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[LordOcidax]

Xenoblade X will be remembered as the necessary weirdo like SMB2, Zelda 2, Final Fantasy 2

One of the best games of the Wii U. Also is funny that XCX ended up with a best MC score than FFXV. XCX is a GOAT jrpg.

 

[WonderzL]

So, same universe?

No, he is talking about world-building and exploration X brought to the series

 

[TheGreatLugia]

ashujcmikoa,lvsmadknujoam the final fantasy shade

Throwing shade at a dude who's designing a character for his own game?

I wonder what a Takahashi directed Final Fantasy would be like.

Xenogears' script was originally pitched as an idea for Final Fantasy VII, but Takahashi and Saga were told the concept was "too dark and complicated for a fantasy."

 

[Filter]

Hearing him mention Galaxy Express 999 like that just makes me wish they'd make a good 999 game. Not much comes close to the surreal childlike logic of that story.

And it would need ugly tetsuro. Not that pretty boy anime version.

 

[NHarmonic.]

Lol, one and done.

Looks like animu game number 1000+

 

[Servbot24]

It's okay because she's actually a 1000 year old sword.

 

[Draconian]

I love that Takahashi loves Oliver! That's awesome. Looking forward to this.

 

[Buzzi]

If he really doesn't want to write solemn philosophical (maybe cringe for someone) games then he should not have made a 100+ hours prequel with A TON of misteries and ending with a cliffhanger. I don't care if X was disliked by most here and if the concept changed in the years, he didn't script it etc., it's Golden Sun all over again and he should not be proud to leave it at that at all as a writer.

That said, I've understood through multiple interviews that he loves to contradict himself so often, it's actually the third bit of info about the future of the series from this E3 and also the third time he seems to change his stance...

 

[jdstorm]

This sounds amazing. Great Love stories in video games are reasonably rare and often tragic. If Monolith Soft are serious about giving this type of story their best effort thats a really good thing.

Good Luck Everyone, can't wait to play your game when it is finished.

 

[Aostia]

One of these days I need to watch Galaxy Express 999. That seems to be huge among Japanese creators.

haven't you ever seen it?
it is SO good.
Btw, nice message. Looking forward for his updates.

 

[takriel]

She and the sword are basically the same, Rex (the boy) wields the blade and she powers him up, if he dies she dies as well.

The ultimate woman-depending-on-man trope. My God.

I want to love this game but this stuff makes me so angry.

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

The ultimate woman-depending-on-man trope. My God.

I want to love this game but this stuff makes me so angry.

There could be a set of characters that have it the other way around, which would be pretty cool.

 

[Carcetti]

Freud would have a field day with this game.

 

[SOLDIER]

Xenogears was already a Boy-meets-Girl game.

Spoiler

he just meets her several times through reincarnation.

And at one point they have a 4,000 year old daughter with T-1000 abilities.

 

[Korigama]

The ultimate woman-depending-on-man trope. My God.

I want to love this game but this stuff makes me so angry.

Pretty sure it works the same way with all of the other Blade/Driver pairings they've shown as well (including ones where the blade is either male or an animal).

 

[Bossking]

The ultimate woman-depending-on-man trope. My God.

I want to love this game but this stuff makes me so angry.

Wait, wouldn't the man be depending on the woman in this case, or at the very least a co-dependence? Like, wouldn't the main boy just be powerless without the main girl?

 

[Mister Wolf]

It's okay because she's actually a 1000 year old sword.

He just wanted her in that outfit like KOS-MOS another "weapon" girl from one of his previous works. I doubt you will get a "she photosynthesizes light" explanation.

 

[TheGreatLugia]

The ultimate woman-depending-on-man trope. My God.

I want to love this game but this stuff makes me so angry.

XC1 had one of my favorite female videogame characters, and I thought Elma and Lin were both solid leads in XCX, so I want to give Takahashi the benefit of the doubt as far as Pyra's character goes.

 

[Filter]

He just wanted her in that outfit like KOS-MOS another "weapon" girl from one of his previous works. I doubt you will get a "she photosynthesizes light" explanantion

Those are the traditional hot pants and implants handed down through history

 

[Rncewind]

Those are the traditional hot pants and implants handed down through history

lmao

 

[blue_phazon]

Looks like I'll only be playing this game in handheld mode at home and not docked lol

 

[encephalon]

This design would work if her "skirt" wasn't even less than that of whatever Ashe was wearing.

 

[FinalAres]

I'm soooo glad the story is unconnected to the first, as that means I can play this without worrying about playing the first.

Definitely need to play the first. Its one of those games I played, didn't finish and sold. Oops.

 

[Andyliini]

Sounds good. I loved both previous Xenoblade games, so I'll get this on day 1, no doubt. Then again, if they make the release date, it's only around a month after Super Mario Galaxy. Hopefully I have time play all these games.

 

[Dantero]

As long as it doesn't get censored I'll get it.

 

[Demonfang]

Sounds more like the xenoblade chronicles continuation i wanted. I understand why some fans may prefer X's style but its just not for me.

 

[Hattori]

This design would work if her "skirt" wasn't even less than that of whatever Ashe was wearing.

I don't think it's a skirt

 

[random25]

The ultimate woman-depending-on-man trope. My God.

I want to love this game but this stuff makes me so angry.

You can also call it the other way around as it's also her role to protect the driver (male) because she dies if he dies.

 

[Rabid Dwarf 76]

It's okay because she's actually a 1000 year old sword.

So...battle tested? My kind of sword!

 

[Ex-Psych]

Don't like how the main character looks but if it's like the other Xenoblade games, it should give me the ability to armor dress up

 

[DangerMouse]

Xenogears was already a Boy-meets-Girl game.

Spoiler

he just meets her several times through reincarnation.

And at one point they have a 4,000 year old daughter with T-1000 abilities.

Yeah.

Takahashi-sama please don't scare us lol.

Certainly confirms that the game was already in quite a progress when it was revealed. It already has some story bits at its 1st trailer after all.

Yup. Can't wait so hopefully it really does make it.

 

[Hattori]

This guy looks badass though

 

[AColdDay]

The character designs are flat out awful for this game. I am hoping that the main character will gain access to a proper pair of pants sometime during the course of the game.

It is a shame because I loved the character designs of Baten Kaitos.

 

[Froli]

The voice acting is horrible. I hope it was just rushed for the presentation lol

 

[Omegasquash]

I want to want this, I really do. X was really quickly a letdown for me though.

Gorgeous, but a letdown.

 

[RPGCrazied]

This guy looks badass though

Is he the one that joins your party? At least it looks like he does in the one art image.

 

[encephalon]

I don't think it's a skirt

Looks dumb regardless.

 

[brinstar]

can't wait!

 

[Macchiato]

But I want hot, stylish guys...

I actually think if it's one thing we need more of, it's hot stylish guys.

 

[Hag]

That's a nice sword alright >:3

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Definitely looks like something I'll enjoy and I'll definitely play it. It is indeed something very different from past works. I do enjoy how much "the spaceship you're riding on crashes" happens in multiple Zeno games and even the village on fire happened twice.

Still hoping for a continuation of X with its hard sci-fi story and mechs.

 

[T.O.P]

I like how the chick looks, it's the male mc that i can't stand

I also skipped X so this one i need day one

 

[Taruranto]

Man, Takahashi seems different these days. At least it also seems like he's having fun.

 

[SporeCrawler]

She is the sword right ? Do that mean she is welding herself in this picture ? How do that work

so its kinda like persona. they are like summons that appear when you use certain weapons.

 

[squall23]

Man I really want to look forward to this game, but it seems like such a departure from most of the things I liked about Xenoblade X. Battle system seems far too simple and slow and has lost the positioning strategies, targeting specific appendages, arts being able to be double-charged, and an overdrive equivalent. The combat in X was, at times, too slow despite all of those extra mechanics. The character design is gross and it seems Takahashi is implying the game is moving away from the deeper world-building narrative style that made Xenoblade X's transhumanism so satisfying to me. Hopefully I'm wrong and the game turns out great, but it looks like it's moving away from most of the things that made Xenoblade X memorable

He's not even implying it. He outright says in another interview that this will be more like the original instead of X which makes it much more appealing for me.

 

[SporeCrawler]

she is actually in line with the other female protagonists regarding her design

 

[Davey Cakes]

I like how the chick looks, it's the male mc that i can't stand

If they just gave both of these characters actual pants there would be zero issues.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

So where's the Pyra + Fi fanart at

 

[Earthpainting]

I'm glad he's doing something different. The JRPG genre will be richer with this addition of a coming of age boy-meets-girl story with weapon-tans, panty-robots and promises under the mana tree.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I'm up for whatever your putting down takahashi.