ARMS Fighter Coming To Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Nintendo held a surprise mini Direct this morning, offering fans plenty of things to look forward to once the Coronavirus quarantines are over.

Among the major announcements in the mini Direct were a definitive edition rerelease of Xenoblade Chronicles, the Bioshock collection, Borderlands collection, and XCOM 2 getting Switch ports, and further details regarding the upcoming Pokémon Sword and Shield DLC.

However, no Nintendo Direct of this nature would be complete without news regarding Super Smash Brothers Ultimate.

The first fighter in the upcoming second Fighters Pass DLC will be coming from ARMS, Nintendo's idiosyncratic launch title fighter for the Switch. Information was scant (and packed with poor puns), but we do know a fighter from the game will be announced and available in June.

Because this is the Smash fanbase, opinions on the announcement were naturally all over the map.

Coney and the whole ARMs community popping off at the reveal pic.twitter.com/VGf4SMMRYQ

— MiniMo (@MiniMoSSB) March 26, 2020

Smash community: WHY THE FUCK IS THERE AN ARMS REP???? NOBODY LIKES ARMS WHERE IS DOOMGUY WHERE IS GENO
ARMS fans: pic.twitter.com/uP2lNTy9W5

— i have severe sonic movie brainrot @ SU:F SPOILERS (@doppiophone) March 26, 2020

The 3 people still playing arms in 2020 rn pic.twitter.com/LzGseB33Az

— Gibbs (@MisterGibbster) March 26, 2020

smash fans when byleth was announced: come on why can't we give smaller IPs a chance
smash fans when an arms character is announced: WHO THE FUCK IS THIS 😂😂😂 WHO CARES LMAOOO

— despicable meat (@manglegrove) March 26, 2020

Smash fans looking down and realising they have arms pic.twitter.com/wF0aRiU9TH

— Cuckeba (@YukariCuckeba) March 26, 2020

Many also believed the announcement signaled a potential ARMS 2.

Mark my words, ARMS 2 is coming. There is no reason for them to promote this game now suddenly when the last update was 2017. pic.twitter.com/XYp8OXZJev

— Ultima (@UltimaShadowX) March 26, 2020

They're really about to announce ARMS 2, huh pic.twitter.com/OWyZ3CEokk

— Jacob 🌙 (@Alpharad) March 26, 2020

The second DLC pass for Smash Ultimate, which will include six new fighters, will cost $24.99.