"Better late than never" is an idiom that definitely applies to the arrival of Xenoblade Chronicles in North America. Though Nintendo seemed hesitant to support their fading console with the Wii U on the horizon, American gamers demanded that this RPG classic made its way stateside, and thankfully their voices were heard. Xenoblade Chronicles is assuredly a game that will be talked about for years to come, the game's gorgeous visuals and expansive open-ended gameplay ending this year's long streak of disapointing JRPGs, delivering far more than either Final Fantasy XIII-2 or Tales of Graces F.
In a new financial presentation, Nintendo highlights Xenoblade Chronicles as one of several series seeing "dramatic sales growth on Nintendo Switch," joining Kirby, Pikmin, and Metroid. Compared to 1.41 million copies on 3DS and Wii U, Xenoblade Chronicles has collectively sold 7.17 million copies on Switch between Xenoblade Chronicles 2, 3, and Definitive Edition.
I have bought every game no matter the system. Hopefully the Switch 2 is powerful enough to give this world the detail it deserves
Nintendo has now published a special anniversary video celebrating 25 years of Monolith Soft. The developer has also opened a special 25th anniversary webpage featuring multiple commemorative wallpapers as well as a special message from Representative Director Hirohide Sugiura.
I've got about 1500 hours into all 4 Xenoblade games. It's now tied with Zelda as my favorite series. We need a Xenoblade Warriors game.
Xenoblade Chronicles composer Kenji Hiramatsu reflects on his work and feels that it's "time for a fresh start."
There is no together at the top. There is only one top jrpg series. Xenoblade Chronicles series is alone at the top
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.
I'm not huge into JRPGs, but my favorite is easily the Persona series. It's all opinion though. Xenoblade is a great series.
Awesome, can't wait to play this!! Better late than never is right.
Picked up the game on Friday at launch. Played it over the weekend. Really loving it. I approached it with the same "just let go" mentality that I approached Skyrim with, and though we all know Western RPGs and JRPGs are vastly different, I found that said approach really worked with Xenoblade Chronicles, too.