Wow such a passive-aggressive response just for a joke post...I guess you thought I was bashing the game's faces and that made you go defensive.

xD That gif made me laugh so hard (and here Elma actually looks sexy imo)!

XCX is shaping up to be a great game. Probably won't use these costumes but i don't see the problem when it's possible to completely design your chracters (we'll probably see a lot of sharing of great designs like in Mass Effect).

Wii U(2012) 8th gen is far superior to the PS3/360 (2006) 7th gen. The Ps3 and 360 struggled alone at 720p and bad frame rates, the wii is pumping out 1080p at 60fps, the gpu is far superior.

While the Espresso CPU has a mix of strengths and weaknesses, the Latte graphics chip in the Wii U tends to outclass both the GPU's featured in the 360 and PS3.  The advantages can be listed off as follows:

1. Latte runs at 550MHz, vs. 500MHz in the 360 and PS3 GPUs.
2. Latte features 32MB of embedded memory on-chip, vs. 10MB on the 360 GPU and no memory at all on the PS3 GPU.
3. Like the 360, Wii U utilizes a unified shader architecture (more flexible than the static design found in the PS3), and even has more shader variants than the 360 (geometry, pixel, and vertex shader pipelines supported).
4. Latte functions as a GPGPU, meaning it can assist the CPU in general processing.
5. Latte reportedly supports the directX 10.1 API, while the 360 and PS3 do not support above directX 9.

Ultimately, it's hard to argue that the Latte is in any way inferior to the competition's graphics chips, and it should be noted that it's based are 2-3 generations ahead of the chips used for the 360 and PS3.

Besides being hilrious, this is also a nice example that the faces are not as stiff as many feared and can in fact emote.

I understand that is an emulator shot, and I know those pictures are in lousy quality. I can judge beyond that just fine. XCX has a very unique look, and maybe it'll work maybe it won't. I think they maybe went too far with a few things and neglected some important aspects of the design this time around.

Xenoblade Chronicles was one of the best looking games of the last generation, and I wish the design of the sequel built on that instead of going with this weird new art direction. I expected better considering this is a WiiU title and what Nintendo and Platinum and a few others have already achieved. I still pray it'll work out.

Let's not get carried away. Wii U does have a superior GPU to PS3/360, but there aren't many 1080p/60fps games on it. (Though to be fair, there aren't all that many even on PS4/Xbone)

Wii U represents roughly a PS2-to-Wii improvement over PS3/360.

Even in Xenoblade on Wii, character detail was sacrificed in order to render large and detailed worlds; it seems they went with the same approach this time, but for whatever reason switched to a more anime-inspired character style.

It should also be noted that this is their first game using HD-level graphics and programmable pixel shaders, so it's possible they are encountering some of the same stumbling blocks that PS3/360 devs did back in 2005-2007.

Those complaining about the graphics are just bitter that they can't play it when it's released.

you do know that every games doesnt have to have ultra ultra realistic graphics to be good...

Xenoblade characters wasn't made to be ultra realistic.

If you don't like don't F-ing play it... go back and play your 5-10 hour game with maybe 4 hours of gameplay while "we" who doesnt need super high end f-ing graphics to distract us to enjoy a game, let us play a game that takes 50+ hours to complete not ccounting the 150+ hours of "sidequest"

Uhmm... sorry, but I don't understand.

Well I am getting it. People have been bitching are graphics on consoles for years nothing changes. It looks pretty good to me. People sometimes want as you say ultra realistic when it doesn't have to be like that just look and have good game play. The public will decide that with sale  of game.

People bitching about ps3 and ps2 and  any other consoles are just jealous it is a Wii U exclusive, just like Bayonetta 2 was bitched about by other console owners.