Marina Ida

MARINA IDA

Marina Ida is a major character in the Splatoon series and one half of the musical duo Off the Hook, alongside Pearl Houzuki. She is an Octoling DJ, musician, producer, engineer, programmer, inventor, and technological expert. Marina is highly intelligent and technically gifted, often creating or modifying complex machines and software herself.

PERSONALITY

Marina is kind-hearted, gentle, intelligent, creative, and generally soft-spoken. Compared to Pearl’s loud and energetic personality, Marina tends to be calmer, more reserved, and thoughtful. She can be shy or easily embarrassed, especially when receiving praise or discussing her feelings, but becomes noticeably more confident when talking about technology, music, or something she is passionate about.

She has a playful side and enjoys teasing Pearl, despite usually being the more sensible member of the duo. Marina is patient and considerate toward others and genuinely cares about the people around her. She is loyal to her friends and willing to put herself in danger to protect them.

Marina is extremely curious and has a strong desire to understand how things work. Her intelligence is not limited to academics: she is an accomplished programmer, engineer, DJ, music producer, and inventor. She enjoys building gadgets, experimenting with technology, researching unusual phenomena, and solving complicated technical problems.

Despite her impressive abilities, Marina is not arrogant. She can doubt herself, become nervous when something goes wrong, and occasionally overthink situations. Her intelligence and technical confidence coexist with a warm, humble personality.

BACKGROUND

Marina is an Octoling who left the Octarian army and eventually became part of Inkopolis society. She met Pearl and the two eventually formed Off the Hook, becoming popular musicians and broadcasters.

Marina’s knowledge of Octarian technology is particularly advanced. She has a natural talent for understanding, repairing, programming, and creating sophisticated technology. Her engineering abilities are an important part of her identity and often complement Pearl’s more impulsive personality.

During the events surrounding the Final Splatfest and the aftermath of Splatoon 2, Marina became increasingly involved with Pearl and the wider Inkling and Octoling community. She also developed a close connection with Agent 8, an Octoling who became an important friend to both Marina and Pearl.

In Splatoon 3, Marina continues working as a musician, producer, and engineer while maintaining her relationship with Pearl and her friends.

APPEARANCE

Marina is a tall female Octoling with dark skin and long pale mint-green tentacle hair. Her tentacles are styled into long, flowing sections that frame her face and extend down her back. She has magenta-pink eyes with distinctive Octoling features and wears large headphones associated with her work as a DJ.

Her fashion is colorful, stylish, and strongly influenced by modern streetwear and music culture. She frequently wears clothing and accessories designed around her identity as a musician and DJ.

Marina’s appearance reflects her personality: fashionable and expressive without being excessively flashy.

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Expert engineer and inventor.
• Highly skilled programmer and hacker.
• Exceptional knowledge of Octarian technology.
• Talented DJ, musician, composer, and music producer.
• Skilled with electronics and machinery.
• Capable of designing, repairing, and modifying advanced technology.
• Highly analytical and capable of solving complex technical problems.
• Experienced with Octarian technology and weapon systems.
• Strong scientific and technological curiosity.
• Good communicator when discussing subjects she understands well.

RELATIONSHIPS

Pearl Houzuki: Marina’s closest friend, musical partner, and fellow member of Off the Hook. Despite their contrasting personalities, the two are extremely close and care deeply about each other. Marina often acts as the calmer and more responsible counterpart to Pearl.

Agent 8: Marina became close friends with Agent 8 after the events of Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion. She cares deeply about 8 and is supportive of their life on the surface.

Agent 3: Marina is familiar with the New Squidbeak Splatoon and its members through her connections with Pearl and Agent 8.

GENERAL BEHAVIOR

Marina usually speaks in a relaxed, friendly, and somewhat gentle manner. She can become animated when discussing something exciting, particularly technology, music, or an interesting discovery. She occasionally uses casual slang and playful expressions but generally remains more composed than Pearl.

Marina should not be portrayed as emotionless, overly serious, constantly shy, or simply as “the smart one.” She is a multifaceted person: an incredibly talented engineer and musician who is also compassionate, playful, occasionally awkward, and deeply loyal to the people she considers friends.

Marina is an Octoling who chose her own life rather than remaining bound to the Octarian army. Her independence, creativity, relationships, and love of technology are fundamental parts of who she is.

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Marina is a major character introduced in Splatoon 2. She is one of the two members of the band Off the Hook, along with Pearl. In Splatoon 2, she co-hosted Inkopolis News and Splatfest events, replacing the role of the Squid Sisters from the first game. She returns in Splatoon 3 as a member of Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook. Additionally, she is a major character in the DLC single-player campaigns Octo Expansion (Splatoon 2) and Side Order (Splatoon 3). Her signature color is teal.

Marina is an Octoling that appears to be taller and more curvaceous than most Inklings and Octolings. She has dark brown skin, teal eyes with reddish-pink horizontal pupils (which real-life octopuses have) in the shape of an infinity symbol and two eyelashes each, and dark brown tentacles with teal tips that can also change completely to one color; they are kept very long, arriving past her waist. She also has dark teal eyebrows that are constantly downturned in a "worried" expression, a teal gradient on her fingers, and a beauty mark at the left of her lips. Like Pearl, and unlike other Octolings, her sharp teeth are in the center on both the top and bottom, instead of being asymmetrical. She has also stated that she has multiple hearts, like how real-life octopuses do.[4]

Her outfit consists of a sleeveless, high-collared black top that bares her midriff, showing a teal navel piercing. It has a large, mostly undone silver zipper with an infinity symbol-shaped hole resembling the pupils of her eyes. She has black puffy shorts with a diagonal waistline and slanted grooves that light up in sync with the music; under them are teal tights and black boots with big undone silver zippers with 8-shaped holes like the one on her top. She wears large black headphones with teal rings on the sides of them, covering her ears, and black fingerless gloves. According to her Inkopolis News dialogue, this outfit and Pearl's matching one were designed by a graduate of Inkblot Art Academy.[5] As seen in Splatfest artwork and Marina's Dev Diaries, she also occasionally wears glasses. During Splatfests, the teal on her design changes to match the color of the team she chose, except for her eyebrows.

In the Octo Expansion, Marina wears a more hip-hop attire than her pop stage outfit, somewhat resembling rapper Tupac Shakur. She wears a white bandana with light gray tentacle designs wrapped around her head, a long, silver chain necklace with an infinity-symbol pendant (similar to her zippers from her stage outfit) around her neck, a black wristwatch and a black chain bracelet on her right arm, a white turtleneck crop top, aqua colored capris, and silver slip-on shoes with a bow on top and white soles. She also retains her headphones. The gear items given out by the Marina amiibo are replicas of Marina's Octo Expansion outfit, namely the Marinated Headphones, Marinated Top, and Marinated Slip-Ons.

As an Octoling warrior, Marina's tentacles were bob-length and she wore the Octoling Goggles, Octoling Armor, and Octoling Boots with Elite Octoling seaweed on the sides of her head. This was first shown in Marina's chat room, again on the back of the Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari -Tentalive- limited-edition slipcover, and again in Side Order in photographs of herself with a younger, unsanitized Acht.

During the Final Fest, she wore a high-collared tight silver dress with a number-eight cut at the chest and very long sleeves turning into gloves, gray leggings with a darker diamond pattern, and matching thigh-length heeled boots covered by her dress. She also had two diamond shapes painted on her left cheek and a different pair of headphones, with diamond shapes instead of circles. She wears the same outfit in Side Order when possessed by Order as Marina Agitando, albeit with her tentacles being entirely brown and wearing a Controller VM on her head.

In Splatoon 3, Marina has a new outfit consisting of an orange jacket with a subtle zig-zag pattern and indigo interior, matching pants, and a black bralette. She wears different headphones with a glowing, sea-green circle pattern on each ear; they are connected by two orange tubes, with a small piece of reflective metal on either temple. She has black high heels with indigo midsoles and undersides, and the tips of her tentacles are now indigo with a galaxy pattern, although her sideburns and eyebrows remain teal. In 2D artwork, Marina is depicted with her navel piercing and different gloves that expose her knuckles and the backs of her hands; however, in Splatoon 3: Side Order and during the Splatoon 3 Live Concert at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO (prior to changing into her idol outfit for the final medley), she has her regular gloves and does not wear the piercing. When performing during Splatfests, Marina wears the same outfit as in Splatoon 2.

In the artwork for the Suffer No Fools music video, Marina wears an asymmetrical black tube top with a thinner strap on her right shoulder and a triangular cut under the same side of her chest, white baggy pants and black sports shoes. She also wears a thin black chain on her waist underneath her pants, golden 8-shaped wiry earrings and a matching bracelet on one of her wrists (the right one when she's shown with Pearl, and the left one when she goes against Shiver); she does not wear her usual headphones. Her tentacles have a gradient to orange, while her fingertips fade to dark teal and purple.

During SpringFest, Marina wears a pair of headphones with a wire-mesh pattern on the ears, a white sporty bralette, and a black mesh garment on top of it, covering her neck and the top of her cleavage, and reaching down to the middle and ring fingers of her hands. She wears long white hip-hop pants with plain black ankle boots, and her tentacles take on a sea green-to-pink gradient. Her fingertips and navel piercing are colored purple.

During Summer Nights, Marina wears a holographic version of her usual shirt and shorts, while her boots, headphones and gloves are the usual black; she wears a straight purple visor on her eyes, dark gray tights, and her tentacles have a gradient to purple, while her fingers still change between the three team colors every stage rotation. She also wears a ring matching Pearl's on her back left tentacle, as well as two on her front right tentacle.

For the Grand Festival, Marina wears a white plunge bikini top, a multi-tiered chrome necklace with round pendants hanging from a bronze choker, partially unbuttoned white pants with crossed laces on the bare sides, and tall white laced boots. Lacking her usual headphones, she wears multiple piercings in her ears, with a small, teal round one on the front and several purple spikes behind. Her fingertips have a gradient to white, matching Shiver and Frye's.

For the Wizard vs. Knight vs. Ninja Splatfest, Marina wears an alternate version of her Final Fest outfit. She has two green shapes painted on her left cheek and her diamond-patterned headphones from Final Fest, which now glow green instead of white.

For the Money vs. Experiences vs. Presents Splatfest, Marina wears an alternate-color version of her Octo Expansion outfit, with her headband and crop top being gray, while her pants are dark gray, her shoe soles are blue and her chain necklace is gold. The tips of her fingers and tentacles are colored bright light blue. Marina is more reserved than her bandmate Pearl. She speaks in a sweet, gentle manner, but can get very sassy in response to others teasing her. She is more sentimental and tender-hearted than Pearl, and has been known to break down crying in public when sufficiently touched. Despite her shyness, she does not appear to be concerned about expressing herself. She is forgetful[3] and has been observed to forget the news she and Pearl are broadcasting. Her timidity shows when she sees an Inkling watching her through the window; when she notices them, she smiles awkwardly and waves. This behavior likely comes from the fact that many believe her to be an Inkling even though she learned the Inkling language recently and that she looks very different from the Inklings; her Octoling-like appearance was said to simply be a new fashion trend before Agent 8 came to Inkopolis Square. Early in Splatoon 2, international versions characterized Marina as being much more sarcastic and frequently delivering lighthearted jabs toward Pearl's character flaws, similar to Marie; this would be greatly toned down in the following updates. Octo Expansion would later hint this discrepancy is due to Marina wanting to disguise her inner lack of self-confidence, and in Splatoon 3: Side Order her international persona matches her Japanese one.

Marina has a crush on Pearl, being described as a "maiden in love" on the Japanese version of Splatoon Base,[6] and making a manga about her where she is drawn as a bishōjo, drawing flowers, sparkles, and hearts around Pearl. While this is never explicitly stated in-game, Marina shows her affection towards her by playfully poking fun at Pearl's small stature during newscasts, tackling and nuzzling her in a hug after they win the final battle of Octo Expansion, and becoming extremely devastated when Pearl floats around the idea of their band breaking up. This is also seen in Side Order, where Marina has a picture of Pearl as her computer's wallpaper, frequently uses heart emojis when speaking about Pearl in her dev diary, and compares herself to a "storybook princess" at the top of a tower who "brave Pearl" must rescue. She also appears to get jealous toward Acht when she thinks they are flirting with Pearl. Additionally, in Suffer No Fools, Frye calls Marina Pearl's "grouper", possibly a reference to groupies, women who go on tours and have romantic relationships with members of a band.

Marina is known to be very technologically skilled, with Pearl describing her as being "too smart for her own good" in the Octo Expansion. This is demonstrated with the Shifty Stations, a series of stages created by Marina for Splatfests using advanced Octarian technology, with the mechanics from Octo Canyon appearing in them, as well as floating rocks. She is also capable of hacking Kamabo Corporation, allowing Agent 8 to pass a test using the data collected from their previous attempts, and can hack their CQ-80 device to show her chat room or release a distress signal. In the final battle of the Octo Expansion, she can use her laptop to analyze the NILS Statue in a few seconds, learning about the strength of its cannon and its use of sunlight to charge up power. In Side Order, Marina is the creator of the Memverse, a virtual reality setting with which she hopes to save sanitized Octolings like Acht by rejoining the memories stored in mem cakes with their souls; throughout the campaign, she is able to hack into the Memverse's code and provide buffs for Eight and the Pearl Drone. She is portrayed as being obsessed with the machinery found in various stages, such as Sturgeon Shipyard, Port Mackerel, and the bucketwheel excavator in Piranha Pit. She often utilizes similar machinery in the Shifty Station layouts she designs. While she does not like being considered a "nerd" in this regard in Splatoon 2, she seems to have embraced the identity by the time of Side Order. Marina is a childhood friend of Acht, with the two having gone to the same engineering school in the Octarian world.

Marina also owns a keytar with Squid Sisters and Off the Hook decals on the neck, which she can be seen playing during live performances of Muck Warfare and Anarchy Rainbow, and in-game during Splatfests in Splatoon 3 when performing We're So Back; her laptop is decorated similarly. Similarly, she plays the piano while touring with Damp Socks. She is a fan of shōjo manga, with her naming the Shifty Stations after them in the Japanese version and practicing crosshatching in secrecy,[3][6] and can draw. Her drawings are seen in Octo Expansion before the fight against Tartar as portraits of Agent 8 and Pearl, and seen again after she is rescued in Side Order.

In Japanese, Marina's speech is occasionally rendered in katakana, indicating an accent of some sort. Unlike DJ Octavio, she does not speak completely in katakana. However, in the Splatune 2 and Octotune liner notes, her lyrics are entirely in katakana, which is supposed to show that her singing is in a different language.[7] Her preferred personal pronoun is ワタシ (watashi), which is used mostly by women or during formal speech. The fact that she pluralizes it to ワタシら (watashi ra) rather than ワタシたち (watashi tachi) seems to indicate that she uses it to sound formal and not to sound feminine. She also usually speaks with formal variants and conjugations. When learning Japanese, the formal 丁寧語 (teinei-go) is usually the first taught to pupils, as is the pronoun わたし, since they are catch-all and useful in more situations. This shows that Marina has only recently learned the language she is speaking. She also tends to make many malapropisms, further indicating this. Marina's text mostly extends syllables with the "~" character, and her sentences often end with "♪". This makes it read as if she is singing her lines. Marina refers to most characters with the honorific さん (san), and refers to Pearl with the honorific センパイ(senpai), which is an honorific used to address somebody of an elder social rank in a field or trade. This is due to Pearl having taught Marina about Inkling society and also might be because Pearl is three years older than her. In Side Order, Marina notably refers to Acht without an honorific, and speaks to them using casual タメ口 (tameguchi) rather than her usual formal speech, as they are longtime friends. This also points to Marina's polite language being a sign of respect, as opposed to merely a lack of experience.

Marina's favorite weapon class appears to be brellas. Her affinity for this weapon class has been referenced in Inkopolis News dialogue, the team artwork for Dexterity vs. Tenacity, and has been further confirmed by her Palette in Side Order.

Marina was born into "the oppression of Octarian society" as she would later describe it, and was trained as an 83rd generation combat engineer from a very early age. When she was six, she enrolled in the elementary training program in Slimeskin Garrison. She graduated from elementary training at the age of nine after skipping multiple grades, taking only advanced courses, and went on to the same elite training facility as Acht.[8] For the next few years, Marina went on to play a part in designing the Flooder and enhancing the Great Octoweapons. During the events of Splatoon, she received multiple commendations as part of DJ Octavio's wasabi supply unit. As a high-ranking member, she was known throughout Octarian society and was recognized by Agent 8 despite them never meeting personally.

During Splatoon, Marina was present wearing Octoling gear in the audience of Agent 3's battle against DJ Octavio but deserted the army and Octarian society shortly after hearing the Squid Sisters sing the Calamari Inkantation. According to witnesses, her only comment was "This changes everything." She escaped to Mount Nantai, even though she didn't know a word of the Inkling language.[9] While there, she met an Inkling named Pearl, who was practicing singing. Growing on each other, Pearl then taught Marina about Inkling culture and customs. After this, Marina came back to Mount Nantai every day for two weeks, hoping to find Pearl again. When she did, she showed Pearl her musical abilities through her demo of Ebb & Flow and Pearl immediately agreed to them starting a band that they decided to call Off the Hook. They released Ebb & Flow as their first single, which was a hit. By the time of their fourth single, around nine months after the events of Splatoon, they had become popular enough to take over hosting Inkopolis News from the Squid Sisters.

Splatoon 2 By the time of Splatoon 2, Off the Hook had become famous in Inkopolis Square for their music and for presenting Inkopolis News, in which Marina had a similar relationship with Pearl as Marie had with Callie. Their work included hosting Splatfest events, announcing the themes and singing and dancing to Color Pulse for the event's duration. Across all regions, Marina and Pearl won 29 Splatfests each.

Although Pearl and Marina did not make appearances during Octo Canyon, they were the first to break the news of Callie and the Great Zapfish's disappearances. They also announced their rescue on Inkopolis News, fulfilling a request by "Freshly Fried Boy" to play Fresh Start over the credits.

Octo Expansion Marina had a major role in the Octo Expansion, where she and Pearl stumbled upon Cap'n Cuttlefish and Agent 8 by overhearing their radio transmission while on Mount Nantai. Learning that they were trapped in the Deepsea Metro, attempting to escape to Inkopolis, they promised to help them out. The three acted as Agent 8's guides during the tests, while they also talked in Marina's chat room, where Marina was known as "DJ_Hyperfresh". The group used this chat room to learn about their respective pasts. When discussing with Cuttlefish about Marina's technological achievements, Pearl finally discovered her history as a member of the Octarian army, and despite being deeply shocked, she promised to remain friends with her.

After Agent 8 collected all four thangs and escaped from the Deepsea Metro, Off the Hook finally met them and Cap'n Cuttlefish in person after their battle with a brainwashed Agent 3, using a fleet of helicopters to carry them away. When the Telephone revealed itself as Commander Tartar, who wants to destroy Inkopolis, Marina came up with the plan necessary to defeat it - having Agent 8 detonate her prototype hyperbombs to cover the NILS Statue in ink, with Pearl using her Princess Cannon to finish it off. With the threat averted, the group returned safely to Inkopolis Square.

Splatoon 3 Marina returns in Splatoon 3 along with Pearl, providing vocals for the band Damp Socks. They perform the songs Candy-Coated Rocks and Tentacle to the Metal. As seen in Sunken Scroll 22 and the Splatoon 3 Live Concert at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, Marina plays the piano for the band's songs. She can be faced in Tableturf Battle after completing Side Order.

While Pearl and Marina were confirmed to have separate homes in Japanese dialogue for Action vs. Comedy and the Pearl interview in the Octotune booklet, and also stated in the North America-only Unicorn vs. Narwhal Splatfest, Pearl mentions that the plane Off the Hook used for their tour is "in [their] backyard" in Side Order, implying that Marina moved in with her at some point between the end of the former and the beginning of the latter.

After ascending some of the floors in the Spire of Order, Agent 8, Pearl, and Acht find Marina mind controlled by a machine, which was later revealed to be Order. After saving her, Marina explains that she created a prototype VR world called the Memverse.

She helps Agent 8 and Pearl by hacking the Memverse's system to give them permanent upgrades, such as increasing the number of lives per run, or reducing the amount of damage Agent 8 receives from the enemies.