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curl-6 on 28 August 2017
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curl-6 said:

So far I think Nintendo have done a bad job of showing off this game. The two trailers don't really showcase the epic environments that are a staple of the series, and the streams from both E3 and Gamescom are very muddy and low quality. What we need is a new trailer similar to this:

The guy in this video certainly agrees with you, he complained that Xenoblade 2's E3 trailer was too weak and it's why the game passed under the radar:

And the Gamescom footage didn't do wonders for it either. The guy playing had always the same camera angle for battles, which wasn't too great because it gave the impression that there was a mess going on. 

Super Mario Odyssey is getting spectacular coverage, so I don't really understand why Xenoblade 2 can't even get at least 10% of that if it's supossed to release this year too. 

Yeah Odyssey has been much better handled because both the January and E3 trailers were awesome; the former pushed the "look, an ambitious Mario for the first time since Galaxy and a 64-eque 3D Mario for the first time since 2002" angle while the latter did a great job of showcasing the Capture mechanic.

XB2 by contrast had two weak trailers that failed to capitalize on arguably the biggest draw of the series; mind-blowing worlds. 

I get that they want to focus more on story to show audiences that this won't be another XCX, but the problem is that what they've shown just isn't interesting and makes the game seem like just another generic, dime-a-dozen JRPG.