Splat Buggy

Splat Buggy
Strong stats	Speed
Weak stats	Acceleration, Weight, Handling
Appears in	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Splat Buggy is one of the three additional vehicle bodies in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe not present in the original game. It is one of the two All-Terrain Vehicles based on the Splatoon series, meaning that it is one of the Inklings' signature vehicles, the other being the Inkstriker. The vehicle looks nearly identical to the Standard ATV, but with a different frontal styling, a slimmer body, and equipped with a tank of ink on the back. The emblem is located on the right side of the ATV. Much like the Inkstriker, the exhaust pipes spray ink when getting a speed boost. The ink colors differ depending on the color of the Inkling. For every other character, it uses the pink Inkling Girl's color scheme, with the Super Mario franchise Super Mushroom emblem embedded instead of the Splatoon-themed arrows and a Blooper on the front left fin; however Link, the Male and Female Villagers and Isabelle also have the Super Mario symbols on their versions of the Splat Buggy, despite them coming from a different series. It is available from the start.

The Splat Buggy shares its stats with the Blue Falcon. It boosts speed, while reducing the weight, acceleration and handling stats. The stat changes are mostly minor, with the biggest change being the reduction in weight.

The vehicle shares its engine sound with the Standard Kart, Pipe Frame, Gold Standard, Teddy Buggy and Wild Wiggler, sounding like a Subaru Impreza WRC 2.0L Turbo flat-four engine. When idle, the sputtering of the engine sounds similar to a shooter firing ink from the Splatoon games.

CPU-controlled Inkling Boys and Inkling Girls occasionally use this vehicle body paired with Standard tires. The 200cc staff ghost in Dragon Driftway plays as Inkling Boy with the Splat Buggy and Blue Standard tires.

Stats

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

• Ground Speed: +0.25
• Water Speed: -0.25
• Air Speed: 0
• Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.25
• Acceleration: -0.25
• Weight: -0.5
• Ground Handling: -0.25
• Water Handling: +0.25
• Air Handling: -0.5
• Anti-Gravity Handling: +0.5
• Traction: 0
• Mini-Turbo: -0.25

Gallery

Artwork

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  An Inkling Girl driving the Splat Buggy, with balloons above her, and a Blooper in front of her.

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  Artwork of Inkling Girl and Boy driving the Splat Buggy and Inkstriker respectively.

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  Inkling Girl, Link and Isabelle.

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  Inkling Girl fighting Mario in Battle Mode.

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  Stamp of the Inkling Girl on the Splat Buggy.

Sprites

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  Default Splat Buggy

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  Orange Inkling Girl's Splat Buggy

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  Green Inkling Girl's Splat Buggy

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  Pink Inkling Girl's Splat Buggy

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  Blue Inkling Boy's Splat Buggy

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  Purple Inkling Boy's Splat Buggy

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  Turquoise Inkling Boy's Splat Buggy

Screenshots

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  Inkling Girl performing a Trick on Excitebike Arena, while driving the Splat Buggy.

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  Inkling Girl and Boy battling on Urchin Underpass, while driving the Splat Buggy and Inkstriker respectively.

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  Inkling Boy performing a Trick on Dragon Driftway, while driving the Splat Buggy.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スプラバギー[?] Supurabagī	Splabuggy
Chinese	Splat越野车[?] Splat Yuèyěchē	Splat ATV
Dutch	Kladderquad[?]	From kladderen (to splatter, make a mess) and quad
German	Splat-Quad[?]	Splat Quad
Italian	Splattabuggy[?]	from splatta (splat) and buggy
Korean	칼라버기[?] Kallabeogi	Color Buggy
Portuguese	Salpiquatro[?]	From salpique (splash) and quatro (four)
Russian	Сплатоцикл[?] Splatotsykl	Splatocycle
Spanish (NOA)	Cuatrimoto calamar[?]	Squid four-wheeler
Spanish (NOE)	Calaquad[?]	Pun on "calamar" (squid) and "quad" (ATV)