Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 29 Comments

Nintendo and Monolith Soft has kicked off a new “Production Notes” series of features for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. The first entry published in English today is dedicated to the story.

In the piece, screenwriter Yuichiro Takeda talks about how the story’s creation was a joint effort from himself, Kazuho Hyodo, and director Tetsuya Takahashi. Takeda was in charge of even chapters whereas Takeda worked on the odd ones. Takahashi handled the story itself. Takeda also says that Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s story has Takahashi’s most flair to date.

Below is the full piece from Takeda:

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Nintendo is back again with another UK commercial for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. It’s the same sort of ad we’ve seen in Japan, but with English voices. Watch it below.

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Nintendo has released a brief 30 second trailer / commercial for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 titled “Let’s go to Elysium”, which you can watch below. This is actually an English version of a Japanese commercial we posted about two weeks ago.

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We have two rare blades to show of for this Xenoblade Chronicles 2 update, the first being Wadatsumi designed by Kozaki Yuusuke. Wadatsumi is voiced by Shuuichi Ikeda. Menou is the second blade to be shown off and she too is designed by Kozaki Yuusuke. Menou is voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki. You can check the both out down below.

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All copies of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition (Collector’s Edition in Europe) come with a special sound-selection CD. Nintendo provided more information on what to expect from the bonus item today.

The sound-selection CD should have 13 tracks. We say “should” because this news was specific to Japan, but we can’t see Nintendo making any changes in North America or Europe.

Nintendo provided the following soundtrack listing:

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A new blade for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has been shown off. This time we have Rinne who is designed by Parsley and voiced by Ari Ozawa. You can check the tweets down below to see her in action.

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Nintendo just uploaded a new, 7-minute Xenoblade Chronicles 7 introduction trailer for its Japanese audience. See it below.

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A new wave of footage has surfaced for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Check out a couple of videos below containing around 40 minutes of gameplay.

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Another character gets their time in the limelight, this time we have Akhos and his blade Kamui. Akhos is voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki and Kamui is voiced by Yuri Yamaoka. Check them out below.

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Nintendo has prepared a full-length North American commercial for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. We have the advert below.

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