Ver. 5.4.1 (Released November 14, 2022)

General

• Several issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.

Ver. 5.4 (Released September 19, 2018)

• Smartphone app “Nintendo Switch Online” now supported.
  • If matched with someone in online play, you can automatically match with them on the app as well to engage in voice chat.
  • Party Match, Ranked Match, Friends, and Party Crash are supported.
• Video Playback from the Dashboard is now smoother.
• The following ARMS have been adjusted.

  ARM Name	Changes
  Toaster Roaster	Reduced extension speed. Increased speed of charge attacks.
  Sparky Chilla	Reduced extension speed. Increased speed of charge attacks. Decreased homing.
  Bubb Buff	Increased homing.
  Nade	Decreased extension speed. Increased speed from extension to retraction.
  Tribolt Triblast	Decreased speed of charge attacks. Widened area of effect of charge attacks.
  Revolver Retorcher	Increased curving. Decreased rush damage.
  Hydra Biffler	Increased curving. Increased time from drop to retrieval.
  Popper	Increased curving. Decreased retraction speed. Decreased rush damage.
  Cracker	Widened area of effect of charge attacks. Decreased rush damage.
  Boomerang	Decreased speed when thrown with an outside curve. Increased extension speed of throw attacks.
  Coolerang	Decreased speed when thrown with an outside curve. Increased extension speed of throw attacks. Increased homing.
  Chakram Ramram	Increased flotation for jump attacks. Decreased homing.
  Phoenix Thunderbird	Increased extension speed of throw attacks. Decreased rush damage.
  Megaton Megawatt	Increased expansion rate for charge attacks. Decreased time from drop to retrieval.
  Homie Seekie	Decreased time from drop to retrieval.
  Slapamander Slamamander	Decreased retraction speed. Increased homing.
  Whammer Kablammer	Increased retraction speed.
  Parasol	Increased extension speed of throw attacks. Decreased rush damage. Increased flotation for jump attacks.
  Parabola	Increased extension speed of throw attacks.
  Dragon Ice Dragon	Changing the angle when firing the laser is now slower. Increased rush damage.
  Blorb Glusher	Increased speed of charge attacks. Increased expansion rate for charge attacks. Increased flotation for jump attacks. Adjusted pathing for rush attacks.
  Funchuk	Decreased speed of charge attacks. Increased speed of jump attacks.
  Brrchuck	Decreased speed of charge attacks. Increased curving for jump attacks.
  Scorpio	Reduced extension speed. Increased retraction speed. Increased time from drop to retrieval.
  Skully	Increased homing.
  Lokjaw	Increased curving for projectiles launched from charge attacks. Increased homing.
  Guardian	Increased expansion rate while extending. Increased expansion rate for charge attacks.
  Clapback	Increased expansion rate while extending. Increased expansion rate for charge attacks. Decreased rush damage. Decreased time necessary to fire a rush attack.

Ver. 5.3 (Released April 10, 2018)

• New "Dashboard" feature added.
• Check out the latest rankings, and tons of useful videos!
• From Dashboard you can see the following.
  • Latest Worldwide & Regional Rankings
  • Party Crash Ranking by time slot
  • ARMS “Tips & Techniques” video collection
  • “Fighter Focus” video collection with tips for each fighter
  • “Tournament Clips” to so you can learn from the best
• 15 Images added to Gallery.
• Korean language is now supported.
• Adjusted abilities of some fighters and ARMS as follows.

  Fighters/Arms	Adjustments
  Ribbon Girl	Freshening up lightens your heart and your feet. Ah, Spring! Increased air dash movement speed. But it feels like her feet don’t quite touch the ground properly… Decreased dash movement speed.
  Misango	Increased rush gauge fill rate when in red and blue spirit form to be equal to that of other characters.
  Coolerang	Increased extension speed. Increased retraction speed.
  Lokjaw	Increased retraction speed. Fixed issue where under certain conditions ARM would not recover for an extended time.
  Scorpio	Increased charge attack damage. Decreased retraction speed.
  Skully	Increased charge attack damage. Decreased homing.
  Glusher	Increased charge attack damage.
  Parabola	Increased expansion rate while extending. No change to expansion during charge.
  Nade	Decreased retraction speed.
  Chakram	Decreased charge attack speed.

Ver. 5.2 (Released March 6, 2018)

• The Party Crash mode “Big Time ARMS” can now be selected in regular battle as well, so you can try something a little different. Feel free to use it as a handicap!
  • Prior to battle, when selecting ARMS, you can toggle this on and off with the Y button.
  • This feature can be used in Versus - Fight.
  • Can’t be used in online battles.
• Added 15 new images to Gallery.
• Fixed issue where fighters with super armor would not have their ARMS disabled by electric attacks during a rush attack.
• Fixed issue where a noise would repeatedly play if communication was lost while Dr. Coyle had her extra ARMS out.
• Adjusted abilities of some fighters and ARMS as follows.

  Fighters/Arms	Adjustments
  Springtron	Specs improved thanks to a certain girl genius! Movement during a super charge has been greatly increased. He’s a little heavier now, but that’s fine! Movement speed for normal jumps has decreased.
  Lola Pop	Increased movement speed when jumping.
  Misango	Rush gauge now fills at a rate equal to other fighters during normal times. Also made it somewhat less difficult for the rush gauge to fill when blue or red.
  Byte & Barq	When jumping while on top of Barq, fixed an issue where a shockwave could be seen emanating from Byte as well. Fixed an issue where, under certain conditions, the switch on Barqs head would stay pushed in.
  Dr. Coyle	Fixed an issue where, under certain conditions, extra ARMS would appear while firing ARMS.
  Nade	Fixed issue where self-destruct could occur during rush.
  Bubb	Increased charge attack speed.
  Parasole Parabola	Increased rush attack speed.
  Glusher Blorb	Decreased time from drop until collection.
  Skully	Increased rush damage.
  Lokjaw	Increased retraction speed.
  Clapback	Decreased retraction speed. Decreased time until automatic retraction after placement.
  Popper	Decreased extension speed. Decreased retraction speed.
  Chakram	Decreased expansion rate for charge attacks.

Ver. 5.1 (Released January 31, 2018)

• Added new “Gallery” feature. Unlock amazing illustrations using in-game currency, or by fulfilling certain conditions.
• Added new badges.
  • Added badges earned when certain pairs of fighters rack up battles together.
  • Added badges earned by repeatedly using each ARM.
  • And so many more!
• New additions to Party Crash.
  • ARMS Labs have manufactured the ultimate version of Hedlok. It will appear only in Party Crash.
  • ARMS Labs have thought up some new Bonus Periods. Look out for them!
  • If a featured fighter is losing by more than 1000 points in the current lobby, the bonus for using them will increase from 1.5x to 2x. Time for some comebacks!
• Added “Tournament Mode.”
  • A mode made for tournaments with all ARMS unlocked.
  • When in Tournament Mode you will be unable to play other modes such as Grand Prix or Ranked Match, and you won’t receive badges or in-game currency. Records will also not be recorded.
  • You can switch between Normal Mode and Tournament Mode on the Top Menu by holding in the R Stick and pressing L and R.
• Fixed an issue where Dr. Coyle’s extra ARMS would not fire correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the Ramram would stop moving in mid-air.
• Fixed an issue in Skillshot, where the Tribolt would fail to return after punching.