Topic: ARMS

In the last two Testpunch sessions I took part in, I did horrible. None of my tactics were working, I lost almost every game. It seems everyone had adapted to my, admittedly very basic and repetitive, playstyle. That is until I tried Helix. I never liked him before, but I really enjoyed using him in this last session. Either I was good with him or no one could adapt to his style, most likely the latter. Anyways, he's my new main.

In other news, I do not like Twintelle that much. I never even got why people love her appearance so much, and her playstyle is pretty odd and not very fun for me. Hoops is a fun distraction, but grabs are overpowered in it. Skillshot is mediocre at best, I didn't like it very much.

@Nintendoer Grabbing is basically the whole point of Hoops, lol.

@KirbyTheVampire I know, that's why it's kind of lame.

I'm not sure if I saw this right, but I managed to unleash a flurry on an opponent which knocked them into the springs on the edges of the arena, which then dumped them into the hoop. I could be mistaken, but that's what it looked like to me.

He'd probably be a more likely candidate than Stretch Armstrong, Mr. Tickle, or Mrs. Incredible/Elastigirl, but I'd still bet against his inclusion. Nintendo have dabbled with including related franchises (most recently with the Splatoon x Squid Girl/Ika Musume collab), but it's never extended to actually including the character outright. Who knows though.

In other news, I am a Ribbon QUEEN. Either that or I got lucky with the matchmaking today.

@OfNullAndVoid It's no secret, landing a flurry (or the last hits at least) also earns you a three-pointer in Hoops. In fact, the few times I played the mode there was not much grabbing going on at all. Probably because everybody expects them coming at all times, making them more inclined to punch and counter them.

@meleebrawler If you hit them at all with your special (except when they guard) it'll bounce them on the springs for a 3-pointer.

I did one time dunk someone only for them to bounce off the rim, not sure why that happened.

@xPH03N1Xx86 it can happen, possibility is there. They said it when they presented the game mode

Yeah, the whole attack triangle is interesting in Hoops because the game is so heavily weighted towards grabs, but that makes them all the more predictable, which then makes standard punches useful for breaking through them. Didn't see a whole lot of blocking though.

...loses constantly
....Twintelle is definitely on my Hate List now.

That the last testpunch has ended. I think. A lot of fun with experimenting with each character. I like twintelles power, but isn't my type of character.

I really like forcing my opponent to come to me as Master Mummy. Just sit back, heal, and counter whatever the opponent does. Not always going to work with some characters, also lame to do.

@Joeynator3000 Funny, I found that I had the least trouble fighting Twintelle.

Just finished the last session, lots of Ninjara's, Spring Mans, Ribbon Girl and Min Mins.
I had several matches where I was at a sliver of health, would bring it all the way back, just to lose at the very last punch

The Testpunches were fun though, and I'm definitely getting ARMS.

The crowd has nice detail. They can be sad when their supported fighter loses. Easiest to see on victory screens.

Arms is just fun. No need to have super detail story. Just hope for characters endings. Should look that up.

I couldn't even touch her, it was annoying...although Team Battle was more annoying.
manages to get a good aim on target, or grabs it, but immediately gets interrupted by team member's attack or gets flung across with him/her T.T

@Joeynator3000 I kept getting a grab on someone just to get grabbed by their teammate. Also, in the last couple testpunches, there weren't any 3 or 4 person free for alls, which were a lot of fun.

Anyways, I did record most of it....gonna upload it to Youtube soon. (it's almost 3gb, though....so....>_>)
No idea if I fought with/against anyone here, lemme know if you did. I was mostly Ninjara and Mechanica.

Grabbing a lot in team battles (or free-for-alls, for that matter) is just a bad idea for multiple reasons.

Also, I don't know the name to it....but...that stage with the stairs...I hate it as well....it bleh...lol

I actually like the stages with more room, gives me time to plan my approach and have a bit of patience.