Nintendo has released the 5.0 update for Arms.
The latest update for the arcade-brawler game adds the mysterious new fighter Dr. Coyle, a new stage “[NAME REDACTED],” three new ARMS, and more. Featured above, you can view a new trailer introducing both Coyle and her new stage.
Here’s a full rundown of the update:
Version 5.0
- New fighter “Dr. Coyle” is now available. Play the Grand Prix at LV6 or higher as someone other than Dr. Coyle and see what happens…
- New ARM “Lokjaw” added.
- New ARM “Parabola” added.
- New ARM “Brrchuk” added.
- New stage [NAME REDACTED] added.
- For Grand Prix LV6 and lower, the computer will now get stronger as you get deeper into the Grand Prix.
- For Grand Prix LV7, the computer will start out strong right from the first match, as usual.
- You can now view stats from previous Party Crash events in “Stats.”
- Added new badges related to Dr. Coyle.
- Fixed issue in online play where the healing area created by HP Juice would sometimes shift position.
- Adjusted abilities of some fighters and ARMS as follows.
| Fighters / Arms | Adjustments |
|---|---|
| Lola Pop | The holidays are a busy season for street performers, so Lola Pop is fired up! Her charges now persist longer. |
| Whammer Kablammer Blorb |
Lessened deceleration when knocking down mid-weight ARMS. |
| Scorpio | Increased retraction speed. Shortened waiting time between flying off and retrieval. Fixed issue where time needed for retraction could be greatly protracted. |
| Skully | Improved curving. Increased rush damage. Decreased speed of initial rush attack. Adjusted the number of attacks needed for rush range to reach a maximum. |
| Glusher | Lessened deceleration when knocking down mid-weight ARMS. Increased expansion rate of charge attacks. |
| Megaton Megawatt |
Lessened deceleration when knocking down mid-weight ARMS. Increased speed of charge attacks. Decreased speed of normal attacks. |
| Toaster Sparky Chilla Bubb Buff Roaster Nade |
Decreased speed of initial rush attack. Adjusted the number of attacks needed for rush range to reach a maximum. |
| Slapamander Slamamander |
Increased the time interval between initial launch and extension. Increased extension speed. |
Arms is available now for Switch. In case you missed it, you can find our written and video review for the game here (we highly recommend it!).
