Splatoon 4 (Shorkaa)

== Summary ==
(Note: Splatoon 4 is envisioned as a sort of "refresh" for Splatoon. Previous games' customization, weapons, etc. return, but the locations, stages, and characters are all completely different (aside from the Judds and Sheldon). Previous Splatoon lore and events are still canon, however.)
Welcome to New Sardine, a city full of different cultures, personalities and people.
Engage in different activities, like Turf Wars and Ranked Battles! Splatfests are as popular as ever, too.
In the Story Mode, shoot and swing your way through 2 different Chapters, and solve the mystery behind the Piranhites.
== Character Customization ==
The character customization options from previous games return, as well as added ones. These include 4 more hairstyles for Inklings and 6 more for Octolings.
Unlike previous games, players can now have heterochromia.
=== New Hairstyles ===
==== Inklings ====
"Rebel"	"Fighter"	"Sushi Cuts"	"Inktwists"
==== Octolings ====
"Messy" 	"Wild"	"Smart"	"Puff"
"Sponge"	"Shy" 	 	
=== New Eye Colors ===
"Coral"	"Cyan"	"Ginger"	"Indigo"	"Lime"	"Rose"	"Turquoise"	"Yellow + Red Ring"	"Orange + Green Ring"	"Jade + Mint Ring"	"Maroon + Pink Ring"	"Light Blue + Purple Ring"	"Black + Gray Ring"
=== New Skin Tones ===
	
=== New Legwear ===
"Jeans"	"Ripped Jeans"	"Flared"
=== New Eyebrows ===
=== Base Ink Color ===
== New Sardine ==
Location Name 	Description 	Associated Character
Battle Tower / Training Room & Locker Room	A large, lit-up tower right in the center of New Sardine. You can enter battles from here, and go into the Locker Room to check out your Locker, or people you've recently played with.	N/A
== Weapons ==
=== Main Weapons ===
Name 	Range - Tap	Damage - Tap	Range - Hold	Damage - Hold	Fire Rate 	Description
Splat Wheel	76 	42 	86 	82 	9 (Tap), 28 (Charge)	The Splat Wheel is a yo-yo with 4 different bumpers surrounding it, you hold it by a string. When you tap ZR, the Wheel will fling forward wherever you're aiming, if you keep tapping, you can use it very quickly and splat players easily. If charged, you will roll it on the ground and the yo-yo will charge towards wherever you're aiming. If it hits anything or if it goes out of range, it will flip backwards to you, spreading ink along the trail. The rope it has inks the ground slightly no matter if you tap or charge, with a radius similar to the Splatana Wiper.
Name 	Range - Glove	Damage - Glove	Fire Rate - Glove	Range - Claw	Damage - Claw 	Handling - Claw	Description
Splotchlets	60 	40 	70 	30 	80 (Uncharged), 100 (Charged)	35 	Splotchlets are dual-wield gauntlets that have a unique gauntlet for both hands. On the left, you have a Glove, stylized like a baseball mitt. This can be shot by holding down the trigger. Tapping the trigger will make the right glove activate, which slams onto the ground, leaving a patch of ink where it landed- it's more effective to hit with the claw then it is to shoot with the glove.
=== Sub Weapons ===
Name 	Base damage 	Ink consumption	Base duration 	Description
Frisbee	70 (Direct hit - uncharged) 30 (Splash - uncharged) 130 (Direct hit - charged) 40 (Splash - uncharged)	75% 	Flies for 4 seconds before arching towards the ground and exploding, with a radius slightly smaller than a Burst Bomb.	A frisbee-shaped, 4-sided disk that falls towards the ground after flying through the air for a few seconds, exploding after it lands.
=== Special Weapons ===
Name 	Damage 	Duration	Description
Splashboard	130 (Charge), 70 (over time), 40 to 20 (splash)	8s 	The player pulls out a surfboard and an ink wave comes up from the ground. You can direct around the wave and crash into people, dealing damage the more they stay near the wave. You can charge forward by holding ZR, dealing instant damage. The special fades out after 6 seconds, lowering the damage until the Special ends and the board sinks.
== Battle Controls ==
Button(s)	Effect
 	Select
 	Jump
 	Open map
 	Reset camera
== Characters ==
=== Vendors ===
=== Idols ===
=== Story Characters ===
=== Bands ===
Album Cover 	Band Members & Info 	Songs
Pier Pressure	Pier Pressure is a hip-hop group that makes their music with no professional equipment, and thinks there's beauty in third-party companies' instruments. The band consists of the excitable Cross; a sea-nettle who plays the drums, Hari; a easily-angered needlefish who's the DJ of the group, and "Wyrm"; a quiet brownfish who, surprisingly, is the vocalist of the band.	Splat-happy, Axe to Brine, Loched and Loaded, Down & Trout, Continental Drip, Now or Never!, Victory, Defeat, and Inkoming: Reefmix
TBD 	TBD 	
== New Movement ==
Similar to Splatoon 3, Splatoon 4 introduced new movement options. Unlike the Squid Roll and Surge, the new movement options take Ink to use.
== Gear ==
=== Headgear ===
=== Clothing ===
=== Shoes ===
== Stages ==
Name 	Description
Pike Park 	A park with a playground, a cement pathway, and a fountain in the middle. The fountain is under construction, so it has an inkable surface covering it, where the Rainmaker and Tower spawn in Ranked. The general stage is a circle with jagged edges, the spawn area being at the top and bottom of the circle. There are play structures, boxes, and more as various platforms and general stage hazards/terrain.
Loach Laser 	TBA
Archerfish Airport	An airport in the far reaches of Cephalo City. There are 2 Inkrails on the left and right sides, and a large terminal with flight schedules on it is hanging from the ceiling. It has a new mechanic- escalators. These function like the Dash Tracks, but don't send you flying as far.
Rockfish Rooftops 	TBA
== Splashtags ==
=== Banners ===
=== Titles ===
=== Badges ===
== Other Customization ==
=== Victory Emotes ===
=== Lockers ===
== TableTurf Battle Cards ==
== Inkspeditions ==
Inkspeditions are a new gamemode in Splatoon 4, replacing Salmon Run from the previous games. You face off against the Piranhites, a dangerous race of piranhas who will do anything for food. The gameplay involves being given certain tasks each round, and you must complete them before the timer ends and Piranhites take over the shore. They range from carrying a barrel to the ship and more complicated ones like swimming on Inkrails onto a tower (and then shooting a switch).
=== Minor Piranhites ===
Name 	Description
Alto 	Altos are medium-sized Piranhites that carry electric guitars as weapons. They have long, shaggy blue hair and sharp teeth. They have fairly low health and can splat you in 2 hits.
Soprano	Sopranos are tiny Piranhites that use maracas as clubs. Their hair is blue and tied into a ponytail, and have stubby teeth. They have barely any health and take 4 hits to splat you. They have strength in numbers, however.
Bass 	Massive Piranhites that have flutes as batons. They have mid-length blue hair and razor-sharp teeth. Has a fair amount of health, and can splat you instantly if they hit you directly.
Tenor 	Tenors never attack you, rather they hold gongs and alert Major Piranhites. Major Piranhites can still spawn without needing Tenors, but it's best to splat Tenors before they get a chance to use the gong. They have curly blue hair and torn clothes.
=== Major Piranhites ===
Name 	Description
Pyrocentrus	Pyrocentrus are Piranhites with a large drumset, with shabby drumsticks. They hit their drums, and a fog machine attached to it shoots out a cloud like that of an Inkstorm. The smoke cloud has medium range, and disappears after 6 seconds. Their drums act as armor, so their weak spot is at the back.
=== Objectives ===
Objectives are your goal throughout each Inkspedition. You are given them randomly, and the amount depends on your Worker Level.
=== Inkspedition Locations ===
=== Worker Level ===
Your Worker Level is a level that goes up or down depending on various things. You gain Piranha Points for completing Inkspeditions, and lose them for losing Inkspeditions.
Level 	Rewards
Newbie 	TBD
Worker 	TBD
Personnel 	TBD
Staff Member 	TBD
Higher-Up (0 - 100) 	TBD
Higher-Up Plus (100 - 200) 	TBD
Higher-Up Extra (200 - 300)	TBD
Boss 	TBD
Gold Boss 	TBD
Leader 	TBD
=== Rewards ===
Rewards are given when you get far enough on the Bonus Meter. They work similarly to Salmon Run's capsules, but are boxes instead.
Box Color 	50% Reward	40% Reward 	10% Reward 	1% Reward
Cyan Box 	4,000 Cash	1 TableTurf Battle Booster Pack (2 Cards) 	1 TableTurf Card Pack (5 Cards) 	1 Fresh TableTurf Card Pack (1 guaranteed Fresh card, and 5 other cards of any rarity)
Orange Box	4,000 Cash	One 1.5x or 2x Food ticket 	Two 2x Food Tickets 	One 3x Food Ticket
Blue Box 	4,000 Cash	1 Drink Ticket 	3 Drink Tickets 	6 Drink Tickets
Yellow Box	4,000 Cash	16,000 Cash 	32,000 Cash 	47,000 Cash
Green Box 	4,000 Cash	Three ability chunks 	Five ability chunks 	One of every ability chunk
Pink Box 	4,000 Cash	One Random shirt (excluding Amiibo, Cuttlegear and showcased gear) with one ability slot	One random shirt and shoes (excluding Amiibo, Cuttlegear and showcased gear) with two ability slots each	One random headgear, shirt, and shoes (excluding Amiibo, Cuttlegear and showcased gear) with three ability slots each
Red Box 	4,000 Cash	1 sticker 	2 stickers 	2 stickers and a decoration
== Catalogs ==
== Splatfests ==
Theme	Time
TBD 	Starts 30/7 (Fri.) 8:00 PM EST - 1/8 (Sun.) 12:00 AM EST
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