
In the next thrilling instalment of "Japan gets all the cool stuff", we have these amazing mobile phone keychains (not sure if it's even accurate to call them that, but we were stumped on any other description) based on weapons from ARMS, which is officially 2017's most underrated video game (OK, semi-officially).
Produced by Takara Tomy, each one is an Arm from (ahem) ARMS replicated in painstaking detail. They even come on springy plastic leads which can be stretched, just like the real thing!
We'd love to see these in the west, but we imagine the best option at present is to order them from an importer. Is that what you'll be doing? Let us know with a comment.
[source takaratomy-arts.co.jp]
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Very cute. I dig these little trinkets. I still use that quill stylus that came with some Zelda DS promotion.
Thinking about getting the game, do people still play it?
This is the best party game ever, and my niece is in love with Ribbon Girl. I am going to import the poopie out of these once Amazon JP or Play Asia gets em
Super cute. I want them.
@SonOfVon I play online all the time, and I never have trouble finding people to play with. The amount of users skyrockets every time they introduce a new character, as well, and if the dataminers are to be believed, there are at least seven more characters on the way. I would say the game has a healthy future ahead of it.
Oooh... so Cute !
Was literally just playing ARMS now and then came across this article. I'd love the Megaton one!
Very sleek and official looking finish on these.
Why not just call them "keychains"? I'm confused as to the "mobile phone" part of the description. How would you connect them to a phone and wouldn't you break them off constantly taking the phone out and putting it away? Though it's Japan so I suppose they never actually put their phones away, just superglue them to their hands.
If these make it to the US they'll be attached to backpacks along with all the other backpack toys from Minecraft and SpongeBob. Nobody is clipping it onto their phone.
I thought they were called phone straps, in general?
@rjejr
Adorning your phone has been a thing in Japan ever since mobile phones first became common, particularly among girls and young women. Likewise, having your phone as part of your key bundle wasn't uncommon, as you wouldn't want to lose any of the things.
Thus, what was once known as keychains quickly started to get marketed as phone chains.
@SonOfVon I play it a lot with my daughter, and it isn't too hard to find an online opponent in party mode. Don't know about ranked mode. It's a great game for local multiplayer though.
@Pod @rjejr Don't forget that you don't clip them to the phone itself, you clip them to the bunny/panda/fox/tanooki/squirrel case around the phone that already has ears and feet sticking out....
two words:
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asia
@NEStalgia
Oh but of course!
Have this game put away for my son for Christmas, can't wait.
That is the only thing i hate about the iPhone: no strap loop. And it doesn’t really work attaching them to a case.
Those go in my stocking, ya hear Santa?
Rakuten have this and should ship internationally. It's out of stock last time I checked, but I managed to secure 2 sets! And for those wondering if ARMS userbase is active, yes, I believe so. You shouldn't have problem finding matches even in ranked, well, except if you are in Australia.
Oh! Phone charms! very popular in japan.
maybe i will get inlaws to send some as there super cute.
no chilla no buy
Woah, these are looking awesome! Now I definitely want one.
@rjejr Most if not all phones in Japan come with a little hole in the body of the phone to attach those straps. It’s extremely popular around here.
And even if things like the iPhone and non-Japanese smartphones don’t come with the hole, all the cases you can buy for them do have it.
Edited: and I just answered you without reading the other comments that did that before me.
Note to myself: read everything before posting.
I was just in Japan. I would have bought these if I saw them. Dang.
“They even come on springy plastic leads which can be stretched, just like the real thing!”
I know what you meant but these keychains are more real than their digital counterparts.
These things are called them "straps" in Japan. And I'm going to hunt them down.
Nice.
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