Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Hype countdown

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Finally some good news for us Eurofolks about the Collector's Edition. Since Nintendo can't get their shit together, the pre-orders have been cancelled.


We can simply buy the game at any retailer in two weeks and then buy all the CE content in September from the Nintendo online shop. Unless they fuck up the price (Should be no more than €40) this is actually a great solution.
 
Taion illustration by Masatsugu Saito, the character designer

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"two weeks until the release of Xenoblade 3. The commercial has also been released. I'm a little surprised they use this song ... ( ^^; ) . I mean, there's a strange bell sound in 7 seconds, but is this a sound effect? I hurriedly checked the master data of the music that I have."
 
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Taion illustration by Masatsugu Saito, the character designer

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"two weeks until the release of Xenoblade 3. The commercial has also been released. I'm a little surprised they use this song ... ( ^^; ) . I mean, there's a strange bell sound in 7 seconds, but is this a sound effect? I hurriedly checked the master data of the music that I have."

Is it me or Saito artstyle is much improved compare to his work on XC2? I mostly talking about characters's proportions.
 
Hmm probably because of the art direction too? Xenoblade 2 art direction was full on anime, Xenoblade 3 is a bit more realistic
I think you are right about that, with XC2 they went with bigger than life fantasy, while XC3 is going for more grounded war torn story.

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What's wrong with her Character proportions? 😏
Nothing but when I see Xenoblade 2's offical art compare to XC3.....
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Its very clear that XC2 is much more exaggerated compare to XC3, especially size of their shoes.
 
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I think you are right about that, with XC2 much bigger than life fantasy, while XC3 is going for more grounded war torn story.


Nothing but when I see Xenoblade 2's offical art compare to XC3.....
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Its very clear that XC2 is much more exaggerated compare to XC3, especially size of their shoes.
Yeah but that's what makes the game so good. The wackiness is why XC2 is best Xenoblade Chronicles :P
 
Ashera has been my favorite hero so far.
Her weapon is really cool. I think she's an agility tank?

My fave is probably Alexandria, since she gives the impression she's designed to have really high damage potential based on critical bonuses.

I'm just glad there's so many. It really does feel a bit like the heroes are rare blades.
 


"In the world of onions, enemies may be fighting each other. You can also get special rewards after winning if you decide which one to join and then fight. The point is to determine which reward is better and which one is more likely to win, and to help!"



"At Ionion, time is always flowing. If you want to change the time from day to night, you can freely change the time from the main menu. It seems that some protists appear only at night. I want you to enjoy the scenery that changes with time!"



"If you defeat a unique monster, a tombstone will remain on the spot. If you check the tombstone, you can fight the unique monster again. If you rematch yourself as you become stronger, you may feel the growth!"



"One of the heroes, "Ashera" (CV: M.A.O.). The class is "Lone Exile", and it is a super-attack type defender who fights with a sword with blades on both sides. It is a quick and powerful slash that swings and shoots weapons, gains hate by attacking enemies, and can counterattack even when surrounding allies are attacked."



"Ashera is standing firmly on the battlefield and seems to be very strong. For the time being, I'm glad I didn't seem to be an enemy ...!"
 
Look all, I love animu, but Xenoblade 2's character designs are trash. It ain't the big boobs, but the overall designs like their costumes are just quite horrible and jarring.

Still a good game though with a great story.
 
Look all, I love animu, but Xenoblade 2's character designs are trash. It ain't the big boobs, but the overall designs like their costumes are just quite horrible and jarring.

Still a good game though with a great story.
I personally like them, for example, if you look at Pyra and Mithra's cloths, their skin exposed opposite of each other, indicating they were whole once and both Mithra and Pyra are incomplete form.
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While Pneuma is complete form.
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I personally like them, for example, if you look at Pyra and Mithra's cloths, their skin exposed opposite of each other, indicating they were whole once and both Mithra and Pyra are incomplete form.
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While Pneuma is complete form.
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Ah I remember the complete form didn't have official art until Pyra/Mythra added to Smash Ultimate lol
 
Pyra and Myrtha are good. As are the Torna crew, which I think were designed by Testuya Nomura?

But the rest of em, Rex, patch guy and his blade are a cluster fuck haha.
 
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Pyra and Myrtha are good. As are the Torna crew, which I think were designed by Testuya Nomura?

But the rest of em, Rex, patch guy and his blade are a cluster fuck haha.
Rex is Salvager and through out the game Rex dives to get materials so his cloths make sense.

Zeke is kinda of meant to be parody of "chūnibyō"

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Xenoblade 2 is just chock full of double entendres (although, this particular one isn't so double since it is literally about this guy licking a party member each night while they sleep, and unfortunately it isn't Pyra) I hope Xenoblade 3 can keep up the pace.

This stuff always gets a laugh from me.

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Xenoblade 2 is just chock full of double entendres (although, this particular one isn't so double since it is literally about this guy licking a party member each night while they sleep, and unfortunately it isn't Pyra) I hope Xenoblade 3 can keep up the pace.

This stuff always gets a laugh from me.

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This is why Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the best Xenoblade due to the wackiness
 
Xenoblade 2 is just chock full of double entendres (although, this particular one isn't so double since it is literally about this guy licking a party member each night while they sleep, and unfortunately it isn't Pyra) I hope Xenoblade 3 can keep up the pace.

This stuff always gets a laugh from me.

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Fanart by Aya

I also love the gameplay mechanism where Boreas gives you hints what other characters favourite foods are on his affinity chart
 
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Another beautiful Xenoblade area. For some reason, once I got to fallen arm, I kept constantly changing the time to 18:00 so that whenever I triggered a cutscene, it would take place at dusk :messenger_grinning_squinting:



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Definitive Edition beautiful title screens for multiple locations:

 
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Well I finally started playing chronicles 1 after buying the wii version when it came out and never played. Than I bought switch version on release and also never got around…. I know I suck. Currently in love. For some reason I just find myself doing all the quests before moving to next area.

Any chance they porting chronicles X to switch..? I also have that game and haven't played it yet, and I at this point I rather play it on switch. How's chronicles 2? I plan on buying after I beat 1.
 
Well I finally started playing chronicles 1 after buying the wii version when it came out and never played. Than I bought switch version on release and also never got around…. I know I suck. Currently in love. For some reason I just find myself doing all the quests before moving to next area.

Any chance they porting chronicles X to switch..? I also have that game and haven't played it yet, and I at this point I rather play it on switch. How's chronicles 2? I plan on buying after I beat 1.

Many consider 2 better than 1. Xenoblade X has no story connection to 1, 2, and the upcoming 3. 1, 2, and 3 share a connected story and should definitely be played in succession. Don't count on X being ported to the Switch any time soon:

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/xe...al-switch-rpgs-success-with-tetsuya-takahashi
 
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Many consider 2 better than 1. Xenoblade X has no story connection to 1, 2, and the upcoming 3. 1, 2, and 3 share a connected story and should definitely be played in succession. Don't count on X being ported to the Switch any time soon:

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/xe...al-switch-rpgs-success-with-tetsuya-takahashi
Thanks for the replay! I'll get 2 as soon as I finished 1. And I knew x not being connected to the story I was just curious since I have it for wiiu. Last question. Are the expansion worth it for part 2 ?
 
Really looking forward to this one. Everything I've see look great, still trying to wrap my head around the fact that there can be six active party members!

My history with the series is a twisting road:
Xenoblade Chronicles - Wii (Bought it in support of Operation Rain Fall, played a few hours of it and move on to other games... not sure why)
Xenoblade Chronicles X - WiiU (Bought it because it looked amazing, played it for about 10 hours, then got overwhelmed with all of the stuff to do and moved on to other games)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch (Love this one, but only go a few chapters in.. then hit a boss that just wrecked my party... set the game aside)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna the Golden Country - Switch (Bought the stand alone version and played the HECK out of it, game got a hold of me and and it was an amazing ride)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch (After the great time i had with Torna, i revisited XC2 and was able to proceed further in the game, got through a few more chapters in, but then again hit a boss that i was unable to beat... set the game aside again)
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Switch (Holy crap did this game grab me, everything clicked, combat, story, side quests.. what a great game. Also played the Future connected portion and loved that as well)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch (In preparation for XC3 i just decided to watch the story for the chapters i had left in this game.... WOW what a ending)

(Thank you for reading my Xenoblade Chronicles confessional)
 
Well I finally started playing chronicles 1 after buying the wii version when it came out and never played. Than I bought switch version on release and also never got around…. I know I suck. Currently in love. For some reason I just find myself doing all the quests before moving to next area.

Any chance they porting chronicles X to switch..? I also have that game and haven't played it yet, and I at this point I rather play it on switch. How's chronicles 2? I plan on buying after I beat 1.
Everybody want X ported to Switch, but not Nintendo lol
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Thanks for the replay! I'll get 2 as soon as I finished 1. And I knew x not being connected to the story I was just curious since I have it for wiiu. Last question. Are the expansion worth it for part 2 ?
2 is great if you don't have problem with anime tropes and the character design. from what I see, most people hate Xenoblade 2 because of those two things. The expansion is worth it. There's a certain event that get mention in the base game. You play that event in the expansion.
 
Thanks for the replay! I'll get 2 as soon as I finished 1. And I knew x not being connected to the story I was just curious since I have it for wiiu. Last question. Are the expansion worth it for part 2 ?

Hell yeah the expansion is worth it. Its a prequel to the story in 2 but don't play it beforehand. It's meant to be played afterward so the new information presented has more impact.
 
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