The overall art design looks a bit like Final Fantasy XIII, with less bright colors. I would like to see the saturation turned up a bit so it looks a bit more colorful, like JRPG's should be (And like Xeno did).

It's graphics are comparable to Final Fantasy 13, the major difference being that the fingers dont look blocky. The foliage leaves something to be desired, much like FFXIII.

It doesnt hold a candle to games like Uncharted, but for an RPG with what looks like a World Map, its impressive!

We will have to see Final Fantasy Versus 13 in some extended action to have a real comparison of HD Open World Map RPG's.

I'm expecting 3-4 times more powerful myself but even then it's still in the same ballpark in the grand scheme of things. There are going to be plenty of Sony and Microsoft fanboys disappointed this gen, a great deal of them are expecting the difference between the Wii U, PS4 and 720 to be the same gulf between the Wii and the HD twins. The most important thing about the Wii U is the GPU and the architecture they've chosen, it's going to be easier to port between all 3 consoles this gen than it currently is to port between the Wii U, PS3 and 360. Sorry, I digressed a little there, on topic: This game is looking fantastic already, although they've probably been working on it for a while considering that they finished Xenoblade Chronicles in 2010 with split teams working on the European and US versions. They would have been one of the first developers to receive devkits so I'd say it's been in development for anywhere between a year and 18 months already so we could be looking at a release date of late 2013 or early 2014. What they managed on the Wii hardware was technically very impressive, can't wait to see how this turns out!

Considering it's an open-world jrpg, I don't expect 60fps, Xenoblade ran at 30 (25 in PAL regions)

1080p seems very possible though.

About 3. I don't actually want that. The characters aren't THAT memorable. I want something to make this a splash, an entirely new story and world, with better characters. The only one I really liked was Dunban.

I agree.  Dunban was the only one I thought was memerable or cool. XD

Edit:  I'm hoping for it.  I think the resolutioin is WAY more important than detail, shaders, ect.

I was wondering why this imaged standed out the most out of the art book for me.  XD

It looks to me as if the character in the trailer is Shulk with a different eye color.
Meaning that he's probably Shulk in the process of having a vision.

If this game's plot is going to be connected to Xenoblade, Shulk is the most logical point of connection. I shall tiptoe around spoilers here. It's entirely possible to have a new cast of characters in a new world while still taking place in the same universe as Xenoblade, thanks to the Monado, the Sword of Plot Devices, and the events of Xenoblade's ending.

I'll take shaders over the differnce between 720p and 1080p any day.

I have a very large TV, with a very good display, and I can noticable tell the diference.  Though I do think that shaders are the most important part of morden graphics. 

The texture work for a game this size is incredible. Imo it really is what the next gen should be about. Huge open worlds with detail like this and near limitless expanses of land to explore. Im glad nintendo grabbed up Monolith

Same here. For a game like this I'll also take 30fps with more detail over 60fps with less.