Summary
An inventiveOverwatch 2fan has created a skin concept that turns Venture into an Inkling fromSplatoon 3. In its near-two-year journey,Overwatch 2has received exciting collaborations with famous names that have turned into content for Blizzard’s shooter. Among this content is the skins released for the heroes ofOverwatch 2, changing their appearance to characters equally beloved by fans of pop culture.
Overwatch 2’s first big crossover was based on the hit animeOne Punch Man, withheroes like Genji getting a Genos skinand Doomfist being turned into Saitama. More recently, another iconic anime collaborated withOverwatch 2, which released skins based on the space westernCowboy Bepop. Breaking away from the curve,Overwatch 2also teamed up with LE SSERAFIM last year, adding several skins inspired by the popular K-pop group. Now, inspired by great creativity, anOverwatch 2fan shared the idea of a skin inspired by another well-known brand that could become another special collab.
Reddit user FrickyRicky123 created a skin concept for Venture based onSplatoon 3. The fan art shows Venture with the typical facial features of the Inklings while wearing a jacket, pants, and shoes reminiscent of the colorful characters in the Nintendo shooter. The powerful drill Venture carries as a weapon has received a stylish makeover, with part of it transforming into the Rainmaker, a weapon that has the design of a fish and is available in one ofSplatoon 3’s modes.
Overwatch 2 skin concept turns Venture into a Splatoon 3 Inklinkg
In the comments, players praised the OP’s work but lamented the low probability of the crossover happening. The reasons lie not only inpast controversies between Blizzard and Nintendo, but also in the fact that Nintendo is known to be highly protective of its properties. Another Redditor noticed that Burrow, one of Venture’s abilities, is very similar to the Inklings' Swim Form, one ofSplatoon 3’s mechanics that allows characters to jump between paints of the same color.
TheSplatoon 3skin concept for Venture stands out due to the clever way the OP has mixed elements of the Nintendo shooter with theOverwatch 2hero. The highlight is the natural way the Rainmaker has been incorporated intoVenture’s drill design. The choice of hero for the fan art also stands out thanks to another neat similarity, which is the fact that there are no gender options inSplatoon 3, and Venture is thefirstOverwatch 2non-binary character.
