From what I understand, she says something along the lines of her Driver looking easy to manipulate. So that's a thing!
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From what I understand, she says something along the lines of her Driver looking easy to manipulate. So that's a thing!
Exentryk
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Cucurbitacée
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In the video he uses the pronoun "boku", so it's better to assume he's a boy.
Quick and rough translations.
Video
*Well uhm, since Hotaru's gender is ambiguous...
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*Well uhm, since Hotaru's gender is ambiguous...
Taiki's Twitter account for those who are curious
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I have heard girls using boku, so it's...kind of hard to know. Fixed my translations a bit to reflect that though.Cucurbitacée;250384787 said:
Cucurbitacée
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Me too, but I asked someone who knows better Japanese and he confirmed that "boku" is not commonly used for girl, and usually when they want to give a "tough" image.
Yes.
MetalliCabombination
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Im interested in seeing how you fight using a ball without making it shaolin soccer.
Hope its not as simple as wakka.
Hope its not as simple as wakka.
Ah... just remind me how bad FFX was...
Jim_Cacher
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Boku 僕 is definitely used by male. I believe it is very rare that a girl refers herself with this word.
Except in the world of anime, where it's used quite a lot. I'd say this Blade's gender is ambiguous at best for now...
That said, I hope Hotaru's two-faced nature implies that we'll have Blade bonding side quests not just with story Blades, but the rare Blades as well!
Jim_Cacher
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Yeah, I need to agree with this though...
enoirmeplz
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I'd doubt it at this point. I think they should've made that trailer a separate direct. I'd expect some videos about gameplay mechanics at most.
Neoleo2143
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I'm not expecting too many even though Monolith Soft definitely has quite a few artists to go through. I'm expecting quite a few to never be shown at all, however.
As for the new Blade, it looks pretty good. The art seems to have transferred over better than the previous shown one.
That trailer wouldn't have been enough for its own direct, I don't think. And I certainly don't think getting focus in one direct means a game can't get its own when it's happened before. ARMS had a whole segment in one April direct that was almost as long as XBC2's before getting its own direct in May.
foxuzamaki
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Nice!
foxuzamaki
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Uh oh, looks like we got one of those archetypes lol
Late to the party on this one, but just saw this fella while browsing the Xenoblade Twitter page & DAMN he looks badass.
Neoleo2143
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6RhWnTEJnw
Xenoblade 2 is at 58:31
They showed off the newest build at Milan Games Week, this one definitely looks the most complete.
- You can toggle a simpler UI in the middle of battle that removes descriptions, helpful for removing clutter.
- The UI issue where the level of special art is not shown for the first stage has been resolved.
- The Unique Monster Theme has changed again?
- The Fonsa Myma Night theme can be heard
- There's a mechanic where you can combine the Break, Topple, Launch with the Special Arts
- Extending Chain Attacks seems to be based on Bursting the Elemental Orbs rather than random affinity between characters.
- There's an announcer like Baten Kaitos who exclaims when something rad is happening
- There is probably way more choice making at any given moment than either Xenoblade X or the original.
It's looking rather good.
Xenoblade 2 is at 58:31
They showed off the newest build at Milan Games Week, this one definitely looks the most complete.
- You can toggle a simpler UI in the middle of battle that removes descriptions, helpful for removing clutter.
- The UI issue where the level of special art is not shown for the first stage has been resolved.
- The Unique Monster Theme has changed again?
- The Fonsa Myma Night theme can be heard
- There's a mechanic where you can combine the Break, Topple, Launch with the Special Arts
- Extending Chain Attacks seems to be based on Bursting the Elemental Orbs rather than random affinity between characters.
- There's an announcer like Baten Kaitos who exclaims when something rad is happening
- There is probably way more choice making at any given moment than either Xenoblade X or the original.
It's looking rather good.
Switch need a second screen
TheGreatLugia
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New thread?
Might be a good idea.
Mister Wolf
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I'm liking these guest artist rare blades. Takahashi using his connections. Where my Kentaro Miura rare blade at Takahashi? I'd love to see what him or the Blade Of The Immortal artist would come up with.
Mister Wolf
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I'm gonna go hard on this game. I'm talking full time job hours.
HP might have been modified for showing off the battle system, as was previously claimed they did for Gamescom.
Neoleo2143
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There's also different kinds of commentary, for example, when Rex gets demolished by an aggressive driver, he comments "Don't worry, we'll get em' next time".
You can also boost aspects of the Blade when you summon them.
The Menu was also changed a bit.
I doubt that. But it probably seems slow because we don't have the game in our hands and the guy is trying to explain all these systems and features.
You can also boost aspects of the Blade when you summon them.
The Menu was also changed a bit.
I doubt that. But it probably seems slow because we don't have the game in our hands and the guy is trying to explain all these systems and features.
https://youtu.be/t6RhWnTEJnw?t=1h1m32s
at 1:1:32 pyra moonwalks out of existence and then slides in from the other side of the frame? the blade characters walking around on the field and connecting to the player characters via a beam all feels so redundant ...
beautiful landscapes and colors.
TheGreatLugia
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Tora is up.
https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/914748869975535617
レックスのオトモ...いやオトモダチ、我らがノポン族の「トラ」（ボイス：野中藍さん）を紹介しますも！トラはドライバーに憧れるメカ好きの男の子。レックスのことを「アニキ」と呼んで慕ってますも。 残念ながらドライバーの素質は無いけれど、トラにはヒミツの切り札があるんですも！それは...続く！
Jim_Cacher
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Tora is not a driver...? So the mech girl is made by him?
Exentryk
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Wonder if that means he can only have that one "blade"?
In the demo footage, Tora is not included when getting blades like Rex it seems. Also, it seems that he will be getting variants on his default blade, since his blade's name ends with the alpha symbol.
DistortionOfReality
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4:58:31 for me, just incase people cant find it at the above time.
Exentryk
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Good point. So replacing Rex and having more blade options would also be a big party consideration.
Jim_Cacher
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Wow, this is cool. I wonder how the mech girl transforms. Could it be crafting? Or same as others, through affinity level? This is getting interesting.
TheGreatLugia
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foxuzamaki
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I love his design
Translation from reddit, which in turn found it on 4chan:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/comments/73ref1/tora_time/dnsirqo/
Aw, Tora considers Rex his big brother.
Well so far (1) Tora can fight and (2):
Credit to Exentryk for the gif.
That's great. Truly, Tora is already best party member!
Love Tora. He just seems like such a happy, go-lucky-go. It's nice to finally also have a Nopon party member who isn't a "grizzly old man" archetype. I realize that Tatsu was younger than Riki, but he still had a bit of that air with him.
The disheartening part to this footage is seeing that the crew is level 22 and still doesn't seem to feature different armour pieces... I'm really hopeful that we'll still have some way of customizing the appearance of our party members, but hte more we see, the less I'm convinced this is going to be the case.
The disheartening part to this footage is seeing that the crew is level 22 and still doesn't seem to feature different armour pieces... I'm really hopeful that we'll still have some way of customizing the appearance of our party members, but hte more we see, the less I'm convinced this is going to be the case.
Neoleo2143
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Tora reminds me of the same kind of grit and energetic optimism that powered the original Xenoblade's quest. Really great idea to have an "artificial duo" that isn't any less valid than any other.
TheGreatLugia
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Poppi α is up.
https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/915110766323294208
トラのブレイド、「ハナ」（ボイス：久野美咲さん）ですも！ハナは、トラが作り上げた人工ブレイド。もちろんノポン語も完璧に使いこなしますも。 そのパワフルなメタリックボディには、男の子の夢がいろいろと詰まっているそうですも！オトコノコのユメ モノポンにはちょっと良くわかりませんも。
Jim_Cacher
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She is called Hana (Flower) in Japanese. The flower on her chest is quite fitting!
BrokenJohnCena
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Im starting to think that Switch 2 will be a fully evolved wii u for some reasons