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I dont have a Wii, and i dont think i'll get one for 2 games.  but we still dont know if Xenoblade will be localised. i'm sure The Last Story will see a worldwide release. i know this is mainly about console RPGs, but i'm most looking foward to Tactics Ogre.



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The "revival"?

*Sighs and leaves thread*



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Xenoblade and (seemingly) The Last Story are designed to go some way to alleviating the usual design problems and cliches most associate with JRPGs.  Nintendo's actually being pretty bullish on this, and if they both come west in 2011 it may be just the kick in the ass the genre needs to start moving again.

Sadly, there's not really anything comparable on PS3 or 360 that looks like it might make 2011 in the west imo.  FFXIV is already a failure, and about everything else we know about (Disgaea 4, Ar Tonelico 3, Neptunia, RF Oceans, Agarest War Zero, Trinity, WKC2, etc) is super niche, super traditional and/or super samey.  The only HD bright spot imo is Versus, but it making 2011 is still very much in question and if it ends up just being Kingdom Hearts in Fabula Novalis clothing, it'll please the choir, but do little to do more than that. 



what no agito?



jarrod said:

Xenoblade and (seemingly) The Last Story are designed to go some way to alleviating the usual design problems and cliches most associate with JRPGs.  Nintendo's actually being pretty bullish on this, and if they both come west in 2011 it may be just the kick in the ass the genre needs to start moving again.

Sadly, there's not really anything comparable on PS3 or 360 that looks like it might make 2011 in the west imo.  FFXIV is already a failure, and about everything else we know about (Disgaea 4, Ar Tonelico 3, Neptunia, RF Oceans, Agarest War Zero, Trinity, WKC2, etc) is super niche, super traditional and/or super samey.  The only HD bright spot imo is Versus, but it making 2011 is still very much in question and if it ends up just being Kingdom Hearts in Fabula Novalis clothing, it'll please the choir, but do little to do more than that. 

I have faith that Tales of Xillia and Ni No Kuni will come to the West.

Edit: And Agito.



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huaxiong90 said:
jarrod said:

Xenoblade and (seemingly) The Last Story are designed to go some way to alleviating the usual design problems and cliches most associate with JRPGs.  Nintendo's actually being pretty bullish on this, and if they both come west in 2011 it may be just the kick in the ass the genre needs to start moving again.

Sadly, there's not really anything comparable on PS3 or 360 that looks like it might make 2011 in the west imo.  FFXIV is already a failure, and about everything else we know about (Disgaea 4, Ar Tonelico 3, Neptunia, RF Oceans, Agarest War Zero, Trinity, WKC2, etc) is super niche, super traditional and/or super samey.  The only HD bright spot imo is Versus, but it making 2011 is still very much in question and if it ends up just being Kingdom Hearts in Fabula Novalis clothing, it'll please the choir, but do little to do more than that. 

I have faith that Tales of Xillia and Ni No Kuni will come to the West.

I have faith neither will in 2011.  And honestly, both are looking to be pretty "by the book" JRPGs (pun intended!), they're not really pushing any new ground besides Ninokuni's Magic Master gimmick.  I think that's what sets Xenoblade and The Last Story apart, they're actually not like any JRPGs we've had before.



jarrod said:
huaxiong90 said:
jarrod said:

Xenoblade and (seemingly) The Last Story are designed to go some way to alleviating the usual design problems and cliches most associate with JRPGs.  Nintendo's actually being pretty bullish on this, and if they both come west in 2011 it may be just the kick in the ass the genre needs to start moving again.

Sadly, there's not really anything comparable on PS3 or 360 that looks like it might make 2011 in the west imo.  FFXIV is already a failure, and about everything else we know about (Disgaea 4, Ar Tonelico 3, Neptunia, RF Oceans, Agarest War Zero, Trinity, WKC2, etc) is super niche, super traditional and/or super samey.  The only HD bright spot imo is Versus, but it making 2011 is still very much in question and if it ends up just being Kingdom Hearts in Fabula Novalis clothing, it'll please the choir, but do little to do more than that. 

I have faith that Tales of Xillia and Ni No Kuni will come to the West.

I have faith neither will in 2011.  And honestly, both are looking to be pretty "by the book" JRPGs (pun intended!), they're not really pushing any new ground besides Ninokuni's Magic Master gimmick.  I think that's what sets Xenoblade and The Last Story apart, they're actually not like any JRPGs we've had before.

2011 is not very likely...but who knows how good they'll end up. We don't know much about either game at all (PS3 version of Ni No Kuni, from what I know, is different).



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jarrod said:
huaxiong90 said:
jarrod said:

Xenoblade and (seemingly) The Last Story are designed to go some way to alleviating the usual design problems and cliches most associate with JRPGs.  Nintendo's actually being pretty bullish on this, and if they both come west in 2011 it may be just the kick in the ass the genre needs to start moving again.

Sadly, there's not really anything comparable on PS3 or 360 that looks like it might make 2011 in the west imo.  FFXIV is already a failure, and about everything else we know about (Disgaea 4, Ar Tonelico 3, Neptunia, RF Oceans, Agarest War Zero, Trinity, WKC2, etc) is super niche, super traditional and/or super samey.  The only HD bright spot imo is Versus, but it making 2011 is still very much in question and if it ends up just being Kingdom Hearts in Fabula Novalis clothing, it'll please the choir, but do little to do more than that. 

I have faith that Tales of Xillia and Ni No Kuni will come to the West.

I have faith neither will in 2011.  And honestly, both are looking to be pretty "by the book" JRPGs (pun intended!), they're not really pushing any new ground besides Ninokuni's Magic Master gimmick.  I think that's what sets Xenoblade and The Last Story apart, they're actually not like any JRPGs we've had before.


The developers of Tales of Xillia said that they will be breaking new ground with this game. Whatever it's true or not is yet to be known. Plus, I'm not too confident about Tales of Xillia coming over to the west, so............



Funny no mention of Final Fantasy Agito XIII, it will probably be better than all the games in the opening post (except The Last Story) as Square-Enix has the best track record on the portable side.

Its a shame Xenoblade isn't being localized, Takahashi is a master, I wish Xenoblade gets localized.



huaxiong90 said:

2011 is not very likely...but who knows how good they'll end up. We don't know much about either game at all (PS3 version of Ni No Kuni, from what I know, is different).

The PS3 version of Ninokuni is somewhat different, but it still uses a traditional turn based battle system emphasizing use of Imagines (aka: Pokemon) and the Magic Master is used too (for spells/puzzles).  Mechanically I doubt it'll be much different from the DS version, the big changes will be aesthetic (massively improved visuals, realtime cutscenes) and narrative (same "Story Axle" only).  If they're smart, they'll add Move support for spellcasting too.

And Tales of Xillia looks like another great Team Symphonia effort (just like Symphonia/Abyss/Vesperia), but at the end of the day it's still just another Tales game.  Awesome, but it's not going to change anything.