{"id":42096,"date":"2022-08-11T08:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/random-popular-returning-character-murch-looks-a-lot-different-in-splatoon-3\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:59:58","slug":"random-popular-returning-character-murch-looks-a-lot-different-in-splatoon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/random-popular-returning-character-murch-looks-a-lot-different-in-splatoon-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Popular Returning Character Murch Looks A Lot Different In Splatoon 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into your Splatoon lore, perhaps one of the highlights of the recent Splatoon 3 Direct presentation was the confirmation Murch the sea urchin would be returning.  He also appears to be a bit older, and well&#8230; it&#8217;s technically been five years since he first made his appearance in Splatoon 2.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Murch&#8217;s growth spurt hasn&#8217;t been overlooked on social media &#8211; with many Inklings and Octolings noting this as one of the highlights of the latest Direct.  One tweet making this observation has already generated more than 26K likes on Twitter:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love how Murch grew up within 5 years from Splatoon 2 to now Splatoon 3 lmao <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OMuTmJbM0m\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/OMuTmJbM0m<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \ud83c\udf43SuperTanookiTails\ud83c\udf43 (@Brandtendo) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brandtendo\/status\/1557362707384377344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Murch growing up that much goes so well with my lore which is that splatoon 3 is 11 years after oe<\/span>\u2014 \u2728 tastyeclairr \u2728 |  comms 1\/3 open (@tastyeclairr) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tastyeclairr\/status\/1557481757540511744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">still can&#8217;t believe that Murch is basically TALL <br \/>(and apparently nicer to you now lmao) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EtKqC7qePt\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EtKqC7qePt<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Yume \u30e6\u30e1 \ud83c\udf0c (@yumepadox) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yumeparadox\/status\/1557514054243155970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember Murch from Splatoon 2????  This is him now&#8230;.. Feel old yet?? <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2SkWxz6TqN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/2SkWxz6TqN<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Davithy \ud83d\udc23 (@Davithy_) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Davithy_\/status\/1557354192234090497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MURCH IS ALL GROWN UP MF LOOKS LIKE AN EXTREMELY GOOFY MOVIE CHARACTER \ud83d\udc80 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Splatoon3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Splatoon3<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Splatoon3Direct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Splatoon3Direct<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/splatoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#splatoon<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NMO2fNrJaS\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NMO2fNrJaS<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Bepsi \ud83c\udfb7\ud83d\udc1b (@SquidSisterM) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SquidSisterM\/status\/1557364506535202817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While it&#8217;s unclear how old Murch actually is, this has raised questions among the Splatoon fandom as to why Nintendo has aged Murch so much compared to certain other returning cast members:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Between launches of both games<br \/>it checks out <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nXzBKh3k4r\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nXzBKh3k4r<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Funky Knuckles (@Woa_panda) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Woa_panda\/status\/1557377015698886657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOW OLD WAS MURCH IN SLATOON 2????  HOW LONG IS THE TIME SKIP BETWEEN SPLATOON 2 AND SLATOON 3???  DO SEA URCHINS AGE FAST???  WHY IS HE SO BIG I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS https:\/\/t.co\/Qk9s9jwPS3<\/span>\u2014 ollie \ud83e\udd88 (@marieknife) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marieknife\/status\/1557363422689386499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In Splatoon 3, Murch will allow you to add and swap abilities on your favorite gear.  Did Murch&#8217;s new look get your attention when you first saw it during the presentation?  What do you make of Splatoon 3&#8217;s lore overall? <em>Leave a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"7cdc45ae7c22295ae61218d6-text\/javascript\">dgpConsent.can('targeting',function () { !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init', '2325732614399478'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); });<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo If you&#8217;re into your Splatoon lore, perhaps one of the highlights of the recent Splatoon 3 Direct presentation was the confirmation Murch the sea urchin would be returning. He also appears to be a bit older, and well&#8230; it&#8217;s technically been five years since he first made his appearance in Splatoon 2. Anyway, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/random-popular-returning-character-murch-looks-a-lot-different-in-splatoon-3\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Random: Popular Returning Character Murch Looks A Lot Different In Splatoon 3<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[571,1056,3256,601],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42588,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/splatoon-3-rewards-splatoon-2-players-for-transferring-saves\/","url_meta":{"origin":42096,"position":0},"title":"Splatoon 3 Rewards Splatoon 2 Players For Transferring Saves","date":"August 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Image: NintendoSome players have poured hundreds of hours into Splatoon 2. 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