Ink or Sink

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Ink or Sink
Artist Squid Squad
Composer Toru Minegishi
Arrangement Toru Minegishi
Vocals Hiroaki Takeuchi
Ichiya (in-game)
Quinn (in-game)
Guitar Susumu Nishikawa
Yoshihiko Haga
Ichiya (in-game)
Bass TABOKUN
Quinn (in-game)
Drums Akira Tsuneoka
Murasaki (in-game)
Keyboards Nami (in-game)
Game Splatoon
Splatoon 3
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Heard in
Splatoon 		Multiplayer
Heard in
Splatoon 3 		Lobby
Featured in Squid Beatz (Splatoon) - track 2
Jukebox (Splatoon 3)
Fresh Kids (in-game)
Splatune - disc 1, track 4
Genre Rock
Electronic
BPM 206
Key signature B major
B Locrian
Length 2:37
Sample
For the Splatoon online tournament, see Competitive:Ink or Sink.

Ink or Sink is a song performed by Squid Squad.

Description

Like most Squid Squad music, Ink or Sink features a blend of rock and electronic music, starting with an intro that places emphasis on the synthesizers and guitars, before moving to a section with alternating vocals in the Inkling language. During the chorus, the song abruptly switches to heavy metal, with deeper vocals by Quinn, before switching back after looping. It is one of the five battle songs released with Splatoon at launch, and like all battle songs, it has a random chance of being played during online matches. It can also be heard in Squid Beatz, and it is included in Splatune. In Splatoon 3, this song can sometimes play in the lobby.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

See also: Ink or Sink

It is also featured in the soundtrack for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It has a chance of playing on Moray Towers, and can also be heard in the Sounds section in the Vault menu.

Other versions

Ink or Sink (+ de 80 armes)

A clip of this version could be heard during a French Splatoon commercial. The background music is nearly identical to the original song, but the vocals are completely different. This version uses more echoey and muffled vocals compared to the usual high pitched ones from Ichiya.

Trivia

  • In April 2016, Ink or Sink was added to Daigasso! Band Brothers P.
  • During a Splatoon 2 event that took place from 12 July 2019 to 15 July 2019 in Tetris 99, getting 100 or more points awarded the player with a Splatoon theme, changing the graphics, music, and sound effects to those from the franchise. When this theme is applied, Ink or Sink is heard when there are 50 players left in the match, switching from Splattack!. It continues to play until there are 10 players left in the match when the music switches to Now or Never!.
  • Through the fictional interview contained in the Splatune booklet, it was revealed that Ink or Sink was the first song Squid Squad wrote after Splattack!, and features Murasaki using his many spines as sticks on the drums.

Etymology

The name Ink or Sink comes from the phrase "swim or sink", with the change to "ink" making it rhyme.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese Ink or Sink
General

Splattack! (Jam Session) • Inkopolis News • Lookin' Fresh • Lobby • Dubble Bath

Battle

Opening (Squid Squad) • Splattack! • Ink or Sink • Seaskape • Kraken Up • Metalopod • Shellfie • Split & Splat • Hooked • Sucker Punch • Now or Never! (Squid Squad) • Battle Victory • Battle Defeat

Splatfest

City of Color • Opening (Squid Sisters) • Ink Me Up • Now or Never! (Squid Sisters)

Octo Valley

Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme • Octo Valley • Eight-Legged Advance • Tentacular Circus • Cephaloparade • Inkstrike Shuffle • Octoling Rendezvous • Octoweaponry • I am Octavio • Calamari Inkantation • Maritime Memory • Onward! • SPLAT! • Sunken Scroll

amiibo only

Bomb Rush Blush • Tide Goes Out

Other

Chorus of Calamari County

Musicians

Squid Squad (Ichiya • Nami • Quinn • Murasaki) • Chirpy Chips (Harmony) • Hightide Era • Squid Sisters (Callie • Marie) • Turquoise October • DJ Octavio • DJ Lee Fish • Bob Dub

Soundtracks

Squid Beatz • Splatune • Splatoon Live in Makuhari

Live performances

Shiokalive 2016 • Squid Sisters 2nd Live Concert from Chokaigi 2016 • Squid Sisters at Japan Expo 2016 • Shiokalive at Cho Party 2016

General

What's Your Style? • Clickbait (Splash Sessions Demo) • Anarchy Splatcast • Dripping with Style • Lookin' Fresh • New You • The Shoal

Battle

Opening (C-Side) • Clickbait • Headhammer • Triple Dip • Paintscraper • Splattack! (C-Side) • Sea Me Now • Sandy Side Up • Candy-Coated Rocks • Tentacle to the Metal • Ska-BLAM • Three-Horn Circus • Rockagilly Blues • Ripstop & Go • Aquasonic • Slopping Spree • No Quarters • Shifting Stars • No Plan Survives • Amalgamania • Seasource • Now or Never! (C-Side) • Rinse/Repeat • Learning Curve

Splatfest

Anarchy Poisons • Anarchy Rainbow • City of Color (2023) • Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today • Color Pulse (2024) • We're So Back • Soak & Stomp • Deepers Creepers • Yule Tide • Meadowlark • Suntan Ocean • Soak & Stomp (Grand Mix) • Commence the Fest • Fins in the Air • Till Depth Do Us Part • Liquid Sunshine • Big Betrayal • Suffer No Fools • Now or Never! (Deep Cut) • Ego Overboard • Still Swimmin' • Daybreaker Anthem • Maritime Memory • Into the Light • Spicy Calamari Inkantation • Ink Me Up • Ebb & Flow • Muck Warfare • Acid Hues • Three Wishes • Blushing Tide • Now or Never! (Squid Sisters) • Shark Bytes • Now or Never! (Off the Hook) • Rainbow Color Inkantation

Salmon Run

Happy Little Workers - 24/7 Mix • Surge & Submerge • Deluge Dirge • Fishing Frenzy • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 1 • Frothy Waters • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 2 • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 3 - Go Off, King! • Toxic Anoxic • You Got Them! (Salmon Run) 4 - Bye, King • Frantic Aspic • Not Bad (Do Better) • Bait & Click (Mutation) • Bait & Click • Happy Little Workers - 24/7 Deep Mix • Double Clickbait • Not Bad (Catch Ya Better)

Tableturf Battle

Tableturf Level Selection • Tableturf Deck Selection • Tableturf Main Theme • Tableturf Three Turns Remaining • Tableturf Win Theme • Tableturf Loss or Draw Theme • Tableturf Card List

Return of the Mammalians

Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme • The Crater • Crater Eighters Routine • Mission Complete! (The Crater) • I'm Octavio (F34RME Remix) • Meeting the New Squidbeak Splatoon • Sandcastles • Sudden Depth • Two Shadows in the Sun • Dead Sea • Whirlpool Tune • Hyper Diver • Alterna Citizen Program M-01: Basic Course (Morning Fog) • Alterna Citizen Program M-02: Advanced Course (Twilight Waves) • Nine Out of Tension • Underwater Neon • Flop to It • Smoke and Mirrors • Ride or Fry • With Flying Colors • Seep & Destroy • Marine Machines • #35 caught • Don't Flinch • Octoling Rendezvous • Mission Complete! (Alterna) • Deep Cut's Theme • Surprise and Shine • Got That Treasure! • Our Bad • In Filtration • Hide and Sleek • Smeared Canvas • Bear with Me • Calamari Inkantation 3MIX • The Most Massive Fuzzball of All • Wave Goodbye • Alterna Citizen Program M-??: mY dEAR

Side Order

#0.1 style • Leaving with Pearl • #12.2 awakened • Unconscience • Order's Theme • Origin of Order • demol1sh • demoli2h • d3molish • jest1ng • je2ting • j3sting • rout1nes • routine2 • routin3s • souven1r • 2ouvenir • souv3nir • j1tters • jitter2 • jitt3rs • CΘld StΘrage • ΘctΘpticΘn • EchΘ Θnslaught • New World Order • Spectrum Obligato ~ Ebb & Flow (Out of Order) • Short Order • #47 onward

Lobby

Sinkopated • Inkopolis Lobby • Without a Dop Doubt • Drip Feed • Inkopolis News (Squid Sisters) • Inkopolis News (Off the Hook) • Heliocentri City • Fuzzy Dazzler • Blop Bop • Gilded Cage • Dressed to Krill • Slick Moves • Belly Flop • Gillty • Pour It On • Pop 'n' Schlock • Clashing Colors • Dorsal Slicer • Opening (Squid Squad) • Splattack! (Squid Squad) • Ink or Sink • Seaskape • Kraken Up • Metalopod • Shellfie • Split & Splat • Hooked • Sucker Punch • Opening (Wet Floor) • Inkoming! • Rip Entry • Undertow • Don't Slip • Endolphin Surge • Shipwreckin' • Fins & Fiddles • Seafoam Shanty • Broken Coral • Riptide Rupture • Blitz It! • Wave Prism • Seasick • Kinetosis • Chopscrewey • Entropical

Jukebox only

Now or Never! (Squid Squad) • Now or Never! (Wet Floor) • City of Color • Calamari Inkantation • Bomb Rush Blush • Tide Goes Out • Fresh Start • Bomb Rush Blush (DJ Octavio) • Tidal Rush • Color Pulse • Nasty Majesty • Fly Octo Fly - Ebb & Flow (Octo)

Musicians

C-Side (Kiki) • Front Roe (Ichiya • Nami • Murasaki) • Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Yoko & the Gold Bazookas (Yoko • Oonie • Kitamura) • H2Whoa • Chirpy Chips (Harmony) • Riot Act (Kiki) • SashiMori • Grizzco • ω-3 • Ancho-V Games • Deep Cut (Shiver • Frye • Big Man) • Squid Sisters (Callie • Marie) • Off the Hook (Pearl • Marina) • Turquoise October • DJ Octavio • Octoplush • Stars in the Deep • Mimicry • Wash Out • Firefly • On the Clock • Anxiety Society • Dedf1sh • Free Association • Seven Seas Crew • Backwash • Turf Love • Wading Room • New Shores • Bonfire • All Swell • Coral Kiss • Crevasse • Aquariyum • Pianissimo • Missing Ink • Chroma Chaos • Medusa • Nothing in My Wave • Anglerfish • Bloody Hook • Decksterity • Saplings • Reel Deel • Now or Never Seven

Soundtracks

Jukebox • Splatune 3 • Ordertune • Nintendo Music

Live performances

Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022 • Splatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO

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