After the lacklustre campaign of the base game, I had high hopes that this would be much better due to all the praise I heard for it, and I was certainly not disappointed! The story isn’t much, but the mysterious air around it all definitely elevated it. I’ve never really liked much of the splatoon cast of characters, and though I continue to be indifferent to them, Pearl and Marina are definitely a step above the squid sisters with more distinct personalities and just altogether more fun interactions. Where this campaign obviously excels is the gameplay, and it SOARS right past the base game’s quality to blow me away. The short duration of the levels, the challenge cranked up but never too high, all the cute lil mem cakes with frankly beautiful little poems attached to them, that final boss fight’s sheer scale… everything blends together so well that the campaign flies by and not a second of it was wasted. I had a blast from beginning to end, even as I had to retry over and over in some of the harder sections. (Especially the secret boss is a doozy, and though quite frustrating at first, beating it felt so good!) In any case, very glad I went back to Splatoon 2 after 3 to check this out, was absolutely worth it and I highly recommend.