Splatoon: Splativerse/SpySquids

Splatoon: SpySquids is a spy-thriller themed expansion to Splatoon: Splativerse. It follows two spy agents fighting off a crime caper when a mysterious mafia leader is caught up with a heist. It starts off with a private movie showing and features the cast under their in-movie character names and features comedy based on spy and movie tropes. It is the first expansion for the Splativerse Expansion Pass, known as Idolventures. 
==Cast==
===Protagonists===
Only Agents Alpha and Betta are playable. Glenna (Paruko) and Lars (Nishida) appear as supporting protagonists, but are not playable. As the movie has the characters as actors, they have different "in-film" names.
 	
Alpha	Alpha is the first member of the SpySquids.
Betta	Betta is the second member of the SpySquids.
Glenna
Paruko	Glenna is the first supporting spy agent. She is capable of hacking into the computers by using old-fashioned appliances; the Game Squid, Overdrive, & the Sonar Chirp.
Lars
Nishida	Lars is the second supporting spy agent.
Alice
Callie	Alice is a news reporter. She eventually gets kidnapped by Johari to prevent herself from being exposed.
Kiku
Marie	Kiku was a police officer working for the nations. She tried to stop Johari with her charger, but eventually got overpowered by her.
Maryann
Bleu	Maryann is a scientist that worked at the museum. She eventually helps out by finding evidence of the Mafia's whereabouts.
Penelope
Luna	Penelope is a defector of the Mafia. She worked as a low-level unit, but eventually revolted after seeing their actions.
===Antagonists===
There are four antagonists to the Gladiusblade Mafia. Note however that they are based on different types of squids, and their squid forms are also different in shape as well.
 	
Naamah (Vampire Inkling) 	
Naamah is the leader of the Gladiusblade Maifa. She is nicknamed "Envy". She aims to use the artifacts stolen from the museum to re-enact the capabilities of the humans towards the Inklings. Her weapon of choice are the Inkflowers, homing ink missiles that spiral around her and act as a ranged attacker and shield. 
Johari (Bobtail Inkling) 	
Johari is a assassin that specializes with brushes thanks to a stolen museum artifact. She is nicknamed "Durga". Her weapon of choice are the Durga Blades, 2 Inkquills that were already used back from the humans.
Evander (Firefly Inkling) 	Evander is a well-skilled ranger, balanced in all capabilities of the Mafia. He is nicknamed "Liberty". His weapon of choice is the War Stamp, a Stamper modified to be much more lighter and allows him to use finesse.
Akami (Giant Inkling) 	Akami is the Mafia's heavy-weapon specialist and the strongest, He is nicknamed "Destroyer". His weapon of choice is the Splatter Cannon, a Samus-like Arm Cannon that fires ink shells that are capable of returning fire if splatted. As a Giant Inkling, he is stronger than the others.
==Plot==
The expansion starts off with you gaining a spy app in the Splatdex. Selecting the spy card will start up the expansion or by heading to the entrance of the opened Gladiusburg Film Festival located in the East district. To begin, you are prompted with a message saying "Would you like to watch the big movie premiere of today?" with the SpySquids logo on the bottom-right. The introduction shows the player, the Squid Sisters, and the Moonsong Garden being invited to a private movie showing of SpySquids at the Gladiusburg Film Festival.
The scene cuts to the Turfmaster arriving at the Gladiusburg Film Festival. Just outside the entrance, the Squid Sisters arrive. 	The scene cuts to the Turfmaster arriving at the Gladiusburg Film Festival. Just outside the entrance, the Squid Sisters arrive.
Callie 	Hey you there! You're here for the big premiere?
Callie 	You know, the premiere for a new movie that's coming out?
Marie 	Its a new movie where we undertake on our own spy thriler. We're here for it. I guess you're here for that too.
The three go inside the building and into the lobby. 	The three go inside the building and into the lobby.
Callie 	Umm, weren't we supposed to meet up with two other people. Here I see you, and Marie. That's it.
Marie 	Wait, are you talking about the Moonsong Garden? Bleu and Luna?
Callie 	Yeah. I was talking about them. Did you see them?
Marie 	Yes. I saw Luna with her summer hat, dress, and flip-flops. Bleu I think went into the auditorium. Lets go.
Heading towards the auditorium hallway, they see Bleu and Luna. 	Heading towards the auditorium hallway, they see Bleu and Luna.
Bleu 	You're kind of early right now. The announcer hasn't come up yet. This is not like a traditional movie theater, this is a special theater. This is the Gladiusburg Film Festival!
Luna 	We got there like 30 minutes before. We had interviews to attend. Its just, you know, the idol business.
Callie 	Did you just say we were early? You had idol interviews?
Bleu 	Didn't you remember? This was our big project! You there, hero of Inkopolis, we'll surprise you!
Marie 	Well, I think its kinda early to tell that now to that guy...
Luna 	Enough chattering, its about time, that you, will experience the world of SpySquids!
The Turfmaster and everyone else sit down, and eventually the lights dim and the screen fades out into the opening text, with cinematic logo music playing in the background.	The Turfmaster and everyone else sit down, and eventually the lights dim and the screen fades out into the opening text, with cinematic logo music playing in the background.
===The Story===
This is a story in a cinematic presentation. Who is thought to be recognized, is not even the same identity, but wherever it is, is recognizable...
The story is set in a fictional movie universe, where the characters shown in the plot have different names. The movie starts out with the typical movie logos, and then a intro where two unnamed Inklings visit a science museum. Everything goes fine, until reports of an break-in staged by Gladiusblade Mafia. One of the Inklings stays and tries to help out as well, but is then taken in by the police. They eventually after a settlement are recruited to be part of the SpySquids program, where they would try to defeat the Gladiusblade Mafia by working in stealth.
The two SpySquids, nicknamed Alpha and Betta, undergo serious training, such as concealing their weapons, and various gadgets. They are then taken to the next mission with Glenna and Lars working behind the scenes as supporting agents. First, they follow the steps of the Mafia by hiding their weapons/evidence in suitcases, and then eventually defeat Akami, the Destroyer.
The next mission revolves around chasing down the next Gladiusblade Mafia area by wearing new uniforms to prevent them from being recognized. After stealthly getting through the hideout, they defeat Evander, the Liberty. Evander reveals that the Gladiusblade Mafia was formed to bring back Chaos to Gladiusburg. He reveals that Johari kidnapped Alice and Kiku, who had witnessed the attack on the Museum, and also states that they were looking for an ancient turf weapon.
After bringing in Evander, the SpySquids eventually head for the hideout underneath the Octopia Crossing, thanks to the clues and traces that they've received across the city. After hacking into the stations using their SpyGadgets, they are able to fight against Johari, who uses two blades that function like Inkquills, which were stolen from the museum. After defeating Johari, she reveals that Naamah was masterminding the whole thing, and that she had been recently learning about how the SpySquids are being tracked back again by Naamah.
After getting back to Octopia Crossing, they are stopped when the Gladiusblade Mafia surrounds them with guns and launchers, with Naamah's Inkflowers. Alpha and Betta decide to surrender as its their only easy way into their fortress. Glenna and Lars, who had stayed back during the battle against Durga, follow the truck that takes them to the Gladiusblade HQ.
Alpha and Betta are chained in the prison of the Gladiusblade HQ, but then Glenna and Lars save them using the waves provided by their own SpyGadgets and then track them. They fight back and eventually defeat Naamah and then arrest her. All of the weapons are then returned and then the Gladiusblade Mafia is eventually shut down. Alpha and Betta are proclaimed heroes, and then the credits roll when Alpha and Betta watch a band concert. The credits zoom back in to the theater where the expansion begun, only with the lights back on and the cast applausing. The credits song is Inkheroes, a duet between the Squid Sisters and the Moonsong Garden.
==Gameplay==
The basic gameplay remains unchanged from the core Splatoon experience, as you will ink your way to the exit while splatting enemies along the way. However, there are stealth functions throughout, which means you have to wait out for patrolling enemies, etc. Pressing R3 will have a new function; Spy Sense, which lets you detect nearby enemies through walls, where they are moving, and what they can see in their sights. There are 28 stages and 8 bosses, as well as 11 optional cases as well.
Note however when it comes to stealth there are three stages; white, yellow, and red. Yellow means they are alert, but do not know about your presence, and red means you've been caught and in this phase, they prepare to fight. 
As with all of the expansions, 100%-ing the expansion will give you the Spy Badge and the "COMPLETE" stamp on the spy-card.
===New Enemies===
 	
Laser Octocommander	A Octarian patrol trooper that fires lasers instead of ink. Lasers are not affected by gravity.
Octovision 	A Octarian copter that uses smart-goggles to see behind obstacles, and then launch a miniature Stingray beam.
Octocarpet 	Looks similarly to the Octostriker and the Missile Octocopter, except that it instead fires a airstrike of 5 carpet bombs in a circle where the target is at. Carpet bombs bounce 2 times in random directions before exploding.
Mag-G 	A patrol droid that magnetizes all bombs toward it. It can be deactivated by switches.
Sentry Turret 	A sentry turret that patrols with a laser sight. If caught, it will fire ink shots and forward Tenta-style missiles.
Gravity-G 	A patrol droid that shocks the area if the player gets too close, knocking them back.
Gladiusblade Warden	A patrol Inkling, usually appearing in stealth sections. It is armed with a modified Splattershot that deals high damage without sacrificing fire-rate. Only appears male.
===SpyBug===
In some sections, you have to take control of a SpyBug on certain occassions; whether it be for hacking into the computer terminals, or spying on information. In the SpyBug, the gameplay is instead side-scrolling or top-down, searching for information while making sure that the firewall doesn't detect you. There are switches, keys, and obstacles such as electric firewalls and antivirus turrets. Note that the SpyBug can only be hit twice before being destroyed and rolling back to the previous checkpoint.
==Cinematic Cliches==
 	
Ninja Vent 	"Doors locked, and you can't escape through the windows! What do you do? Escape through the air vent, which sounds like a helpful idea!"
Explosions 	"How to make your action scene shine 101, put epic action explosions during action scenes!"
Plot Convenience	"How convenient! Something that could save our plot from going down!"
Countdown 	"How to NOT hide your villainous threat; put a timer on your time-based weapon of plot relevancy!"
Threat n Wait 	"Whenever you need to build up tension but throw it away quickly, just have your badguys stall and do nothing, and then have them saved in time!"
==Missions==
These are the missions in the game. They are divided by sections. The Inkling-style bosses are the same as Splativerse's single-player mode where instead of having a ludicrous AI similarly to Agent 3 from Octo Expansion, they will have weapons and abilities that you cannot use, such as Johari's dual-wielding. The Octarian enemies return, but they will be colored to match the target in each arc, as they are the agents working for the Mafia. 
 	
Prologue 	The prologue of the game, taking place at the Inkopolis Science Museum.
Target: Akami 	Target: Akami
Mission 01 	The training mission where Alpha and Betta assemble to become the SpySquids.
Mission 02 	
Mission 03 	
Mission 04 	
Mission 05 	
Mission 06 	
Mission 07 	In this mission, you will fight Akami, the Destroyer. His weapon of choice is a arm cannon. He must be splatted 3 times using the Inkquill to win.
Target: Evander	Target: Evander
Mission 08 	
Mission 09 	
Mission 10 	
Mission 11 	
Mission 12 	
Mission 13 	
Mission 14 	
Mission 15 	In this mission, you will fight Evander, the Liberty. His weapon of choice is the War Stamp. He must be splatted 3 times using the Nano Dualies to win.
Target: Johari 	Target: Johari
Mission 16 	
Mission 17 	
Mission 18 	
Mission 19 	
Mission 20 	
Mission 21 	
Mission 22 	
Mission 23 	In this mission, you will fight Johari, the Durga. Her weapon of choice are the Durga Blades, dual Inkquills and acrobatics. You have to splat her using the Iron Sponger 3 times to win. On the last phase, she casts a Inknado using her Durga Blades.
Target: Naamah 	Target: Naamah
Mission 24 	
Mission 25 	
Mission 26 	
Mission 27 	
Showdown 	This is the final mission against Naamah, where you have to splat her Robot Queen vehicle, and then fight her Inkling-style. During the Inkling phase, she uses her Inkflowers that function as homing missiles that return fire and act as defensive orbits, as well as zoom in increased speeds and bite in her squid form.
===Optional Cases===
Optional Cases are side-missions in the game. Upon clearing all of the optional cases and completing the game, you unlock the Remix Zones where you fight against the Remix Mafia, who have new techniques and abilities that aren't present in the original. When you complete the Remix Zones, you earn the Dark Hero Suit. 
====Remix Zones====
After clearing the main stages and all of the optional cases, you are told that the Mafia still has leftover traces. In the Spybase, various weapons of the main Mafia members appear, and activating them will begin the Remix Zones. They need to be splatted 5 times like Inner Agent 3 for example to be defeated, but as stated, they do not have ludicrous AI, but new techniques and increased durability. You are restricted to the Spy Shot and Splat Bomb in these battles, and there's no HUD during these battles and no checkpoints.
 	
Akami's Roast 	Fight against Remix Akami. Remix Akami fires faster but does less damage, but gains a new Special; Big Shot, a remix of the Splashdown except he teleports up high (and towards a distance) and splashes a larger distance.
Evander's Stampdown	Fight against Remix Evander. Remix Evander attacks notably slower, but has a new Special; the Old Faithful, is a gusher that explodes over time and is performed via a high jump slam attack with his stamper.
Johari's Dances 	Fight against Remix Johari. Remix Johari fights the same fashion, but is capable of dashing by first locking on, and then dashing towards that area and doing a upper-cut or a spin attack with her dual quills. Her new special is Brush' Em All, which summons two phantom blades which mimic her attacks for the duration. The phantom blades have increased range but deal less damage and casts no ink coverage.
Naamah's Trial 	Fight against Remix Naamah. Remix Naamah is weaker when it comes to damage, but has new techniques, such as a ink splash which spawns out of the ground by locking-on, and her new special: Demi-G. Demi-G summons a flying android which acts as Naamah's defense and offense via flood orbits and blasters, activating at the beginning of phases 3 and 5. Demi-G can be splatted but it will return fire. Notably, there is no Robot Queen phase.
===Spy Gear===
After completing the expansion, you will receive the Spy Gear used for the game as well. As with the case for any DLC gears, they cannot be ordered from a Gear Specialist and will mention the DLC's name as the brand.
 	
SpySquids Armor Replica	
Briefcase Brush 	
Pen Quill 	
Retractor Brella 	
Jewel Blaster 	A Luna Blaster that fires gem-shaped ink shots in random.
Nano Dualies 	Two miniature dualies. They have up to 5 rolls and have higher range, but lower speed and damage.
Dark Hero Suit 	
Reporter Suit 	
Spy Badge 	A badge representing the SpySquids. Earned by 100%-ing the expansion. Its insignia is a pair of spy-shades.
==Trivia==
*This will be the first Splatoon plot where a band member (excluding idols) makes a physical appearance.
*This is also the first Splatoon campaign to have a female main antagonist. (excluding Callie from Splatoon 2)
*A trailer for this expansion showed Alpha complaining about the camera having black lines on top and bottom. This is a reference to the 2.39:1 aspect ratio, which is commonly used as a movie standard.
*The equivalent of Fly Octo Fly (final boss theme from Octo Expansion) is Fresh Eclipse, which is also a duet between Moonsong Garden and the Squid Sisters.
==Gallery==
Spysquidsintro.png|Intro text
Spysquidsintrojapan.png|Intro text (Japanese)
Spysquidsdialogue.png|Dialogue box
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