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ARMS’ Newest Character Misango Appears to Be a Poisonous Pugilist

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Nobody can say ARMS doesn’t have a diverse cast of characters, and Nintendo is constantly updating the game’s roster. In fact, the company recently announced that the next playable character coming to ARMS is the unique, if somewhat stereotyped, Misango (say that name ten times fast and I’ll guarantee you will say Missingno by accident at least once).

By all appearances, Misango is a mishmash of ancient Mayan, Aztec, and/or Incan cultures and reminds me of video game characters designed during the 90s, back when game developers used stereotypes to create memorable characters — there’s a reason we still love Guile and Soda Popinki, despite them being caricatures. Since Misango hails from the not-Amazon rainforest, he comes with three new fists that, judging by the purple ooze dripping from them, probably poison his enemies. The first fist is a green, chunky roboscorpion that can detach from Misango’s arms and launch themselves at opponents; the second one is a big, disgusting, pulsating pustule of purple putrification barely constrained by leather straps, and the final fist is a bird’s head (or maybe it’s a skull) that’s literally salivating with purple poisonous bubbles.

Not only does Misango come with these never-before-seen fists, but he has a unique ability that makes him a jack-of-all-trades. A weird floating wisp is by Misango’s side at all times and can attach to his face to create either a red bull, blue eagle, or yellow sun mask. Each mask gives Misango a unique buff, as the bull mask apparently prevents Misango from flinching. The eagle mask improves his jumping and dodging abilities, and the sun mask outright blocks attacks. If that’s not a broken ability, I don’t know what is.

ARMS‘ Misango looks like he is going to be a very tricky character to both use and fight. If I were to hazard a guess, I would say that if I’m right about his poisonous attacks and masks, he isn’t the kind of character who can finish off enemies quickly. My gut instinct says Misango is the kind of fighter who specializes in slowly whittling down enemies and winning by running down the clock rather than a knockout. Of course, that’s just what I gathered from the video, so we will have to wait until Nintendo provides a more informative video or updates ARMS with Misango to see if I’m right.

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The Final Horizon DLC from Sonic Frontiers is surprisingly hard

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Sonic Frontier’s third and final free DLC update, The Final Horizon, is frustrating some players with its difficulty. Some say it’s Sonic’s hardest gameplay ever.

Many players complained about this unexpected difficulty spike in a 12-page GameFaqs forum post called “This DLC is way too hard” (thanks VGC). One of the main complaints about Sonic Frontiers was that it was too easy, and Team Sonic overcorrected, which makes it surprising.

Final Horizon, the last free update, let players play as Tails, Knuckles, and Amy and complete a variety of optional challenges, which is the challenge. Many are breaking down after a vertigo-inducing tower that requires pixel-perfect platforming without checkpoints, apparently inspired by viral Twitch hit Only Up!

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Have you tried Sonic Frontiers Final Horizon DLC? Is it really that hard, or has Sonic always been the Dark Souls of mascot platformers?

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Cinematic Teaches Teamwork

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s cinematic trailer appeared suddenly as the wait seemed endless. It shows us that together, we can overcome anything.

The scene is surprisingly sad, with flashbacks to each Spider-Man’s tragic past. As property damages mount, Peter and Miles have emotional internal monologues while fighting Venom.

Venom appears to be about to lose when he realizes they can be stronger together before the scene fades to black. We won’t know how this story ends until Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches exclusively on PS5 on October 20.

Do you think teamwork makes the dream work? Should you see more of Insomniac’s latest or are you sold?

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Persona 3 Reload Character Tribute Trailer Honors Hero

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A new trailer featuring Aleks Le’s fearless protagonist S.E.E.S makes Persona 3 Reload more real. Atlus promises weekly character tributes, so get excited. Our stoic protagonist, who will be playable on PS5 and PS4 when this remade RPG releases on February 2, is introduced well.

We’ve accepted playing without our favorite character and are starting to like Reload. The setting, story, and cast have always been great, and the more we learn about the proposed changes, the more we want to return to Tartarus.

With Persona 3 Reload, where are you? Did you play the game before or is this your first time?

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