Sparky

Sparky
Type	Glove
Attribute	Electric
Weight	Medium
Default Fighter	Ribbon Girl
Brand

The Sparky is a Glove-type ARMS weapon with the Electric attribute.

Description

Appearance

The Sparky appears as a yellow and black boxing glove. On its back is a design resembling a black lightning bolt with several horizontal lines running through it. When charge the front of the glove opens up a taser-like apparatus.

Function

"Crank up your game—these gloves are electric! Great for shocking and stunning opponents, these and Toasters seem to be the most popular ARMS with fans."

—Official Description

• Traditional Boxing Glove ARM, its flight trajectory has some homing and some manual control.
• A Rush is a flurry of quick consecutive punches; weight class of the projectiles is increased to Heavy for the duration of the attack.

Technical data

Damage

Sparky
		Normal				Plus
Uncharged		90				100
Charged		90				100
Rush		215 (14 total hits)				215 (14 total hits)

Frame data

Sparky
Status Duration (Electric)		75 frames (1.25 sec. approx)
Standard		Grounded		Aerial
		Extension speed	Retraction speed	Extension speed	Retraction speed
Max duration (uncharged)		68 frames (1.13 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)	69 frames (1.15 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)
Max duration (charged)		68 frames (1.13 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)	69 frames (1.15 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)
Grab		Grounded		Aerial
		Extension speed	Retraction speed	Extension speed	Retraction speed
Max duration (uncharged)		67 frames (1.12 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)	70 frames (1.17 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)
Max duration (charged)		67 frames (1.12 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)	69 frames (1.15 sec. approx)	15 frames (0.25 sec. approx)
Rush		Grounded		Aerial
		Extension speed	Retraction speed	Extension speed	Retraction speed
Max duration		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Note: ARMS runs at 30 fps when in three or four player split screen, meaning all frame counts are halved.

Note: All frame data shown is tested using Spring Man.

Note: All frame data shown are from punches/grabs that do not contact the opponent and are started at the maximum range possible.

Note: All frame data is used consisting of the ARMS weapon being in both hands.

Related Badges

Main Article: Achievements

Description	Reward	Design	Unlock Criteria
You won a battle as Mechanica using the Sparky. What a nice nod to her idol Ribbon Girl!	30		Defeat an opponent using Mechanica equipped with the Sparky on at least one ARM.
You've punched with a Sparky 1,000 times. Zap!	60		Punch 1,000 times with the Sparky.
You reenacted the Ver. 1 title screen illustration. Hero vs. heroine!	30		Participate in a fight between Ribbon Girl wielding double Sparkys and Spring Man wielding double Toasters.
You reenacted the Ver. 3 title screen illustration. Agility vs. grace!	30		Participate in a fight between Ribbon Girl wielding double Sparkys and Lola Pop wielding double Funchuks.

Trivia

• The Sparky is internally labelled as 'Wpn_ThunderPunch', with its Japanese dev-internal name listed as '普通パンチ(雷)' (translation: 'Normal Punch (Thunder)').

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スパーキー Supākī	Sparky
Chinese (Traditional)	電光拳 Dihngwōng Kyùhn	Electric Fist
Chinese (Simplified)	电光拳 Diànguāng Quán	Electric Fist
Dutch	Stroomstoot	Current Surge (lit: "Current Punch")
French	Étincelle	Spark
German	Donnerschlag	Thunderstrike
Italian	Elettrodo	Electrode
Russian	Спарки Sparki	Transcription of English name
Spanish	Fulminador	From fulminar, to strike down

Version history

Version history
1.0.0	Added to game.
3.0.0	▲ Increased extension speed. ▲ Increased retraction speed.
3.1.0	▲ Increased retraction speed.
5.0.0	▼ Decreased speed of initial rush attack. Adjusted the number of attacks needed for rush range to reach a maximum.
5.4.0	▼ Reduced extension speed. ▲ Increased speed of charge attacks. ▼ Decreased homing.