ARMS: The Arcade

ARMS: The Arcade
Developer(s)	Drillimation Studios Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platform(s)	Arcade
Genre(s)	Fighting
Series	ARMS
Engine	Autodesk Gameware
Release Date(s)	April 2018
Mode(s)	Single-Player Multiplayer Online Multiplayer
Age Rating(s)	AAMA: Animated Violence - Mild
Media Included	Runs on Namco System ES3 and Nintendo Switch hardware
Available Input	Insertable Joy-Con
Cost	$2,999.99

ARMS: The Arcade is an upcoming arcade-only iteration of the fighting game ARMS being developed by Nintendo EPD and Drillimation Studios. The game will be published by Nintendo and Bandai Namco Entertainment and released in April 2018. The game runs on the same engine and ROM as ARMS, but with additional features that are not included in the original game.

This is the first game to run on Drillimation's patented Driller Engine Switch hardware that can make use of the Nintendo Switch's capabilities. A pair of Joy-Con is required to play; most locations have available Joy-Con. Some units already have the Joy-Con preinstalled. All units of ARMS: The Arcade are packaged with Neon Yellow Joy-Con.

Description

Get ready to throw your punches into the arcade with ARMS™: The Arcade! All your favorite fighters from the original game are right here, as well as some guest fighters from game-of-the-year-award winning arcade games by Drillimation! With these new characters, shooting an uppercut has never been this easy! Here, ARMS™ enthusiasts can show their skills to people they've never seen or known before! So, grab and slip your Joy-Con™ into the Fist Docks and go crazy like everyone else!

How to play at your arcade or restaurant:

• Ask your server for a pair of Joy-Con.
• Log into your Nintendo Switch Online account, or play as a guest.
• Select Grand Prix or Party Mode¹ from the main menu.
• Select your fighter and any additional modifications to your fighter.
• Before each match, select your arm parts for use in battle.

1. Nintendo Switch Online Pass required to play online. Passes are available by subscription.

ARMS and Joy-Con are trademarks of Nintendo and are used under license.

Gameplay

For more details on this subject, please see this page on Wikipedia: Arms (video game)#Gameplay

See Arms (video game)#Gameplay.

Characters

All characters from the original game return, and also features some guest characters from Drillimation Studios and Namco. New characters are added from future DLC released for ARMS.

Returning Characters

All characters return.

Guest Fighters

Character	Universe	Description
Susumu Hori	Mr. Driller	The little pink driller from the action-puzzler series is back to drill the arena! Cute as you may think, his standard fist, drill line, and block-barrage drill can really turn things upside down! His rush move, you guessed it - blocks will overrun the arena to crush his opponent!
Driller-sama1	Chuhou Joutai	Hailing from the maniac shooter series Chuhou Joutai, he can throw a series of punches in the style of projectiles. He's got his standard blue-green bullets as a regular fist, his unavoidable pinkish-red bullets, and yellow lasers to instantly hit his enemy! His rush move is also unavoidable - he can throw bombs that can impact them greatly!
Akari Kagamine1	The Rainbow Mirror	This girl is no nerd, but her rainbow-colored hairstyle will really want her enemies to fight. The magical girl sensation makes Ribbon Girl her rival, but wait once she unleashes her rush. With it, she can summon her boyfriend, Haruki Nijimoto, to finish the job! Have you seen a magical girl before? This is her right here, with all her punches being from there.
Mojipittan Kid	Mojipittan	He plays a word game that no non-Japanese person can understand. He can deal a lot of trouble with a lot of shrewd punches. Under any circumstance he can lash out his incantations with Hiragana on his arms, and even hit a lot of hits; have you heard of an Ultra Combo before? This is what his rush move is like.

1. Denotes Drillimation-owned IP.