I did some research this is from IGN.

Combat in Xenoblade seems to have a Final Fantasy XII feel to it. As you run about the game's massive fields, you switch immediately into battle mode when encountering an enemy. There's no transition to a special battle screen. 

Also like FFXII, a good amount of the experience seems to be automated. Your party members are all controlled by AI. Your player character automatically attacks as you freely run about the battlefield. 

Your primary job appears to be in making use of "arts," which is the game's fancy name for skills -- things like special attacks, healing and so-forth. You can freely set each character with arts. Your allies will execute these arts on their own, and it's up to you to combine your player character's arts with those of your allies. 

In the upper left of the battle screen, you'll see a blue gauge. This is your "Party Gauge." Build this up as you fight, and you'll gain access to team "Chain Attacks." During these special attacks, you freely select arts for all your party members.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/109/1091009p1.html

Just posting to keep on track with this thread and yeah still waiting for certain games to chart.

I'm expecting BAD things for Xenoblade

And FFXII WAS MMO like

5/20

1. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd - 458pt (+6)
2. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 182pt (+10)
3. [PSP] Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-2nd - 129pt (+17)
4. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 - 97pt
5. [NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga - 88pt
6. [PSP] Fate/Extra (Limited Edition) - 82pt
7. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages - 78pt
8. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online - 75pt
9. [PS3] Final Fantasy Versus XIII - 73pt
10. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3 World Challenge! Bomber - 48pt
11. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3 World Challenge! Spark - 48pt
12. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 - 46pt
13. [NDS] Love Plus + - 32pt
14. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City - 29pt
15. [PS3] BlazBlue Continuum Shift (Limited Edition) - 29pt
16. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village - 27pt
17. [NDS] Medabots DS: Kabuto Version - 26Pt
18. [PS3] Another Century: Episode R - 25pt
19. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side Story 3rd - 24pt
20. [Wii] Sengoku Basara 3 - 21Pt



NDS - 7
PS3 - 6
PSP - 4
Wii - 2
360 - 1
PS2 - 0

It's clearly insprired by FFXII though, which isn't a bad thing , because it's the best RPG since FFIX and nothing in the genre has come close to it ever since.

It's puts FFXIII to shame.

FFXII doesn't hold a candle to FF13 or any other FF....or the far better Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion released in its own year, besides you made thread saying you wouldn't buy FF13 because of the Leona Lewis song...so yeah we can see where your priorities lie ROFL.

Great, the FFXIII defense force...

ps: I brought the limited edition, the collector's guide, did platinum it, and I have already pre-ordered the Chinese edition.

Yes and you still made that thread saying you wouldn't get it because of the Leona Lewis song, that isn't changing.

And why would you get two versions of it, no game deserves two versions of it to be brought, not even MGS4!

so wht is this showing us, i read OP bt if we dnt knw what points = sales wht is the point of this?

@Hero_time

come on dude, FF12 was a POS, boring game, defnetly th worst game the vagrant story team hs made. Bt tht dusn't mean xenoblade will be bad

@darthdevdem01

Bt leona lewis ws the only bad thing about ff13, she ruined the ending in wht cud hve been a perfct game. Her sond sounded stupid.