Triforce141
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Magnum Charge + Sword Drive did nothing wrong
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Xenoblade 2 confirmed for Holiday 2017
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Magnum Charge + Sword Drive did nothing wrong
DragonGirl
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No, I know what you meant. I was just stating my specific reactions to the art over the series.
tonyh24613
Member
Ok, maybe not since they still not show how team gauge will work.
tonyh24613
Member
Monolith Soft now officially has one Nopon employee, Monopon.
https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/874660413207490560
So what about Riki and Tatsu, company friends? lol
https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/874660413207490560
So what about Riki and Tatsu, company friends? lol
UnemployedVillain
Member
If Final Fantasy can drastically change between iterations with only a few series wide holdovers, why can't Xenoblade?
lol yup. game looks great overall but how do they let that happen
Because xenoblade is not final fantasy. Infact you expect differently from xenoblade because the xenogames have been different according to title(gears, saga and now blade), and they even differentiated a spin on it by specifically calling the spinoff title "X"
Calling something like this xenoblade "2", even though people liked Xenoblade 1 specifically because of its specific worldbuilding, asthetic and characters basically negates every advantage of using the title outside of a cynical brand name ploy.
It might as well be called xenoblade 3 with xenoblade X being called xenoblade 2 if they didn't care about making the games connect in any way.
Iva Demilcol
Member
I may be wrong but except by few exceptions, almost all JRPG series change art direction, settings, worldbuilding, etc. with each iteration.
The exceptions being Dragon Quest and SMT. And in SMT we've seen that Kazuma Kaneko is not doing the character designs of the new games anymore.
cheebdragonite
Member
Just realized that Elpis Soul Cave sounds a lot like Refugee Camp, with some Makna Forest and Satorl Marsh mixed into it. Makes sense since Kiyota arranged it.
Kunihiko Tanaka(did xenogears, XCX and saga 1) yeah he has a lot of questionable art. Somehow some reigned him in for XCX and gears though, mostly.
whyamihere
Banned
Xenoblade is a new franchise, so I don't think there really are any "rules" in terms of naming conventions.
Eh, his art is for the most part pretty damn tasteful/restrained.
Exactly.
If X didn't indicate that, this game certainly does.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Isn't that how people reacted to the early trailers for Xenoblade before it released in Japan?
StrawberryJam
Member
The main character limply shouting TAKE THIS got a chuckle from me. I'm still in for this though, silly voice acting/character designs and all.
Almond
Member
Watching footage again, I just noticed child character we don't get a good look at is a robot (girl?). They have robotic hands and rocket feet. You can see them holding and flying with the Nopon here.
You can see her walking funny for a second here.
I wonder if it means each character has a special ability we can use while exploring. Like using Nia riding the tiger to travel faster, or using the robot kid to explore more ground?
You can see her walking funny for a second here.
I wonder if it means each character has a special ability we can use while exploring. Like using Nia riding the tiger to travel faster, or using the robot kid to explore more ground?
Don't have a Switch yet, but if I want to play in Japanese, can I switch the region of the Switch to Japanese or will I need to import the game?
I know they didn't mention anything about dual audio, but curious if I can avoid the whole import process altogether since it's kind of pricey.
Then again, maybe it's too early to be asking this question.
I know they didn't mention anything about dual audio, but curious if I can avoid the whole import process altogether since it's kind of pricey.
Then again, maybe it's too early to be asking this question.
James Scott
Banned
Both XCX and XB had a very good dub. Especially the first game with its british dub.
Doesn't sound like this one will be different
Doesn't sound like this one will be different
KLoWn
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If this is considered "very good dub" I don't want to hear the bad ones.
SporeCrawler
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did anybody get persona/smt vibes from this?
we dont know how the worlds are connected, there are hints that even X and 1 are connected albeit loosely. seeing that this game heavily features titans may mean that it has some connection to the mechonis/bionis world
we dont know how the worlds are connected, there are hints that even X and 1 are connected albeit loosely. seeing that this game heavily features titans may mean that it has some connection to the mechonis/bionis world
I got SMT x FE vibes.
Watching footage again, I just noticed child character we don't get a good look at is a robot (girl?). They have robotic hands and rocket feet. You can see them holding and flying with the Nopon here.
You can see her walking funny for a second here.
I wonder if it means each character has a special ability we can use while exploring. Like using Nia riding the tiger to travel faster, or using the robot kid to explore more ground?
Robot kid was also in the Treehouse stream, he/she is Tora (the Nopon)'s Blade.
Brat-Sampson
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It doesn't look as exciting as X from the trailer, but that doesn't mean it won't be as good.
you are hearing lines and dialog out of context. Lets wait and see how it sounds in game before writing it off. Lots of JRPGs sound like dogshit in trailers but fine in actual context in game. IIRC people freaked out for XCXs first look at its dub but it was fine in context (not as charming as the British dub but fine).
SporeCrawler
Member
I liked it, but I didn't love it. Not sure about looks but absolutely sounds. All the tracks make me think "that's Xenoblade" you know?
whyamihere
Banned
Alternatively, Baten Kaitos Origins has one of the better JRPG dubs.
Battlechili
Banned
I actually like the character designs.
About porno for one last time (at least for me)
Near every (Japanese) artists draw some lewd pic from time to time for hobby or side jobs.
As for Saitom (Xenoblade 2), he doing it for living. I think that make him different from Tanaka that do 90% SFW/mainstream, same as Zelda 1 artist.
Near every (Japanese) artists draw some lewd pic from time to time for hobby or side jobs.
As for Saitom (Xenoblade 2), he doing it for living. I think that make him different from Tanaka that do 90% SFW/mainstream, same as Zelda 1 artist.
Sparkedglory
Member
I plan on getting a switch eventually, and this is game is one of the reasons why...but those voices...wow. I usually don't have an issue, but I can deal.
James Scott
Banned
Watching it again there's really only one line I'd consider poorly read which would be the one where he goes "take this!".
I like the british dub. Sounds different from the typical anime stuff we usually get
It's mainly the shouting for me. Might be because I'm not used to it in that particular dialect (Yorkshire? I'm terrible with accents, my own (British accents) included) - but that's balanced out by having a British (semi British?) dub, just for the variety.
Super Stardust
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At the start of the treehouse he said the game still needs polish, does he mean graphics or gameplay?
The way I read it, re Xenoblade naming conventions, is numbered entries will skew fantasy while the X series skews scifi.
Still holding on to hope we get a "Xenoblade X Complete" for switch in late 2018 (what the fuck else are Monster Games doing?) with all the cut content included and a bunch of UI improvements.
Still holding on to hope we get a "Xenoblade X Complete" for switch in late 2018 (what the fuck else are Monster Games doing?) with all the cut content included and a bunch of UI improvements.
You must not have a good eye for world design, which is distinctly Xenoblade, and evident in just about every frame of the trailer.
What's the difference though.
Hopefully with a reworked combat system among the QOL changes that get implimented (come on Nintendo make X a TPS/RPG 90% of the framework is already there)
nintendoman58
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So, anyone think that "Elysium" is gonna have anything to do with either the original Xenoblade or X?
Also add in the base building stuff that was clearly cut. Like there's a massive gap in NLA that is never filled, and we had that ONE mission with the water plant....