: When the user jumps, their landing could has a similar inksplosion to that of the Ultra Stamp when thrown, but it takes a chunk out of your remaining special time. Basically like a mini movable splashdown you can use repeatedly, but not in excess and without crazy long reach. Totes-Sea Soaker: Either let it scoot forward after being thrown and during the back-rotation phase as it turfs to give it more of an AoE, or let it hop as a bigger nod to the whole fun kids toy aspect.
I really like the idea of repurposing story mode enemies like, imagine Parallel Canon running around the map as a decoy, or a big shot canon that can launch bombs
Some lore for the specials i came up with: The fry fizzler has been a temporary awnser to the demand for little buddies to be unbanned from turf wars. Some residents still frown upon this addition due to them considering it as animal cruelty. The ink-zilla technique was recently discover and mastered by pro turfers that allows the user to become a giant. Some researchers that speculated that this is done by atuning one's spirit to the ancient times, as the residents from that time were of similar grand size. There was a recorded incident of a mass-splatting with the purpetrator being a large tortoise unleashing streams of water upon dozens of victims. This tragedy has been immortalised in making this war apparatus in the beast's image. Some however find this disrespectful and opt not to make use of its power.
Imo, it just reminds me of Fury Bowser. Think of it. Creature made of and covered in ink? Check. Powerful long-range attacks that deal tons of damage? Check. Glowing eyes and ginormous? Check. It's just like Fury Bowser! But..less angry. MUCH less angry. And also actually being able to control the power.
I would honestly love a special that does an octoshower-like charge for a bit without being map-wide while carpet bombing the area beneath it with a layer of burst and splat bombs
The turtle one could move forward at a similar or slower speed to Ink Storm while spraying, so it becomes something of a mini mobile turret. However, it will get stuck in enemy ink until it's able to paint around the turtle base to move again.
Honestly some fresh ideas no pun intended, however I like the concept of a turret cuz we used to have turrets in shifty stations, and that as a potential special would be cool so maybe we can place a turret that we could control would be awesome. (Great video and art as always)
The turtle sprinkler would probably be best with a painting range similar to the ultra signal, it is a special after all. This wouldn't be too bad because it 1) has a limited duration 2) can be destroyed 3) won't change the damage radius of the full circle attack Just for the sake of making it more than just a slightly better sprinkler. (All that being said, I think the circle attack would be nice to have a radius comparable to suction bomb size) The Inkzilla is probably my favorite conceptually but I thought it'd be fun to give my design ideas for the turtle
I feel like that ink-zilla concept could be used for the story-mode of splatoon 4. Also, I’m sure you would have great ideas if you tried to create new salmon run bosses, or even king Salmonids
Fry Fizzler: I feel like this would be used more as a defensive tool thanks to its shield than a more offensive stuff lol. Ink-Zilla: Not only can you screw up your teammates by removing the ink from under their feet, I honestly am not sure of how good it would be if the special was, well, slow. If it's too slow, it would be very easy to just move and dodge around its stomps, so you only have the ink blob shot left, and in this case it just becomes a worse crab lol. But if these issues are fixed, I could see it being a very spectacular special, being big is always cool. A suggestion for it: Make it suck the enemy ink instead of your own, it fixes both the teammate griefing issue and could possibly trap enemies around you for a big stomp. Just make sure it doesn't work on the zone's ink lol. Totes-Sea-Soker: Sprinkler of Doom but special, I'm gonna be honest I didn't fully understand the different modes, but a passive painter like that it always good to have around.
I have something I’m cooking up similar to the fry fizzer It’s basically a mic stand turned into a turret with sheet music stands to create a sheild on the front sides (not the top and middle so chargers and splatlings wreck these things) and basically your imobile when controling but you can dismount whenever When controling the gun you can aim it a full 360 degrees and it has a genorous up and down angle When dismounted it will ranomblly fire every few seconds and then fall apart (figuratively) when the special runs out
Here's my pitch. Super Soaker (or a legally distinct name) It's a pressure washer that shoots ink in a constant stream that arcs towards the ground, with the beam dealing consistent damage to enemies and with crazy paint! It'd have about as much range as a stamper, so about 4 lines. Now here's where it gets fun. When you summon it, it summons the washer unit and the hose. You can move around freely if you have enough slack. If you try to move further than the hose, you drag the washer with it but move much, much slower. It would have squeaky wheels so it can be heard if you drag it. The washer itself is destructable like wavebreaker. If you destroy the washer, it explodes and the special ends early for the user. If you go into swim form, you drop the hose and it snaps back to the washer and explodes, ending the special early. If you haven't figured it out, this is a flamethrower. It doesn't shoot fire, but it's a flamethrower. Thoughts?
I think fry fizzler could have a retouch, maybe instead of limiting its range, make it have a really slow turning radius similar to that of crab tank. and also make it last longer
Idea for the Totes-Sea-Soaker! Make it move around slowly, in a straight line, spraying ink to the sides. While it does that, it’ll leave behind a trail of ink, like Reefslider!
@@GardenAsada it might make it feel more like a Turtle. Its weak spot might be its underbelly/head or you can shoot it, further solidifying its role as a passive special. Yes I want to go into game design why do you ask
If you ever do Sub Weapons, I have an idea for a new sub weapon. The Tempa Turret. It is a pistol shrimp machine, much like Crab Tank. The player only can place one at a time and they are about as tall as a Suction Bomb. They are deployed where the player is standing much like Squid Beakon/Ink Mine and lasts for like 30 seconds. Their duration works much like Zip Caster's, where their will terminate once they have no more ink which gradually drains. They will rotate in place scanning for enemies and will do the Octarian's "!" sound and graphic when they notice someone. They have like 100 health and shoots like the Twintacle Octotrooper. I am surprised despite being a shooter Splatoon does not have a turret yet.
i have an idea for a special that i think would need some rework but here goes it would be called the "sub mortar", it would be a direct successor to the bomb launcher/bomb rush and the super chump, it's pretty much just like the super chump but it instead shoots your current sub weapon high in the air instead of the suction bomb ripoffs, the weapon design would be similar to a gacha pod machine kinda like the shell-out machine, or just similar to whatever the super chump canon is supposed to be. to be more technical this special shoots the user's sub contained inside small capsules similar to those from the bomb launcher, these capsules will break open and release the subs once it collides with the ground (except burst bomb and torpedos, explained below), there would be similar visuals for where the capsules are landing this special can only be paired with sub weapons that deals damage (minus sprinkler and angler shooter, and exception to the toxic mist) however this special could get the bomb launcher treatment and have a predetermined sub assigned to it, for example burst bomb mortar or autobomb mortar and so on Here's how the special will work depending on the bomb fired. Splat Bomb: Fires capsules up high in the air and falls back on the ground just like the bombs from the super chump, upon touching the ground, releases splat bombs that detonates quickly, simple as that Suction Bomb: Same as splat bomb, works pretty much like the original super chump bombs but can't be broken, allowing the user to create a huge AOE at the cost of being predictable... just like the base super chump Burst Bomb: similar to splat bombs but the capsules will break open right when they start falling causing the bombs to explode on impact of the ground, this would cause the enemy team to have to verifiy using their map what sub you have paired with this special so they'll know when they gotta move out of the way when they see these fake super jump signals on the floor (which stays even after the capsules are opened early) Fizzy Bomb: Same as splat bombs but will release fizzy bombs with either 2 to 3 "shaking charges" applied to it randomly, while going in random directions each, allowing the user to create some kind of panic to the enemy team, however there will be less capsules shot from the mortar Curling Bomb: same as Splat Bombs but instead will have a random detonation time and will head toward a random direction, similar to the fizzy bomb but with extended range at the cost of possibly NOT inking the main area the bombs were launched at but with the same number of capsules fired as the other subs Auto Bomb: Just like splat bombs but with auto bombs, making the user quite literally deploy an army of robots on demand, do I need to say more? Ink mines: Same as splat bombs, though logically it shouldn't work because only 2 ink mines would be allowed per players but let's say those are slightly different ink mines in that they can't be seen by the user and allies while not showing any icons (to avoid the console frying) and wont detonate if the user plant their own ink mines, this allows the user to create a minefield for the enemies to navigate through Toxic Mist: Same as splat bombs, this can cause the player to create a big toxic area, while not damaging it can still be proven useful if the enemy team is holding a specific area, forcing them to retreat, though if i'm being honest, a "huge toxic mist area" should be its own special instead Torpedo: Same as burst bombs but without the landing visuals since the torpedos have their own visuals for locking onto players, this is just Tenta Missiles but less annoying since you can shoot the projectiles and yea that's about it tl;dr: super chump but it shoots subs
I did have an idea for a special in Splatoon 4, Splatarang. Think the boomerang flower in Mario Kart but Splatoon instead. You throw out a boomerang of ink 3 times, which deals damage and covers ground.
I feel like in splatoon four they should make certain specials locked until you do certain things, like the fry frizzler should be unlocked after beating story mode (assuming small fry is even in it)
Hear me out here, gigaton roller it's just a really big roller that takes longer than the dynamo to flick and the vertical swing goes farther than the e liter
Wow you wasn't kidding about the fact i guessed ink-zilla 100% Plus that animation of it looks sick I'm guessing you made it blue for a reason maybe lol
May I throw my Splatoon hat into the ring? Some specials I’ve made are 1. Refrezzeator (not the name I remember but still) It’s a refrigerator for cooling down ink to the point ice is formed it pretty much makes this into a no man zone where the ink before the special was placed now ice and cant be reinked nor can refill after you lose some and of course ice physics (I also maybe added the idea of ink shot when the special is active becomes chilly and can slow you down and theirs a chance for you to be frozen via ink or snowballs) eventually tho when the special is done the original ink colors from each team in the area where it used to be frozen comes back and the ink is now back to a liquid state (I also made a another one but it’s an oven where the ink is now halved via the evaporation cause via heat of the oven and you take heat dmg. But idk if that one will work) 2. O.R.C.A before you ask The O.R.C.A from alterna? No in fact this was made before it unlike the fridge (Splatoon 3) this was made during Splatoon 2 the idea was that the salmoids have the same specials as the inklings, octolings from Booyah bomb to stringer to String Ray so I’ve made (2) (the first one was based off of steel eel and was a ink wall but more mobile unfortunately tho it’s the most weakest in ideas like the Oven) this based around the Maws. But for this case the name is literal and a military esc code the special is a robotic Orca (based on also Archie Sonics Character that works for eggman (probably against his will but I don’t remember or do the comics) being a ocra with cybernetics) which the player rides like a mechanical bull it’s ability is the same as Maws you go into the ink and a little hologram bobble appears via the O.R.C.A’s nonexistent “blowhole” and then you time it and then Splat but it has a few more abilities via doing a orca jump to fall on top of any one and any bombs thrown will be caught and thrown back unfortunately tho your a very weak target while the special can take dmg before failing your a easy target to any one with a steady aim and or heavy splash dmg or you know the back of it. The last one… wait I think that’s it uh I’ll think another one some time (probably never or not for a long while) so uh yeah that’s my ideas thank you any one who reads this and yeah. See ya!
Here's my thoughts on these specials: Fry Fizzler: Seems pretty balanced how it is. Personally, I think it should last longer but only shoot ink when players are near, so that it doesn't just become another Sprinkler. Ranged weapons could take it down easily, but a short-range weapons would struggle against it. Ink-Zilla: I think it'd be cool if Ink-Zilla shrunk a large amount when it gets hit, a large amount when it shoots an attack, and slowly over time. The stomps and range attacks would get smaller as the special runs out, but they would also deal more damage. This one's my favorite of the three. Totes-Sea-Soaker: I'm not sure about this one, it almost seems like a Sprinkler upgrade. Having a really powerful spin of ink every few seconds is a good idea though, it makes this special actually useful unlike the Sprinkler. Maybe it sprays ink for like 2 seconds, then does its spin attack, and repeat until its time is up. This gives it 3-5 spin attacks total depending on what you want the duration to be.
I'm also tossing my special weapon idea in here while I have the time because I like it a lot. Early Note: This is my alternative take on Ultra_Pogo/Splashdown, codenamed Ultra_Yoga. Ultra_Yoga is a fresh take on Splashdown, with many references to the theme of 3, a visual base from those bouncy yoga balls with handles that you'd normally sit and bounce on, and several takes from other weapons. The special works as a deployable. When activated, the user pulls it out and holds it over their shoulder like a heavy sack or a sub weapon and gets to choose where it lands in front of them. When chosen, they slam the special on the ground in front of them, bouncing it and dealing damage to any enemies in the small area of impact (like Stamp). Then it slows in it's bounce and the indicator for the Area of Impact appears as it hovers in mid-air (like Torpedo), aiming at it. When the indicated area fills up completely, the special rushes at it and triggers the inksplosion, splatting all enemies within it's range. This special can be countered by: 1) Splatting the user before it's thrown. 2) Damaging the special before it rushes at the impact area, lessening it's effectiveness the more damage it takes until it breaks, or 3) Avoiding the area, ofc. For funsies, the circular indicator is segmented into 3 parts that each fill 3 times in a rotational pattern before the special hits. It's unnamed apart from the codename. One day I might get to it, but that's all.
personally I would trade off the fire rate aspect of the fry fizzler for range it doesn't have to be a lot but if if it is a stagnant special which it's implied to be it won't be able to do anything so I had increased the range to an AP range and Nerf it's fire rate a little bit so that way like it still does massive amount of damage and it's still hard to take down but I can actually do stuff as well
Fry Fizzler seems underpowered. I'd make it stay until its killed. I'd make the giant one last 8 seconds, the blobs would go half charged vac speed, and when you superjump it does a similar thing to splashdown except smaller range
I thought it woould be cool it you charge the small fry in a big wheele, like a tire or cooking pan with like a big hole in it, then you go super fast, faster than a cooler soda and run speed up full. but the nurf would be that small fry gets tired very easily if you dont always moove forward, and when he is at this peak speed ink wil sheild you in the front but the back dosent ink ad good, mabeyjust like a big swing flick for the trail at max speed. anywhay i think it would be a good special, EDIT: i got a new idea that when you gust dont move with it then itll be like the stamper trow but its on the ground where small fry would charge up into like a ufo the go like a bladeblade and be a big springiler but on ground the hase a exposion the size of a fizzy bomb not shaken. IT WOUDMBE COOL!!!
