Xenoblade Chronicles appreciation thread

[Fynn]

Let's discuss this gem. Remember it? It's that one awesome game on the Wii everyone seems to have forgotten even though it was lauded as the best RPG of the decade. Also, please use spoiler tags, because I'm hoping this will make more people experience this game for the first time

[Wolf Kanno]

Xenoblade was an incredible game, while it had some issues with a cumbersome inventory system and too many samey fetch quests, what this game did was absolutely incredible. It was just one of the more user friendly experiences I've seen on an RPG, had a much more in-depth customization system and I absolutely love how the game makes each of the characters feel distance in both function, design and play-style.

Course the most incredible part of the game is it's world design. I mean seriously it is one of the best crafted worlds in a console RPG period. It's unique premise of being a dead god, it's absolutely fantastic scale, the ability to fully explore it by running climbing, swimming, and even falling off your demise. The skybox is gorgeous the game incorporates both a day/night cycle and weather effects and it's just glorious.

Here's a sample:


This is just the player taking the most direct path from the bottom of the Bionis to the top and it's done at a huge speed boost. This only represents a fraction of how large and exquisite the areas are.



This was just a cool fan-made trailer still, I do love how the story and gameplay really factor into each other with the Monado Visions. The story is not the deep philosophical/religious clustersmurf of Gears and Saga but it still has its strong points and the game really comes into its own slowly as you explore everything. It may not have been an FF scale success but I bet most JRPG designers are looking at this game and taking notes. I wouldn't be surprised if the Versus team saw this game and kicked themselves because the scale of the world is the same they are shooting for.

[black orb]

>>> Did Nintendo put money on Xenoblade`s development or something?
Hard to believe this immense RPG is on the Wii and Wii only, (i would love to see it in another consoles).

And yeah, Xenoblade is the RPG of the decade. That pretty much say it all.

[Vyk]

Gonna have to find time (a super massive block of time) to give this game another go, since I was previously stopped in the middle of it and haven't touched it in months. I was absolutely in love with it the whole while I was able to play it. It deserves to be finished. It's one of those games I would buy a strategy guide for, just so I could browse through it, years down the road, to relive nostalgia without having to do the 80-hour trek all over again. Even though that trek would probably again be worth it. And sadly, I don't believe any guide was released for english-speakers

[Wolf Kanno]

>>> Did Nintendo put money on Xenoblade`s development or something?
Hard to believe this immense RPG is on the Wii and Wii only, (i would love to see it in another consoles).

And yeah, Xenoblade is the RPG of the decade. That pretty much say it all.

Monolith Soft is owned by Nintendo after Namco-Bandai sold them. So it's pretty much in-house for Nintendo. On the bright side, maybe we'll see a Xenoblade themed battle map in the next Smash Bros.

[Pumpkin]

I have it but I haven't played it yet!

[black orb]

maybe we'll see a Xenoblade themed battle map in the next Smash Bros.

>>> Noooooooooooo!!!!..

[NeoCracker]

Do you know how awesome it would be to have Dunban in SSB?

If your answer is anything other then 'so awesome' you're dead to me.

[Wolf Kanno]

I think Riki would be more amusing actually.

[NeoCracker]

Amusing yes, but not as awesome.

Also the most likely.

And it would still make me happy.

[black orb]

>>> You can put the entire Xenoblade cast there and it wont make SSB any better..

[Skyblade]

>>> You can put the entire Xenoblade cast there and it wont make SSB any better..

I know. It's already one of the best fighting games of all time. How much more can you improve it?


I plan on playing this, but I'm not sure when I'm going to have time to. It is not a small game, and I have a lot in my backlog, and several upcoming games that will take precedence (like Persona Q).

[Wolf Kanno]

I would just laugh as Riki became the new Jigglypuff/Kirby character where all the players hate him but he's surprisingly good.

RIKI IS HEROPON!

[black orb]

I know. It's already one of the best fighting games of all time.

[Pumpkin]

Hey, since you guys have played the game, how many playable characters are there? Any you think I could feel an attachment to?