FalsettoVibe
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Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the shade. Anywho, looking forward to more Arms content.
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ARMS data-mined: 20 fighter codenames found! Also, Nintendo says an update is soon.
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Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the shade. Anywho, looking forward to more Arms content.
RecRoulette
Member
You can, you just need to keep going into the shops and hope you find them. Alternatively buy them off someone in the plaza. Her shoes are popular because of the damage up, so you might be able to nab that from a player. The other two pieces are not as likely.
It came west too.
No shade, dude. I loved SFIV (on a casual level anyways) and will get the new one for my PS4 Pro once the complete edition is out.
Honestly, if "Surprise" turns out to be a guest character, I feel like this lovable chap would make the most sense (at least IMO):
All memes aside, he actually fits the design of ARMS like a glove considering his whole shtick is his stretchy arms, lol. I always thought it'd be kinda weird to see Little Mac with extendable limbs.
As much as I would love that, I feel like Nintendo doesn't even remember he exists.
If I wore them and had a match with you I'd show up in your lobby and you'd be able to order em that way, I think they periodically show up in the shops too but that's more nebulous.
GAF user Resilient pm'd me this link to an interesting story about how ARMS social media has been constructing a narrative leading up to this August update announcement, and it may be hinting at the nature of what's to come: http://www.jtyaku.net/the-peculiar-arms-story-so-far/
Could the next character be the so-called Doctor C? Could the next update have story DLC?
Could the next character be the so-called Doctor C? Could the next update have story DLC?
Aaronrules380
Member
Maybe the twin tale one refers not to the hair style, but a creature with two actual tails like a Nekomata?
RecRoulette
Member
If there's a Nintendo guest character, I want Octavio
I thought about this, but I wonder why they went with the wrong spelling of "tail" then.
wildvine47
Member
Also, while it would be rad if "Surprise" was a guest character, my bet is it's a character based on those party blower things.
Do these things have a name that isn't party blowers? It feels like they should but I can't think of it.
Do these things have a name that isn't party blowers? It feels like they should but I can't think of it.
How about
Yes please. He's a fighter with stretchy arms and he's of course also in Ultra Street Fighter II, so you've got cross promotion with another Switch game. It's too perfect. Make it happen Capcom!
Aaronrules380
Member
I mean, the hairstyle is also spelled tail so I don't see how that matters. Most likely just poor english on the part of Japanese programmers
Oh man, what if Twintale is an actual animal that runs around on all four legs while fighting with its two tails? ARMS' first quadrupedal fighter.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Yeah this a definite possibility.
Those were so good. I really loved the male version of Squid Girl's costume. It looked great.
There was also a manga crossover by the Squid Girl author:
Aaronrules380
Member
While I did speculate, I get the feeling a few of them (including that one, chain, and robo) are just redundant leftover code tbh,
wildvine47
Member
Surprise:
Unfortunately we already got a hard no on Luffy from the producer.
https://mynintendonews.com/2017/06/05/arms-producer-says-luffy-from-one-piece-wont-be-in-the-game/
It doesn't seem like it's due to change anytime soon either.
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Deleted member 465307
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Yeah, this is what I was thinking, too.
We already know this, that's what makes it such a good surprise!
Dark Cloud
Member
Wow this is cray.
Altered Juice
Member
jesus christ! ahahaha
Is there a reason why they'd change the codenames mid-development instead of just using the (other, equally short) codenames they already had in place?
I can see the possibility with Chain, Robo and Twintale. The other six seem unrelated to anyone else, though.
The octobot fist makes a lot of sense as a weapon, it would just have to be attached to an unrelated fighter. There's no Blind fist currently so it'd fit right in.If there's a Nintendo guest character, I want Octavio
Nade already broke the mold for fists all using the same model, so just copy it from the Octobot and downsize it.
Without any insight into their development process and with virtually no info on their tools, we can't say either way for certain. This could be a list of planned characters, or it could be a bunch of completely unrelated strings.
It's nigh impossible to tell what's legitimate after they scrub the patch data and what's leftover garbage.
FireBeaver
Banned
It's too bad the game sold badly and has no legs.
The game sold 1.1 million in two weeks, which is amazing for a new IP.
But yeah, remains to be seen whether it'll have legs. Updates will help.
SinCityAssassin
Member
The surprise is Lanky Kong.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
In which parallel world? ARMS has very good sales.
Professor Lexicovermis
Member
Wait. Doctor "C". "Coil".
Doctor Coil?
Doctor Coil?
Oh snap! You might be onto something. :-O
AlexFlame116
Member
Still need to buy this game. I will though! Eventually.
Jawmuncher
Member
If this turns out true. That's a good amount of free content.
Now if they can just add a more worthwhile arcade mode experience it's all set.
Now if they can just add a more worthwhile arcade mode experience it's all set.
Professor Lexicovermis
Member
Makes sense to me: mad scientist with Tesla Coil ARMS. Perhaps wielding the rejected "Chestlok" model mentioned in the ARMS Labs Journal?
Might actually be 17 total, since as others have noted, a few of the codenames could be redundancies.
Professor Lexicovermis
Member
17 seems like an odd number to end on.
I'm going to guess 18-20.
Besides, Chain, Robo, and Twintale aren't necessarily redundant.
Chain could be Ninjara's Sensei. Robo could be anything robotic. Twintale could possibly be a "bizarro" Twintelle made by ARMS Labs' experiments on her hair?
I think this is the most well-reasoned prediction yet. :-O
Professor Lexicovermis
Member
Thank you!
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Deleted member 465307
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I don't disagree with any of this.
I can't think of any good reasons why they'd change the codenames, and I also don't see any potential duplicates beyond the three you and Berordn mentioned. The likelihood of codename switching is a good argument for why there might be no duplicates on that list.Man, you're full of good ideas! Especially that Twintale theory.
For those who haven't been following, the ongoing ARMS journal mentioned a plot by the mad scientist at the ARMS Labs to steal a sample of Twintelle's hair.
Perhaps they created something based on the hair sample... Perhaps it resulted in "Twintale?"
I'd have to wonder why "Twintale" would be the only one with an ID that's something other than their concept (being called "clone" or somesuch).
But nothing's impossible at this point, I'm just a little skeptical that all of these are going to see the light of day or that some haven't already been scrapped. Twenty characters would be great, but so would playable Octolings in Splatoon and we're still waiting on that.
But nothing's impossible at this point, I'm just a little skeptical that all of these are going to see the light of day or that some haven't already been scrapped. Twenty characters would be great, but so would playable Octolings in Splatoon and we're still waiting on that.