You’re a kid now! You’re a squid now! You’re…
Sorry. I couldn’t resist nabbing a line from Nintendo’s cheesy-fun Splatoon commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPOSKnOftA
Speaking of Splatoon, though, Nintendo’s been pulling all of the stops out in its marketing efforts, both in North America and abroad. On top of numerous “Global Test Fire” events, which served as a combination of demo and server stress test, Nintendo’s been making sure that Splatoon’s name appears everywhere possible.
In Japan, the Kyoto-based company’s gone so far as to commission a manga that ran in the June issue of Corocoro magazine.
Apparently, Squid Girl creator Masahiro Anbe is also a bit of a fan of the game’s concept. In a cross-over event between Weekly Shonen Champion and gaming mag Famitsu Anbe provided a series of cross-over images, which feature his emissary from the sea going toe-to-toe with the Inklings of Splatoon.
Japan’s official Splatoon Twitter account began tweeting several of Anbe’s drawings this week, giving a short tease for the coming feature.
We’ve provided the original tweets below, along with a rough translation of the text.
本日発売の「週刊ファミ通」にも先程とは別の“イカ娘”とのコラボイラストが掲載されているそうだ。
一体何が始まろうとしているのか？
イカ娘とやらにも俄然に興味がわいてきた。
このイラストの全貌は「週刊ファミ通」で確認してほしい。 pic.twitter.com/nFeOAkqaeF— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015
In today’s Weekly Famitsu, we see a collaboration with another “Squid Girl.” What the hell is about to go down? Things have suddenly reached a boiling point with the other alleged “Squid Girl.” Check out the whole illustration in Weekly Famitsu.
本日発売の「週刊少年チャンピオン」に例のイカと〝イカ娘”という別種のイカとのコラボイラストが掲載されているそうだ。
どうも、イラスト以外にも何やらコラボをするらしい。
このイラストの全貌は「週刊少年チャンピオン」で確認してほしい。 pic.twitter.com/yxtGyxEzhu— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015
We heard that today’s Weekly Shonen Champion release contains a series of collaborative illustrations between Inklings and another kind of squid known as “Squid Girl.” Apparently, there’s some collaboration in addition to the illustrations. Check out the whole illustartion in Weekly Shonen Champion.
我がイカ研究所の研究員も例のイカと”イカ娘”とのコラボイラストを描いたそうだ。
一応断っておくが、あくまで研究のためのスケッチである。
イカへの飽くなき探究心の賜物なのだ。
イカ娘がカワイイからとか、決してそういうことではないのだ。 pic.twitter.com/3UJIeCwkIu— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015
My ICA Instutute colleagues drew a series of collaborative illustrations of the Inklings and the “Squid Girl”, to show off their looks. Mind you, it’s only a sketch for research. It’s the gift of the inquiring mind to the squid. It’s not that we find Squid Girl cute, not at all!
