Thanks, I'll try them then.

It was so frustrating today! I made a few attempts at the boss fight against Yaldabaoth/Egil in Mechonis core and the one attempt where it seemed like I had a good chance of winning, my bloody Wii decided to reset itself.

I encountered the same glitch in "Bionis Inside". A sudden reset. Never saw such a weird bug in a Wii game.
I had to replay that lost hour and now I save more often.

So, I finally unboxed my 'Classic Edition' today (The red controller will not be used because it's a collectors item). I'm incredibly impressed so far especially by it's soundtrack. However I've run into trouble with the first Mechon encounter in Colony 9; my attacks do only 1 point of damage...

Use an attack with Shulk that inflicts break (Stream edge for example) then wait for Reyn to use Wild Down to topple the enemy, then you can do actual damage to them. (Or vice versa)

Faling that, run.

This happened to me too when I first reached Makna Forest.
If I recall I lost a couple of hours of gameplay so that kind of sucked.
After that point I made sure to save pretty frequently in case it happened again but that's the only time it's happened to me in over 100 hours.

Thanks. Seems that a little bit of patience helps at times.

This game just entered my top-10 of all-time favorite games EVER. I never played an RPG that was deeper, bigger and more overwhelming than this one. I consider it vastly superior to games like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI, and that says a lot I guess... And that soundtrack...that SOUNDTRACK....!!!

I totally agree with everything you just said.
Easily my favourite RPG that I've ever played and right up there with my all time favourite games, right with the best of Mario and Zelda.
The soundtrack is amazing.

What do you guys think the chances are for a HD remake for wii u.

Pretty unlikely I'd say.
That'd be pretty awesome though if they took the time to do a really good job with it as the game's graphics are probably the only aspect that isn't near perfect.
The game seems to have received a lot of 9s and 9.5s as far as reviews goes but if it had upgraded graphics I'd expect a lot of those could be 10s.

Still, I'd much prefer a sequel than a remake, preferably using the same characters and such... But I don't see that happening either.

Isn't it a bit early to be saying that about a game that will/has take/taken many over 100 hours? You can't have got that far in just two days.

I'm nearing the end of the game now (in the Bionis interior for the 2nd time) and since the end doesn't seem far away, I'll come back here when I've beaten it to give my final judgement but I'll just say that currently its a 9/10 and either 93 or 94% for me.

Well, after passing the 20 hour mark yesterday (of non-stop gaming) it became absolutely clear that this is not an 'average, mediocre' title... I'm currently at the Satori March @ night.... This game was meant to give players a sense of amazement, and it's creators deliver exactly that. The further I go, the more impressed I become about this work of art.

Even when I stopped playing now, it would be regarded by me as the best RPG ever - without a shadow of doubt..

I Hate NOA.

I Hate NOA.

I beat Xenoblade Chronicles today. Just in time for Zelda.

Took me 170 hours and 55 minutes.
Found 410 sidequests and completed 405 of them.
My characters are Level 99, Dunban is 98, Shulk is the weakest with only LV97.
I found 127/150 achievements.
Completed the item book.
Have almost all talents and skills maxed out.
Unlocked NEWGAME+.

What did you think of the game overall?

Content-wise it is a 10/10. I mean, it was 170 hours to me, and there's still stuff left to do, so, to complete this game it might be 200 hours or more.
And I think the soundtrack is outstanding. So that's another 10 from me. Exploring, scope, characters, world design, and story - that's all another 10.

As for flaws, well, I hoped there were more puzzles like in Zelda, but it's all about battle and fetch quests.
Some sidequest items, enemies and NPCs did take a long time to find (you don't have many indicators in where to find some things in this huge world), and I'm somewhat opposed to missable items and locations that you can never visit again after certain points in the story. Well, I guess it's not meant to be a OCD game - not on your first playthrough anyway.
My biggest issue was that even with your big backpack things get messy in there after quite some time, and the menu controls and item/equipment management was kind of a chore.
The jewel forging, while being fun in the beginning, was another piece of work later on. Again, with better menu controls/interface and features it wouldn't be such a chore (Monster Hunter Tri had many menus and item management as well, but the menus there were a lot more accessible.)
All in all the great things outweigh the not-so-good by far.
Personally I can see myself loading the disc from time to time just for the music - beaming from one place to another to hear my favourite tunes - so if there's one deciding factor that has kept me craving for more and make this a 10 instead of a 9 it's the games soundtrack.

10/10

I will say while this changes my opinion of nothing else, I (barely) understand people from Europe enjoying us not getting this game, as it's good revenge for not getting the excellent Radiant Historia (...but at least that is region-free).

I need some help with Lorithia who is the most infuriatingly hard rpg boss I've ever faced. I'm the same level as her (75) and I've tried numerous tactics that I've seen on the internet and I've can still barely take out a quarter of her health. Many people have mentioned using cyclone to take out the ether cloud like enemies or using Melia but those methods didn't work. How did you guys beat her?