i really went and sat down for 2 and a half days straight like "i'm gonna make a video essay about salmonid"
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EDIT: Following the Splatoon 3 reveal, I made another video connecting the new info back to this video. Go check it out, I seriously doubt little buddy is a pet! He is your friend! Also *yes* I know my theory on smallfry turned out to be wrong.
https://youtu.be/mDeqIwGbIuQ
Spanish and Catalan subtitles by Lluc Riberax - https://twitter.com/LlucRiberax
Russian subtitles by thelightison666 - https://twitter.com/thelightison666
SOURCES:
My translation of the Famitsu interview with Salmonid lore: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S0gKBPk6eWhxX2ZTyaNyiKx8S1pvYrIgw2Ct5WjRwf0/edit?usp=sharing
The rest of the interview (Japanese): https://www.famitsu.com/news/201803/01152806.html
reddit u/Nimted summary: https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/814h8d/famitsu_interview_with_splatoon_2_producer/
Other Nogami quotes acquired from: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/what-dark-nintendo-means-according-to-splatoons-pr/1100-6457683/
and https://kotaku.com/do-squid-kids-eat-squid-splatoon-s-producer-explains-1826865317
Haikara Walker Omega 3 info (link to more of my Haikara Walker translations in the thread): https://twitter.com/rassicas/status/1275606721524674561?s=20
Any info that's not in those links, I pulled from The Art of Splatoon 2 (cant provide a link to that).
(despite how i may sound i am not a girl. if you're going to refer to me in third person, please use they/them pronouns. thank you!)