Looking at those gif, god I love the concept of the same area looking different during different day times. The Savage Desert and Noctilucent Forest areas bring those Valak Mountain and Satorl Marsh memories...
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Xenoblade Chronicles X website update: day/night/weather system, new chara. and more
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My apologies to your internet connection.
I really like these two.
That monster. *-*
This is the last gif I swear.
That tuck and roll was sweet.
Armor design looks great too!
Hyperfludd
Member
Are we sure this isn't just PSO in disguise or something? Those suits, haha.
Don't know about PSO specifically, but it's been reminding me of a 3D Phantasy Star 2 for the longest time.
I just started playing PSO2 again. Thought the same thing. Too many games I enjoy playing and ones coming out that I LITERALLY have a difficult time deciding what I want to play. I've never had this happen in a looooooong time.
The PSO I always dreamed of
Hours Left
Member
Douglas is the best.
My apologies to your internet connection.
This moon seem awfully close...
He looks a lot better in the concept, almost like a different character.
Will probably keep calling Lao Space Dunban, cause lol.
TheMoon
Member
Wonder how far it actually is... Not that I wanna go there or anything...
What if we can go there? After all, if we can see it, we can go there. Xenoblade Spoiler:
Turned out to be true with the Mechonis
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
If they actually let you fly to the moon.
That would be an absolutely mind blowing moment imo.
That's no moon............
What a great read. From gaf to faqs, thank you Gessenkou.
allotheabove123
Banned
Lao looks pretty good imo. Douglas does not.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Hohoho
pinkurocket
Member
I just feel the need of posting this again:
I'm so looking forward to spend so many hours of my life on that planet.
The skyboxes look soooo good.
Just like in the first Xenoblade, when you could see those beautiful multicoloured stars with the silhouette of Mechonis in the background. It was truly magical. I wish the camera stayed on that moon longer in that vid, it looks so beautiful.
So, is that an actual snowy area? It looks like white sand to me.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
It's not snow. I think that continent is called The Land of White Ash.
Astral/H3X
Member
Hrm.... I really like the way the outfits so far look, way better than Xenoblade so far.
But here's the important question(s?): Are the appearances unlinked from the stats? Can I wear anything, but have any stats? I hate when I have to look ugly as hell for better armor, or look like I got dressed in a dark closet with my hands tied behind my back because I don't have a full set yet.
Seeing these casual clothes at least makes me think we'll have a "Casual clothing" option when out of battle.
But here's the important question(s?): Are the appearances unlinked from the stats? Can I wear anything, but have any stats? I hate when I have to look ugly as hell for better armor, or look like I got dressed in a dark closet with my hands tied behind my back because I don't have a full set yet.
Seeing these casual clothes at least makes me think we'll have a "Casual clothing" option when out of battle.
So no snow area? Boo. Valak Mountain was awesome.
I doubt it, it's probably just this game version's of "colony tops, bottoms" etc.
I wish the armor system was like in the Last Story.
Hours Left
Member
All the character models lose a bit of something when transferring from the artwork. He still looks amazing IMO.
I just feel the need of posting this again:
I'm so looking forward to spend so many hours of my life on that planet.
good god
I wonder how much Xenoblade Chronicles X cost to develop. Probably slightly over $20 million, huh ? Nintendo will probably keep its marketing costs fairly low, but who knows, we could at least get a TV ad out of it. That would put it at around the same cost as Uncharted with $20 million. We knows Gears of War 1 was around $10, its sequel is $12 million and Bioshock 1 is apparently close to $15 million. 1st Party dxclusives such as God of War 3, apparently cost around $44 million, Gran Turismo 5 at $60 million and Heavy Rain at $40 million ($20 million of that is from marketing costs). For known open world games, Crackdown's around $20 million, Final Fantasy XI cost $40 million, Witcher 2 is apparently $10.3 million, Watch Dogs is $68 million. Then there's Destiny. It apparently cost around $140 million... and that only includes Bungie's development cost and $1 million marketing budget not counting Activision's separate marketing costs.
It's actually a mech you'll use to fight God.
Astral Dog
Member
We can't be sure, it must have been an expensive game (at least for Nintendo standards) , like, needs to sell like 1.5 or two millions for recoup.
What are the realistc expectations for this game? really, even 500k would be a surprise.
Edit: about marketing costs, they will try to push it, even Bayonetta 2 had commercials and other things, don't assume so soon it will be that cheap.
It'll sell an even 100k and be a hit ebay item for the rest of it's life.
I don't mind the faces at all with this game except this one. I'm sorry to the person who designed it but I think she looks terrible. I much prefer to stare at the gorgeous enviornments instead.
The Awesomest
Member
Is there something inside her eyes?
Your guess sounds about right to me. It's gonna hurt to see this game likely struggle to hit 500k copies.
Sadly, selling as much as 500k copies sounds like a best case scenario given Wii U's situation, but will perhaps be below that around $400-450 but as you said, it likelt needs to sell between 1.5 - 2 million copies. We know that based on what Nintendo said, a traditional Fire Emblem project on Wii U would have to sell at leas 700k copies to justify its development cost. For a 3DS handheld Fire Emblem ttle, the game had to sell at least 250k copies, but Awakening apparently managed to sell around 900k copies.
pinkurocket
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Stealthcobra
Member
Still no release date?
Iwata said the game's aiming to come out some time this year. We do know that some of the localization effort has already begun with the game set to release on April 29 for Japan. Nintendo usually skips July for releasing new games, but it did release Pikmin 3 in Japan, Europe and Australia and it came out a month later for North America.
Yes. Death.
Supermanisdead
Member
you can't change the time of date except at camps?
Chie Satonaka
Member
You guys are killing me with these gifs.
Just announce a release date, NoA. I'll pay you now. Release a CE (that I can actually purchase) and I'll buy it at a high price.
Just announce a release date, NoA. I'll pay you now. Release a CE (that I can actually purchase) and I'll buy it at a high price.
Its hard to say because a lot of the work on this game likely went into the tools and engine used to create it which will, later, go on to be used in other titles and Monolith Soft's expertise gets used a lot in other titles.
They'll lose money on the title barring some miracle sales phenomenon but they'll likely recoup losses or consider losses on a long term investment. Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the tech made in Xeno's development was used heavily in Zelda which will sell buttloads. Then again, if this title goes on to sell 500k,at 60$ a pop with Nintendo being its own publisher, then that's 30$ million - retailer cuts.
Otakumegane
Member
Why is that video so compressed.
I do wonder why you can only change time at rest stops now. What kind of design barrier possibly led to this I don't have the faintest idea.
Honestly I see XenoX getting close to a million. It has a lot going for it actually, Shulk's inclusion in Smash, the actual localization of the 1st game and the subsequent praising, and it releasing worldwide close to each other. And it's not being released at the end of the lifespan, but close to games like Zelda which should give it a bit more exposure as well.
I don't think it'll see quite as badly as some people might think. Hell 1 million people pirated the original.
Btw I assume the last character to be revealed that's playable is going to be the Foxgirl.
I do wonder why you can only change time at rest stops now. What kind of design barrier possibly led to this I don't have the faintest idea.
Honestly I see XenoX getting close to a million. It has a lot going for it actually, Shulk's inclusion in Smash, the actual localization of the 1st game and the subsequent praising, and it releasing worldwide close to each other. And it's not being released at the end of the lifespan, but close to games like Zelda which should give it a bit more exposure as well.
I don't think it'll see quite as badly as some people might think. Hell 1 million people pirated the original.
Btw I assume the last character to be revealed that's playable is going to be the Foxgirl.
