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ARMS - Nintendo Switch (Motion [optional] controlled boxing, Nintendo, Spring 2017)
- Thread starter maxcriden
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ARMS: The Quick and the Stretched.
Have been rewatching the treehouse segment, unfortunately there are some delays due to the stream.
One thing many people may have already noticed is the fantastic soundtrack. The trailer music had was already pretty good, but after listening to the music on Master Mummy stage and the strange laboratory stage, I'm conviced it will be all-around fantastic.
One thing many people may have already noticed is the fantastic soundtrack. The trailer music had was already pretty good, but after listening to the music on Master Mummy stage and the strange laboratory stage, I'm conviced it will be all-around fantastic.
Da-Kid
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superNESjoe
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Love this, but kind of wish it was a Punch Out spinoff. These mechanics and that cast would be a dream.
mrmickfran
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Finally got to sit down and look at this game in depth. It looks absolutely fantastic.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a day one as long as it has a good amount of content.
Potential guest characters:
Yarn Kirby
Luffy
Rayman
Andross lol
How about a Wonder Pink who stretches with her whips but hits with Wonder Reds fists? Omg, that would be amazing :0
As far as I'm concerned, it's a day one as long as it has a good amount of content.
Potential guest characters:
Yarn Kirby
Luffy
Rayman
Andross lol
How about a Wonder Pink who stretches with her whips but hits with Wonder Reds fists? Omg, that would be amazing :0
Geminosity
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I prefer this cast, but then I wasn't a fan of all the people saying splatoon should've been a mario sunshine game
Slamtastic
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DXB-KNIGHT
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Final Boss boss
Slamtastic
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TheCongressman1
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Metal Arms!
Oh wait...
Or, Augmented Retractable Muscular Structure?
idk...
Oh wait...
Or, Augmented Retractable Muscular Structure?
idk...
The Treehouse stream confirmed this to be the case, yeah.
Geminosity
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Yes, they confirmed it on the treehouse stream
GiantBreadbug
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Little Mac better be a guest fighter goddammit
Yes lawd!
Professor Lexicovermis
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So, Hard-Hitting, Splash Damage, and Zoning? Interesting! I think Master Mummy is definitely gonna be my main man until we see more characters! Thanks for the response!
I just googled "Nintendo Arms" and got it. As for a subtitle, you gotta go with a cheesy, overblown one. ARMS: BAM! Extendable Arm Combat!
Interesting! Good to know. That actually sort of made me want to considering picking this up.
Hard to find it in what sense? The name is already a double-entendre, adding anything to it would be diluting it. If you mean Googling, just search "Nintendo Arms" or whatever.
Mummy had the large boulder like glooves that seem exclusive to him (for now anyway), the missile launcher like glove, and I forgot the third.
EDIT: The trailer has more views than the one for splatoon 2, that's kinda nuts.
I totally agree about it having competitive potential, but I don't know if it should be compared to fighting games honestly. It feels like a different beast.
foxuzamaki
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Sorry, no penis, so even if she proves the more popular of the two she'll at most be an alt for spring man and be brutally pushed aside in smash marketing to the point where you only know she's in because they add a "oh and you can play as ribbon girl" in the trailer
I'm not bitter at all
;D
Oh, yeah, there's nothing that ruins the game in the arenas yet that we know of
As for master mummy he's not as mobile as the others and is a big target and as someone else pointed out his attacks are sluggish (though he has access to a high priority weapon that punches straight through a lot of weaker weapons like the trident without stopping)
I alwasy found it funny when they kept pushing the male avatar FE characters when the female ones were clearly the most popular. It's not even a meme internet thing, you'll find the female version of the characters online like 95% of the time.
mrmickfran
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Galactic Specter
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HE's the secret title defense boss
SporeCrawler
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Little Mac and Donkey Kong. Some of the punch out cast (King Hippo)
it's okay, they're donated to science
It's not that different from standard 3d fighters. Only change is the reduction of importance of being in melee range.
Geminosity
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Yup. I feel like IS might be getting the hint finally due to f.corrin getting a figma and a nendroid but this realisation may have come too late to inform smash it seems.
Professor Lexicovermis
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MASTER MUMMY for Smash!
That's a significant change, though. More so than any other fighting game, aiming in a 3D space will be crucial. That feels like an FPS skill more than a fighting game skill.
From what I've watched curving seems to be binary. You can curve in one direction or the other, but no tuning beyond that.
SporeCrawler
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Mechanica combines DVa and Mei. Unbeatable
GAFmeansLIFE
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Needs:
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StreetsAhead
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I'm expecting a cast of around 12-16 and about that many stages. Even if we have to go the Splatoon route to get them (the stages, I mean). Hopefully an arcade or story mode as well.
The Treehouse stream confirmed it. (Does anyone know of a YT upload of it?)
Hmm, good point. That does simplify it a bit, taking it out of FPS-level aiming skill range. Okay, maybe this is a fighting game after all.
GuitarGuruu
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Whoa really we don't have to use motion controls?? I'm definitely in for this then.
StreetsAhead
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Thanks! Watching it again, I'm impressed by the depth and potential strategy.
SporeCrawler
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Okay so just played this with mechanica and ribbon girl. (Ribbon girl can jump twice, not sure what mechanica can do)
Overall it feels a lot like Pokken. You have an up close game and a range game. Its not as cut clear as Pokken but certain gloves are just better upclose while others are better in wide range.
In wide range your primary goal is not to miss a punch. Even if the punch is parried (other player punches your glove basically) or blocked you will not loose as much time as with missed punches. So the best bet is attacks that have a scattershot imho. Up close the punches hit way more accurately so the gloves that give you a powerful one punch seem to be better.
Dashing, Airdashing, Jumping can be used to go in and out and to dodge.
Motion control felt really good. Not a comparison to Wii Boxing really. There was never a punch that did not register (obviously if your punch has missed and is flying to nowhere flailing will not help)
Overall it feels a lot like Pokken. You have an up close game and a range game. Its not as cut clear as Pokken but certain gloves are just better upclose while others are better in wide range.
In wide range your primary goal is not to miss a punch. Even if the punch is parried (other player punches your glove basically) or blocked you will not loose as much time as with missed punches. So the best bet is attacks that have a scattershot imho. Up close the punches hit way more accurately so the gloves that give you a powerful one punch seem to be better.
Dashing, Airdashing, Jumping can be used to go in and out and to dodge.
Motion control felt really good. Not a comparison to Wii Boxing really. There was never a punch that did not register (obviously if your punch has missed and is flying to nowhere flailing will not help)
I seem to remember someone on a stream I watched explaining it as "kind of a fighter and a shooter." Super clever concept/twist on the genre. I rarely get into fighting games but this one definitely has my attention.
Also, thanks for the impressions, poster above me! Cool to hear the motion controls were responsive. Did you notice the "HD Rumble" stuff?