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Play Test: Why You Should Want Xenoblade to Come to the U.S.

Our hands-on with the European version of the MIA title reveals on the of best RPGs in years. (1UP.com)

LeonhartX4647d ago

Actually it's not the only one...
Still waiting for vesperia ps3 (although i have the 360 version but the ps3 one has extras)
also there is the last story in NA...
the state of JRPGs is really depressing

tiffac4647d ago

Well hopefully we get this one in first then Last Story will be sure to follow. I'm not sure about Pandora though.

As for ToV on the PS3. I'm not sure what's stopping Bamco there. Another JRPG we ain't getting is Valkyria Chronicles on the PSP, Sega hasn't made any news about the localization of that one too.

jc485734646d ago

I actually want Last Story first just cause I suck up to Sagakuchi. I like the boob physics in the game too.

tiffac4646d ago

Lol! No argument on the physics part. XD

Darkseeker4646d ago

You really should give up on Vesperia and stop waiting. It was definitely said it wasn't coming. Beside, the game is 3 years old and already released here.

Canary4646d ago

Vesperia (PS3) will never be licensed outside of Japan due to a contract with Microsoft.

There is no such reason to keep Xenoblade out, and many reasons to publish it over here. It's really unfathomable.

Darkseeker4646d ago

It's not because it's a contract with Microsoft. The person who said that said on facebook she was wrong and it was not true.

If it's not coming, it's probably due to the fact it's a port of a 3 years old game that was already released in USA. That would obviously not sell enough. Of course some fans like us would buy it, but that wouldn't be enough to go above the 100K sales.

Stealth2k4646d ago

What are you talking about?

The state of jrpgs is really quite great right now

This gen more jrpgs have been localized than ever ( from more series we never got)

The reviews have been great

And tons are in development right now

Canary4646d ago

lol, what?

Did you somehow miss the Playsation or Playstation 2 generations?

Stealth2k4645d ago (Edited 4645d ago )

The ps2 gen didnt have as many games from unlocalized series as we got this gen.

The ps2 left the majority of its rpgs in japan.

And in total this gen got more jrpgs

phantomexe4646d ago

Wasn't there a read a while back saying it was comeing to the U.S later this year?

The Great Melon4646d ago (Edited 4646d ago )

There was an unofficial confirmation from a source within Nintendo that localization has already happened for a North American release of Xenoblade and they were just begining to enter the localization process for Last Story. Just go look at the Operation Rainfall website and scroll down a couple posts.

Shnazzyone4646d ago (Edited 4646d ago )

Reason number 1 that I want it here. I've started to play gamecube games on my wii again out of lack of new options.

Mario4life4646d ago

why we should want it??, hello we have been calling for it for a year now lol :P

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Xenoblade composer shares a message, says "it's time for a fresh start"

Xenoblade Chronicles composer Kenji Hiramatsu reflects on his work and feels that it's "time for a fresh start."

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autobotdan208d ago

Best JRPG series of the last 5 years imo

repsahj208d ago

I agree 100%. My top JRPG so far, together with Baldurs Gate 3 and FF16.

autobotdan208d ago (Edited 208d ago )

There is no together at the top. There is only one top jrpg series. Xenoblade Chronicles series is alone at the top

raWfodog208d ago (Edited 208d ago )

I like the Xenoblades series but my ‘top’ series would be either the Trails series or Persona series. Just too many good games for me to just pick one series though, so I say play them all lol.

autobotdan208d ago

You are hereby excommunicated the church of Xenoblade Chronocology

CappyBlack207d ago

I'm not huge into JRPGs, but my favorite is easily the Persona series. It's all opinion though. Xenoblade is a great series.

repsahj208d ago

XC4 for Switch 2 for the win!! So excited!

phoenixwing208d ago

Also they might port over xenoblade x to the switch 2

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Tetsuya Takahashi Wants The Next Xenoblade To Be Vastly Different From Previous Games

Tetsuya Takahashi has revealed his plan to make the next Xenoblade vastly different from previous games.

GotGame818239d ago (Edited 239d ago )

I liked the Xenoblade X formula. It takes awhile, but opening up Mechs was amazing. Especially once you can fly them, and use them in battle. You have to put some time into the game to do it, but it's worth it!

Also, the graphics were more realistic than the other games. Still looks good today, just a lot more pop-in than is acceptable today, hell even too much for back then. It wasn't game breaking though.

gleepot208d ago

Xenoblade 1-3 and X are so great. That said, I'm ready for them to do a big change up.

Lightning Mr Bubbles573d ago

Me being a Playstation guy and a huge JRPG fan, I can say that the only franchises I actually miss that are on Switch are The Fire Emblem series and The Xenoblade Chronicles series. I've played neither but I've heard good things. I've seen people play Xenoblade Chronicles games on youtube, and it seems like they think it's a big deal so I'm curious.

Rebel_Scum572d ago

As someone who doesnt like jrpg’s that much these days I went into Xenoblade Chronicles blind and had a blast. Reminded me of that golden age of 16-bit and 32-bit jrpgs. If thats the era you liked then it should hit the spot.

jznrpg572d ago

I only have a Switch for the games that don’t come on PlayStation . There aren’t a ton but there are some good ones.

repsahj572d ago (Edited 572d ago )

I agree with top 1, for me xenoblade chronicles 3(and 2) is one of the greatest jrpg to date. It's like the feeling of playing ff7 on ps1 for the first time again. Imagine if XC3 was done with ps5 graphics, that will be magical. I might get the xc remaster before the year ends or after I got the platinum trophy of GoW ragnarok.

jznrpg572d ago

I didn’t care for 2 as much . It’s good but 3 is sooo much better than so is the first one imo .

repsahj572d ago

yeah I agree, but much better than any recent jrpg releases.