From the newest Edge: map in X more than 5 times bigger than in Xenoblade on Wii

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JEMC said:
Holy cow. That's very impressive, but why?

X's world was big enough. Making it (at least) 5 times bigger is too much unless they fill it with quests, items and different enemies and landscapes, otherwise it will get repetitive very soon.

I hope they know what they are doing.

He stated why. Because you're going to run, drive and fly around in giant mechs. Hence the world would seem small(er) if they kept it the original Xenoblade's size.