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Principate · Apr 27, 2017

Nintendos stunning new fighting game lands the killer blow for Switch

Feels like Nintendo's marketing campaign for this gam is going to start ramping up very soon.

Subscriber Issue Cover

SinCityAssassin · Apr 27, 2017

I like how he's fierce looking to the public, but to all you subscribers out there he's getting the shit beaten out of him.

Broken Joystick · Apr 27, 2017

Exterminieren · Apr 27, 2017

ARMS' art and character design really is top-notch. That's a great cover.

donkey show · Apr 27, 2017

Great cover like usual from Edge. Can't wait for this game!

oneida · Apr 27, 2017

i think this game is gonna be big.

Eliseo · Apr 27, 2017

Fuck, that's a nice cover. That extendable knuckle cracks me up XD

Ridley327 · Apr 27, 2017

Broken Joystick said:

Screaming!

I sure do love the action figure aesthetic they did for this game.

Alienfan · Apr 27, 2017

I'm still not convinced that this game will be good or worth anywhere near $60 - but the art style is gorgeous, hopefully they're planning an artbook

Sapiens · Apr 27, 2017

Probably should have gone with the woman character.

Magic Mushroom · Apr 27, 2017

Alienfan said:
I'm still not convinced that this game will be good or worth anywhere near $60

You probably will after playing it. Heard impressions from a couple of people who went hands-on with it and they all loved it.

nightside · Apr 27, 2017

SinCityAssassin said:
I like how he's fierce looking to the public, but to all you subscribers out there he's getting the shit beaten out of him.

By Ribbon Girl.

Charles Brandon · Apr 27, 2017

I'm not convinced either. I wasn't convinced by Splatoon and bought that and didn't like it. Accolades from Edge go a long way though.

Milly Osworth · Apr 27, 2017

The sub cover is about 100000 times better. Looks cool.

NEO0MJ · Apr 27, 2017

Whenever I see his hair I want to brush my teeth with it.

Neoxon · Apr 27, 2017

Sapiens said:
Probably should have gone with the woman character.

To be fair, Spring Man is the Ryu of the game or, in a more recent example, the Inkling Girl of the game (the main character, the one who's front-&-center).

silva1991 · Apr 27, 2017

Review scores?

Alienfan said:
I'm still not convinced that this game will be good or worth anywhere near $60 - but the art style is gorgeous, hopefully they're planning an artbook

Yeah I love the artstyle, but that's it. I'm not a big fan of fighting games in general and I dislike gimmicks even more.

StreetsAhead · Apr 27, 2017

The Twitter account has been teasing one of the "hidden" new characters from the direct (green blob with DNA arms). I wonder if he'll show up in EDGE then.

Nice to see Nintendo pushing this game. (iirc, Splatoon had an EDGE cover, too).

oneida · Apr 27, 2017

silva1991 said:
Review scores?

Yeah I love the artstyle, but that's it. I'm not a big fan of fighting games in general and I dislike gimmicks even more.

how do you qualify what is or is not a gimmick?

Currygan · Apr 27, 2017

wasnt expecting to be this one. Game sure looks like tons of fun

Japanmanx3 · Apr 27, 2017

Broken Joystick said:

Yo!

NSESN · Apr 27, 2017

Why not Minmin?

Serenitynow · Apr 27, 2017

Those are some great covers

OfficerRaichu15 · Apr 27, 2017

Broken Joystick said:

Amazing
Anyway this game should start getting some marketing soon and I think it will surprise a lot of people.

Deft Beck · Apr 27, 2017

Neoxon said:
To be fair, Spring Man is the Ryu of the game or, in a more recent example, the Inkling Girl of the game (the main character, the one who's front-&-center).

Basically. Chun-li gets about as much spotlight as Ryu does, comparatively.

Anyway, glad to see that Spring Man's boxing career is more lucrative than his teaching career:

KodaRuss · Apr 27, 2017

Been keeping my eye on this game. Whenever I get a switch it will probably be a day 1 purchase as well. Looks like a fun game that would be perfect to play with my wife and son.

maxcriden · Apr 27, 2017

Are quotes from the article allowed or are those considered equally bad as scans? I saw a link with some interesting quotes and wanted to post it.

Dark Cloud · Apr 27, 2017

silva1991 said:
Review scores?

Yeah I love the artstyle, but that's it. I'm not a big fan of fighting games in general and I dislike gimmicks even more.

What's the gimmick?

JustenP88 · Apr 27, 2017

Dude bro I just came

Need to get me a copy

AquaWateria · Apr 27, 2017

This game looks like a Pixar movie.

There is no game company with better artstyle than Nintendo. Literally hands down the best especially for world wide appeal. Its so pleasing.

_Clash_ · Apr 27, 2017

Arms is gonna be legit isn't it?

maxcriden · Apr 27, 2017

silva1991 said:
Review scores?

Via NintendoEverything.com:

Yooka-Laylee 6
Mass Effect: Andromeda 7
Little Nightmares 8
Snake Pass 7
The Sexy Brutale 8
Outlast 2 5
LEGO Worlds 6
Everything 7
Korix 7

Magic Mushroom · Apr 27, 2017

maxcriden said:
Are quotes from the article allowed or are those considered equally bad as scans? I saw a link with some interesting quotes and wanted to post it.

I think a couple of quotes are okay, as long as it's not basically the whole article. Edge is a quality magazine that deserves every sale.

SinCityAssassin · Apr 27, 2017

Oof, that Outlast 2 score.

silva1991 · Apr 27, 2017

oneida said:
how do you qualify what is or is not a gimmick?

By gimmicks I mean stuff like motion controls and I dislike them(don't consider normal controllers/keyboard gimmicky)

I'm not sure if they are 100% required in this game or optional tho.

maxcriden said:
Via NintendoEverything.com:

Yooka-Laylee – 6
Mass Effect: Andromeda – 7
Little Nightmares – 8
Snake Pass – 7
The Sexy Brutale – 8
Outlast 2 – 5
LEGO Worlds – 6
Everything – 7
Korix – 7

Thanks

Good score for Little Nightmares.

I wonder if they gave the first Outlast a similar score.

Imp the Dimp · Apr 27, 2017

SinCityAssassin said:
Oof, that Outlast 2 score.

First game wasn't good either, not sure what people expected. The demo bit was the best part of the game.

Ocarina_117 · Apr 27, 2017

donkey show said:
Great cover like usual from Edge. Can't wait for this game!

We need an Arms fan art following thread. This and the extendable knuckle are gold.

Realeza · Apr 27, 2017

Can't wait to read their preview. Based on that tagline, Arms must be damn good.

Phamit · Apr 27, 2017

silva1991 said:
By gimmicks I mean stuff like motion controls and I dislike them(don't consider normal controllers/keyboard gimmicky)

I'm not sure if they are 100% required in this game or optional tho.

They are not required

SinCityAssassin · Apr 27, 2017

silva1991 said:
By gimmicks I mean stuff like motion controls and I dislike them(don't consider normal controllers/keyboard gimmicky)

I'm not sure if they are 100% required in this game or optional tho.

The game can be alternatively be played with a traditional controller scheme.

Ocarina_117 said:
We need an Arms fan art following thread. This and the extendable knuckle are gold.

We do have one.

AquaWateria · Apr 27, 2017

silva1991 said:
By gimmicks I mean stuff like motion controls and I dislike them(don't consider normal controllers/keyboard gimmicky)

I'm not sure if they are 100% required in this game or optional tho.

My dude you can play with regular controls.

Principate · Apr 27, 2017

Ocarina_117 said:
We need an Arms fan art following thread. This and the extendable knuckle are gold.

We have one

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1361409&highlight=arms+fan+art

Lurk · Apr 27, 2017

Ocarina_117 said:
We need an Arms fan art following thread. This and the extendable knuckle are gold.

already is a thread.

arms fan art

chadskin · Apr 27, 2017

Why is he having blue toothpaste on his head

Broken Joystick said:

omg

Regiruler · Apr 27, 2017

StreetsAhead said:
The Twitter account has been teasing one of the "hidden" new characters from the direct (green blob with DNA arms). I wonder if he'll show up in EDGE then.

Nice to see Nintendo pushing this game. (iirc, Splatoon had an EDGE cover, too).

It could be a character that wasn't even leaked. No reason it has to be one of the 4.

random25 · Apr 27, 2017

There's a promise of new characters being revealed later. Can't wait to try this game out.

StreetsAhead · Apr 27, 2017

Regiruler said:
It could be a character that wasn't even leaked. No reason it has to be one of the 4.

Could be, I guess the logic is that fighters who resemble Mr. DNA blob appear on the stage in the other tubes.

Bulbasaur · Apr 27, 2017

I hope they learnt from Splatoon's marketing campaign, I think this could be the joy-cons killer app.

Neoxon · Apr 27, 2017

Bulbasaur said:
I hope they learnt from Splatoon's marketing campaign, I think this could be the joy-cons killer app.

I'd imagine that a good number of people would go with the Pro Controller when things get serious.

wild wild rice · Apr 27, 2017

I really hope "stunning new fighting game lands a killer blow" is not mere pre-release hype. I'm pretty damn excited for this game.

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