Wii U Exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles X's 24 Minute Video Will Make You Cry With Joy;Bundle Announced

Nintendo just broadcasted a large batch of new gameplay of Xenoblade Chronicles X, that will be released in Japan on April 29th, and in the rest of the world later this year. The publisher also announced a Wii U bundle for the game and the pre-download option in Japan.

[GamesGamesGames]

It makes me cry - but not because of joy.... this looks horrible. The whole world looks bland and empty. It looks ike you could do nothing but fight against monsters.. and the character design is awful. There is a difference in looking like an anime and just looking horrible....
Everything in this game screams last gen.. the way the characters stand around and talk - without any kind of motion or expression of the face..
This game looks so sterile it could work in a hospital....

What I don't get is.... are you guys blind? Can't you see it? I mean can't you see how bad this looks? I'm not necessarily talking about graphics. I'm talking about the whole presentation.. the way the characters and monsters move... it just looks bad.

[leemass24]

"looks bland and empty" abit like you're comments then lol

[Haru]

Agreed looks pretty bad

[pivotplease]

Graphically not that impressive(compared to the likes of FFXV)...but these games have depth and just as much longevity as DA. I would go as far as to say that this will probably be more fun though. Can't wait to find out. Definitely a reason to consider the Wii U as a second console if you're an RPG fan. That and what RPG fan doesn't also love Zelda despite the genre difference?

[kwandar]

Like the look of this far better than Persona5, not that there is anything wrong with Persona5 - just that it is more cartoonish.

[pivotplease]

I like both, but as a huge fan of the likes of Wind Waker, DC2 (<--- obviously), Journey, and Okami, there's just something about a well-done cartoonish art direction. It's probably because they can pull off more with less processing power and it is far easier to hide graphical blemishes. I think these kinds of games sometimes have the potential to be even more beautiful than the photorealistic games though.

[acekaze]

if you said "Hey i dont like the rough edges or the graphics on itself" i could have understood your position, after all some people are more demanding than others, but, seriously? the world looks empty? Its probably one of the best factors i am seing ingame, the fact the both the world + its fauna are looking extremly alive on its own i am curious, what is it for you that makes a world alive? And please, use a reference thats similiar to this type of game.

[Mikito11]

Wow if you're that focused on how realistic graphics are maybe you should change your profile picture.. I mean.. It's like so 7 gens ago, right?... -.-

[raWfodog]

From the perspective of an older gamer:

I've been playing video games since my first Atari back in 1977 when two white sticks on opposite sides of the screen bounced a white ball (square) back and forth between each other. I've been through the whole gamut of graphical innovations and improvements and I realize that we have indeed come a long way in video game graphics and presentation. But that doesn't mean a game can't be fun because you think it doesn't look good.

These days, its fashionable to argue about the differences in resolution, framerates, anti-aliasing and tessalation. I'm sad to see that many gamers have seem to lost their sense of adventure and wonder when it comes to exploring new game worlds because the graphics and game world aren't hyper-realistic. Now a popular complaint is that games look 'last gen' as if a game can't be fun because it looks like something you may have played years ago. Many of my favorite games and memories are from N64 and the original Playstation. Many people, like myself, find these 'bland' graphics aesthetically pleasing and look forward to playing this game.

You're obviously looking for more in your gaming experiences and you are certainly entitled to your opinion. But you seem to think that other are 'blind' because they don't share your same sentiments and that is ironic because you are the 'blind' one if you think that your opinions are fact.

[higgins78]

I wholeheartedly agree. I don't know what you've said to warrant a disagree. It's true particularly regarding 'last gen' graphics. Each to his/her own tastes, but looking at this footage, I can't help being blown away. It's even true that (for me) a game (for example) such as Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) looks today far more aesthetically pleasing than say Dark Souls 2, again, for example.

[Zulehan]

I want to give brief comment on two FF games before adding to this discussion with my thoughts on Xenoblade Chronicles X. As implied, this reply is not meant toward anyone in particular, but for the readers in general. I hope my input may be worthwhile, as I have found most other comments here.

I remember how gorgeous FFXIII looked but how I was disappointed with its world. For one, a lot of its backstory, which would have been an interesting part of the narrative, was instead to be found as reading material in the menu. If someone has to access the menu to get an idea what was and is going on, you as a writer are probably doing it wrong. Also, though the settings were beautiful, I realized, as the reviewer at Zero Punctuation pointed out, it was like a lush painting bordering you on a narrow corridor, and even the vast field near the end of the game was but a brief foray before a return to the narrow corridor with no towns or other breaks that made the other FF games I played more fun.

That said, I am excited about FFXV. Yes, the graphics are spectacular and the open-world a departure from FFXIII, but that is only part of it. I have higher hopes for the story and characterization.

When it comes to Xenoblade Chronicles, the creators had to expend more effort to convince me because I am completely unfamiliar with their franchise, but what I have seen encourages me. Their characters' facial designs are not so pleasing to me, but the great attention to their setting is. If I enjoy the game, I imagine my memory might be skewed in favor of thinking it looked better than it did, much as fans like me who played Ocarina of Time remember that waterfall near the entrance to Zora's Domain as looking more intricate and wondrous than it is to gamers who did not grow up with it like we did.

In regards to the story, simply from the opening cinematics I get a good idea for the plot and characters, in contrast to how seemingly confused FFXIII's narrative felt. Not to give anyone the wrong impression: I am not one of those people who throw a hissy fit when a plot is more complicated than prince saves princess, evil guys are invading lets stop them; in fact, FFX is one of my favorite games, despite its plot being quite intricate and not entirely straightforward. But there was enough narrative focus and content in the game through character interaction, gameplay, and cinematics, that I was left interested enough to read up on more details on my own.

I have also been encouraged by a playthrough of the previous game, Xenoblade Chronicles, by Chuggaconroy at YouTube. He has been playing the game for months (uploading 20-30 minute videos), and shows no signs of finishing yet. I have noticed him engaged in many sidequests, and he would say, 'Oh, going this way will bring us to such and such mission, but I want to head here to take care of these few first...' and I was simply taken aback by how lost in objectives he was. There is no reason to believe that the creators of this franchise are less ambitious this time around, as ever indication is even greater ambition.

Xenoblade Chronicles X may not have graphics as mindblowing as FFXV, but Xenoblade Chronicles X's graphics are not pathetic either. I will take amazing graphics where I can get them, but if I am at least OK with the design/style I look to whether the other aspects of the game are good.

[F0XHOUND]

This looks epic. Full of character, the world is there to explore and hunt monsters.... the characters are anime themed, its nothing special but they look decent enough. The story, music, gameplay and general feel to the game will be great I'm positive.

[StarLord_Who]

Don't have kids

[TomahawkX]

first of all the video shows basic exploration, they haven't shown any of the dungeons yet where there will be puzzle solving and fighting things other than monsters. Did you watch the video until the end where they showed an alien race that you fight? Yea they haven't revealed much of the main story and bad guys at yet. As for the complaints about character design, check out xenogears and xenosaga because the same character artist for this game designed the characters in those games. The models are designed exactly in that persons art style, so yeah love it or hate it.

[3-4-5]

I'm still working through my DS/PSP backlog of games and I think a lot of those are beautiful.

If those are beautiful.....for what they are, then so is this.

People who care the most about graphics aren't even really that into games most of the time.

It's usually the "fake hardcore" crowd.

[brewin]

Haters gonna hate... Sad. Game looks awesome and I cant wait to spend hundreds of hours exploring this games' many many areas.

[Magicite]

Gonna wait until WiiU games can be emulated.
So far all Nintendo systems have been emulated and its a joy to play their games on PC and with no cost.

[bobacdigital]

Do you have no shame lol.. Show some respect to the developers who make the damn game. People work pretty hard to bring experiences like this to you and me.. Pay for software... incentive is you keep getting quality games.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Idiots like you lend credence to Nintendo's bad moves on Youtube lately.
So yeah, thanks for being an enabler for some of Nintendo's worst decisions.
Prick.

[bangoskank]

Either you need to update your eye prescription or you don't get enough attention in real life.

[DeusEx-Machina]

probably a little bit of both...

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

No, you ARE talking about graphics.
Your entire complaint revolves around "how bad it looks".
And you're STILL on that "last gen" kick.

You really just need to quit commenting on this game.

We like what we see.
You don't, not just because you hate the game but also because you hate the console, and you're insisting we should follow your tastes instead of having our own opinion, otherwise we're just "blind".

It's arrogant and irritating, and you need to SHUT! UP!

[gangsta_red]

I feel sad for this gen of gamers. Where looks are the only thing that matters and anything beyond what the eyes see is ignored or not even considered.

Sure, its no The Order or Ryse with 10 million polys for each eyelid but everything else for this game screams EPIC.

If you played Xenoblade and just experienced how well crafted the gameplay, story and design was as I have then you would forgive these "bad" graphics and be more excited in knowing just how big and well done this game is going to be.

I'll take a well done, epic, huge game with attention to detail, design and game mechanics any day over pure eye candy.

[feragom]

Well considering it almost took 2 disks, runs 720p, huge world, great design, huge improvement from e3 2014, and so many feature would make good but it is on the wiiu it must suck. That is what I hear from you. Contrary to your ideas I believe it will influence video games just like the first.

[user5575708]

WiiU Bundle? SOLD

[elninels]

Super strong disagree. This game is why I will buy a wii u.

[Drithe]

I think this game looks absolutely incredible. I would much rather play this than FF 15.

[Clover904]

It looks good, but let's not get crazy now.

[Concertoine]

Honestly Monolithsoft has a much better track record than FF as of late. That makes me cautiously optimistic of FFXV and very excited for Xenoblade X.

Also, dat Dualshockers headline

[shaw98]

Crazy? This is Monolith soft we are talking about. The people that gave new life to the dying JRPG genre with Xenoblade. FF has been falling on it's track record for years now. Do I need to bring up Final hallway? Monolith soft has a stellar track record even before they were bought by Nintendo. With how big this game, it being 5 times bigger than the first Xenoblade (Xenoblade was already bigger than skyrim) and with so much to do in it, I don't think it is hard to see why people can put it over a franchise that has lost it's lust.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

What was the last great mainline FF game? 15 looks good but at this point Monolith has a much better track record.

[magiciandude]

FFXV will have shinier graphics for sure, but the game with the better gameplay and story? My bet is on Xenoblade, but we'll find out. :)

[mezati99]

How can you say that when we haven't play either games?! crazy people....

[rawrock]

Not sure yet, FF15 may be great as well...we will have to wait and see. Gonna get both anyways.

[Shadonic]

I do agree that Squareenix hasn't been doing that great with its recent games but we cant just stop hoping that FF15 will be good due to some 15 mins of xenoblade i am a ps4 owner and think xenoblade looks like a good game i would buy if i had a wii u that said i do think it has cons and so does every game.
But FF15 has barely been shown to us so we don't have the right to judge it in my opinion, from the trailers though it looks like the story and gameplay are going to be there definitely.

[NoctisPendragon]

If FF XV was on Wii U it would sell twice or trice more than XCX , 100% true sry.

And to say the true , alot of FF XV players wont care about XCX, so there is no point comparing them.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

You could not be more wrong if you tried, especially considering the lack of trust Squeenix has right now in regards to Wii U development compared to Monolith.

[pcz]

those are the most annoying voices i have ever heard.

i didnt watch the whole vid i just skipped through to get an idea, dont want to spoil it.

i pray they release a hardware bundle in Europe for this game. if not, then i hope it gets the collectors edition treatment at least.

[Ch1d0r1]

For a Wii U game it looks great.

[Elit3Nick]

Damn I instantly recognised Hiroyuki Sawano's music in this. He's the one who composed the music for Guilty Crown, Attack on Titan, Kill La Kill and Aldnoah.Zero

[Qrphe]

And Gundam Unicorn, which was his most recognized work until SnK

[Shadonic]

I actually noticed it too lol thats awesome he is doing the music

[rawrock]

Looking forward to this game, and Xenoblade on New 3DS :)

[AsheXII]

game looks good, but the music and voices leave a lot to be desired.

[Metallox]

I can barely hear it in this video.

[pcz]

im disappointed with the music too. there was no need to bring in a new producer, ACE produced the best soundtrack i have ever heard in a game for xenoblade... if it aint broke, why fix it?

[leahcim]

they HAVE to change the face of the main character ASAP!

All of the other thing about this game are a dream come true to me.

[leemass24]

main character is a custom made character you make them look how you want them to, their just using the default setting.

[eworthington0]

Main character is customizable.

[leahcim]

nevertheless there are another faces that looks terribly odd compared to the world and that must be changed ASAP.

This style was amazing 10 years ago in the XENOSAGA era but now they look so out of place that hurts my eyes.

[Lucreto]

It looks good.

I didn't watch the whole thing as I have no idea what is going on so I will wait for an English version or English subtitles.

[dark-kyon]

yeah,this game is decent,but the overhype for being wii u exclusive is ridiculous.

[Joegrine20]

you cant really say overhype. The game needs this kind of push. dont be a debbie downer.

[NoctisPendragon]

100% agree .
But you cant do anything vs the Xeno sect.
I hope that they ll buy it,i really hope XCX ll sell more than 1 million.
This kind of toxic overhyping is too much.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Compared to the Zombie Apocalypse level of viral advertisement that Watch Dogs got, this doesn't even qualify as "hay fever" levels of advertisement, let alone toxic over-hyping.XD

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

didn't know a Nintendo game cant be exclusive

[gedden7]

Look, I'm not even into RPGs but this game looks MASSIVE!!! 300+ hours, the game is 22.7 Gigs.... WOW!!

[TuxedoMoon]

I WAS hyped for the game, but the more I learn about it the less enthused I get. It's a nice BIG game and I really liked Xenoblade, but the questionable online features is really getting to me. Is it like Darksouls where people invade your game randomly or is the online portion cut off from the game (completely separate thing like GTA online)?

Then there's the combat system. I tolerated Xenoblade's combat because I REALLY liked the characters and events the game threw at you. Xenoblade has a similar battle system to FF14, a game that easily puts me to sleep. I kinda wish they'd make a variant of the Xenogears battle system rather than using the standard old MMO-type system.

Either way, I'm still getting this game. I wonder what the Shulk amiibo will do. Unlock Shulk as a helper character? Unlock the Monado? Unlock a special quest? What about the other Amiibo? Marth and link unlocks Marth/Link partner and sword/costume? Mario gives you a Mario Wing Cap to fly around? Bowser's amiibo gets you Mecha bowser mech?

[leemass24]

http://nintendoeverything.c... only thing about the online at moment

[Damd_Bowsr]

"Xenoblade Chronicles X – up to 32 players can passively exchange info/items, 4-player quests!!!"
Has my attention for Pre-Order

[Dario_DC]

Nintendo fans are out today! look at all the disagrees people get for saying the game looks ugly... Guess what? It does! I'm sure it will be a good JRPG but damn... Looks really bad, specially the characters!

[Kalebninja]

I've always hated the character design... I mean c'mon those faces are just terrible. the cars and city look like they were designed for a ps2 and im guessing you have absolutely zero interaction with them. when FFxv and this go for rpg of the year we all know who's gnna win based on what we've seen so far.

[Metallox]

What do you think of combat, music, the enemy designs and the huge environments? You know, the important stuff in the game.

[Kalebninja]

character design is heavily important, and interaction with your environments is as well. the combat is generic and huge empty environments aren't anything special. music and enemy design are fine though

[snookiegamer]

I'll take it !!! ;)

[forgetmenot]

Why are we comparing different Jrpgs?Heck we should be happy that we are seeing so many this early compared to 7 gen where they could be found till later own the console cycle.I'M personally looking forward to FFXV,XBC-X,Persona 5,KH3 ect

[NoctisPendragon]

You only have 2 choice whit the Xeno-Sect :
1.Hate all others JRPGs and Love XCX.
2.Love all others JRPGs (and also XCX) and get bashed for it.

[GundalfDeGrej]

I've never played any of these before and I don't know much about them but now when I have a Wii U I might look more into this one. The environments look really cool IMO despite having pretty low res textures.

[SwiftArsonist]

im not a wii u owner, but the game looks good and interesting. the ones that say it looks bad its all hate cause its not coming to their console. fanboys like that are ruining gaming