Additionally, sliced fish - seemingly salmon due to its distinguishing bright orange color, - is sold in freezers in MakoMart, presumably intended for consumption.In Splatoon, as stated in art books and other official media, Salmonids share these same beliefs and is the reason for them often carrying and having kitchenware incorporated in their designs and machinery. Traditionally, in NWC culture (and generally in many North American first nations cultures), hunted food, particularly salmon, are seen as giving themselves to be eaten in the cycle of life and death.Many of the Salmonid illustrations (such as in the Salmon Run title, decals & banners in Grizzco's shop, and featured in Salmon Run maps) are heavily based in the style of NWC traditional artistry, particularly formline art, using many visual motifs and techniques that distinguish it, such as limited, contrasted colors, thick pointed linework, ovoids, S & U forms, and specific characteristic ways of depicting eyes, teeth, and fins.Salmonids are heavily based on North American Northwest Coast First Nations cultures, salmon being a staple and cultural food in those regions.In Splatoon 3's single-player mode Return of the Mammalians, the player character Agent 3 is accompanied by a particular Smallfry that is implied to have been separated from its school and has seemingly traveled alongside Agent 3 for some time, developing a friendly relationship with them.Ī painting of Salmonids. In rare cases where young Smallfry are separated from their schools, their appetites increase drastically as they attempt to return to their original schools' waters. However, the Salmonids do not trade their Golden Eggs as they consider them too precious. The Salmonids and the Octarians have a trade agreement with each other, in which the Salmonids provide Power Eggs used as energy sources in exchange for Octarian weapons and machinery such as Gushers and the vehicles of Slammin' Lids. There are also floating food-based sculptures in the background of Salmon Run stages, which were built by the Salmonids to symbolize these beliefs. When they are eaten by other creatures, they see their death as a way of being one with the world. When the Salmonids fight to the death, they feel a sense of unity with themselves and the world. Grillers are said to be the ultimate way of doing so by the Salmonids becoming the contents of the Griller. It was also explained that the Salmonids are not afraid of dying and regard their death to be a cycle of life of which all life is a part.

In a developer interview, it was revealed that the Salmonids' choice of weapons is due to them trying to make themselves look 'tasty'. Their frying pans, as well as other weapons they wield, are passed down from generation to generation. They take care to keep their weapons in great shape. Salmonids are an honorable clan fighting for their clan's pride is seen as an important value. Many Salmonids use cooking utensils as weapons during battle: Chums and Cohocks use frying pans, Smallfry use spoons, Grillers are charcoal grills, Stingers use a stack of cooking pots, Flyfish and Chinooks use beverage coolers, and Slammin' Lids use pot lids and soup ladles. Additionally, the Smallfry comprising Fish Sticks sing an encouraging chant during runs. ω-3 is a notable Salmonid band whose music plays throughout runs. The best performers from a tribe form a band of three to five members, and bands that are perceived as the very best earn the title 'Omega'. For them, music signifies the start of such runs, and they play it to raise morale. Salmonids regularly return in large numbers from their habitat to where they spawned, with the young ones doing so in order to mature, a behavior called a Salmon Run. Some Boss Salmonids, such as Flyfish and Fish Sticks, consist of Lesser Salmonids that have gone through specific training. Steelheads and Maws have bigger bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have higher intelligence. Those who are raised in a harsher environment become Boss Salmonids. What appearance young Salmonids will reach in maturity is determined by the environment they are raised in. Boss Salmonids and Lesser Salmonids constitute the same species.

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