I remember when I walked into Gamestop that one day. I was looking through the catalog of games because we had a Wii U and dad said I could get a game for it. I looked around and saw two games that caught my eye, one of them being Splatoon. I had heard of it before, but it looked strange and childish to me. I made up my mind and told my dad that I would get it, but in my head I had doubts that I would like it very much.

I could never be more wrong.

I soon found myself immersed in the characters and the story. It was so different from the other games I had played- So colorful and entertaining, and even pushed me out of my confort zone to like PVP. It wasn't long before I started drawing art of it, since I liked art decently at the time. I'd say this game led to a huge push in my art progress, trying to draw the characters in the same essence as they appeared.

I eventually stumbled across Miiverse, a currently discontenued program that let me interact with people all over the world. It was the closest to Social Media little 9 year old me could get my hands on and I loved every second of it. I had made some great friends on there and met an amazing community. Later when I got a phone, I joined the aminos and socialized over there.

It's my favorite game. The characters, story and premise is so charming and fun to me. Without Splatoon, I would argue that I wouldn't be the person I am today, however cheesy that may sound.