{"id":29761,"date":"2017-06-06T12:27:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medium.com\/m\/global-identity?redirectUrl=https:\/\/virtualrealitypop.com\/apple-wants-in-on-virtual-augmented-reality-3afaab4d0bb4?source=rss------virtualreality-5"},"modified":"2017-06-06T12:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:27:39","slug":"how-nintendo-created-its-wild-new-cast-of-fighters-for-switch-game-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/how-nintendo-created-its-wild-new-cast-of-fighters-for-switch-game-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"How Nintendo created its wild new cast of fighters for Switch game Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the developers at Nintendo began concept work on Arms<\/em>, a new fighting game coming to the Switch later this month, they weren\u2019t sure what kinds of characters it should include. Early on, they toyed with the idea of featuring familiar Nintendo faces like Mario, Link, and even the Wii Fit<\/em> trainer. But the key to Arms<\/em> is right there in the title: it\u2019s a game where characters possess extendable arms that they can use to hit faraway opponents. Twelve-foot-long arms didn\u2019t mesh with a short, squat character like Mario. \u201cWe thought the best fit for it was to make it all new,\u201d says producer Kosuke Yabuki.<\/p>\n

Like 2015\u2019s Splatoon,<\/em> Arms<\/em> isn\u2019t just a brand-new Nintendo series, but a first foray by the company into a genre. Whereas Splatoon<\/em> was a…<\/p>\n

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When the developers at Nintendo began concept work on Arms, a new fighting game coming to the Switch later this month, they weren\u2019t sure what kinds of characters it should include. Early on, they toyed with the idea of featuring familiar Nintendo faces like Mario, Link, and even the Wii Fit trainer. But the key… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming","category-general-info"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t