Marina's chat room

Marina's chat room (stylized ♪MARINA'S CHAT★ROOM♪) is a series of chat logs available in the Octo Expansion.

During the Octo Expansion, Marina hacks into Agent 8's CQ-80 device and uploads logs of some chat sessions that she wanted to share. The chat participants are Marina (DJ_Hyperfresh), Pearl (MC.Princess), Cap'n Cuttlefish (CraigCuttlefish), and Marie (Agent 2).

Unlocking

Chat sessions are unlocked by completing specific stations, even if the player uses the "Ask for Help" option to complete the station. Stations are grouped as detailed in the table below; these groupings are used internally by the game and not shown to the player. Beating any one station in a group will unlock the next chat log. Only one chat log can be unlocked per group. Chat logs will always unlock in the same order regardless of which group the player clears.

The last chat session, labeled "Bonus Track", is unlocked by completing all 80 stations, even if the player uses the "Ask for Help" option.

Map of Deepsea Metro with group IDs shown.

Group ID	Stations	Notes
0	I06 All Eyez Station B06 Notorious Station G05 Bustalicious Station B12 Brute Rollup Station E06 Swass 8-Ball Station	These stations form a chat-unlocking barrier on the left side of the map.
1	A02 Far-Out Station B14 Breakdance Station I08 Radio Station E09 Squee-G Funk Station B04 Rad Ride Station	These stations form a chat-unlocking barrier on the left side of the map.
2	A07 Maverick Station A03 B01 Wassup 8-Ball Station	Both stations in ID 2 are two steps away from the first station.
3	F02 Slow Ride Station C04 Move It Move It Station D03 H01 Slap Bracelet Station C02 Shrinky Ink Station	These stations form a chat-unlocking barrier on the right side of the map.
4	H03 Sweet Ride Station J02 Matchmaster Station	Both stations in ID 4 are three steps away from the sealing thang.
5	F05 Popalicious Station D09 Goose Station C08 Right Round Station J04 Footloose Station	These stations form a chat-unlocking barrier on the right side of the map.
6	E01 I03 No Whammy Station E03 Don't Ralph Station	These stations border the surrounding thang.
7	B08 I05 Righteous Rails Station B10 G04 Ink 'n' Slide Station	These stations border the foundational thang.
8	H05 Ink It Station H07 J01 Cool Your Jets Station	These stations border the sealing thang.
9	C12 F07 Matchmaker Station C14 J05 Stick 'n' Move Station	These stations border the precision thang.

Chats

For a transcript of each chat session, see List of chat sessions in Marina's chat room.

Trivia

One of Pearl's nicknames for Marina, "DJ Cold Breakfast", is a reference to the European Splatfest from November 2017, Warm Breakfast vs. Cold Breakfast, in which Marina chose Team Cold.
In the English localization, Cap'n Cuttlefish's quote "No fan of hip-hop is a foe of mine, I don't see genre" and his previous quote "No fan of the Inkantation is a foe of mine, I don't see species" are cultural references to those who say "I don't see color" when talking about race relations in real life. Said people may mean well, but the phrase is generally taken as an insult to those it is spoken to, hence Pearl and Marina's less than enthusiastic reactions to the phrases.
The running gag where Cap'n Cuttlefish has difficulty navigating his keyboard differs depending on the language:
- In the original Japanese version, he initially types with Latin letters, which are considered "half-width" in comparison to "full-width" Japanese characters. When Marina guides him to use full-width characters, he ends up using half-width kana instead. Later, when he starts typing with full-width characters, he does not use kanji at any time, unlike Pearl, Marina, and Marie.
- In the Russian localization, he initially communicates with the KOI-8 codepage. This causes his text to display incorrectly, leaving Pearl unable to understand him.^[1] After Marina tells him to check his settings, he briefly types with Latin letters.
The chat room is the first place to show the in-universe file extensions: .frsh and .mp8.
- .mp8 is a reference to the MP3 audio file format.
- .frsh is derived from the word "fresh," and is also a reference to the FLAC lossless audio format.
In the interview contained in Octotune, when asked what she does in her free time, Pearl mentions how she cannot stop chatting online recently, a possible reference to Marina's chat room.
In the Russian localization, it is mentioned that the chat application is called Караська (Karaska). This may be a reference to the Russian chat app ICQ and carp fish.
The Ebb & Flow (Demo) song file finishes with the leitmotif from Hero Mode - Onward!, the short melody when a player completes a level in Octo Canyon.
In the bonus chat log, Cap'n Cuttlefish responds to Marina's request to leave with "As you wish". This may be a reference to the 1973 fantasy romance novel The Princess Bride.
Cap'n Cuttlefish mentions Marina using 'the head', a nautical term for the toilet.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イイダのCHAT ROOM (♪イイダのCHAT★ROOM♪) Īda no CHAT ROOM	Īda's chat room
Dutch	♪MARINAS★CHATROOM♪	Marina's chat room
French (NOA)	♪LE CHAT DE ★ CORALIE♪	Coralie's chat
French (NOE)	♪LE TCHAT DE★CORALIE♪	Coralie's chat
German	♪MARINAS★CHATROOM♪	Marina's chat room
Italian	♪LA CHAT DI★NORI♪	Nori's Chat
Russian	Уютный Чатик Мариши (♪Уютный Чатик★Мариши♪) Uyutniy Chatik Marishi	Marisha's cozy chat room
Spanish	Sala de CHAT de Marina (♪Sala de ★CHAT★ de Marina♪	Marina's chat room