Will Xenoblade X "outshine" Zelda Wii U??

[Nuvendil]

curl-6 said:

Nuvendil said:
Not sure. It comes down to that magical word: marketing. Xenoblade as a franchise has a chance to really climb fast. However, it needs to keep being pushed. So far, Nintendo's actions have been encouraging; lots of coverage in general. But the real test will be E3 and launch.

However, it doesn't have the pedigree of Zelda to back it up. Xenoblade was a great game but it's just one game; the Zelda franchise in terms of main home console entries has a ton of accolades to its name. So I don't think it will outshine it.

In the future, perhaps with Xenoblade 3, I think the two could go toe to toe if the franchise is handled right. But as it stands, I think Xenoblade is too young.

Are you talking about outshining it in sales, or quality?

Reputation.  In quality, it could match it right now; nothing prevents that.  But in order for it to gain traction in terms of reputation, it needs some time to grow up and advertising campaigns to sell it to the general gaming public.  As for if it will match it in sales, Zelda isn't a super consistent seller anyway.  Xenoblade could be a multimillion selling franchise; nothing prevents that.  It has the earmarks of a big RPG with many elements in it that are currently considered mainstream.  Scifi setting, alien worlds, open world exploration, etc.  As for if it will ever reach the Zelda heights of OoT and TP, that's up to the insall base of the future Nintendo platforms; 7mil is a lot on a slow-selling machine.