Yes but at the same time, releasing this information 2 weeks before launch barely helps anyone either.

ok now i am excited for xenoblade, i love my RPG's to have loads of side quests.

sounds like White Knight Chronicles which is a good thing! , i never imagined an Xeno game would be open like this.

Oh man, this could edge out Metroid Trilogy as the most played game on my Wii.

noo don;t curse it lol!

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The character bonding thing is VERY VERY COMPELLING

especially cus it can give you more insights into the world after doing side quests for them & watching cut scenes! Its a bit like a system in dragon age origins where you try to please party members, but this is on a  bigger scaler

I can see myself spending HOURS in this game.

The Last Story will have to pull of something big to match this game, since we know as its a xeno game the story will excellent.

XenoBlade is going to steal my life! I hope these were the last features 'cause I don't think I can take much more...

Get Mh3... it will quickly surpass Metroid Trilogy... Or at least that is what happened to me... And look at my sig and Profile pic.

I still don't know what to think, the game looks good, but the automatic fight system makes me remenber Final Fantasy XII,

i didn't like everything to be automatic and i know i could "turn it off" but it had so many menus that the time of battle felt broken.

That was my same initial feeling, however there seems to be added depth compared to FFXII, plus the seamless nature is also new.

The style, locales & the battle system itself doesn't seem much like FFXII. Does xenoblade have gambits?

FFXII seemed different to this, xenoblade looks to be better than it.