Why did ARMS flop?
Why did ARMS flop?
Henry Nelson
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Gabriel Watson
It didn't
Oliver Anderson
no one knew it existed it needs more porn
Mason Thompson
Because it was on a console nobody gave a shit about. Smash only did well on bings because of the big names. Literal whos don't matter to faggots that don't play fighting games.
Joseph Morales
>"a console nobody gave a shit about"
I know Yea Forums hates it but that's just not true at all.
Mason Bailey
Fighting games are already niche and Nintendo fans are especially ill-equipped to understand them. I fucking saw people complaining that there was no adventure or exploration elements in ARMS, I'm not kidding.
Xavier Thomas
People who play and like fighting games don't buy Nintendo consoles for the fighting games. This limits the demographic.
Jackson Reed
It sold over 2 million
Anything that sells over 1 million is a success, unless the developers can't budget
Michael Adams
It didn't have a leg to stand on.
Jackson Bell
>Game is called ARMS
>Introduces the sexiest legs in gaming
What did Nintendo mean by this?
Jacob James
Sold under 2 million is consider a flop for AAA game with tons of Nintendo marketing
Wyatt Johnson
It's a nintendo game. Those sell 10 million just from parents buying anything new by them for their retarded children. It's a flop.
Cameron Johnson
Shit forgot pic
Nolan Reed
What's it's selling points?
>Waifu power
>Made by nintendo
>???
It just doesn't have any substance behind it, or if it did, it didn't communicate that. It doesn't sell any particular fantasy or style, it doesn't have interesting game play, and it isn't competitive or difficult.
Ayden Richardson
See, that's reasonable and acceptable, why not say something like that instead of making yourself look like a complete buffoon?
Jace Williams
Do you expect them to be sturdy when they are coiled ribbons?
Daniel Gomez
Nintendo is a huge publisher m8, not everything they put out is an evergreen
Justin Smith
reminder that spring man was robbed
Dominic Cruz
It means legchad runs this game
Juan Collins
Our time will cum twintelle bros
Joseph Watson
No one liked the game, it's not fun.
Jack Carter
but it is fun
Dylan Howard
their arms don't have any muscle or structure of course they would flop
William Lopez
No, people didn't even look at the game long enough to see if it was fun. It's uninteresting and that's a shame because it has great fuel for my amputee fetish
Logan Moore
It only sold well because it was a new IP on a hot new platform that was starving for new games. The playerbase dropped dramatically once Splatoon 2 and Smash Ultimate came out.
A shame because high level ARMS play is usually extremely aggressive and fast paced.
Jayden Young
It sold 2.4m, which is a totally fine number for a brand new fighting game series. It outsold Mario Golf and Yoshi's Crafted World
Josiah Nelson
I've put over a hundred hours into it, it's by far my favorite fighting game
Lincoln Walker
It never goes on sale and it doesn't get updated so it doesn't attract new players. I bought it on sale in January and before that, it was only on sale when Min Min was added to Smash Bros. I think the game is fun and it has good netcode and a creative public lobby system for randoms that don't want to play ranked (or in this game's case, when matchmaking is too slow.)
>Kirby flopped
>FE3H flopped
>XC2 flopped
>Mario Maker 2 flopped
>Paper Mario flopped
kys
Jack Lopez
>Mario Golf and Yoshi's Crafted World
Both flops.
William Williams
Is thumbs-up grip just a meme? Is the ability to control each arm individually worth the hassle of motion controls? If not, I'll just stick to using my solo + joycon
Samuel Reyes
I think we just have different definitions of the word flop. I'll rephrase mine too reduce confusion.
ARMS was reasonably profitable and enjoyed a thriving matchmaking scene for the duration of its major events
Owen Edwards
It's distinctly the better way to play as long as you have the physical stamina
Landon Stewart
Shitty controls
Mason Gutierrez
shitty player
Adam Robinson
I think it did pretty well
Grayson Powell
>AAA game
>looks like a moblie game
where did the budget go? is this a laundering scheme? someone needs to check Nintendo's Taxes
Ayden Bennett
You can do huge grabs if you use motion controls. There was at least three high level players in the west who used motion so it's definitely not a meme.
Ethan Adams
It didn't. ARMS sold over 2 million hard copies despite being a new IP and a fighting game.
Splatoon just set a really high bar, that's all. They probably wanted it to sell way higher despite that being an unrealistic goal.
Oliver Wood
Because it lacked a proper story mode fleshing out the world and the characters.
Andrew Hughes
There was supposed to be a comic, but the company Nintendo hired flaked out.
Luis Brooks
All they needed to do is put some fucking illustrations in the actual game about the daily life of the characters and what they did after winning the tournament, like you know, a classic fighting game ending? Something Street Fighter or KoF did 30 years ago? It's not that hard. Turns out people need to care about the characters in a fighting game in order to invest time in them.
Jonathan Hill
I unironically think the focus on waggle in marketing killed it, it ensured none of the fgc niggers would give it the time of day
it should also have been updated more than it did, it needed more characters and more mechanics to reach its full potential (which I unironically think is pretty great, there's a genuinely interesting game in here)
Carter Davis
ARMS didn't flop. They just need to release a sequel with a bit more depth, better online modes, and an expansive singleplayer campaign and they'll do even better.
Nathan Bennett
>amputee fetish
Bentley Rogers
They aren't amputees though. Those are their actual arms.
Landon Harris
Cooper Johnson
You guys are a small minority, most people think it's boring or have no idea what it is.
Aaron Peterson
>ARMS is the closest we will get to a new Virtua On.
Noah Ross
it's a very boring game and I regret buying it. it's just so fucking boring and repetitive and unlocking shit is god awful and slow.
Jordan Johnson
Cameron Russell
It has the same aesthetic, and similar disempowerment appeal considering their arms aren't good for much more than fighting. A character with spring arms would still need help with normal life.
Also the idea of a girl giving up her human arms to have springs implanted so she can compete is incredibly hot.
Carson Phillips
Easton Ross
>considering their arms aren't good for much more than fighting
They can coil their arms all the way back and use them as normal, but if you remove their mask they're helpless so I guess it still works.
Alexander Jackson
Brandon Price
Source? I know next to nothing about arms lore beyond what you would know from watching any game play and the smash trailer.
Lincoln Watson
Brayden Fisher
>AAA game
It's not a AAA game.
Aaron Diaz
Brayden Thomas
Henry Rivera
John Walker
It can't be that the bad is bad or poorly designed in any way. Nintendo games are perfect, especially Switch ones.
Alexander Rodriguez
>Why did ARMS flop?
When you cook pastas they become less firm.
Asher Bailey
Well this one is perfect, anyway
Jace Bennett
I found this armswiki.org
There's lore stuff in the game but I can't be fucked to load it up right now.