Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles Wii / 3DS / Definitive Edition

[Stratos]

Nice. I like the looks of it.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Xenoblade website is updated
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/

and the trailer is now posted on the official site
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/trailers/index.html



Now is someone with some photoshop skills could use the logo at the top and the image on the main page of the official site and create a larger boxart, then we are good to go.

[Mannypon]

Looks like this game has now become officially the spiritiual Episode IV of the Zeno saga.  It seems the Gods in the games are Gears from the previous installments.  What I don't get is that this in fact would make all the characters in the game insanely small as the gears in the previous games were not too much larger than the main characters, if I remember correctly. 
 
http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2010/040110a.html

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Xenogods

[Mannypon]

lol, if this turns out to really be true, I don't know how I feel about it.  It just weirds me out to think these people living on these gods are the size of ants or something lol.

[Adrock]

The title of that article is "AFD: Xenoblade Ties to Xeno Series Revealed." AFD = April Fools Day. The best April Fools jokes are either so absurd they're funny or too good to be true. This falls into the latter for Xeno fans, but means next to nothing to everyone else. It might garner a "Oh, neat" at best.

One is Brigandier, the gear of Bart Fatima from Xenogears and the other is E.S. Dinah from Xenosaga. Since these prior games were published by another developer, the names will be changed to avoid any potential conflict.

1. This would mean Nintendo didn't get the rights to Xenosaga like a lot of people thought which would have been the most intriguing news in the article (if this wasn't fake). As far as I know, ownership of the rights to Xenosaga haven't been made clear. In any case, it'd be nice if Nintendo obtained the rights to Xenogears from Square Enix and Xengosaga from Namco Bandai so Tetsuya Takahashi could have full access to the entire universe he created. It's not like either company is doing anything with those series.
2. "...published by another developer..." What?

[Ymeegod]

Xenosaga was trilogy and they did end it.  Xeno isn't a copyright name, that would be like saying you can't have the word "Final" in a title.   Xenogears is still owned by the publisher.

And I really wouldn't see the tie-in to those other games working anyhow.  Sure you might throw in some names/faces (like FF does with CID) but with the story ane events I think youre better off starting with something new and fresh.

Though I love seeing another xeno game I going miss Baten's orginal card-combat system (I taking about the first one, Orgins sucked with that sharing deck crap).

[Adrock]

Xenosaga was supposed to be six games, the first 3 being a trilogy in that it featured the same cast. I think the plan was for Xenosaga IV to take places several hundreds of years after III but Namco stopped the series after III apparently due to not meeting sales expectations. From what I understand, Xenosaga basically rebooted Xenogears which, strangely enough, was episode V in that series. Okay, it's not really a series since it's only one game, but it was planned as a series.

[Stratos]

I don't think it's been noted here yet, but Classic Controller support has been confirmed for the game.

[KisakiProject]

I'm a huge Xenogears/Xenosaga fan.  I'm pretty excited about this.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Xenoblade video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi7lYpde62U

Trailer #2 is up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMSpLIB62g

[KDR_11k]

The animal animations looked weak...

[Dirk Temporo]

All the animations look weak. Especially the combat. It's pretty inexcusable.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Disaster: RPG

[noname2200]

It needs a different art direction.

[BlackNMild2k1]

It needs a different art direction.

I think it's a little late for that.

[noname2200]

It needs a different art direction.

I think it's a little late for that.

It was more of a criticism than a desire, but you're correct.

[ThePerm]

so, what about this game is different that would make me want to buy an RPG?

[noname2200]

so, what about this game is different that would make me want to buy an RPG?

Do you like giant robots? Is the idea of funny-looking swords something that appeals to you? Do you feel nostalgia for early PS2-level graphics?

[BlackNMild2k1]

so, what about this game is different that would make me want to buy an RPG?

It's played like an MMORPG like WOW but isn't a MMORPG.
Is that different enough for a console RPG?

[Dirk Temporo]

Do you feel nostalgia for early PS2-level graphics?

Are you actually blind but like to express your opinions on graphics in games as though you weren't?

[BlackNMild2k1]

We have a Japanese Release date and Price for this game from the Nintendo Retailer Meeting last night:

Xenoblade (Wii, Nintendo)
- June 10th
- 6,800 yen

[BlackNMild2k1]

Also a vid with some new scenes up on the official site
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/world/index.html

some animation looks a little weird, but the backgrounds look good.

[noname2200]

Do you feel nostalgia for early PS2-level graphics?

Are you actually blind but like to express your opinions on graphics in games as though you weren't?

Ooh, Ice Burn!

[BlackNMild2k1]

Some additional info about Xenoblade from retailer listings and the   retailer meeting yesterday:
 
  - Monolithsoft estimates the game to be 70-80 hours long, over 100 hours   if you decide to enjoy all the optional content
 
  - The entire world in Xenoblade is "seamless" and all areas flow   naturally and continuously. But there are loading breaks when you   travel between major areas. Major areas are defined as different body   parts of the two gods. So travelling from the region of the lower leg up   to the knee area, there will be loading.
 
  - The battles are all in realtime and seamless as well. No   transitions or break, and you can see enemies roaming on the fields.   When you attack enemies normally, you use auto-attack which makes the   character automatically attack the targeted enemy continuously with   regular attacks. If you manage to move behind an enemy or to the enemy's   sides, you can trigger special attacks called Arts.
 
  - Xenoblade's soundtrack is composed by Yoko Shimomura, and she's   the only one mentioned in relation to the pre-order "special   soundtrack" bonus. If there are other composers involved, they haven't   been mentioned, but it's clear she's the main composer.