Arms is a fighting developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9, released 16 June 2017 on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 18 hrs to finish.
What Arms is
Arms is a fighting game developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9 and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Arms is a 2017 fighting game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game differentiates itself from standard fighting games with its unconventional fighting system where every playable character fights with long range attacks and up to four players can choose a fighter and battle using a variety of extendable, weaponized arms to knock out opponents in a three-dimensional arena. Arms received generally favorable reviews from critics and sold over two million copies by July 2018.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Arms holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 83 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 18 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 95 hrs, roughly 5.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Arms launched on 16 June 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Tekken 7. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Tekken 7.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Arms yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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