Goose Station

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D08: Girl Power Station
Deepsea Metro Line D
D10: Labyrinth Station

"Listen to its howlin' roar"
Goose Station
Fly to the goal!
Station D09
Test Fee CQ Points 500
Lives × 3
Weapons
and rewards
CQ Points 1,300
Mem cake Balloon
Music #11 above

Goose Station is a test in Splatoon 2's paid downloadable content, Octo Expansion. This station is unlocked after clearing Girl Power Station or Labyrinth Station.

Access

The player must clear either J03D08 Girl Power Station or D10 Labyrinth Station to access this test. The shortest way to access this station is to clear J03D08 Girl Power Station.

Walkthrough

Goose Station stats
Area Enemies Armor Main weapon Special weapon Sub weapon
Checkpoint 1 5x Sanitized Octotroopers N/A N/A N/A N/A
Checkpoint 2 11x Sanitized Octopods N/A N/A N/A N/A
Checkpoint 3 3x Sanitized Octotroopers N/A N/A N/A N/A
Final Checkpoint 2x Sanitized Octosnipers
2x Sanitized Octocommanders
3x Sanitized Octocopters
1x Armor N/A N/A N/A

Checkpoint 1

When the player begins the stage, a staircase made of uninkable walls must be climbed by using Inkjet's boost to access a larger platform with variously sized crates guarded by two Sanitized Octotroopers. An armored crate amidst the various other crates in the area contains an Inkrail which leads to another platform with a group of three other Sanitized Octotroopers on top of piled up crates. The player must go to the right of said crates and Sanitized Octotroopers where can be found a grate and a Power Egg pack below, and another platform even lower where Checkpoint 2 is located.

Checkpoint 2

In front of Checkpoint 2 is an Inkrail that leads to a small platform with six Sanitized Octopods. When approaching said platform with the Inkrail, an additional five Sanitized Octopods tethered to balloons appear. The player must splat every Sanitized Octopod to make a staircase emerge from below the platform, giving access to another Inkrail which leads to Checkpoint 3.

Checkpoint 3

In front of Checkpoint 3 lies a thin platform with four Ink Pistons as obstacles. The player must use the swim form to dive in ink under higher Ink Pistons, and rise back up with Inkjet for lower ones. Right after is a a path made out of grate platforms with three Sanitized Octotroopers as additional obstacles. The grates being used as ground brings the player back to their feet, since Inkjet doesn't make its user rise up on grates, requiring grounded use of Inkjet for this portion of the stage. At the end of the grates is a long jump possible with a grounded jump and an Inkjet boost towards a solid platform where is located the Final Checkpoint.

Final Checkpoint

The last section starts off with three lined up Dash tracks leading to an arena composed of two large, rectangular platforms connected with Ink Rails, with uninkable walls as cover. That area is where must be fought two Sanitized Octosnipers, two Sanitized Octocommanders and three Sanitized Octocopters. Splatting all of them results in the front of arena shifting, unlocking once again an Ink Rail, providing access to the station's goal.

Collectibles

Mem cake

Oblivious, adrift, and round.
You hold inside a tempting prize.
Who doesn't love that popping sound?

Completing this test awards the player with the Balloon mem cake.

Enemies and mechanics

Previously introduced

Quotes

USAUK English

C.Q. Cumber's Quotes

C.Q. Cumber
It's important that you learn to get the most out of your Inkjet.
C.Q. Cumber
One move you'll want to master is pressing B to make the Inkjet float a bit.
C.Q. Cumber
You can press ZL to submerge in Inkrails, even when using the Inkjet.
C.Q. Cumber
If you want to shoot from an Inkrail, just press ZR.
C.Q. Cumber
Be sure to submerge back into the Inkrail after you shoot, though, or you'll fall.

Cap'n Cuttlefish's Quotes

Cap'n Cuttlefish
Phew - my heart is pounding!
Cap'n Cuttlefish
All right - goal time! Submerge and proceed carefully.

Marina's Quotes

Marina
Use B to float up a bit!
Marina
Submerge with ZL. Got it?
Marina
After you shoot, press ZR right away to submerge!
Marina
Submerge in the Inkrails, then shoot! That's the ticket.

Pearl's Quotes

Pearl
Oho - an Inkrail?
Pearl
Shoot from the Inkrails! Press ZR to fire!
Pearl
What's that? Something came out.
Pearl
Now float up!
Pearl
Inkrails! Use 'em well.
Pearl
Huh? Something else is moving...

Gallery

Trivia

Etymology

The title and subtitle are references to the 1986 film Top Gun. A07 Maverick Station and G10E07 Iceman Station also reference this film.

The subtitle, "Listen to its howlin' roar", is taken from the song Danger Zone, which appeared prominently in the film's soundtrack.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese スッパイ思い出の教習所
クロズダ・イエッ島駅
ジェットパックでゴールせよ!

Suppai omoide no kyōshūjo
Kurozuda Iettō Eki[note 1]
Jettopakku de gōru seyo!
Training school of sour memories
Kurozuda Ie Island Station
Get to the goal by Inkjet!
Netherlands Dutch Vliegen is een kunst
Geef ze van jetje!
Bereik het doel met de Inktjet!
Flying is an art[note 2]
Do your best![note 3]
Reach the goal with the Inkjet!
Canada French (NOA) Plonge, file, vole et venge-nous!
Voie des hauts et des bas
Atteins l'arrivée en chromo-jet!
Dive, speed, fly and avenge us!
Way of the ups and the downs
Reach the end in Inkjet!
France French (NOE) Plonge, file, vole et nous venge !
Voie des hauts et des bas
Atteins l'arrivée en chromo-jet !
Dives, speeds, flies and avenges us!
Way of the ups and the downs
Reach the end in Inkjet!
Germany German Höhen und Tiefen!
Bad Tintheim
Erreiche mit dem Tintendüser das Ziel!
Ups and Downs!
Bath Inkheim[note 4]
Reach the goal with the Inkjet!
Italy Italian Sempre più in alto!
Distretto Vasetto
Raggiungi il traguardo usando il jet splat!
Always higher!
Jar District
Reach the finish line using the inkjet!
Russia Russian ...Мы не халявщики, мы кальмары!
Пирамидово
Доберись до цели на красколете!

...My ne khalyavshchiki, my kal'mary!
Piramidovo
Doberis' do tseli na kraskolete!
...We're not freeloaders, we're squids![note 5]
Pyramid Town Station
Reach the goal with Inkjet!
Mexico Spanish (NOA) Escucha su rugido aullador
Estación de ganso
¡Vuela a la meta!
Hear its howling roar
Goose station
Fly to the goal!
Spain Spanish (NOE) Con nocturnidad y alevosía
Ronda Sombría
Alcanza la meta con el propulsor.
With night and treachery
Shadow Round
Reach the goal with the Inkjet

Translation notes

  1. A pun on "Kurozu daietto" (black vinegar diet). It was very popular in 1990s Japan.
  2. Comes from "het is een kunst", a Dutch saying meaning "it is not easy".
  3. Comes from "'m van jetje geven", a Dutch saying for "to do your best / to go strong / to beat someone up severely". While "jetje" here has an unknown meaning, it is the diminutive form of "jet", making it be a pun on "inktjet" (Inkjet).
  4. Comes from "Bad" (bath), "Tinte" (ink) and "-heim", a suffix found in certain German city and district names.
  5. This, along with the station name, is a reference to a 1990s Russian commercial of a financial pyramid, of which slogan was "We're not freeloaders, we're partners!".