Fighters

Fighters are the playable characters that compete in ARMS. ARMS launched with ten fighters. As Nintendo stated before the game launched, five fighters were released as free updates after ARMS was released, bringing the total to 15. The last fighter, Dr. Coyle, was released on 2017-12-21.

Playable Fighters

Playable fighters in ARMS

Each fighter has their own home stage that matches their theme and motifs, and most have a set of 3 signature ARMS (the exception being Springtron). Each fighter also has their own special abilities and properties to distinguish them from each other.

Release Schedule

10 fighters were available upon the games' launch - these were Spring Man, Ribbon Girl, Ninjara, Master Mummy, Min Min, Mechanica, Kid Cobra, Twintelle, Byte & Barq and Helix.

Max Brass became the first playable fighter released after the game's launch in Version 2.0.0, making him the eleventh fighter. A twelfth fighter, Lola Pop, was released on 2017-09-13 in Version 3.0.0 and the thirteenth fighter, Misango, was released on 2017-11-15 in Version 4.0.0. On 2017-11-30, Springtron was made playable in Version 4.1.0, being unplayable until that point.

Dr. Coyle was released as part of Version 5.0.0 on 2017-12-21, bringing the roster to 15 fighters.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ファイター Faitā	Fighter
Dutch	Vechters	Fighters
French	Combattants	Fighters
German	Kämpfer	Fighters
Italian	Lottatori	Fighters
Russian	Бойцы Boytsy	Fighters
Spanish	Luchadores	Fighters
Czech	Bojovníka	Fighters
Hungarian	Harcosok	Fighters
Polish	Zawodnicy	Fighters
Portuguese	Lutadores	Fighters

Trivia

• Springtron is the only Fighter to not receive three signature ARMS, as he shares the same ARMS as Spring Man, based on how many the player has unlocked. Therefore, unlocking ARMS for Spring Man also unlocks the same ARMS for Springtron.