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Xenoblade 2 confirmed for Holiday 2017
- Thread starter Cerium
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I think he will become taller as the story progresses.
JoeyJungle
Banned
I'm excited for the game, but that trailer...
#Pray4DualAudio
#Pray4DualAudio
NormalFish
Banned
fucking nomura lmao
Spiritreaver
Member
Looks great to me, but I'm a rather newcomer to Xenoblade (played some XCX and XC 3DS). Characters designs are the only downer, but I liked the blade designs and can't wait to collect them all. >_> I'm a sucker for pokemon/summon type mechanics in my RPGs.
Still can't believe it's hitting this year. Game will be beautiful in handheld mode.
Still can't believe it's hitting this year. Game will be beautiful in handheld mode.
Peach, Rosalina and Daisy are all taller then Mario
Impa is taller then link (Zelda is around the same height)
Samus is tall. So off the top of my head its pretty common in Nintendo games.
Thanks for catching that ... it looks more like he's falling from the rock but Pyra did jump so there is hope
Mister Wolf
Member
Gimme a break.
I think he means traditional jrpgs with anime aesthetic or something along that line
aitakute
Crazy, yes? I even live in Japan too.
Foxy the Fox
Member
Now that you mention it, Nintendo has great representation for short men/tall woman.
Both previous Xenoblade titles let you. hange your characters' appearances by equiping new armor. X went a step further and let you equip armor in fashion slots that overrode the look of your character without adjusting stats. Xenoblade 2 will likely continue this trend.
Looks like the guy with the eyepatch is also playable. You can see him on the key art with some of the other party members.
Exentryk
Member
love her design as well.
So far I like the designs except the MC.
She also seems great in battle with her quick attacks. If we can build her with high attack power, the dps will be great!
I really dislike the way the main character looks. I can sort of look past the dumb design of the girl because I've played other Xeno games, but I really hope you can cover that guy's face with a helmet or something.
love her design as well.
So far I like the designs except the MC.
I really wish they would have tried out Tora during that demo, as I'm curious to get a closer look at his Blade. From what was seen, it's a young boy or girl with a robotic body?
the girl really is a master class in character desing compared to the guy. He's outiff is crazy.
They look really strange together.
I guess I'm just referencing the fact that video games make the overwhelming percentage of their profit from males 25-34. They have the most expendable income to blow on games, and the first generation of full-time-hobby gamers are in their mid 30s now. Creating games with child protagonists seems like an odd choice in that light, and I think it's even stranger to then make the child protagonist companion be a slightly older female with an extremely "voluptuous" figure. Don't get me wrong, me and Taro Yoko both love the ladies and I'm not trying to turn the discussion into a sexism argument, I just think the whole aesthetic of the character designs is really weird. All of the Switch commercials we've seen so far have shown athletic people in their early 20s, do you know a lot of people like that who are looking for long RPGs with 11 year old main characters? I just don't know who the target audience for these character designs is.
Yeah, this
Edit: Changed the body description to be a bit less hyperbolic
SynthFetish
Member
Looks good to me.
I preferred the design and music of X, but this do nicely.
I preferred the design and music of X, but this do nicely.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Just found this quote from Takahashi (source):
”The way I see it," says Takahashi, ”I feel as though Xenoblade 1 and 2 are connected and linked in the sense that they're linear and story-driven games, whereas Xenoblade Chronicles X was more focused on open world and exploration, and maybe an online aspect. I feel like I'd like to continue to create games separating those two aspects out."
Xenoblade 2 existing doesn't seem to rule out a Xenoblade X sequel down the line.
He's credited for designing a character named Torna. I didn't hear the name in the trailer or see it at all during the treehouse event, but I'm assuming Torna is this character:
”The way I see it," says Takahashi, ”I feel as though Xenoblade 1 and 2 are connected and linked in the sense that they're linear and story-driven games, whereas Xenoblade Chronicles X was more focused on open world and exploration, and maybe an online aspect. I feel like I'd like to continue to create games separating those two aspects out."
Xenoblade 2 existing doesn't seem to rule out a Xenoblade X sequel down the line.
He's credited for designing a character named Torna. I didn't hear the name in the trailer or see it at all during the treehouse event, but I'm assuming Torna is this character:
We don't know yet, just that their name is "Torna." Popular opinion seems to be the guy in the mask.
Mister Wolf
Member
Gonna be interesting to find out If Blades are natural lifeforms or synthetic made. They all look so different from each other.
JershJopstin
Banned
He said something similar on Treehouse but not explicitly the bolded. I think that's good; while I preferred the OG Xenoblade, there's some things from X that I'll miss.
I'm not sure I buy that, since XCX was terrifically expensive and pretty much a bomb sales-wise, regardless of how much us dedicated fans loved the experience. I hope they can marry the two somewhat; a more serious, adult story with a focus on exploration for the XCX2 or something, but I'm doubtful they'll put the resources that direction if XC2 is a big success.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Takahashi has gone on record saying the Xenoblade games have a "mid-tier" budget that's less expensive than some people might think. I don't remember XCX sales numbers offhand, but I don't think it bombed. Takahashi also confirmed that Xenoblade 2 is built off the engine the team made for XCX, so making the engine might have been viewed as an upfront cost for a long term engine the team could make mutiple games with. I'm guessing a potential sequel could have a shorter development time since the engine is already in place.
So as someone who didnt finish Xenoblade 1... it sounds like the story isnt the important thing here, right? Im gonna play this anyway (hopefully the firsst comes out on virtual console or something Id like to play it and finish it but not ognna get a new 3ds for it or sit down w a wii and play it) but just wanted to see what the deal is there.
Iva Demilcol
Member
I agree with you that the demographics at which this game is aimed to appeal to are a bunch of 25-34 year olds, but I'd say that there's a big number of female players who are going to play this game too. You, like most of the western publishers think that we all want to play as a thirty something years old dude but I couldn't disagree more with this. If you check out who are the main characters of the more popular JRPGs right now you'll see that high school students, female androids and kid characters are as popular as ever for these games. I'm glad Xenoblade 2 lets you play again as a kid.
UnemployedVillain
Member
Ever play BoTW? Link is shorter than pretty much everyone, but the children
TheGreatLugia
Banned
He meant that Xenoblade 1 and 2 are more linear and story focused while Xenoblade X is open world with more of an exploration focus.
Xenoblade 2 has a heavy story focus like Xenoblade 1.
Link seems to be a pretty small guy actually. Alot of women are taller than him.
Astral Dog
Member
Story is important but not the main draw. Xenoblade was a heavy gameplay centered rpg
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Agreed, but in the sense of how Takahashi seems to be differentiating Xenoblade 1 and 2 from Xenoblade X. This isn't the first time he's mentioned viewing Xenoblade and X as different subseries.
Renegade Frost
Banned
not like the xenoblade games are that big on dps anyway
MetalliCabombination
Member
Would it be okay if i was honest about that gameplay video?
Renegade Frost
Banned
do you not have a wii u?
The games are takahashi games and so they have heavily nieztche philosophy influenced narratives about consciousness and life creations.
Mister Wolf
Member
Go for it.
Always gotta have at least one badass swordsman in your JRPG party that isn't the main character - it's tradition!
preferably one with a disability, like a missing eye or lame arm
Huh? In the first game the most powerful party was to go for pure DPS and win battles before they began.
MetalliCabombination
Member
I went through it several times and it still looks absolutely awful compared to xc and c and its crushing me.
Theres something extremely dull and clunky about it that i cant put my finger on.
In the first one the easiest way to play is a party of Melia/Dunban/Shulk to pile on the DPS and kill everything before it can do anything.
In XenoX by the mid-late game the DPS becomes supermassive, particularly with Overdrive builds.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Is this game connected to the other 2 titles?? Id like to play the other 2 but id probably be able to get a hold of this one first.
If I should play the previous entries i'll hold off.
If I should play the previous entries i'll hold off.