Hotlantis

Interior of Hotlantis

Hotlantis is a general store run by Harmony in Splatoon 3. It is located in Splatsville, but can also be accessed from Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square through the arcade machine.

Description

Barry C., the manager of Hotlantis, is rarely present, so the shop is instead run by Harmony, one of its frequent customers.

Hotlantis sells stickers, posters, and other cosmetic items for decorating in the locker room that can be purchased with cash earned from multiplayer matches, Salmon Run shifts, and "simple" Mystery Boxes. The store's in-game catalog features seasonal items that are collected as the player's catalog level goes up. The catalog is also swapped out for a fresh one with new items every three months.

While in the shop, the player can press to show the scale of the selected item compared to their locker, and press to purchase the item. Pressing allows the player to enter Crush Station, Shrimp Kicks, or Shella Fresh, and pressing similarly allows them to enter Ammo Knights, while pressing takes the player back to the main hub.

Hotlantis is a physical building that the player can enter in Splatsville. In Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square, it is instead accessed remotely via an arcade machine that has been converted into a terminal, which is found in the place where the arcade machine originally was in Inkopolis Plaza, and next to Ye Olde Cloth Shoppe in Inkopolis Square. The player does not appear in the store; instead, Harmony looks down at her Sea-Cucumber Phone, and a few jellyfish customers appear in the background. The music used is a remix of Lookin' Fresh (in Inkopolis Plaza) or New You (in Inkopolis Square) that incorporates parts of Dripping with Style, the theme that plays in Hotlantis in Splatsville.

Music

Main article: Dripping with Style

Main article: Lookin' Fresh

Main article: New You

Merchandise

For a list of all merchandise sold at Hotlantis, see List of locker decorations in Splatoon 3 and List of locker stickers in Splatoon 3.

Quotes

“	Fortunately, cool stickers and other decorations can be obtained locally at Hotlantis. Nobody knows the store better than Harmony, who has spent so much time shopping there that the owner pretty much leaves her in charge. Check in daily for a rotating selection of goodies! Oh, you can also get your catalog at Hotlantis! The catalog is filled with seasonal gear and items that you can collect by participating in battles and taking on Salmon Run jobs. There's a new one every three months, so you'll always have a fresh selection to keep you busy.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

“	Visit Hotlantis in #Splatoon3 to grab items to snazz up your locker, as well as a seasonal catalog offering various goodies such as Splashtags and seasonal gear. Not sure where the owner is, but former regular Harmony tends to the store on their behalf.	”
— @NintendoEurope on Twitter

Badges

Main article: Badge#Purchased items

Spending enough money at Hotlantis will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Hotlantis badges
	100K Hotlantis Club
	1M Hotlantis Club

Gallery

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  The exterior from another angle in Splatsville.

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  The interior of Hotlantis in Splatsville.

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  The interior prior to version 5.0.0, which changed the lighting.

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  The Japanese promotional screenshot for Hotlantis.

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  The background of the interior of Hotlantis in Splatsville.

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  The background of the interior prior to version 5.0.0.

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  The terminal used to access Hotlantis from Inkopolis Plaza.

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  The interior of Hotlantis as seen from Inkopolis Plaza.

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  The interior prior to version 5.0.0.

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  The background of the interior as seen from Inkopolis Plaza, featuring two jellyfish.

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  Getting three of every ability chunk from a catalog mystery box.

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  Chirpy Chips inside of Hotlantis.

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  The terminal used to access Hotlantis from Inkopolis Square.

Trivia

• The signatures on the exterior of Hotlantis appear to belong to several in-universe musicians from Splatoon and Splatoon 2. Various signatures have text that resembles a combination of English and Japanese writing (such as a signature that resembles "Mやや" likely being Maya from Ink Theory). A handful of signatures additionally feature the physical characteristics of musicians, such as a signature featuring a drawing of Murasaki's face.
  • The front window bears signatures from the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook. Callie and Marie's signatures from Splatoon 2 can be seen on the central panel. Pearl and Marina's signatures are in the center of the left and right panels, respectively.
• Some of the items shown inside the shop resemble real-life merchandise, such as squid and octopus plush keychains from the CROSSING SPLATOON collection.
• In the Splatoon 3 announcement trailer, Hotlantis was seen to be closed and non-existent at the time.
• When entering the shop, Harmony will be using an Ultra Hand, a toy manufactured by Nintendo in the 1960s.
• Hotlantis is the only store that is seen with customers other than the player, as several jellyfish can be seen browsing in the background if the store is accessed from Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square.

Etymology

The name of Hotlantis could possibly be a play on the fabled sunken city of Atlantis combined with "Hotlanta", a nickname for the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Alternatively, the "hot" in the name may be in reference to the American retail chain Hot Topic.

Names in other languages

Hotlantis

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	竜宮城 Ryūgūjō	Ryūgū-jō
Dutch	Aqua Morgana	From aqua and fata morgana
French	Coolypso	From "cool" and "calypso"
German	Hotlantis	-
Russian	Хитлантида Khitlantida	Hitlantis
Spanish	Miscelánea Abisal	Abyssal Miscellany
Chinese (Simplified)	龙宫城 lónggōng chéng	From Japanese name

General

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ザッカ屋 Zakka-ya	General store
Dutch	Algemeen	General