News Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct announced for June 22nd (broadcast over, Expansion Pass confirmed, see threadmarks)

[MisterSpo]

Well that looks great. Still not convinced by Nintendo's "money for season pass pls" when the meaty stuff is always so ill-defined, but Xenoblade Chronicles 3 looks fantastic. Adding a class system with so many options is something I didn't see coming but has become one of my most anticipated new features.

Love the music, too, and the character models.

 

[Moltres006]

I hope they do a physical release of the expansion......i'm still mad i couldnt get torna physically.

 

[WestEgg]

This looks incredible, holy cow. It also did a pretty good job of showcasing without seeming to spoil too much.

 

[carlosfilho]

That was really good. Damn, that music.

 

[merp]

I'm really feeling it!

 

[Dark Cloud]

Did they show any other ways of traversal?

 

[Gambit]

love all the interlinking systems, but averted my eyes during story portions, lol

 

[Josh5890]

No hardware announcement (pro controller), but I'm glad that my 150+ amiibos will come in handy!

 

[Maronic03]

I wouldn't worry about story spoilers, most of what we've seen is hardly definitive without context.

 

[mazi]

 

[Mr.Gamerson]

Looks amazing!

 

[Irene]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!

The smell of GOTY potential is palpable.

 

[rAndom]

That was a great showing from start to finish!

Day one for expansion pass as well.

 

[zumaddy]

Anyone else only watch bits and pieces? I don't want to spoil too much, lol. I am pleased that Heroes seems to be an improved version of the Rare Blades system and the landscapes look lovely as usual.

 

[nherron128]

So like forgive me if I'm missing something, but didn't the original leaks for XC3 say that there'd be a ton of returning characters? I've only beaten XC1 and am like 7 hours into XC2 and I don't see any characters I recognize

 

[mazi]

 

[Amadeus]

Best. Game. Ever. Oh. My. God.

 

[Apopheniac]

Is "new story scenario" how Torna was described? For $30 I'd hope that's what we're getting

 

[Thunder84]

Spoiler: MAJOR PARTY MEMBER SPOILERS

Bottom left corner is undeniably Cammuravi.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Can't wait to play as a single boob

TOO LEWD FOR YOUTUBE

surely Drake will release by then!

/cope

 

[Sheldon]

That was an endorphin rush of surface level philosophizing and overly convoluted menus. I love Monolith Soft.

 

[mazi]

december 2023! lmao

 

[xghost777]

Blown away by this Direct. This looks like a dream come true. Amazing world, awesome story, more mature (no Xenoblade 2 bad anime nonsense), and an awesome battle/job system to dive into. Incredibly excited for this game.

 

[MissingNo.]

Please, please, please make the EP a standalone retail release again once the "brand new story scenario" is out.

 

[ermitron2]

That season pass until the end of 2023 lol

 

[Josh5890]

No "field skills" will make me very happy.

 

[Ahmed]

Aaaaaand sold. I only care for the new story scenario, it'll probably be very beefy.

 

[Josh5890]

I'm going to guess that the expansion pass won't be added to the NSO anytime soon, if ever. If they weren't going to add it to the service right away, I doubt that it will show up before all content is released.

 

[Bonejack]

Damn this game looks insane. Monolithsoft is the gift that Nintendo bought for themselves that keeps on giving.

 

[totofogo]

This is a day one purchase even though I never finished any of the other games. It looks a lot more interesting to me in every way.

I just need to know two things, the game's resolution and difficulty settings.

I'm with you here.

 

[LoneRanger]

Xenoblade 3 looks great !!

But they didn’t specify if world is fully open or big zones like Xeno 1.

Combat system is fine by me. This game feels like a combination of best of Xeno 1 and 2.

 

[Blue Monty]

wait Dec 2023? I understood this Dec at first

 

[Plum]

Fuck, from what I'm reading here the game sounds excellent. But I really don't wanna jump into another Xenoblade game before I've finished 1 and 2 (and Torna as well?).

So... see ya'll in 2024

 

[Mbolibombo]

By December 2023 probably means it's just gunning for 2nd half of next year but wont commit to a smaller launch window just yet.

Wouldnt be surprised if it's around the same window as torna.

 

[rickyson33]

Is "new story scenario" how Torna was described? For $30 I'd hope that's what we're getting

pretty much yeah

this was the Xenoblade 2 expansion pass announced in the direct:

 

[Dcubed]

This is a joke! They're seriously going to wait until 2024 before launching Switch 2!?

I can't believe that they're holding out this long; the current Switch will be 7 years old by the time that they finish releasing this DLC and launch a successor!!

The current Switch will be dead & buried by then! FFS! Don't repeat the same mistake with Wii/Wii U again!!

 

[DecoReturns]

If the Expansion pass is anything like 2.

They’ll add much more then what they said they would.

Hopefully. Monolith went all out for Xenoblade 2’s pass.

 

[Xenoblade 3]

Couldnt catch all of it since I'm at work lol.
What I saw looked so good, gonna re-watch

 

[Blue Monty]

This is a joke! They're seriously going to wait until 2024 before launching Switch 2!?

I can't believe that they're holding out this long; the current Switch will be 7 years old by the time that they finish releasing this DLC and launch a successor!!

What makes you think they will wait until late 2024? The support of a Switch 1 game? Splatoon 3 will be support longer, so if that is the case until 2025 they will not release Switch 2

 

[Ozzie]

My word...

 

[Thunder84]

Spoiler: Accidentally revealed party member

Left is clearly Cammuravi, don't know who the right one is

 

[mazi]

i expect the new story to be very meaty

 

[Mr Swine]

Damn this game looks insane. Monolithsoft is the gift that Nintendo bought for themselves that keeps on giving.

Didn’t SE own Monolithsoft back in the day?

 

[MisterSpo]

That was an endorphin rush of surface level philosophizing and overly convoluted menus. I love Monolith Soft.

Adding a flexible class system guarantees a whole new swathe of menus and sub menus.

rubs hands with glee

 

[rickyson33]

the dlc phrasing also kinda soft confirms that a challenge mode will be in this one from launch which is nice

 

[rAndom]

Didn’t SE own Monolithsoft back in the day?

No. It was Bandai Namco. Its pioneers were former Squaresoft folks though.

 

[Gambit]

If the Expansion pass is anything like 2.

They’ll add much more then what they said they would.

Hopefully. Monolith went all out for Xenoblade 2’s pass.

I agree, after the experience with 2 (where I bought it the Expansion Pass with some trepidation), I now have no doubts about this one.

Monolith delivered in spades, last time around.

 

[DecoReturns]

I was wrong about showing more Nia and Melia lol.

Thought we at least hear them speak. Wonder if they’ll won’t be a big part of the story in the end. One of those “greater evil” type things

 

[Shadow]

If the DLC is even half as good as Torna... Love it!

Going to wait with that purchase though, with some luck that'll also receive its own physical release!

 

[Mbolibombo]

This is a joke! They're seriously going to wait until 2024 before launching Switch 2!?

I can't believe that they're holding out this long; the current Switch will be 7 years old by the time that they finish releasing this DLC and launch a successor!!

The current Switch will be dead & buried by then! FFS! Don't repeat the same mistake with Wii/Wii U again!!

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