Xenoblade Chronicles

[elder vessel]

guys i done everything to be able to start the crystal clear quest, but the hunters dont show up, what do i do

[solid fog]

Help

[ionic wolf]

Is leveling up classes for everyone important? I kinda wanna just leave everyone as their S tier class.

[edgy nest]

Yeah it’s very helpful

[ionic wolf]

How so?

[edgy nest]

When you level up in other classes, you gain access to an art from that class that can be used in any other class

So exploring other classes to find good synergy or good arts is very worth it

[ionic wolf]

Is it possible to play through the game without doing that? I care much more about the story anyway.

[edgy nest]

Yeah but it’ll definitely be a lot harder

[ionic wolf]

I’ll just change the difficulty to easy if it does.

[severe minnow]

Learning new arts and mixing and matching them was really fun, in my opinion.

[red belfry]

I didn't do it until one of the last chapters and I was playing on normal dificulty. I was pretty much qlways 3 levels underleveled too so it's pretty doable

[ionic wolf]

Thanks, yeah so far it seems pretty chill. I leveled up The S, A, and B tiers for each character and just returned them each back to their respective S tiers. I totally get how people would get into it but I typically just auto-build. I have a big game backlog and mostly focused on the story but I do love the battle system

[ornate adder]

I mostly focused on the story too and rarely used my time improving on other classes.

But I'm planning to 100% it on my second playthrough.

[ionic wolf]

I’ll definitely come back and do other stuff. I do that with other games.

[barren geyser]

Only problem with doing that in XC1 is some sidequests disappear if you progress to far

[ionic wolf]

Ah. Yeh I’m on XC3 right now. Which one should I play next? Should I just go backwards? I hope they’re all this good cause XC3 is phenomenal.

[ornate adder]

Do XCDE then XC2

[ionic wolf]

i stand corrected. the hero classes are too awesome to ignore lol.

the only thing thats annoying is when the oroborous dont match the class of the characters

or interlink or whatever its called

[red belfry]

I also recomend doing the sidequests for the heroes that are optional cause they have voiced cutscenes and are a part of the story if ur already going out of the way to level classes

[solid fog]

Yess xc3 is amazing, xc2 seems very good too but im not sure about definitive edition (btw its graphics are a bit off too)

[vagrant marten]

Close call

[edgy nest]

Holy no kidding

[vagrant marten]

[Xenoblade DE SPOILERS]

I need help....
||I'm playing Chapter 15 of the game, and I've reached the point where Egil takes control of the Mechonis. I want to complete all the quests in Fallen Arm before moving on to the Mechonis core. One of those quests requires me to collect three pieces of bronze wood from the Mechonis field. However, I can no longer fast travel there. Am I stuck? Or is there a way to get back to the Mechonis?||

It's giving me Indol flashback

[edgy nest]

Ngl I remember a lot of the affinity ones

And the generic ones are great sources of gold

I’m replaying it now and man I forgot just how much stuff you can do there was before even leaving tephra cave

It’s so cool

[halcyon nexus]

I'm blocked at the Spirit Crucible Elpys. How can i defeat these illusions ?

[ornate adder]

Since Nintendo's upcoming play test is an MMO, what do you guys think of a Xenoblade MMO?

[edgy nest]

PLSPLSPLSPLSPLS

Bring back xeno x since that’s just what it was 🔥🔥

[severe minnow]

I would love for them to do that. I have Xenoblade Chronicles X, but I didn't really have a chance to engage with the online elements properly.

They could let you choose from all of the races in Xenoblade 1-3 when making your character.

[edgy nest]

That'd be cool but wouldn't make much lore sense

[feral prawn]

Have never played the series but looking to get into new games in the switch. I do like rpgs. Is this one to get into?

[edgy nest]

Yes 🙏

[sour remnant]

https://youtu.be/meabXp-IFkM?si=XUbItLG5S1kGwWI_

[ornate adder]

We fucking won

[wicked shale]

yay!!!

[severe minnow]

That's epic. Now I'm not sure if I should wait for this and start again, or finish my Wii U playthrough.

Maybe I'll try and finish the Wii U one first, and then play this again later for the online functionality.

[safe bison]

[edgy nest]

Same…

My Wii U copy is still unopened though LMAO 😭

[red belfry]

my gentlemen

this is PEAK

[halcyon nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/yess-yes-gif-25420589

[edgy nest]

Surely right

[red belfry]

Ill be honest the switch looks miles better but wiiu doesn't look bad compared to xc1 on wii

[edgy nest]

Fr

[red belfry]

I really love the sharp render that is especially vissible on the telethia and the character models

[solemn gorge]

https://vxtwitter.com/Luxin_Xeno/status/1851299690622709771

[fleet valley]

absolutely nothing is meant by that

[barren geyser]

Something will be meant by it

[narrow delta]

Anyone have tips for the ||lorithia boss fight|| in chapter 17 of xenoblade 1? I keep dying very early on in the fught, lvl 68-69 atm

[solemn gorge]

You have to be in lvl 70s iinm for the boss' name not to be in red (higher level than you = faster, making your attacks rarely hit). You also have to use ether/magic attack for this fight, physical damage take longer to reduce boss' hp. I had problem with this boss too

[narrow delta]

Is yellow enough? Leveled up my characters to 70 and now her name is yellow

[edgy nest]

It'll be possible but still very difficult

[narrow delta]

So to be safe do brown or lower?

[edgy nest]

Yeah

[narrow delta]

After bullying a gorilla cosplaying as a furry off the side of a cliff several times, my party is now lvl 72-73, gonna try again soon

[solemn gorge]

Good luck bro. Ether up gems might help too

[narrow delta]

I beat ||lorithia||, but struggled again on ||zanza||, so i reloaded my farming save and got to lvl 77 last night, gonna lvl up to lvl 80 before i retry

Although I'll need to do the sections starting after the ||dragon fight|| all over again

[arctic flint]

at least it seems like it is finally Full HD now

still amazed how this was running on the Wii U in the first place

[solemn gorge]

80 sounds high enough for him. Higher than that, he will become too easy

[vagrant marten]

I’m late but holy shit xenoblade x on SWITCH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[edgy nest]

FR

😍

[barren geyser]

Still waiting on the Collector's Edition announcement

[vagrant marten]

still have time to do NG+ on Xeno2 and XenoDE before release

[ornate adder]

Have plans to do NG+ on the main trilogy too

[narrow delta]

I've beaten the main game now, playing through future connected now, I'm at the part where ||you find the ether crystal after asking the old lady where it is|| (future connected spoilers)

[solemn gorge]

Cool, I haven't play future connected yet

[narrow delta]

Also, idk if its just me, but melia sounds different in the future connected stuff vs the main game

[edgy nest]

I just think it’s cuz she got older

There was 10 years in between xeno 1 and DE which had fc along with it

[burnt imp]

Putting the last scene in the whole game in the trailer was crazy work

love xenoblade x

[narrow delta]

Finished xenoblade future connected

[edgy nest]

Nice

That was super fast

[arctic flint]

Same VA ten years apart

that’s what age does to you ig

[edgy nest]

Yeah lol

[barren geyser]

Also a lot more work experience

Remember, Melia's VA, Jenna Coleman, was Clara Oswald in Doctor Who

[ornate adder]

https://x.com/sonocomics/status/1856758935958741251?t=-1tGfQFjnb4a6NAaMgL1Ig&s=19

sonoci - Comms status CHECK PINNED (@sonocomics) on X

Everyone knows that the safest way to protect your Colony is to install some sort of skill check that the party can't clear until way later in the game, duh

Xenoblade 3

Twitter · Nov 13, 2024, 6:00 PM

[edgy nest]

True…

[vagrant marten]

FINALLY!

The trinity processor is finally complete

[edgy nest]

W

[sour remnant]

I'm playing through Torna.
I'm in Gormott. I have five community members left until I reach level 4. I save.
I get to the point where ||Torna transforms into its true form because of Malos' bored ass. I get through most of the inside of Torna.|| I decide to go to a campsite to level up.

Big mistake.

The options don't pop up. The characters just sit there. I am softlocked.
I decide to close and reopen the game. That's when I learn that autosave doesn't exist.
I am put back in Gormott. Five more community members left until I reach level 4.

[edgy nest]

Rip 😭

[ornate adder]

Malos' bored ass

[sour remnant]

I just realized, ||in the second-to-last cutscene of Chapter 7 in Xenoblade 2, Rex awakens Pneuma and wields her sword. Malos says "A new sword?!", in a shocked tone, as if he DIDN'T see Mythra wield the damn thing in their final confrontation in Torna.||

||They duked it out in the mf sky ffs||

[barren geyser]

The english dub was missing context that the immediate next gameplay portion was supposed to be Torna, but it was scrapped so they could refine it

[sour remnant]

Ah.

[ornate adder]

I wonder what Malos said in Japanese dub then

[barren geyser]

Apparently still "It's a new sword"

"Atarashi tsurugi dato"

[ornate adder]

I'm thinking that instead of doing NG+ of the trilogy per month until X DE arrives, I'll finish the Xenosaga trilogy instead.

I guess I can do NG+'s for the main trilogy and X DE at a later date

[edgy nest]

I sure do hope xeno 3 doesn't have any extra content in ng+ cuz I'm never doing that one LOL

[barren geyser]

Don’t think so?

[fleet valley]

it doesn't

[edgy nest]

Thank gosh

The other two do

[barren geyser]

I couldn't remember if the amiibo less amiibo rewards were NG+ or not

[vagrant marten]

Scared the crap out of me

[edgy nest]

Jumpscare

[sour remnant]

mfw you get a xenoblade 2 reference for playing xenoblade 2 first

[barren geyser]

because XC2 was first on switch

[bold geyser]

i finally decided to play the xenoblade series and starting with 2.

is there anything im missing out by not playing in chronological order? and what about the dlcs aka expansion pass

[fleet valley]

maybe. it's standalone enough, but you will be missing out on some context

but don't play 3's expansion pass without playing 1 and 2 first. you will be completely lost

[solemn gorge]

I played 2 first too

[edgy nest]

Yeah, you’ll miss a few fun details, especially around the ending, but other than that it’s fine

[feral prawn]

what should you play first Torna dlc first or xc2?

[fleet valley]

XC2

[bold geyser]

the tutorials kinda suck ass in XC2.

in the beginning

[edgy nest]

Yeah they do 😭

[bold geyser]

im in ch 3 rn

my plan is XC2 - Torna - XC1DE - FC- XC3 - FR

[scenic ocean]

How important is playing as different characters in XC 1 and 2?

I only played as shulk and rex and rarely experimented with others, have i limited my expirience of the game because of this?

[edgy nest]

In 2 it's not important at all but I'd still recommend it cuz it's fun; in 1 there are several times throughout the story where you're forced to play as different characters so not only do I recommend it for fun I recommend it to get accustomed to them through gameplay

[scenic ocean]

Yeah because once i finished 1’s main story i stopped playing it and felt like theres still more to do idk

[edgy nest]

There's a TON of endgame content, it's awesome

[scenic ocean]

Like what? Is it just super bosses?

[edgy nest]

Super bosses yeah, but a ton of side quests and the colony 6 rebuild too

A bunch of areas unlock right about when you beat the game too

Not after it granted so it is technically possible to access before finishing the game

[scenic ocean]

Ahh right, what characters do recomend playing as in XC1?

[edgy nest]

I like to play Dunban and rein a lot, but all of them are pretty fun in their own right

Especially if you mix up arts a lot

[scenic ocean]

Fair, i remember playing dunban for abit but shulk ai was not favorable

[edgy nest]

One of my favorite things to do in the endgame was completely shuffle up my parties and adjust the arts afterwards

Sometimes id end up with sharla tank build if she got paired with shulk and melia

[scenic ocean]

Ohh right, is there a website for different party structures for all the games?

Playing through XC3 and am curious as to whats good

[edgy nest]

I’m not sure actually, sorry

In one I’d literally close my eyes and hold up on the l stick for a while, then press a

[scenic ocean]

Hell yeah

[edgy nest]

2 has a lot less party members and I’d usually only shuffle around blades to level them up, but it was still fun to shift characters and blades frequently

In 3 I’d mix and match classes constantly and bring a hero based on the role I was missing with the other 6 and if I was even I’d pick a hero to increase xp for one of the ones I had equipped

[scenic ocean]

Yeah i enjoyed shifting blades around in 2, i used rex, morag and zeke as a healer

Since all i got were healers for him

[edgy nest]

That’s unfortunate 💀

[scenic ocean]

Nah it worked out quite well for me, had alot of elemental coverage, ended up getting 6 element orbs on the final boss, did a chain attack whilst it was at half health and defeated it

[edgy nest]

Wow

[sour remnant]

I'm playing DE, and I got a problemo. ||I'm fighting this crazy bird lady named Tyrea and this weird ass Telethia. I am at level 39. I killed the Telethia once, but no luck with Tyrea. I've leveled up every art. I've tried switching party members after every loss like I'm trying to solve a damn Rubix Cube. The only solution I can think of at the moment is grinding until I can actually win the fight.

If anyone has any advice on how to beat her, and maybe a recipe for the wings on her head, gimme.||

[edgy nest]

Melia's got mind blast at this point right?

A purple art with a hand icon

[sour remnant]

Yeah

[edgy nest]

If so my recommended party for that fight is shulk, melia, and dunban with dunban's agility stacked as high as it can go

Yeah I thought so; that art's very helpful in the fight

If you have any haste or double attack gems, pop them both on shulk so you can try to keep the monado art ready all the time

[sour remnant]

I seem to have missed the very concept of gems. I don't have any in my inventory, nor do I know where to get any.

[edgy nest]

Oh wild that's a pretty big issue

In colony 9, there's a landmark called the Gem Man's Stand I think; if you talk to the npc called the Gem Man he teaches you how to make gems and how they work

Basically some weapons and armors allow you to attatch gems to them which you can use to give the characters that have the items equipped to gain various buffs

Some gems increase stats, some reduce the time between auto attacks, some give random chances to debuff enemies

You can craft gems from crystals dropped from enemies and ether deposits

There's a wholly unique minigame dedicated to gem crafting, it's kind of funny

Once you rebuild colony 6 to level 1 in each section, you gain the ability to craft gems wherever you want rather than only in colony 9 at the gem man's stall

[bold geyser]

If there’s criticism for the Xenoblade series, what would it be?

[red belfry]

series as a whole or individual games?

I think the resolution when playing in handheld is up there

if you meant individual:
I think for xc1 the part in the story where you need to rescue a certain NPC a milion times.
for xc2 definitely the lack of tutorials and not being able to replay the tutorials.
for xc3 they fixed a lot of things. One might even call the game perfection, If anything probably that some hero quests are optional even though they add a lot of content to the game with voiced cutscenes.

[ornate adder]

1 - Too many lazy fetch quests
2 - Tonal and pacing whiplash in the narrative
3 - Too easy

Overall? They're way too long for their own good. Some dialogues get hammered in repetitively so some cuts here and there would benefit the series in the long run.

But make no mistake, I still rate the series and each games very highly.

[red belfry]

if 3 was too easy for you, you probably played on easy mode, for me it was quite hard at times

[burnt imp]

Xenoblade X definitely has some criticisms.

Like the crazy grind you have to do for certain items

And the servers not being up which locks many items

[red belfry]

good thing we getting a remake

or at least a port with enhancements

or whatever you wanna call it

[ornate adder]

Nah, I played on Normal. Minus maybe Consul || J || battle, I played the entire game with no sweat.

[red belfry]

I still need to finish FR but Im way too underleveled and Im losing to a boss at 90% health on easy mode

[ornate adder]

Just do some exploration and side quests (which are great this time around) and you won't even need to grind for the boss fights. If the character levels are your problem, use your bonus xps to level up on campsites.

[red belfry]

I used all of my bonus exp and am still 3 levels too low

[edgy nest]

I played it on hard and made sure to stay under leveled and it was still too easy

[ornate adder]

Yeah I heard hard mode isn't even that hard minus the initial battles

I'm honestly planning to do hard modes on the trilogy plus XDE when I get to NG+ them

Hopefully, within next year.

Still plan to do the post game stuff then play Atlus titles and the entire Trails series

[red belfry]

this is where I'm stuck

ill do a spoiler thingy

everyone in my party is lv 47

any advice?

[ornate adder]

Ah, FR?

Yeah, that battle is tough.

Just do what I did. Explore some more, complete collectopedia, do the side quests.

Oh, and spam || Rex's Double Edged Sword || to the heavens.

As much as possible, keep the healers alive so they can keep reviving you.

[red belfry]

theres a collectopedia...

in fr?

[ornate adder]

Yep

[red belfry]

where in the menu can I find it or is it in a town?

[ornate adder]

Press Y, click Affinity Goals and it will show all the things you can discover and stuff. Including Collecropaedia.

[red belfry]

no tutorial told me this or I skipped it

omg I have a ton of them

how do I convert all of this into exp though

[ornate adder]

You need to collect them all thus why it's called that 😅

At least by section or area

[red belfry]

I got like 500 ap lol

[ornate adder]

Man, you made me wanna play FR again.

Such a 10/10 game

[red belfry]

damn I got him down to 30% but my healers died from an aoe attack

[ornate adder]

There's another tip to beat him

Give Nikol the healer skill

I forgot what the accessory was called

Ah

Memory Locket

Yeah, obtain that and then give it to Nikol.

That way, you'll have three characters who can revive others.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/s/1dUxDhTKq0

Just follow this post here

[red belfry]

If I won't make it this try I will try that

annnddd I died at 30 again

[sour remnant]

A pretty good chunk of Torna ngl.

[red belfry]

forced side quests

[red belfry]

I opened the relic but I don't think I got it

Im resetting my game cuz I think that should have been it

I reset and it's not there

I should not have reset... I have to collect my entire collectopaedia again...

[ornate adder]

Is that the one where you kinda have to do some parkour stuff? 'Cause that part was tricky.

[red belfry]

I watched a video, theres a second relic

I got the item

[ornate adder]

Nice nice

Now give it to Nikol, spam Rex's Double Edged Sword, and do as much chain attack as possible. Even better if you can daze, topple, and launch.

[red belfry]

Im doing chain attacks but ||"A"|| for some reason makes me go over the 99% treshold

u gotta be kidding me

all because ||A somehow goes over 99||

oh its cuz I use attack manuals...

bruh

[mighty edge]

Yo im making a sick xc3 game on scratch rn

[red belfry]

Thats so cool

[red belfry]

I finally beat him and the story got even better and better

omg the ||alpha|| theme song is so fire

[ornate adder]

Peak

[red belfry]

bro... he just oneshot my entire party...

[red belfry]

😨

almost died here

[red belfry]

NOOO It's over 😔

this game series is the best out there no matter what anyone else says

[bold geyser]

For Xenoblade 2, the pouch items, is there any hints on what there favorites is or you just gotta find out randomly?

Some are hinted or given, but some give no clues

[red belfry]

besides the hints, it's stated on the wiki

but if you don't wanna use it, fair game

[ornate adder]

Same actually

[mighty edge]

Ive heard really good things about future redeemed i really want it but is it worth it?

[red belfry]

I just finished it, it's amazing

But can only reccomend it if you have played all 3 games

[red belfry]

xenoblade 3 spoiler: this certainly is... a character, I can say that much

[edgy nest]

Beat all the DE super bosses 😍

Dunban’s so insanely good

Man has the agility to hit anything

[solemn gorge]

Awesome. Do you farm a lot of gems for that

[edgy nest]

I didnt have to go out of my way to farm them, but yeah crafting them did help a lot

Especially with the bosses’ spikes

[ornate adder]

Nice nice

I'm planning on doing the post game stuff on XCDE this coming January

[edgy nest]

Nice

Good luck with it

[red belfry]

U mean like... ||rebuilding colony 6 and retrieving all 5 unique monados cuz I can't think of anything else||

[edgy nest]

That and all the ||extra tephra cave quests, the super bosses, finishing the collectopaedia, and all the high entia quests post alcamoth||

[red belfry]

||I completed colectopaedia in the main game except for that one cave that you can't enter anymore after a certain chapter, it's been too long so I forgot it's name||

[edgy nest]

You also can’t complete the “other” section without killing a super boss

||since you need to have the high entia lady in colony 6, have completed her quest, and then trade her the super bosses’ unique droppables for the love source||

[red belfry]

||you mean for the fourth replica monado||

?

[edgy nest]

No, to complete the “other” page in the collectopaedia

[red belfry]

Ohh

I think I meant a different one, lemme google it

[edgy nest]

Yeah, I said “also” cuz I knew which one you were referring to

[red belfry]

Ah okay

I just googled it anyways, it was the ||ether mine||

[edgy nest]

Oh, that one you still have some access too so you’re able to complete the collectopaedia for it

I thought you were talking about ||mechanic core||

||Which you’re completely locked out of by the end of the game||

[red belfry]

I think you can't get every item from it though

[edgy nest]

You definitely can, it’s just a bit trickier since there’s less spots

[red belfry]

Yeah I remember that but by that, maybe I didn't complete that one either

[edgy nest]

||There are two more sections that get permanently locked out; sword valley and agniritha||

[red belfry]

||whats agnirita? bionis interior?||

[edgy nest]

||The city at the top of the mechonis||

[red belfry]

Ohhhh

Yeah true

I really want to play xcde again but the resolution really makes it look bad

[edgy nest]

Rip

[red belfry]

Maybe I'll emulate it this time (yes I own a real copy of the game)

For the 60fps

And resolution ofc

[bold geyser]

How long is FC, FR, and Torna? The DLCs

[red belfry]

I think for me it was like: 15 20 25 respectively

Torna is a bit longer for reasons but the story itself is around 6 hours

For every game

[modern narwhal]

yeah that sounds about right

FC might even be 10

[jaunty stream]

So, I am getting ready to play XC 3 for the first time. Any tips or suggestions for my play-through?

[fleet valley]

don't use the bonus XP

[red belfry]

Do the optional hero quests. Swap classes as soon as they reach max rank. Do skirmishes for nopon coins. There is a very hard battle when you reach about level 50 with multiple enemies but there is a way to make the battle way easier. You will know what I'm talking about when you get there. And my last tip: don't google infinite chain attack damage combos, it makes the game way less fun

[ornate adder]

For the endgame, always have at least one Agnus healer and one Kever healer.

[red belfry]

Is the memory locket also available in 3 non dlc?

Oh they cost 99 nopon coins

[ornate adder]

You can get one from a container at the Cascade Ferronis Hulk

[red belfry]

Then get this too as soon as possible

[jaunty stream]

I do have the dlc. Should I go ahead and download and activate it all before I start ?

[ornate adder]

Sure

The DLC adds stuff for the base game too

[modern narwhal]

explore and explore, try to uncover every hidden item on the map, though some you'll find can't be accessed without advancing the story.

also, learn the driver combo system for chain attacks

very beneficial to use break/topple/launch BEFORE launching a chain attack because launched enemies don't block attacks

and take more damage

also level up all of your classes as far as you can, they start out maxxing at level 10 but later you can do ascension quests to level them up to 20 and the perks/skills are very worth it

also recommended to play the base game and finish it before the DLC story

it's better that way

[red belfry]

In my oppinion chronological order is the best order to play the games but whichever order you play, play future redeemed last 🙏

[red belfry]

https://youtu.be/ah9JgFGdqWU?si=1duMItzkCAX-6Kvr a second trailer?

[edgy nest]

😍

[fleet valley]

you can't see it in this trailer, but they raised the level cap

[urban mirage]

Oh shit, nice!

I never liked how the game had a level cap of 60 instead of 99.

[urban mirage]

@fleet valley Where can you see the level cap increase and what’s the new cap?

[fleet valley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_rxY7utkS0

because of course Japan gets exclusive footage before the rest of the world

i'm not sure what the new cap is though

[edgy nest]

I’d assume 99 to bring it in line with the other 3 yeah

[urban mirage]

Nice!

Yeah, I’m hoping it’s 99.

[quasi topaz]

after seeing gameplay of x and the original im considering grabbing a game voucher and getting those 2

i already have 2 and 3 without dlc

[urban mirage]

It’s worth it.

Xenoblade Chronicles 1 is my favorite of the 4 games and it’s one of my all time favorite games

[red belfry]

When someone asks me to rate them in order I get hella stressed out cuz in my oppinion they are all my favourite games I have played so I can't really pick a favourite

[severe minnow]

I think mine goes something like 3 = 1 > 2 > X. I haven't finished X, however.

[red belfry]

I think for me too but I haven't played X but I heard it isn't really story focussed so I think X will be last although I am quite excited to play it for a first time

[bold geyser]

For XC 2, the trust system, does it disperse to all party members or only the active ones in the party?

[red belfry]

no xenoblade gameplay in the switch 2 anouncement trailer... bad video

[edgy nest]

True…

[ornate adder]

You two think alike

[red belfry]

he has definitely seen my message here

can we all agree we want a xenoblade warriors game with every party member playable?

[bold geyser]

I think they should make a new IP. Not spoiling the trilogy, would you guys say the story is like all done for?

[ornate adder]

XC3 and FR leaves room for the series to continue.

Anyways, Monolith has been working on a new IP for a while now.

They've been recruiting for that.

[sour remnant]

If we do get a new Xenoblade, do you think it'll have another Marketable Red Sword?

[red belfry]

Id be surprised if it doesn't

Epic looking scarlet swords are kinda a must

[ornate adder]

Why not change it up for the next trilogy?

Make it green sword for the next three games

[red belfry]

Or just make it mythr colored

[ornate adder]

Heads up, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Collector's Edition will be restocked on May via MyNintendo UK.

[sour remnant]

Then a purple sword for the three games after that.

[solemn gorge]

Azure shotgun

[red belfry]

What does it include? Like a steelbook and an art book?

[ornate adder]

Yup

[barren geyser]

EU had a steelbook?

[feral prawn]

artbook

[bold geyser]

A new trilogy or new up sounds better. Let the series soak in for a bit. New stuff

Almost done with XC2. Definitely enjoying it

[bold geyser]

h

[edgy nest]

So true

[bold geyser]

i hate when the group disappears on my discord

[edgy nest]

Yeah that’s definitely my least favorite thing about threads

The way they just completely peace out if they’re inactive for too long

[narrow delta]

https://x.com/MONOLITHSOFT/status/1887305208432079052?t=kuLr1t-sMqJbSeVfrlE0lg&s=19

株式会社モノリスソフト (@MONOLITHSOFT) on X

おはようございます！あたらしい1日ですも。
モノリスソフトではこの時間になると、あちこちの職種で朝会が開かれます。作業報告をしたりゲームの話をしたり…
#モノリスソフトの日常

X · Feb 6, 2025, 1:00 AM

[bold geyser]

i just beaten XC2

[sour remnant]

Join the club, we got jackets with Aegis Cores embroidered on the back.

[ornate adder]

Another day another me begging for Monolith Soft to sell these Nopon plushies. 🥺

[edgy nest]

Man 😔

[bold geyser]

Definitely a unique experience. The base XC2. Haven’t played Torna

felt rushed in some areas.

I enjoy the cast of characters definitely.

I hate the gatcha system though

[vagrant marten]

Just finished Future Redeemed last night. It was really amazing, but it left me with more questions than answers, ||especially the post-credit scene.||

[edgy nest]

Yeah…

[red belfry]

Guys wake up, one more month till X remake drops

[ornate adder]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-gif-27563888

[edgy nest]

Fr

[ornate adder]

https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1894749828355158162?t=QRUW-Q68lFpvNR7sbvfibw&s=19

Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) on X

Attention, BLADE recruits!
Learn more about Planet Mira, your home in NLA, Arts and Overdrives to master in battle, and Skells you’ll pilot to complete your mission in #XenobladeChroniclesX: Definitive Edition, coming to #NintendoSwitch on 3/20!
Pre-order: https://t.co/IBZdEULoAd

X · Feb 26, 2025, 2:02 PM

Wake up, ya'll! They just dropped a six minute long video.

[sour remnant]

no fucking way

[true mantle]

Woo I may use my voucher on this

[red belfry]

we can have mythra in X

this is peak

[solid fog]

guys help

how do i beat z

[burnt imp]

Use the signifier class, you get it in erythia sea.

It’s very op if you spam resonant flag and aureole. If you have two characters on attacking classes, (preferably level 10 on the class) and two tanks you will be ok

The signifier hero, Fiona, is also really good

[red belfry]

I think I just used ashera for the guaranteed 200 tp

And also the standard classes for the main party members

[ornate adder]

Make sure to have one healer for Agnus and one for Keves.

[edgy nest]

LMAO

[snow siren]

for the ||telethia battle in makna forest|| should I use Melia in my party? I have it set up as Sharla, Shulk, and Riki right now

[urban mirage]

I usually do Shulk, Melia and Riki for that battle

[snow siren]

I just went ahead and used the same one. It wasn't too hard as long as I remembered to use purge

[snow siren]

I'm at my limit

[solid fog]

guys what do i do after beating Z, i dont want to finish the game 😢

[solid fog]

i didnt play the other ones, xc3 is my only one, i finished it yesterday and i LOVED ALL OF IT, I WISH I COULD FORGET EVERYTHING AND RESTART, IM SO SAD I DONT WANT IT TO END

[sour remnant]

average xenoblade experience

[red belfry]

you can do the hero quests for ||melia an nia|| and get all the classes to max level

[solid fog]

do the quests of them have any cool cutscenes

[red belfry]

especially hero quests, they are voiced

[solid fog]

But i mean

cutscenes with subtitles

not with chat bubbles

[red belfry]

these are fully voiced

you can also do land of challenges or whatever its called

[solid fog]

where is that

[red belfry]

oh land of challenge is dlc

but the queen stories are not

[solid fog]

isnt there anywhere i can also fight cool mobs or sth

are there any other things to do?

[lethal shard]

Have you beaten all the named monsters?

[solid fog]

no, where to find them?

[lethal shard]

https://xenoblade.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_Monster_(XC3)

Scroll down to the list section.

[solid fog]

ty

btw will i still see cutscenes in postgame?

im scared the game will feel so empty

be honest please, do u think there is another game this alive like xc3

the story is so full and the characters are so well made

i never seen characters like these in another games

they feel like real people

[snow siren]

Well, xeno x is getting its remaster so maybe try that one out and see if you like it? You can still pre order

[solid fog]

50€ 😔

[snow siren]

Yeah I feel that because I want it too but don't really have the money to spend lol

[urban mirage]

Facts

[bright eagle]

So I’ve never played a xenoblade before let me explain my outsiders perspective

There’s a dude

And he has a um… collection… of hot babes

And those babes are actually like his “swords”?

So it’s like Pokémon but you throw anime girls at people instead of cute monsters?

[fleet valley]

that's only the second one. the others are somewhat less anime

[bright eagle]

I see. I don’t have a problem with anime or associated tropes just trying to see how horribly wrong my idea of the series is

[fleet valley]

so you're not technically wrong per se... you just phrased it in a very... repulsive way to people who don't like anime tropes

not all of the blades are hot babes though. some are cool looking guys, one is a tiger

[bright eagle]

Oh. That’s cool. So like he collects them? Like they’re sort of like powerups, the babes and cool guys and tigers

Or is more like an rpg where you have like a party and they fight with you

Or a real time tactics or whatever you’d call that

When I see clips of those games I get kind of confused

[fleet valley]

so the game is real time and plays... sort of like an mmo with cooldowns and stuff

[bright eagle]

An mmo without the o

[fleet valley]

right

[bright eagle]

And they have like big worlds like really big worlds

Is there like a collection aspect to it like exploring and finding little stuff?

I say it as if it’s not like four games lol

[fleet valley]

the blades are like a gatcha system with no mtx

but none of the blade stuff is in the first game

[bright eagle]

Oh even the two main ones like fire girl and the blonde

Oh really?

[fleet valley]

or the third

[bright eagle]

So all these blade characters just aren’t in it?

Them

[fleet valley]

well each game is actually pretty different

[bright eagle]

Oh. It sounds like most of what I see is the second one then

[fleet valley]

they all have a connected story, so play them in order

[bright eagle]

Okay

[fleet valley]

besides xenoblade X

[bright eagle]

The x one is kinda like whatever like a side story

?

[fleet valley]

X is a separate series

[bright eagle]

Super far future or past or something or a different place

But there’s only one

Isn’t there

[fleet valley]

yes, but there was a sequel hook

[bright eagle]

Oh neat

[fleet valley]

X is not connected to the main numbered series

[bright eagle]

But it’s still has like … xenoblades … presumably

What’s a xenoblade

Is that like some magic god blade that’s better than all the other blades

[fleet valley]

that's just the series title, there's not really something called "the xenoblade"

[bright eagle]

Oh hmm

[fleet valley]

it's called that bc the series likes swords

[bright eagle]

They should make something called the xenoblade just so they have an excuse to name the series that. Maybe Nintendo was just looking to be more alphabetically diverse with its game titles

You don’t see a lot of x representation

Not trolling btw just find it funny

I only troll Metroid fan servers

[fleet valley]

not every series needs a title drop

[ornate adder]

The IP wasn't originally intended to be called that. It was supposed to be Monado. But someone from Nintendo suggested to call it Xenoblade to give respect to the creator's previous games (Xenogears and Xenosaga)

[sour remnant]

Well, one of the definitions of 'xeno' is "strange", so in a sense, the Monado would be a xeno blade.

[fleet valley]

Xenogears actually had a mech called the Xenogears, apparently. I've never played it though

[snow siren]

Yeah they do, they just call them Gears though. I've watched a playthrough of it. Really interesting game. XC isn't related to Xenogears or Xenosaga besides the fact that it's science fiction that centers around technology usually afaik

[ornate adder]

There are references and easter eggs sprinkled here and there (especially in Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed) but that's about it.

[fathom parcel]

I wonder if it’s worth playing Xenoblade X after having played the trilogy since it’s an older title but some seem to like it more than the other ones. it’s just another big time sink

[urban mirage]

Switching around your party, weapons and gems might help.

Also leveling up your party some more.

[barren geyser]

Well got X pre-ordered

Was waiting for a CE announcement but it never happened

[lethal shard]

CE Is for the Switch 2 version I'm sure

[barren geyser]

why would they delay the release of a Collector's Edition for a game until AFTER it releases, and already has a physical release

[lethal shard]

Because Switch 2 has not been revealed fully yet, and while games are backwards compatible, "Switch 2 enhanced edition" would not be out of the question either.

So let's imagine that's the case and there is XCXDE for Switch 1 and Switch 2. Some might be annoyed that the "worse version" gets the CE. For example when BotW released on Wii U and Switch, it was the Switch that got the collector's edition and not Wii U. Of course they released at the same time, but still.

[barren geyser]

The collector's edition is mostly physical goods >_> artbook, and the like

[sour remnant]

This has probably been asked a million times, but...

HOW DO I BEAT ||DISCIPLE LORITHIA??||

Literally every other boss since ||Gadolt|| has been a cakewalk, then this ||fucking insect|| comes crawling in with her army of pollen immune system mfs.

[fleet valley]

use melia

[ornate adder]

Does the Xenoblade X DE pre-order/early buy bonus include physical purchases?

[snow siren]

Yes, as long as you pre-order physical you get the bonus. I think you also get it if you buy physical at launch but not sure about that. Apparently Best Buy has some actual physical collectibles included in the pre order and not just bonus items, but I'm not sure if you get the redeem code from Best Buy.

[barren geyser]

It’s also just an early adopter bonus, not a pre-order one

Physical is at launch, digital is until April 6th

[night drift]

hi, currently playing xenoblade 3, i am trying to get my party to unlock some heroes' classes, but for some reason they're not making any progress with them, i was unlocking classes just fine around the colony 4 part of the story, managed to unlock three heroes' classes for everyone fighting the enemies in the area, but after progressing the story a bit more and getting a couple more heroes, no one is making any progress unlocking their classes, no matter how many enemies i fight, why did it suddenly stop?

[pure pollen]

So what level is your party at?

And what lv of enemies are you fighting?

And is your hero in your party?

The hero needs to be in your party to unlock the class with your other party. But basically if you are overleveled when fighting certain enemies, it's going to take longer for your party to unlock the class

Think of it like normal exp to lv up. If you fight weaker enemies with where you are at in the game, you'll get low exp. But if you are fighting an enemy that's higher lv than you, then you'll get more exp

I hope this makes sense

If you have the dlc btw, there's something you can do that makes unlocking class much quicker. Do you have it ?

[night drift]

my party's level is around 30-31, and the enemies are around 25 or so

yes, the hero is in my party

i get it being slower, but not going up at all? over a 5-6 level difference? i was building progress towards hero class unlocks when grinding against level 15-16 enemies in my 20's... so it's weird that it stopped altogether when the level gaps have remained roughly the same

and yes, i have all the DLC

[pure pollen]

Yeaah 5 lvs will be hard to gain the class

I know it's not a lot but that makes a difference

Your best bet is really fighting tougher enemies

Or....since you have the DLC

Go to the combat arena that you can spend the reward currency to unlock class fasters by defeating challenges

Do some of them for like maybe up to 30 minutes

And it will unlock every class for every character you have

[night drift]

combat arena? you mean the nopon archsage's place that was in the previous two games? i've never really done that before cause i'm terrible at challenge stuff

[pure pollen]

Yeah that

It reaaallly helps with unlocking classes faster

[night drift]

i guess i can try it next time, but i highly doubt i'll be able to pull it off... feels like my party gets crushed anytime i fight something 5-10 levels higher than me

i miss the customizable difficulty xenoblade 2 had... i'm not a challenge seeker, i just enjoy the characters/worlds/stories

[pure pollen]

whatever you do to enjoy the game and you are having fun

I also just didn't the arena/challenges thing, but later on when I got more classes, it became harder for me to unlock them for every character

so I did the arena when I was in the last chapter

[night drift]

i think xenoblade 2 is still my favorite, i enjoyed the blades, the mercenary feature, and the humor... also i think that is the only game i've ever seen that portrayed a poly relationship, so it really stuck out to me

[pure pollen]

I...really really hate 2

the story and the characters, I just couldn't. And you can tell the game was really rushed

but if you like it, good

Honestly now that I think about it, NONE of the Xeno games were ever developed properly except maybe XC 1

Xenogears had development problems with crunch time which lead to them releasing 2 disks for 1 game, and the 2nd game being 75% pure cutscenes of hours

Xenosaga was originally designed to be 6 whole games, but due to the how the first game did, the publishers told them to make it a trilogy instead, meaning the original plan 6 game was lost

XC 2 was absolutely rushed with how the main Mono team was helping Nintendo make BOTW

and XC 3 & FR stories were incomplete and had story elements missing that lead to the director having to explain things in other source materials like in books or in interviews

[night drift]

i'm not sure how the first game was more properly developed than the others, they all seem pretty equally confusing, though still interesting

[pure pollen]

1 was developed intended for it to be a solo game

They didn't think they would do a whole trilogy after 1. So when Nintendo supported Mono, they were able to do whatever they wanted and had all the time they needed when making 1

[night drift]

ah, ok... guess that would've been less confusing, but still, the first game probably had my least favorite combat menu, i found it a bit messy and tough to use... though, combat definitely got more complicated with 2 and 3, even if the act of selecting attacks was easier, but 2 still had a lot of my favorite things, and the customizable difficulty removed the complications of combat

[pure pollen]

yeah 1's combat wasn't that interesting

but it just sucks

like I hope the next Mono game is properly developed

[night drift]

well i heard nintendo officially fully owns monolith now, right? so maybe that'll change things

[pure pollen]

yeah but they fully owned them since like XC 1 and that came out on the Wii

and after all this time, Mono is still struggling with finishing completely their own games

I hope now that Nintendo isn't asking their help doing a major Zelda title (like with BOTW and TotK), I hope this give Mono more time to work on their next game

[night drift]

it didn't sound like they fully owned them, i read they only recently acquired them 100%

[pure pollen]

This is what I found:

"By the beginning of April 2011, Namco Bandai had sold its remaining 400 shares in Monolith Soft to Nintendo, getting Nintendo 96% of the shares. By December 2024, Nintendo fully acquired 100% of Monolith Soft's shares."

By 96% they basically owned them still

[night drift]

either way, i hope the next game is a ways off... i have probably hundreds of hours left of 3 to finish, then i need to start xenoblade X cause i've never played that before, either

xenoblade 1 left me pretty burned out by the end, with the whole 400+ side quests... and xenoblade 2 was fun, but by the end of that i really needed a break, so i got started on 3 pretty late... only recently, actually

[fleet valley]

https://tenor.com/view/its-happening-friday-gif-12932795

[ornate adder]

https://discord.gg/SBRB4kxE?event=1345201260529188996

Ya'll ready for this?

[ornate adder]

So bad news

I went to my local game store 'cause I didn't get a message from them about my pre-ordered copy as per usual

Turns out, the stock has been delayed.

So I guess I really have to double dip on XDE (physical+digital) just like the previous games.

[ornate adder]

Just got the message from my local game store

It has arrived!

https://tenor.com/view/crazy-bears-bear-rise-elmo-rise-elmo-fire-fire-gif-27686721

[true mantle]

Is this game worth buying?

[ornate adder]

https://tenor.com/view/ariana-grande-ariana-grande-yuhh-yuhh-yeah-gif-21721305

[pure pollen]

Have you played any of the other games before?

[true mantle]

I own 1-3

[pure pollen]

But have you played them?

Cause I literally also bought the entire trilogy before playing them 😆

[ornate adder]

I can't seem to find the early buyer in-game bonus. I thought the physical purchase is included on the promo.

[ionic fern]

Does Xenoblade Chronicles X, have an auto-battle mode like XC3 had?

[true mantle]

I mean I will love Xenoblade 1-3

[bleak jasper]

I got Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition and the pre-order bonus from GameStop!

[night drift]

i want to play X, but i really need to finish 3 first before throwing myself into another... still have it downloaded, though... speaking of 3, i just discovered this ferronis hulk in the desert, but i can't complete the quest to restore it cause the monsters won't attack me?

these enemies that hide in the sand won't jump out... and i can't target them while they hide, so this hulk is impossible to clear out

[bright eagle]

I’m not getting x because I seen those trailers and I already know it’s going to run abysmally

[pure pollen]

apperently its meant to run better for Switch 2

Im starting to feel like the 2025 Nintendo Switch titles were reaaaaallly designed for Switch 2

like I legit have zero clue how Metroid Prime 4 is going to run on the Switch

[bright eagle]

Yeah Metroid prime 4 on switch scared me too

[barren geyser]

I got no slip T_T

[solemn gorge]

Assassin creed shadow seem awesome though

[true mantle]

It's a good running game dafuq you mean. It ran on Wii u ffs

[barren geyser]

People had been acting like the Switch was inferior hardware to the wii u for nearly a decade now

[true mantle]

Those same people probably think the 360 and PS3 is stronger than the switch

[ornate adder]

Man, I love local pricing!

XDE's SRP in my local game store is $41

[sinful seal]

Xenoblade lover here

[ornate adder]

Does your copy have a paperwork or pamphlet with code on it? 'Cause mine doesn't.

[burnt imp]

Would anybody be down to make a squad in xenoblade x for the discord

[jaunty stream]

Ugh…preorder was supposed to be here today. Delayed till Monday. Think I might get the digital edition also.

[pure pollen]

I love this
winning best and worst game

[sinful seal]

Nope. I think that's only if you preorder

[final mauve]

it was a preorder bonus and it was useless

shit can get out of hand pretty quick with AoE weapons XD

[ornate adder]

Man, jumping really high in XDE is so addicting!

[sour remnant]

Never thought parkour in a Xenoblade game could actually be fun.

[ornate adder]

I hate those big lizards so much. They attack me on site all the time. They run really fast and won't give up until I ran like a mile.

[true mantle]

Why does xenoblade 1 de got a worse metascore than the og but Xenoblade x de got a better metascore than the og

[edgy nest]

Critics be critics

[true mantle]

Well y'all like Xenoblade X? I heard people shit talking the story though

[lethal shard]

The story is more of a background to the massive open world, rather than the driving force like in the trilogy.

So if you are looking to have similar emotional and impactful story like in the other games, you might be disappointed.

However, what the game lacks in story, it more than makes up for it in exploration and the feeling of discovery. To me anyway.

[true mantle]

I see both critics and gamers hating on the story for x

[final mauve]

I don't know why 1 DE got a worse score

but X DE has a TON of improvements its not just content additions

there were a lot of annoyances in the original that made people drop it before the good part (flying mechs)

it may have the best map being a huge open seamless world, but it also has the worst of the Xenoblade tropes like instant-death high level mons wandering around all over

[lethal shard]

that's the best part though

and trying to sneak past them for some wonderful loot

[final mauve]

it helps that if you're paying attention to your party members' arts

the very first party member the game gives you has a stealth ability

and it costs TP, but she also learns an ability that gives you 1k TP in return for half HP, which you'll regenerate outside battle immediately anyways

[lethal shard]

I haven't started the definitive edition yet, but I remember the early combat was very slow even on xenoblade standards. But now you have the quick art quality of life so it should be better

[final mauve]

that helps a lot but its a limited bar so you can't just spam it forever

but the way it uses the bar is it costs more energy/cooldown remaining

so if you're just using it to fill in a bit of CD so you can hit a voice soul or topple during a stagger its amazing

but when material/squad farming lower level monsters you can totally use it to spam abilities and clear easy fights way faster, so thats nice too

[hazy zinc]

The plot’s science-fiction so you just retain whatever they tell you and store bits of information to understand the best you can.

Still playing XCX DE and from what I can see better this time around is the lore of the other games

[pure pollen]

Wait seriously?

Like this game is now tied to the trilogy?

[fleet valley]

I highly doubt that

why can't people let x be its own thing

[pure pollen]

Cause the devs called it Xenoblade Chronicles : (

I WANT this to be its own thing

I'm pretty sure even the devs intended this to be its own thing but then changed it and called it XC

[true mantle]

So that's why x de have way better reviews than og

[final mauve]

"people"

the devs themselves lmao

they named it Xenoblade Chronicles and nobody held a gun to their head and ordered them to change things to integrate it with the rest of the series (if they even did, most people haven't beaten the game why are we spoiling shit in here?)

all anyone asked is for them to just port the game to Switch

[fleet valley]

show me a direct connection in a spoiler

[final mauve]

I haven't beaten the game either, I just find your outrage a little silly

"Why can't people let the game called Xenoblade Chronicles be its own thing and not part of the franchise called Xenoblade Chronicles"

like come on, man

I'm sure the only reason the original was entirely seperate is because at the time they didn't intend to make it a huge series

[fleet valley]

it's not numbered, so either it's a spinoff or its own thing.

[final mauve]

The lack of a number does not mean something's not connected

the Nier games dont have numbers, new God of War games dont have numbers

Horizon doesnt have numbers

Xenoblade Chronicles does have numbers but then 2 isn't a sequel to 1

just let the devs do whatever they want

[true mantle]

They named it X to signal that it's different

[final mauve]

🤷‍♂️ and if its not different anymore then that was the same devs' decision

[true mantle]

1-2-3 follow the same format. X follow something different

[final mauve]

No they don't

that was like

the whole thing with 3

bringing the 2 different combat systems together

[true mantle]

1-2-3 is story based. X is open world and exploration based

[final mauve]

Sure but it still has a story and if the devs want to connect it in a multiverse then why is that a bad thing we should deny?

it doesn't reduce the game

[true mantle]

Who said it's not connected in a multiverse?

[final mauve]

The original one wasn't, the new one might be

The original one was very very definitely not connected

[fleet valley]

i didn't say it was a bad thing, i said it's not a thing until officially confirmed

[final mauve]

You said "why can't people let x be its own thing"

[true mantle]

Thought you were arguing that the games were connected

[final mauve]

I haven't beaten X yet. I know it has a new epilogue and a lot of people expect it to combine the games because thats been the epilogues for 1-3

[fleet valley]

i'm saying the people who make all these theories are all going to be disappointed when it turns out it's not connected

[true mantle]

Like X ain't connected to 1-3?

[final mauve]

It sounds like you're expecting it not to be connected. Will you be disappointed if it is connected?

because it sounds like that would disappoint you

[fleet valley]

correct

[true mantle]

I wouldn't care either way. But there's a reason they called it X and not 2

[final mauve]

I could say "There's a reason they called it Xenoblade Chronicles and not a different name like Xenosaga or Xenogears"

same logic

[true mantle]

Yes Xenoblade is own by Nintendo

[fleet valley]

this is correct

[final mauve]

I'm just saying if they retcon it to be a shared universe then there's no reason to be upset about that

like yes obviously X at the time of its creation was not a shared thing

but they probably didn't expect to do a whole 4 game franchise

[fleet valley]

https://time.com/4149809/xenoblade-chronicles-x-director-tetsuya-takahashi/

"The ‘Xeno’ name, by the way, really just exists to make it clear that these are Tetsuya Takahashi productions.”

[fleet valley]

i just would rather it be its own thing given that the theming of X and the numbered series is completely different. plus if they retcon it to be in a shared universe it would feel like they pulled a connection out of takahashi's ass

[feral prawn]

when do i get the skell?

[barren geyser]

Blame Takahashi

[true mantle]

Yeah but that would require a retcon which would be more work for them to do and do the fans even want that?

[barren geyser]

The guy rewrote/added lore saying that ||Dmitri|| existed during Klaus’s time, and that the world government was working on ||Project Exodus||

[final mauve]

those are the most useless fucking spoiler tags lmao

man I wonder what the government was working on

could be anything in X

[barren geyser]

But this was in 1-3

Not X. It was mentioned in Future Redeemed

[final mauve]

then why'd you spoil tag any of it if it's not an X spoiler 🙂

[barren geyser]

Because 1. It’s not an X channel

[fleet valley]

i didn't like that either. besides, there was implied to be no rush to the project in Future Redeemed

[barren geyser]

2. X is 10 years old

[final mauve]

Nobody owned a WiiU get real

it's a week old

[barren geyser]

“Definitive Edition”

[fleet valley]

this argument is trash

[final mauve]

Definitively real and not made up like the original X

and the WiiU as a whole

[barren geyser]

Yes, let’s just tell the populace about an impending hostile alien invasion months before hand, I’m sure that’d go swimmingly

[fleet valley]

it costs less than 2 seconds to spoiler something and people play old stuff for the first time constantly

[final mauve]

0 seconds. It was already spoiler tagged its just the tags were put in a pointless place

[fleet valley]

also at the time of ||the experiment|| there was no mention of a fucking ||alien war/invasion|| AND ||the saviourites were already fighting a civil war||

[sour remnant]

jesus christ what the hell happened here

[true mantle]

It was pretty damn useful for me

[pure pollen]

....oh god damn it

So like what? ||This is basically Klaus world before Klaus screwed things up?||

[ornate adder]

Kinda makes sense

Wasn't there a war happening during Chapter 10 of XC2?

[pure pollen]

...oh crap you are right

So basically ||XC X world = XC 2 world. And then XC 1 world is the other world Klaus created||

So now ||X is a prequel to 2||

[ornate adder]

A Nintendo Direct is happening tomorrow

Xenosaga trilogy port hopium? 👀

[sinful seal]

Hey, guys. I have been enjoying Xenoblade Chronicles X DE and I'm 21 hours in, but then I got distracted because I also started Xenogears and that game, to my surprise, holds up to this day and it's hella good

[ornate adder]

Xenogears is peak storytelling

[sinful seal]

No kidding, although I've heard that it gets light on the gameplay to accommodate its gargantuan story on the later parts

[ornate adder]

It does. It will turn into a visual novel of some sort and then some battles here and there. But the story stays gripping.

[sinful seal]

I'm certainly excited that's for sure

Afterwards, I still have a chonky three part game XenoSaga

[hazy zinc]

This is not fact. This is my opinion:
From what I understand in Xenoblade ||the world was originally Earth and then Klaus started up the Conduit and transformed it into two different worlds before it was destroyed by the Aliens. ||

At the end of the games (Xenoblade 1, Xenoblade 2, Xenoblade 3) ||both versions of Klaus and all the pieces of the Trinty processor are destroyed the Conduit needs a new medium to operate. ||

End of Xenoblade 1
||Shulk defeated Zanza and broke the connection creating a rift in dimensions causing the world of Shulk’s to want to combine with Rex’s and kind of like magnets they were opposing types and would destroy each other. ||

End of Xenoblade 2
||With the last of Klaus’s life he moved the Titans of Alrest into the dimensional rift and combined them with the fallen pieces of Bionis and Mechonis creating more land for everyone to live on. ||

End of Xenoblade 3
||Z is defeated and the worlds continue to fuse. The world that was in statis reverts back to the time when they were first fusing together and then fused together. ||

End of Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed
||Alpha(Ontos) is defeated and Shulk Rex and A step up to be the new 3 parts of the Trinity processor and Origin falls out of the Sky and sets the stage for Xenoblade 3.

After the credits staff roll it shows both worlds in space fusing and shining into
A new planet with a light flashing toward it.

I think it’s the White Whale crashing into Mira. So I believe Aionios 100% = Mira||

Last October, Monolith Soft released a special movie showing the Xeno games.

https://youtu.be/FbFFbP-APoU?feature=shared

Seeing how KOS-MOS is with them all, I hope there will be a new game for Xenosaga for Nintendo soon.

[barren geyser]

For the last bit ||it's literally meant to be KOS-MOS, not the White Whale.||

[night drift]

i have a question about xenoblade 3's challenge battles... since it limits my level, i assume i'll be fighting enemies around the same level, so does that mean i can grind them to unlock classes and level up my classes? or will i not gain anything from the battles themselves? also can i grind noponstones from the same battle, or is it a one-time reward?

[hazy zinc]

That radio talk was such a mess. We can only wait for clarification lol

[ornate adder]

I haven't played X DE for three days now due to sleep irregularities 😬

I should get back to playing tomorrow

[pure pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/luffy-one-piece-luffy-smile-smile-gif-23016281

ok no disrespect

im still a bit new to JRPG's

but people saying Xenogears having an amazing story, is this like, JRGP standards?

or are we talking about as a whole in general?

cause that's very different

Like DQ 11 is often considered or in the list of so many "Best JRPG's of all time" and yet, it has an extremely standard generic story. I don't think its a bad game! I do like DQ 11!

[fleet valley]

DQ11 does have a generic story

Don't base your opinion of jrpgs on dragon quest. Its whole appeal is going back to the roots of RPGs... Including the basic stories of old school NES stuff

[pure pollen]

yeah and that I had to learn that DQ is definetly its own thing and not every JRPG is like it

But like, many told me how JRPG's don't have like, that WOW factor in so many AAA story driven games.

and that the way it tells its story and shows character devoplment is just not the same

[fleet valley]

That's BS

[pure pollen]

That's why when I hear people saying Xenogears story is amazing. Like, ok, what are we talking about? JRPG standards? Or are we putting Xenogears next to the same level of story and characters as like Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War PS4, The Walking Dead (Telltale), Witcher 3, etc...

[fleet valley]

I've never played xenogears specifically...

But Xenoblade's story is good. Especially Xenoblade 3

[pure pollen]

im...im super mixed on 3

ok 1, yeah I can its solid. 2 no, I really dislike the story

3...I LOVE the characters, but I do not like the story

[fleet valley]

Why's that

[pure pollen]

like 3 does character moments VERY good!

each character has their own arc and devoplment and I LOVE THAT

the actual story itself, yeah no I couldn't like it

[fleet valley]

I know Mobius can seem a little "villain of the week"

[pure pollen]

even FR. I LOVE the characters! I LOVE the gameplay!

the story? No

[fleet valley]

Why's that

[pure pollen]

it just feels very convulated for no reason. Like, I had to rewatch the cutscenes so many times to understand what they were talking about cause I had no idea if what I was hearing was making sense.
Like when I heard that ||Moebius and Z were not actual people, but...the thoughts and fears of people who made Origin that were scared about the future, and that transformed those thoughts into evil beings and it created Z||..

like jesus christ

I had to re-read that 3 times (what I wrote) to make sure what I wrote was accurate btw cause I wasn't even sure if I was remembering it correctly

and even stuff like them just not explaining the ending until you do the post-game, like come on

[fleet valley]

||the whole thing with origin is that it's a device based on people's souls||

[pure pollen]

yeah and for me that just seems convoluted

[fleet valley]

Not to me, but okay

[pure pollen]

a machine that ||contains the whole planet's souls|| like damn

[fleet valley]

Sometimes you just gotta roll with the fact that it's a science fantasy game

[pure pollen]

I get that

But I guess stuff like Moebius/Z's origin, and I already talked about in the chat before but other stuff just not being explained at all, etc...

I just couldn't get into 3's story. Again, I LOVE the characters and their developments

[fleet valley]

What wasn't explained?

[pure pollen]

||Fiora is L7||

somehow

and ||N's sword being Malos/Logos||

and ||Reyn being the boat||

[fleet valley]

OH that. Yeah that was bs

[pure pollen]

RIGHT!??!

[fleet valley]

Wait wut. Never saw this

[pure pollen]

Seriously like XC 3, FR & the director gave us 5 different explanations of what L7 is and I have ZERO clue what it is

[fleet valley]

Hm... True, but is that really essential to know? ||All I need to know is it's a sword of origin metal||

[pure pollen]

the director apperently hinted that ||Reyn is one of the piece of Origin you get when you build the boat needed to get into Origin||

[pure pollen]

it makes a difference because the game says 1 thing and then the director says, "Oh yeah, its actually this, but I just didn't have time to do it in the game"

[fleet valley]

Okay, you've made your point

[pure pollen]

like im going by the logic that its ||origin metal like you said, which contains the souls of people from XC 1's world||

that makes sense to me

yeah

Ok wait, yeah Xenogears!

so if Xenogears story is like the same level of storytelling like Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War PS4, The Walking Dead (Telltale), Witcher 3, etc..

god damn, ok I need to put this game on my wishlist

[fleet valley]

IDK, I haven't played it

[pure pollen]

[fleet valley]

Though I heard disk 2 is basically events that the characters discuss... But if the game wasn't rushed you could have played through said events

[pure pollen]

yeah that's what I heard

Disk 2 is mostly cutscenes

cause maybe im just not a fan of how takahashi writes his story

like why is there a out of nowhere ||twist ending in every XC game that really aren't needed? I know im in the minority with this one, but I just don't like them and they REALLY aren't needed||

even XC X ||had a twist ending appearently that it was NOW resolved with the definitive edition haha||

[barren geyser]

Wait... what??? ||Reyn was the boat???||

[pure pollen]

SOMEHOW its tied to him yes being THAT

something from what XC fans and the director saying because ||Reyn touched the Monado, and basically, like how the director said Fiora turned into L7 because she was also a Monado, Reyn in the beginning of XC 1 touched the red Monado too, so SOMEHOW, that tied into Reyn transforming into a piece of Origin of the boat||

don't ask me how, and again, even the devs at Mono said stuff like, "We literally had no idea what were doing for XC 3, Takahashi told us nothing and we were super confused as well"

[solemn gorge]

Do you think all xc games will get switch 2 patches

[sinful seal]

Yup and it will start with X because it has been leaked that there's a 60 fps setting within its files

[solemn gorge]

Cool, I'll be playing xc3 on switch 2 then

[night drift]

just finished chapter 4 in XC3 and decided to backtrack to check on the colonies, starting with 9... the quest "reasons to evolve" is the worst quest i've done so far, and is genuinely making me hate kite even more than i already did

i love the XC games, but... man, they really need to work on making side quests less tedious, some of them really make me just want to stop playing

also, since the game just refuses to have rain occur, i keep having to pay tens of thousands of gold to this nopon to make it rain... guess it's a good thing gold is useless in these games, for the most part 😑

[ornate adder]

Kite as in the guy whole fell in love with Juniper at first sight?

Never liked him tbh lol

[strange moss]

Do party members in Xc X use arts from there whole character sheet or do they need to be in their quick slots?

[red belfry]

We better get xenoblade warriors or I will sue nintendo

[sour remnant]

good luck~!!

[red belfry]

Thanks

[obsidian yoke]

sick!

[pure pollen]

Yeaah that quests sucks

Everything else was good

[true mantle]

Bruh xcx is now 87 on metacritic

It was at like 88 or 89 before

I mean it's better than the 84 on Wii u

But 88 and 89 would have made it as good as xc3 and x1de

[barren geyser]

Now the question... when is the DLC that will include a jazz rendition of Sawano’s style for the battle theme

Its become a series tradition at this point

[ornate adder]

Saw this on Reddit and the timing was perfection. (XDE spoilers)

[ornate adder]

The culprits

[true mantle]

Just like the dude that gives 60 on totk to drop the 97 to 96

[ornate adder]

It's usually the same reviewers believe it or not. Some journalists just don't vibe with Nintendo games. lol

[true mantle]

I was s so happy xcx de was at 88 or 89. 87 😦

[night drift]

kinda late replying, but yeah, that's the guy i'm referring to... i think he might be my most hated character in the entire series

i still haven't been able to get back to playing XC3 cause of that side quest... most other characters, i get why they're upset... but every single moment kite is on-screen whining, i never know what his problem is... "you want to improve our colony? wah! you want to grow crops? wah! you want to make us self-sufficient? wah!" that's all i got from him

he alone burned me out on the game... and that quest in general was just tedious and annoying, even without him making it worse

and that scene with juniper... by the gods! it was ALMOST funny, with him immediately falling for them... but then he destroys the chance of likability by immediately accusing them of trying to kill him with a potato, then zeon trusts them, eats it, and they appreciate him liking it... and kite throws a fit!

sorry, the guy just drives me nuts 😑

[ornate adder]

Don't be sorry. A lot actually hated him. Lol

[hazy zinc]

Defeated a enemy with 777 HP for an achievement

[mint solstice]

HA lucky 7, i love that they added stuff from the others in this DE

[true mantle]

Is X even a good game especially on switch?

[true mantle]

It was the last good Wii game for me

[spare totem]

Do you guys think Monolith will update their library for Switch 2? I'm really surprised we haven't heard a word from them lately

[barren geyser]

Possibly? They at the very least have higher odds of doing so with X as it has hidden code line for 60FPS

[true mantle]

Bruh xcx de metascore is 86 now wtf

It was at 89 at one point

[sour remnant]

https://x.com/Frog_24_/status/1910255767497621586

Frog24 (@Frog_24_) on X

William Roberts, the English voice of Dromarch from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, has passed away.

May his soul rest in peace.

"Flora heals an aching soul" 🫡

X · Apr 10, 2025, 8:57 AM

[shrewd quest]

does the xenoblade 2 expansion pass include Torna: The Golden Country story? why is the separate game $10 more expensive than the expansion pass?

[ornate adder]

It does. Seperate game doesn't need you to buy main game. It's standalone. For Expansion Pass you need to have the main game for it to work. Other than that, they're basically identical.

[sinful seal]

Flora heals an aching soul

[true mantle]

So I hear Xenoblade X got the worst story??

[pure pollen]

I haven't played X yet but I'd it has somehow a worst story than 2, that's crazy

Also, I guess this sums about the XC community well:

[true mantle]

2 is definitely not the best game

[pure pollen]

Xeno fans can be a bit confusing

They'll say 2 is the best but also the worst.

[true mantle]

2 got the least acclaim

[pure pollen]

They'll say 3 is the shortest but also the longest

[true mantle]

It even got worse reviews than og Xenoblade x

Not the definitive edition

The og on Wii u

[fleet valley]

the whole "shortest" thing is an in-joke

[true mantle]

2 scored less than even the og X game on Wii u

[pure pollen]

It is?

I legit don't know cause again, the fans voted for 2 for being the best and worst game somehow

[true mantle]

The fans are joking around

[fleet valley]

||Xenoblade 3 takes place in stopped time||

actual spoiler

[pure pollen]

...oh god damn it seriously that's what they mean?

Don't worry I played 3 but like God damn it

[fleet valley]

yes

[pure pollen]

It would be cool to get a real vote/poll

Like a serious one instead of joking

[sour remnant]

Damn, do people really hate 2 that much? It's my favorite game in the series.

[true mantle]

It's still a good game but 3 and og is way better

[sour remnant]

I can respect that.

[pure pollen]

Yeah i hate it haha

I just don't get it. Like the combat gameplay, the music and the graphics are great. But everything else i have so many problems

But i do absolutely really like Torna so much

[spare totem]

I'm not a big fan of the gacha or the sexualized designs, and the story isn't quite as strong as 1 or 3

But like, the combat system is peak and the music is amazing ye

And I like the concept of Blade Quests a lot

I'm still not sure if I like 2 or 3's combat better, 'cause they're both so perfect in their own ways

But I'd definitely go 3 > 1 > 2 overall

(That said, XC2 is a 9/10 game for me)

[meager vault]

What this is a gacha game? Wtf

Is this offline?

I bought 40 games including this and havent touched it for 1 year 4 mnths.

[spare totem]

It's an offline gacha

[meager vault]

Can you play without gambling real money in it?

Like you wont get stuck to a progression like missions without being pay to win

That's how gacha works riyt?

[fleet valley]

you can't gamble real money in this one. pulls are not bought.

[spare totem]

Well, technically, the DLC does give you some extra pulls, but ye

[true mantle]

So it's a gacha game with in game currency the whole time?

[ornate adder]

Yes. You collect Core Crystals spread across the game to pull out Blades.

[true mantle]

So 1, 3, and X isn't like that?

[ornate adder]

Nope

[true mantle]

I can see why 2 is considered the worst

[spare totem]

In XC1, you just have 7 possible party members that all unlock during the story
In XCX/3, you have a couple dozen characters you can recruit, although it works a bit differently between the two

[sour remnant]

I don't mind the core crystal system. I have probably hundreds of cores in my inventory, but the only time I pulled blades was when I needed blades during the story. I'm not pulling blades just for the hell of it.

Why do people make such a big deal over it?

[fleet valley]

people think "common blade = bad" when common blades can actually be loads better than rares. they can have good skills that are exclusive to commons too!

[urban mirage]

Yeah, some ppl don’t like the gatcha system

I don’t mind it, but it does get annoying sometimes when you can’t open a treasure chest or something without a certain number of certain blade skills.

[ornate adder]

https://x.com/KUROkuma_24/status/1913927098554847438?t=QxIhwBXQSu7Ye8eeuc-QwA&s=19

クロくま (@KUROkuma_24) on X

編隊組んで飛べると聞いてフレスベルグ4機揃えて飛んでみたけど最高かよ。雨から晴れに切り替わる所がめちゃくちゃカッコ良い
#XenobladeChroniclesX #XenobladeX #ゼノブレイドクロス #NintendoSwitch #NSEasyConnect

X · Apr 20, 2025, 12:05 PM

Am I even playing the same game these peeps are playing?

[fathom parcel]

Finished chapter 11 of X and there I still a lock on the last character, will they be unlocked through story progression?

[burnt imp]

Yes

[fathom parcel]

Chapter 13 Act 2 is so bad, you can literally cut out at least half of it and end up with something far better…

[ornate adder]

Is that one of the new stuff or is it og?

[fathom parcel]

The new stuff

[vagrant marten]

The combat is really fun

[sour remnant]

You guys think the Xenoblade games are gonna get free Switch 2 updates?

[hazy zinc]

Probably not free but I hope there’s a companion app for Xenoblade too.

[ornate adder]

A companion app for Blade Quests and Hero Quests would be amazing

[sinful seal]

I recently got in to 3DS "gaming" so I want to hear your thoughts about Xenoblade Chronicles 3D

[modern narwhal]

objectively the worst way to play it

just play the Switch version

[true mantle]

Or the wii

[modern narwhal]

nah Switch version, the QoL improvements and added skill levels are needed

[sinful seal]

Playing the best version is boring

[ornate adder]

The only good thing about 3DS version is the music player. Lol

[true mantle]

And that's it portable

Honestly the 3ds version was literally the best it could have possibly be done with the 3ds hardware

[feral prawn]

Xenoblade X Definitive will get a Switch 2 update or even better, a version! Fingers crossed

[summer prawn]

just picked this up

[fleet valley]

nice

[feral prawn]

i havent played X Definitive Edition because I am waiting for a big switch 2 update for it

[snow siren]

Aw she's so cute

[sinful seal]

Lin for Xenoblade

Also she has an updated look

[sour remnant]

Tatsu getting struck by lightning brings me joy.

[hazy hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/tatsu-tatsu-dance-xenoblade-x-xenoblade-potato-wiiu-gif-16826473103299738758

[sour remnant]

kill it with fire

[flint raft]

Xenoblade Chronicles finally clicked for me. It took too many years, but I'm now enjoying the heck out of playing XBC:DE

[hazy hamlet]

Noice

[red belfry]

By the time you'll be dead, I saw a video with proof the loading times are way shorter and framerate is way more consistent

[feral prawn]

@red belfry can you link me the video?

[bleak grove]

Does anybody play Xenoblade

[sinful seal]

I do

One more chapter left for me in X

Gonna play Xenoblade 3D soon

[hazy hamlet]

Why would you do that to yourself

💔

[sinful seal]

Idk, I want to

[hazy hamlet]

Bro play no man's sky instead
Waste your time farming

[sinful seal]

You play No Man's Sky and I'll play Xenoblade

[hazy hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/xenoblade-chronicles2-jin-xenoblade-chronicles-sad-gif-23292057

[feral prawn]

Does anyone else not like Xenoblade 1's ending? The ending really ruins the entire game's story for me with how the game shows us ||how we can live a world without gods and how they are not perfect like humans are, and yet, it ends it by revealing that Zanza and Meyneth were humans the entire time||

There are so many good stories that shows how ||gods and deities are not perfect like humans|| like in Lucifer, The Good Place, Clash of the Titans, etc...but this decided to the opposite and I feel like that it just ruins it. Also ||Alvis is a computer god wtf||

[sour remnant]

||Zanza and Meyneth were humans... in their past lives. They were reborn as divine beings, with no memory of their past lives as humans. As for Alvis... it'll make more sense when you get to Xenoblade 2.||

[feral prawn]

I get that, and that's my issue. It ruins it the whole idea of the game telling us how ||mortals can live a life without Gods and that Gods are no better than humans, only for them to reveal at the very end, that these "Gods" were human from the start.||

The message is no longer how these beings throughout history, we viewed them as perfect and divine, but are actually like us. Instead the game ends that, its just ||always been human's fault||. What kind of optimistic message is that?

[feral prawn]

and as for ||Alvis, I just find the whole idea of who is he dumb. A computer being capable of creating an entire world, that's just ridiculous for me and I cannot take it seriously.||

[sour remnant]

||The idea isn't about gods being no better than humans, it's about people shaping their destinies. Changing the future, if you will.

Zanza wanted to shape everyone's future, even when he was a human. The entire reason Shulk declined the power of a god, and even wished for a world with no gods, is so that everyone could have the power to make their own decisions and shape their own futures.

Zanza was what was standing in the way of that. He had divine powers, and was using those divine powers to control everything. He even tries to reset the world during the final battle to make it so that no being would be conscious. Quite literally taking away the ability to make decisions at all.

Meyneth shared the same mindset as Shulk and the rest of the party. She also wanted people to have the power to change the future. Zanza was the only one who wanted to control everything. This dynamic mirrors the events of the experiment that caused everything. Klaus deciding to go forward with the experiment, despite what could happen and what did happen, and Galea (Meyneth) trying to stop him from taking control of everything.

The phrase "Change the Future" is practically beaten into the player throughout the story. Whether through Shulk's visions or through everyone pitching in to stop the one thing stopping the future entirely, it's everywhere. It's what the entire game hinges off of.||

||As for Alvis, again, Xenoblade 2 provides a lot of context.||

[hazy hamlet]

If overthinking was a person

[red belfry]

https://youtu.be/6O3gzaegimM?si=Ti5ngyHlYTuSUqFg sorry for the late reaction, I have notifications turned off but here u go

(it's not mine, just to clarify)

[sinful seal]

Woah serious discussions

[feral prawn]

That part I understand but it doesn't change that the game repeatedly showed and told us straight up ||how the gods are not perfect like humans. Meyneth last lines and when she was fighting Zanza was her showing how Gods and mortals are like the same and Zanza thinking that was wrong. Her final line I remember she says how mortals could live in a world without gods. The ending then revealing that they were humans, ruins it and goes against what she said and the message||

[feral prawn]

?

[sinful seal]

I like the ending ngl

[hazy hamlet]

Dawg i think you read too much percy jackson

[feral prawn]

Is he still a ||computer ai||?

[sinful seal]

But some parts kinda spoil the rest of the series, namely ||Alviz and his role in all this||

[feral prawn]

Thats accurate because I do actually like Percy Jackson

But what's the issue with that?

[sinful seal]

I think he's just highly intrigued by the ending, which is good I suppose

You gotta get on 2 next

[feral prawn]

I really dont want to honestly after this

[sinful seal]

2 got two games weirdly enough

[hazy hamlet]

You definitely think too much about it

[feral prawn]

About what?

[hazy hamlet]

The term god as a definution has been taken apart like hell in fiction either way

[sinful seal]

One of those people that purs a premium in writing in their games, which is definitely a fine approach

[hazy hamlet]

Thwy were humans ok so what

They made that new world and then got killed

Because theyre stooped

[feral prawn]

I do like the divine and mystical elements in fantasy

Being told that ||god in this game was a computer||, I just can't take it seriously

[hazy hamlet]

Because as i said the definition got altered

[sinful seal]

Listen, man, if you want good writing you won't really find it in games, at least not as often as TV, books, and movies

[hazy hamlet]

In xenoblade its whoever made the new earth