ARMS Trailer, My Thoughts

With the Switch on the way, Nintendo has also got some hot new games on the way for it. I've looked at the reveal trailers for Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and now there's a third game trailer I want to look at. The game is called ARMS. Yes, it's all in caps.

The trailer starts with a tough-looking dude in a shirt and tie walking towards the camera. We next then see a Japanese schoolgirl walking towards him. I'm a bit of a movie fan, so I'm expecting the schoolgirl to bust out a meteor hammer at any moment.

It looks like they're getting ready to fight each other. The schoolgirl raises her arm, and the girl's arms turn into what look like...candy-striped phone cords with boxing gloves on the end? The man rolls up his sleeves, loosens his tie, and his arms undergo a similar transformation, just with different colors: His arms are blue with pink gloves at the end. Real Men Wear Pink, indeed.

The two then start throwing punches, the arms extending out, stretching like rubber, showing insane reach. The trailer then transitions to two characters from the game, fighting each other. It's insane to watch. It's so colorful. The fighters are throwing hands in a massive arena. It's so cool! They're leaping, dodging, and twirling in the air.

We see the man and the schoolgirl throwing punches in the air, holding Joy-Cons in their hands. This gives us an idea of how the game will be played. Evidently, you gotta move to play this game! Well, you can if you want. I have heard that this game also supports standard-style controls.

It's also a clever way to show what a player can do in the game. They can dodge, they can block, they can throw power-packed punches. Essentially, it's a boxing game on LSD.

The trailer with some brief glimpses of other characters, and we also get some brief glimpses of these other characters' techniques. One has what looks like buzzsaws for gloves, another uses a mech that fires multiple punches at once. I'm guessing each of these characters will have their own strengths and weaknesses, and players can find one they feel fits them. Hey, it would be fun if Little Mac was an unlockable character in this game, with his own extendy-arms.

This looks like a really fun game, I hope it does very well. Maybe this will end up being another popular choice for the competitive circuit, like Super Smash Bros. Melee. This trailer was awesome!