Oddly, both Ashley and Brad's weapons are referred to as "ARMs" as well, making the acronym have an official double meaning. "Awkward Rush & Mission Savers" is mentioned in dialog at one point, though this is actually the Japanese version of the regular acronym. In this case, the term refers to the party that the player controls, consisting, initially, of Brad Evans, Ashley Winchester, and Lilka Eleniak. This refers to the Batour and other such weapons, so it pretty much means the same thing as the original meaning, but more.
#Wild arms xf series
Basically, any firearm or special weapon found in the entire game series can qualify as an ARM, though mileage varies. In general, this definition of ARMs remains used through the rest of the series, in addition to and often despite whatever else the acronym is used for in later games. In this case, the acronym refers to any piece of lost technology, though most commonly refers to the weapons that Rudy Roughknight, Jane Maxwell and a handful of other people are able to use. This is presumably because both American and European copyright and trademark laws don't allow for the protection of an acronym with multiple meanings. In a final move to end the confusion on the brand, Sony Entertainment has declared that the series itself is named "Wild Arms", with no acronym. (The rushed release of Wild Arms 4 didn't help matters either, meaning that this and other errors with the release crept through anyway.)
This was an error admitted to later, and was corrected where found. To confuse matters a little more, in some of the press release material for "Wild Arms 4", xSeed, the localization company, relied on RPGamer's error and cited "Wild ARMs" on a few occasions in their own material. The original "Wild Arms" game, for instance, can sometimes still be called "WILD ARMS", even in new material. This was officially reverted to "Wild Arms", with correct capitalization, by Sony of America, though documentation for all the games in the series conflates the issue. This naming convention has earned a place within the fandom, but has never been correct. Due to bad localization, the website put the name forward as "Wild ARMs" (due to the ARMs acronym being used within the game itself). The first three Wild Arms games used the form "WILD ARMS" for their titles when initially released, with all the letters capitalized. The explanation of each of the known uses of the acronym is explained in the titles below. The meaning of ARMS changes constantly, often within the context of each game itself. The acronym ARMS (or sometimes ARMs, or just ARM) is the motif recurring throughout the Wild Arms series of games.
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