New Xenoblade 2 gameplay

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Nuvendil said:

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None of those games are full-on anime/toon though. They may have some character proportions reminiscent of the style but they have their own separate identity.

Nintendo doesn't need to go as far as Battlefield, but something in the realm of a Metroid Prime or an XCX would be a godsend. Again, it is not a lot to ask for, for a major platform holder to have at least one first party title that at least semi-realistic in style. Nintendo themselves in past generations have always had at least something to fill this niche.

I beg to differ, the characters in XC1 and XCX are absolutely anime, even employing numerous anime animation tropes and habbits in their presentation.  It's not even up for debate.  And now you've stepped back to semi-realistic and I reiterate that XC2 thus far firmly sits in that area of the spectrum.  Just because the characters are anime inspired doesn't negate that the game is otherwise comprised entirely of "realistic" textures, folilage, meshes, etc etc etc.  Just like with XCX's first trailer, if the faces were hidden from camera the whole "cartoony" debate wouldn't even arise in any capacity.  

The characters in XB2 are 100% anime and that entirely negates any claim the game can have to being non-cartoon.