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Try Out Nintendo’s ARMS During The ‘Global Test Punch’


Posted on May 18, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nintendo’s bizarre upcoming brawler ARMS will be playable for free during two different ‘Global Test Punch’ events taking place from May 26th through 28th and June 2nd through 4th. Like the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire before it the ARMS demo will have 10 hour long slots where players can login and duke it out online against other Nintendo Switch owners.

Here are the Global Test Punch times as tweeted by Nintendo earlier in the day:

Other details about ARMs were also released during today’s Nintendo Direct including specific details surrounding online modes, what single player and versus modes will be available and how ARMS fighters can be customized.

Below you’ll find a rundown of all of the game’s multiplayer modes as summarized by the folks over at SKNR.net:

Multiplayer Gaming: Playing with friends either locally or online is easy when using one of the various multiplayer modes in ARMS.

  • Grand Prix– Win 10 straight matches in Grand Prix and players will face a final opponent to be crowned the ARMS  (This mode is played locally with one or two players.)
  • Party Match– By connecting the Nintendo Switch console to the internet, players can battle with up to three other ARMS players at a time that are in the same lobby as them. One lobby can hold up to 10 systems, but with up to two players per system, 20 players can potentially get together in the same lobby.
  • Ranked Match– In this time-honored coliseum, players compete online in 1-v-1 battles. By winning a match, a player’s rank goes up, while, conversely, losing will make that rank go down. While waiting to play a Ranked Match online, players can participate in any other mode to pass the time (and tighten up their skills).
  • Local Wireless Mode: When playing in Local Wireless mode, up to eight players with eight separate systems in the same room can gather in an in-game lobby and battle up to three other players at a time like in Party Match.

ARMs’ Versus Mode will include a versus mode which will allow two players to battle it out one on one. While a match is in progress items and assorted power-ups are dropped into the arena for combatants to use. Team Fight is similar to versus but allows opponents to select a team of two instead of a single fighter.  Hoops is Arms’ take on basketball, challenging players to knock a ball into a net (although this should be kind of obvious). Honestly, I think the most interesting mode is the 1 Vs. 100 mode (and no it has nothing to do with the Xbox Live Arcade game of the same name) – it challenges players to defeat 100 opponents in a row, fighting game ‘survival mode’ style.

If you missed the Nintendo Direct be sure to watch it in the player above from Nintendo’s YouTube channel. At the end of the Direct, they also revealed the Splatoon 2 Single Player ‘ Hero Mode ‘ which Jason already covered earlier this evening. If you’d like to give ARMs a shot during the Global Test Punch the client is already available for download in the Nintendo Switch E-Shop and clocks in at just over 1.4GB.

ARMS Launches exclusively for Nintendo switch on June 16th 2017 at an MSRP of $79.99 CDN.

 

 


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Splatoon 2 Global Test Fire Coming To Nintendo Switch On March 24th


Posted on February 12, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

Splatoon 2 Global Test Fire

Nintendo will reward Switch early adaptors with a chance to try out this summer’s upcoming Splat Fest Splatoon 2 for one weekend only. After showing the game off during the Nintendo Switch reveal event last month members of the press & public got the chance to go hands on with the game and now the most hardcore Nintendo fans will get a similar chance for three days at the end of March.

Ninty will run 6 hour long Splatoon 2 test fires on the Switch for free on March 24th, 25th and 26th. In a short YouTube announcement trailer Ninty listed the following times for players:

  • March 24th 12 Noon – 1PM
  • March 24th 8PM – 9PM
  • March 25th 4AM – 5AM
  • March 25th 4PM – 5PM
  • March 25th 8PM – 9PM
  • March 26th 4PM – 5PM

BrokenJoysticks kicked off our coverage of Splatoon 2 with the reveal that the game’s single player will take place 2 years after the original game. The Nintendo Switch launches alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on March 3rd.

Splatoon 2 Global Test Fire


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Horizon Zero Dawn Paris Games Walkthrough


Posted on October 27, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

During the Sony Paris Games Week media briefing developers from Guerrilla Games were on hand to show off about 8 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from the in-development title.

The on stage demonstration showed the main protagonist, Aloy, taking on yet another giant robot creature. As parts began to fly off of it Aloy was able to gather them and later presumably use them as crafting materials.

After the on-stage presentation a similar pre-recorded presentation was uploaded to Sony’s PlayStation YouTube account. Check it out:

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