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| The '''Nintendo Switch''' is [[Nintendo]]'s seventh home gaming console, and the console that houses ''[[ARMS (game)|ARMS]]''. The system is a hybrid console, allowing play both at home or as a portable system.{{Wikipedia}}
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| The Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on March 3, 2017. ''ARMS'' was released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on June 16, 2017.
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| == Nintendo Switch Presentation ==
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| On January 13, 2017, Nintendo held a live press conference in Tokyo, Japan to reveal information about the upcoming system. Various details including a release date, price, and software announcements were shown.
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| === ARMS reveal ===
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| [[ARMS (game)|ARMS]] was the second new game to be shown during the event. It was shown along with [[wikipedia:1-2-Switch|1-2 Switch]] during a segment introducing the motion control aspect of the Joy-con controllers. In the segment,
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Koizumi Yoshiaki Koizumi] presented it as a contrast to 1-2 Switch, describing it as a game with "depth, challenge, and replayability".
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| The trailer itself began with a live action segment in a dark room with a dirt floor illuminated by a dim light. A muscular businessman and a young schoolgirl approach the light and stare each other down. After the two each other, the girl raises her arm, and both arms transform into ribbons with a [[Sparky|Sparkies]] at their ends. After that, the man slams his arms down, turning them into springs with [[Toaster|Toasters]].
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| The two proceed to throw punches at one another until the video moves in slow motion as the two are about to hit each other. [[Spring Man]] and [[Ribbon Girl]] appear behind them and the video moves into a CG segment of the two fighters throwing punches. As Spring Man's punch goes between Ribbon Girl's legs, the trailer transitions to actual gameplay of the two fighting in [[Spring Stadium]]. The video then cuts between the man and the girl throwing punches with their Joy-con and the fighters punching in-game.
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| As the trailer nears the end, a montage of gameplay, revealing [[Master Mummy]], [[Ninjara]], and [[Mechanica]] as fighters, and [[Mausoleum]], [[Ninja College]], and [[DNA Lab]] as stages. The final shot is features Spring Man diving down into a swarm of punches from all the fighters revealed in the trailer preparing to throw a punch, and as his Toaster hits the screen, it cuts to the game's logo.
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| After the trailer, [[Kosuke Yabuki]] appeared on stage to describe the game and its controls. He then commentated a short, pre-recorded match between Spring Man and Ribbon Girl.
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| At the end of the segment, Mr. Yabuki announced ARMS to be released in Spring 2017.
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| ==External links==
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| *[[nwiki:Nintendo Switch|NintendoWiki article]]
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