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 four 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 magenta 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
An Inkling Girl driving the Splat Buggy, with balloons above her, and a Blooper in front of her.
Artwork of Inkling Girl and Boy driving the Splat Buggy and Inkstriker respectively.
Inkling Girl fighting Mario in Battle Mode.
Stamp of the Inkling Girl on the Splat Buggy.
Sprites
Default Splat Buggy
Orange Inkling Girl's Splat Buggy
Green Inkling Girl's Splat Buggy
Magenta Inkling Girl's Splat Buggy
Blue Inkling Boy's Splat Buggy
Purple Inkling Boy's Splat Buggy
Cyan Inkling Boy's Splat Buggy
Screenshots
Inkling Girl performing a Trick on Excitebike Arena, while driving the Splat Buggy.
Inkling Girl and Boy battling on Urchin Underpass, while driving the Splat Buggy and Inkstriker respectively.
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) |
