Right off the bat in the latest Nintendo Direct, finally, Splatoon 3 fans got the rain in the desert that we’ve been waiting for. Side Order news is finally here, almost a year out since the initial announcement. With it is a slew of information, plenty of which makes the nature of the DLC obvious. But there are a few details, some that lingered in the background, that do a whole lot more telling than what’s evident on the surface. In this brief overview, we’ll get into the six things we noticed hiding in the corners of Side Order.
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One of the first things those who played Octo Expansion may have noticed is that, throughout the entire trailer the only weapon we see is a pair of white Dualies. They were boxy, but still Dualie-looking, almost appearing to either be a Tensa brand or just something all their own. At the beginning of the trailer, they looked pretty basic, but at least once we watched them get upgraded right in front of our eyes. This more than heavily suggests that we’re going out swinging with nothing but Dualies in our hands. This is great for those who main the weapon, and it’s worth mentioning that these are Pearl’s weapons of choice. Maybe she made the pick?
No matter how you look at it, Pearl is heavily involved, more so than she ever was in Octo Expansion. From the beginning of the trailer, we see her cute little drone stand-in, something she likely bought with the mountains of cash that she flaunted during Octo Expansion. What’s more interesting though is that this drone isn’t just a camera and a set of speakers: the thing can fight.
Very briefly during one of the opening stage sequences, we see the
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