Nintendo revealed more information about its new IP, Arms, through trailers released on the company’s YouTube channel.
Two new Arms trailers were released, with the first breaking down each of the first five characters, including details about how each fighter plays and what their special abilities are. Take a look at the Arms video below.
Siliconera translated the Arms trailer and provided the breakdowns for each character.
The first Arms character is Springman, who is a balanced fighter in power and speed. Springman can unleash a shockwave that blocks enemy attacks, which can be followed up with a hit to counter. When Springman’s health drops to a quarter of his max HP, he remains in charge mode, which allows him to dish out more damage for every hit.
Ribbon Girl can float around with multiple jumps to dodge attacks. She is more adept in the air, compared to other Arms fighters, and she specializes in air attacks.
Ninjara is a ninja-style fighter who can perform mid-air dashes while teleporting. Mastering Ninjara’s style revolves around using multiple warps to juke around enemies and hit them with timely attacks.
Master Mummy is the first power-type Arms character. He doesn’t get staggered much when taking hits from enemies during his attacks, jumps, and dashes. Master Mummy is the tankiest of the Arms characters and heals while guarding.
Mechanica is another power-type Arms character. By holding down the jump command, she can hover for a period of time and can overwhelm enemies from above. Similar to Master Mummy, she, too, doesn’t stagger when taking hits during attacks, jumps, and dashes.
The second Arms trailer focuses on the weapons your character can cequip. This trailer is more self-explanatory than the first video as the gameplay footage shows exactly what each weapon can do normally and while charged up.
Check out the Arms weapon trailer below.
Arms is set to release summer 2017 for the Nintendo Switch.
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