Although both the Wii and the Wii U had no die shrinks, isn't that so? I don't think Nintendo consoles ever did die shrinks, to be fair, except probably for the new SNES model. One would expect the New 3DS to be so as well, but it had a larger battery and a shorter life, so yeah, I don't think there was one here, even accounting for the extra juice of the new version.

Although both the Wii and the Wii U had no die shrinks, isn't that so? I don't think Nintendo consoles ever did die shrinks, to be fair, except probably for the new SNES model. One would expect the New 3DS to be so as well, but it had a larger battery and a shorter life, so yeah, I don't think there was one here, even accounting for the extra juice of the new version.

XBC2's main character's face looks like garbage to me.

Lets see how that plays into the story.

Hype level 8.
Shut up Nintendo, that game will not come out in 2017.

All the characters seemed to get hit by the generic fairy. Sad really.

Xenoblade WAS the thing that felt unique on the Nintendo console. It's more like you go to Mc Donald's because you love their burgers, but they also had the Mac Rib sandwich which comes out every now and again and is like the best thing on the planet. Then you go one time and they said they have a new take on the Mc Rib and it turns out it's just a hamburger with barbaque sauce on it. (Keep in mind, just an example. I hate Mc Donald's and the Mc Rib)

Your statement would also imply that Xenoblade and X were not interesting or unique and that they were boring. Well I'll just say that statement isn't true in the slightest. You should play them sometime.

I own them both and the are both anime. The character models in X speak for themselves.

It does let people cut corners through the need of fewer animations, less time designing, no texturing, because all that looks normal in that style. I mean look at some character pictures of Xenoblade X and look at Xenoblade 2. One took a lot less time to create, and time is money. But if you feel making a Cel shaded character is just as easy and costly as making a more realistic styled character that's fine. It's only my guess after all.

You're comparing XB2 to XB1 as an example of this, though. What about anything you saw in the trailer suggests that XC2 required fewer animations, less time designing, or less texturing than XC1. The original game wasn't this complex or detailed game. It that game was cel-shaded, it would look nearly identical. It's just the eyes.

It probably took less time because it's using the same engine. XCX had to build that engine from scratch. That has nothing to do with the art style, as thre only thing more "realistic" about XCX was that game's color pallet, and the Skells.