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Dulfite on 12 February 2022
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Mar1217 said:
curl-6 said:

Buying Monolith Soft has turned out to be one of the best moves Nintendo has made this century.

They've gained not only their own epic RPG series unlike anything EPD makes, but also support in so many of their other games from BOTW to Splatoon to Animal Crossing.

Xenoblade brings such an awesome dose of variety to their first party catalogue, as it's so different from the likes of Mario or Zelda.

The analogy is pretty strong, but you could say they technically got their own "Final Fantasy" at this point. And yes, having a big RPG that can showcase the best capabilities of your hardware is hella valuable.

I could really see Xenoblade rivaling FF into the future, especially with FF increasingly only on PlayStation with newer games for at least a year.

If FF stayed multiplatform on all devices then there wouldn't be a need for Xenoblade as much and it would stay niche, but Sony bribing Square Enix to stay timed exclusive to them in an effort to starve Xbox of the premier JRPG series is causing the indirect impact of a new premier JRPG series rising on Nintendo devices. At this rate, in 10-15 years people will be talking about Xenoblade as much as FF.

If Microsoft was smart they'd be making their own flagship JRPG to really stick it to SE for accepting Sony's timed exclusivity bribes.