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Slap city rocks man I love the insane huge hitstun attacks, such a good time with friends

the blue blurry mess on switch eh, classic port

haaaa man I wish it was more like Metroid Dread lmao the gameplay looks real fun, but I really don't care for procedurally generated levels over having a carefully designed world and layout

cool design, but man that voice.... lol

I play with 4 friends online and I think most of the time I've spent in the game so far is just waiting in lobbies and getting booted out from connection errors lol

@SMUGSLOTH69 yeh Hideki Naganuma is doing some songs for it, try checking out JACK DA FUNK on youtube

I wonder if they set this up as some weird publicity stunt lol

woah its nuts seeing so many varied opinions on which parts of each game are good and bad lol

IMO best parts of each game:
XC: Best setting, exploring the carcasses of 2 titans that killed each other with giant swords kicks ass, and the way that locations are laid out across them is cool. Shulk is prolly the most likeable protag too. Can't think of a bad voice performance in this game, probably the best voice acting quality of the series still, tho XC3 comes close

XCX: Best movement, the huge jumps are pretty fun and you get a sprint mechanic

XC2: Best overall soundtrack, the main motif they use in a bunch of tracks is really good. Also introduced the monsters dropping collectables that you can pick up without going thru a menu, nice.

XC2 Torna: Maybe best battle system? Idk its a toss up between this, XC2 and XC3 for me. The story was really nice for fleshing out Jin and Mythra, and Addam & Hugo are super likeable. Best default battle theme.

Future Connected: ermmm idk lol it's kinda just a watered down XC1, the battle music is nice tho.

XC3: Best boss music, I love dynamic music and how it hypes you up when the boss gets to low HP. Really likeable main cast. I love how they're leaning into the British stuff super hard in this one. Best customisation with team composition I think, since you can make anyone any class. Best emotional peak in the series, if you've played it you know the part I'm talking about.

Will reserve best story opinion for when the XC3 DLC story comes out.

@Grumblevolcano I played XCX when it came out, wasn't the biggest fan tbh because of stuff like the tonal shift with the more edgy(?) gloomy world design and soundtrack, the silent protag, and the story is a really mixed bag. So personally I'd prefer Monolith to work on something new more akin to the mainline series, I also just dunno if they can continue on from where XCX left off in an interesting way (despite the cliffhanger ending lol). If they were able to get another dev to handle the port to free up Monolith that'd be sweet tho, I'd give it another go.

That being said, my flatmate replayed XCX on an emulator recently, and holy ****, it's so much nicer to play, got a good res bump and 60fps made it feel buttery smooth. Honestly, that's the best way of preserving XCX at this point.

@Vortexeo glad to hear it, I'm hopeful that in the long run XC3 will bring in record Xeno series sales, it deserves it. Gotta wonder if the franchise will continue with the Xenoblade Chronicles name after this game or if they will switch to a totally new storyline and name so that the number doesn't scare people off

@Cineologist yea hard same lol, after coming from XC3 even just listening to how bad the voiceover quality is in the trailer compared to XC3 cutscenes is off-putting, even if that won't be in the actual game.

At least this looks visually like a step-up from legends arceus, tho that's not saying much

Looks really good with all the new models and UI. Not the biggest fan of Zack's new VA tho, the original VA sounded more laid-back and a bit less try-hard, y'know?

lmfao I love that video thumbnail with Knuckles awkwardly watching from behind

this looks awesome, I've always wanted to have something similar but instead with a functional pc with all of its connected components spread out in a frame and all the ports on the side of the picture frame

managed to get it in NZ without a hitch, guts for the US homies that have been left out. I saw scalpers posting stuff like $350 USD for a copy and those auctions actually had bids on them lol

Even if it went fine for me I'd still prefer it if I could pick it up from an actual retailer on launch day so I can be sure I don't get screwed over by shipping delays

I really hate the trainer model artstyle for this one lol

wind waker HD would be worse on switch cos no touchscreen item management during gameplay lol

I thought it would be neat but kinda useless to have a lil customisable apartment room in the game, but man it'd be cool if they had an apartment block map where it links up all 8 player's kitted-out apartment rooms together and you do a turf war in there

@jsty3105 yeah true, problem is their solution seems quite generic, but idk maybe other companies can get away with deformations using a slightly altered data structure or something

lmfao imagine if nintendo starts suing people cos their character models stop clipping when equipping clothes in their games, this patent is kinda stupid

The quick move looks awesome and adds more depth to the whole being unable to auto attack while moving thing

why are people complaining about a virtual world lol isn't that kinda the point of a video game?

o cool, any pic of the 999 stuff?

literally the best parts of the game, my flatmate (who was also playing at the same time) and I were shouting and screaming out a bunch when they came out of nowhere, especially when they got really close and we were pulling risky jumps over them

half of y'all are a bunch of prudes lmao, this rocks

I just started using herbs to heal as soon as they were available to try and counteract the ***** friendship system and make my pokemon hate me. Theyre also a lot cheaper than normal potions so why not

Despite that half my team was still doing unwanted dodges etc and made me feel like I got a few undeserved wins lol

The art is really nice, looks great so far

this is hilarious, i love this

"Nintendo DS Wrist Strap's joystick-on-touch-panel technology" ...what the hell, how on earth can a mobile game infringe that? Are all touchscreen joysticks in games held under such scrutiny?

Love you Monolith Soft <3

nintendo hire this man!

That's hilarious lmao I love a bit of spicy drama added to the mix, keeps it interesting

the super saturated colours in the jumprope challenge game icon are way more of an eyesore in that screenshot lol, who cares

Loved the PC demo, looking forward to this one! Very nice sprite art.

I'm interested in anything Monolith Soft is making, but if by "increasing the value of the brand that we have created with the Xenoblade Chronicles saga" Takahashi means more Xenoblade games... hell yeah!

Awesome news! I'm no way near finished with the game yet, but hopefully this means they get the budget to throw in a few updates like they did with XC2.

Reyn looks like a giga chad now, I love him

Was... was the original ME trilogy not already in HD? lol maybe in this case 'HD' stands for 'High-er Definition'.

Looks absolutely gorgeous... Seems like there's gonna be a whole bunch more content added than just the areas that didn't make the cut in the original XC! I hope we get to see some of the other main game party members in Future Connected.

...It's gonna be scary when they shut down the Wii U eShop globally. There are so many virtual console games that may never end up on Switch and it could be the last chance we have to play them by legitimate means.

@MrBlacky Of course it's not gonna be anywhere near as good as using an actual joycon with physical buttons, but most of the minigames in mario party for example only use a couple of buttons or even exclusively gyro controls. Using a phone as a substitute there would be perfectly playable enough if you're short on controllers.

@SwitchForce A thousand dollars is maybe hyperbole, but a pair of joycons still costs around $140 NZD. If you're buying 8 joycons, the price is really getting up there.

Very cool! This would be sweet for people wanting to play 8 player games with their mates without dropping a thousand dollars on controllers.

G O O D . Idk what I'll do if it randomly gets confirmed for December in the next direct... please rumors, don't let us down!

This is the only game coming out this year that I care about, and that's ok. Gib us new info please!

@Shambo that thing about the sidetracking is so true, I spent 60hrs trying to get from the Great Plateau to Kakariko Village lol

Looks cool, but I also wish you could change the environment art to the original pixel art. I love consistent resolutions for sprites and environments.

Lmao as a New Zealander I would've thought the long form of CV was p common knowledge

Huh yeah my mate was always talking about how she retweeted the Directs when there was Xenoblade news in them, seems like there was a p high correlation between her retweets and XC news. I loved the random speculation and theories we'd talk about, so it's a bit of a shame.

Online play invites sounds fairly big? Or convenient at least.

Depends on how well implemented it is, will it launch me directly into my mate's lobby or will it only prompt me to open the game they're playing? I'll give it a geeze tonight if they have any supported software up.

Please let me invite all of my mates into a game of Splatoon without having to wait for randoms to leave the lobby!