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That's really disappointing, indeed. Hopefully they'll show something on it soon.
Unfortunately, there's no strong following for any of the XCX characters. I just hope Elma's support grows over time just enough for Sakurai to see the demand.
Shulk's popularity was dominant in Japan after the original release of the first game (Xenoblade Chronicles) while his following was decent in the West. It was only until the Gematsu leak that more Western fans started to take him more serious.
Yeah, exactly. I wonder how popular and requested he was before the announcement of Smash 4. Are there any polls from back then that suggested his popularity in Japan?
As for Japanese polls, there weren't that much that anyone could take not of (even before PushDustIn could gather any information). Though one inactive user called Chronobound was able to keep up with a ton of Japanese speculators and told us about who's the hottest ones before the grand E3 reveal. You can look at his original Gamefaqs topic here to see what he was able to gather at the time.
It is very interesting to see that Takahashi/Monolith Soft took a different approach to the main story for this game. So in order to experience the whole story, you should do all the Kizuna quests. Otherwise, your experience will be bare-bones.
Nintendo needs to get on that STATS if this game is going to get that hype required to sell well around the holidays. The last thing we need is another Wonderful 101 situation and we all know where that went.
Pictures:Hello, everyone! Can't wait to play Xenoblade X... aww
Just wanted to report that in Russia Nintendo makes a big push for Xenoblade X at biggest Russian gaming event @ IgroMir Expo 2015 / Comic-Con Russia 2015.http://www.igromir-expo.ru/ This annual show is not very well known in the West (like E3, TGS, etc etc), but it's a pretty big deal here (last year, the show brought in >157,000 total visitors). All major companies from around the world participate (for example, Capcom announced a new character for Street Fighter V, Zangief, at IgroMir yesterday). Sony and PlayStation are BIG in Russia, Xbox is gaining popularity, too, but for Nintendo this is a very difficult market (because it arrived here very late - Nintendo Russia, which has a marketing budget ala Nintendo Spain, opened in 2011).
So, long story short, Nintendo has a pretty big booth at the exhibition, too. And Xenoblade X is a star of Nintendo's show this year ^ ^
Also, Nintendo managers told visitors that at IgroMor Expo they're showing final localized version of the game. there was english VA, but atmosphere in the building is noisy (no headphones :/), so it is impossible to properly hear the voices. One friend of mine said that VA is great, another one missed the sound. Both of them, btw, amazed by the game! They're planning to buy it in december.
Hope we'll see epic trailer w/english voices soon!
Is it me, or do some of these new abilities sound like something that would work well for her moveset?
Hmm... Which are you referring to? The Overdrive ability? Too lazy to rewatch the entire video on my crappy laptop. Haha.
Not just the Overdrive, the Soul Search and Chains.
Your idea for Soul Search (I thought it's Soul Voice?) kinda sounds like Shulk's final smash.Not just the Overdrive, the Soul Search and Chains.
I can see the former being a great way for her to call in other embers of BLADE to briefly attack for her, like more advanced version of Duck Hunt's Wild Gunmen move. The Chains since something I can see that would allow Elma to mix up her moves depending on the situation, making the attacks either ranged or defensive focused based on their input. Though chances are that this could make her a more complicated version of Shulk.
The Elma/T-Elos team-up never made sense to me anyway. The former is a protagonist and the latter is an antagonist and they're both from different games. KOS-MOS/T-Elos sorta made sense because they're from the Xenosaga series and have similar appearances. Regardless, Elma still has a small shot. Or did they already reveal the whole roster?
The game won't be out until next month in Japan, so chances are that there will be a few more characters. The ones who were revealed today (other than the event characters and antagonists) were already leaked last month thanks to an Asian leaker.
FalKoopa
in the NintenZone Social thread. I bolded the interesting part.I wonder if it's because Xenoblade was the last series of Part 1 (1st Party Nintendo IPs)? Due to being the last Nintendo IP, it likely created the result of many people leaving their votes at the default "3" for the Xenoblade characters.Let's see....
K. Rool and Dixie have the largest number of 1s in the Top 10 list. Hmm... K. Rool got pulled down to 6th despite having the largest number of 5s in the poll.
The highest 5s (Do Want) are K. Rool, Inkling, Wolf, ICs and Isaac. (No surprises here)
The highest 1s (Do NOT Want) are Jumpman (lel), Metal Mario, Plum, Baby Mario and Dixie+Diddy
The highest 3s (Ambivalence) are Elma, Cross, Melia, Fiora and Reyn (ALL Xenoblade characters - something is fishy here.
I'm impressed Tingle and Waluigi scored so high on the poll. So much for being hated characters.
It could be that, or a "Well, even if I don't know about them, at least they're from Nintendo" kind of mentality.
Wait, what.Falkoopa is so wrong about that post, Waluigi has WAY more fans than Daisy and most of her votes were pretty negative. Then there's her controversial reputation on sites like Reddit and Gamefaqs.
Sorry for going off-topic like that. But he needed to get his facts straight.
Alright, I get it now. Especially with the whole "Assist Trophies can't be playable!" arguments that many would have against him.Wait, what.
I was talking about the general perception of Waluigi being seen as a hated character. He scored high on the poll, which is really good and contrary to that.
I am so hyped about X! Only problem, every time I go to pre-order it at my local EB Games, they say that they don't have any records of the game. I heard that it's possible to pre-order X at Gamespot, and EB Games is basically the Canadian Gamespot, so I hope that this will be sorted out soon so I can reserve my copy!
That's weird. I hope it gets sorted out ASAP. Are you preordering the Special Edition or just the regular one?I am so hyped about X! Only problem, every time I go to pre-order it at my local EB Games, they say that they don't have any records of the game. I heard that it's possible to pre-order X at Gamespot, and EB Games is basically the Canadian Gamespot, so I hope that this will be sorted out soon so I can reserve my copy!
This isn't even the first problem I had with pre-ordering games at EB Games! I remember back when Resident Evil 6 was announced, I pre-ordered it for PC. Almost a year later, and I found out that the PC version was going to be digital download only! I almost got ripped off 70$ because for some reason they let me pre-order a game that was never supposed to come out!
Coincidentally, I think this Miiverse post I drew a couple days ago suits my reaction to my local EB Games Customer service perfectly:
Thanks! I haven't done any drawings of Elma yet, but I was planning on doing another miiverse sketch tonight, and I could make it Elma related.
If you do draw one of Elma, please do share!
AwesomeAussie27
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Man... That is lovely. Thank you for sharing your drawing. :DHere it is, hope it turned out alright.
I don't know what was harder, trying to get the lines to line up in the X, or drawing Elma herself XD:
I originally wanted to draw Elma fawning over a kitten, but I felt like it would be hard to get the details I wanted to do that with Miiverse's limitations, so I ended up with a front-shot in the end. I might try to draw my old idea once I can afford better art supplies/art programs.
I love your art, you've did Elma some fine justice with it. Though that X looks pretty sexy though, I can just look at those lines all day.Here it is, hope it turned out alright.
I don't know what was harder, trying to get the lines to line up in the X, or drawing Elma herself XD:
I originally wanted to draw Elma fawning over a kitten, but I felt like it would be hard to get the details I wanted to do that with Miiverse's limitations, so I ended up with a front-shot in the end. I might try to draw my old idea once I can afford better art supplies/art programs.
*Crosses fingers for Xenoblade X-2/Xenoblade 3*
As Takahashi already said, he would like to focus more on the story aspect for the next game. Personally, I expect the next game to be a direct continuation of this game. It may or may not have the exact same cast and/or setting. I'm somewhat confident that the next game will take place in the same universe and that some of the XCX characters will return (hopefully Elma is one of them!). And it sounds like Takahashi wants to include space exploration which would be really sweet.I finally pre-ordered Xenoblade Chronicles X!
Also, with the possibility of a Xenoblade Chronicles 3, what would you all want out of it? A true sequel/expsansion to one of the already established worlds in the Xenoseries, a crossover-like game that brings back characters, or a completely new setting/characters?
Personally, i'm all up for a brand new experience. As drastic as X's changes are, I want to see Monolithsoft push the series even farther and experiment with new, interesting ideas.
As much as you all might disagree with me, I would love to see some multiplayer open-world exploration. I don't know too much about the multiplayer aspect in X, but I heard that it's limited to specific, linear missions. Now i'm not hoping for a Xenoblade MMORPG I personally feel like that would take away from the whole experienced, but I would love to explore a beautifully designed world with a few of my buddies.