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[Chesskid1]

nintendo could of region locked the first 10 minutes of xenoblade on youtube.. but they didn't, i can easily view it in USA

 

[batbeg]

Sigh... I'm still not sure if I should order this now or wait until I actually have time to play it. Is the price of this game going to go up or down in the future? I'm not really sure.

It'll go down, almost certainly. I don't recall any games getting more expensive in the UK since the gamecube era.

 

[wrowa]

Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. The first game this year I'm anticipating before its release.

 

[squall23]

Wow. The voice acting in the first ten minutes is superb -- specifically those three characters.

Yeah, their dub isn't bad, too bad their Japanese counterpart contains Vegeta and Norio frikkin' Wakamoto.

 

[FreeMufasa]

Sigh... I'm still not sure if I should order this now or wait until I actually have time to play it. Is the price of this game going to go up or down in the future? I'm not really sure.

I think it'll sell really well (atleast much better than expectations), thus recieving a more shipments. You should be fine waiting.

 

[Annoying Old Party Man]

Going to get it in my hands later today, can't wait

 

[HolyTaco]

Going to get it in my hands later today, can't wait

Wha? So jelly

 

[Krev]

Yeah, their dub isn't bad, too bad their Japanese counterpart contains Vegeta and Norio frikkin' Wakamoto.

That's why they included the Japanese track on the disc. Gotta love options.

 

[Zwei]

Not too long now. Eager to hear impressions from GAF.

 

[wrowa]

I fucking hate living in Germany. Italy? Posters. UK? Posters. Greece? Posters. Sweden? Posters. France? Artbook. Germany? Nothing at all

 

[kenji]

I fucking hate living in Germany. Italy? Posters. UK? Posters. Greece? Posters. Sweden? Posters. France? Artbook. Germany? Nothing at all

Italy? XD

Italy doesn't have poster, and the game even comes out in September 2. XD

 

[Zwei]

Italy? XD

Italy doesn't have poster, and the game even comes out in September 2. XD

It's a pre-order bonus for Italians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weT6WOYSlS4

 

[Annoying Old Party Man]

Not too long now. Eager to hear impressions from GAF.

I will have to write a review soon so I will probably storm through the game, will let you know soon!

 

[Yeshua]

I fucking hate living in Germany. Italy? Posters. UK? Posters. Greece? Posters. Sweden? Posters. France? Artbook. Germany? Nothing at all

In France we will have posters and the artbook^_^

 

[Sadist]

Dutchies get shafted as well

 

[weeaboo]

Going to get it in my hands later today, can't wait

woooooooot

 

[kenji]

It's a pre-order bonus for Italians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weT6WOYSlS4

duh, I didn't know about this, is that the only source? the Italian Nintendo site doesn't say anything about the posters :\

 

[Yeshua]

Going to get it in my hands later today, can't wait

Normal or collector edition ?

 

[slaughterking]

The poster has a great quality and motive, but I personally have just no use for this. Don't feel like I'm missing out there.

Not getting the artbook is a real shame though.

 

[wrowa]

In France we will have posters and the artbook^_^

I... I... I hate you with the passion of a thousand burning suns! Time to pack my stuff and emigrate to France. I always knew that there had to be a greater plan behind me being forced to study French at school.

I will have to write a review soon so I will probably storm through the game, will let you know soon!

To be honest, the words "storm through" in combination with a huge RPG make me already know that I won't care about your opinion...

 

[The_Endgamer]

First 10 minutes, in English, up on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6FH_4guK5A

Can't wait to import this game.

That is amazing.

The voice acting is surprising really good! I thought it was just going to be a bunch of cockney accents going at it, haha. Definitely unique and will make the world that little bit more different than the rest of the games in my library.

I think i'll be buying both the Aust. and UK versions for the Soundtrack CD and Controller respectively. Also it looks like an evolution of the brilliant fighting system in FFXII

The release date can't come soon enough.

 

[Zwei]

duh, I didn't know about this, is that the only source? the Italian Nintendo site doesn't say anything about the posters :\

I dunno, man. I haven't seen another source confirming this, either. :/

 

[Annoying Old Party Man]

I... I... I hate you with the passion of a thousand burning suns! Time to pack my stuff and emigrate to France. I always knew that there had to be a greater plan behind me being forced to study French at school.



To be honest, the words "storm through" in combination with a huge RPG make me already know that I won't care about your opinion...

Sorry to hear that . Will post first impressions tomorrow morning, also there's no way you will be able to read my review, so don't worry about it!

 

[tsab]

Sorry to hear that . Will post first impressions tomorrow morning, also there's no way you will be able to read my review, so don't worry about it!

Post some pics with the goods. Posters, boxes, ccpro etc.

 

[mclem]

nintendo could of region locked the first 10 minutes of xenoblade on youtube.. but they didn't, i can easily view it in USA

I'm sure NoE don't object to US people viewing it, deciding they'd like the game, realising they'd have to import then doing so!

 

[V_Ben]

Yeah, the voice acting in the games is actually much better than I expected it to be. I'll be popping in to a GAME eventually to pick it up... buying games day 1 in the UK is silly now :/

 

[Zwei]

Will post first impressions tomorrow morning

DO EET

Post some pics with the goods. Posters, boxes, ccpro etc.

I second this.

 

[FreeMufasa]

To be honest, the words "storm through" in combination with a huge RPG make me already know that I won't care about your opinion...

Yeah, this is a game I want to take the time to explore EVERYTHING. Thats why I refuse to start it untill I've cleared my backlog.

 

[CaVaYeRo]

First Spanish review:

http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/2327/Xenoblade+Chronicles/

My colleague says it's the best RPG this gen, period (if you don't think graphics are the most important thing)

 

[mclem]

I just tried to preorder from amazon UK, since I've ordered from them many times, and they say that my US address is no good. Is there something I'm not doing right? If I can't get it there, where else are americans importing from...

Amazon strictly obey region-protection on games; they won't export them. I've seen the same problem in the other direction; can't buy games from Amazon US. That's why I like Videogamesplus so much!

I think most US people are ordering from Asda (for price) or from Game (for CC bundles)


Placed my order last night. I'm in the UK, so should get it reasonably close, but I'm likely to sit on it until the bank holiday weekend before I tuck in; that'll probably mean I end up roughly near when the importers get it.

 

[warpaint]

First Spanish review:

http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/2327/Xenoblade+Chronicles/

My colleague says it's the best RPG this gen, period (if you don't think graphics are the most important thing)

thats good to hear

 

[vitacola]

Amazon strictly obey region-protection on games; they won't export them.

Didn't some of the US people here order it on Amazon.de?

I've seen the same problem in the other direction; can't buy games from Amazon US. That's why I like Videogamesplus so much!

Are they like AxelMusic: No customs, because they send it from Europe?

 

[mclem]

Didn't some of the US people here order it on Amazon.de?


Are they like AxelMusic: No customs, because they send it from Europe?

I don't believe so. I think they just mark things on the box at less than the minimum import cost (£18, I *think*) to discourage inspections.

That said, most of my purchases are lower than that margin anyhow.


Edit: Just looked it up; £18 currently, £15 from November. But £40 if it's marked as a gift, which some importers will do.

 

[Franchuzas87]

First Spanish review:

http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/2327/Xenoblade+Chronicles/

My colleague says it's the best RPG this gen, period (if you don't think graphics are the most important thing)

There isn't any kind of embargo?

 

[weeaboo]

First Spanish review:

http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/2327/Xenoblade+Chronicles/

My colleague says it's the best RPG this gen, period (if you don't think graphics are the most important thing)

Delicious!

Spoiler

Delicioso!

 

[Luigiv]

ONM has a new video with 10 minutes of commentated early gameplay. I'm only 40 seconds in but so far it seems like it's worth watching just for the commentator's accent alone.

And whilst we're on the topic of ONM, does anyone have the latest issue and is willing to share some choice quotes with us?

 

[EatChildren]

There isn't any kind of embargo?

Nintendo can be pretty flexible with embargos. Everything I've reviewed for them in Australia has been without any embargo at all, regardless of how early I got the game.

 

[Indyana]

First Spanish review:

http://www.gamereactor.es/analisis/2327/Xenoblade+Chronicles/

My colleague says it's the best RPG this gen, period (if you don't think graphics are the most important thing)

Nice.

 

[Franchuzas87]

Nintendo can be pretty flexible with embargos. Everything I've reviewed for them in Australia has been without any embargo at all, regardless of how early I got the game.

Good to know. I think I remember embargoes in games like Other M or Ocarina 3D, but maybe was a NoA thing.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

So pumped.

 

[LevityNYC]

The ironic thing is that the better this sells in the UK, the less likely it is to see a US release. Nintendo is pretty smart and when they see the sales #s for the UK, they'll know a lot of them are from the USA.

 

[Larsen B]

The ironic thing is that the better this sells in the UK, the less likely it is to see a US release. Nintendo is pretty smart and when they see the sales #s for the UK, they'll know a lot of them are from the USA.

None of this is right.

 

[Tailzo]

The ironic thing is that the better this sells in the UK, the less likely it is to see a US release. Nintendo is pretty smart and when they see the sales #s for the UK, they'll know a lot of them are from the USA.

Wii isn't region free. Thus I doubt that it will be imported in masses.

 

[Vinterbird]

Good to know. I think I remember embargoes in games like Other M or Ocarina 3D, but maybe was a NoA thing.

NoA only I presume. Never had any embargo either in Europe.

 

[Dr. Ecco]

I suddenly realized that the game is almost here.

Got to finish Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance before it comes out because Xenoblade will eat all my gaming time. I'm halfway through chapter 17 so I suppose it won't take long (great game btw, but kind of cruel to the characters who fall in battle D: ).

Anyway, my body is -almost- ready, bring it on NOE!

Edit: Oh, and great score from gamereactor. It is unusual for Spanish sites and magazines to give scores above 7-8 out of 10 for jRPGs, unless it is a Final Fantasy.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I have this gut feeling zavvi is going to burn me on my first experience. Oh well, they didn't have crazy import prices and free shipping.

 

[LevityNYC]

Wii isn't region free. Thus I doubt that it will be imported in masses.

Let's be honest. The masses were never going to buy this game. People that would have bought this game are just going to import and soft mod their Wii.

 

[Neon_Icarus]

Judging by the reviews we've had so far, it looks like Xenoblade has a chance of becoming one of the highest rated Wii games of all time.

 

[TunaLover]

Another site similar to zavvi? I want import disaster but savvi don't have it.

 

[Quixzlizx]

I spent yesterday evening getting homebrew + usb loader running. My Wii is ready.