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
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