During E3 Nintendo outlined the first two free updates to ARMS on Nintendo Switch. The first is live and included a new local multiplayer mode along with LAN (local area network) play, and the second should come soon and will introduce Max Brass to the roster. Minor spoilers below.
Those familiar with the game will know Max Brass as the final round opponent (most of the time) in the game's Grand Prix mode, so will know about his various moves. It'll be interesting to see how his capabilities (including a taunt for charging up attacks) are adopted once players get their hands on him.
Now Nintendo's Japanese YouTube channel has posted a trailer showing him in action.
The update is due in the middle of this month, so we should only have a couple of weeks to wait.
Are you looking forward to throwing some punches as Max Brass, or will you keep him at ARMS length?
Thanks to all that sent this in.
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I'm excited to see what comes after this guy. The character design in this game is top-notch and I'm anxious to see what else they've come up with.
Man this guy looks like my new Main! He's exactly spring man with 1 extra ability. Can't wait!
Max Brass... !
He's so Muscular...
Edit: BTW, For some reason, Max Brass hat somewhat like this in China.
I love the fact the stadium features a giant brass smiling face statue of Max Brass!
The character, his personality and the stage all fit together nicely. Good job again Nintendo!
I really should get back into ARMS but there's something much better and cooler on the horizon due mere three weeks from now.
@GoldenGamer88 That game with some sort of aquatic/human hybrids?
His face reminds me of The Joker.
This guy looks like something out of The Incredibles. Heh.
When did All Might change his costume?
Wow, with this and the new My Nintendo rewards, there's so much ARMS right now, about four wallpapers worth apparently but still.
Well that video was not very informative.
I just want to know what his two specials are?
Because those four times when I defeated him I didn't pay attention to that.
@NickOfTime90 Maaaaaaaaaaybeeeeeeee ...
Max Brass... Such a great name, and a sweet fight too
I'm looking forward to all the dlc, especially the surprises to come.
I hope this update arrives before Spla2oon so we're not all too distracted.
does anyone know why Max Brass is so easy to defeat when fighting him in the grand Prix. i always get a perfect when fighting him even when on playing on higher difficulty levels. did Nintendo decide to make him the easiest character to defeat or something?
@Anti-Matter I'm pretty sure they were going for a Roman gladiator motif with the helmet. It also really fits his arena, his personality and even his name (Max comes from Maximus).
@GoldenGamer88 Pretty much yeah.
Just don't see the attraction in ARMS. It will just bore me really quick, when the novelty wears off.
That other game just has much more features, addictive elements and much better replayability.
ARMS just has nothing of that sadly, hence why you will just burn out real quick on a game like this.
@Jeronan Splatoon didn't have much more than ARMS did on release aside from a bomb single player story mode. And addictiveness and replayability are completely subjective.
@shani Springman 25% HP hability and Mister Mummy resistance
My first thought was Guile what have they done to you?! My second was, he's kinda weird and at the same time dull. He's just Uber muscle dude, because we don't have plenty of those guys in videogames already.
Awesome game! Nintendo has done it again!
@Jeronan ARMS sadly is just like any other fighting game to me. That's not to say it's like any other fighting game or there weren't things that I liked about it but somehow, each and every fighting game that isn't Smash manages to bore me to sleep a few days after buying it. I want to continue playing but there's just too much other stuff going on and more entertaining games to play.
Your comparison of Splatoon and ARMS is sadly plagued by your own opinions, rather than supported by facts. Replayability and addictiveness are subjective terms with no universally acknowledged scales for true comparison. Also note that Splatoon's launch critiques were a lot more vocal in regard to its lack of contents than ARMS's were. Splatoon 1 simply already has its tons of updates released that it seems like a bigger amount of content to you than with ARMS that, just like Spla2n in three weeks, is still awaiting its content updates.
This guy scares me!
Friggin epic! I will be picking up this game as soon as it goes on sale since I have liked everything I have seen about it so far. Freebie updates just sweeten the deal. By the way, the new character looks awesome. I can already tell he would be one of my main choices.
@shani in game right now he actually has three specials: Master Mummy/Mechanica's not flinching to uncharged punches and BOTH of Sping Man's abilities. He also doesn't seem to be able to be knocked down when charged (which is always when below 25% health) - he's the final boss for the reason, he's the most OP of in game characters, hopefully they'll nerf him a bit for multiplayer?
I may be wrong but I don't see Max Brass being a top tier character. I don't see him outnumbering the Min Min's, Kid Kobra's, Ribbon Girls, or Twintelle's
You can punch his Nitro Hammers when they're charged up and they'll explode doing a bit of damage to him. A great strategy for knocking him down, especially when fighting against a Hedlok'ed Max Brass.
@Jeronan If you get bored with a game like Arms fast, it is probably because you aren't trying to improve your skills. That's where most of the fun from a game like it comes...
I play a decent number of fighting games so it's kinda weird for me to watch a trailer like this and not see what's different about the character lol. All of my siblings have ARMS and say it's awesome but man it sure looks samey in trailers
note: I bet there are plenty of nuisances that ARMS-players pick up right away about the character, I'm just saying from an outsider prospective it all pretty much looks the same. Whereas in, say, Pokken or Smash or even MK all the play styles look distinct right away even to an untrained eye
"Brass number one" indeed.
Wonder if that metal boxing glove arm a new arm that will be part of the download?
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