Nintendo Arms Direct Live Roundup

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This thread will roundup all the info from today's Direct!

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>This intro is way too intense for limbs.
> Did they seriously use rad in a sentence? STOP.
> Arms fighters have weights and attributes
> weight can influence blocks. If hits connect of similar weight they can be blocked. Otherwise they can be overpowered.
> 7 different attributes. Fire, Electric, Wind, Ice, Stun, Explosion, and Blind.
> Springman gets stronger with lower health and can use toaster arms, boomerang an tribolt. All utilize various attributes.
> Mechanica has no stretchy arms, can hover and has high durability. Can use revolver arms that shoot, whammer which is a large hammer, and a homie, a homing missile arm. All of these can be combo'd.
>Ninjara has quick speed and can warp. uses charkram to curve punches, buff for stronger punches and triblast for explosive damage.
>Master Mummy cant be stunned and he restores health when guarding. Megaton arms are heavy and slow but hit super hard, retorcher is a fire cannon that can shoot 3 times and th pheonix which has devastating fire power.
>New character Kid Cobra has high mobility and springy snake arms. Slamaamander wind whip, hydra 3 shot arm and freezing boomerang the coolerang.
>showcasing modes now. Team fights which have friendly fire and team objectives, standard fights, v-ball which is essentially volleyball, hoops which is literally basketball , skillshot a target practice mode, 1 on 100 much like the smashbros mode to fight shadows, and arms training mode.
> as you fight youll earn in game cash to buy new arms.
>duplicate arms have higher attacks
>ribbon girl can midair jump multiple times and can quick drop for fast attacks. uses sparky, a shock punch for stunning, popper for speed movement and slapamander for quick whip attacks.
>min-min, a ramen girl. good dodge skills and heavy dragon hits. Dragon fires a lazer, megawatt hits hard with shock damage and the ramram hits with charge shots.
>helix is basically flubber. Moves really strange and can charge to hit harder. Blorb inflicts blinding hits, ice dragon freezes, and guardian shield arm.
>byte and barq are robot cop and dog friends. barqcan be used as a launch pad like rush from megaman and is distracting. Seekie fires seeking missiles, cracker does fire hits and bubb is a charge shot punch.
>twintelle is a movie heroine using her pigtails to fight. She can slow down punches in midair. Chilla ice punches, parasol defense punches and thunderbird homing attack.
>there are thousands of arm combos.
>battle modes now
>grand prix has you win 10 matches in a row to win the whole thing. can be played single or co-op
>party match lets you fight online and has 10 system support with 2 players per system. Essentially a 20 player lobby.
>ranked matches. 1on1 battles for online ranking.
>local multiplayer can be done in local wireless mode with 2-8 systems.
>arms will get free updates with new stages, players and more after launch! much like splatoon!
>there will be three "global testpunches" which mean 3 free online demos like the splatoon testfires.

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SPLATOON TIME!

>An inkling just followed marie down a pipe.
>This looks to be story content?
> yes the game is showing off the new single player campaign! Rail grinds, new ultimates, platforming and way more make it look WAY more enticing than the original splatoon single player. fight against the octorians!
>oh that was it :|

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That concludes the broadcast. I'm actually pretty sold on Arms now,they showed off a lot of new content to excite me. And that splatoon single player? GIVE ME ALL OF IT!
 
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Looks like ARMS needs no story to be a game: as in, shut up and play, no explanation needed!

That rail grind section in splatoon reminds me of Jet Set Radio From Xbox for some reason....O well, better wait for splatoon.

It´s also surprising they are making this free dlc as well as in splatoon. They really want to support the multiplayer aspect.
 
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20 player matches using mutliple systems, 2 players on each system, is interesting, would get absolutely hectic as hell. Other than that, I honestly don't have any interest in arms.

Splatoon 2 though, oh boy, gotta love that Evil Callie. I never played the first one, didn't own a WiiU, but I think i'll watch a runthrough of the story.
 
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oh, cool, you've played it? What's it like?
You can make various moves with the Joy-Cons (hence the title, ARMS) and it's a lot of fun but in its essence, it's "Wii Boxing 2" as a full game.

If I can get it for a low price then I might bite.
 
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You can make various moves with the Joy-Cons (hence the title, ARMS) and it's a lot of fun but in its essence, it's "Wii Boxing 2" as a full game.

If I can get it for a low price then I might bite.
Have you played with the Pro controller, too? Maybe it is casual fun with the move controls and a "hardcore" fighting game with traditional controls.

The testpunch download supports the Pro Controller. I will "testpunch" all controls.
 

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So far i only have 3 games on switch and this is gonna be the next 2 major upcoming games besides Ultra street fighter 2? I would buy puyo puyo tetris if i wasn't so bad at it since is $30, but i did really want street fighter, but not for $40, another 30 Year anniversary ruined. :hateit:

You know, when standing in line on the release day I guess I figured that by now we would be playing millions of SNES, GBA, N64 and GCN virtual console games on the side on the go. You know, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario RPG, Lufia II, DKCs, Fire Emblem 8, 7 and an official translation of 6, Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, F-Zero GX, Geist, Mario Sunshine.... instead we are almost tempted to buy too many NeoGeo games okay.
 

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You know, when standing in line on the release day I guess I figured that by now we would be playing millions of SNES, GBA, N64 and GCN virtual console games on the side on the go. You know, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario RPG, Lufia II, DKCs, Fire Emblem 8, 7 and an official translation of 6, Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, F-Zero GX, Geist, Mario Sunshine.... instead we are almost tempted to buy too many NeoGeo games okay.
Well lets see, every thursday, eshop gets updated. A overpriced game, a game no one ever saw coming and a neo geo arcade port. JUST THOSE THREE THINGS EVERY THURSDAY. :angry:

Is just a observation, but clearly nintendo wasn't prepared for GAMES yet, yes they COULD start the virtual console series by now, but they haven't even got the software updated to contain something useful. Wii u had content that wasn't only limited to games, web browser for one thing, able to play wii games, netflix, hulu, youtube, crunchy roll, amazon video. What can you do i switch... play games, THAT IS IT O_O

Least have it play music or videos or pictures from SD card, it is also a portable device too, music player would be nice. I mean even if they have to port some android app games or something. Is just a game system, until they add something in the next updates.
 
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Have you played with the Pro controller, too? Maybe it is casual fun with the move controls and a "hardcore" fighting game with traditional controls.

The testpunch download supports the Pro Controller. I will "testpunch" all controls.

Didn't but in theory it should play similarly to the likes of a Dragon Ball 3D game (behind the shoulder type). With the Joy-Cons being completely wireless and the intended way to play ARMS, the Pro Controller should be left as the last option to play ARMS.

IMO ARMS looks more fun than Splatoon 2, mostly because shooters are better suited for KB/M and Virtual-On was the shit.

Have you played ARMS?

I'm not a fan of either but Splatoon has the advantage that it simply requires to use a normal controller and sit on a couch (or wherever) whereas ARMS you have to stand in order to play it at its best.
 

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I'm not a fan of either but Splatoon has the advantage that it simply requires to use a normal controller and sit on a couch (or wherever) whereas ARMS you have to stand in order to play it at its best.
"At its best" is relative, though. I don't believe I'll have any issue with either control scheme, and I play with mixed control schemes in most games anyway.
 

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I'm not a fan of either but Splatoon has the advantage that it simply requires to use a normal controller and sit on a couch (or wherever) whereas ARMS you have to stand in order to play it at its best.
I don't really understand why you have to stand (In the ign-preview-video the players sit.) and why the pro controller shouldn't work. Maybe I understand your opinion after the testpunch or maybe not.
 
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I don't really understand why you have to stand (In the ign-preview-video the players sit.) and why the pro controller shouldn't work. Maybe I understand your opinion after the testpunch or maybe not.
That was just my experience with it and if I were to play ARMS again, it'd be that way over sitting down or with the Pro Controller considering how restrictive it'd be compared to the Joy-Cons.
 

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