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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #100 on: May 09, 2007, 04:57:47 AM »
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We probably should not make judgments of the 37 NamCamboDaiRai whatever games until they are revealed.


Correct.

Let us just safely assume that they are all Digimon games.
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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #101 on: May 09, 2007, 05:12:24 AM »
Nah, 36 Digimon games and Soul Calibur Legends
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #102 on: May 09, 2007, 05:22:39 AM »
Nah, as I said.

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I corrected it to include the two Soul Caliburs.  
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #103 on: May 09, 2007, 07:02:46 AM »
Ceric had me beat all along.
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #104 on: May 09, 2007, 07:18:54 AM »
Where the f*ck are the Gundam games? Digimon isn't the only thing Banco whores to death you know!
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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #105 on: May 09, 2007, 07:42:36 AM »
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Nah, as I said.

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I corrected it to include the two Soul Caliburs.


Recorrected to Include more Gundam.
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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #106 on: May 09, 2007, 07:27:49 PM »
Going back to the title of this thread, I'm not all that certain Nintendo even wants Xenosaga.

The series ended prematurely because Bananaco was unhappy with the sales, correct? If the sales weren't good enough for them, why would profit-minded Nintendo want it?

I understand RPGs have been a weak point (MASSIVE DAMAGE) for Nintendo consoles the past couple of generations, but I don't see Xenosaga being much help since it apparantly wasn't all that popular.
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #107 on: May 09, 2007, 08:30:58 PM »
Isn't that the whole point though? Nintendo is addressing one of their major weaknesses.

I don't know the sales figures of Xenosaga, but could it have been possible for Xenosaga to have performed better on GCN due to lack of competition? I think it's a possibility.

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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #108 on: May 09, 2007, 08:41:08 PM »
I really don't think Nintendo should let the sales of Xenosaga dictate whether they want the series. It was shown last generation that sometimes games just perform better on one console instead of another, which can be contributed to at least three things:

1. Competition
2. Marketing
3. Company/Brand recognition

With NIntendo's name behind Xenosaga, it could perform really well especially since they are supposed to be quality RPGs.
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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #109 on: May 10, 2007, 03:31:51 AM »
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1 Wii Exclusive Soul Calibur Legends (w/ unlockable Digimon/SD Gundam Cutesy Raising Game)
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I corrected it to include the two Soul Caliburs.
Recorrected to Include more Gundam.
RRC to Include Space Station Tycoon

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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #110 on: May 11, 2007, 06:52:57 AM »
Okay, I would like me some Xenosaga, but in my opinion it isn't exactly what Nintendo is going for...a huge-budget movie-game that doesn't make much profit?  Fair enough, Nintendo isn't totally abandoning this classic type of game, but it's not the company's focus.  Grabbing up a expensive second-tier RPG doesn't necessarilly do a ton for Wii...but anything could happen.

But if I were in Nintendo's place I'd either be looking for a top-tier RPG (Final Fantasy) or a cheap, innovative RPG (DQ Swords, maybe?).  Be big or be different...
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #111 on: May 11, 2007, 08:52:29 PM »
This is great news and I don't want to turn it into a bad thing, but what if it doesn't turn out as well as we all know it could? Monolith Soft is the first notable second party acquisition since Silicon Knights. I, personally, feel that Silicon Knights could have done great things on Wii (and beyond) and Nintendo really didn't tap their potential. I'd hate to see the same happen with Monolith Soft.

Also, on a related note, Silicon Knights was the 2nd team Nintendo had remake a 3rd party title (Brownie Brown with Sword of Mana being the first). It makes me wonder what Nintendo has planned of Monolith Soft. Given how difficult it is to create a mega-hit RPG and Square-Enix's recent remake frenzy, the implications here seem too obvious to ignore. Nintendo wants RPGs on Wii, going as far as to invest heavily in a known RPG developer, and Square-Enix has been freeing up their in-house teams for original content by employing outside development teams for remakes and ports (Matrix Software co-developed FFIII). I don't think Nintendo would do it (i.e. use their own resources) unless they got something big. So what hasn't Square-Enix remade yet? Chrono series comes to mind. And though my personal favorite is VI, Nintendo couldn't go bigger than scoring FFVII.

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RE:Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #112 on: May 11, 2007, 09:26:41 PM »
I suppose Xenosaga backed with Nintendo marketing and virtually no other competition from other RPGs would stand a better chance than it did on the PS2, but I still think that isn't the direction Nintendo wants to go with Monolith.

Partly because their first collaboration, Disaster: Day of Crisis isn't an RPG (I think). But mainly because the reason Nintendo gave for their acquisition of Monolith was that they "share the same vision". Somehow, I don't think hours of cutscenes is part of Nintendo's vision.

Now, that could have been a bunch of BS, but if it isn't I believe Nintendo wants Monolith to move towards more action-y type games. They would still be story driven games with a fair amount of cutscenes and voice acting and whatnot, but with gameplay having much more of a focus.

I also see the connection with SK, and I believe that's what Nintendo wants from Monolith. I think Monolith has more potential saleswise than SK simply because they're a Japanese dev. Japanese games have a chance of selling well outside of Japan, but SK's western style really only limits potential success to the west.

But isn't all this talk of Xenosaga moot anyway? I haven't played the last game, but I thought the story was supposed to be wrapped up.

If we do get any Xenosaga lovin', it will probably only be ports of the trilogy.
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #113 on: May 13, 2007, 05:26:03 PM »
Sooooo... Shenmue 3?

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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
« Reply #114 on: May 13, 2007, 07:51:37 PM »
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RE: Xenosaga to be a Nintendo exclusive?
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