Another addition to the ARMS roster has been revealed. We present to you Helix, who can be described as a shiny green amorphous blob, but Nintendo has opted to give him a better description, saying "he can shrink and stretch at will with his elastic body!"
In his brief reveal trailer - shown above - you can see him show off various arms as well as take on previously revealed opponents. His elasticity appears to give him an edge in dodging, so players may be able to use that to their advantage. At any rate, he's yet another cool addition to the growing ARMS roster.
Let us know what you make of this new character in the comments.
[source youtube.com]
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I like it.
I like it too much.
This game gets more interesting every time I see it!
It's definitely weird. It looks and sounds like some sort of Beaker and Dr. Bunsen mutant after an experiment with jelly went horribly wrong.
No announcer explaining it's moves?
I like it though! Whatever it is...
Well, better than Mechanica! ^^
I like more humans though. -.-
I LOVE THIS!
This character has singlehandedly made me more interested in ARMS. Its wacky designs like this that make fighting games so much more fun. I hope we get more out there designs like this for the other unannounced fighters!
Oh hey this is one of the ones that was "leaked" in the last presentation. Hoping we see goggles robot guy next.
It looks awesome and it's really original. Great character design Nintendo!
this starting to look more fun with every new video
but if he can stretch and shrink as shown on the video, he should not beable to take damage. sarcasm - Nintendo just didnt think real world on this one
Already pre-ordered the game along with the yellow joy con, release is in the middle of my vacation too!
Fun design, but his look is decidedly different from the others in that all his materials are made-up or fantastical.
The others are a little more physically and culturally clear-cut in their concepts.
Genetic experiment gone horribly wrong, or horribly right?
The Blob from Clayfighters has made a comeback in a surprising way!
I love how they actually show some cool gameplay concepts here as well, like the flailing between the two characters and the behind-a-pillar-attacks.
I love him!
Wow they're really doing a nice job with ARMS. I think i might maintain my pre-order to get it on D1! It looks so cool and fun! I really can't imagine how fun will be to voice chat with friends while doing 2v2 battles!
Shaping up to be a doozy. I just get bored of fighting games too quick though.
Then again, shooters usually lose my interest quickly, but I ended up LOVING Splatoon, so who knows?
This is what's making me excited for ARMS - every time they reveal a new character I think "ooh, THAT'S my new favourite". Every design is so well thought out that it's gonna be fun going through all the options every time you play, which is always a hallmark of a great fighter in my books.
I don't know why, but every time I see this game I think of PowerStone on the Dreamcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbOeL4kRKZw
I love him immediately! <3
This actually makes me a little more interested in Arms. I think this guy is my favourite.
He sounds like a chicken.....is he a slime man with the brain of a chicken? XD
It's made of flubber.
Found my main.
Keeps getting better. If nothing else, the game has character.
Found my main. [2]
This video, even without context, basically encapsulates why I love Nintendo.
Wonder if anyone else noticed that the fight takes place in a room full of Helix fighters in vats? This game's story is getting more intriguing with every reveal.
Dhalsim as dlc
woof
HES SO CUTE! I love him!!
I like him.
I love it and I'm glad to see that the reception to this new character has been positive so far.
This game keeps getting better. I have loved the music since the reveal, this character's animation is fluid, and its sound effects are epic.
I just hope it provides a worthwhile singleplayer experience for all the times I'm not with friends or connected to the internet with my Switch.
I can't wait for ARMS. I already pre-order it. I'm not great at fighting games but this looks like a game casuals can play instead of those awful fatalities combos. X,Square, down, down, up, left, right, left, triangle....WTF!!!
Well, looks like Nintendo has just released everyone's main. If we don't get another cute anime waifu revealed before the games release, he should still win it.
Looks like Flubber.
Also I noticed that while other characters are more offensive based, this character is actually a defensive type character that can move around with his stretchy body, making easier to avoid or block hits, as well as to counter in a way that's hard for other characters to avoid.
@Bread-Not-Toast I was going to say more like the Blob from clay fighter lol
Hmmm. This character looks like the game is jumping the shark a little bit. I thought these were supposed to be humans inside a stretchy fighter mech or whatever... If this was a boss character I would understand
Is this one part of the other 4 outed in the Direct?
Eh.... looks weird in my opinion.
The vibes for this game are so good! I get more and more excited. I wish they were doing some kind of campaign though, a story to go with all this would be first rate!
I kinda...want a switch now...
Ooo I like this character!
Will this be the final line-up? Three guys, three girls, and a bizarre amoeba?
Oh snap you can throw too? Yeah, my body is ready. This is starting to look like it has some depth.
I'm somehow in love with Arms after the announcement of this character
More characters the better
@Pod There are three more characters yet to be revealed, so we haven't seen everything yet
@Malcrash
Looking forward to more crazy concepts then. So far, noodle girl has my vote.
@Darius_Truxton nope, alot of the games characters aren't even human. The only confirmed human character is the girl that uses the mech suit, since she doesn't have stretchy arms like most of the fighters. Plus we have a mummy character, so this still fits in the games strangeness.
@Pod ya there are still alot of characters yet to be revealed. Some were even hiddenly teased in the latest Nintendo direct. So this game is going to have alot more fighters then people give this game credit for. Hell people thought the first 4 fighters shown were going to be the only fighters in the game. Common people, give Nintendo more credit then that. The same company that can add over 40 characters in smash brothers would surly have more then 4 charcters in a new fighting game.
@patbacknitro Oh ok. You must be referring to Min Min as the human character. IDK they all look like human characters to me. I haven't seen the mummy character yet either.
@patbacknitro
There are all brand new characters with a lot of effort put into them, so I'm just happy to see each of them as they are revealed.
I'd expect and be happy with 10-14 fighters. And maybe some DLC characters down the road if the game is successful enough for that.
@joealejos It is.
Ooh he's cool. Stretch Armstrong meets Nickelodeon's Gak?
I love Helix, keep the fighters comin' Nintendo!
I love the sounds he/she makes.
Arms keeps getting more and more interesting.
at one point i felt like nintendo should add mario and some of the others to this game in the form of a DLC. that would add some interest to the game. Toonaki Mario, Yoshi, king boo, bowser, and a few others. their abilities would add a bunch of strategy to the game, but Nintendo probably wouldn't be able to the game in a way that would make it worth it.
however, this new character has changed my mind. he seems to be a bit particular. i wonder what special abilities he has. maybe he has the ability to turn into a double helix when his health drops below 25%.
for thos who know what a double helix is and what advantages this character. i thought of a double helix as being his speacial ability because of his name being Helix.
just imagine him turning into a double helix. him splitting into two pieces; having 4 arms instead of two; slightly better dodging abilities; him being able to hit his opponents much easier. but at a cost. his attack power weakens a bit because of his additional arms; increased ability to dodge because of his new form that may or may not weaken. for all we know each helix will have its own health meter. the two heath meters will be smaller since his bdy splits into two that yet at the same time can live on their own if one of them dies.
picture him splitting into a double helix; fighting at a better rate, but with weaker health across his two bodies. then somehow one of his his two halves dies leaving him just seconds to K.O his appointment for if he can manage to do before his other half dies from not having the ability to counter attack from its weakness or dieing from feeling the wind of his opponents missed attack in which only missed because of 2mm difference.
for those who know what a double helix is; you should know how he will pull of the win with his double out for the count and him only having 5% life left in him.
@Pod One of the games directors said yesterday that we've only seen a "fraction" of the fighters so far. That suggests there's going to be a lot more than expected. I thought 12 to 16 would be good but the more the merrier.
@Darius_Truxton Mechanica is the human character. She has the robot suit.
I love this character already. Lol
Why do I get the feeling Nintendo got this idea from watching Jurassic park?
@Darius_Truxton 1. The human girls nme is mechanica. Who is a human girl in a robotic suit. Minmin is still just one of whatever the other fighters are. Since Arms has humans without spring arms in it, it makes me wonder what species the other human looking fighters would be called. And 2. Ya his name is Master Mummy, who is a huge heavy hitter.
Coming from me who is currently studying science, I think this character is awesome!
@patbacknitro right on, well whatever these things are I am very much looking forward in trying all the characters. So far I like Min Min cause she can kick, and she has that cool looking dragon arm
I just now noticed that Spring Man and Ribbon Girl proudly represent the colors of the neon joy-cons. And so does Helix' arms.
Nice. I wasn't expecting another character. <3
this thing has ARMS!?
i love it already.
(and will be my Main.)
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
(Looking at the green guy)
Who is that guy ??
@Anti-Matter It's from a scene in Family Guy.
Is that 11 fighters now? I like this one. The more I see of ARMS, the more I like it, it's a very imaginative game and the gameplay look like so much fun. MK8D, ARMS and Splatoon 2! Cannot wait.
Love the new character and hope they do the same kind of promoting for FE warrior. As a new character or stage being revealed every few weeks is great to create hype
Haha, looks very cool!
Can't wait! My only worry is for online play: everyone will probably use the exact same character with the exact same combo of arms after everyone figures out what consistently wins matches.
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