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Xenoblade coming to the U.S. via Gamestop Exclusive (also avail on Nintendo.com)
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Yes, there is. The quest takes up practically the entire game and is one of the most satisfying aspects of the game once it's finished.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
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AgentOtaku
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Judging by the audio in the trailer just released
Did they re-localize this for North America?
...kinda hope so. English voices didn't do it for me.
EDIT: NVM, paid more attention, doh
Did they re-localize this for North America?
...kinda hope so. English voices didn't do it for me.
EDIT: NVM, paid more attention, doh
The voices in that trailer were from the NoE dub, which is very good overall.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Then yeah, if Xenoblade is sold in this manner (with limited copies being printed), and also because it's an RPG that people generally hold in high regard, then I'm sure it might be considered a collector's item in the end if a lot of copies don't get out there.
That's something I appreciated about the game a lot too. In that manner, it's kind of like a game for those who want to play a content-packed RPG, but are pretty busy and don't want to go through all the tedium that eventually takes up a lot of time. Much of the game was designed around convenience, which is a nice thing. It made questing a lot more convenient and did it with the right methods.
I heard that The Last Story kind of does this as well, but goes the FFXIII route in terms of linearity and chapter-based design, but it doesn't feel as limited as FFXIII did because it provided a lot of tasks for the player to accomplish.
This was my favourite part of the game, no lie... >.>
I know that feel, bro.
When my boyfriend was playing my copy for a bit, he ended up making Shulk jump for 30 minutes because he couldn't stop laughing at how pathetic Shulk sounded when he jumped... also the jump animation was funny. He really disliked Shulk.
And you outlined the problem I had with the majority of the quests. I thought the majority of them were going to be more in-depth than fetch quests much of the time, but ah well.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I was skeptical at first (English accents in a sci-fi game??). But they're very well-done, very charming, and somehow, quite appropriate to translate a Japanese story in a way I wouldn't have expected.
ColtraineGF
Member
Well, I'm glad I waited then. Hope it turns out to be engaging for me, with all the praise it's getting 
chaostrophy
Member
I'm thinking about pre-ordering a US copy to keep sealed, since I have my EU copy to play.
Splash Wave
Member
English accents exist only in fantasy worlds and the past.
It also helps because our ears are trained to hear British/Australian accents with mythological and foreign worlds from film.
Not sure why you feel British voices in sci-fi game would be weird considering how many british voices there are in sci-fi.
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not british
bigdaddygamebot
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BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Yes. Exactly. The future belongs to the USA!
This is basically the reason... At least in the world of recent game and film voice overs, most productions have only featured specifically English casts if they are based in classical fantasy/foreign worlds.
Xenoblade shows that it's just fine for this to change, though. English-accented jRPGs are now officially charming.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Completely forgot about this. Jeez, that's expensive... :O
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Hell yeah.I can't wait for this.Been wanting to play but didnt feel like modding and all that stuff.
AgentOtaku
Member
I feel reassured now. Woot
Franklinator
Member
Should I preorder from GameStop or Nintendo.com?
PixyJunket
Member
Ah, this is great news, but now I need to sell my PAL copy before it plummets in value.
Thankfully I haven't opened it (as I got it right before Skyward Sword came out), I'm okay taking a $10 or $20 hit if I need to to support the US version.
Thankfully I haven't opened it (as I got it right before Skyward Sword came out), I'm okay taking a $10 or $20 hit if I need to to support the US version.
AgentOtaku
Member
I'm gonna wait to order on Nintendo. Want to send a clear message ya know =P
vagabondarts
Member
I will buy a Wii for this game
Franklinator
Member
That's a good idea. And that way I don't have to support Gamestop
Holy shit, I have this. Didn't even know it was rare. Picked it up at the Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships some years back. May have to sell this baby now.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I also don't feel like Gamestop is guaranteed to get it to you any better than Nintendo themselves. They'll surely print enough copies to cover orders from them directly.
Let's just hope the devil doesn't tempt us with exclusive pre-order schwag....
I also have this. The PAL version, that is. Which is basically dirt cheap now
Hopefully the same won't happen to PAL Xenoblade, though I'm not getting my hopes up.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Cool. Now I won't have to import once I put a dent in my massive backlog.
Starwolf_UK
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The main feature. Save copying theory/DIY
I saw a few posts here and I recall in the OT someone saying that somebody confirmed the clock fix by transferring their Japanese save to the EU release.
You'll need one of the homebrew programs that dumps saves. The reason for this being we need the save in its unencrypted form. An example game here. We copy the save. It is put in the directory \0001000052453550 (this is the hex title ID* in hex with some other numbers before it) with the following files:
The reason behind 50 and 45 is hexidecimal. 50=P 45=E
*-Printed on back of the box.
Hope that helped. When the time comes throw a bone in the homebrew thread or somewhere.
Back to multiquote-mode
Danm you Microsoft. I was thinking Samus had defected along with Rareware...
form (Colosseum Mega Pak version with no manual and GBA-GCN link cable one which came with this). I don't think either were valuble to start with (even though the PAL one is arguably harder to get ahold of than the NTSC-U one)
I saw a few posts here and I recall in the OT someone saying that somebody confirmed the clock fix by transferring their Japanese save to the EU release.
You'll need one of the homebrew programs that dumps saves. The reason for this being we need the save in its unencrypted form. An example game here. We copy the save. It is put in the directory \0001000052453550 (this is the hex title ID* in hex with some other numbers before it) with the following files:
Possibly all we need to do for the US version is (helps if we have a US save too) put it in a directory called \0001000052453545 (ideally we overwrite all but banner.bin or if that doesn't work we overwrite less and less files until it works) and hope save format changes and/or checksums don't crucify us (game will not show any saves if it does)...which they shouldn't as we've not modified any checksums and the save structure should remain identical (though I assume Xenoblade must use a structure like above since the Japanese save supposedly worked and I'd think having the extra option of voice acting language would break things otherwise).
The reason behind 50 and 45 is hexidecimal. 50=P 45=E
*-Printed on back of the box.
Hope that helped. When the time comes throw a bone in the homebrew thread or somewhere.
Back to multiquote-mode
Gamestop is involved. That won't be a problem
I thought this:
Danm you Microsoft. I was thinking Samus had defected along with Rareware...
They got hacked apparently; at least hackers had a sense of humor
It was first 1000 to register. Looked like it was fully translated into French too which is crazy given its print run being limited to 1000.
They're making up for Advance Wars (check out Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict, EU got a shiny new logo while NOA just took the old one and painted it brown).
So they'll be giving away disc 1 with Nintendo Power? (Sega Saturn Magazine here in the UK had disc 1 of that game as the free disc once)
I have that [Pokemon Box] in both PAL and NTSCI also have this. The PAL version, that is. Which is basically dirt cheap now
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and GBA-GCN link cable one which came with this). I don't think either were valuble to start with (even though the PAL one is arguably harder to get ahold of than the NTSC-U one)
creid
Member
If you want it fast, you should probably go with Gamestop.
Why shouldn't I judge it for it's optional content too? It's part of the package. It's like judging DQ9 only for the main plot. In both cases the optional stuff is greater than the actual main quest and I think it's fair to judge it.
You do have to returns quests often. The one you don't returns are the find X enemies loot but as soon as it involves bringing the loot to another NPC or finding another NPC it becomes tedious.
They had the choice of making 500 quests with generic repeated text, objectives and loot or to devise 20 good ones with actual unique dungeons and NPCs and chose the first one. I'm more a fan of the second option. It's not like it's actually difficult to offer lot of quests and have unique interesting dialogues or objectives for it. New Vegas pulled this out fairly well with unique dialogues, areas and objectives for sidequests.
I felt exploring was much more rewarding in a game like FFXII than Xenoblade. FFXII is full of terrible design decisions like Xenoblade (bazaar, loots, random chests) but side areas are actually areas/dungeons with uniquely designed bosses and you can actually find worthwhile stuff exploring these areas (weapons, spells, items). The game doesn't have huge empty areas to explore but at least they designed entirely optional areas to explore with useful stuff to loot from them.
I'm not saying my opinion is the only right one, I was replying to the guy implying that if you hate this game something is wrong with you.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
So basically..... there's a chance I can use my PAL save on my US copy??
I wasn't saying it like exactly
Your points are well argued. I just think that newbies in this thread shouldn't be scared off from playing this game based on your impressions.that would be awesome
dragonlife
Member
FUCK.
YES.
YES.
It's cool that the game is coming out in North America finally. However, Gamestop exclusive means I can't get it. I suppose it doesn't matter since I have the EU version, but I'd like a copy that doesn't require me to have the Homebrew channel on my system. Would have been better if they'd include Amazon as well. <sigh>
You can buy it from Nintendo's site as well.
I'm excited!
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