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Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) now available on European Wii U eShop
- Thread starter JoeM86
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Finally someone who agrees. Never understood the complaints that it was unplayable with the Wiimote+nunchuck setup. Super easy and super comfortable.
Nani? The dub is awesome. Not as good as The Last Story's but no way a "low quality" one.
With the exception of a few characters, I loved the British dub.
Robin64
Member
It's identical. Literally the ISO running in a slightly updated vWii wrapper to support GamePad controls.
Jimnymebob
Member
I always wanted to pick this up, but never got round to it. I'm also not a huge lover of console RPGs, so off-TV play will be awesome. Hopefully the other two, Pandora's Tower and The Last Story, will come out on the eShop if they haven't already.
How good does the game actually look? I know the art style is awesome, but how much did the hardware limit it? All I've seen are Dolphin shots, which look fantastic obviously.
How good does the game actually look? I know the art style is awesome, but how much did the hardware limit it? All I've seen are Dolphin shots, which look fantastic obviously.
The Red Wizard
Member
The Wii version is not bad. Not bad at all.
Duggie_Brown
Member
I'm sure it goes for over £40. My comment was based purely on my circumstances. I'm only moaning because I would love it on the Wii-U, but I really can't justify paying that amount when I own the disk. Obviously great for people who didn't get to play it or don't want to pay Ebay prices for a physical copy.
Vincent Grayson
Member
Duggie_Brown
Member
I agree, for those who didn't get to play it or don't want to fork over Ebay prices it's a good price for an excelllent game; I'm just moaning because I can't justify paying that amount when I own the disk already. This is where I wish Club Nintendo worked better with e-shop purchases, as Nintendo can see that I registered the game on Club Nintendo, a little discount would have been hehe but I guess I'm asking too much.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
Must be a huge download size, it was a dual layer wii disc right?
6.5GB here in the UK
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
From what I can find on Google it's roughly 4.5GB. Even if it filled an entire Wii disc though it would be 8.5GB, not exactly "huge".
Edit: Guess it's right in between according to the above haha
6.5GB, with XBX I'm definitely going to need a hard drive.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
As someone who isn't exactly experienced in RPGS, what's this game like for newbies?
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
Yeah, considering freaking Punchout is more than 4 GB, 6.5 isn't too bad.
Skellig Gra
Member
Hmm maybe it's time to sell my copy.
DaSorcerer7
Member
N30RYU
Member
No WiiU Pro? Sure?
Pancakes R Us
Member
Guys, NoA just released Kirby Wii last week on the VC, months after NoE. Expect this in one a year.
As Robin64 pointed earlier, the Wii VC releases don't support the Wii U pro.
They support the Gamepad if the game also orginally had support for the Wii classic Controller. Which is the case for games like Xenoblade or Pandora's Tower.
You can use the gamepad as a sensor bar or TV, but unfortunately you can't use it as an input device. I've even made a thread about it once long ago.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
If NOA was smart, they'd release it soon to get people interested in X later this year.
......I know, I know, that's a daggum huge IF
......I know, I know, that's a daggum huge IF
Maybe I'm being pedantic here, but if that was the case, wouldn't it be possible for the regular vWii to map Classic Controller controls to Gamepad? I thought they had to change the ISO itself for that to happen. Not that I think they would go as far as to actually change anything in the game, apart from maybe fixing some bugs, which happened before with Nintendo's re-releases.
It won't look great on the TV, but the resolution of the GamePad screen will be perfect for it.
Robin64
Member
Absolutely possible, yes, as long as Nintendo sent out a new update for the vWii portion of Wii U consoles. And for whatever reason, they don't touch vWii with update.
We'll probably see homebrewers do it, assuming they haven't already.
You can use the Gamepad as input device for the Wii eshop releases (VC) that have support for Wii Classic controller.
DaSorcerer7
Member
Has anyone tried using the gamepad yet as a controller?
But that's only for Wii discs. Afaik, with Wii VC games you can use the gamepad if the original game supported the classic controller.
I think that's the only improvement the Wii VC has over the original game discs.
Yes, it works.
DaSorcerer7
Member
matrix-cat
Member
Blowing it up on a 1080p TV won't do it any favours, but running on the Gamepad (480p game on a 480p screen), it should look as good as it can possibly look outside of an emulator.
I think my New 3DS and Xenoblade 3D cartridge might be finding themselves on Ebay in the near future. Never really been happy with the small size, or playing the game on such a tiny screen, but at the time it was the only option I had. Much rather go back to my old 3DS XL and restart Xenoblade on my Wii U.
Yeah on the TV it looks very grainy, not too bad looking on the gamepad though.
Vincent Grayson
Member
The game looked fine on a 1080p TV when it came out originally, and on Wii U, at least it'll be coming in through HDMI.
If anything, the game should look better now than it did before, even if only a little.
Killer Yakuza B
Member
Yeah, HUGE and OLD. It's been known since the first digital Wii games were announced for Wii U and it's been mentioned a quatrillion times in this very thread, including in one of the posts you quoted. For something that's so important to you that you made a thread about it and then felt the need to reply here without checking the other posts in this page, it's kinda funny that you never bothered to check back on the matter.
John Kowalski
Banned
So... buy a N3DS or a WiiU.... welp.
Wii U gets Xenoblade Chronicles X in 4 months.
