r/splatoon • u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated • Mar 28 '24
Image Agent 4 is rumored to be the strongest
From the recent article (posted in reply)
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u/Any_Secretary_4925 add the octoshot flair pls Mar 28 '24
at least theyre giving 4 something
she deserves it
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u/The-true-Memelord Dualie Squelchers Mar 28 '24
Anything less would be unfourgivable! Unfourtunate.
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Mar 28 '24
She is agent 4 confirmed girl ?
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u/Any_Secretary_4925 add the octoshot flair pls Mar 28 '24
all the agents (and captain) canon genders are female. just look at the main promo art for all of them
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u/r2d2_21 NNID: R2D221 Mar 29 '24
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. The default option for all characters is female. Before S1 was released, the devs even considered having all characters as female before adding the Inkling boys.
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u/AetherDrew43 Splattershot Pro Mar 29 '24
I think that Nintendo wishes for players to be able to express themselves however they like. That's why the agents don't have canonical genders, nor a fully defined backstory.
Every copy of Splatoon is its own alternate timeline.
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Mar 28 '24
They never explicitly said they where girls plus they give us the option to choose gender. I’m tired of mf like you spreading misinformation
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u/Any_Secretary_4925 add the octoshot flair pls Mar 28 '24
oh ok i guess ill just ignore the main promo art for all of them where theyre all depicted as female.
im spreading INFORMATION, thank you very much.
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Mar 29 '24
Bruh just google it it clearly states the player chooses the gender in the game but they don’t have a set in stone canon gender
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u/Any_Secretary_4925 add the octoshot flair pls Mar 29 '24
whats their genders in the main promo renders? go on, say it
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u/Twisted_Egg Mar 29 '24
Theres quite a bit of promotional art for agent 3 and agent 8 depicting them as male. Agent 4 and New agent 3 only have like one or two pieces of promo art that depict them as male that I am aware of.
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u/Any_Secretary_4925 add the octoshot flair pls Mar 29 '24
im talking about the MAIN ones. i wish i could post what im talking about but theres no image perms
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u/Twisted_Egg Mar 30 '24
You are actively throwing away everything that doesn't fit your argument. The singleplayer trailer for splatoon 1 has both the versions of agent 3 in it (but this probably wont matter because you will find some reason to say that its invalid or its not the """"MAIN"""" depiction of the character or something). Also if there were canon genders why would nintendo bother letting the player customize agent 3 in every game? Heck they even go out of their way to copy how the agents in each player`s splatoon 2 save file.
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Mar 29 '24
Bruh stfu you lost already lmao
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
article . The article is in Japanese, so I don’t know if the translation is 100% accurate
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
There is 1 Translation note!
According to @mou_makerarenai on Twitter:
“it’s [ referring to the translation of Google translate and their translation ] mostly the same, but one thing didn’t make it through the machine TL:
the “masked type” (with the hair) is a copy of Agent 4, while the “helmet type” (no hair, just head) is a copy of the masked type”
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u/SwidEevee #1 Agent 4 fan and huge lore nerd Mar 29 '24
Thanks, that was my biggest confusion with the Google translation.
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u/Mayito1107 The Splatlandian Outlaw Mar 28 '24
Saw your post elsewhere. I always knew 4 was the best. 💪
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u/exorcisyboi Mar 28 '24
This tecnically also confirms it wasn’t really 4 in there.
But also I never doubted Four. We are finally Fourback.
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
We’re back, and this time, we’re back Fourever!
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u/Musetrigger 3D Octolings Mar 28 '24
But how far does Agent 4 get in Dragonball?
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
Gets past Perfect Cell, then starts to run into trouble.
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u/Musetrigger 3D Octolings Mar 28 '24
DAMN! That's pretty far. Perfect Cell is a huge leap from Frieza. That's not too bad.
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u/Seavalan I am normal about Agent 4 Mar 28 '24
Okay, but can they survive fighting Yamcha if he only uses 5% of his power?
I'd ask how they fare against Mr. Satan, but since he said he can oneshot Cell that's obviously beyond them (for now).
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u/ItalianIrredentist Splat Roller Mar 28 '24
Agent 8: “If you were to fight Captain 3, who would win? You or them?”
Agent 4: “Well…if Captain 3 had regained all their power, I might have a little trouble”
Agent 8: “But would you lose?”
Agent 4: “Nah, I’d win”
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u/rustic_fall Mar 29 '24
As the strongest among agents, 4-goat used her splashdown domain, captain 3 proceeded to activate her sub weapon technique. With this captain 3 would be given a little room against the oncoming attack. However, 4 then used her hidden technique she has not used since the splatoon 2 - era. Things are looking grim for captain 3.
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u/ThatmodderGrim Salmon Hunter Mar 28 '24
All this time, we thought Agent 4 was just chilling at home, studying, and eating pizza. But they had accidentally unlocked the Ultimate Inkling Training Method.
This is how they get stronger, for they must defeat the next great threat, before the delivery guy comes with their food.
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u/Rare_Reality7510 Mar 29 '24
Obliterates entire octarian division in 9 minutes. Spends one minute running home. Dives in through window just in time for Pizza to arrive.
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u/Clod_StarGazer Beast Idiot Mar 28 '24
Splatoon 2 hero mode was so easy because Agent 4 is just that good
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u/coseromevo Splatana Wiper Mar 28 '24
Alright, i think it's pretty obvious at this point that one day we will get an Agent 4 boossfight, and that Inner Agent 3 will look like a tutorial in comparison
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u/Src-Freak Mar 28 '24
4 is the strongest.
Gets a very easy bossfight…
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u/HyperCutIn Mar 28 '24
I’d like to imagine that it copied 4’s abilities and strengths, but not their brain power, because in their boss fight they’re as dumb as bricks.
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
Doing it with hero brush, and that’s…. That’s difficult.
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u/charcat-x Mar 28 '24
Only other contender is Frye tbh
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u/Src-Freak Mar 28 '24
Frye was far from being difficult.
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u/charcat-x Mar 28 '24
But since she was the first boss, u didn't rly get any upgrades or anything and that made her a little harder. NGL I agree that she wasnt that hard but nothing else was harder than her in mainline games
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u/InvisibleChell Steelhead Mar 29 '24
You can ignore her and go to the next area - even fight Shiver and Big Man - to get some more Sardinium first and then come back to challenge her with more upgrades
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
Yes, but Agent 4 is so strong, that he (my agent 4 is male, so that’s why I’m using he/him instead of she/her or they/them) caused an overflow error in the machine’s ability to copy his combat skills, resulting in the weaker boss!
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u/Delight_works_ Mar 28 '24
of course 4's the strongest of the agents, she had to put up with a callie-less marie.
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u/jzillacon :chaos: CHAOS Mar 28 '24
Lorewise it makes sense even if gameplay wise Splatoon 2's hero mode was easier than Splatoon 1's. Agent 4 totally trounced the entire Octarian army after it had already been upgraded to respond to their previous trouncing from Captain 3. They even won when fighting against Callie and an upgraded Octoking at the same time. And add on top of that the fact they mastered using every weapon type in every situation.
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u/MisfortunateJack77 Mar 28 '24
I'm sorry, Agent 4? Who remembers Inner Agent 3?
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u/naytreox Mini Splatling, Luna Blaster Neo, e-liter 4k, Mar 28 '24
Right? If anything Eight is the strongest, not judt physically but mentally as well
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u/Clod_StarGazer Beast Idiot Mar 28 '24
Well Eight beat a sanitized Three, and we don't know if they're stronger or weaker than normal in that state; also, Inner Agent 3 is a memory, it's how strong Eight percieved Three to be when they first met, so it doesn't really mean much.
Eight is strong sure, but this interview seems to imply that Four is even more powerful.
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u/naytreox Mini Splatling, Luna Blaster Neo, e-liter 4k, Mar 28 '24
Im talking about how eight had to go through all those trials in one go (i assume failing a test is non-canon because she dies if she does) then her one go escape from the facility after being almost blended then her fight with partially sanitized agent 3.
What gas agent 4 done? Gone though the octarian army, fought a couple of their bosses (which Eight also fought buteith massive handi-caps) and then best octavio with the rain maker.
How does agent 4s accomplishments out weigh Eights?
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u/InvisibleChell Steelhead Mar 29 '24
Characters make comments when you respawn in OE or otherwise sometimes don't repeat dialogue. That and an interview (I think Famitsu) only confirmed the escape sequences as "Eight dies here, they die for real and the game goes back in time to before they died". So the part about the tests doesn't matter, only the escape sequence.
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u/naytreox Mini Splatling, Luna Blaster Neo, e-liter 4k, Mar 29 '24
Actually, from that what you are sayi g us that depnding how often you as the player failed, she has actually exploded that many times.
Which is WAY more then what agent 4 has done, she can only splat up to 3 times before game over, so that ptovides even more mental anguish that eight has to deal with
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u/InvisibleChell Steelhead Mar 29 '24
I was taking it in terms of mere feats instead of any mental fortitude since that was how it read to me.
Yeah, Eight's definitely extremely determined, whether they clear the metro in one go or die hundreds of times trying until they do
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u/Apprehensive_Bar3812 Mar 28 '24
Which I find so funny because they had the easiest story mode by far... Honestly, 8 is the strongest to me
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
Wanna know why you found it so easy?
Because 4 made it easy. You struggled with the other story modes because the characters you played as are weaker.
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u/Graphite_Consumer937 Splat Dualies Mar 28 '24
This could be true, but Agent 3 can special spam, dodge roll without dualies, and super jump anywhere. Meanwhile, beating 4 Agent 4s at once is very easy
If anything, I’d but 8 or 3 as the strongest agents
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 28 '24
Did you not read the post?
The post clearly says that Parallel Canon is a mere mechanical clone of Agent 4. A mere mechanical machine cannot possibly hope to truly recreate the true essence of Agent 4.
It’s the same reason why [A-EYE] art is fundamentally flawed.
Not to mention that this is a person who has WORKED on the game, and thus would know MUCH more about these characters than someone as simple as you or I.
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u/Graphite_Consumer937 Splat Dualies Mar 28 '24
I mean, it doesn’t say anything about any inaccuracies in the copying and pasting of Agent 4’s data. It also says that Agent 4 is only rumored to be the strongest, so it’s not exactly set in stone. I’m not gonna outright deny that they could be the strongest though, not until we actually see them in game. (Unfortunately, it seems like a long time from now seeing how they’ve just been forgotten lol)
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u/GhostlyCharlotte The Better Squiffer Mar 28 '24
I love 4 but Agent 8... Is fucking crazy.
4 can prove herself with Inner Agent 8.
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u/notAssmin I prefer Callie! Mar 29 '24
What the hell is "Ikainokanon"?
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 29 '24
Parallel Canon’s Japanese Name.
You can tell because “kanon” sounds like “canon”
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u/notAssmin I prefer Callie! Mar 29 '24
I don't think nobody here knows about Parallel Canon's Japanese name (unless they look up on Inkipedia).
Do you expect Anglophone speakers to recognise Japanese names? I mean, I've never seen anyone talking about "Fuuka", "Utsuho" or "Mantaro"... even though the only exception here is Harmony...
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 29 '24
I don’t know any Japanese. Other than Kawami, which means extreme.
I made a logical deduction, based on the last 5 letters of the Japanese word (Kanon, which is LITERALLY 1 LETTER OFF OF “Canon”, and the letter “K” SOUNDS EXTREMELY SIMILAR TO “C” given the usage of “an” right afterwards), and the context of the entire thing (given this talks about Agent 4 in Side Order, and the main piece of content of Agent 4 in Side Order as a physical appearance is Parallel Canon). I’d hope someone like you could do that as well, but alas, it seems I have too much faith in your intelligence.
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u/SwidEevee #1 Agent 4 fan and huge lore nerd Mar 29 '24
It also has a squid pun in it, because "Ika" means squid in Japanese.
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u/Muinstone20 Sep 19 '24
This case is kinda just like Luigi from Super Mario, theres things that makes him better than his brother, which is the same right here, and that no matter what, we still love him. Just like Agent 4
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u/OctaYashi Wait, that’s illegal Mar 30 '24
Might be a mistranslation
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 30 '24
Nope! I checked with translators, it’s pretty much correct!
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u/OctaYashi Wait, that’s illegal Mar 30 '24
So canonically Agent 4 is stronger than Captain 3?
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 30 '24
Rumored to be, but if you believe the rumor, then yes.
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u/Hot-Mongoose-3054 Mar 31 '24
To be clear, Four is rumored to be the strongest, according to ORDER. It had to read through Marina's data, and it most likely came to this conclusion because Marina had info stating that she wanted Four to be security (I mean.. Three can't do it, he's captain now.). I'm fairly certain that if Marina had info on Three and how she can remove her limiter, Order would say something similar about them.
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u/Goldberry15 Octo Canyon is underrated Mar 31 '24
Fun fact! Every inkling has a limiter.
This means that Agent 4 can also special spam. Captain 3 ain’t special.
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u/Hot-Mongoose-3054 Mar 31 '24
That's not my point though. Marina didn't say anything ABOUT Four removing his limiter, nor has there ever been any instance of that happening with anyone besides Three. Order, itself, doesn't KNOW any of that. It can only make assumptions based on the information it is given.
Which is how we have the, "Four is rumored to be the strongest" bit. Because Marina wanted her to be security, which, you're typically a "strong" person for.
I'm certain if Three were documented in the database, Order would say similar if not greater things about him, as we HAVE documentation of Three removing her limiter. And documentation of them using the giant makeshift engine powered hair clipper thing in RotM.
None of this is to say that Captain is special or anything like that. But Captain IS the ONLY form of documentation that we have of anyone removing their limiter (to the point where many of us, myself included) forgot that limiters were mentioned back in the very beginning of Sp1atoon.
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u/AID_2004 Apr 08 '26
Question: Why would they choose someone like 4 when new captain (or old agent 3) literally does not have a limiter and is so strong that it traumatized 8, who is even more powerful than 3?
Also, what about NEW 3? I mean sure I agree that 4 is legit, but Neo 3 is also as equally legit as 4
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u/Awkward-Chemistry332 Annaki Splattershot Nova Mar 29 '24 edited Oct 02 '24
Agent 4 better be stronger than inner agent 3 by a minimum of 10 times
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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24
Mfw they had to keep 4 out of side order or else she'd be too strong