Splatoon 3's Story Makes the Right Choice with Deep Cut
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Splatoon 3's main story.Splatoon 3 new idol characters, Shiver, Frye, and Big Man, are already beloved by Splatoon fans. Known as Deep Cut, they are the first idol group to have three characters instead of just two, going with the theme of threes for Splatoon 3 and its three-choice Splatfests. They also play a role in the main story that caught players by surprise.
Instead of being allies from the start, Shiver, Frye, and Big Man actually played the role of villains for mostSplatoon 3's main story content. This decision by Splatoon 3's developers actually proved to be very fun. Being able to fight the idols and see more of a rebellious personality from them paid off.
Splatoon 3: What Is The SplatNet?
The role of idols in the Splatoon series has always been for announcing maps, game modes, and Splatfests. The various idols also would choose a side in a Splatfest. Until Splatoon 3, their role in the main story content was always to help the player out. In Splatoon 3, however, the helpers are the old idols Callie and Marie. Deep Cut makes their appearance not to help the player, but as bandits who desire treasure. They say that being idols is just their day job, while they work to steal treasure on the side.
Their desire for treasure pits them against the player, each idol having their own boss fight on three of Alterna's various islands. Shiver's fight involves her riding a megalodon, Frye controlling eels, and Big Man using himself to spread lots of ink around his stage. This gives players a fresh view of the idols, able to meet them in combat and just not cutscenes. Fans can understand them outside idol roles, such as that Shiver is a shark tamer and Frye is an eel master.
Of course, their roles as
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