Gallery: Take a Look at the Huge World and Weird Fashion of Xenoblade Chronicles 2

This looks like a ton of fun.

Anybody else think the small snippet of gameplay we seen in the trailer today looked rough? It was the gameplay revolving around screenshot 5 that caught my eye when watching the presentation. They mostly showed video. I have faith in Monolith Soft, they've never let me down before. But a massive amount of their staff worked on BOTW for a long time so this game could have suffered as a result.

Edit: Nevermind. I'm only now getting to see the Treehouse Live presentation. And it looks lovely and as they point out it'll be polished in the months ahead before release.

They said they were polishing it for release

It's always Reyn time.

... no one will find me for months!

...but seriously the guy in the mask looks like an unused character from FE: Fates.

@MarcelRguez yeah im not super picky either usually but ive not been able to not voice my opinion on this one (like its gonna help lol but still.) Dual audio PLEASE.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE It may have looked rough, but bare in mind that they said all they're really doing from now until release is just polishing up, so I'm sure it'll look a lot better by the time it comes out

The fashions are unimportant since everyone's going to dress them in swimsuits anyway.

Except me. Because they're about 12 years old. And that would be weird.

The designs look like the epitome of anime randomness, compared to the rather fashionable Homs of Xenoblade.

@MarcelRguez You certainly aren't the only one asking it, judging by 400+ likes on comments in favour of dual audio on some of the trailer videos.

It does feel like a must this time, but as always, with Nintendo it's an uphill struggle to get them to understand fan demands. Dual audio should really be a standard in this day and age.

Can't stand the character art style. Looking forward to this none-the-less.

So I'm just going to become a wandering switch hermit now. Why work when I can play? Oh wait need money for games and food...oh, ok...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I have two kids and work a full time job so I hadn't seen that presentation yet, but it's good to hear it looks polished.

I'm hoping the cross work between BOTW and this game pays dividends.

@MarcelRguez Heck, just get Rex's VA to do some better reads. Having re-watched the trailer several times, everybody else sounds fine-- Rex just sounds dull, and his "yell" is painful to listen to.

Dem Bewbs though

@SLIGEACH_EIRE same here till i seen the tree house.

Already ordered. Can't wait to play this game

edit. never-mind. uphill battle. just bummed i guess.

The character design looks similar with Tales of series. Very Animesque, not too Harajuku like Final Fantasy X. I like the design of main character (young boy with Blue Sora's Kingdom Hearts pants).
The World looks indeed HUGE like BOTW.
I must prepare my money...

Acquiring Monolith Soft was a great move by Nintendo. Between this, X and their work on Zelda (I had heard they helped on Skyward Sword too?) we are all reaping huge dividends!

Yep. This is my type off game. I cannot wait.

Glad the game doesn't use the -_- face models the Wii version had XD

Nintendo. Let's talk about THICCness

I pre-order pretty much everything shown today, except the stuff I can't pre-order yet.

@darkgamer001 If they include Dual Audio, I'd want it for every physical cart, but if you're going digital, and if you don't care about dual audio, I could see some people potentially not wanting it to not take up extra file space, perhaps

I need Dual Audio for this!

I wish i could buy time.

Glad to see its a British voice cast again. Shame the main character is a kid. The fashion in all XB games is terrible but who cares? They're classics

Still puzzled as to why the art style is getting a hard time but each to their own I guess. This looks stunning.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I know you said never mind but why let that stop me.

I was very underwhelmed by the trailer. Having doubts underwhelmed. But the 40 minutes of Tree house game play that I skimmed over has me feeling much better. The anime does seem a step back graphically from X but I decided that's what they were going for, old school JRPG - Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Lunar, Grandia, Legends of Dragoon, and a little Skies of Arcadia maybe. Though thankfully without the random battles, nobody needs those.

Glad you had a chance to see for yourself, but yeah, trailer doesn't do it justice.

@DJKeens
They'll flesh it out. Takahashi confirmed on the Treehouse that they haven't finished the polish on the game, so they'll probably put a couple extra months of polish in.

It looks fantastic. Monolith doesn't dissapoint!

The game looks fantastic but the lead character was.......
How to say it nicely...............
Wooden?
But yeah I am day one on this puppy. the last 2 xenoblades have been a joy so I am all in.

Game looks immaculate. As expected.

Monolith Soft never disappoints, and always delivers.

Xenoblade Chronicles is my favorite JRPG. This game can't come out soon enough.

I was so excited today when the trailer ended and it still said holiday 2017 , I was yelling YES YES YES., I love the animation style and it is awesome that this looks to be more story driven like the first chronicles , Monolith creates such beautiful landscapes and backgrounds can't wait to meet the Titans this game alone made me a happy Nintendo Switch owner today .

@Baker1000 Honestly, I hated it after watching the first and most recent trailer, but it grew on me quickly after watching it on Treehouse Live. The eyes are still a little strange, but beyond that I thought it looked great.

@E_maniac I thought he was fine when he was just speaking normally, but anytime he had any emotion in his voice it just fell so flat. Hopefully it isn't as bad as the footage we've seen so far makes it seem.

@rjejr I agree it looks like they went for a kinda old school look on the character designs, personaly I love it I think it adds to the fantasy tone and setting of the title it reminds me of the character animation in the upcoming Fire Emblem Warriors which looks amazing as well .

Is the main character actually supposed to be a 13-year-old? Because he looks like it, and it's bugging the hell out of me. And before anybody says "anime", there are hundreds of anime that do not make adult protags look like boys on the edge of puberty, so that is totally not a valid defense.

The world is beautiful, and most of the characters look fine. I'm not a huge fan of Pyra's hotpants-with-visible-thong look either, but whatever. But why is my character 10-15 years younger-looking than everyone else?

Saw people complaining about a waifu sword game on Switch and had no idea what they were talking about. Turns out it was supposed to be this game. Still don't know what they were talking about. People on the internet are stupid.

Really beautiful graphics on this game. But I must agree with many on this thread: dual audio please!

Haven't seen the treehouse presentation yet, but I'm not convinced on the character design. With each Xenoblade, the characters seem to be getting lamer and lamer. The protagonist is just Anime Kid Nr. 214 this time around. The anime tits are back in full force, and everybody seems to be wielding huge swords. Ugh...

Anyway, the look of the world did impress me though, so I'm still looking forward to this one.

Looks good but... well, what happened to the art design? I liked Xenoblade X's look. It was still anime-ish but kind of had a more mature, serious vibe. This looks more cartoony and closer to the "Tales of" series, which, I'll admit, I'm not a huge fan of.
Still planning on getting this though.

@JasmineDragon

I was wondering about the protagonist's age as well. If they are going for 13-15 then they nailed it. If not...then yeah, that's gonna bug me too.

Gonna have to agree to disagree on the hotpants though...:3

This game is dev. On my hype list.

I will buy this even if it get's a zero rating just so I can zoom in on Pyra's body.

This didn't look nearly as good as Xenoblade X, graphics-wise. But maybe its easier to get into, and the faces aren't that ugly (lol). Might still be great fun. From the looks of it they chose a more stylistic style. We wait and see.

@MarcelRguez the English voice acting is soooo bad. Main character is the worst who wants to cheer for that damp squib!!!

I for one love the art style. It seems that more and more games look just the same. This looks different from everything this generation.

I personally feel like the new art direction is a step back compared to the first Xenoblade, but that doesn't mean it isn't stunning. Incredibly hyped for this one, most definitely will be my most played game of '17.

Let's not lose our heads though

Just cant get into xenoblade. The combat was so slow and boring.

The art looks like a grindy korean mmo from the early 2000's. Pick any one of them... Not my style, might miss this one, just cant get into xenoblade.

@Romeo-75 "character animation in the upcoming Fire Emblem Warriors which looks amazing as well"

I was mostly posting on my tablet while my kids were watching the FEW game play on the Treehouse on our TV. Every time I looked up I thought I was watching Hyrule Warriors. Which is fine, I really liked Hyrule Warriors, but it's like they used the same engine. Which they probably did.

I am worried abut the lack of variety, all I saw was 5 people w/ swords and dragon girl. I need my big guy w/ a big club, small fast guy w/ 2 daggers, guy w/ no weapon at all. Probably not what the FE people want though. Whatever they want they should get.

I actually rather liked the main character's voice! I can't remember the last time I heard a character with a Northern English accent in a video game!