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Eurogamer - Xenoblade Chronicles Review

No Japanese RPG has more successfully married its various components this hardware generation. It's a game that invites us to reassess an entire genre, pointing to a bold future while nodding its respect towards the past. It's a towering triumph.

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guitar_nerd_234658d ago (Edited 4658d ago )

Just two days to go and the reviews are looking good! I'm so excited- finally some good ol' JRPG goodness to sink my teeth into! :D :D :D

edit: On side note I keep reading in reviews that Xenogears wasn't that special- It's my personal favourite Ps1 Rpg!

3GenGames4658d ago

So did this get confirmed as getting a US release or at least being considered? Pretty stupid not to because of the hype and needs no work at all to make it run on a NTSC system.

Mario4life4658d ago

basicly Nintendo of America is gonna watch the Europe sales and if it looks like there is a market then it will come over to the us

guitar_nerd_234657d ago

It will come man, as you say the work is already done.

Hopefully it will sell plenty and help positively reinforce the dev and the popularity of the genre.

jc485734658d ago

hopefully this increases the chances. You brothers in Europe better make the sales look good.

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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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autobotdan236d ago

Best JRPG series of the last 5 years imo

repsahj236d ago

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

autobotdan236d ago (Edited 236d ago )

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

raWfodog236d ago (Edited 236d 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.

autobotdan236d ago

You are hereby excommunicated the church of Xenoblade Chronocology

CappyBlack235d 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.

repsahj236d ago

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

phoenixwing236d 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.

GotGame818267d ago (Edited 267d 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.

gleepot236d ago

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

Lightning Mr Bubbles601d 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_Scum600d 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.

jznrpg600d 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.

repsahj600d ago (Edited 600d 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.

jznrpg600d 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 .

repsahj600d ago

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