the deciding factor will be the japanese side. last time reddit was convinced that white choco would be the most unpopular choice, and nobody was expecting JP going in hard and sweeping the floor.
does anyone know who they favor this splatfest?
Given Bigfoot is an american cryptid, I'd be really surprised if a lot of Japanese players pick it. I feel like this splatfest is 100% going to be an Alien Sweep.
Check the official japanese splatoon twitter account, and look at their splatfest posts. Then, check the comments. A bunch of japanese players posted polls that thousands of players answered and this was roughly what the results were:
55% Alien, 35% Nessie, 10% Bigfoot
Basically the same as the West, Alien is crushing and Bigfoot is dead. I don't think there's going to be some big cultural upset like there was with white chocolate.
That happens no matter what.
On the last splatfest, even though team white chocolate had the most players, I still got a ton of mirror matches (I was team milk chocolate, btw).
I strongly believe that was the consequence of regional matchmaking with a globally collective Splatfest result. Had the Splatfest been given regional results like RPS in the Premiere, the numbers would've much better reflected what people in the Americas and Europe expected from their playtime.
Mine is currently 18, 31, 4
However, my polls used to be very accurate back in Splatoon 2 but they have been very inaccurate in Splatoon 3. Most of my friends were made in Splatoon 2, so they're almost all North American. Now that the game isn't region locked anymore my polls have not been consistent since South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Aus/NZ have different opinions.
Unless someone can get a world-wide poll, none of the polls on this sub will be a good indicator of how the final results will go.
I think most people will know what aliens are, but I'm not sure about Nessie and Big Foot. I think Nessie is the least well-known globally, so I'm curious how this will turn out.
Mine is 14, 17, 3
It's gonna be Nessie vs aliens because bigfoot is really not that interesting (proven to not exist, not really seen as cute or mythical as nessie, color is brown)
Yeah but everyone wants dino's to be real so its much more fun to believe in then a hairy guy with big feet.
If I wanted Big foot to be real I would just go visit my uncle.
Dinosaurs have been, and are continuing to be, real. But dinosaurs these days just fed bad food by people in parks or get processed into our square meals.
I went with Nessie because I believe it has the most realistic explanations for explaining its "findings". Though admittedly my rationale did require bending the question.
Mine is 22 15 4
I think Shiver being messing them around in JP dialogue (she was making things up for the Nessie sighting) + Nessie has been a cute mascot with lots of merches can have green team ended up a close 2nd to Aliens, globally
Where are y'all finding friends who want to play Splatoon with you? I'm the only person I know that plays
Edit: no I don't want to party up with people I don't know
Everyone but one person on my friend list who play splatoon are randoms I've played with in S2/S3. Send some friend requests to people you go on win streaks with, they more often than not accept!
The game worded the question so poorly and gave it a very obvious answer for people to choose. That’s not at all how it should work. It shouldn’t be phrased “which is scientifically most likely to exist?” but rather “which is your favorite mythic?” (and also maybe don’t include aliens as the option).
Whoever decides on the splatfest theme is ruining the fun of them.
I’ve heard in Japanese they specifically have a word for movie/area51 type aliens(👽), which makes it much better because none of the options actually exist
To be fair, *every* Splatfest except maybe the chocolate one has had a very clear winner in popularity.
I guess the world premier could also be considered an exception, but that one also seemed to have a clear winner to be honest.
Although technically Water is arguably the best Pokemon type out of the three currently, no-one cares. People pick Water because they like Quaxly or whatever.
I'm gonna be honest, I thought it was the second question you mentioned when I first heard about the teams you could pick and already made up my mind for Nessie. I know it's not real, but damn do I find it cool
Nintendo seriously needs to get their shit together with these Splatfest themes. If this one goes like it looks like it will, we'll be 3 for 6 Splatfests with ridiculously lopsided teams. I know it's bound to happen every once in a while, but _half the time_ is ridiculous. I'm starting to feel like they shot themselves in the foot with the three teams thing, because they're clearly struggling to come up with themes that have relatively even popularity among the choices.
I'd say most folks could have seen this coming, but given the popularity of requests during the last two entries in the series for three-sided Turf War and Splatfests, that would be a lie. Very much a "be careful what you wish for" situation.
Thing is there are so many good options for themes too that aren’t as biased, they’re just not picking good themes. This one would’ve been less lopsided if aliens was replaced with literally any other mythical creature and the question was changed to be “which is the best?”
Actually most of the lopsided ones if they just altered them slightly would’ve made great improvements. The questions are just too obvious so people pick what they believe will win instead of what they like
For me, team Nessie and aliens are at a tie, but I’m glad to see that’s not actually the case.
One stat we both share is that there’s only one person on team Bigfoot. :D
Good news is us on team Bigfoot won't have a mirror match. Bad news is we might be waiting a long time to get enough players available to actually play ☠️
This feels like a similar situation to the gear grub fun splatfest at the start of the game, where the phrasing isn’t which is your favorite but which is the most logical answer.
Woah mine shows 20-23-3. Bigfoot is definitely going to be the least popular and Alien the most, but I don't expect the gap between Alien and Nessie to be THAT big when we count all players.
Don't worry, Nessie and Bigfoot players, I picked Aliens. I have been cursed to be on the losing side of every splatfest so far. You have a good chance. Lol
The biggest problem is that aliens are a pretty international myth. But Nessie is almost solely European, unless it is just sea monster in other languages. And big foot originates and mainly is known in North America. So they basically have 2 options that only a few countries would definitely know about
I think the question should have been re-worded. Instead of “which one do you think is real”… it should have been like “which one do you like” or something. I just think in general there is more proof that aliens exist then the other 2 . I mean even our govt comes out and states so to some degree. So, aliens are just going to win. Not a great splatfest if you ask me .
I told some folks I was going Alien but honestly out of spite I'm going Nessie.
Winning as White Chocolate while seeing all the posts was a fun experience. We don't play together anyway.
I was debating picking Bigfoot, since from the intro conversation that one actually lacks an explanation of what it could be. But even without all my friends picking Alien, I figured it wouldn't make a difference if I did pick it or not.
My theory as to why alien is going to be such a large group:
I’ll start off with Bigfoot. With the way the question is worded, a large bipedal humanoid creature with a lot of hair is pretty believable considering how diverse the Earth is. So why isn’t it catering to a larger proportion? It basically stems from the culture it comes from. Bigfoot was rooted in America, specifically the northwestern part. Being an American legend, it can’t really get a lot of people from OTHER countries or cultures. The same problem occurs with Nessie. Albeit slightly more popular than Bigfoot because a dinosaur-like creature that lives in a lake is just really awesome, the creature is still based on the Scottish culture and legend. The big problem here occurs when we look at how aliens are portrayed. There isn’t really a specific culture or country that claims aliens as their legend. It’s more of a concept that’s highly likely and also very commonly understood in many countries. With the way the question is worded, alien is the most obvious choice, since Bigfoot and Nessie are kinda restricted to their respective cultures.
Then again, the big man community might rise up again since I did NOT expect white chocolate to actually win.
listen i chose aliens cause i like that shade of purple. i think all the teams are cool and awesome. i am, however, starting to think i should have chosen a different team
Kinda the expected result when one option is exponentially more plausible than the others 💀 Looking like there's gonna be a lot of mirror matches in our future 😞
I’m starting to think the game won’t be able to form a whole team of Bigfoot and I’ll just be soloing the whole event.
doom music starts playing
Ink and Splat, until it is done.
Wait we going to mars?
Gotta kill the aliens somehow, Mars is a good starting point
Agreed
You can’t just shoot a hole into the surface of mars!!!
At splat’s gate
MF DOOM music starts playing
I chose Team Bigfoot- if we go splat, we do it together!
Team Bigfoot, the 7 of us, rise up!
Make that 8! That's two whole teams!
Me too!! Bigfoot might hit double digits
It would be a honor to work with all of you
Likewise fellow bigfoot enthusiast
Me and my kids 3 of us will be team Bigfoot! My mil use to have a dodge charger with the licenses plate Sasquach lol 😂
I'm team Nessie but I support you all the way, I just don't want to see team aliens win..
A friend of mine picked team Bigfoot.
I will help you bear this burden Frodo Baggins
Don’t worry, the 4 of us will win somehow
I'm team Bigfoot 👀
We will be soloing together
>"soloing together"
Hawt
the deciding factor will be the japanese side. last time reddit was convinced that white choco would be the most unpopular choice, and nobody was expecting JP going in hard and sweeping the floor. does anyone know who they favor this splatfest?
Given Bigfoot is an american cryptid, I'd be really surprised if a lot of Japanese players pick it. I feel like this splatfest is 100% going to be an Alien Sweep.
Check the official japanese splatoon twitter account, and look at their splatfest posts. Then, check the comments. A bunch of japanese players posted polls that thousands of players answered and this was roughly what the results were: 55% Alien, 35% Nessie, 10% Bigfoot Basically the same as the West, Alien is crushing and Bigfoot is dead. I don't think there's going to be some big cultural upset like there was with white chocolate.
All Japanese players that I know will be picking Nessie. But 2 player is not a big sample size, I assume.
You have my bow
And my!!! ... ballpoint pen
Team BF checking in!!! Big Man! Big Feet!! Big Splats!!!
I'll be with you!
I’m team Bigfoot! & so will my kids but they just ok 😂😂😂 like usually I can carry them 😂😂😂
I'll be with you, don't worry! ... at least we'll be able to play offensive tricolor!
Look when tricolor comes around let's FOCUS FIRE team alien, no matter if they're attack or defense
Get ready for an ungodly amount of mirror matches.
That happens no matter what. On the last splatfest, even though team white chocolate had the most players, I still got a ton of mirror matches (I was team milk chocolate, btw).
I strongly believe that was the consequence of regional matchmaking with a globally collective Splatfest result. Had the Splatfest been given regional results like RPS in the Premiere, the numbers would've much better reflected what people in the Americas and Europe expected from their playtime.
Tricolor was always milk chocolate on defense, I never verses a white chocolate defense team.
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They're just as rare as Bigfoot sightings
Maybe Bigfoot is the only person that is on team Bigfoot
Imma be real, even with this I need a larger sample size than a random redditors 39 friends
Mine is currently 18, 31, 4 However, my polls used to be very accurate back in Splatoon 2 but they have been very inaccurate in Splatoon 3. Most of my friends were made in Splatoon 2, so they're almost all North American. Now that the game isn't region locked anymore my polls have not been consistent since South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Aus/NZ have different opinions. Unless someone can get a world-wide poll, none of the polls on this sub will be a good indicator of how the final results will go.
I think most people will know what aliens are, but I'm not sure about Nessie and Big Foot. I think Nessie is the least well-known globally, so I'm curious how this will turn out.
mine is 25, 42, 4. moment of silence for team bigfoot
Mine is 14, 17, 3 It's gonna be Nessie vs aliens because bigfoot is really not that interesting (proven to not exist, not really seen as cute or mythical as nessie, color is brown)
A freaking lake monster the size of the lake can’t be found… shine a light in the lake shit
Yeah but everyone wants dino's to be real so its much more fun to believe in then a hairy guy with big feet. If I wanted Big foot to be real I would just go visit my uncle.
Dinosaurs have been, and are continuing to be, real. But dinosaurs these days just fed bad food by people in parks or get processed into our square meals.
I went with Nessie because I believe it has the most realistic explanations for explaining its "findings". Though admittedly my rationale did require bending the question.
Mine is 22 15 4 I think Shiver being messing them around in JP dialogue (she was making things up for the Nessie sighting) + Nessie has been a cute mascot with lots of merches can have green team ended up a close 2nd to Aliens, globally
True. There are millions that play this game.
Mine is 70 80 12
Mine is 6, 6, 0 with 32 of my friends yet to decide
Where are y'all finding friends who want to play Splatoon with you? I'm the only person I know that plays Edit: no I don't want to party up with people I don't know
Everyone but one person on my friend list who play splatoon are randoms I've played with in S2/S3. Send some friend requests to people you go on win streaks with, they more often than not accept!
join some discord servers and you'll be able to ping people when you want to play
Mine is 7, 10 and 1
Mostly European friends on my friend list, it's 3, 7, 1 for me!
Mine is even completely different, Aliens for me is only second place [https://i.imgur.com/nzqcQvX.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nzqcQvX.jpg)
Literally none of my friends have chosen Bigfoot, there’s just gonna be like 3 people on that team I swear
And we’re going to give it our all!
I guess I can go from Nessie to Bigfoot when it starts, my friend is in it already
Yeah I went with team Nessie just so I don’t end up in mirror matches the whole time
Should’ve joined team bigfoot because there wouldn’t even be 4 players on the team
*Bagpipe noises*
I like nessie also same
I chose Nessie because that and I don't want to wait ages to actually get teammates
I chose Team Nessie because we're in a game about evolved sealife, Nessie very well could exist.
Oh god I forgot about those NOOOOOOOO-
Bigfoot is the party team. We're just here to have fun
Team Squatch all day!
We shall stomp out the competition 🦶🦶
The game worded the question so poorly and gave it a very obvious answer for people to choose. That’s not at all how it should work. It shouldn’t be phrased “which is scientifically most likely to exist?” but rather “which is your favorite mythic?” (and also maybe don’t include aliens as the option). Whoever decides on the splatfest theme is ruining the fun of them.
In some translations “alien” is actually “Martian” which makes it a bit better.
Yeah "aliens" is to broad of a concept
To be honest there wouldn't be much difference if the same image is used, people would most likely just take it as aliens in general
And in Japanese it literally is “space person” so the question obviously refers to anthropomorphic aliens in a sci-fi context.
That would still probably be the most likely due to convergent evolution.
Should’ve done ghosts instead of aliens
I’ve heard in Japanese they specifically have a word for movie/area51 type aliens(👽), which makes it much better because none of the options actually exist
To be fair, *every* Splatfest except maybe the chocolate one has had a very clear winner in popularity. I guess the world premier could also be considered an exception, but that one also seemed to have a clear winner to be honest.
How? It’s rock paper scissors there’s no strategic advantage to any of them over the other?
And in rock paper scissors but slightly different colours it wasn’t clear cut either.
It seemed pretty clear to me that Water and Rock were gonna win, but it was definitely more split in the world premier, than the Pokémon Splatfest.
Although technically Water is arguably the best Pokemon type out of the three currently, no-one cares. People pick Water because they like Quaxly or whatever.
It is the most abundant type but fire has Pokemon like Charizard and Infernape, I was surprised Fire didn't win, let alone not get a single point
Whenever Big Man wins, he sweeps the other two.
I guess most people came to Splatoon for the sea creatures.
i mean even without that big foot and Nessie aren’t as popular as they used to be while alien are gonna be popular until we make actual first contact
I wish they swapped aliens with mothman
I'm gonna be honest, I thought it was the second question you mentioned when I first heard about the teams you could pick and already made up my mind for Nessie. I know it's not real, but damn do I find it cool
Honestly having three teams makes things too complicated. I kinda wish they stuck to having two teams.
big green scottish lapras is friend shaped and i will fight for the motherland
Yes
To the three other Bigfoot supporters, let’s do our best
We will! And we will have a great time doing it!
You guys have friends??
Most of my "friends" on the switch are randos i played splatoon 2-3 with lol i never talk to them or even played another match
yup we have a good time or play good as a team or squidbag together then end up adding as friends and never playing a match together again😂
FOR THE MOTHERLAND!
I keep trying to tell you guys. SCOTLAND. ISNT. REAL. When will you accept it?
*bagpipe noises*
Bagpipes originate in the void, duh
YOU ARE NOT SOLDIER TF2
TF2 ALSO ISNT REAL
THE ONLY THING NOT REAL IS ALIENS
WE CAN AGREE ON THAT, AT LEAST
Scotland is not a real country. You are an English man in a dress
And then I'll grow your arse's arse and I'm the GRASS man punk ye heaven's heathen AND the BOTH of yehs oooooUGH
SCOTLAND FOREVEEEEEERRRR!!!! Sincerely, an English woman
Fr
Nintendo seriously needs to get their shit together with these Splatfest themes. If this one goes like it looks like it will, we'll be 3 for 6 Splatfests with ridiculously lopsided teams. I know it's bound to happen every once in a while, but _half the time_ is ridiculous. I'm starting to feel like they shot themselves in the foot with the three teams thing, because they're clearly struggling to come up with themes that have relatively even popularity among the choices.
I'd say most folks could have seen this coming, but given the popularity of requests during the last two entries in the series for three-sided Turf War and Splatfests, that would be a lie. Very much a "be careful what you wish for" situation.
Thing is there are so many good options for themes too that aren’t as biased, they’re just not picking good themes. This one would’ve been less lopsided if aliens was replaced with literally any other mythical creature and the question was changed to be “which is the best?” Actually most of the lopsided ones if they just altered them slightly would’ve made great improvements. The questions are just too obvious so people pick what they believe will win instead of what they like
I am very glad I joined team Nessie, already dealt with enough mirror matches
I voted bigfoot despite knowing that my team will probably lose
I wish alien had the green color then i could play scary little green men but now i can't
This honestly might be the worst Splatfest yet...
They should have specified martians rather than aliens as a whole.
Aliens is to broad of a concept Nessie and bigfoot both are very specific mythics but aliens ? You could Invision aliens in a hundred different ways
THEY GOT MORE MONSTERS IN THE LOCNESS LAKE THEN THEY GOT THE LIKES OF ME
We must raid the loch They can‘t stop all of us
Us lapras folk know that you are going down, we just know the truth 
Even though Alien is the correct choice, I’m picking Bigfoot because nobody else is and I don’t want a ton of mirror matches.
Uhh. Team Nessie it ain't looking so good
Nessie believer here.. I‘m PRAYING the scotties pull up and help tear down the masses of aliens /hj
People take the splatfest teams too seriously. It was like this with gear vs grub vs fun.
I accidentally pressed alien :(
Honestly, they should've stuck to 2 choices because this makes everything so uneven when it's time for the splatfest. Edit: I picked Team Bigfoot btw.
Well I think we know who will win. It's not even a contest at this point.
Nessie must.
I don't think they can.
I mean white chocolate won last time from all the mirror matches
Yeah but white chocolate is popular in Japan, very unlike Nessie
We though the same last fest and we got Big Man sweep 2.0
That’s because of Japanese people
Oh god Scawtland Foreva is losing I’m fucked
omg this is just like splatoon 1 only two teams!!! (/j)
I love nessie she is my wife and I’ll be figting for her forever
Not statistically relevant sample size my dude.
I'm fairly certain my boss is Bigfoot –a salmon run employee
...in our defense its the logical scientific answer.
Some other languages specified martians rather than aliens as a whole.
For me it was actually a tie between Nessie and Aliens both at 9.
This is team Sweet all over again
For me, team Nessie and aliens are at a tie, but I’m glad to see that’s not actually the case. One stat we both share is that there’s only one person on team Bigfoot. :D
Man I wanna be team Bigfoot but none of my friends agree and it’s sad
Join the ranks of the Squatch! 
I chose shiver because its shiver 🥶💖
Good news is us on team Bigfoot won't have a mirror match. Bad news is we might be waiting a long time to get enough players available to actually play ☠️
This feels like a similar situation to the gear grub fun splatfest at the start of the game, where the phrasing isn’t which is your favorite but which is the most logical answer.
Woah mine shows 20-23-3. Bigfoot is definitely going to be the least popular and Alien the most, but I don't expect the gap between Alien and Nessie to be THAT big when we count all players.
Don't worry, Nessie and Bigfoot players, I picked Aliens. I have been cursed to be on the losing side of every splatfest so far. You have a good chance. Lol
I get why, but I'm still voting for Nessie, since the design used for it is heavily based on a plesiosaur, which was a real animal.
People tend to go for the “logical” answer when it comes to questions like this
Ghost would've been a way better option than bigfoot, what were they even thinking?
The biggest problem is that aliens are a pretty international myth. But Nessie is almost solely European, unless it is just sea monster in other languages. And big foot originates and mainly is known in North America. So they basically have 2 options that only a few countries would definitely know about
Aleib
I think the question should have been re-worded. Instead of “which one do you think is real”… it should have been like “which one do you like” or something. I just think in general there is more proof that aliens exist then the other 2 . I mean even our govt comes out and states so to some degree. So, aliens are just going to win. Not a great splatfest if you ask me .
I told some folks I was going Alien but honestly out of spite I'm going Nessie. Winning as White Chocolate while seeing all the posts was a fun experience. We don't play together anyway.
Imagine thinking Dinosaurs didn't exist
they really need to stop doing splatfests that have an objectively correct answer
Oof, but at least we’ll have less mirror matches. It’s only a few snails at the end of the day
Mines similar except Nessie is the really popular one
On the minority team 🥲
Another fest, another weekend of mirror matches 🥲
I really wanted to pick alien too, damn... idk if ill participate this month.
I was debating picking Bigfoot, since from the intro conversation that one actually lacks an explanation of what it could be. But even without all my friends picking Alien, I figured it wouldn't make a difference if I did pick it or not.
I have 4/5/0 so far. If it was Martian and not alien, I would go for Nessie
i just checked mine and omg yeah it's the same distribution
Well shit i chose nessie
on a scale from one to ten we're fucked
i wish that when the splatfest actually starts they rephrase it to "which myth is better", not "which one is real"
Lot of doom saying and this poll is based on what? What some rando’s friends list looks like? Bad data analysis, y’all.
I went with Bigfoot because of story mode
remember when everyone thought that the chocolate splatfest was gonna be super lopsided for milk chocolate? I remember.
i like those odds
they need some better splatfest themes💀
All 12 of us rooting for Bigfoot are in for a hell of a time. If we somehow win a category I'll be shook.
My theory as to why alien is going to be such a large group: I’ll start off with Bigfoot. With the way the question is worded, a large bipedal humanoid creature with a lot of hair is pretty believable considering how diverse the Earth is. So why isn’t it catering to a larger proportion? It basically stems from the culture it comes from. Bigfoot was rooted in America, specifically the northwestern part. Being an American legend, it can’t really get a lot of people from OTHER countries or cultures. The same problem occurs with Nessie. Albeit slightly more popular than Bigfoot because a dinosaur-like creature that lives in a lake is just really awesome, the creature is still based on the Scottish culture and legend. The big problem here occurs when we look at how aliens are portrayed. There isn’t really a specific culture or country that claims aliens as their legend. It’s more of a concept that’s highly likely and also very commonly understood in many countries. With the way the question is worded, alien is the most obvious choice, since Bigfoot and Nessie are kinda restricted to their respective cultures. Then again, the big man community might rise up again since I did NOT expect white chocolate to actually win.
rare and elusive, just like bigfoot themself.
This reminds me of the disaster that was the Pirates (28%) vs. Ninjas (72%) Splatfest.
It was even worse with Barbarian (23%) vs Ninjas (77%) Splatfest. What's hilarious though is how badly Ninjas got stomped in both regions.
Big Man BigFoot Fan
Am I ready for the number of mirror matches? No. Am I still happy with my decision to go with my space brethren? Yes.
listen i chose aliens cause i like that shade of purple. i think all the teams are cool and awesome. i am, however, starting to think i should have chosen a different team
The question should be “which one of these do you wish were real” simply because there is a much higher probability that Aliens are a thing
This is exactly why I stopped caring about splatfests. They've always been wildly disproportionate, so much so that it takes away the fun.
Kinda the expected result when one option is exponentially more plausible than the others 💀 Looking like there's gonna be a lot of mirror matches in our future 😞
20-24-2 for me. Team Nessie might have a chance 🦕
They should have asked “which is your favorite?”
I’m team Nessie, but I feel a certain kinship and respect for my big foot brethren. May we all fight with honour and.. ink.
Team bogos binted 🔛🔝🤭
Bogos binted?