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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #350 on: February 28, 2012, 01:37:44 PM »
I'm so glad Nintendo rewarded me for pre-ordering with THEM by NOT giving me the artbook.  That is so nice.

Seriously, there are only TWO places that one can pre-order from.  Why the hell don't they offer the pre-order incentive to BOTH of them?

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« Reply #351 on: February 28, 2012, 01:42:03 PM »
Ian the game isn't out yet. They could still offer a bonus.It was your choice to order with them.
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« Reply #352 on: February 28, 2012, 02:25:04 PM »
Yeah, but I made my choice prior to this being revealed.  That's kind of changing the conditions after the fact.  It isn't like I pre-ordered years ahead of time or anything like that.  Nintendo started taking pre-orders, so I pre-ordered.  Maybe they should have told me about this first so I could have taken it into account beforehand.  Hell, at the time I pre-ordered I wasn't even sure if GameStop Canada was even in on this.  NOA seemed like the only safe choice.

Just seems like typical NOA bungling the easy stuff.

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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #353 on: February 28, 2012, 02:29:13 PM »
I'm so glad Nintendo rewarded me for pre-ordering with THEM by NOT giving me the artbook.  That is so nice.

Seriously, there are only TWO places that one can pre-order from.  Why the hell don't they offer the pre-order incentive to BOTH of them?


Totally possible Nintendo will offer the same bonus but not announce it until much later. NoA isn't exactly leading the pack when it comes to announcements and communicating with their core fanbase.


Also possible that GameStop has full say over how extras will be distributed with this exclusive release, since they took financial risk off Nintendo by offering to cover at least some of the publishing costs for the game in North America.  If it's coming out of their pocket, why not limit exclusive goods to their stores?


That said, you have LOTS of time to cancel your preorder and switch to GameStop if it really matters to you.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #354 on: February 28, 2012, 02:35:39 PM »
I was going to try to buy this from Nintendo's website but then I reconsidered. Despite the numerous crummy experiences I've had over the years at various GameStop locations, the company as a whole is largely responsible for Xenoblade being released here. They deserve my money. It feels weird to even type that and meant it.

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« Reply #355 on: February 28, 2012, 03:15:49 PM »
Yeah, but I made my choice prior to this being revealed.  That's kind of changing the conditions after the fact.  It isn't like I pre-ordered years ahead of time or anything like that.  Nintendo started taking pre-orders, so I pre-ordered.  Maybe they should have told me about this first so I could have taken it into account beforehand.  Hell, at the time I pre-ordered I wasn't even sure if GameStop Canada was even in on this.  NOA seemed like the only safe choice.

Just seems like typical NOA bungling the easy stuff.

When exactly did you preorder from Nintendo? If you preordered from Nintendo the day it was put up for preorder then that was way back in December It was also confirmed to come to Gamestop as well that day. 
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #356 on: February 28, 2012, 03:55:42 PM »
The pre-order went up for NOA's site and Gamestop on or around the same day, but the art book wasn't announced until recently. Ian's saying he pre-ordered before that extra bit of consideration surfaced.
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« Reply #357 on: February 28, 2012, 06:20:22 PM »
The pre-order went up for NOA's site and Gamestop on or around the same day, but the art book wasn't announced until recently. Ian's saying he pre-ordered before that extra bit of consideration surfaced.

I get that and I am saying that the extra consideration could happen for the online store from Nintendo as well. Ian just needs to exercise some patience thats all or if he doesn't want to do that he can get active with Nintendo and call them up and talk to them in a calm and rational manor that they should announce a bonus as well.
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« Reply #358 on: February 28, 2012, 06:52:58 PM »
Or, you know, he could cancel his preorder from Nintendo and go preorder it from GameStop, seeing as there's still over a month before it comes out. I'm not usually a big fan of GameStop, but this game probably wouldn't have come here without them so I think they deserve people's money in this case.
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« Reply #359 on: February 28, 2012, 07:32:40 PM »
Yep. That was kinda my point Insanolord. I think others mentioned it as well. Point being is that he could change his mind instead of sitting on his preorder. We are dancing around in an agreement guys.:)





╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #33 ☆╮
 
 Character Profile – Sharla
 
 Sharla is a 21-year-old playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles. She wields a rifle that uses ether energy, which she uses to great effect for defensive and healing purposes. She is sometimes referred to as “medic” in-game.
 
 When you first meet her, Sharla lives in Colony 6 with her younger brother Juju. Sharla is a clear thinker, able to keep a cool head in a bad situation. She hates the Mechon for everything they've done in the past, vowing to “scrap each and every last one” of them.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #360 on: February 28, 2012, 07:34:51 PM »
But cancelling a pre-order is like breaking a promise! It's akin to lying.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #361 on: February 28, 2012, 08:31:07 PM »
But cancelling a pre-order is like breaking a promise! It's akin to lying.

But its more like shifting the preorder over to another site rather than canceling it.

Anyway, the Nintendo site will probably have the artbook as well. I don't see why they would make two separate product runs for a game which is having a very small release anyway.
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« Reply #362 on: February 28, 2012, 09:00:57 PM »
It is possible that the artbook is being produced by GameStop.

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« Reply #363 on: February 28, 2012, 09:13:43 PM »
I don't see why they would make two separate product runs for a game which is having a very small release anyway.

I think it's safe to assume that the artbook will not be in the same package as the game, but separate from it. So the same copies could be stored in Nintendo's warehouses or sent to GameStop.
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« Reply #364 on: February 28, 2012, 09:42:20 PM »



╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #33 ☆╮
 
 Character Profile – Sharla
 
 Sharla is a 21-year-old playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles. She wields a rifle that uses ether energy, which she uses to great effect for defensive and healing purposes. She is sometimes referred to as “medic” in-game.
 
 When you first meet her, Sharla lives in Colony 6 with her younger brother Juju. Sharla is a clear thinker, able to keep a cool head in a bad situation. She hates the Mechon for everything they've done in the past, vowing to “scrap each and every last one” of them.

Bonus tidbit: the developers consulted the Dead or Alive physics team during development of this game. The reason is unknown, and I have no idea why I'm bringing it up now. ;)

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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #365 on: February 29, 2012, 12:37:18 AM »
But cancelling a pre-order is like breaking a promise! It's akin to lying.

But its more like shifting the preorder over to another site rather than canceling it.

Anyway, the Nintendo site will probably have the artbook as well. I don't see why they would make two separate product runs for a game which is having a very small release anyway.

Wow, that actually reminds me of this really great joke I once heard.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #366 on: February 29, 2012, 02:56:55 AM »
It is possible that the artbook is being produced by GameStop.

If that's true, I wonder if Gamestop will just slip it into their copies of the games. We all know Gamestop loves to open up shrinkwrapped games and then sell them as "new", but usually when they unshrinkwrap a game they end up taking something away (vouchers). It would be a refreshing change if they actually slipped something extra in for once.

Although you may get an artbook by buying it from Gamestop, this may come at the price of you getting an opened copy and possibly having one of their horrible retail stickers adhered to it as well. Maybe it would be better to just get it directly from Nintendo and forget about the artbook, because at least then your brand new game will actually be brand new.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #367 on: February 29, 2012, 06:15:11 PM »
but usually when they unshrinkwrap a game they end up taking something away (vouchers).

Doing that once is hardly "usually". Anyways, in the past when they offered artbooks as a bonus, they just hand you the artbook, they don't package it with the game.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #368 on: February 29, 2012, 06:47:56 PM »
It is possible that the artbook is being produced by GameStop.

If that's true, I wonder if Gamestop will just slip it into their copies of the games. We all know Gamestop loves to open up shrinkwrapped games and then sell them as "new", but usually when they unshrinkwrap a game they end up taking something away (vouchers). It would be a refreshing change if they actually slipped something extra in for once.

Although you may get an artbook by buying it from Gamestop, this may come at the price of you getting an opened copy and possibly having one of their horrible retail stickers adhered to it as well. Maybe it would be better to just get it directly from Nintendo and forget about the artbook, because at least then your brand new game will actually be brand new.

Then don't tend to give opened copies of games that are pre-ordered. They set those aside. It's the unfortunate people who walk in and spontaneously buy that get the opened copies. And the only time I have gotten a new game that was opened at Gamestop was when I was buying the last copy so I had to get the display box off the shelf.
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #369 on: March 08, 2012, 06:40:05 AM »
I wouldn't worry too much over the art book. It will most likely be a forgettable little thing of a dozen or two pages. The art books I got with Demon's Souls and Fate/Extra amounted to that much (I still love them though). Speaking of Fate/Extra, pre-ordering it from GameStop netted me an exclusive booklet. The art book that is being packed in with Xenoblade Chronicles is most likely a GameStop exclusive as well. Though, it doesn't make sense since the whole game is practically a GameStop exclusive.

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« Reply #370 on: March 13, 2012, 06:13:40 PM »
I tried posting this the other day but I had some issues with the copy and paste from a site so I had to post it on another forum and then copy and post it from that forum to this forum. So here it is.

I got this from OPRainfalls site.

Gem Crafting 101 Part 1

Each material has a value for certain stats enhancers. Say, Agility Up or Poison Defense. To gain a Gem from materials, you need to raise the stat above 100. This will ensure a Gem will be created. The trick is to select Crystals and Cylinders until you reach a 100+ value on the stat of your preference. This is a delicate proccess, as when the value is over 100 you can not add any more to it. So it's imporant to keep materials for crafting in order.

Thankfully the game helps you, with highlighting the material compatiable with another material. This means they enhance at least one of the stats of your chosen material. Continue until you’ve reached a 100+ stat and try to not have more than 3 or 4 stat enhancement affected in total.

Gem Crafting 101 Part 2

This is probably the most confusing part as it involves Flames, Fever and whatnot. This is where is get's really confusing, but in short: during crafting the Shooter and the Engineer will boost the stat values of the enhancements chosen through your materials and will fill the Cylinder gauge respectively. How many times they will boost and fill is dependent upon the Affinity of the chosen characters.

A good exmaple would be to put Reyn in Shooter and Shulk in Engineer roles, but this may vary depending upon your personal game. Then select a balanced approach of the best boost of the Shooter and the most stable Flames of the Engineer (with a high Affinity of course)

Now the animation will start. You can fast-forward through it by holding the A button. Depending upon the selection of your Shooter and Engineer (and just plain luck) your enhancements will be boosted and your Cylinder Gauge (the green gauge right of the ehancements list) will fill up. When they are done, all enhancements with values above 100 will be converted into Gems. If you have values above 200 these will display as ‘Heat’ and will generate a higher Rank Gem instead (as a bonus it also boosts other values)!

Gem Crafting 101 Part 3

Now comes the crucial part: any enhancement values under 100 will be up for Cylindration. This is where the Cylinder Gauge comes into play. Depending upon the Cylinder number on top, you can select just as many enhancement values. Each selected value will be ‘recycled’ into a Cylinder, to be used as a future material in adifferent crafting session. Once your Cylinder amount is empty, all remaining enhancement values will be lost.

This is why you should aim for 3 to 4 enhancement values while selecting materials as mentioned earlier. If you go overboard with 5-7 values, you might lose materials in the end as they cannot be Cylindrized. Of course, you can still hit an unlucky crafting streak and only generate 2 Cylinders even with a great character couple, but that’s the luck of the draw. What works best in terms of the amount of values chosen is wholly dependent upon the characters’ ability as a Shooter or Engineer and their Affinity.

Once you’ve selected all values for Cylindration, the game will hand you the resulting Cylinders and Gems to put into your inventory. As space is limited, be sure you have enough space left before starting the process. You’ll then be asked to continue for another session or quit crafting.

These are the basics of Gem Crafting, there is so much to this mechanic that we can't even keep it all in parts. We hope this info was beneficial to you, and help's you all on your adventure in the world of Xenoblade.

Also the game is 24 days away from release in North America do you have it preordered?
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« Reply #371 on: March 14, 2012, 03:35:54 AM »
Thanks for the reminder, Maxi. I convinced my wife that this could be our 'game purchase' for the first half of the year (it's all our budget allows until debts are paid) but I keep forgetting to pre-order it. I'll do it tomorrow at the local GameStop. Figure I may as well grab the free art book.
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« Reply #372 on: March 14, 2012, 09:17:28 AM »
Glad I could remind you. I need to go down to Gamestop and recheck on my preorder. I have it preordered but I need to get a recipt for my preorder. I think I may have misplaced it somewhere in my room. Also you got some new followers on your twitter account.
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« Reply #373 on: March 14, 2012, 05:06:47 PM »
My twitter? I haven't tweeted in a while. Suppose I should start that up again... as soon as I reactivate my facebook page ;)
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Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012
« Reply #374 on: March 16, 2012, 08:23:16 PM »
I just got a response back from Nintendo, and the pre-order art book is indeed a GameStop exclusive.
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