The Secret of S.P.L.A.T.

The Secret of S.P.L.A.T. is a multiplayer stage in Splatoon 2. It was the second variation of Shifty Station, and first appeared in the Flight vs. Invisibility and With Lemon vs. Without Lemon Splatfests. It returned in the Raph vs. Leo and Chaos vs. Order Splatfests. As of version 5.0.0, it is exclusively available in Private Battles. It features small, raised platforms in the central area that periodically move up and down.

Layout

Players spawn on either end of the stage, on raised platforms that lead down to a central area. There are two small raised platforms on either side of the central area that periodically move up and down, and a large platform topped with a small inkable block in the middle that moves opposite the side platforms. Various walls are placed about the level to use as cover.

When this layout was reused in May 2018, the small inkable block on the middle platform was removed, some walls were repositioned at the canyon of the spawn point, and the tall wall near the spawn points became inkable on one side and significantly shorter, while the rest of the layout was identical to the original incarnation.

The Secret of S.P.L.A.T. contains a third variation that has not been used in-game. The first variation is no longer available for play.

Gallery

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  Promotional image.

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  A frontal view of the map, seen from a spawn point.

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  The rightmost corner of the stage, looking towards the center.

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  The center platform, looking towards the spawn point.

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  Team Raph playing on The Secret of S.P.L.A.T..

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  Animation of the moving platforms (link to file)

Maps

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  Turf War (old version)

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  Turf War (revised version)

Trivia

• Unlike the other Shifty Station layouts, which are named directly after books, The Secret of S.P.L.A.T. is named after the adaptation of a book, as is explained further below.
• The file name for this stage is "Deli_Octa02" and its code name is "Push", likely referring to how the moving platforms push players around.
  • The revision of this stage has the file name "Deli_Octa02_2".
• This stage was one of five returning stages to lack the ambience that other Shifty Stations had in Recon mode during Chaos vs. Order. It did not lack the ambience when it first returned in the Raph vs. Leo Splatfest.

Etymology

The Secret of S.P.L.A.T. is named after The Secret of NIMH, an animated adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	約束の丘で会いましょう Yakusoku no Oka de Aimashō	Let's Meet at the Hill of Promises. A pun on Onsen de Aimashō (Let's Meet at the Hot Springs), by Chiaki Karasawa.
Dutch	Ups en downs	Ups and downs
French	Invincible vertige	Invincible vertigo
German	Auf und Ab	Back and Forth
Italian	Incontro in collina	Meeting in the hills
Russian	Блок-полигон Blok-poligon	Block polygon
Spanish	Paseo vertical	Vertical promenade