A potentially huge Splatoon 2 datamine has been covered by some of the people over on Reddit. Naturally things uncovered include a variety of new maps, new weapons, and also the potential inclusion of Octolings being playable in the game. I’ve included the details discovered below so avoid reading them if you don’t want to be spoiled.
Incomplete files for revamped versions of Kelp Dome and Blackbelly Skatepark have been introduced in the 1.1.1 update
There are additional maps named Line and Tunnel which are in development
Placeholder images for maps revealed in the Direct named Kawa and Pillar are present. (thanks to the people at TCRF!)
Nintendo is including testing versions of Shifty Station in the updates; however, for Splatfest the game downloads the real stage model and layout file separately. This explains why the existing files include debug and test objects.
The developers are currently testing new Salmon Run stages with internal names of Shakehouse and Threepoints. New files for these maps have been introduced in the 1.1.1 update as well. These are the last of the 4 planned stages for Salmon Run as of version 1.0.0.
How about some upcoming weapons?
Grizzco brand weapons are in the works. A Blaster, Charger, and Brella were found in the files.
A new weapon type called the Squeezer is in development. Here is Sheldon’s explanation text for the Squeezer and an alternate version of it.
You can find more about upcoming weapons on the full Splatoon 2 weapons list. (Thank you Lean for providing this service!)
A quick word about Octolings:
What was known as the player’s gender from the original Splatoon has now been replaced by a parameter called PlayerType.
Another parameter called PlayerType shares the same values as another parameter, ModelType.
The possible values for these parameters are SquidGirl, SquidBoy, and Oct.
Near those values, we have found an additonal value named OctBoy. This is based solely on information found in the Splatoon 2 executable; we do not have models, text, etc for boy Octolings at the moment.
Additonally, since the values of PlayerType and ModelType are shared, we cannot confirm that the Octolings will be playable either without testing in-game (which isn’t possible for any of us to do).
We can’t wait for all this content to be released. However, the game seems to be somewhat rushed to completion for version 1.0.0. Nintendo left behind a lot of things even though they tried to clean up the files. Marooner’s Bay isn’t even finished in this version and its English name is a direct translation of the Japanese text (Don Brako Shipwreck). Nintendo are secretly introducing new files via the balance updates.
i’ll beilieve it when it’s announced.
Wasn’t there a similar data mine for Splatoon 1 that unveiled the possibility of playable octolings? And nothing ever came of that
Yes, but this is the sequel where the devs already know what we want. People asked for the option to change pants and hairstyles after the original came out, and look- you can change those in 2.
Playable Octolings have never been more likely.
Correct just ignore this these are same people that said it for the original
I remember they said the same thing about Octolings with a datamine in Sploon U.
They didnt have male octoling variables then
It wouldnt make sense to have them in the sequel without any male npc octolings
I just stated the facts, and not my opinion. Because I have no theory on this.
I don’t see this happening by a long shot maybe in another sequel but just not in this one
I was wondering when this would happen always someone trying to get the credit
I suppose on september we will have a Nintendo direct.
You can unlock and play as an Octoling Boy or Octoling Girl, all you have to do is buy and scan the upcoming Octoling Boy or Octoling Girl Amiibo, due to be released early 2018 as a GameStop exclusive 2-pack. Please understand.
And you better get ’em fast because they’ll sell out in less than 30 minutes! Wait. No. 30 minutes is too generous. I give it 15. Then again, that’s still too generous but I’ll let them keep it.