Squimage, the rainbow painter squid!

A cute and colorful challenger you may find on the beach...

Ah, the Chroma Sea… a vast ocean zone, dotted with islands and enclosed by a massive barrier reef. You’ll need to take out a rental sailboat if you want to navigate those waters. And for coaches who explore its sun-kissed shores, you might rarely find this colorful challenger hankering for a Beach-stieball match.

Squimage: Each one has a unique ink color. They tend to form colonies of similar color and mark their territory with vivid graffiti.

Squimage is unique among Beasties in many ways. For one, they have an exceptionally wide range of color variations - an individual Squimage’s ink can be just about any color of the rainbow.

Just some of the many colors you may find a Squimage in. Go find one in your favorite color!

Squimage are eager learners, adept at mimicry and able to learn a surprisingly wide range of skills. They’re one of the very, very select group of Beasties who can wield Body, Spirit and Mind-type plays, making them a diverse threat that’s challenging to defend against. It’s not just a gimmick! Their POW stats in all types are quite high, so if you underestimate them then you’ll surely be punished.

This multi-type offensive style is supported by their unique trait, Protean, which changes any POW boost so that it boosts all 3. For example, if a teammate were to boost their Body POW, their Mind and Spirit POW will go up as well. This makes Squimage very effective at providing additional coverage to a team that mostly focuses on only one type of attack and boost.

The final concept pass by Karen…

…And the final in-game poses drawn by Mike Horowitz (along with the animation)! Notice all the small tweaks?

Squimage was the first Beastie designed by Karen Centella Sánchez and came from one of the very first basic creature prompts we ever considered. We were excited to use this design to showcase the strengths of our color variation system - while also paying homage to our history with painting animals. Squimage is a Beastie’s that’s very close to our hearts.

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