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GamePro - Xenoblade Chronicles Review

Francesco Dagostino writes: Xenoblade is, first and foremost, about exploring this beautiful, vast landscape. There are no loading times or invisible boundaries hindering the player's curiosity. Everything in sight can actually be visited, no matter how far off in the horizon. The sense of discovery is unprecedented, and it's all thanks to superb level design; there is a hidden chest, a new lurking monster, or a forgotten monument to be discovered behind every corner.

Titanz5395d ago

Is this the "new" Nintendo IP ya'll wanted?

There's also; The Last Story, and Pandora's Tower.

Hello?

jacksonmichael5395d ago

Moot point. "Hardcore" gamers, as they call themselves, are, by a vast majority, North American. People from other continents seem to care much less about labeling themselves.

Titanz5395d ago

My first post though, was labeled at the "core" gamers of the N4G community, who want Nintendo to make new Ip's, but when they do(Nintendo), they don't get credit for it.

Spenok5394d ago

Technically this isnt a "New" ip, its loosely based on the developers previous games, Xenogears and Xenosaga. However its got enough "New" in it to pretty much call it a New ip.

Its sad that this game will more then likly never see the light of day over here in the states. I have seen over 70+ reviews for this game now, and not a SINGLE one has been under a 9/10.

Makes me want to mod my Wii so i can import it.

tiffac0085395d ago

Take my cold hard earned cash and bring this over to NA, so I can get an English Asian version!

Importing this game would be just too expensive for me since my local currency is almost valueless in the world market.

Spenok5394d ago

Seriously. Man, i have directions on how to soft mod a Wii, and i think i just may do that tonight, and import this asap.

tiffac0085394d ago

The import is my main problem man, the currency of my country has very low value. Its kind of like 50+PHP (my currency) to 1 Euro + shipping. I don't even want to covert the UK Pound coz I know that's way more expensive.

I just don't want to invest too much on one game when I can use that money to probably buy 2 Asian version games (R3). So that's my dilemma bro X_X;;

Spenok5393d ago

That's incredibly unfortunate. Well lets hope all these reviews 9 and up (guess that would be all of them lol) make people in EU buy this game, and Nintendo get off their ugly ass high horse and bring it to the states. You'd be able to get it then right?

videoxgamexfanboy5395d ago

these are the rpg's i grew up with. this style of rpg. when done right western rpg's cant touch jrpg's. besides lost odyssey this is my fav rpg this gen.

Spenok5394d ago

If i had a chance to play this game, i wouldnt be surprised if i agreed that this was on par with Lost Odyssey.

videoxgamexfanboy5394d ago

I highly recommend modding ur wii if u have one so u can play this game. Its one of this gens must play at all cost games. And its on par and in some ways better than lost odyssey.

Spenok5394d ago

Damn, thats saying a lot. I tried to mod it tonight, but i dont have any standard SD cards, only ones for a Micro SD, and those for some reason arent compatable. So i need to go out and buy a standard one tomorrow... or soon at least.

videoxgamexfanboy5394d ago

Gd luck my friend. Have a bubble

Shnazzyone5395d ago

I WANT THIS @#$%ING GAME!!! RAGGGGEEEEEEE!

yavorsv5394d ago

I'm still in the first hours of the game, but it is amazing. The battle system is something new to me, but I'll get used to it and it's depth. :D

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Xenoblade Series Composer Has Finished Orchestra Recording For Next Monolith Soft Title

Xenoblade Chronicles series composer Manami Kiyota has possibly finished the final orchestra recording for the next Monolith Soft title.

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Zeldafan64104d ago (Edited 104d ago )

Makes sense. It's been nearly 3 years since the DLC for 3 came out. The next Xenoblade or whatever they end up calling it will probably come out next year.

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Ranking the Xenoblade Chronicles games, from best to worst

NE: "Today, we're taking on the difficult task of ranking every single game in the Xenoblade Chronicles series from best to least best."

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repsahj140d ago

For me, Xenoblade 2 and 3 and Final Fantasy 7 remake and rebirth are the best JRPGs or RPGs in general ever made. Yes, they even surpassed Expedition 33 in my honest opinion. Before, the Tales series was among my favorites, but I was very disappointed with their last game, Tales of Arise. Its world has become linear and not as expansive as their previous games. Fortunately, its battle gameplay is still very good. I hope that in the next Tales game, they will expand the game even more.

Hoping for a new Xenoblade game from Monolith Soft in this year's Nintendo General Direct. And it should be a Switch 2 exclusive.

Sircolby45139d ago

Yeah, Xenoblade 2 and 3 are amazing. I would have put Xenoblade 2 in first and 3 in second if I was ranking them.

Zeldafan64140d ago (Edited 140d ago )

The "worst" Xenoblade game is still better than 95% of games out there. Xenoblade 2 is my favorite rpg ever. All the Xenoblade games have incredible characters, soundtracks, voice acting, stories, world design and combat (save for Xenoblade 1 whose combat, while good, is not incredible).

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Why all four Xenoblade Chronicles games need Nintendo Switch 2 Editions

NE: "We look at each Xenoblade Chronicles game's performance on Nintendo Switch and how each one would be impacted by a Switch 2 Edition or patch."

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Vits211d ago

What makes it even sadder is that if you jailbreak your Switch 1, it actually runs those games better than the Switch 2. Since you can, on the fly, change the rendering resolution and overclock the device to handle it.

I’m currently playing Xenoblade X like that and it’s great, no FPS drops, and even in handheld mode, the game looks very clear. Though, I have to say, I’m still a bit divided on whether I like or dislike the changes they made from the Wii U version. On one hand, everything looks cleaner and the models feel more alive, but on the other hand, it looks less unique.

Zeldafan64210d ago (Edited 210d ago )

Saying X looks less unique is not something I ever expected to read. I think the character models look quite a bit better in the Switch version (not that I thought they looked bad in the Wii U version). The world and monster design are some of the best I've ever seen in video games though I'll still give a slight edge to Xenoblade 2's world design. Leftherian Archipelago is my favorite location in any video game from a visual standpoint followed closely by endgame of Xenoblade 1.

Vits209d ago

If you think the Switch version models look unique, I have dozens of anime titles to sell to you.

Zeldafan64207d ago

I was talking about the world and monster design being unique, not the character models. Guess I should have made that clearer.