First of all, not every mission has you just reaching the end. While the Splatoon 2 campaign has more variety than the original, it has nothing on Octo Expansion. Each weapon and sub weapon can be upgraded to use less ink and be stronger. You can also use three different sub weapons, those being the Splat Bomb, Curling Bomb, and Auto Bomb. This covers all the main weapon types featured in the game, allowing you to practice before going online with these weapons. The weapon types you can use are the Hero Shot, Hero Roller, Hero Charger, Hero Dualies, Hero Slosher, Hero Splatling, Hero Blaster, Hero Brella, and the Herobrush. Sometimes you choose the weapons, but most times the choices are made for you.
These stages are also different because of the weapons you use.
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While the stages do have some variety on how to get to the end, whether it’s travelling along inkable sponges, fighting Octolings, or bouncy airbags. Splatoon 2’s levels all boil down to either reaching the end of the stage, or beating a boss. Speaking of gameplay, this is what really sets Octo Expansion apart from Splatoon 2’s campaign. Once that’s done, you can use your Octoling during regular online gameplay. And once that’s done, Pearl destroys the statue with a Killer Wail and her loud voice. Obviously, that can’t happen, so Marina puts hyper bombs on the statue, which you have to blow up. However, Tartar has decided that both Inklings and Octolings are unworthy, and will destroy the world to create new, worthy life. Tartar is an AI which was created 12,000 years ago to pass on human knowledge to the next worthy species. Once you get to the surface, a giant statue of a human comes out, and is piloted by an AI called Commander Tartar. Pearl and Marina help you navigate up to the surface, but on the way you have to fight an infected Agent 3. But just before you turn into an Octoling smoothie, Agent 3, the hero of the original Splatoon saves you. Once you assemble them and step inside, it turns out it was actually a blender. You have to gather four “thangs” to make your way to the promised world. But he’s not the only one giving you advice, as both Pearl and Marina are helping you over a walkie-talkie.
Also trapped down with you is Capp’n Cuttlefish, the mentor from the first game. After seeing the final boss fight from the original Splatoon, you’ve had a change of heart, and want to go live in Inkopolis. The story for the Octo Expansion has you wake up as an Octoling deep underground in a subway station.