Overview
- Number of Players
- 4
- Genre
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch
16th Jun 2017, $59.99
16th Jun 2017, £49.99
- Tags
- Official Site
- arms.nintendo.com
Reviews
Mostly armless
For a company that is so often accused of relying too heavily on its existing franchises, Nintendo has been refreshingly open to creating new intellectual properties of late. Splatoon famously came out of nowhere back in 2015 and established Nintendo as a key player in the online shooter genre, and now ARMS is attempting to perform...
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ARMS Guides
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Fighting Games
Final Round. Fight!
Updated with the fantastic UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes. Enjoy! It's ironic that one of the most violent video game genres is also one which has pulled millions of people together; ever since the early days of Fatal Fury and Street Fighter II, the humble 'fighting game' genre has created (and arguably ended) countless...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Fitness And Exercise Games
Get in shape with these Switch games
Looking for something to keep you active? Thinking about getting in shape but you're finding the lure of gaming too hard to resist? Worry not, because with Switch it's easy to mix your favourite pastime with a little cardiovascular exercise to get your blood pumping. Below we've collected our picks of the best...
Guide Nintendo Switch Family Games - Great To Play With Your Kids This Christmas
Switch it up during the festive period
It's Christmas, and you know what that means? Yup – your kids are all off school and will be looking for something to keep them busy. Fortunately for you, them, or both, you're the proud owner of a Nintendo Switch. Why is that fortunate? Because the Nintendo Switch is the master of family gaming. There are a...
Guide How To Unlock Every Badge In ARMS
New reasons to play
ARMS was recently updated to include unlockable achievement badges which track your performance in-game. You can wear these to show off your favourite achievement to other players. You may be wondering exactly what these badges are, and that's where we come in. Below you'll find what's required to gain both the Fixed Design and...
Video Become A Pro ARMS Fighter With These 8 Great Techniques & Tips
Keep success within arm's reach
ARMS is a game very much in its own league. You can't just apply the tactics you've picked up from other fighting games and expect to win, it's just too chuffing different. As such we've compiled a list of the eight tips and techniques we deem most important to getting your ARMS game in ship-shape, all of which you...
Guide Best ARMS Characters: Abilities, Strengths And Strategies
They're a secret to everyone
ARMS is not like a traditional fighting game - characters do not have special moves, nor do they have unique strength, health or defense stats. That doesn’t mean, however, that there’s no more to ARMS’s unique cast than their looks. Each character has abilities all their own which can make all the difference in the...
Guide Picking The Best Arms In ARMS
Selecting the best weapons for the job
On the surface, ARMS may seem like a casual experience designed to lure in those that aren’t really into the fighting game scene. However, as we touched on in our review, there’s a great deal of strategic depth to Nintendo’s new fighter. The key to a great deal of that depth is in the weapons for which...
Gotta Watch 'Em All
Along with the Nintendo Spotlight presentation and Nintendo Treehouse Live streams Nintendo will also be holding three tournaments for upcoming Switch titles Splatoon 2, ARMS and Pokkén Tournament DX. We've compiled all the details you need to watch all three tournaments below. Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational @ E3 2017
Guide How To Access The ARMS Global Testpunch Whenever You Like, Sort Of
Practice makes perfect
If you've been lucky enough to have taken part in the much-hyped ARMS Global Testpunch then you may be a bit frustrated at the fact that trying to access the game outside of the scheduled online sessions results in an error message - the servers are only live at predetermined points. However, Reddit...
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ARMS News
News Bandai Namco Announces New Dev Studio For Commissioned Projects
Nintendo appears to be a big part of the plans
Update [Wed 20th Dec, 2023 00:55 GMT]: New job listings for Bandai Namco Studio 2 & Studio S have reportedly surfaced on the official company website. One, in particular, is believed to be linked to a Nintendo project that first made headlines in April last year. It could supposedly be a...
Update: Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 for Wii U taken offline
Update [Fri 3rd Mar, 2023 15:30 GMT]: Nintendo has announced that it has begun temporary emergency maintenance on Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. While unconfirmed, it's heavily speculated that the maintenance - which at the time of writing has no time frame attached to it - is...
Feature 16 Theories About Link's Weird Arm In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2
Zelda: Arms
We know surprisingly little about the game currently titled The Sequel To The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild. [Oof, it's Tears of the Kingdom, past-Kate! We'll forgive you for not knowing the name of the new Zelda game before it was announced, though. Carry on! - Ed] But that won't stop me from furiously speculating about it all the...
News Switch Fighting Game ARMS Receives Its First Update Since 2018
Available now
Nintendo has just rolled out a bunch of updates for a number of games including ARMS. This title originally made its debut on the Switch in 2017 and is one of the newest IPs from Nintendo in recent years. The last update was rolled out in September 2018 and made a number of balance adjustments. The latest one isn't quite as exciting...
PSA You Might Not Need To Unbox The New Smash Bros. amiibo To Use It
See for yourself
As you've probably seen, the new Min Min Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo is now available in-store. If you are planning on adding this one to your collection, here's your PSA that this new amiibo based on the fighter from the ARMS series might not actually need to be unboxed to be used. As highlighted by a user (with a North...
Video Switch Games That Just Make Us Happy
Well, Alex specifically
Speaking about games that make us happy is a lot more satisfying than talking about games that are disappointing or just plain bad. It just makes sense, right? Who needs more negativity in this world? Our charming video host Alex Olney found this out first hand over the weekend. After initially wanting to talk about the most...
Talking Point Which Other 'Old' Switch Games Would You Like To See Get New DLC?
Relight my fire
Hands up now, who honestly thought we'd be getting brand new DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in 2022? We certainly didn't; we were all primed and ready for Mario Kart 9 to be announced, but Nintendo clearly had other ideas, breathing new life into a game that's now five years old (or eight if you include the original Wii U release —...
News Min Min Smash amiibo Arriving April 29th, Steve & Alex Minecraft amiibo Delayed
You win some, you lose some
Just weeks after a listing for the Min Min (ARMS) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo was spotted online, Nintendo has now locked in a release date. She'll be "stretching onto the scene" on April 29th. Unfortunately, it's not all good news - with Nintendo also revealing the Steve and Alex
News Dark Horse Appears To Have Cancelled The ARMS Graphic Novel Series
KO!
Remember the ARMS graphic novel series that Dark Horse Comics has been working on for a number of years now? Well, it's reportedly been cancelled. Following on from an update last year, when a Dark Horse representative said the comic book giant was still intending to go ahead with the project, comic writer Ian Flynn has now seemingly confirmed...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 11th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Yet another week has passed us by, giving us the very first review score for the upcoming Paper Mario game, as well as not one, but two cases of Animal Crossing fans being left upset over the game's
Previews
Preview Trading Blows With ARMS on Nintendo Switch
Final round
Product provided by Nintendo. The last few times we played ARMS we came away impressed, but cautious. We’ve had the final build of the game for the last week, and while we can’t talk about everything Nintendo isn’t holding much back; having experienced all of what ARMS has to offer we’re excited to play it even more. We’ll be...
Preview Going Some Rounds With ARMS on Nintendo Switch
Nintendo’s next big thing?
Last week at an event in San Francisco we had a chance to play a near-final build of ARMS, Nintendo’s next major foray into the fighting game genre. During the preview we had a chance to go hands-on with several new modes, new stages and the final roster, including three previously unannounced characters. New...
First Impressions Going Hand-to-Hand With ARMS
Fun with fisticuffs
One of the biggest surprises during Nintendo's Switch Presentation was ARMS, a new one-on-one fighting game directly from The Big N in which you slug it out with springy, stretchy arms. We had the opportunity to spend some time with it at Nintendo's New York Switch event; we're not 100 percent sold, but there's no denying this...
About The Game
The first fighting game of its kind!
Choose a fighting champion from around the world, equip your own combination of extendable arms, and then use a mix of button presses and quick hand motions to really take the fight to your opponent. Throw punches and guide them midflight to hit agile fighters, avoid incoming attacks with dashes, or trampoline high into the air to rain down fists from above. Power-up your punches to deal extra damage or curve your fists around obstacles to hit skittish opponents. Fill up your special gauge to dish out devastating combinations and finish them off. Unleash your inner fighter in this unbelievable sporting event!
Features
- Fight via simple motion and button controls – Grab onto your Joy-Con™ controllers with a "thumbs-up" grip and use simple motions and button presses to outthink your opponent. Toss and curve punches when you find an opening, and dodge a flurry of incoming attacks. It's fast-paced fun for everyone!
- Select from a variety of fighters – Select from brand-new fighting superstars like Ribbon Girl, Master Mummy, and more! Each fighter has their own special attributes to learn and master.
- Fight in arenas with unique obstacles – Throw punches around (or through) mysterious liquid-filled columns in a spooky laboratory, or in certain arenas, toss fighters onto trampolines for epic aerial skirmishes.
- Choose your arms carefully – Each weapon has its own strength. Some are slow and do tons of damage, while others are fast as lighting, but will only serve to set up larger combinations. It's up to you to mix and match your arms to fit your play style.
Where To Buy
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Comments 7
This looks surprisingly decent.
2017's gonna be an amazing year for Nintendo!
Incredible game. Loads of ways to play it and everything is quick, looks fantastic, and is FUN FUN FUN. A very cool and unique modern take on a new style of fighting game. Great for the spectrum of newbies through masters. Brand new community has sprung up quickly and the live streamed tournaments are exciting to watch. Nintendo has redefined yet another genre.
There are so many arms to unlock and hopefully more characters to be released after Max Brass. Basically, keep the content coming.
I wish this was getting more content...
An interesting IP from Nintendo with plenty of charm. It feels a bit repetitive at times but then beat em his do tend to suffer that no matter how good they are. Sadly a gave that might be forgotten too soon.
@MH4 I agree; this game really deserved more content
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