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.

Woah there! N64 was the bigger strategic disaster?  Nintendo lost around 90 million customers with Wii U, from its no 1 home console of all time to its worst (depending if we count virtual boy).  I guess maybe you are measuring lost third party support, which would sort of be accurate, but While Wii U didn’t have the drama and surprise of losing Square and others the way N64 did — it lost them anyway.

i would also point out that simultaneous to the Wii U upset, 3DS was doing worse than expected.  Then again I believe the game boy business was kind of weak around N64 launch too, it seems like Nintendo likes to fail big!

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.

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.

Nintendo had lost their ambition during Wii era. This console was a massive success and they thought Wii U would be fast-selling as well. Within the first year Nintendo realized that this wouldn't be the case and from that point on I have the impression they got their ambition back. 3D World was the first proof – a perfect game with full of love designed and without gameplay bugs. Splatoon, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Maker really showed that they wanted to make good games for this specific console. All games got updates for about a year and got better and better, though they were not rated as high as some N64 titles, which is in case of Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon actually a shame.

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.

Uh, hello? :D

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The only reason I didn't mention Eternal Blue (which I like better than SSS) is because it came out in 1999; a little later than my cutoff date.

I know my rants are a little tired and old fashioned sounding, but come on! It's IN this thread! :D

I'm not talking about those games, I'm talking about Xenoblade Chronicles X. Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, but it's hardly talked about now even 4 years after its release, by the time it's as old as the N64 is now it'll be little more than a footnote.

I actually found Nintendo more ambitious on Wii than Wii U; the only first party Wii U games with real ambition were XCX and BOTW, while Wii had Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, Xenoblade, Metroid Prime 3, Twilight Princess...