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Saturday, August 19, 2017

Memes in Splatoon 2

Over the course of Splatoon 2's first month, I have noticed a few memes in Inkopolis Square. For example:
  • Furries
  • "I hate furries!"
  • "How do you draw on this thing?!"
  • Ketchup = Blood
  • "INK THE SPAWN"
  • Knack II
  • Valuable Salmon Run tips (The Sting Ray sure is powerful)
  • "I wish ____ was real"
  • "Trans people are awesome!"
  • "WAAAAAAAAH! KEEP POLITICS OUT OF MY VIDEO GAMES! WAAAAAAAH!"
  • Pineapple on pizza VS pineapple-free pizza (from the future)
What's interesting is the spread of these. Whenever you start the game up, you are put in Inkopolis Square. Unless you use the menu to select a mode like some sort of weirdo, then there is a good chance that you will run into another player's avatar with a pseudo-Miiverse post. This makes it more likely that you will be aware of the latest trend(s) even before you see the posts from Inkopolis Square as graffiti in multiplayer matches, even if you are ignoring the community at large.

I do not know exactly how Inkopolis Square gets populated, but here are some things I have noticed:
  • It probably prioritizes posts with a lot of recent upvotes, to get the completely obvious out of the way.
  • I imagine it picks from the unpopular posts too? Otherwise, how are these posts trending in the first place?
So, basically, it seems Nintendo has put a decent amount of thought into making sure that you know what the newest trends are in Splatoon 2's community.

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