Not long after Nintendo launched the Switch in 2017, the company released a new fighting game called ARMS. This new IP utilised the gyro feature in the Switch Joy-Con controllers and introduced us to a bunch of energetic characters such as Spring Man and Ribbon Girl.
Now, a few years on, it appears the live competitive online events for ARMS have finally come to an end. The results for the final Party Crash Bash matchup reveals the queen of ramen, Min Min, has taken out the win against Ninjara. In what was described as a "heated rematch" she now stands alone at the top as the best fighter and winner of the championship.
This event happened to line up with the game's second anniversary. In the first year, there were multiple updates including the addition of new characters and the second year followed this up with a number of special events.
Of course, you can still keep playing the game, even though this live competitive online event has now ended. This is a similar situation to Splatoon 2, which will soon hold its final Splatfest: Chaos Vs. Order.
Did you enjoy participating in these Arms' events? Will you continue to keep playing? Tell us down below.
[source twitter.com, via nintendo.com]
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Im glad min min won!
Nu favorite is mummy, but second it min min
The game died to me when they stopped adding characters only 6 months after release, it had potential but with every match feeling the same, the only interest I had were the post-release content
oh darn i waited too long to get the game, now these events are over. oh well im sure to still get the game eventually
Yay! Min Min's my favorite. I like the idea of this game but it couldn't really hook me. Wish there were more to it. I still have hopes to get into it eventually, but I guess there will be less and less people to play with, as in Mario Tennis where you have to wait forever to play with someone.
Yes... 😩
But i used Ninjara.
I have reached Lv 20.
I saw more player numbers for Min Min than Ninjara.
I was team Min Min and now we Win Win.
Can Min Min be playable in Smash Ultimate? Spring Man can stay as an assist trophy for all I care, he's nothing compared to the queen of ramen.
I don't care about arms at all... but now I want to play Crash Bash again!
I completely forgot those were a thing. I got the game second hand and I never completed single player enough to play online. In fact I only ever played it a few times with my GF and her family.
I'm sad to hear not many gamers have interest with "Boxing" games like ARMS.
@BensonUii last time I saw him this time, he is like 280ish. What a legend! I'm barely level 35... XD
Still haven't played it and probably never will now.
Min Min was my main. I haven’t dusted off this game for a while, and a bit forlorn that there will be less reason to now these events have stopped.
I was away at the weekend otherwise I would have participated this time.
I was really happy about this, Min Min is my favorite character since I first saw her.
Min Min for the Win Win!
For most of 2017-2018, my daughter and I played ARMS every weekend, head to head or participating in Party Crashes. We tapered off a bit in 2019, but still played it pretty regularly. It was our go-to multiplayer game. Very sad to come to the end of the Party Crashes.
I really hope this isn't the end of the ARMS story.
my favourite ARMS fighter, Byte and Barq, lost in the first round IIRC.
Yay min min! My fave!
I bought this game at launch and me and my kids enjoyed the hell out of it- I was decently average😀 and put around 200+ hours in. It was the launch of rocket League on the switch that eventually swayed us away.. a shame i didn't realise they were doing the last party crash on the weekend, i would've dipped back as i haven't played since possibly Christmas. Sad times.
wished they would've given more dlc and hope we get an ARMS 2
Also the soundtrack is one of the best original music I've heard in a game.
Man, I love this game. I can’t believe it’s already 2 years old! How time flies... Here’s to more ARMS, now and forever!
@Noid Nah, my main Lola Pop lost round one, haha.
@NerdyBoutKirby Min Min would be awesome in Smash, but she’s already a spirit. Why not Lola Pop or Dr. Coyle? They’d both be fantastic!
Goodbye soldier.
Arms is such a fun game. Splatoon and Arms are two recent new Nintendo IPs that caught my attention. They’re fresh and fun.
Min Min confirmed for Smash Ultimate.
I played the demo, but didn't think it was worth the 60 bucks and never picked it up. It was fun, but definitely could use more, if they make a sequel hopefully they fill in some of the holes the first one had.
I rarely played in this game's online events because Nintendo always scheduled them the same time as Splatfests. I enjoyed Arms to an extent but overall playing online really wasn't that fun, and after you finish the single-player mode there really isn't anything to do in this game. It's a more a tech demo of the Joy Con than anything else.
I'm actually surprised at how much I've really enjoyed this game, and I'm super happy that Min Min won, especially after I had been assuming that either Ninjara or Springtron would win. I have a ridiculous dream that as the winner of this tournament, she'll be added to Smash Brothers, though I know it's not likely. Also, I hope Nintendo does something (anything!) with this game so I can get the rest of the event-specific badges, of which I only earned around half of because I bought the game about a year after it came out.
I payed nearly every party crash and have loved this game after getting pay the brutal learning curve.
I'm disappointed more people didn't enjoy it.
Alright now that the online events are over. Let's hope Nintendo buries the game and we never here about ARMS again.
Dang wish I did more of these events. the couple I played were fun. I hope this game gets a sequel but I won’t hold my breath...
Outside of Smash this is the only fighting game I actively enjoyed!
I joines for a couple party crashes...then stopped because literally nothing was changed. Gonna kiiiinda miss this thing
ARMS is my favorite game on Switch and one of the only games I got into playing online. I totally get why people say it didn't have enough content for a full priced game, but I've put 60 hours into this thing so far. For me, I got my moneys worth. Hopefully more people give this a shot when it becomes a Nintendo Select or something.
Aww, why did they have to have Arms and Splatoon 2's online events end at about the same time?
Ah well, not like there's any shortage of other games I could be playing through right now...
That was the last one? I'm glad I stumbled across it then. I was playing in the Splatfest and it occurred to me that Arms Party Crashes and Spatfests are often the same weekends (which is annoying). So I booted up Arms and sure enough, there was one going on. I wish I had known it was the last one, I probably would have played it a little longer. Honestly, the Party Crashes didn't add much to the game, but it was still fun to aim for the level 5, 10, 15 level rewards.
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