Splatfest​ Splatfest

Battle alongside players on your Splatfest team. (NA)[a]

Battle alongside players who voted the same way as you. (EU/OC)[b] Type Online multiplayer mode (with Turf War being the only mode) Players 8 (4v4) Ranked No Weapons All Controllers GamePad

JoyCon

Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Release Date Launch (playable only during event)

For the Octo Valley mission of a similar name, see Spreader Splatfest. For the individual Splafest events, see Splatfest events.

“ Pick a side and battle it out in these special Turf War events. Find out about the latest Splatfests in Inkopolis Plaza, and be sure to pledge allegiance to your favorite side in the week leading up! Then help your side win by competing in Turf War battles! ” — Splatoon's official website, [1]

Splatfest, known as Festival or Fes in Japan, was a special event in Splatoon and Splatoon 2 in which players would choose between two teams, such as Cats or Dogs, and compete in Turf Wars for Super Sea Snails.

Description

Splatoon

In Splatoon, Splatfests were recurring events hosted by the Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie. During this event, Inklings were able to choose between two teams and participate in battles against each other. Inklings were limited to two colors during the Splatfest, reflecting which side they were on. The clothing section of the equip screen also became locked and all players were forced to wear the Splatfest Tee, which changed in color and design based on an Inkling's chosen team, although they could still change hats, shoes, and weapons. Inkopolis Plaza and all the stages were decorated with a flood of Miiverse posts from the Splatfest/Festival tag on the Splatoon community, some of which took the form of neon signs, banners, and even fireworks. Nighttime also descended over Inkopolis and all Turf War stages. Fireworks went off periodically in the Plaza, and specks of light resembling fireflies or fire embers could be seen rising into the sky. Both Callie and Marie danced throughout the entire duration of this event, singing and dancing to City of Color.

For the most part, each Splatfest lasted 24 hours, during which time the region involved was isolated and Splatfest players would only face off against players from their own region. Meanwhile, all other regions continued to play amongst each other. A few choice Splatfests deviated from these rules. Super Sea Snails were awarded to participating players upon Splatfest's conclusion.

Splatoon 2

Splatfests returned in Splatoon 2, now hosted by Off the Hook's members, Pearl and Marina. Besides this, the structure was largely the same. Although Miiverse is not compatible with the Nintendo Switch, Splatoon 2's exclusive drawing feature allows for players to submit doodles that appear in-game as neon signs, banners, fireworks, or graffiti, as well as upload doodles to social media accounts. Inkopolis Square was decorated similarly to Inkopolis Plaza in the first game and all areas once again became locked in nighttime as Pearl and Marina performed Color Pulse in Inkopolis Square.

Inkopolis Plaza the day before a Splatfest.

Preparation

Before a Splatfest begins, Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square experienced a variety of visual upgrades to prepare for the event. One week before a Splatfest in Splatoon, a voting booth appeared next to the Miiverse Mailbox and the event's theme was announced by Callie and Marie during their Inkopolis News segment. Pearl and Marina similarly announced the event's theme a week prior during their Off the Hook segment in Splatoon 2, while the voting booth appeared in the Square.

Players received a themed Splatfest Tee, a piece of gear that is wearable only until the Splatfest ends, once they joined a team. Two days before a Splatfest in Splatoon, neon signs adorned with up and down pointing arrows appeared on walls and buildings, and the day before it took place, the Plaza became noticeably more crowded and two large trucks supporting stage scaffolding appeared in the area's center. In Splatoon 2, one day before the Splatfest, a large performance stage appeared in the Square, above the entrance to the battle lobby. On the tower behind the stage was a screen displaying the two battling teams' mascots. There were also large black lattice boards, which, later on, become the area where posts are featured in the form of neon signs.

During a Splatfest, Regular and Ranked Battle options were not available, as they were temporarily replaced by the Splatfest Battle option; however, Private Battles could still be accessed.[2]

Modes

In Splatoon 2, there were two ways to enter Splatfest Battles as of Version 4.0.0: Normal and Pro. Normal mode let the player either start solo or battle with two to four friends by joining together in a private lobby before choosing to find other random players. Players from the same team could continue being matched up together in the same lobby if they chose to continue after the end of a match. Pro mode worked identically to how Solo mode worked prior to this version; the player could not team up with friends and was automatically matched with three other players. Players from the same team were not matched up in the same lobby after a match.

Before Version 4.0.0, there were two other options for Splatfest Battles: Solo and Team. Solo mode worked like Splatfests in Splatoon; the player was automatically matched with three other players and battled against groups of four random players from the opposing team. However, as opposed to the original game, players from the same team were not automatically matched up in the same lobby after a match. Team mode required four players (that must be friends with someone from the same team who is in the lobby) to join a private lobby before being matched up against another team of four.[3]

Mechanics

Splatfest Power

Splatfest Power Level of the team shown before starting a Splatfest Turf War.

Main article: Splatfest Power

Splatfest Power was a feature introduced in Version 2.6.0 of Splatoon as a way of tracking players' skill during Splatfests, replacing the Vibe meter. While Splatfest matchmaking was previously based on play styles, players were then matched based on similar Splatfest Power levels. It was initially determined by one's Rank and may rise or fall depending on how well one did in battles.





After each Splatfest Battle, players on the winning team got roughly ten points toward their Splatfest Power and the losing team lost roughly ten, depending on the difference between the two teams' Splatfest power level, while the player on the winning team with the highest Splatfest Power gained an additional one to two points.

The top 100 players with the highest Splatfest Power were shown on SplatNet and on the social network sites of Splatoon.

Splatfest Power returned in Splatoon 2, where the player's initial Splatfest Power was based on their performance in their first seven matches. The top 100 players were displayed in SplatNet 2 and could be viewed under each Splatfest event.

Clout

Clout was a mechanic introduced in version 4.0.0 of Splatoon 2 that was used to determine the winner in Splatfests as opposed to strictly using the win rate. Clout was counted separately for two of the available Splatfest Battle modes, Normal and Pro. Battling against the same Splatfest team did not contribute to the Clout score.

In Normal mode, players could multiply their Clout by a factor of up to ×2.0 based on the Synergy Bonus they get if they win the match. Synergy Bonuses were earned by having matching gear, weapons and appearance, which were also tied into the team names players get during Splatfests. An example of the highest possible Synergy bonus would be if all four players were Inkling boys with the ponytail hairstyle and dressed in the Soccer Headband, Blue Sea Slugs and Aerospray PG. The nickname will be "The Ponytail Soccerband Blue Sea Slug Bronze Aero gang."

Conditions Synergy Bonus factor Either hairstyle, gender or species matching + 0.1× Main weapon type matching + 0.2× Sub weapons matching + 0.2× Special weapons matching + 0.2× All different main weapon types + 0.2× Only two main weapons matching + 0.1× (Counts only for the teammates matching) Only three main weapons matching + 0.2× (Counts only for the teammates matching) All main weapons matching + 0.3× Headgear genre matching + 0.2× Headgear brand matching + 0.2× Only two headgear matching + 0.1× (Counts only for the teammates matching) Only three headgear matching + 0.2× (Counts only for the teammates matching) All headgear matching + 0.3× Shoe genre matching + 0.2× Shoe brand matching + 0.2× Only two shoes matching + 0.1× (Counts only for the teammates matching) Only three shoes matching + 0.2× (Counts only for the teammates matching) All shoes matching + 0.3×

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The multiplier begins at ×1.0, where each matching element adds on to the factor. For example, if a team has all matching hairstyles and all matching shoes they will get a Synergy Bonus of ×1.0 + ×0.1 + ×0.3 = ×1.4.

10× and 100× Battles

Both Normal and Pro modes occasionally feature 10× and 100× battles, where the Clout score is multiplied by a factor of ten or 100 if the team won. The 100× battles occurred every ten minutes at their introduction, but around June 2019 were changed to occur every five minutes[5], while 10× battles occurred more frequently. The 100× battle rate was later increased again in celebration of Final Fest, where approximately ten 100× battles can happen in a minute. This increased rate was still in place for the special encore Splatfests that were held afterwards.[6][7] The Synergy Bonus was rounded to the nearest integer before the 10× or 100× bonus was applied. Losing a 10× or 100× battle added no bonus to Clout.

The winners of both types of battles got featured in a newsflash that was displayed as text in the lobby, as text on the SplatNet 2 app, and as an image on the Splatfest booth in the Square. Images of 100× winners were also displayed on SplatNet2. Newsflashes of players that win a 100× battle were displayed for all players of their Splatfest, while newsflashes of players that win a 10× battle were displayed for themselves and their friends who were playing during the same Splatfest. If a player won a 100× battle, the newsflash of their victory would display on their session for around half an hour before displaying winners of other battles. The news images of the winners from these battles showed the players striking different poses, where the winners from a 100× battle would be holding a large check.

Splatfest team names

Main article: Splatfest team names

Splatoon 2's Version 4.0.0 introduced special team names for individual teams of four (not to be confused with the overall Splatfest team) which were assigned if the whole team has matching gear, weapons or appearance.

Splatfest team names are separated into five main categories, each of which have one slot in the final team name, meaning there can only be up to five name parts in a team name. Under these categories are a number of sub-series which determine what the displayed name unit should be if there are more matching properties within a category.

Main category Sub-series and priority Headgear Headgear name > brand > genre Shoes Shoe name > brand > genre Weapons Main weapons > specials ? subs ? weapon types ? different weapon types * Player customization Hairstyles > species > gender Group name (Automatically assigned if the player has any of the previous categories)

For example, if everyone on the team has matching hairstyles, species and gender, the game will only choose the hairstyle for the team name. If a team only has matching species and gender, the game will choose species for the team name.

The Synergy Bonus and Splatfest team names are closely related as they are both determined by the same factors, but not everything that warrants a Synergy Bonus has an equivalent team name. Some bonuses are earned by just having two or three teammates with matching properties, while Splatfest team names are only earned if all teammates match.

Reward Tiers

Super Sea Snails are awarded to participants based on the size of their team, matches won, and ground covered, which dictate each player's Splatfest Title.

Splatoon

Title Total EXP required Super Sea Snails Winning team Losing team [Team Name] Fanboy/Fangirl (NA/EU/OC)[c]

Normal [Team Name] Boy/Girl (EU/OC)[b] – 4 2 [Team Name] Fiend (NA/EU/OC)[c]

Full-on [Team Name] Boy/Girl (EU/OC)[b] 10 6 3 [Team Name] Defender (NA/EU/OC)[c]

Super [Team Name] Boy/Girl (EU/OC)[b] 35 10 5 [Team Name] Champion (NA/EU/OC)[c]

Charismatic [Team Name] Boy/Girl (EU/OC)[b] 85 16 10 [Team Name] King/Queen (NA/EU/OC)[c]

Eternal [Team Name] Boy/Girl (EU/OC)[b] 184 24 18

Splatfest Power Level Winning EXP points 0 - 1399 +3 1400 - 1499 +4 1500 - 1599 +5 1600 - 1699 +6 1700+ +7

Splatfest EXP was earned by participating in and winning matches. Winning a match earned the player a point based on the Splatfest Power, and their participation bonus was based on how much BP worth of ground they covered in ink during the match. If they covered 200–399 BP worth of ground, they earned one bonus participation EXP; if they cover 400+ BP worth of ground, they earned two bonus participation EXP. The player on the winning team with the highest Splatfest Power gained an additional two EXP. The player could earn a maximum of eleven EXP per match if their team won, they had the highest Splatfest Power among their team, and they covered at least 400 BP worth of ground during the match.

One hour after Splatfest concluded, the results were announced during a Inkopolis News broadcast. The results were based on team popularity (the percentage of the vote each team received) and wins (the percentage of matches each team won). Win percentage was worth six times more than the value of popularity. Players were awarded Super Sea Snails based on the Splatfest Title they have earned. Players on the winning team earn more Super Sea Snails that those on the losing team.

To collect their prize, players had to log into Splatoon before the next Splatfest theme is announced. The new Splatfest announcement overrides the announcement of the winners of the previous Splatfest, and no Super Sea Snails will be bestowed.

Splatoon 2

Before Version 4.0.0, the experience meter was the same as in Splatoon. The experience meter, inking bonuses, and win bonuses were increased by a factor of ten to allow whole number values for the new Synergy Bonuses.

Title Total EXP required Super Sea Snails Winning team Losing team [Team Name] Fanboy/Fangirl – 3 2 [Team Name] Fiend 100 5 3 [Team Name] Defender 350 9 7 [Team Name] Champion 850 16 13 [Team Name] King/Queen 1849 24 21

The win bonus for the Splatfest title EXP points were based on what the opponents' Splatfest Power is.

Splatfest Power Level Winning EXP points 0 - 1399 +30 1400 - 1699 +40 1700 - 1799 +50 1800 - 1899 +60 1900+ +70

Victory

The Splatfest theme descends from the heavens via fax machine.

Splatoon

The final score was calculated based both on popularity and on wins. The formula in Splatoon was as follows:

Final Score (out of 700) = Popularity Percentage + (Win Percentage × 6)

When the Squid Sisters announced the results, the highest of the popularity and win percentages were both individually highlighted before the final results were shown.

The formula used to use Win Percentage × 4 , but this was changed in Version 2.2.0.

The formula was at first Win Percentage × 2 , but this was changed in Version 2.0.0.

Splatoon 2

In Splatoon 2, the final score was a tally of how many categories each team had a majority percentage in. There were three categories:

Popularity

Normal Mode Clout

Pro Mode Clout

Popularity was a straight percentage of how many joined each Splatfest team, while Clout was calculated as the average of each player's total Clout.

When Off the Hook announced the results, the highest of each category were all individually highlighted before the final results were shown, just as in the previous game.

Before Version 4.0.0, the latter two categories were Solo Wins and Team Wins.

Upcoming or ongoing Splatfests

The following is a list of upcoming or ongoing Splatfest events and their start times.

Options Article Region Start Artwork Super Mushroom Super Star Super Mushroom vs. Super Star January 2021

Another Splatfest besides the one listed will be held in Splatoon 2 before the end of March 2021.[8]

Historical Splatfests

The following tables list all Splatfests in every region. Bold text signifies a Splatfest victory.

Splatoon

Main article: List of Splatfests in Splatoon

Splatfests in North America Callie Marie Cats Dogs Roller Coasters Water Slides Marshmallows Hot Dogs Autobots Decepticons Art Science Cars Planes Pirates Ninjas Burgers Pizza Naughty Nice Past Future Pokémon Red Pokémon Blue Snowman Sandcastle SpongeBob Patrick Fancy Party Costume Party Early Bird Night Owl Callie Marie Splatfests in Europe and Oceania Callie Marie Rock Pop Eating Sleeping North Pole South Pole Singing Dancing Messy Tidy Cats Dogs Zombies Ghosts Pro-pineapple Anti-pineapple Fit Rich Barbarian Ninja Pokémon Red Pokémon Blue Hoverboard Jet Pack SpongeBob Patrick Black Tie Event Fancy Dress Party World Tour Space Adventure Callie Marie Splatfests in Japan Callie Marie Rice Bread Red Fox Green Tanuki Lemon Tea Milk Tea Grasshopper Ant Boke Tsukkomi Squid Octopus Love Money Mountain Food Sea Food Red Fox Green Tanuki Perfect Body Perfect Brain Pokémon Red Pokémon Green Go all out! Focus on healing Tuna Mayonnaise Onigiri Red Salmon Onigiri Fancy Party Costume Party Mushroom Mountain Bamboo Shoot Village Callie Marie

Splatoon 2

Main article: List of Splatfests in Splatoon 2

Splatfests in North America and Oceania Pearl Marina Cake Ice Cream Mayo Ketchup Flight Invisibility Vampire Werewolf Sci-Fi Fantasy Sweater Sock Action Comedy Money Love Chicken Egg Baseball Soccer Raph Leo Mikey Donnie Raph Donnie Pulp No-Pulp Squid Octopus Fork Spoon Retro Modern Trick Treat Salsa Guac Hero Villain Fam Friend Pancake Waffle Knight Wizard Hare Tortoise Time Travel Teleportation Unicorn Narwhal Chaos Order Mayo Ketchup Chicken Egg Splatfests in Europe Pearl Marina Cake Ice Cream Mayo Ketchup Flight Invisibility Front Roll Back Roll Warm Breakfast Cold Breakfast Film Book Action Comedy Gherk-OUT Gherk-IN Chicken Egg Salty Sweet Raph Leo Mikey Donnie Raph Donnie Pulp No-Pulp Squid Octopus Adventure Relax Retro Modern Trick Treat Eat It Save It Hero Villain Fam Friend Pancake Waffle Knight Wizard Hare Tortoise Time Travel Teleportation Kid Grown-Up Chaos Order Mayo Ketchup Chicken Egg Splatfests in Japan Pearl Marina Rock Pop Mayo Ketchup Fries McNuggets Dexterity Endurance Lemon No Lemon Inner Wear Outer Wear Action Comedy Champion Challenger Hana Dango Newest Most Popular New Lifeform Future Tech Hello Kitty Cinnamoroll My Melody Pompompurin Hello Kitty My Melody Squid Octopus Mushroom Mountain Bamboo Shoot Village Tsubuan Koshian Trick Treat Pocky Chocolate Pocky: Gokuboso Hero Villain Fam Friend Boke Tsukkomi Knight Wizard Hare Tortoise Ce Pa No Pineapple Pineapple Chaos Order Mayo Ketchup Chicken Egg

Delays

While the first Splatfest event in Japan (Rice vs. Bread) went by flawlessly, the first North American Splatfest (Cats vs. Dogs) was delayed. The reason given was because of matchmaking issues with Japanese players.[9] The original schedule for the event was from at 13:00 UTC for 24 hours. Some days later, it was revealed that it would be moved to at 07:00 UTC.

The first European Splatfest event (Rock vs. Pop), which was meant to start on at 22:00 UTC, was equally postponed for one week so that it would take place on the same day as the North American one.

Later, the first Splatfest event held simultaneously worldwide (Pokémon Red vs. Pokémon Blue/Green) was supposed to have its results announced at the same time across all regions, despite the different start and ending times. Initially, the results were going to be announced on at 07:00 UTC. However, despite notification of Callie and Marie's announcement, servers ended up being under maintenance half an hour before this, preventing the results from being received. Eventually, an hour later than intended, the servers were running again and players were able to view the results.

Quotes

Trivia

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Japanese フェス

Fesu Fes, short for 'Festival' Dutch Splatfest - French Festival - German Splatfest - Italian Festival - Russian Сплатфест

Splatfest - Spanish (NOA) Festival del Teñido Dyeing Festival Spanish (NOE) Festival temático Thematic Festival

Splatfest titles

English (NOA) English (NOA) English (NOE) English (NOE) Japanese Title Title Title Meaning [Theme] Fanboy

[Theme] Fangirl Normal [Theme] Boy

Normal [Theme] Girl ふつうの [テーマ] ボーイ

Futsūno [Tēma] Bōi

ふつうの [テーマ] ガール

Futsūno [Tēma] Gāru Normal [Theme] Boy

Normal [Theme] Girl [Theme] Fiend Full-on [Theme] Boy

Full-on [Theme] Girl まことの [テーマ] ボーイ

Makotono [Tēma] Bōi

まことの [テーマ] ガール

Makotono [Tēma] Gāru True [Theme] Boy

True [Theme] Girl [Theme] Defender Super [Theme] Boy

Super [Theme] Girl スーパー [テーマ] ボーイ

Sūpā [Tēma] Bōi

スーパー [テーマ] ガール

Sūpā [Tēma] Gāru Super [Theme] Boy

Super [Theme] Girl [Theme] Champion Charismatic [Theme] Boy

Charismatic [Theme] Girl カリスマ [テーマ] ボーイ

Karisuma [Tēma] Bōi

カリスマ [テーマ] ガール

Karisuma [Tēma] Gāru Charismatic [Theme] Boy

Charismatic [Theme] Girl [Theme] King

[Theme] Queen Eternal [Theme] Boy

Eternal [Theme] Girl えいえんの [テーマ] ボーイ

Eienno [Tēma] Bōi

えいえんの [テーマ] ガール

Eienno [Tēma] Gāru Eternal [Theme] Boy

Eternal [Theme] Girl Dutch French (NOA) Title Meaning Title Meaning Fan van team [thema] Fan of Team [Theme] Novice en [thème] Novice of [Theme] Bezeten van team [thema] Obsessed by Team [Theme] Spécialiste en [thème] Specialist of [Theme] Vedette van team [thema] Star of Team [Theme] Expert en [thème]

Experte en [thème] Expert of [Theme] Held van team [thema]

Heldin van team [thema] Hero of Team [Theme]

Heroine of Team [Theme] Virtuose en [thème] Virtuoso of [Theme] Koning van team [thema]

Koningin van team [thema] King of Team [Theme]

Queen of Team [Theme] Roi en [thème]

Reine en [thème] King of [Theme]

Queen of [Theme] French (NOE) German Title Meaning Title Meaning Novice en [thème] Novice of [Theme] Normalo-[Thema]-Fan Average [Theme] Fan Spécialiste en [thème] Specialist of [Theme] Volle-Kanne-[Thema]-Fan Full-on [Theme] Fan Expert en [thème]

Experte en [thème] Expert of [Theme] Super-[Thema]-Fan Super [Theme] Fan Virtuose en [thème] Virtuoso of [Theme] Glorreicher [Thema]-Fan Glorious [Theme] Fan Maître en [thème]

Maîtresse en [thème] Master of [Theme]

Mistress of [Theme] [Thema]-Fanclubleiter [Theme] Fan Club Leader Italian Russian Title Meaning Title Meaning Ragazzo comune [tema]

Ragazza comune [tema] Common [Theme] Boy

Common [Theme] Girl Новичок

Novichok Novice Ragazzo in gambero [tema]

Ragazza in gambero [tema] Fresh [Theme] Boy

Fresh [Theme] Girl Энтузиастка

Entuziastka Enthusiast Ragazzo super [tema]

Ragazza super [tema] Super [Theme] Boy

Super [Theme] Girl Опытная

Opytnaya Experienced Ragazzo carismatico [tema]

Ragazza carismatica [tema] Charismatic [Theme] Boy

Charismatic [Theme] Girl Профи

Profi Pro Ragazzo élite [tema]

Ragazza élite [tema] Elite [Theme] Boy

Elite [Theme] Girl Мастер

Master - Spanish (NOA) Spanish (NOE) Title Meaning Title Meaning Fan [tema] [Theme] Fan Novato [tema]

Novata [tema] [Theme] Rookie Devoto [tema]

Devota [tema] [Theme] Devotee Fanático [tema]

Fanática [tema] [Theme] Fanatic Defensor [tema]

Defensora [tema] [Theme] Defender Guerrero [tema]

Guerrera [tema] [Theme] Warrior Protector [tema]

Protectora [tema] [Theme] Protector Experto [tema]

Experta [tema] [Theme] Expert Rey [tema]

Reina [tema] [Theme] King

[Theme] Queen Maestro [tema]

Maestra [tema] [Theme] Master

[Theme] Mistress

Clout

Language Name Meaning Japanese こうけん度

Kōken-do Amount of contribution Dutch Invloed Influence French Contribution - German Beitrag Contribution Italian Contributo Contribution Russian Вклад

Vklad Contribution Spanish Aportación Contribution

#× Battle

Language Name Meaning Japanese #倍マッチ

#-bai Matchi #-times Match Dutch ×#-strijd ×# Battle French Bonus ×# ×# Bonus German ×#-Kampf ×# Battle Italian Battaglia ×# ×# Battle Russian Бонус ×#

Bonus ×# ×# Bonus Spanish (NOA) Combate ×# ×# Battle Spanish (NOE) Bonificación ×# ×# Bonus

Notes

References



