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I can’t believe this game is coming in less than 2 weeks. Sometimes it makes you want to cry just knowing how amazing and emotional advenure we’re about to embark on.
Hm, yeah, that seems to more or less confirm Ethel is the first Hero. Explains why Hidden Thorn (I think?) is a skill so early, since it fits Ethel's class. I wonder how that's going to shake out
Does Ethel join, die, and get replaced later by a clone (might be the scene we see of her in the pod room)? Or does she join temporarily before then getting affected by the Ouroboros thing and leaving? Or maybe she actually does just join permanently there, and someone else takes over her mech and title (maybe even a separate clone)? She clearly is in the party long enough to grant her class at the very least, hopefully that's not a missable thing.
And yeah Mio's outfit might be just be Swordfighter
Edit: Kinda weird how they've sorta been hyping up the Ehtel/Cammuravi rivalry if Ethel joins so much earlier
the only thing I remember about tyreal is that she's the only humanoid character that didn't wear pantsNeed to freshen up on XC1 bc I can’t remember a single thing about Tyrea lol
I can't see her class being missable. From what previewers have said, one of the main six automatically gets the hero's class when they permanently join for completing their hero quest. The other five can unlock that class simply by battling alongside someone in that class. So if Noah gets her class and she leaves, then the other five can still get the class just by battling with Noah staying in that class.
But yea, there's a lot of weirdness going on here. I guess those mechs could belong to any colony leader and the consuls would be quick to replace her.
that's not really a realistic expectation if it's a sizeable story expansion. you can't expect them to add 5 - 10 hours of additionnal story content with all the cutscenes/music new assets that entails in just a few months.Is anyone else dreading the fact that the story expansion is the last thing to come out? And likely physical like Torna Golden Country?
I enjoyed Xenoblade 2 and didn't care much for the DLC. Didn't buy the expansion pass. I beat it in mid year 2018, and I got Torna after it came out physical. I enjoyed Torna but didn't touch the DLC code that was for the base game, because I was done with the base game already and usually don't go back to single player stories once I beat them. especially as more time passes by.
I really don't see a ton of incentive with the DLC for me for $30, other than the expanded story. Buying the digital pass gets me everything digitally... I could enjoy the DLC, but I'll likely beat the game within 3 months or end of the month and not want to go back.. While getting it physical gets me everything with the digital stuff,, but at the cost of waiting another 15 months and not caring to go back to the base game. And double dipping is just... a waste of money,
I get it takes the most effort to make,but I wish the expansion story (if its anything like Torna golden country) come like in the middle or beginning of the DLC. Like December 2022 or Q1 2023 even would be ideal for me.
Cuphead DLC was announced in 2018. The extra knick knacks are there to buy time for the main story expansion. You’re really paying for the extra story. They could have done what you’re saying but then the base game would have to be 40 hours shorter and come out next year the earliest. The physical DLC is mainly for collectors anyways. Not many do that.Is anyone else dreading the fact that the story expansion is the last thing to come out? And likely physical like Torna Golden Country?
I enjoyed Xenoblade 2 and didn't care much for the DLC. Didn't buy the expansion pass. I beat it in mid year 2018, and I got Torna after it came out physical. I enjoyed Torna but didn't touch the DLC code that was for the base game, because I was done with the base game already and usually don't go back to single player stories once I beat them. especially as more time passes by.
I really don't see a ton of incentive with the DLC for me for $30, other than the expanded story. Buying the digital pass gets me everything digitally... I could enjoy the DLC, but I'll likely beat the game within 3 months or end of the month and not want to go back.. While getting it physical gets me everything with the digital stuff,, but at the cost of waiting another 15 months and not caring to go back to the base game. And double dipping is just... a waste of money,
I get it takes the most effort to make,but I wish the expansion story (if its anything like Torna golden country) come like in the middle or beginning of the DLC. Like December 2022 or Q1 2023 even would be ideal for me.
Nintendo Life posted some new screenshots, and there's some spoilery things including a hero/class (one that was already leaked by the NoA site) so beware if you're avoiding that.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo Switch Game) first released 29th Jul 2022, developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo.www.nintendolife.com
Noah is shown wearing Ethel's coat here:
Interestingly, this scene is the hero quest to get Valdi. Heroes are mostly optional so you can do them in any order but it's noteworthy that they already have Ethel's class when meeting Valdi. It's possible Ethel really is the first hero. That would mean Valdi is met in the Ribbit Flats and not the Millick Meadows as some of us thought. So maybe heroes aren't introduced until you get to Eagus and do the Colony 4 attack sequence.
Then there's also a shot of what looks to be an unmasked consul:
And Mio is wearing an outfit that I don't believe we've seen before so that might be a new hero:
The problem is this:I really don't see a ton of incentive with the DLC for me for $30, other than the expanded story.
These DLCs main purpose is to give more content for those who beat the game and still want more. More enemies to fight, more Blades/Heroes, more quests, more outfits and extra story. If the base game content is enough for you, then those DLCs are not really aimed at you.because I was done with the base game already and usually don't go back to single player stories once I beat them. especially as more time passes by.
I love this character already
I love this character already
Seems like it. I'm guessing the whole 'masked theater group' crew will be rotating villains for a while ala the different Faces and Torna; at least until the more serious villains are revealed.They are going to be a fun early game antagonist like Xord I think.
I mean it would make sense to create a larger tie between games other than the obvious at the end of the second. I recently finished DE never playing the original im ready for 3 and might play x later this year as i never played it beforeD stands for Dickson.
Haha just kidding..................unless?
According to the retailer who has connection to Nintendo HK, the sell-in for Xenoblade 3 in Chinese market has already surpassed Japan.
Yeah Wild Ride (I refuse to acknowledge his actual name/letter until I absolutely have to) survives his initial encounter and seems to be back later in the game, whereas for all we know, Nourish Me could die after his first encounter much like XordD's role currently strikes me as more akin to Metal Face than Xord, since he seems to be the first major boss who then continues to plague the party afterwards. "These soldiers will nourish me!" guy feels like Xord Jr. so far, though, haha.
Wil D. Ride(I refuse to acknowledge his actual name/letter until I absolutely have to)
As a Brit I sit here wondering, what’s the Japanese equivalent to oi, oi! lol
Coincidentally, the term oi (おい) in informal Japanese is used in the same way as British English, typically by older men to subordinates
Fantastic.Funnily enough... oi, oi!
Oi (interjection) - Wikipedia
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I've definitely heard a lot of "oi, oi, oi" in Japanese media.
that's not really a realistic expectation if it's a sizeable story expansion. you can't expect them to add 5 - 10 hours of additionnal story content with all the cutscenes/music new assets that entails in just a few months.
They're likely already working on the story DLC but I want them to take as long as they can to make it worthwhile like Torna. Also I don't see an issue with just buying the DLC later when the story expansion is out. Most of that 30 dollars is for that anyway.
There hasn‘t really been any hint of this, but one idea I had was - what if the game takes a page from BOTW and has a non-linear segment to it. Like how you could tackle the divine beasts in any order, what if in XC3 you can liberate the colonies in any order? Or choose not to liberate them? So the game flow would be: chapter 1) linear story based gameplay, chapter 2) quest to reach swordmarch, open world liberate the colonies/gather heroes in any order style gameplay, chapter X) linear story based play continues with the liberated colonies joining the fight on the Swordmarch City side against whatever organization the consuls work for. There would probably have to be some level scaling stuff going on and I‘m sure writing the story beats in the non-linear segment is not easy. But I thought it would be a neat change for the series.
I believe D is only the name of the Grahf look-a-like who makes up half of Wild Ride with the Reala look-a-like. And this is the beauty of the Moebius and Ouroboros not having their own names, we can give them whatever fanon name we want lolYeah Wild Ride (I refuse to acknowledge his actual name/letter until I absolutely have to) survives his initial encounter and seems to be back later in the game, whereas for all we know, Nourish Me could die after his first encounter much like Xord
the devil's biggest lie was telling people that XCX had a bad soundtrackwhy didn't anyone tell me Xenoblade x's ost was a bop
I think there will be some non-linearity in the way that sidequests and optional content can always be done whenever. Like I think the Colony 9 liberation happens when you do Zeon's hero quest and that's activated whenever the player goes back to Yzana. But if the player never goes back to Yzana then they can keep pushing back Colony 9's liberation. I don't see them doing level scaling though simply because they never have before. You'd think the Blade Quests would've been the time to do that since the gacha means you could get these blades all the way in the final chapter but most their quests were still level 30-40 content.
But I think it's likely these recent shots were taken from the same playthrough of the Nintendo Life guy doing the preview. I guess we don't know what for sure and it's possible they did multiple playthroughs doing things in different orders and getting screenshots across those multiple playthroughs. But given the limited time reviewers have, I think it's fairly likely these are from the same playthrough.
There's a screen of the party fighting a level 27 Agnus mech with Zeon in the party and Mio is in the War Medic class. The Agnus Mech has a yellow exclamation mark meaning this enemy is an objective for a hero quest - likely Zeon's as he's with the party and Mio being a War Medic means Valdi's hero quest was already completed. The shot of Noah wearing Ethel's coat is from the start of Valdi's quest meaning the party should only be mid or early twenties there. So this still means Ethel is recruitable pretty early if you only need to beat level 20-ish stuff to get her and won't be a major antagonistic force through the main story then.
I believe D is only the name of the Grahf look-a-like who makes up half of Wild Ride with the Reala look-a-like. And this is the beauty of the Moebius and Ouroboros not having their own names, we can give them whatever fanon name we want lol
How in the world did you beat XC1 in 35 hours??? I'd say even 50 is an extreme lowball number, unless you're mostly ignoring sidequests.I hope the game is longer like 2 though everyone said 1 took 50 plus hours to beat i beat it at 35 with alot of grinding near the end. Do we know which universe this game takes place in IE The Created universe of 1 or the real universe of 2.
i picked up all sidequests in a city each time i went there and did them as i went from spot to spot but otherwise i mainly did the main stuff until the end and grinded from level 69 to 75How in the world did you beat XC1 in 35 hours??? I'd say even 50 is an extreme lowball number, unless you're mostly ignoring sidequests.
Skipping all cutscenes and knowing the game really well I can buy that. 35 hours for a blind first-time run is damn impressive, though.I once beat Xenoblade 1 in 25 hours skipping all the cutscenes so it's definitely possible. I grabbed all the secret areas and mostly just fought uniques for my EXP, as well as getting those cheap achievements like talk to all soldiers in colony 9. I don't think I struggled until Mechonis Field, but I also know the game really well.
"It's the Xenosaga 3 of the Xenoblade series!"I'm just sitting here hoping we get some vague teases of reviewer's thoughts on the full game
Judging by previous vague teases, we'll get some for a JRPG releasing on the 29th, that'll end up being for Digimon SurviveI'm just sitting here hoping we get some vague teases of reviewer's thoughts on the full game
Does anyone know what times the NoE/UK Twitter accounts post? I don't want to miss the collector's edition which surely has to go up for sale soon.