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bigtakilla on 14 November 2019
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SammyGiireal said:
bigtakilla said:

Xenosaga and Xenogears seem to be doing pretty well for itself, as far as staying in peoples minds.

Now will it be talked about in the same light as Mario or Zelda, of course not. We are talking about 35+ years (and Mario I think is creeping on 40 years) of history. Now if there were only a generation where we could play practically all home console LoZ's, and heck why not update the old 3D games graphics, that would be amazing woudn't it? Oh wait

Xenogears is legendary because of its ambitious plot, music and pleasing art style. Xenogears remains the best game in the Xeno Series though the second disk was rushed.  Xenogears also was part of a legendary JRPG system: The PS1. 

Most people's introduction to Xenoblade would be either the Wii, 3DS or the Switch...the Wii U ...sadly won't be remembered as well.

I think as a series they will all be remembered so long as the series is going. It's sales in it's 3 games have already outsold Xenosaga and it's 3 games, and seems to only be getting more popular. Xenosaga as a series sold 269 million and blade vs 316 million, and instead of the series nosediving, it's maintaining and even increasing its userbase. 

Also, if you're saying Xenoblade isn't an incredibly ambitious game, you're flat out wrong (at least with the original and X, 2 I think borrows too heavily from the others IMO). 

As for Gears, I think it will have a lot to thank the Blade series for as far as staying in the public eye. When's the last time you heard someone talk about Lunar, or Suikoden? Both amazing series (I know Lunar only had 2 real games), but they really aren't relevant outside of nostalgia when people talk about greatest PS1 titles (or Sega CD in Lunar's case). In 2019, Suikoden isn't really relevant, and the only people who will be talking about it are you and I and the people who were there. Xenoblade on the other hand may still be around and kicking as a relevant series.