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[FloatOn]

Sure, it didn't look as nice or have an intuitive motion control scheme but the similarities are striking.

video evidence


Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited for ARMS and I think it's going to be a huge hit but it's interesting to trace back its inspiration.

 

[Inferno313]

Honestly, to me, this doesn't resemble Arms that much, aside from the camera placement.

 

[Nibel]

I played Super Mario Odyssey back in 1996 but it was on N64 and it was a game called Super Mario 64

 

[FloatOn]

Honestly, to me, this doesn't resemble Arms that much, aside from the camera placement.

what about the arm customization and 3d arena fighting mechanics?

 

[Toadthemushroom]

I played ARMS back in 2002 but it was on GameCube and it was a game called Monkey Fight

 

[TwistedFreeze]

...I guess that kind of looks like Arms but, Good God, does that look unrefined and unpolished. It just looks clunky as hell

 

[z0m3le]

what about the arm customization and 3d arena fighting mechanics?

I mean, IMO it's closer to virtual on or even an armored core fighting game... This plays like a tank combat clone but in 3D.

 

[Phatosaurus]

Next level shitposting

 

[DrWong]

"Splatoon does nothing new"...

I'm more and more confident about Arms :]

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Next level shitposting

And done.

 

[FaintDeftone]

You have to be kidding... right?

 

[Forerunner]

I guess Virtual On is ARMS.

 

[FloatOn]

...I guess that kind of looks like Arms but, Good God, does that look unrefined and unpolished. It just looks clunky as hell

well it was 1996

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

This looks ugly.

 

[Neptonic]

This feels like a bit of a stretch

 

[DerekOfTheDykes]

I played Super Mario Odyssey back in 1996 but it was on N64 and it was a game called Super Mario 64

Goddammit Nibel, how are any of the rest of us supposed to spout zingers when you're so quick on the draw?

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

I played Robot Pit back in 1995 and it was called Virtual On.

 

[Penguin]

"Splatoon does nothing new"...

I'm more and more confident about Arms :]

Yeah I got freaky callback to folks posting that PC game to discount Splatoon as doing anything new or original.

 

[James Scott]

I don't think Nintendo went "you know what was cool? Robo Pit. Let's invest millions as a new flagship Switch title"

Spoiler

it's an atempt at 3D fighters likely inspired more by Virtua On

 

[Malyse]

This feels like a bit of a stretch

 

[Zakalwe]

Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited for ARMS and I think it's going to be a huge hit but it's interesting to trace back its inspiration.

The Arms devs probably don't even know this game exists.

 

[Lilo_D]

it's nothing new AGAIN

 

[Grim Patron]

Yeah I got freaky callback to folks posting that PC game to discount Splatoon as doing anything new or original.

Everything is on steam early access if you believe hard enough. 😉

 

[Phu]

Nintendo's prototype for ARMS came out in '66 except back then there was a greater focus on grappling.

 

[ASIS]

There's no doubt that ARMS takes a few keys from older games, Robo Pit is not one of those however. I don't see the similarities as all.

 

[dark10x]

Yeah, well, Cybertroopers Virtual On was first released in 1995 and shares a lot more with Arms (in a good way).

 

[Plum]

ARMS is plagiarised too?!

 

[Celine]

It's closer to Virtual On (Saturn) or Destrega (PS1) due to the combat from a distance mechanics.

EDIT:
Arena based fighting games are nothing new, just like third-person shooter.
What separate Splatoon or ARMS is that Nintendo is trying to make an accessible game in an already established genre with tons of polish.

 

[FloatOn]

There's no doubt that ARMS takes a few keys from older games, Robo Pit is not one of those however. I don't see the similarities as all.

you have to pick a left and right arm with different properties and fight in a 3d arena

 

[teeny]

Well, time is a flat circle. There probably isn't anything made at any point that doesn't have a passing resemblance to something that already exists. This is vaguely similar, to be fair.

 

[Kobun Heat]

i played Arms in 43,000 B.C. and it was called banging two rocks together

 

[ASIS]

you have to pick a left and right arm with different properties and fight in a 3d arena

Yeah but that's about it. ARMS is so much more than that, though.

 

[entremet]

Games can share mechanics while being totally different, OP.

 

[Alpha_eX]

The PS1 had fantastic gyro controls to curve the punches.

 

[ldcommando]

 

[FloatOn]

Games can share mechanics while being totally different, OP.

I don't know about totally different.

ARMS is definitely refined and I think it's going to be amazing.

 

[BrettHeazy]

goddamn I loved Robo Pit

"YUUU WIIN!"

 

[ArtHands]

...Come on man.

 

[Yohane]

I honestly don't see it

 

[donkey show]

ARMS is plagiarised too?!

Zeong would like a word or two...

Spoiler

/s

I guess Virtual On is ARMS.

Virtual ARMS :O

 

[FloatOn]

The PS1 had fantastic gyro controls to curve the punches.

Sure, it didn't look as nice or have an intuitive motion control scheme but the similarities are striking.

I've said as much.

 

[commish]

There's no doubt that ARMS takes a few keys from older games, Robo Pit is not one of those however. I don't see the similarities as all.

You honestly don't see the similarities at all? How is that possible?

/reviews post history

Ah, I got it. Let me try again.

Nintendo invented this entire concept and genre. No other game like it before. OP is crazy!!!! What an idiot.

 

[vareon]

Here we learn that two things can look similar if we try hard enough even if they are years apart and even conceived from a totally different situation.

 

[kitsuneyo]

ARMS' gimmick is fighting with stretchy arms. This doesn't have that.

 

[Dark Cloud]

How is this it's inspiration? And I love when they start with "I love arms, but"....

 

[Midas]

At least the art direction is better in this than in Arms.

 

[fernoca]

How is this it's inspiration? And I love when they start with "I love arms, but"....

I'm not a fanboy, but...

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

This thread went well. But yeah, arms is basically an arena battle game like virtual on.

 

[Inferno313]

You honestly don't see the similarities at all? How is that possible?

/reviews post history

Ah, I got it. Let me try again.

Nintendo invented this entire concept and genre. No other game like it before. OP is crazy!!!! What an idiot.

Outside of the camera angle and the fact that you can have a different weapon on each Arm, I'm really not seeing the similarities. This game appears to have more in common with Tank and Mech battlers than arena fighters. Looks like an arcadey version of Mechwarrior.

 

[Shifty1897]

I see it OP. The rest of GAF may want to dismiss and harass you, but I see it.