ARMS
Equip each arm separately and fight with punches that stretch across the arena. Curve your attacks with Joy-Con motion controls, dodge with jumps and dashes, and reconsider your equipment between rounds.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
ARMS turns extendable limbs into the central tool of a fighting game. Choose equipment for each hand, then attack while using jumps and dashes to reposition. With the Joy-Con thumbs-up grip, you can twist a punch's trajectory after throwing it or extend both arms together to grab an opponent. Button controls are also available. Your equipment choices continue between rounds, when you can change the arms brought into battle. Charging activates elemental effects, while the Get ARMS target activity can add equipment to your collection. Grand Prix offers successive battles at selectable difficulties; volleyball with an explosive ball, opponent-dunking basketball and target breaking apply the arms to different objectives.
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AI review
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A fit for players who enjoy aiming attacks and adjusting a loadout between bouts.
Curved punches and independently equipped arms may reward players who like experimenting with attack angles and combinations. Grand Prix and the sporting variants give those tools different objectives, although enjoyment will still depend on liking the underlying combat.
Strengths
- Separate arm choices and round-start changes provide room to revise an approach after facing an opponent.
- Motion and button controls give players a choice about how physically involved they want to be.
Weaknesses
- Players who dislike practising combat through successive bouts may find Grand Prix's structure less appealing.
Who it is for: Players interested in directional attacks, equipment combinations and competition built around learning a compact set of actions.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Successive Grand Prix bouts and alternative sporting objectives offer ways to revisit the same arms with different immediate goals. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Curving punches while managing movement may appeal to players who enjoy making attack direction part of their decisions. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The ninja and undead giant give the competition a fantastical identity that may suit players drawn to exaggerated sporting characters. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Button controls provide an alternative for players who prefer not to use the motion-based punching scheme. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2017
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- 2
- Online maximum players
- 4
- Categories
- Fighting · Primary genre
- Tags
- ReplayableLocal Co-opReal-time CombatEquipment-driven ProgressionPlayer versus PlayerBeginner-friendly
- Supported game languages
- SpanishJapaneseSimplified ChineseFrenchGermanEnglish
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: E10+
- Play modes
- MultiplayerLocal multiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2017
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com