Splatoon 2 - Гайд к лору самонидов от Начальника

Описание: EDIT June 2025: hello! i would highly recommend you watch my remade version of this video instead!    • An Eggsecutive VP's Guide to Salmonid Lore  

i really went and sat down for 2 and a half days straight like "i'm gonna make a video essay about salmonid"

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EDIT: Following the Splatoon 3 reveal, I made another video connecting the new info back to this video. Go check it out, I seriously doubt little buddy is a pet! He is your friend! Also yes I know my theory on smallfry turned out to be wrong.
   • My thoughts on the Splatoon 3 Reveal  

Spanish and Catalan subtitles by Lluc Riberax -   / llucriberax  
Russian subtitles by thelightison666 -   / thelightison666  


SOURCES:
My translation of the Famitsu interview with Salmonid lore: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S...
The rest of the interview (Japanese): https://www.famitsu.com/news/201803/0...
reddit u/Nimted summary:   / famitsu_interview_with_splatoon_2_producer  

Other Nogami quotes acquired from: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wha...
and https://kotaku.com/do-squid-kids-eat-...

Haikara Walker Omega 3 info (link to more of my Haikara Walker translations in the thread): https://twitter.com/rassicas/status/1...

Any info that's not in those links, I pulled from The Art of Splatoon 2 (cant provide a link to that).

(despite how i may sound i am not a girl. if you're going to refer to me in third person, please use they/them pronouns. thank you!)