At the moment I have enough CQ credits that I haven’t had any problem but I can see it becoming a source of anxiety as I try more difficult challenges. Does Marina make it possible to skip levels or does she just give you more credits to retry?
She lets you skip the levels, but in exchange, you don’t get a real mem cake, and if you want the real one you have to retry.
Interesting, is it conceivable to skip all the levels just to get access to these new Octoling skins? It seemed a little mean to only offer the Octolings to highly skilled players but make them visible to everyone in the online matches, in the hub, etc.
All you need to get the Octoling is to get all four thangs and beat the final level. Doesn’t matter if they’re hacked or not I think?
Oh, also you do go into debt if you fuck up too many times and need a loan. It’s fucked up.
Cool, thanks! I’m glad the credits are meaningless, but would also like for them to just go away then? I guess it’s only meaningful if you want to restart from a specific checkpoint?
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After finishing the expansion, you can spend credits to get random small amounts of chunks/tickets/money. So they’re not meaningless, but not really meaningful either.
Love me some Splatoon, in all this E3 madness I completely forgot this was even out. Is it just new single player levels? Does it do anything different?
After you complete certain goals in the new single player area you can play as an Octoling online. I believe it is just a cosmetic difference though. Not sure if there is anything beyond that being offered with the DLC but for me the new characters and music alone are more than worth it.
Ah, thanks! I was wondering if there would be a use for the credits beyond the underground.
I had no stake whatsover in the TMNT contest last month, but this month’s splatfest theme has me amped up. Who’s going to be competing?
#TeamPulp
Yeah the TMNT theme was frustrating when Japan got Sanrio. I’m pretty indifferent to orange juice, but I’ll go team Marina and team green when it comes down to it~
I also didn’t care about TMNT but not this time!! I am 100% team pulp and all these no-pulp cowards are just afraid of the REAL JUICE EXPERIENCE!!!
I may not have a ton of time during the splatfest to actually play since I am moving soon but I will try my best to defend the honor of The Real Juice.
give me the boneless orange juice
There’s an extra boss in the Octo Expansion if you clear all 80 levels, and it’s a really harrowing 5-round test of your 1v1 skills. The item you get for it is kinda nice, but don’t bother if you’re struggling to get past the first round or two because it just gets tougher from there.
Also, the Octo-fro goes well with everything.
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When I cleared the main objective of Octo Expansion I swore I wouldn’t go back. Yet every day I find myself there on the train again, slowly opening up more stations. I’m curious to SEE what that final boss has in store, but I’m already brought to tears by so many of these challenges… we’ll see.
The Octoling hairstyles are so very very good. Allowing the fro to squish and reshape depending on the head gear is super satisfying.
Any good Discord communities? I joined one for the splatfest but it has no particular content guidelines and devolved into edgelord opinions on politics very quickly
I moderate the AUNZ Splatoon discord, but we welcome folks from all over the globe too. Most of the folks are from AUNZ of course so discussion happens around our timezones. Link is here if you’re interested: https://discord.gg/ru6sKRr
If you’re interested in becoming competitive/otherwise interested in improving as a player, this is a good server: https://discord.io/inkademy
I can’t vouch for how edgelord that one can be, since I don’t hang around there often, but if you want to just dip in and out to ask for high-level advice, that’s the place to be.
the TMNT splatfests were everything I ever wanted and Donnie winning was a fluke. please @ me.
I missed Pulpfest b/c I was travelling, but i’m REAL unhype for the fucking octo vs ink splatfest, so i’ll probably play salmon run through the whole thing
Donnie is the worst turtle, so it’s less of a fluke and more just the nature of NA/EU Splatfests going against popularity at this point. 
I’m probably gonna sit this next one out too. The Pearl/Marina dialogue was about as friendly as I could hope for, but I’m still not especially comfortable with the concept, and the community response has been predictably gross. Glad I don’t really need snails.
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I will not stand for this slander of Donatello. The best ninja turtle by far!
My assessment of Donnie is, admittedly, based only on the first half of season 1 of TMNT 2012, where Donnie was an awful tech bro nice guy any time April was within 300 feet of him. But I think that’s as solid a reason as any. Mikey forever.
