Xenoblade 3 devs on the more serious story and reason for 10-year life span plot
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Nintendo and Monolith Soft have discussed the more serious story of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and having the 10-year life span as a major plot point.
Monolith Soft senior director and chief creative officer Tetsuya Takahashi, the studio’s director and producer Koh Kojima, and Nintendo director and producer Genki Yokota weighed in. Kojima actually initially felt that Takakhashi ” was deliberately trying to remove the sense of ‘Xenoblade-ness’ of the series” because of how serious the world is and having a different design. However, through “trial and error”, the team “found a good balance” and captured the series’ essence.
Xenoblade 3 is the “culmination” of the series, “summary for moving on to the next step”
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Tetsuya Takahashi, senior director and chief creative officer at Monolith Soft, has said that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 marks the “culmination” of the series. However, rather than marking the end of the franchise, it’s instead a “summary for moving on to the next step”.
Takahashi shared that information as part of a newly-published interview, which also features director / producer Koh Kojima and Nintendo’s Genki Yokota. Here’s the relevant excerpt from that discussion:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 reviews roundup
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We’re just a few days out from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launching on Switch, and first reviews are now starting to come online. Nintendo just lifted an embargo on the game.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will bring together the futures of the first two entries in the series, though it can also be played by anyone that doesn’t have experience with the franchise. The game has a huge world to explore, RPG combat with a new Ouroboros fusion mechanic, and more. The whole experience is presented with the nations of Keves and Agnus fighting to extend their lives long enough to realize a 10-year period of service. A group of six soldiers from rival nations will look to put aside their differences and work together to expose a new threat.
Here’s the roundup of early reviews for Xenoblade Chronicles 3:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 shares “A Formidable Enemy” track
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As the countdown to Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s launch continues, Nintendo has now shared another track from the game known as “A Formidable Enemy”. As the name implies, the theme will play while battling pretty strong enemies.
Here’s the full sample shared by Nintendo and Monolith Soft:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 shares “A Step Away” vocal track
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Nintendo has decided to shared one more song from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 prior to the game’s launch later this week. The shared song is “A Step Away”, a new emotional vocal track from the game.
You can listen to the shared song clip below:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 shares “Chain Attack” track
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Nintendo has decide to share yet another music track for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 ahead of its release next week. This week’s shared track is “Chain Attack”, a new track that you’ll hear whenever a Chain Attack is triggered in-game.
While this new Chain Attack theme does replace the current battle theme for the duration of the Chain Attack, the ordinary battle theme will return once the Chain Attack concludes. This way, the battle theme won’t be completely interrupted the same way it might have been when a Vision occurred in Xenoblade Chronicles 1, for those familiar with that game’s battle system.
You can listen to the song clip below:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gets new 8-minute trailer
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Original (7/7): Nintendo and Monolith Soft just published a new 8-minute trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It highlights the RPG’s story, gameplay systems, and more. At the very end of the video, Nintendo provides a reminder that amiibo is supported, and the Shulk amiibo can be used to have the Swordfighter class change the weapon to the Monado from the first entry in the series.
Here’s an overview of Xenoblade Chronicles 3:
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 pre-order guide
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Since the release date for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has moved up and the RPG is arriving sooner than expected, now’s the perfect time to get informed about the pre-order situation. A bunch of retailer listings have just started to open up around the world. If and when we hear about pre-order bonuses, we’ll let you know.
As the name implies, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the third proper entry in the Xenoblade Chronicles series that started out on Wii. The game stars Noah and Mio, members of the two opposing nations of Keves and Agnus. Your party will be comprised of six characters from these nations that join together to awaken the colonies of Aionios and expose the true threat both nations face. True to the franchise’s nature, there’ll be a huge world to explore, RPG combat with Arts and chain attacks, and more. This particular game introduces the Interlink mechanic in which pairs of characters can combine to form a mighty Ouroboros.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 reveals initial DLC outfits, wave 2 Expansion Pass tease
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Nintendo and Monolith Soft have provided an update on the Expansion Pass for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
As previously announced, wave 1 will include helpful items and outfit color variations. We now have a look at the different outfit looks for the main cast, posted below. As a reminder, the first part of the Expansion Pass drops at launch.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 new gameplay from Japan Expo 2022
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was shown off at Japan Expo 2022 earlier today with new gameplay. Nintendo had a stage show at the French event and fans were treated to over 20 minutes of footage. We now have a recording of that segment with the gameplay.
Here’s some information about the RPG:
