New Xenoblade 2 gameplay

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Nuvendil said:

curl-6 said:

I'm including anime and cel shading under the cartoon banner, so that includes both XB2, Botw, and Fire Emblem.

So long as Prime 4 doesn't follow the trend and features more gritty/"realistic" graphics, then I'll be satisfied. It's like pizza; I love pizza but sometimes I feel like eating a nice curry instead.

I think expanding the definition that far renders it so vague it's basically meaningless.  None of those games look much alike for one.  And XC2 is not cel shaded in any sense of the word.  None of those games look like Mario Kart 8, Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids, Donkey Kong, etc.  And implying they do in even a remote sense by throwing them under the same category is, in my opinion, silly.  Shoot I would argue Arms doesn't even belong in the same categorization.

But including XC2 is the most egregious.  How is it any more cartoony than XC1 or XCX?  Because they altered how they textured character models a bit?  Cause aside from that, it is in no way whatsoever more cartoony than the its predecessors, employing realistic/detailed textures, landscapes, lighting, weather, etc etc etc.  So it most definitely belongs nowhere near that categorization.

Because the characters are anime and anime = cartoon. 

Sure, not every cartoon looks identical, but come on, sometimes I just want to play something that looks gritty/realistic and I don't think that's too much to ask. No system should be completely lacking games in such an important style.