For details on the canon fighters' stats and hitboxes, check out Ultimate Frame Data: https://ultimateframedata.com/stats.php
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Welcome to another episode of Challenger Approaching! In this series, we discuss characters who may be invited to a future entry of Super Smash Bros, then go into ludicrous detail on what they could be like if they joined the fight for real!
Our Challenger this time is someone who is bound to have some attention sent their way when the time comes. Splatoon's meteoric rise to prominence has all but ensured the series will have more content in the next Smash game--whenever that is--and its main choice for a new fighter is the Inklings' eight-armed counterparts. Some suggestions have including making a playable Octoling an Inkling echo fighter or even a set of alternate costumes, but there is so much to work with that a mostly unique moveset isn't out of the question!
But how could such a thing be handled? Which weapons and skills Inkling's moveset doesn't use could go into Octoling's design? And how well could they justify being the Luigi to Inkling's Mario? Let's take a look.
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Additional Sources:
Splatoon – Announcement Trailer (Nintendo Official): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L54s2m1dPs
Splatoon – Final Boss (Chuggaaconroy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJ1MtwGPQw
Splatoon – Octoling Invasion Gameplay (Chuggaaconroy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFYDGVQAF0
Splatoon 3 – All Winning Animations (KokiriGaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMg5UYIxUws
Splatoon 3 – Announcement Trailer (Nintendo Official): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYDXVDLmns
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – LeoN (Bowser) vs. Cosmos (Inkling) (VGBootCamp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFxblZeTMs
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – PeW (Ness) vs. Space (Inkling) (VGBootCamp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsUP2tWZ9kA
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Raflow (Palutena) vs. Colorondo8 (Inkling) (VGBootCamp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLlsGc9swqQ
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Space (Inkling) vs. Raflow (Palutena) (VGBootCamp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfsTBO_Z5I
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Umeki (Daisy) vs. Shirayuki (Inkling) (VGBootCamp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGHCauR4us