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[duckroll]

Hideyuki Matsumoto is the final external designer Takahashi is introducing. They used to be colleagues in a previous company (Both Matsumoto and Takahashi were former Square employees), and Matsumoto helped him on Xenosaga as well. He is a designer who has a profound knowledge of firearms, so for this game he's mainly drawing designs for weapons used by characters in the game (as opposed to mechs I suppose). On reflection, Takahashi gives himself another pat on the back for assembling a top-class team of designers for the game. (lol)

For the backgrounds, they engaged Kusanagi for the design work. It's a company that specializes in background design, and they have a lot of experience on adapting drawn artwork into 3D models, so it was a no brainer. (Kusanagi is a background studio who works on many anime and videogame projects)

 

[L~A]

Hideyuki Matsumoto is the final external designer Takahashi is introducing. They used to be colleagues in a previous company (Both Matsumoto and Takahashi were former Square employees), and Matsumoto helped him on Xenosaga as well. He is a designer who has a profound knowledge of firearms, so for this game he's mainly drawing designs for weapons used by characters in the game (as opposed to mechs I suppose). On reflection, Takahashi gives himself another pat on the back for assembling a top-class team of designers for the game. (lol)

For the backgrounds, they engaged Kusanagi for the design work. It's a company that specializes in background design, and they have a lot of experience on adapting drawn artwork into 3D models, so it was a no brainer. (Kusanagi is a background studio who works on many anime and videogame projects)

Thanks a bunch, added to the OP.

I guess he never said anything more about the people he introduced the other day?

Edit: oh, Kusanagi worked on the LovePlus series? Interesting.

 

[Otakumegane]

Now that the designers have been said, give us more game details plzzz.

I'm dying for a Mech screen.

 

[jnWake]

Now that the designers have been said, give us more game details plzzz.

I'm dying for a Mech screen.

You'll get every single one of the game's programmers and you'll like it.

 

[Nanashrew]

Even if the info has been kinda boring I actually like how personal they have been introducing us to the team working on the game. I think when they open up the official website they should have a section dedicated to the staff with all the extra info they couldn't fit on Twitter.

 

[Zero²]

You'll get every single one of the game's programmers and you'll like it.

At least it will make for a interesting comparison to see what each person was in charge with and what the game ultimately become ^^

 

[Tovarisch]

 

[gamergirly]

Lord we gotta keep our hearts beating

 

[L~A]

New tweets~

~[高橋]前回でデザイナーの皆さんについては殆どご紹介しましたが、最後に付け加えておきたいのはモノリスの社内スタッフについてです。

https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/546938825503559680

[高橋]ここでは個々の名前を挙げることはしませんが、今までご紹介してきた、ある意味非常にバラエティに富んだ方々のデザインを一つの作品世界に収めることができたのはモノリススタッフが頑張ったからだということをお伝えしておきます。

https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/546938901881839616

 

[Spinluck]

Man, Google translate really fucked up those tweets for me, but I was able to piece together enough to understand the tweets.

 

[L~A]

It's better to just wait for an actual translation, it's not like there's any breaking news in those tweet anyway

 

[sublimit]

At least it will make for a interesting comparison to see what each person was in charge with and what the game ultimately become ^^

What will be very interesting IMO would be to compare the credits of the first Xenoblade with this one to see which and how many of the first game's team transferred to XCX.

 

[duckroll]

I think Takahashi is running out of things to talk about lol.

He says that he has pretty much introduced all the designers, but lastly he wants to mention the internal Monolithsoft staff. He isn't going to name them one by one, but he just wants to point out that without their hard work, the huge variety of different designs from the various designers would not be unified into one game world.

 

[sublimit]

I think Takahashi is running out of things to talk about lol.

Well he better start showing then. Some concept art would be nice.Something we could actually discuss about.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

are they not allowed to show anything?

could they give us a hint on release date? before Zelda U or after?

 

[sublimit]

are they not allowed to show anything?

could they give us a hint on release date? before Zelda U or after?

They said that they are estimating for a spring release in Japan so it will definitely come out before Zelda.

 

[L~A]

I think Takahashi is running out of things to talk about lol.

He says that he has pretty much introduced all the designers, but lastly he wants to mention the internal Monolithsoft staff. He isn't going to name them one by one, but he just wants to point out that without their hard work, the huge variety of different designs from the various designers would not be unified into one game world.

My guess is, he hadn't really planned for something. In his first message, he said he'd post some ramblings on Twitter and he kept on talking about designers since it's the first thing he showed.

For regular artworks/pics, he'd need to plan something, and usually, there's a PR guy doing it.

I guess those will become after the holidays.

 

[Hiltz]

are they not allowed to show anything?

could they give us a hint on release date? before Zelda U or after?

Given the scale of the game and the bigger localization effort, I'm hoping for an October release, but it may need more time than that. Nintendo is probably waiting to show more of the game in future Nintendo Directs.

 

[llehuty]

I think localization is what is going to determine the release date outside of Japan. I'm a bit worried about Europe translations (I'mnot in a hurry though).

 

[foxuzamaki]

Hideyuki Matsumoto is the final external designer Takahashi is introducing. They used to be colleagues in a previous company (Both Matsumoto and Takahashi were former Square employees), and Matsumoto helped him on Xenosaga as well. He is a designer who has a profound knowledge of firearms, so for this game he's mainly drawing designs for weapons used by characters in the game (as opposed to mechs I suppose). On reflection, Takahashi gives himself another pat on the back for assembling a top-class team of designers for the game. (lol)

For the backgrounds, they engaged Kusanagi for the design work. It's a company that specializes in background design, and they have a lot of experience on adapting drawn artwork into 3D models, so it was a no brainer. (Kusanagi is a background studio who works on many anime and videogame projects)

Well it does sound like a pretty good team.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Given the scale of the game and the bigger localization effort, I'm hoping for an October release, but it may need more time than that. Nintendo is probably waiting to show more of the game in future Nintendo Directs.

hoping Treehouse had it for far longer than that and they can do an NA release closer to Japan

 

[CrimsonFist]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

 

[Effect]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

The original song is still there too. It's at the bottom of the page in a new section.

 

[jorgejjvr]

I need this game

 

[Neoxon]

I need this game

As do I.

 

[R.D.Blax]

Thanks you Monolith, thanks you so much

 

[Stark]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

The OST is going to be so good.

 

[Some Nobody]

hoping Treehouse had it for far longer than that and they can do an NA release closer to Japan

I doubt it. The fact that they specifically told us Spring 2015 for Japan and that they were merely "targeting" 2015 for localized releases isn't a good sign. Then you think about how we haven't seen a single English trailer yet...it's worrisome.

Everyone saying we'll see it around October/November are probably dead-on, unless Nintendo has the magic touch with RPG translations.

 

[Neoxon]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

There's a little pee comin' out of me right now.

 

[ika]

*adding mp3 to iTunes*

So good ^_^

 

[convo]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

That trailer still gives me cheers.

 

[Dr. Buni]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

So good

 

[R.D.Blax]

I'm searching for a download button but I don't find it. And throwing money at my screen don't help either. Please help !

 

[Omnicent]

Man the OST for this game will be amazing. I don't normally buy OST, but I will for this game.

I'm searching for a download button but I don't find it. And throwing money at my screen don't help either. Please help !

I can download it. so goooooddddd (well the older one that people love so much. can't get the newer one no matter how much I try)
ok got it.
http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound2.mp3
sooo goooooddddd.

also the old one if people don't have it http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound1.mp3

 

[kuroneko0509]

New music link if anyone wants it
http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound2.mp3

 

[Phazon]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

Sounds so good

Can't wait to hear the full OST.

 

[random25]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

So gooood...

 

[R.D.Blax]

Thanks for the link ! Now I can go sleep in peace

 

[Nanashrew]

Yessss! I've been wanting to hear the full version of this song!

 

[Isotope]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

Still glorious. Been waiting to hear this.

 

[somedevil]

http://xenobladex.jp/

The music on the website has been changed to the track from the E3 2013 trailer

Its hard to make out what she is singing at the end. Can anybody make out the lyrics?

 

[Fandangox]

New music link if anyone wants it
http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound2.mp3

Will check it out when I get home

 

[Hiltz]

There's been some fan attempts to make out the lyrics. Here's one of em:

Let's find the giving loss
All the people cry in vain
Try to live your life
In the sky where I can fly

Tell me what is meant here
Tell me you're awake
And it's always here
While the long time whirl(s)

There's a voice that says
You're part of my soul
And the sun comes out
With all of my hopes

So where's your feeling
And where is your life
Forgotten world
Nobody's ever seen

 

[foxuzamaki]

will listen when I get home

 

[Dr. Buni]

I want to know the name of the music, as well as the artist's name.

 

[jorgejjvr]

There's been some fan attempts to make out the lyrics. Here's one of em:

Let's find the giving loss
All the people cry in vain
Try to live your life
In the sky where I can fly

Tell me what is meant here
Tell me you're awake
And it's always here
While the long time whirl(s)

There's a voice that says
You're part of my soul
And the sun comes out
With all of my hopes

So where's your feeling
And where is your life
Forgotten world
Nobody's ever seen

Pretty good

 

[Lumyst]

I wonder at what moment in the game that will show up in. I remember when I watched my brother play Baten Kaitos, there was a boss that had hip-hop sounding music and I couldn't make out what the lyrics were, so maybe this'll be the same, haha

 

[Hiltz]

I want to know the name of the music, as well as the artist's name.

It appears that the music is composed by Sawano Hiroyuki and sung by Mika Kobayashi and the male vocals is by a some man named mpi. I'm not sure of the name of the song, but it may just be untitled for now.

 

[desu]

New music link if anyone wants it
http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound2.mp3

Looooved the song back then, thanks for the download link.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I doubt it. The fact that they specifically told us Spring 2015 for Japan and that they were merely "targeting" 2015 for localized releases isn't a good sign. Then you think about how we haven't seen a single English trailer yet...it's worrisome.

Everyone saying we'll see it around October/November are probably dead-on, unless Nintendo has the magic touch with RPG translations.

you might as well say 2016 if you think so little of Treehouse the fact that the Crashed Ship City is Neo LA makes it harder for them to go with those NOE British voice actors again so translation is not the only issue facing XCX

Zelda U will be a problem they can't release these two games too close to each other so if not Summer 2015 we would have to wait for early 2016

I do not think translation is as much a problem for NOA as you think, the problem is lack of marketing for games that are not Mario or Zelda so they might just sit on XCX