Distorted guitar riffs crash into breakbeat chaos before a fictional squid language starts screaming over the top. Toru Minegishi and the Nintendo sound team went absolutely feral on Splatoon 3's score, pushing the series' genre-blending even further.
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"Clickbait" layers punk energy with funk bass and time signature changes that shouldn't work but absolutely do. "Tentacle to the Metal" hits like math rock filtered through a paint gun. And then "Deluge Dirge" drops this ominous Salmon Run tension that flips the whole vibe dark.
The way they write songs for fictional in-universe bands, complete with different vocal styles and production aesthetics... If you ever wanted to hear what J-pop street culture sounds like underwater, start here.