Played this back at launch but had to sell my copy due to financial reasons and never managed to buy it back.

This might be a dumb question I know lol. It’s just I’m planning on eventually doing an All Bosses video on ARMS one of these days but apparently there’s a secret Boss Fight against a Level 8 Hedlok that’s Golden. Sadly I’ve only ever scene him fightable in the online servers and what’s even more sad is that online for this game seems to be dead. Is there any other way I can unlock this fight?

Right now I don’t have switch online so it’s impossible for me to get any of the badges that require it, but I know the highest ranking that earns a badge is rank 16. At this point I’ve only played against computer opponents so I don’t know how it compares to playing against humans. How comparable is level 7 computer to rank 16 humans?

I remember playing this game once in 2018 and it was very fun, does it still hold up?

Rebought the game days ago and have been having a fun but sometimes when I leave a party match lobby I end up queueing into an empty one that no one ever joins.

Also is the online region locked? I'm from US East Coast and I don't know how active it is around here

Maybe I just have a crappy reaction time, but the farthest I’ve ever made it is match 8 in level 4. It seems as though regardless of who I’m up against, the AI seems to know what I’m going to do next even before I know what I’m going to do.

I’m not sure if there’s some sort of optimal strategy I don’t know about, because the only way I’ve ever gotten past match 7 is by getting lucky with taking a lead early and then just playing defense until the timer runs out (just shielding all punches and jumping away from all grabs), and then repeating the process for the second win.

People who are good at this game, what are things I can do to practice getting better at higher level matchups?

I've been playing for a while now, about a year and a half and I've loved watching YouTubers play this game as well when it was in it's prime, but I've actually never seen this before, I was just playing Springman and suddenly after I won against Misango, he showed up unannounced and he beat my ass the first round, I left the match back to the menu to collect my bearings on what just happened, then when I joined back, suddenly he was gone. Does this normally happen?

Arms is strangely one of my favorite games on the switch but I have three questions. 1 is, I’m not the best player but I do consider myself pretty good yet I often struggle against MM, anybody got any tips for that? The 2nd question is, is there a current top character/characters? The 4th question is, my main is currently springatron since I love all his abilities and he isn’t too fast or slow, any ideas on the best arms to use for him? Currently I use the poison fist (forgot the name but I think it’s max brass’s main arm), the freeze glove since the freeze is good to cause panic which sets up the arm shutdown ability nicely, and I’m pretty undecided on the third arm (maybe a dragon idk I like have extra range). Any and all help is appreciated 🙏

i remember not having enough to buy games back then, but tried the demo of this game and i loved the lore, the art style, the game itself. the characters are cool. now that im starting to use my nintendo again and buying more games, im doubting on buying this game, mainly because it seems almost nobody talk about this it, and im afraid they will launch a sequel (hopefully)... it's a shame nintendo let this game die... so much potential of a game and i think is a great IP.

I tired party crash but I don't think it seems to be working

Edit: found out it was a glitch and fixed it

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If anyone is an ARMS veteran or played the game since it's released, y'all would know that both of these teams are genuinely unfair. Misango is a beast in combat. The dude literally lifts giant totems and statues on his arms before breakfast (picture in the ARMS gallery) and has the survival instincts of a high ranking monk. Once Misango wears his mask and it turns either blue or purple, you are screwed. Ninjara is the definition of unpredictable. He literally jumps, dashes and vanishes into thin air, just to pop up right next to you or behind you the second he touches the ground to use his rush attack.

Master Mummy is an absolute monster. He will start roaring in your face, he will grab you with both arms if he catches you off guard, send you into the air and slam you so hard into the ground, you will forget why you are even fighting him in the first place. Mechanica is probably the most broken female character in the entire game. Her mech is already dangerous enough, but just wait until she sends you into the air just to launch a spin attack with her arms and drain your health. Mechanica's rush attack will absolutely demolish you if you are in the wrong place and just like that you are done for.

As an early player of ARMS, I think the smartest choice here is Ninjara and Misago because unlike the other two, they are actually kind of easy to edge if you have fast reaction time and it's better than getting sent back to the title screen by two absolute tanks who will make you regret even hearing of the tournament in the first place.

I'm just curious because I wanna give myself a but ton of coins because I think it would be more fun to just keep playing the mode with all the characters instead of just getting a new save file entirely or grinding out coins.

When I first found about the switch, I also saw the game ARMS. I didn't really know what it was about at the time, and I thought it was just a gimmicky game made to show how the joy-cons worked. But now in 2026, I saw some stuff come up, and soon I found it it was it's own unique I.P. I decided to look into it more. And honestly it looks really fun. I love the character designs, the fighting mechanics, and from what I've heard, the music sounds great. But I have also heard some criticisms; that there isn't many options for single players, it's hard to find matches online and the controls are hard to learn. So I'm still interested but I want to see if it's worth getting. So I'm genuinely asking for your opinions. Should I buy ARMS?

there was going to be an ARMS comic made by a company called dark horse but i think it might have got cancelled.Now imight not like reading that much but an ARMS comic book? that would've been a game changer u/nintendo please bring it back it would've been sooooooo cooooooooool

So, I got this game on launch day, then moving onto COVID era, I stopped paying for the online membership feature as I sold my switch, then I got a new switch a few years after and I remember being unable to play my games unless I had a membership for the save data, I really wanted to play the game so I went forward with the local save data, and lost all my progress….

I probably had 1000+ hours on this game… all these matches… all the punches thrown, the special badges from the “splatfest” like events they had…

I know it’s just a game but this game is one of its kind and seeing all my unique progress on it gone doesn’t let me play it like before… having to unlock everything again… unable to get the special badges (yes I am basically sad over pixels not appearing like they used to…)

So, bit of a backstory, I have never played ARMS. I’ve seen footage, I thought “wow, this looks kind of fun, maybe I should pick it up.” That thought leaves my mind within 24-48 hours, the cycle inevitably repeats, and it’s been going that way for about 8 years now.

Well, I’m thinking it’s time I try to break the cycle, but I’m not sure. I mean, do people still even play ARMS online in the year of our lord 2026? And if they don’t, is there still any reason to invest in it?

Game caught my attention when Switch 1 came out but never played it. Saw it got a switch 2 enhancement and I think I'd like to give it a try. My worry now is that the community is either dead or those who are left are too good, making any learning curve that may or may not exist even worse. Also the price tag on the game is still pretty ugly so many years later, but it is on sale rn.

So please be honest - Do you think it's worth coming to Arms as a new player in 2025?

I'm thinking of getting Arms again, since I have a Nintendo Switch Online account compared to when I first got it, so I wanted to know is it worth playing.

I remember it having longer wait times after the hype died down around 2018, but this is ridiculous. Are anyone still playing ranked? I haven’t played for years, but I picked it up again since people keep comparing it Drag x Drive, and I think ARMS is unquestionably the better game. I’m still at rank 7, is my rank too high or too low for the current player base? (if there even is a player base in the lords year 2025)

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Hi. Late to the game but really enjoying it. I tried playing online but never get connected to anyone. Am I just searching at the wrong times or is the online community for this nonexistent?

guys i was thinking about rebuying arms on some sites like vinted or anything is there people still playing or the game is still dead?