Always a good run
"Baby's first RPG" is such an interesting idea. Mechanically, Xenoblade doesn't hold your hand but definitely feels tonally immature. Like if Disney made a 100 hour jrpg. Be warned, the cutscenes vary from really endearing to almost unbearable. I did shut my console off after both the super anime maid tropes scenes happened, but other cutscenes feature poorly synced up audio and mouth animations. No where near as bad as the Sonic Adventure series, but pretty close.
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Persona 5 is so good though.
In all likelihood, it won't even be that in depth. My guess is it'll be a home customization deal with random loot box furniture. Some simple puzzle league element for the main game. I doubt we're getting overwork day stuff like fishing and neighbors.
Honestly, a little bit, yeah. As one of Nintendo's leading franchises that was hyped as mysteriously as the NX was (that looming Zelda U we only got tiny clips of), there was an undeniable honeymoon phase for a long time. Watch Mario Odyssey get the same treatment. The Games revolutionary for how unlinear it is. BUt it has so many flaws no one would talk about. Instead, it was herolded as the greatest game that ever will be. Look at NVC's recent community ranking
If it's any consolation, Undertale got brought up a lot when we were discussing the list, awesome blend of that chip tune style mixed with some strong instrumental pairings.
Comment in the article with a couple tracks of note. It'll be interesting to hear what you think in further detail.
I appreciate the fact checking on that. My bad, I'll try and make a note of that in the piece