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Quick 15: Xenoblade Chronicles

We only discovered earlier today that Xenoblade Chronicles, the long-awaited Wii RPG from Monolith Soft, is finally being brought over to North America early next year. However, by the time that news hit, I had already done horrible, unspeakable things to my Wii in order to make a European copy of the game work on it. My pain is your gain!

With a full European retail version of Xenoblade Chronicles up and running, video producer Jason Oestreicher invited me to introduce him to the first 15 minutes of the game. Settle in for an epic beginning that should leave you quite pleased at Nintendo's decision to finally carry this one across the ocean.

Comments
  • Hmmm... looks cool. 2 bad I don't live in Europe... nvm, Europe isn't doing that great right now.
  • dont worry phil your wii s not the only 1
  • I can't see why this didn't have a NA release in the first place. I mean, it's in freaking English. Which reminds me, isn't The Last Story translated as well? I was really hoping to get my hands on The Last Story as well. Sick of Nintendo's Wii having good titles that are not available in NA (Fatal Frame 4 anyone?)
  • I think this game looks good. I went on there site earlier today and got lost there in the content for about an hour. lol Needless to say I will probably be buying this when it gets here!

  • Wait...I may just get a Wii now
  • Humm game seems like it might be promising, I'll probably pick it up when it releasesin April.

  • I got an imported copy and played the game a few months back. Overall it's a great game, and loaded with a staggering amount of side content. The characters are good, the settings are gorgeous, the combat is fast-paced and entertaining. A definite recommendation for any JRPG fan. My only gripe was that the story went a little off the deep end towards the end, but it was still satisfying and provided a good resolution.
  • Good stuff, skyward sword and this might finally justify my Wii.

  • I definitely will pick this up when it comes out it looks really good.

  • I modded my wii to get my hands on this. (Also because I wanted to turn my Wii into a nes/snes/gensis super player. I made a digital collection of my physical collections.) Let me just say the OST of the game is fantastic. Although I'm going to hold off now until we get a disc out here NA side.

  • I didn't watch the video.  I don't want a single moment spoiled for me.  I just want to say how excited I am to get the chance to finally play this game in April!  Can't wait!

  • Can't wait to get this game.

  • if they actually bring this over it just might make me get a wii to play on. the first game to intrest me
  • Still waiting on The Last Story.

  • Yeah, I am really disenchanted with JRPGs right now.
  • 2 Things.

    1. I am excited this is coming to NA. I hope it does well so Last Story will follow.

    2. Why does it take so long for you videos to buffer? I have to pause it and come back to it.

  • I've been excited about this game coming to the U.S. for quite some time and when I saw the news feeds this morning stating it was finally coming to North America, I shared the news with all my gaming friends. I hope they bring us the special edition bundle that Europe saw.

  • I can't believe both this and Final Fantasy Type-0 were confirmed to be coming out this week. So awesome.

    Loved the video, I hope you show more of it in the future. Now if we can just get The Last Story, Valkryia Chronicles III, and Pandora's Tower to come out that would be fantastic.

  • This is a game that i have been wanting to play for a long time. Glad its coming state side. My mouth dropped when it showed that the game world are those two giants, very cool. Can't wait to see more info on this.

  • This is a game that i have been wanting to play for a long time. Glad its coming state side. My mouth dropped when it showed that the game world are those two giants, very cool. Can't wait to see more info on this.

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