efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Twayonetta
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Nintendo Direct focused on ARMS + Splatoon 2 trailer (over)
- Thread starter CengizMan
- Start date
Jaded Alyx
Member
..hmm?
Dark Cloud
Member
There's a friends option on the main menu of ARMS and they never went over it in the ARMS Direct. To my understanding Party Mode is online with randoms only.
Ahh I see. My b.
Jaded Alyx
Member
..hmmmmmmmmmm....
Song of Fire
Member
I'm going to guess this will be an emblem for a future character if they dig a little deeper into their "lore". Possibly the boss's emblem.
You may be onto something here: it looks like a bird with a giant fist in place of a head, holding a great eye wreathed in flame.
Probably just the equivalent of Quetzalcoatl.
Yeah, I noticed in the menu for one-player quick match in Versus that you can adjust the number of CPU opponents. You can also adjust their difficulty level, HP, rush gauge, etc. Toggle items off, too.I know it was mentioned in the direct but kind of glossed over
There's a 1 v 1 v 1 mode as well
Which is kind of gnarly
Also looks chaotic
James Scott
Banned
I imagine anything that's more than 2 players is probably going to be a wreck. Or at least a bit too chaotic like 8 player smash
I'm going to guess this will be an emblem for a future character if they dig a little deeper into their "lore". Possibly the boss's emblem.
Biff related maybe?
That would be awesome!
Current theory is that the boss is Biff's true form.
Magnet_Man
Member
Wonder what's going on here.
Frank and Mizuho are spectators maybe? That is weird...
Maybe the same-system pairs function like tag-teams there?Wonder what's going on here.
Song of Fire
Member
I'm actually not so certain that's the case; here's why:
This is the potential Biff/Cobutter/HandOnHeadAnnouncer boss-dude emblem, yeah? It does make sense; Biff has a hand on his head, this bird has a hand for a head. The boss, naturally...
... has a hand on his head. It even looks like they are both the left hand, so it all checks out, right?
Except Biff has a right hand on his head, rather than a left. Could they be interchangeable like the other Arms? Sure, but at this point we have no reason to assume they are.
It could just be the case that Biff is Fist Bird's right hand while the boss is the left, or some other such crazy theory.
Geminosity
Member
So master hand vs crazy hand?
One of them will need to summon Tiki Tong for a leg up
Song of Fire
Member
Sure. And the Arms fighters are all just unwitting pawns in a game of Fist Chess.So master hand vs crazy hand?
But what if the other chooses Gohdan?
Professor Lexicovermis
Member
It's a cryin shame the Testpunch isn't open for my birthday. Ah well.
I'm leaning that way, too.
I thought party mode was with friends?
At least, there should be an option to do a lobby just like that but with friends. And by friends I mean gaf lol
Song of Fire
Member
That's Twintelle's signature, the Thunderbird, isn't it? It seems it and Master Mummy's Phoenix actually fly around as opposed to remaining attached to the fighters', well, Arms.Haha what is that bird doing there?
AquaWateria
Member
I'm loving Kid Cobra's alt.
Ah you are correct, methinks. The direction just threw me off hehe.
Same! His design in general has grown on me since the reveal.
AquaWateria
Member
Also is Kid Cobra sagging lol.
Huh, pretty cool! They could be brothers, too. Or his mirror personality, Deepest lore.
Dark Cloud
Member
I'm not sure. I feel like it wasn't clearly explained. They showed the "local" option and that was for friends locally. So what was the "Friend" option for? I thought maybe it was for Friends online because Biff said in Party Mode the game would pick what you play (fight, Hoops, V-Ball, etc.).
I would think people would want to pick whichever mode to play in with their friends online.
-shadow-
Member
I have no idea what you mean.
Edit: More screens from the attract reel I found fun:
Extreme Beat Volleyball
B+B Alt vs B+B+Twin
Another Kid Cobra alt
Right in the dynasty jewels
Dunkanica
James Scott
Banned
Is it safe to say ARMS is probably the prettiest game Nintendo has put out to date?
You can say it looks....
Seriously, though. At 1080p 60fps it's a very pretty game with great character models and lighting.
You can say it looks....
stunning
Da-Kid
Member
And Digital Foundry said the frame rate never flinched. And that was just the demo version..
Here's their full analysis:
https://youtu.be/nP3l19Uio1g
I'd say that title still goes to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, from an art perspective, at least. But yeah, ARMS is a very handsome-looking game!
James Scott
Banned
Just think it looks overall nicer. MK8, especially Deluxe, is still really gorgeous, though.
Oh yeah, they're both lovely. I could totally see someone loving either one.
This is legitimately crazy.
Song of Fire
Member
I was thrown off a bit by it, too, honestly. It looks like it should be coming from Kid Cobra, but he's clearly armed with something else. Since Twintelle seems to have birds in her hair, though, I think that's likely where that one came from.
You know the lore is deep when extendable arms are explained with
"they just woke up that way!"
It's probably just all the Arms with the shock attribute, really. And Twintelle's Starstruck ability.
I could certainly see people buying the game just for those, even if they aren't interested in the actual fighting matches. Arms looks like a very good volleyball game.
The build they were using to show off stuff in the direct seemed pretty well final, so I'd guess that the "take up....ARMS!" that you hear at the start of matches from Cobutter is what we're gonna get, even in the English version. I doubt they'd still be doing voice recording like that just a month before release, outside of maybe casting the first DLC fighter or two for future-planning.
James Scott
Banned
I believe the announcer called Helix "DNA Man" too. Not sure if that's been fixed
Pokemaniac
Member
Pretty sure the version that played in the background of the Direct said "Helix".
Maybe they're just doing a more feminine announcer voice for the English version that just sounds like the Japanese version of Biff? Which would suck, since they nailed the excited announcer voice for the character during the Directs.
fighter icons
I note the 'copyright' symbol is the swirl.
Then, Bongo Bongo can't be far behind....
Dat blue hairWhite pants Twintelle.
Sorry, GAF.
Edit: Also, Barq & Byte are OP in volleyball mode.
HNNNNNNG
Amusingly, she looks like she could be related to Spring Man
So this popped up in the other thread, but this specific topic seems more fitting in this thread. So, here goes:
This is pretty interesting I think:
This is pretty interesting I think:
Not very clear, but it seems there will be some kind of story component present. Doesn't rule out that this is tied to the grand prix or anything, but at least there might be some story present.