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A Few Hours with Arms First Test Punch

Nintendo is continuing the success of their early “beta” version in which players can participate, in a certain timeframe, an early version of the game to stress test the game’s servers. The first stress test Nintendo release on the Nintendo Switch was the Splatoon 2 “Test Fire” earlier in March, and this past weekend they opened the public on to the Arms” Test Punch”. Because of the times the Test Punch was available it was difficult to find time to dedicate time too. But I did take some time to play a full two-hours, and man I have some thoughts. When the second available time was open on Saturday I gave Arms a good try, and overall it surprised me how deep the mechanics can go. Each character has a different feel, want to be big and hit heavy? You have that, or small but nimble? That’s here also. But that’s only one part of preparation, when picking your fighter, you must also pick their “Arms”, now choose carefully because this can be the difference from a loss to a

Zelda: Breath of the Wild has New Details for the First DLC Pack

Before Breath of the Wild was released, Nintendo announced two DLC packs for the game with the first DLC pack set to release in the summer and the second during the holiday season. Nintendo wasn’t clear on the details with DLC packs, now that it’s closer to summer details for the first DLC pack called, “ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – The Master Trials ” has been set. Hero’s Path What we will see in the first DLC are a new map feature that will track your steps over the last 200 hours, this is a great addition to the game – I’m in love with the world and to have this means I can backtrack and find things I’ve missed. By opening the map there will be a green path that tracked all your movement. A neat addition to this feature is every track distance can be determined by a timeline. This helps adventurers re-track to the breath-taking moments and interesting vistas around Hyrule. Trial of the Sword  Previously known as “Cave of Trails Challenge”, Trail of the Sw