Board 8 > Xenopinions Day 6: Best Area Final! Satorl Marsh v Fallen Arm v Bionis' Shoulder

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*assume spoilers for Xenoblade Chronicles 1 (including Future Connected)*

Past results:
Best Character- Dunban, 2nd Melia, 3rd Shulk/Riki
Best Character in Battle- Shulk, 2nd Melia, 3rd Dunban
Best Antagonist- Dickson, 2nd Mumkhar, 3rd Egil

Yesterday: Much like Part 1, yesterday saw two areas rise above the rest, but Fallen Arm was even more dominant than the Marsh. Can it carry over its performance today?
1st- Satorl Marsh (17)
2nd- Bionis' Leg (12)
3rd- Eryth Sea (8)

1st- Fallen Arm (21)
2nd- Valak Mountain (11)
3rd- Sword Valley (4)

Today: The final for best area! The winners of the first two polls come together along with Bionis' Shoulder (which I couldn't fit in the other polls and made the most sense to leave on its own). The ethereal Satorl Marsh took down the iconic Bionis' Leg, and Fallen Arm's unique structure and quiet chill vibe nearly doubled the epic Valak Mountain. Also in the mix is wildcard Bionis' Shoulder, a huge area with differing climates and massive variety. Which will win? You decide!

Tomorrow: Best Battle Theme, part 1.

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I have a poster on my wall of Satorl Marsh.

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Fallen Arm easy, though I do really like Bionis' Leg, Satorl Marsh, and Eryth Sea also.

Bionis' Shoulder looks really cool but unfortunately I'd have to buy a whole other game in order to experience it.
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Satorl Marsh > Fallen Arm > Bionis Shoulder

The shoulder is fine, but those are two of the three or four best areas in the game, so it can't compete with that.

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demanding recount

Satorl Marsh

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you can't make me vote

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These are my top 2, but this is probably the only case where I'll claim

arm > ass

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pyresword posted...

Bionis' Shoulder looks really cool but unfortunately I'd have to buy a whole other game in order to experience it.

Understandable! Though I believe if you mod your Wii you can walk around the beta Bionis' Shoulder in the original! GMUN could tell you more. Of course it's not the proper experience though.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

arm > ass

Is Satorl Marsh literally swamp ass? Wow.

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I actually uploaded a video of Smash 4's Bionis Trophy, following along the paths you can see of the game's travels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm4MyxFEoww

Satorl Marsh at about 0:45... also yes that's Colony 6 sitting.. right there... but Satorl Marsh is like going around the left waist of the Bionis, entering the Bionis Interior at his lower back

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Cool, I remember you mentioning that trophy but it's nice to see it laid out like that. Eryth looks cool. I can barely make out half of the locations though, I wish they'd make a better quality version of this! Or like one of those big action figures they do but for the Bionis.

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Bump. Looks like the arm has it!

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I'm putting together the battle themes poll now, and it's harder to split them than I figured. I've got 17 tracks by my count that play during battles, and I'm not sure whether to split them by early/late game tracks or boss/non-boss.

If it's boss/non-boss, there's a problem of categorisation. There's 6 clear boss tracks and 6 clear non-boss ones, but the other 5 are debatable. Should I count unique monsters as boss fights or not? What about Zanza's World and Unfinished Business? If all or none of them count as boss fights then there's too many to fit in one poll >_> It'd be easier to split by early/lategame but idk what people would prefer. Open to suggestions!

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