That'd be cool. I feel like the Pro Controller is gonna be the best way to play if you want to be serious and competitive.
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ARMS Invitational featuring Dabuz, Abadango, and Momochi
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That'd be cool. I feel like the Pro Controller is gonna be the best way to play if you want to be serious and competitive.
BlackBanditSho
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Interested in this as a competitive game. Wish I understood how defense works better. Seems like the best defense is getting out of the way instead of blocking. Looks like it has some depth, but the games closest cousin in my eyes is actually the Naruto series of games and less street fighter.
More SF, and this game has big potential.
More SF, and this game has big potential.
I'm getting some pretty strong Virtual On vibes from this game.
Gundam EXVS and Virtual On dictate that the best defense is evasion, pretty much.
AquaWateria
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Arms is definitely far from Naruto ninja storm series especially considering the latter lacks any depth and strategy.
Not upset. As long as there are alternative controls, then I'm fine. And if, by some miracle, they work well, all the better. I've just thought that motion controls in the past has generally sucked.
Has anyone actually said they wouldn't buy it for this reason tho?
donkey show
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This type of arena fighter, which is super popular in Japan w/ Gundam EXVS, is all about movement. Blocking is more a last resort than primary defense.
It feels good, man.
Actually, the combat is pretty reminiscent of Storm 1, each arm being an assist, the cool downs resembling the return of each glove. It's not a poor comparison, but there's no KnJ or anything to really break things. Not having a way to escape hits is the major difference.
The glove match up seems like it's going to be the bulk of this game.
codemonkey
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Yeah, this game looks really dope. I mentioned it in the Direct thread before saying that ARMS wasn't really shown in too favourable a light and this just proves it. The game looks like a lot of fast paced, intense fun. Can't wait to give this a try.
Funnily, I started moving away from sticks and towards pad once SFV dropped because I realized that I was too lazy to carry one around.
That said, Gootecks has shown us that the hit box is the future Kappa
(actually, based on how it was explained to me, the hit box does sound good... I played like 10 hours of KOF yesterday and my thumb was killing me at some point)
Honestly, I was sold on the game after it was first revealed. That said though, I will admit that they really did need to do something to this fashion to show people just how chaotic and challenging this game can get when you put it into the hands of the pros.
Hopefully this game will take off. I'd love to see more fighting games come out of Nintendo's neck of the woods (and it not be tied in with Namco. Nothing wrong with that of course considering that Smash 4 and Pokken are great, but you don't want people to think that they can't do any fighting games without Namco's help).
Hopefully this game will take off. I'd love to see more fighting games come out of Nintendo's neck of the woods (and it not be tied in with Namco. Nothing wrong with that of course considering that Smash 4 and Pokken are great, but you don't want people to think that they can't do any fighting games without Namco's help).
OricWindstar
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It has controller support.
UnemployedVillain
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Not really, from what I'm seeing. There are no matchups between gloves aside from large gloves > small gloves with Master Mummy. The gloves provide specialized abilities
I think this way of thinking of really trying to put ARMS in a box is why SFV performed the way it did. Marketing this as something anyone can play without having to learn inputs, which is what will happen for the "button" configuration, is casting a wider net.
ElBoxyBrown
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DecoReturns
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Use the joycons grip. That works too
If you want to get a struggle controller there are third party options, but $70 is worth what you get IMO.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
But your limited with a single joy-con.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
This could be Pokken's last year unless Nintendo ports it to the Switch.
A port is inevitable. The WiiU version still has none of the extra arcade content.
Gaiaknight
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do you have a source for this statement?
Motion controls are among the best when implemented correctly. Looking forward to more of them.
You misunderstood. You CAN play with a single joycon. Doesn't mean you can't play with the grip+ 2 joycons connected.
He said you're limited while playing with a single Joy-Con and he's right.
Dark Cloud
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What does this have to do with not being able to play the game with both joy con attached to the Grip...
Lots of misunderstandings on both sides.
The original issue was what it would take to get a set up for 2 players locally.
Someone suggested a Pro Controller. He replied that it costs $70 (you get what you pay for tbh), and someone mentioned the Joy-Con grip, which wouldn't really help when it comes to equipping a second player.
I think he mistook the grip for the strap and assumed they were talking about split Joy-Cons, which gimps both players.
tl;dr Just buy a Pro Controller it's great.
ElBoxyBrown
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I know that you can play with the grip. My point was you can play with a single joy-con but it's not gonna be the full experience, which means if you want to play split-screen with another person and get the full experience you need another pair of joy-cons or a pro controller.
Edit: Oh, i mistook the strap for grip. These names mixed me up.
Honestly the grip is fine. It's small but you can get used to it and play games at high level with it. The lack of a proper D-Pad doesn't even bother me. I kinda prefer the new D-Pad layout.
Gaiaknight
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thank you, its a good thing i stocked up on controllers for switch.
It's funny when I think about the fact that ARMS being on a console/portable hybrid actually gives it an edge when it comes to local play.
We can't even be sure the next Gundam game will throw us a bone and give us LAN!
Me and my friends aren't playing Gundam because it takes too much effort to set up >_>
(looks like a really hype game though, for sure)
Laziness wins in the end!
This type of arena fighter, which is super popular in Japan w/ Gundam EXVS, is all about movement. Blocking is more a last resort than primary defense.
It feels good, man.
Do the red lines represent invisible stage boundaries? Never played the Gundam Extreme series, but the levels always seemed bigger to me.
UltraChingon
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ya red lines are the boundaries of the stage. Also Gundam vs series is bloody amazing
Watching any footage of it just makes my blood boil... And as I said before Arms reminds
me of Gundam, well the movement does.
Depends on how the game controls. The way I currently see it the motion will be replaced with the analog sticks.
All I'm saying is that they should advertise that option. Also some people just refuse the idea of non-traditional controllers.
I really want fucking gold Zelda joy cons but I feel like I'll be waiting years.
Depends on the stage, I think.
Gundam EXVS (and Full Boost) is still one of the best games I've imported. Super fun. Part of why I'm hyped to see similar-ish games (and that 2 on 2 mode)!
Jubenhimer
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No, but there are people who claim it won't sell because motion controls are dead, which I don't really buy to be honest.
I'm not really sure an arena fighter like arms would lend itself well to a stick? I think I'd rather just play with a pro controller.
higgsboson1997
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Really want to play this - looks amazing.
Who knows
I'd bet that Nintendo are going to release a BotW GotY version with all the DLC included these holidays. Throwing in a set of custom joycons in a limited edition seems pretty likely.
Also Re Arms. Coming out after Mario Kart should be huge for it as most will probably buy a 2nd set of Joycons for 4player local co op in Mario Kart.
Do you just need one joycon to play Mario kart?
You can play Mario Kart 8 with a singular Wii mote on WiiU.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
MK8 only uses two shoulder buttons so yeah, you can play it with just one joy-con.
Geno Breaker
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Hopefully it's as fun as Virtual ON. Really excited for ARMS. Also hope it doesn't die quickly like Pokken lol
The thing is I doubt Nintendo would put EPD Team 1 on this if they didn't intend to support it with big marketing and long term updates.
It's arguably their single most important internal team sales wise.
Lord Azrael
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Wow that footage was way cooler than anything Nintendo has shown so far, and the impressions by Dabuz were excellent.
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