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ARMS Update Introduces New Tournament Mode, More Badges, And Concept Art Gallery
Despite Nintendo announcing in early December that post-launch support had ceased for its fighting game ARMS, yesterday's update (version 5.1) nonetheless brings some new features. It's not as substantial as past updates, but this new version introduces a tournament mode, more badges, and a new gallery with art for players to unlock as they progress.
Tournament mode unlocks all players' ARMS, though some restrictions apply, such as being unable to earn in-game currency or badges when playing in this mode. As for the gallery, you can preview one of the concept art pieces below which portrays the fighter Min Min:
You can read the full patch notes by heading here. For more on ARMS, read our review.
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