Arm

Arm
Icon(s)
Flavour text	Handy when dis-armed.
Type	Hybrid weapon
Found in	Dan's inventory
Stealable	No
Appears in	MediEvil (1998) MediEvil 2 MediEvil: Resurrection MediEvil (2019) MediEvil: The Game Prequel

Trophies
MediEvil (1998 original)
	Mostly Armless Kill something with your own arm.
	Not So Armless Defeat Stained Glass Demon with just your arm.
MediEvil 2
	Ol' Reliable Defeat Tyrannosaurus Wrecks with only Dan's Arm.
	Handy Dan Defeat enemies using every weapon in the game.
	Armed and Ready Finish a level using Dan's Arm.
MediEvil (2019 remake)
	Mostly Armless Kill something with your own arm.
	Not So Armless Defeat Stained Glass Demon with just your arm.

The Arm was the left arm of Sir Daniel Fortesque. Being a reanimated skeleton, Dan could easily tear it off and use it as a weapon.

History

13th century

When the Chrono-chair malfunctioned and threw Sir Dan back into his own time, the undead knight had a rough landing which resulted in his arm popping off. The arm was subsequently carried away by a hound who brought it to his master. The hound's master discarded the arm, allowing Sir Dan to reclaim it. As he did, he realised the dog's master was none other than his past self.

Gameplay

Overview

Sir Dan begins each game with the arm in his inventory. If he currently has no weapons equipped or his weapon is stolen by an Imp, pressing the action button will equip the arm. Functionally, the arm works in the same way as the Axe. Dan can swing it at enemies up close or he can throw it to hit enemies who are far away. Shields cannot be used while using the arm and Imps have no interest in stealing it.

MediEvil (1998 original)

Attack list

Button Layout 1

• Cut left
• Throw arm
• , Jumping cut
• , Jumping throw

MediEvil 2

Attack list

Button Layout 1

• Cut left
• Throw arm
• , Jumping cut
• , Jumping throw

MediEvil: Resurrection

Attack list

Configuration A

• Cut left
• , Cut left + cut right
• Throw arm
• , Jumping cut
• , Jumping throw
• + , (Whilst in retain mode) Rear somersault chop turn

MediEvil (2019 remake)

Attack list

Modern Controls

• Cut left
• Throw arm
• , Jumping cut
• , Jumping throw

Classic Controls

• Cut left
• Throw arm
• , Jumping cut
• , Jumping throw

Behind the scenes

Development

MediEvil (1999 Japanese original)

The inventory icon for the Arm was updated in this version in order to add an extra digit to Dan's hand, which previously only had four fingers. In Japan, the number four can be pronounced the same way as the word for death (shi), making it an unlucky number. Additionally, Japan has a class of people suffering from discrimination known as the burakumin who worked in professions such as meat packing. They became associated with having four fingers due to work-related accidents. Later, a four-fingered hand gesture directed at another person came to mean that you were calling them burakumin. Depicting characters with four fingers thus became a sensitive issue in Japan.

Original version	Japanese version

This updated version of the inventory icon was reused in MediEvil 2.

Speedrunning

Each game in the MediEvil series has a speedrunning category dedicated to this weapon, called Arm%, which requires the player to complete the game using only Dan's arm.

In other languages

MediEvil: Resurrection

Known as Dan's Arm in the game.

Language	Official Name
French (France)	Bras de Dan
German	Dans Arm
Italian	Braccio di Dan
Spanish (Spain)	Brazo de Dan

MediEvil (2019 remake)

Known as Arm in the game.

Language	Official Name
Arabic	الذراع aldhirae
Bulgarian	Ръка Rŭka
Croatian	Ruka
Czech	Paže
Danish	Arm
Dutch	Arm
Finnish	Käsivarsi
French (France)	Bras
German	Arm
Greek	Χέρι Chéri
Hungarian	Kar
Italian	Braccio
Japanese	自分の腕 Jibun no ude
Norwegian	Arm
Polish	Ramię
Portuguese (Brazil)	Braço
Portuguese (Portugal)	Braço
Romanian	Braț
Russian	Рука Ruka
Spanish (LatAm)	Brazo
Spanish (Spain)	Brazo
Swedish	Arm
Turkish	Kol