BY PHIL HORNSHAW Posted on 06.07.17 There are times when Nintendo Switch fighting game Arms recalls the simple joys of the early days of the Nintendo Wii. Back when motion controls were a fun novelty and Wii Boxing drew crowds at parties, you could have a [...]
Arms is a really strange game to try and write about because its disparate parts vary so wildly in quality. It has the core of an incredibly solid and accessible 3D fighting game, but is surrounded by missed opportunities and poorly executed aspects. [...]
Nintendo has an uphill battle when it comes to convincing people it can do competitive play right — both in general terms with online play and in the eSports arena. They’ve traditionally shied away from it, but with the explosion of [...]
Many Nintendo fans remember the Punch-Out franchise fondly. The rudimentary exploration of boxing’s sweet science challenged players to find the best strategy against each opponent and capitalize upon weaknesses to rise up the ranks and eventually [...]
Arms (Nintendo Switch) Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: June 16, 2017 MSRP: $59.99 Any notion that Arms was going to be a gimmicky motion-controlled flail-fest dissolved the minute I picked up the Joy-Con for the first time. Not only did [...]
