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Nintendo: No more content updates for ARMS

P-MAC

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Nov 15, 2017
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Aww man I was hoping for at least 3-4 more characters. It's still very low on content, although I did play local multiplayer for a long time. Maybe they will go for an ARMS 2/Splatoon 2 type vibe where the sequel is similar visually and mechanically but much bigger and with ongoing updates. I would have happily paid for a season pass or microtransactions if it meant 4-5 more characters, a few new maps and especially modes.
 
Habimaru

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Oct 29, 2017
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Great. Let's end support right before making online paid-only. As one of the biggest guns, stopping ARMS support now is a terrible idea. No more casuals getting back to the game on updates + less people online because they don't think paying for online is for them = a less fun experience for not pros.

The quantity/quality of content isn't that low, but maybe the pacing burnt it out a little bit fast.
 
LoyalPhoenix

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D.Lo

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Damn shame, Arms had its legs cut off by Splatoon launching a month later.

I know I wanted to play it more than I did. LOVE the character designs and gameplay.

Hope there's a sequel, such a great universe to build on.
 
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Never bought it, I think it did well overall! Will buy that novel and a sequel if the content is right assuming i get the Nintendo online service.
 
Cheppito

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Oct 30, 2017
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Way sooner than expected. Didn't they find a lot of code names for new characters while data mining?
 
Zalman

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Oct 25, 2017
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The game has currently sold about Pikmin 1 levels. I don't think it's the last we've seen of ARMS. There's also the comic coming out next year.
 
spam musubi

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm not into this game, but if I were, I'd prefer paying for DLC and having a longer life for it if it were an option. As a new fighting game-ish IP, compare to For Honor. That game gets almost weekly updates, has had many new characters, and is still going to be adding more content over the next year at least. Started with 12 characters and is now at 18.

If it's holding up the MK8 team that's bothering people, they should look into spinning up a new team. Online games are going to keep getting more and more important and this could have been a pillar of their online service, but it feels like they didn't push it heavily enough. (again compare to FH which received a much bigger push from Ubi in terms of both launch and post launch content despite being new IP).
 
out_of_touch

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Oct 25, 2017
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The sequel for this game is gonna be huge. In terms of pound for pound gameplay, ARMS is one of Nintendos very best. Great foundation set for the future.
 
ShadowGP

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Oct 27, 2017
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Time to start making ARMS 2.0. It is a great new IP with amazing characters. They learned many things and they can only make better the second one.
Plus we will see for sure Min Min or Ribbon Girl in Smash!
 
sirap

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Oct 25, 2017
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God I hope we see more ARMS in the future. I must be the only person in Malaysia playing this game, and I keep getting matched with the same Japanese player too lol.
 
ElBoxy

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KazuchikaOkada said:
This is fine. Game sold successfully, got 8+ months of support, and now the team can work on something new or an outright sequel in the future to further improve the formula.

I wish more service games followed this model.
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This is fine, for Nintendo. Other service games can't survive with just 6 months of support.
 
TanookiTom

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Oct 29, 2017
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It's a pity but ultimately I am not surprised. I guess they had more content updates planned in case the game had proven to be more successful (see Splatoon).

Imo what's holding the game back is the lack of a story mode, which is really a shame since the lore is already there and they could have built a really interesting world on that.

As is I think the gameplay/play style (read: motion controls) needs a bit too much efforts for the masses to get into the game.

Not sure that we're gonna see a sequel anytime soon actually, as Nintendo will likely focus on games with bigger sales potential.

All being said and done I applaud Nintendo for having kicked of the Switch with such a fresh new IP and I do hope to see more of it in the future. Just with a story mode please ;-)
 
Kouriozan

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"To be (probably) continued in the next game..."
 
maxxatom

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Nov 6, 2017
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Now we only have 10 odd months of silence before we are supposed to be excited about the OGN from Dark Horse. Im bummed, I feel like they should have made a bigger deal about this final update.
 

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BassForever said:
Nintendo also gives us smash so if you average that together there still somewhere in the middle.
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Because Smash has excellent post launch support?

Not really wanting to hate on Nintendo, but where the game is now is where it should have been at launch, so the fact that they've given us it for free means nothing. Because it just meant the content was late. This is definitely not good for a fighter game.
 

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Jack Orion said:
Because Smash has excellent post launch support?

Not really wanting to hate on Nintendo, but where the game is now is where it should have been at launch, so the fact that they've given us it for free means nothing. Because it just meant the content was late. This is definitely not good for a fighter game.
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Smash has ridicously priced DLC, not free updates.
 
LAA

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Oct 28, 2017
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Oh.. that's it?
Still pretty good support, especially for free, but how long did support last for Splatoon?
 
Ada

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Nov 28, 2017
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This was the game that got me to buy a switch, but in the end I didn't pick it up due to the price at release. Hopefully a price cut then I can get all this content in one go.
 
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