Digital Trends' Gabe Gurwin noted that their popularity came from Marina's "cheery personality" and design and Pearl's "gangsta-rap chops." Callie and Marie were included on a Digital Trends list of the 10 characters they would like to see in Super Smash Bros. She also praised the chemistry and songs of the duo. Patterson love for Callie and Marie, she grew to prefer Pearl and Marina, and eventually came to appreciate Pearl as much as Marina. Despite Electronic Gaming Monthly's Mollie L. She challenges readers to name a more iconic duo than them. She felt that Marina was a better character than Pearl due to Pearl's eagerness and arrogance, but noted that an "effective frontwoman" needs those traits. She was initially worried about whether they would be superior to Callie and Marie, but found herself enjoying them nonetheless. Paste Magazine's Holly Green included Pearl and Marina in her list of the best new game characters of 2017. Moyse disagreed with the earlier assessment of Pearl, calling her "Queen of the World." Writer Jess Joho suggested that Marina's higher degree of popularity stems from her more revealing clothing and Pearl's younger appearance.
She notes however that over time she had begun to grow in popularity, due in part to a rise in fan art of her. Polygon writer Allegra Frank and Destructoid writer Chris Moyse noted that Pearl was gremlin-like, which caused her to be more divisive than Marina who Frank said was "categorically beloved." Frank suggested that the divisiveness is due to the desire by Marina fans to "pump Marina up" as well as Pearl's attitude. Pearl and Marina quickly became fan favorites after being revealed, receiving a number of fan works based on them. Pearl and Marina aid Agent 8 in getting to the surface area and assist in the final battle against the Telephone, who wishes to destroy the Inkling and Octoling species. Players are able to read text chats between Pearl, Marina and the character Cap'n Cuttlefish. By their fourth single, the duo became so popular that they soon hosted Inkopolis News after the Squid Sisters.ĭespite having no major involvement in the single player campaign of the base game, Pearl and Marina would appear in the Octo Expansion in a major story role, where they communicate with the player-character Agent 8, an amnesiac Octoling. Pearl was instantly convinced and they both formed Off the Hook. The next time they met, Marina showed Pearl her musical abilities by letting her listen to an early demo of a song she had made, Ebb and Flow. Nantai, with Marina having no knowledge of the Inkling culture and language, which Pearl helped her to learn. Marina and Pearl both met each other on Mt. She soon deserted her race after hearing the Squid Sisters' song, Calamari Inkantation, saying: "This changes everything." During the events of the final boss in the original Splatoon, Marina was an observer of Agent 3's battle against DJ Octavio. Marina, also at a prodigious age, was assigned as combat engineer for the Octarian race, under the direction of DJ Octavio and soon became a high-ranking member of her society. Later on her life, Pearl would start up her music career, with her first genre being death metal, helping her garner a small fan base.
Similar to Callie and Marie, she took part of the Inkopolis Youth-folk Singing Contest, however she caused damage to the venue through the power of her voice. Pearl was born from a rich family and had a strong interest in music at a young age. Both characters have received a generally positive reception, with some critics identifying them as key elements of Splatoon 2 which drew significant fan interest.Īccording to the game's lore, Pearl and Marina both had separate lives until sometime between the events of the first Splatoon and Splatoon 2. They perform both the spoken dialogue as well as the tracks that their characters sing through a voice changer effect. Pearl and Marina are voiced by voice actresses Rina Itou and Alice Peralta, respectively. The characters are also used by the developers to convey content updates and announcements to players of Splatoon 2. Who perform a variety of songs which is utilized as in-game music. They were first introduced in Splatoon 2 (2017) as members of a pop music act known as Off the Hook (or テンタクルズ, Tentacles in Japanese), Pearl and Marina are a pair of interconnected characters from the Splatoon video game series. Concept art for Pearl (left) and Marina (right)