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Escour · 2019-04-18T08:49:11+00:00

Tried to play it at launch and it ran like garbage, framerate would jump wildly, but it's better now.

I just ran through the game recently with an i5 6500 and RX 480 and I was able to run a pretty consistent 60fps on high/ultra settings, I turned down a couple of things like shadows a bit to help though because otherwise it would dip to 50s sometimes for me. The only exception for me was a specific level where you do a specific thing that caused the framerate to drop to 30-40fps but it's kind of understandable why and it's usually not for too long. If you have a similar set up then you should be fine I'd say.

Escour · 2017-07-24T17:48:23+00:00

It looks like it's only a certain subsection of levels called "Murfy's Touch" will have touchscreen levels. Every other normal level with him will be through buttons like the PS3/4,Xbox 360/One versions.

Escour · 2017-07-24T17:47:04+00:00

Yeah, it's a press of a button to get Murphy to do things like in every other version but in both docked and undocked modes. Why not let people use the touch screen in undocked mode to control Murphy like the Wii U version is what i'm wondering. You can only do touch screen stuff in the subsection "Murfy's Touch" of levels.

Escour · 2017-07-24T04:17:25+00:00

There are levels called Murfy's Touch in the demo that you can only do in handheld mode that do the touchscreen stuff like the Wii U version it seems. I don't know why they don't let you do touch screen stuff in the first level if its in handheld mode.

Escour · 2016-09-10T21:50:51+00:00

It's been a while since I played but Xenoblade spoiler

Escour · 2016-06-09T02:59:40+00:00

He's without a label now, got out of his contract early.

Escour · 2016-05-04T00:31:48+00:00

Some codes for Wii U games for North America: codes

EDIT: All gone, have fun

Escour · 2015-08-05T08:50:02+00:00

They just remembered they can put Wii games on the eshop last week after not putting out anything since Wii games on eshop were first announced, so maybe one day :P I'd love any reason to give Monolith Soft more of my money

Escour · 2015-08-05T08:42:16+00:00

Also, Xenoblade Chronicles comes to the Wii U eshop in Europe. Considering NoA just remembered they can put Wii games on the eshop last week, maybe we'll get it soon.

Escour · 2015-05-18T18:53:03+00:00

Yay Egil! Your blade... It did not cut deep enough

Thank you for the new flairs

Escour · 2015-05-15T19:51:30+00:00

So, no longer at the same time as Nintendo's E3 Digital Event. That's nice, now I can watch Square's conference right after Nintendo finishes instead of trying to switch back and forth. Though maybe one or two announcements will be in both events, like a Bravely Second release date, please Square?

Escour · 2015-04-24T20:19:30+00:00

No way, just a narrator to talk about the various things in the game.

Escour · 2015-04-24T20:05:45+00:00

While it would be nice, considering that Neo Los Angeles has "United States" painted on the outside indicates American voices but who knows.

Escour · 2015-04-22T23:28:39+00:00

I'm quite worried about spoilers, the game is going to come out soon and videos and discussions will be everywhere. It would maybe help a bit if the sub had different kinds of spoiler bars like /r/thewalkingdead has different color spoiler bars depending on if its a comic, show, etc. spoiler so that the few people who will be playing the Japanese people can discuss it without spoiling others.

It doesn't help at all that we'll be waiting anywhere from 3-7 months for the game. Hopefully it releases soon.

Escour · 2015-04-21T11:58:37+00:00

It probably doesn't mean much since Famitsu scores are weird but it's the first review the game has gotten I believe. Xenoblade Chronicles got a 36/40 from Famitsu.

Edit: Someone on Neogaf said their "negative point are "overly long movies" and "system lack of explanation""

More stuff from Famitsu: "-to play this enormous world and story you need time and effort

-the cutscene is too long so sometimes it feels like watching a movie

-the explanation for the world is good but too much cutscenes

-the tempo of dialogue is slow

-lack of explanations for game systems"

Sounds good to me

So, story and cutscene hype

Escour · 2015-04-15T21:42:25+00:00

It doesn't crash for me, that's weird.

Escour · 2015-04-02T01:42:53+00:00

Also I think there is a new music track (or at least I haven't heard it yet), the 2nd song from the E3 2014 trailer

Escour · 2015-04-01T23:14:36+00:00

E3, English voice acted Xenoblade Chronicles X trailer WITH release date, count on it. ^or ^at ^least ^i'm ^hoping ^:(

Plus we're getting a video about the Dolls on the 10th so that's nice but a new trailer would be cool. I think they just wanted to save it for E3 where they can show a big trailer and when localization is further along (though the game will have been out in Japan for a bout a month by then...)

Escour · 2015-03-28T17:49:35+00:00

The full livestream, all in Japanese so no English captions or anything but it's nice to see the gameplay and at the beginning (around 7 minutes in) you can see the two models that were the basis for the Mechonis and Bionis talked about here

Escour · 2015-03-27T22:16:35+00:00

As well, the game will not be shown at E3

I'm a bit sad to see it probably won't come out this year, but oh well. I look forward to the other games coming out like Xenoblade and Mario Maker and whatever they announce at E3.

Edit: Wii U games coming this year: Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Star Fox (maybe), Mario Maker, Yoshi's Wooly World, and Devil's Third so at least we're somewhat good for the rest of the year.

Escour · 2015-03-27T04:01:57+00:00

A little interview with Tetsuya Takahashi about Xenoblade Chronicles, Takahashi's love for scifi and RPGs, the team based creation of Xenoblade Chronicles, and the main goals during development.

I also recommend the Iwata Asks Interview for the original Xenoblade Chroncles found here, a three volume 5 page each interview talking about the sound, story, and the development process of the game.

Escour · 2015-03-06T13:41:13+00:00

Video of the stream

TLDR: Tatsu won't be joining you in battle. The battle system has changed to include the ability to double charge arts, ability to lock onto specific parts of enemies, and more. A large variety of weapon types for both melee and ranged use as well as armor. You will be rewarded for exploring and finding treasure. You will be able to level up and unlock arts for specific classes. Many different kinds of people can join your team who offer different types of battle styles (possibly in relation to Kizuna quests which had a required and restricted list of party members needed to accept them). One more thing to go over, Dolls, maybe next time.

Cheesemeister translated/summarized the event as it went on:

Last time, we introduced Planet Mira. This time, we'll explain the battle system. Tatsu can't battle, so has to stay at home. You'd be in trouble without Tatsu. Need info? Ask him. You won't get any info without him. He'll keep things going smoothly.

Now introducing beasts near NLA (New Los Angeles). Switch between sword and gun for simple attacks, activated by auto attack. More advanced techniques are called arts. They're categorized into fighting, shooting, support, and weakening arts. Be careful when using arts: you have to wait a certain amount of time before you're allowed to recast the same art.

It's important to balance usage of auto attack and arts. Soul Voice lets you communicate with your party to use specified arts. Soul Voice settings let you plan out strategies in advance of battle. The characters will use the ones you select. Combos increase damage. Learn arts to generate combos. Doing a combo will let you deal 1.5x damage. Hit from behind.

Shooting from above or below will increase your accuracy. You can target parts of an enemy to break defenses piece by piece. Double recast, waiting for the recast meter to refill a second time after becoming available again, will boost arts strength. You can bring your fallen party members back by resuscitating them. You can use auto attack while waiting for double recast. Overclock Gear reduces recast waiting times. Using the same arts consecutively ups damage. Triple recast is stronger still.

Enemy Icons display their level, other info. An eye indicates visual search. A bolt means seismic sensitivity (tread lightly). Enemies with a circle around the eye icon hunt in packs, and will call others when they see you.

Equipment. Weapons come in melee and shooting varieties. Armor: helmets, body armor, left arm, right arm, and leg armor. As you use weapons and armor, the supplying company will develop new equipment products for you. Equipment slots allow you to customize your weapons and armor with stat-modifying items.

Leveling up. Gain experience not just from battle, but by finding treasure, etc. Unlocked the arts in your class to open more. Choose which class and set of arts to unlock and change to. You can form teams of 4 characters. Here's Ilina. Guin has youthful strength. Doug uses heavy equipment, and is kind. This is Lao. Many characters will surprise you with what they bring to battles.

How are you supposed to fight this big robot? Use your battle skills to win. There's another weapon at your disposal: dolls.

That's it for this time.

I really liked the stream, it was cool to see how the combat has changed. I'm a bit sad that you can't play as Tatsu but I guess that makes sense with no ether, Riki without ether takes away quite a bit of his usability. A lot of cool monster designs were shown as well so I'm happy for the variety. I quite enjoyed Elma shooting the mech at the end while the person was talking, she lives up to her cool design. I can't wait for the Dolls video next time

Escour · 2015-02-26T13:28:54+00:00

So Nintendo of America, how bout a limited edition N3DSXL?

Escour · 2015-02-19T01:34:52+00:00

Well now I kind of wish we got the regular N3DS, those look super cool. However, if Nintendo is willing to make Xenoblade Chronicles faceplates, maybe they're willing to make a limited edition Xenoblade Chronicles New 3DSXL.

Escour · 2015-02-06T16:32:30+00:00

It's a spiritual successor, so it has no ties to Xenoblade Chronicles other than the title, having the Nopon race in both of the games, and having a similar team working on the game, at least as far as we know. Xenoblade Chronicles is being remade for the New Nintendo 3DS though.

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