Xenoblade Chronicles: First Blood Part 1That's it's own thing, the same way Mega Man X is a different entity from classic Mega Man. I secretly hope that they are going to do a sequel (and hopefully a remake to get it off Wii U) at some point.
I expect he is going to be so relieved when they finally get to slap a 4 on the title of the next game
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That makes sense, we knew they had a team working on this even while DE was being made.Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Ask the Developer Part 2 – News – Nintendo Official Site
Hear from the developers behind the Xenoblade Chronicles 3™ game for the Nintendo Switch™ system in this three-part article series on the Official Nintendo site.
The page has been updated with the second chapter, this time focusing on character art and music. Interestingly, this page has some sketchs showing the finalized designs of Mio, Taion, and Eunie, with those sketches having dates ranging from 11-15-2019 to 11-25-2019. This means that, more than 6 months before XC1 Definitive Edition released, the main character designs had already been finalized for Xenoblade 3.
Wow. That's pretty much just a 3-3.5 year development cycle then huh. That is assuming they were about a year into preproduction before finalizing the main character.Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Ask the Developer Part 2 – News – Nintendo Official Site
Hear from the developers behind the Xenoblade Chronicles 3™ game for the Nintendo Switch™ system in this three-part article series on the Official Nintendo site.
The page has been updated with the second chapter, this time focusing on character art and music. Interestingly, this page has some sketchs showing the finalized designs of Mio, Taion, and Eunie, with those sketches having dates ranging from 11-15-2019 to 11-25-2019. This means that, more than 6 months before XC1 Definitive Edition released, the main character designs had already been finalized for Xenoblade 3.
Yeah its crazy to me that they actually pulled that off. It definitely lends the soundtrack its own voice. I guess it helps that, on the Nintendo side of things, Yokota has been working with Takahashi for a while now and clearly appreciates what he's trying to do with his games. He knew that the idea to produce their own flutes wasn't made half-heartedly.
When they were interviewed about Definitive Edition, they said that game began pre-planning after the release of 2, and that the staff of DE was shared with one working on a new game. So XC3 was in the works in some fashion since 2018.
So this means XC4 and XCX remaster are already being worked on rn
I like your attitude!!So this means XC4 and XCX remaster are already being worked on rn
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1 was game builder garage, which came out before famiboards started, 3 was big brain academy but no one bothered making a thread for that one. i just made this thread today by merging all the separate threads for these interviews. probably better to have one place for all of them.
Last time they (Takahashi team) worked in Torna DLC,XC: DE and XC3 at the same time, this makes me wonder what project will take XC: DE place now if we think they are working right now on XC3 DLC and XC4*. I only see XCX remaster if they have plans for the Xeno X franchise if not maybe a Xenoblade spin-off or a small project in which Takahashi and other senior staff take a smaller role to let the younger staff members to start having director and producer experience which is something they have said they are struggling right now.
Generally I'm not keen on buying DLC when Nintendo are so vague as to content and release dates; but I feel, after Golden Country, Monolith Soft are the studio who've earnt the benefit of the doubt. But yeah, it's also nice having a physical copy if one is available.
Same boat. When Torna came out I really wish I had waited.
XCX I think gets a re-release at some point simply because it is a game that can and will find a bigger audience on Switch and whatever new hardware is coming soon. It'll be a question of resources - can XCX be ported over efficiently, as a stop-gap, without diverting resources from a fifth mainline Xenoblade title and anything else Monolith Soft are doing? I could see Takahashi wanting to add extra content and to tie up some loose ends, which perhaps might make it easier to move on to an XCX sequel down the line.
Since they're already confirming it'll be at least as big as Torna it's pretty likely.
My general rule is to not buy DLC before it's worth the asking price, which ended up not happening until Torna. That's still the only bit of the DLC I really sank into, the other bits had appeal but I found trying to revisit them after beating the game... clunky.
I think this is likely based on their self-admitted tendency towards scope creep in the interview, but it should be noted that "confirming" it's at least that big is misrepresenting what they said. The exact wording was "We are thinking of making its volume of content as large as [Torna]". It's very non-committal.
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I think Takahashi said that he's not one for being in the spotlight too much. Instead prefering to support other developers visions in the background. I think this is also why him and Koizumi alternate Direct hosting duties.
I totally agree, butand that's why this kind of format is ideal for him: he puts the spotlight on the developers. I love Koizumi, but for me he is more like a spiritual successor of Miyamoto, while Takahashi's work is more global.
Given Nintendo's goals with the Switch, Takahashi was always the best pick to run EPD over Miyamoto. Not to disrespect Miyamoto, but I and other Nintendo fans had plenty of issues with how he was running EAD during the Wii U era. Games took forever to come out due to not preparing for HD sooner, and not having the tools make development smoother, leading to massive game droughts and big IPs taking forever to come out. I feel like he also had a sort of tunnel-vision, being more focused on what interested him and his teams rather than what the Wii U needed as a platform. I feel like he would've struggled to run EPD given its larger role within the company.
