Digital Foundry: Hands-On with Nintendo Switch

[Alkibiádēs]

curl-6 said:

Alkibiádēs said:

What? Arms looks pretty great, a lot of previews have been positive. What on earth are you talking about?

You do realize Nintendo also holds Directs and E3 conferences, right? If they announce everything now some games might get overshadowed. They didn't show what Retro is working on for example, but they haven't released a game since early 2014 (and already started developing a new game a few months before it released), so that new game will be entering the final phase of development. I expect it will get announced at E3 this year and release somewhere in 2018. I also very much doubt that Next Level Games only worked on Metroid: Federation Force for the last 3 years... If so, what a HUGE FAIL lol. 

ARMS looks like a glorified version of the Wii Sports boxing minigame IMO, but I'm trying to be less negative so I won't dwell on it.
And yes, I realize Nintendo likes to hold stuff back, but in this instance they really shouldn't, because its not a good look for their first year lineup to resemble the kind of support Wii U got.

You should look up some of the livestream footage, the battles got intense.

The basic concept of the combat system is this:

Blocking beats punches, grabs beat blocking and punches beat grabs. You also need to aim your punches carefully and you can also curve them. You need to think ahead if you want to destroy your opponent.

There's also strategy involved in which fighter you pick and which glove you select for each arm (3 options available for now, might be more in the full release). Each character also has a special ability (Master Mummy heals while he blocks for example). The characters are different enough as well: Master Mummy is a tank that deals a lot of damage, but is rather slow as a result. Ninjaru is very quick on the other hand. Some of the stages are also interactable. The motion controls are also very accurate from what is being reported. And the game also works with a traditonal controller if motion controls are not your cup of tea. 

That's already a lot more depth than Wii Sports Boxing if you ask me. Could you even move in those boxing matches? And Arms also has online, Wii Sports (Resort) did not. Not even Wii Sports Club had online I think.