The Official Xenoblade Chronicles X thread - The World is 5x bigger than First Xenoblade

[F0X]

curl-6 said:

F0X said:

I have temporarily revived this thread in order to remind people of three things:
- We still aren't sure of the game's official title. Will it still be X upon release? That would be odd.
- Nintendo is being a bit vague about whether or not the game is connected (narrative-wise) to Xenoblade. I think Nintendo should be playing up the "successor to acclaimed RPG" angle. :/
- It's not too early for someone *cough* to make a sales prediction thread, I say. Heck, I made my prediction shortly after Nintendo Direct (1.6 million lifetime) and I still stand by it.

- Since they still list it as "New Wii U game by Monolith Soft" in their highlight reel and such, it's safe to say X is just a placeholder title.

- The guy at the end of the first trailer (my avatar) does look like Shulk from Xenoblade, but yeah, we'll have to wait and see. Definiterly agree that they should be playing the "from the creators of Xenoblade" angle.

- I forecast about the same sales as Xenoblade personally; smaller console install base, but it's no longer a new IP and it wont arrive in the console's twilight.

Relative to Xenoblade, I expect higher sales in North America and Japan. Not so sure about Europe. One million is my low end, and if it sells below that, then I'd chalk it up as the eighth-gen Okami.

If the game reviews as well as Xenoblade, I think it'll affect what people generally expect from Wii U, Nintendo, and RPGs in general.