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[Skel1ingt0n]

I've had this preordered for quite a while now; but saw the artbook is now out of stock. I ordered when they were still available, so I'm not worried.

But I asked about them at another store, and he was really pushing me to preorder today. I said I wanted an artbook, then; and he promised me I'd get one.

Lol, we'll see... But now I have, potentially, two artbooks. So, if they're selling for a crap-load of money, I'll eBay it. But if they're not fetching much, I'll do a good deed and pass them along to the community. Normally I'd pass it along either way; but I'm unemployed and broke, so I gotta take what I can get ;p

 

[vic2020]

I'm hoping to walk into gamestop and pick up a copy on release day without having preordered even though i've heard it may be limited to preorder only

 

[SecretMoblin]

I'm hoping to walk into gamestop and pick up a copy on release day without having preordered even though i've heard it may be limited to preorder only

Why not just go in now and put $5 down? That way you could guarantee yourself a copy on release day, if you get there early enough.

 

[Adam Prime]

Melia is exceptionally easy to use though. All you have to do is Summon Flare, Summon Bolt, Summon Bolt, Spear Break, Starlight Kick, release, release to deal massive damage. Add Electric Plus x2, Ether Up x2, Topple Up and/or Topple Plus and she's unstoppubol.

I'm only at Lv49 with her and I'm doing real nice damage doing this:
Summon BOLT > s.BOLT > s.FLARE , Spear, Kick, Release FLARE, Summon Bolt

and then go to town and release all three Bolts. Or like your varation, summon Wind first, then Bolt, Bolt. I like stacking up three Bolts when I'm at Elemental Burst, that does stupid damage.

Question though, where should I go or do to get more Elect Up gems? Is there a specific place to farm for those?

 

[TDLink]

You -can- walk in to Gamestop on Friday and get a copy. Nintendo and Gamestop have both clarified that pre-orders are not required, they just help to ensure you get a copy on release day. Every store should have some extras allotted above the pre-order number though.

I'm only at Lv49 with her and I'm doing real nice damage doing this:
Summon BOLT > s.BOLT > s.FLARE , Spear, Kick, Release FLARE, Summon Bolt

and then go to town and release all three Bolts. Or like your varation, summon Wind first, then Bolt, Bolt. I like stacking up three Bolts when I'm at Elemental Burst, that does stupid damage.

Question though, where should I go or do to get more Elect Up gems? Is there a specific place to farm for those?

FYI, instead of waiting for bolt to come off CD 3 times you can substitute the second one for Summon Copy, it'll let you do your rotation faster. Also, be careful with flare. While powerful, it has the tendency to pull other crap you don't want in your battles since it is AOE. I personally like doing a rotation of Summon Aqua > Summon Bolt > Summon Copy > Spear, Kick, Release, Release. I just like the constant group healing that Aqua aura gives you and if you get in trouble you can just release it for more healing to yourself.

 

[TDLink]

Didn't mean to double post, sorry.

 

[DarkChronic]

Counting down the days...got work from 9-5 on Friday, and man, that is going to be rough going.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

I admit I only used Melia in that particular boss fight. My Sharla-Shulk-Heropon team was pretty much unstoppable. The little beast was damn effective with his DOTs

 

[vic2020]

Why not just go in now and put $5 down? That way you could guarantee yourself a copy on release day, if you get there early enough.

I could but I'm not sure if they still take in store preorders this close to release

 

[Codeblue]

I find it frustrating that this would cost me less to have shipped here from across an ocean than to drive to a Gamestop 2 minutes away.

 

[Mortrialus]

*sigh*

I went down to the local Gamestop to reserve a copy of Xenoblade, this will be the first time in years I've purchased a game from them. This game better be worth it.

 

[Zornica]

Question though, where should I go or do to get more Elect Up gems? Is there a specific place to farm for those?

Spoiler

at the north exit of the wind cave (but still inside it!), follow the turkins. you can mine them there. I am not sure about the stage... maybe II or III.

but be carefull, there are lvl75 spiders around.

 

[Codeblue]

*sigh*

I went down to the local Gamestop to reserve a copy of Xenoblade, this will be the first time in years I've purchased a game from them. This game better be worth it.

I haven't bought from them in years as well because I think they're awful, however, if they really did have a hand in getting this localized, isn't that something that is worth supporting?

 

[SecretMoblin]

FYI, instead of waiting for bolt to come off CD 3 times you can substitute the second one for Summon Copy, it'll let you do your rotation faster. Also, be careful with flare. While powerful, it has the tendency to pull other crap you don't want in your battles since it is AOE. I personally like doing a rotation of Summon Aqua > Summon Bolt > Summon Copy > Spear, Kick, Release, Release. I just like the constant group healing that Aqua aura gives you and if you get in trouble you can just release it for more healing to yourself.

Yeah flare was only useful once I was very overpowered. Otherwise, the trouble it causes outweighs the benefits. By far my most used spells were Wind and Bolt. The agility boost was just amazing, especially on

Spoiler

a decked-out Dunban.

I find it frustrating that this would cost me less to have shipped here from across an ocean than to drive to a Gamestop 2 minutes away.

That's why many of us imported! I paid ~$54 total. The only difference was the wait.

*sigh*

I went down to the local Gamestop to reserve a copy of Xenoblade, this will be the first time in years I've purchased a game from them. This game better be worth it.

I think it's reasonable to criticize GameStop for shitty business practices and buy from them when they're the only ones doing something like this. Money talks, and I think it's fair to make the determination that showing a company like Nintendo demand in specific cases is more important than continued adherence to a general boycott.

 

[Adam Prime]

Yeah flare was only useful once I was very overpowered. Otherwise, the trouble it causes outweighs the benefits. By far my most used spells were Wind and Bolt. The agility boost was just amazing, especially on

Spoiler

a decked-out Dunban.

.

yeah sometimes just to be silly I will cast all three Wind spells for Maximum agility and then just stand back and laugh.

 

[Codeblue]

That's why many of us imported! I paid ~$54 total. The only difference was the wait.

I'm double dipping. I paid $42 total for the PAL copy, whereas an localized version will cost $17 more. It's bizarre.

 

[Teknoman]

*sigh*

I went down to the local Gamestop to reserve a copy of Xenoblade, this will be the first time in years I've purchased a game from them. This game better be worth it.

People put together for a giant petition and preorder the game in droves from Amazon just to get a glimmer of hope that the game would arrive in North America, not to mention its got one of the best soundtracks this generation.


Its worth it.

 

[anaron]

I'm double dipping because:

A) I'd rather just own a NA copy to make things easier

Spoiler

and the 'Chronicles' font is more aesthetically pleasing.

B)I want to support these developers and hopefully instill some sort of confidence in NoA to take more chances.

 

[flyover]

I'm double dipping because:

...

B)I want to support these developers and hopefully instill some sort of confidence in NoA to take more chances.

Same here. Part of me didn't want to buy it again, because I hate to reward them for initially refusing to release it here. But I very much want to support Takahashi and Monolith. Plus, it'll be convenient to have a copy that runs on any unmodded Wii.

 

[MiamiWesker]

Is this game street dated or will GS sell it as soon as it receives its copies? I dont see why it needs to be street dated, only one store is getting it and there is no marketing campaign.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

How much is nintendo.com charging for shipping? Perhaps I should preorder @ Gamestop if it's not too late to do so since there's a artbook as well...

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Updated Japanese sales from the MC Top 500: 177,659

 

[Alucrid]

Well, just preordered a copy from Gamestop. First Wii game ever.

 

[The Hermit]

Well, just preordered a copy from Gamestop. First Wii game ever.

I would recommend a bunch of other titles to get as well, but getting a wii just for Xenoblade, a niche new JRPG, not very availible and only known to fans then:

 

[Alucrid]

I would recommend a bunch of other titles to get as well, but getting a wii just for Xenoblade, a niche new JRPG, not very availible and only known to fans then:

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Well they did make my favorite PS2 jrpg trilogy, so I can give them the benefit of the doubt for this. That said I'm completely in the dark about everything in this game, which is a nice thing.

 

[Shaffield]

How much is nintendo.com charging for shipping? Perhaps I should preorder @ Gamestop if it's not too late to do so since there's a artbook as well...

I'm not sure about Nintendo's shipping cost, but I've heard that GS preorders over the last week or so may not include the artbook, due to limited supply.

Its probably a store-by-store situation tho

 

[Attackthebase]

I'm double dipping because:

A) I'd rather just own a NA copy to make things easier

Spoiler

and the 'Chronicles' font is more aesthetically pleasing.

B)I want to support these developers and hopefully instill some sort of confidence in NoA to take more chances.

You took the reasons right out of my head.

 

[Leezard]

Well they did make my favorite PS2 jrpg trilogy, so I can give them the benefit of the doubt for this. That said I'm completely in the dark about everything in this game, which is a nice thing.

I hope you'll enjoy the game as much as I and lots of other gaffers have!

 

[flyover]

Well they did make my favorite PS2 jrpg trilogy, so I can give them the benefit of the doubt for this. That said I'm completely in the dark about everything in this game, which is a nice thing.

Stay that way! Be very careful when going through this thread. I kept radio silence (for the most part) while I played through it, and I'm so glad I did. I don't even like to know the party members' names or listen to any of the music out of context (until I've heard it in-game).

Hope you enjoy it.

 

[Orgun]

Thanks to this thread i've started playing again, got myself past the marsh and am enjoying it once again

 

[anaron]

Stay that way! Be very careful when going through this thread. I kept radio silence (for the most part) while I played through it, and I'm so glad I did. I don't even like to know the party members' names or listen to any of the music out of context (until I've heard it in-game).

Hope you enjoy it.

Yeah, I avoided the OT like the plague. Going into this game fresh offers the best possible experience.

 

[Rebel Leader]

I've only know about the first hour.... I always watch about the 1st hour of long games to see if the intrest me..

Xenoblade did it in 30 seconds XD
That title screen

 

[Tess3ract]

I've only know about the first hour.... I always watch about the 1st hour of long games to see if the intrest me..

Xenoblade did it in 30 seconds XD
That title screen

Uh, like a good book, it's usually the second hour or after the first 100-200 pages that picks up.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Uh, like a good book, it's usually the second hour or after the first 100-200 pages that picks up.

If it got me intrested and pre-ordered it...Does it matter? =D

 

[Konstrix]

I haven't anticipated a game like this in as long as I can remember. I finished Tales of Graces f a couple of weeks ago and I'm so ready to jump into this. Bought a wii, i'm set!

 

[Mistle]

I'm jealous of people getting to play this for the first time.

Best JRPG since Skies of Arcadia.

 

[SecretMoblin]

I haven't anticipated a game like this in as long as I can remember. I finished Tales of Graces f a couple of weeks ago and I'm so ready to jump into this. Bought a wii, i'm set!

After you're done with this, you'll have quite the backlog.

There are plenty of great games on the Wii. The Last Story's coming in a few months!

 

[Clott]

I really want to play this, but kind of afraid of adding more to my back log, But I do have a feeling this one will be worth it. I just need something that dose not fall apart like ME3.

 

[jj984jj]

Updated Japanese sales from the MC Top 500: 177,659

I'm surprised how far it got without completely losing its value.

 

[qizah]

EBGames Canada called and said my pre-order will be here Thursday.

Dafuq.

I thought it was releasing on the 17th, lol. I've been WAY out of the loop, it's so close.. just when I start exams >.>

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Couldn't resist the hype. Just pre-ordered this bastard.

 

[jump_button]

I really want to play this, but kind of afraid of adding more to my back log, But I do have a feeling this one will be worth it. I just need something that dose not fall apart like ME3.

anyone point out it 100+ hour long just for the story? but nvm sec you play this you forget all others

 

[Easystride]

I haven't anticipated a game like this in as long as I can remember. I finished Tales of Graces f a couple of weeks ago and I'm so ready to jump into this. Bought a wii, i'm set!

I just ordered a Wii this morning specifically for this game as well. So hyped.

 

[-NeoTB1-]

I'm jealous of people getting to play this for the first time.

Best JRPG since Skies of Arcadia.

Quite possibly my favorite RPG of all-time!

 

[Foofaraw]

Ok GafHype. You win. I walked into a gamestop for the first time this year and plunked down some cash for this game. I am very excited.

Are there any guide only weapons ala FFXII, or can I feasibly get all the cool stuff without jumping on a FAQ?

 

[SecretMoblin]

Are there any guide only weapons ala FFXII, or can I feasibly get all the cool stuff without jumping on a FAQ?

There's nothing remotely close to the absurdity that was the Zodiac Spear. You should be fine.

 

[Az987]

Anyone post this yet? Someone on cheapassgamer is saying that if you pre-ordered at GameStop either after March 26th or before they offered the art book on their website you won't be getting one.

Not sure if it's true or not but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

[chaosblade]

Anyone post this yet? Someone on cheapassgamer is saying that if you pre-ordered at GameStop either after March 26th or before they offered the art book on their website you won't be getting one.

Not sure if it's true or not but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

That would be pretty ridiculous if it wasn't retroactive.

You can tell if you're going to get it if you ordered online though, because it will be on your order listed as a separate product.

 

[ivysaur12]

Updated Japanese sales from the MC Top 500: 177,659

How does that compare to TLS and Xeno 3?

 

[NeededSleep]

Hah! found it, Paper craft Riki! Closest thing ill get to a figurine for the game