Just want to say I wish Final Fantasy 7 Remake went this route.  Graphics on this Definitive Edition look great to me, and it actually get's extra content.  FF7 R went with cutting edge graphics, but they butcher the game so that it is about 15% of the story of the original game.  On the other hand Xenoblade is not cutting edge, but the graphics are still improved and there is extra content too.  This is the better route.  If only it happened to the game I really cared about....

Let's not go down that path guys. You can be both a huge Monolith fan and want more from the projects they release. I own all the Xenoblade titles and would never pass on a new release just because the visuals are a little underwhelming. The fact that someone bought the game shouldn't negate their right to point out flaws. Let's keep this positive and stay open to everyone's opinions.

Thanks for pointing this out. I appreciate the new work done on the remake, and think a higher resolution (when possible) makes it easier to appreciate the beautiful worlds that Monolith creates.

There are portions in Xenoblade 2's Torigoth and Tantal where the resolution drops to the infamous 300-something. If the whole game looked like that, then it'd be a true issue to me because the game in those instances looks horrifying. Fortunately, it runs fine most of the time in portable mode, looks fine on the Switch's screen.

So basically the res will drop for a couple seconds here and there. So if they didn't publish the number nobody would have noticed or cared. The game looks gorgeous.

Ultimately, the only thing that's going to really make a difference is people voting with their dollars.  People are free to point out flaws, but in this case, I don't see much room for conversation because it's not really something subjective.  It's not like a game design choice where we could really have a discussion about the approach. The resolution is what it is.  I just don't personally see what can be said beyond "I'm fine with this" or "I think the resolution should be higher" which is what pretty much all the responses are.  But, if other people think there's an actual conversation to be had, I'm not stopping them.

I mean, what you expected? 4K 60 fps? nah... 540/20+ is the new standard!

We have a word for that, it is called a demaster, Wonderfull 101 received a great one.

And I though that patches were a tool that only the incompetent devs of AAA games used on their unfinished and unpolished games.

The worst issue of low resolution, that bothers me a lot, is stairway aliasing effect.
A good aliasing solves most of low res issues for me.
From every footage Ive seen until now, no problems.

I remember the games of begining of gen 7, usually 1080p games
At the end of the gen, the games were at 640p, and looked far better.
I dint know if it is the case, but low res games can look better than high res. For now, is only a number.