One modern way to check how your new brand new IP is tracking is by taking a moment to look at the wonderfully talented Nintendo community and see how much fan-art is being created.

If we think back a few years it was Splatoon that had a very impressive amount of pre-launch fan art that suggested the game was going to be a hit with fans, but how are things looking for ARMS?

We've scoured the landscape over at DeviantArt and whilst there isn't a vast amount on offer, the ones that we found are pretty impressive never the less. Check them out:

What do you think of the ARMS fan-art so far? Could you do better yourself? Let us know in the comments below.