The long awaited Xenoblade Chronicles X episode is finally here.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/42219/episode-466-part-2-a-lot-more-than-we-could-manage
After months of promises, Radio Free Nintendo finally is delivering the Xenoblade Chronicles X spoilercast. If the previous sentence doesn't give enough warning, there are plenty of spoilers for Monolith Soft's world-exploration JRPG in this episode; so you'll probably want to skip this one if you haven't finished the game. Conveniently, if you still need a Radio Free Nintendo fix, we already released an episode covering last week's Nintendo Direct - we moved it up just so you would still have something to listen to. Surprising even to us, we care.
We talk mechanics, story, world, and whatever else we can think of in this massive show. We ponder hot topics like "at what point is xenophobia justified," and "how many arms manufacturers is the bare minimum for space exploration." Loose threads are tied, Skells are perfected, Hexad Particans are polished and giant space gorillas vaporized.
Thanks to everyone who sent in emails for this episode. We had more participation than we had time to use, which is an awesome problem to have.
Next week we're returning to our regular format, so send your questions or comments to our mailbag.
Also, stay tuned to the RFN feed for a special interview of frequent guest Michael "TYP" Cole, by former RFN host Dr. Jonathan Metts, later this week.
We had been mostly praising the game in the months leading to the spoilercast so I basically unloaded everything about the game that bothered me. So naturally I sounded more down on the game than I actually was. There was a lot to enjoy while exploring Mira. I just needed to vent on the stuff that bugged me.
Admittedly, I might have played a bit more of it, or playing through it faster than I would have liked, due to the spoilercast we promised.
It's surprisingly easy to sound negative on a podcast. At least one person managed to come away from the last retroactive thinking we didn't like Viewtiful Joe, when I thought we were all very positive about it.