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[wwm0nkey]

So yesterday I had friends over for a movie and when it ended the Global test punch just started. Well we only had 2 Switches but 4 people and we could have traded controllers (which we did for the first half of the test) but we eventually decided to pull a Pacific Rim and one person would control the left half and the other would control the right. It was an absolute blast to play that way! It does require coordination and communication but we were actually able to win quite a few rounds doing this too, having to do a 3,2,1 count down so we could execute a grab out of a guard was super satisfying.

If you have friends over or a SO who wants to play ARMS, I recommend trying this because it is just a lot of fun to play.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

Sounds like a fun way to play.

 

[DanteRavenkin]

That sounds amazing! You should suggest that to Nintendo, I bet they'd make that an offical "Co-op" mode!

 

[DMONKUMA]

Maybe Nintendo should make a Kaiju action game.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Maybe Nintendo should make a Kaiju action game.

Just take ARMS, scale it up, do this and then profit! lol

 

[Bii]

Oh wow, I didn't even think to play it that way. Could definitely be fun!

 

[SporeCrawler]

Maybe Nintendo should make a Kaiju action game.

Almost happened

 

[foxuzamaki]

Make sure to record it next time, this sounds like something that could go viral

 

[DMONKUMA]

Almost happened

Maybe they reworked it to something else? It looks funky.

Just take ARMS, scale it up, do this and then profit! lol

Oh yeah.

 

[Creaking]

Reminds me of co-op in We Love Katamari

 

[GiantBreadbug]

Yeah I'm surprised Nintendo isn't pushing this as an official "feature." It aounds really fun!

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

Lol love this idea. Need to give it a shot. 8 player Arms here we come!!!!!

 

[Incitemaybe]

That does sound fun OP

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Y'all were drift compatible

Maybe Nintendo should make a Kaiju action game.

Make it like War of the Monsters

 

[Neiteio]

"You're inside my head"

Seriously, that sounds amazing

Like Snipperclips but with fisticuffs!

 

[wwm0nkey]

Make sure to record it next time, this sounds like something that could go viral

Yeah we should have recorded it because it was really fun but we didn't have a free person to record haha. Someone else should do this for the next test in an hour

 

[TheMoon]

Maybe Nintendo should make a Kaiju action game.

Just take ARMS, scale it up, do this and then profit! lol

Almost happened

Project Giant Robot ARMS

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

IGN has a video series called "Linked Together" where two of their editors do that with Breath of the Wild. I'd imagine you'll see a lot of this type of practice among streamers and youtubers in the future.

 

[Totakeke]

IGN already has a video series of them doing this with BotW called Linked Together.

 

[PinballRJ]

Reminds me of Trackmania Turbo's double driver mode, 2 controllers 1 car

 

[wwm0nkey]

IGN already has a video series of them doing this with BotW called Linked Together.

Very unintended benefit of having split controllers, every game can become a co-op game now lol

 

[James Scott]

Would be cool if they designed more games around that. Like a Duck Hunt dog where the Joycon L user controls the dog (horizontal joycon?) and the Joycon R can control the gun and they have to work together in combat and puzzles (but it's doable solo too)

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

Would be cool if they designed more games around that. Like a Duck Hunt dog where the Joycon L user controls the dog (horizontal joycon?) and the Joycon R can control the gun and they have to work together in combat and puzzles (but it's doable solo too)

Port over "Brothers."

 

[Nanashrew]

Would be cool if they designed more games around that. Like a Duck Hunt dog where the Joycon L user controls the dog (horizontal joycon?) and the Joycon R can control the gun and they have to work together in combat and puzzles (but it's doable solo too)

IIRC, that was an actual thing in the original Duck Hunt. Player 2 could control the ducks.

 

[Weltall Zero]

Someone should do this with Robot Alchemic Drive / Gigantic Drive.

Spoiler

For the curious: you control a giant mecha, each analog stick controls an arm, and the L and R buttons control the legs, with R1 being "right foot forward", R2 being "right foot back", and so on.

 

[Skyzard]

Reminds me of Trackmania Turbo's double driver mode, 2 controllers 1 car

Sounds like a nightmare with the speeds you're going at and the precision involved. Still, extra feature and all, why not.

 

[hemo memo]

That sounds amazing! You should suggest that to Nintendo, I bet they'd make that an offical "Co-op" mode!

This.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Anyone else try this in the new test?

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

IGN has a video series called "Linked Together" where two of their editors do that with Breath of the Wild. I'd imagine you'll see a lot of this type of practice among streamers and youtubers in the future.

IGN already has a video series of them doing this with BotW called Linked Together.

And here's the series, for those interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jg4Pg-1xD4&list=PLraFbwCoisJCzmr4pTPLJPCXYdcMKSrHf

 

[wwm0nkey]

And here's the series, for those interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jg4Pg-1xD4&list=PLraFbwCoisJCzmr4pTPLJPCXYdcMKSrHf

That was pretty good

 

[JigglesBunny]

I haven't had the time to try out one of the test sessions but as soon as I get my hands on ARMS, my fiancé and I are in for this. Bad-ass idea.

 

[Falchion]

I was actually just watching that at the gym today, sounds like a lot of fun actually.

 

[M3d10n]

Port over "Brothers."

Brothers is the opposite: it is a co-op game that is meant to be played alone. Playing in actual co-op defeats the purpose.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Brothers is the opposite: it is a co-op game that is meant to be played alone. Playing in actual co-op defeats the purpose.

Yeah unintentional coop is fin for a different reason

 

[Neiteio]

And here's the series, for those interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jg4Pg-1xD4&list=PLraFbwCoisJCzmr4pTPLJPCXYdcMKSrHf

This is brilliant. I want to start a second playthrough with a friend like this. If I create a second account, will it allow me to start a new file without overwriting my current file in my main account?

 

[Magnus]

Brilliant.

 

[Enzom21]

This is brilliant. I want to start a second playthrough with a friend like this. If I create a second account, will it allow me to start a new file without overwriting my current file in my main account?

Yes, each account has separate save files.

 

[Lord Azrael]

One time we were playing Nintendo Land, but the most those games support is five players, and we had six people. We ended up playing the Animal Crossing minigame with two people manning the two separate joysticks on the gamepad to control the guards. It was a ton of fun and actually made the games more competitive since usually controlling the guards is really hard. Plus there was a lot of fun yelling to coordinate lol.

 

[Neiteio]

One time we were playing Nintendo Land, but the most those games support is five players, and we had six people. We ended up playing the Animal Crossing minigame with two people manning the two separate joysticks on the gamepad to control the guards. It was a ton of fun and actually made the games more competitive since usually controlling the guards is really hard. Plus there was a lot of fun yelling to coordinate lol.

Yep, I brought my WiiU to a friend's party and there was a married couple that controlled the cops in the AC game this way, each using one stick and leaning over the GamePad as if it were Battleship.

Nintendo Land is still the undisputed champ for local multiplayer with casual players/non-gamers.

 

[WMBT27]

Sounds fun. Believe it or not when my son was younger and couldn't handle full out controls he and I played a lot of super mario galaxy this way. He would control Mario with the nunchuck and I would jump or vice versa. Obviously made the game a lot more challenging but it was fun.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

Splitting joy-cons would make every FPS a rail shooter for one player.

 

[Memory]

This sounds fun, going to try it on release!

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

IGN made a video of this concept

Linked Together - ARMS

 

[WaterAstro]

I did that all the time with PlayStation Move games.

Surgeon Simulator co-op was great.

 

[LelouchZero]

This sounds pretty fun!