{"id":4907,"date":"2026-10-09T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:04:53","slug":"video-game-arms-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/video-game-arms-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Arms (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2017
Rating: E10+
Time Played: ~3 hours<\/p>\n

As one of the earliest games for the Nintendo Switch, Arms<\/em> was a similar tech demo like Wii Sports<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was for the Wii. Highlighting the precision gyroscopes and accelerometers in the Joy-Con controllers, Arms is a fleshed-out boxing game that has excellent variety in its character designs. There are plenty of weapons to unlock through playing the game, but you really need to pull it out during parties because the single-player experience is repetitive at best and a frustrating lack of control at its worst.<\/p>\n

Fitting enough, one of the more challenging sports to play on Wii Sports<\/em> was the boxing game. There’s something inherently challenging in translating controller movements to in-game punches. Even with the more precise Joy-Cons, the problem in this game is, when you miss a punch, it takes a long time before you can punch again thanks to the super-long extended arms of the characters. While this means some of the strategy comes from the different weapons you have equipped, even this doesn’t necessarily speed up the waiting period before you can attack again.<\/p>\n

I can appreciate that Nintendo was trying something different here with Arms<\/em>. It’s evident they put a lot of care into the look and design of everything. It’s just that with no “weight” in the Joy-Cons, the gameplay feels like it should be faster. And with limited moves to make during each round, there’s a strong tendency to just spam the same few attacks until the match is complete. Ultimately, though, a lot of this doesn’t matter if you have a group of friends who aren’t serious about fighting games and just want to have fun flailing their arms around.<\/p>\n

A fun party game that suffers from virtual boxing limitations, I give Arms<\/em> 3.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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