Board 8 > Xenoblade 2: Four sample tracks and a message from Takahashi-senpai

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Jeff Zero posted...

Xenoblade Chronicles X-2 ~Eternal Calm~

dammit now i can't get the image of trying to work tatsu into a parody of FFX-2's stuff out of my head
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Tatsu murdered X for me. One of the absolute worst game characters ever
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Yeah, Tatsu was definitely one of the lowpoints of X.

...but damn if i can envision this parody without him
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eh, X is so light on story that you can go hours without Tatsu
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xp1337 posted...

The real takeaway there is hope remains for Xenoblade X-2.

It will be made cuz it's easy money

but who cares
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Not sure if you realized but Tatsu's around a lot less if you don't have Lin in your party.

Also still hoping Xenoblade X-2 comes. Lots of the problems with that game were small and easily fixable (come on being able to change party members any time).
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http://kotaku.com/xenoblade-chronicles-xs-director-on-localization-change-1796157409

As a developer, I do feel like it’d be ideal to be able to adjust the content so that it’s culturally acceptable, whether it’s in the US or in the EU,” said Takahashi. “For example, there was a discussion about the breast slider. Jokingly, I said, ‘Well would it help if we had a crotch slider for the male?’ Obviously it was a joke, but they responded obviously it’s not gonna work out. I do realize there’s a cultural difference between what Japanese people think and what the rest of the world thinks.”

“I think what’s important is that we make sure that the end user who actually plays the game doesn’t have a bad experience,” Takahashi said. “If that change is going to help alleviate that, then I think we should definitely make it.”

While Nintendo of America localized Xenoblade Chronicles X, Nintendo of Europe is handling Takahashi’s next game, Xenoblade Chronicles 2. (NoE also localized the original Xenoblade Chronicles.) Director Genki Yokota, who works for Nintendo’s Japanese division (NCL), says all three companies are communicating about localization decisions that may prove to be controversial.

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NoE is localizing this? Awesome, first I've heard of that.
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but has anyone ever explained WHY there wasn't a breast slider in XCX? Because the removal was pretty heavily criticized even in the non-edgelord circles.
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Maybe they didn't realize that it's already a common feature in Western games?
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Big boobs are offensive
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

Big boobs are offensive

But the slider was locked at big boobs
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Was it locked at the highest setting in XCX?
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"A young adult story with a taste of boy-meets-girl. Lately it feels like all I’ve been doing are games full of devastation, like where your hometown burns down at the start, or the spaceship you’re riding crashes(oh wait, that is all I ever do). Sometimes I just wanna try something different!

I want to make something that people can look back on fondly one day as something that really shaped their lives. Something like what I loved as a boy, like Oliver!(by Carol Reed) and Galaxy Express 999(by Rintaro).
-- That’s why I started working on this game.
I’ll leave the stories about the solemn old men and hot stylish guys to someone else(even though there’s way more demand for that stuff), and go ahead with this.

That’s what was on my mind around the end of 2014 through early 2015.
Yeah, we started while Xenoblade X was still in development.
We’re building a whole new ‘Xenoblade’ title using the foundation laid by X. That’s the core of the project.

Some people think exploration is what games should be all about, while some are like “no no, story is what’s best.” Well we’ve got something perfect for both of those kinds of people: Xenoblade 2.
And that’s what I wanted to tell you with my first announcement. Sound cool?

There are still a ton of surprises left, of course.
I’ll be revealing little bits of information and riling everyone up all the way until release.
And that was my June of 2017.
(Wait, will we even meet the release deadline?!)

Tetsuya Takahashi"

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/adena/index.html
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

Was it locked at the highest setting in XCX?

No I don't think so
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or the spaceship you’re riding crashes(oh wait, that is all I ever do).

I love this
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I know. I knowwwww.
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I wish they localized Xenoblade 2 for the west and got rid of that awful character design
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