Helix
Height | 0' 11" (30 cm) to 8' 2" (250 cm) |
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Weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
Age | 2 |
Affiliation | ARMS Laboratory |
Stage | DNA Lab |
Hobbies | Watching the ARMS Grand Prix |
Size | Extended: |
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Speed | |
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Elasticity | |
Gross Factor | High |
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Helix is a playable character in ARMS. He is a mysterious, stretchy being created by scientists at the ARMS Laboratory. His gameplay style revolves around evading enemy attacks.
Appearance
Helix is a translucent humanoid blob whose arms resemble models of DNA molecules. Out of the top of his head sprout hair-like protrusions that match the sugar-phosphate backbones of its DNA arms. If he has eyes, they are not visible under the mask he wears, which appears to be an array of small lights with two eye-like illuminated spots. He wears a harness that covers its chest and back.
Backstory
"An experiment by ARMS Laboratories, the leaders in ARMS research! In addition to his arms, his whole body is stretchy—and his signature ARMS are just as weird. He's secretly entered the Grand Prix to prove the merit of the lab's latest research!" —Official Description
Attributes
Ability 1: Hold jump to stretch body vertically, keeping Helix in place and causing only his torso to move with the controls accordingly
Ability 2: When dashing, Helix ducks temporarily, dodging high attacks
Throw Damage: 150
Gallery
Costumes
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Yellow |
To select a costume, click and hold , then hold in the direction of the desired costume while confirming with . Simply choosing a character without tilting the stick will select the first costume not taken (in the order of up-right-down-left) and if multiple players tilt the stick in the same direction while selecting the same character, they will be the same costume.
Promotional Art
Trivia
- Helix was announced on April 28th in a video on Nintendo's YouTube Channel.
- While known as "DNA Man" in Japan, Helix's gender in the US translation of ARMS is addressed in the way that makes it so that Helix could be considered to be nonbinary or simply have no gender. His description states that he's "The 'Man' Of Mystery", as if Helix could be female or rather have no gender at all. This may make Helix the only non-binary or genderless character in ARMS as of it's launch.
Names in other languages
Helix
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The "man" of mystery
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