Another round of details have been translated from the Xenoblade Chronicles X. We get to learn more about battles, including the Overclock Gear feature. You’ll find the full set of information below.
– Battle flow is dependent on the order and timing of arts usage as well as your relative position
– Combo attacks are arts with descriptions like “Increases damage if used following a Melee Art” or “Increases damage if used following a Ranged Art”
– This makes it possible to achieve greater effects than normal through combinations
– Link arts together skillfully to increase the damage you do to enemies
– Certain arts inflict the “Break” status effect on enemies
– Use an art with the “Topple” effect while enemies are suffering from “Break” to prevent them from moving for a short time
– Your attacks will never miss when this happens
– Additionally, all damage is increased by 1.5 times while they’re suffering from Topple
– There are also arts that inflict more damage while an enemy is Toppled
– If you don’t Break them first, enemies will not Topple
– Attack an enemy from behind, above, or below to increase your accuracy and critical hit rates
– Some arts have special effects when used from the side or back
– Can target different parts of an enemy
– By destroying a part, an enemy will be unable to use it to attack
– Earn extra rewards after battle by destroying parts
– Get the “Overclock Gear” after progressing through the story to a certain point
– This technique is powerful, but it drains 3000 TP to give you massively improved battle capabilities for a short time
– When enabled, your arts’ Recast time is drastically reduced
– Overclock Gear has “Triple Recasts”, which allow your arts to charge up for a third time
– TP you’ve accumulated carries over between fights
– Gear Counter: Changes color depending on the arts used
– Gear Time: A meter that slowly decreases; the OC Gear ends when it empties
Suspension Railroad Simulator is one of the new digital releases in Europe today. For the curious, its download weighs in at nearly 500MB. Download Suspension Railroad Simulator now… if you dare.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Dot Arcade
Wii U Virtual Console
Namco Museum
Wii U Demo
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
3DS Retail
LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin
3DS Download
Jet Dog
My Pet School 3D
3DS DLC
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley
3DS Themes
NES: Samus Aran
NES: Pit
Etrian Mystery Dungeon — Available March 21
eShop Sales
Wii U
Zen Pinball 2’s South Park Pinball table is 50 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition is 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT April 9.
Rock ‘N Racing Off Road is 16 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 12.
3DS
Moon Chronicles DLC is 50 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
Funfair Party Games, 3D Game Collection and Murder on the Titanic from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 9.
Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
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Titanic Mystery
Source: Nintendo PR
Listings on VGMdb reveal details about soundtracks for both Xenoblade Chronicles X and Bravely Second.
Xenoblade Chronicles X’s soundtrack is due out on May 20 for 4,298 yen. Five CDs are included. We know that DefSTAR RECORDS is publishing the soundtrack, and of course, Hiroyuki Sawano is the composer.
Bravely Second’s soundtrack is apparently set to arrive on May 20 as well, though we don’t have pricing information currently. Two CDs are included. Additionally, Square Enix is publishing the soundtrack directly.
There is an update that was just released for Hyrule Warriors, version 1.6.1. Todays patch takes up 17MB of space. Specifics about the update are unclear, but it seems to improve stability.
Circle Entertainments Titile Karous: The Beast of Re: Eden appears to have received a PEGI certification. If you recall from last year this game was previously released in Japan on the 3DS. Although no release date has been announced at this time, if the certification is any inclination we should see one soon.
Check out the trailer for the original release below.
Game retail shops in the UK have announced that it will be giving out special codes for a Shiny Charizard. The Shiny Charizard will be available to anyone with Pokemon X, Y, as well as Pokemon Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire. The rare Pokemon code will be starting to be distributed on April 3, there is currently no end date announced.
