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Xenoblade 2 Announced (Not XCX, new sequel to XB, ACE music, 2017)
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MoogleWizard
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I agree with those of you that aren't liking the "moe" character designs. The characters are far too clean and colourful looking for a direct sequel to the original Xenoblade. It's an issue for me as the character design in the first Xenoblade blended an anime aesthetic with more realistic human features (refer to picture above) and gave them a more "gritty", "lived" appearance that not only fit well with the kinds of themes the game tackles but also gave the series a unique visual identity.
Also, it's a direct sequel where the characters look nothing like the characters from the previous game...
I agree with this. Those characters looked fine and fit the game world perfectly. X and Chronicles' character designs clash with the look of the game world, on top of just being ugly.
That creature that moves in the first shot is enormous
Kinda looks like you're living on it/apart of it.
I'm actually not familiar with his work in that game. I should check it out.
encephalon
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Watched the trailer. I don't really like the look of the main character or the voice work, but this is a step in the right direction. After Saga I was turned off by the look of blade and wrote it off, before playing it recently and realizing it was a hell of a lot more like Saga than I realized.
YES.
YES.
SolVanderlyn
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I'd argue it liked to stick to color schemes. You'd often have characters with same color hair/outfits and the cast ended up looking quite colorful compared to other fantasy games, and even other anime games.
I actually would rather prefer them using X like character designs but refining them more. My main problem with X was the quality of the character models varied wildly. Having better quality control over this aspect as well as implementing much better facial animation (which was quite awful in X) could make a huge difference.
theSlacker
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That is probably the best way I've seen it worded.
That creature that moves in the first shot is enormous
Looks like the head and you're on his shoulder.
Well, the "rumor" was that the port was being handled externally, so who knows? Though I think that the unveiling of this and the date definitely put that a lot farther out of mind now.
That would possibly be the best outcome, but I wonder if they could do it, since I don't think Monolith has ever gotten the "realistic anime" look right. Xenosaga III was their best effort, but I think it still looks somewhat off. And the games they made after that are even worse. I prefer a "safe" anime aesthetic that finally looks good in 3D to another XCX-style (poor) attempt.
It's current 2017 worldwide.
ShockingAlberto
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The other team is an art asset house that helps on tons of titles.
Yeah, I was shocked to see it listed as 2017 in the NA fact sheet too.
SapphiCine
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It's like they were ashamed to show the full outfits for the ladies. Judging by the designer's other work, I can see why.
Goddamn it Nintendo.
Goddamn it Nintendo.
Stronginthearm
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I swore to myself that the Switch would only be a purchase for me if there was a pokemon or Xenoblade game. Guess I'm buying a Switch!
(I bought a Wii U for Xenoblade Chronicles X).
(I bought a Wii U for Xenoblade Chronicles X).
Localization.
I still struggle to see what is less ambitious
It clearly will have even more dialogues / text to be included in the game, while scope-wise and gameplay-wise it seems in line with both their Nintendo rpg
I was saying without taking localization into account. I think people are surprised that this might be 2017/early 2018 in Japan.
Graphically, it is on par with XCX, so they're not developing new technology for much more capable hardware like from Wii -> Wii U. This is seemingly a single-player focus so no need to incorporate online functionality. There's also no flying mechs here for traversal. Now, these things may be added or are already in the game, but all of this was shown off in the reveal trailer in XCX and there's none of that here.
Also, this is their third crack at making a game like this. The world from what we see here isn't crazier than XCX either.
QisTopTier
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Finally no more of that ugly hybrid 3d anime/real look
Oh okay. I didn't know if you just didn't think of it, or were excluding it on purpose.
kuroneko0509
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btw caaaaaaaaaaw, i assume you'll be doing that megaspreadsheet again for this game?
duysieuhero
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I don't think it would even be related. I mean we should keep in mind how Nintendo is positioning stuff. Mario Kart 8 wasn't even in the presentation at all today, even though it's ready, playable. and has new content. Why? Probably because Nintendo didn't want the perception that the Switch is just getting "WiiU ports". They want to emphasize all the new games. The actual sequels. No sign of Smash either.
Post-launch when Nintendo needs to fill in the release gaps, I think we'll hear about WiiU ports more and the turn around time from announcement to release should be quick.
If this is a direct sequel to Xenoblade it bugs me that they changed the character art style simply because I like consistency within a shared universe. It bugged me like hell with Xenosaga too.
What is Monolith's problem with picking an art style and sticking with it? Shit, it doesn't even have to be a good style just commit dammit.
What is Monolith's problem with picking an art style and sticking with it? Shit, it doesn't even have to be a good style just commit dammit.
hurricanes
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It's a franchise trademark. They would shoehorn pretentious life philosophy on Mario if it got a Xeno- name.
There's still the Project X Zone team unless they've been folded in.
Probably because people complain every time!
I wonder if there was anything in X related to this game apart from the Nopon, like a reverse cameo. It would be interesting if the Xenoblade games are actually related rather than Final Fantasy/Tales of-style references.
Talk to Namco. Ask for Xenosaga HD while you're at it.
Talk to Namco. Ask for Xenosaga HD while you're at it.
Sounds reasonable enough to me!
Adam Prime
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Same here.
There's no way this is releasing 2017 in NA though, I believe that just like I believed that Zelda was getting released before Star Fox Zero!
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