Learning to LOVE Xenoblade Chronicles

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Xenoblade is such a cool series. It was so cool they invented British people to tie in with the game.

I'm listening to it right now, and I reached his opinion on cooldowns, it's funny that he described XC2 combat exactly when talking about cooldowns.

11:50 "Instead of relying on strict cooldown timers, arts should recharge when you land hits" XC2 and XC3 say hi lol.

This series is amazing. There's a reason XBC3 SOMEHOW got nominated for game of the year despite being a JRPG, a genre which never even gets considered under normal circumstances unless they slap a coat of action and western appeal over the top. An honour only shared by persona 5.

I saw that you were wondering why this game is called Xenoblade, and I know why. Originally it wasn’t called Xenoblade at all it was called “Monado: Beginning of the World” but Satoru Iwata told Tetsuya Takahashi (the game’s director) to change the name to honor the legacy of the previous Xeno games. So he did, and thus the name Xenoblade was born. Also about Future Connected, the story of the epilogue was brand new, but the area it takes place on (Bionis Shoulder) was cut from the original game. They repurposed it for the new story they wanted to tell.

My favourite tidbit about people discovering XC1 through smash is how surprised they are to find out Shulk, while still being a good boy– is also someone not afraid to scream about literal genocide at the beginning before he goes through his whole arc. Cracks me up every time.

The way this man pronounced Nopon as "Nay-pon" and Egil as "Eh-jill" physically hurts considering how much the characters pronounce both words

3:30 Correction: The Bionis Shoulder itself was cut from the game. The story scenario is new.

35:27 - Very glad that you brought this up, as it's a mindset I've noticed more and more people adopting online too; this hyperfixation on whether or not a character's gone through any significant "arcs", and using that to determine their worth, all the while ignoring everything else they bring to the table. Sure, characters having tangible arcs in which they go through life-changing experiences are great and I wouldn't fault anyone for summing up their opinions on certain characters around those aforementioned arcs, as they're undoubtedly what leave the biggest impacts in retrospect, but I just can't see eye to eye with that thought process. There's far more that goes into developing a character than just sending them on character journeys and calling it a day (although they do play a big role). Plus, like you said, there are far more methods of doing so too. And there's no greater example of this than the Legendary Heropon, Riki, himself. The Beach cutscene with him, Melia, and Dunban alone should be proof enough that there's value in the little things that a character does, and that not everyone needs to go through a grand character transformation/development to be a well-fleshed-out character.

The reason it's called Xenoblade is actually because Satoru Iwata requested the name be changed to honor it's creator Tetsuya Takashi since this was one of his works. And him being the brainchild of Xenogears and Xenosaga. The original title for the game was actually Monado: Beginning of the World. And it was never intended to be a Xeno game. Hence why it lacks some tropes that other Xeno games tend to tackle. As for why Chronicles was added in the western versions while in Japan it's simply called Xenoblade, who knows. Maybe it was to appeal to the JRPG crowd that like synonyms for the world "story" in the title. Future Connected wasn't cut from the original game. The area Bionis Shoulder the story takes place on was actually a map that the developers used for testing and left in the game's code. The story was completely new and made for DE as an incentive for people who played the original to get the remake. As well as serve as a conclusion to Melia's character and provide a hint to the future of the series. The reason Xenoblade was a Gamestop exclusive was because Nintendo of America originally didn't intend to bring the game to the west. This is why Xenoblade's dub is very British as it was localized and released by Nintendo of Europe. This is also why with the exception of Xenoblade X all the core games are localized and dubbed by NoE for consistency. They would release it in 2012 but as a Gamestop exclusive likely because they weren't confident it would sell well at normal retail. And given how the franchise is now they were clearly wrong.

While it is true, that some of the foreshadowing is pretty obvious. Some others are pretty brilliant. „In my head, there are two versions of me.“

I like how the chain attacks are handled in 2, 3 and their respective expansions. 1 had the idea that just had a decent execution.

2:10 So, a quick bit of history for you. Back when it was still in development, they had originally titled the game 'Monado: Beginning of the world'. But, when Monolithsoft was wrapping up development on the game, Takehashi was chatting with his good buddy Satoru Iwata, the then President and CEO of Nintendo, and Iwata suggested that he change the name to Xenoblade as an homage to the previous works that Takehashi had created when he made Xenosaga under Namco and Final Fantasy 7- I mean Xenogears under Squaresoft. (Not joking, Xenogears was actually one of the contenders to be FF7).

Xenoblade 2 is still my favorite game of all time. "Arts should recharge as you land hits on enemies." You should really play Xenoblade 2. Also be warned though the game has a horrible tutorial and is a slow starter but when it HITS that game HITS.

Watching/Listening to someone experience a Xenoblade game for the first time is basically a rite of passage in the community. Glad to know there are still new people being brought in even after Pyra/Mythra being added to smash has become old news. This is also likely the best time to have started playing these games, as the 'Klaus Saga' has officially ended and the next Xeno game will be a new beginning for the franchise. Hopefully you'll be there with us anticipating what comes next.

Not sure if he mentioned it, but special shoutout to the music. That’s what first made me fall completely in love with this game. Stunning OST.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF SIDEQUESTS!-Chuggaconroy taught me that and made a great running gag in his playthroughs

I said it on Twitter and Ill say it here: Xenoblade Chronicles is just amazing. From its characters, world, music and so on there is something just MAGICAL about it. I also was SUPER curious on your thoughts about this game for A LITERAL YEAR LOL. Amazing video as always man and I am very curious/excited to hear your thoughts on the later installments!

"i didnt have a 70 hours to play" says the persona youtuber lmao (love your vids including this one this wasnt a hate comment)