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OMG My Faith in XENOSAGA still lives just look at this I am the most happy person in the whole wide world now because Monolith and Nintendo are making A XENOSAGA IV or a new XENO series just look at this l http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/01/29/xenoblade_official_site/ Dont those LOOK LIKE E.S'S? OMG!!!!!!!! Also this http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/index.html

MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE UYS AND GALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg!!!!!!!!!!

BTW Nintendo and Monolith are teaming up just like I predicted :ryan:
 
ADRI I EFFING LOVE YOU

Please make this be true. I loved the series to death. Even if it is a new series, it would still rock. This is great news. x3 x3

It has Xeno, so it must be a variant of the game in some way :awesome:
 
ACKK!!! I've waited sooo long for this! I'm beyond happy! I don't even care if it's a new series! I just want to get up and start dancing!!!x3
 
for the wii, huh? unfortunate, as i don't plan on owning a wii anytime soon. the giants look like they're made from stone.

i hope this is a new series, 'cause xenosaga ended on a fairly definitive note as far as its characters are concerned.
 
Hahahhaahah thats exactly how I feel xD this new means Xeno is alive finally xD. What a great day this turned into because of this! Apparently its codename is Monado. The music on the official site sounds like Yasunori Matsuda but I though he left monolith :hmmm: The music is epic on the official site just listen to it!
 
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (hyperventilates, then pulls up the song "Kokoro" on IPOD for epic nostalgia)

Thanks so much for posting this--I might not have ever heard about it otherwise, having given up all hope of this happening and not really being in the loop as far as game news goes. Out of all the games I've played Xenosaga was the only series to topple FF out of my "favorite" position, and that's saying something, especially since I only discovered it about a year ago. But it's so amazing, omg. And I know my favorite characters/subplot (see my avatar) have only a slim chance of being in it, but as long as it takes place in the same universe, that's fine with me. :inlove:

Any word on what part of "Spring 2010"? 'Cuz it's already spring...:hmm:
 
I hope theres freakin 2 players this time,its always the best rpgs that have no 2 players or multiplayer.I wouldnt mind if its a new series with new characters,just hope theres multiplayer.
 
Eh, Im not too excited for 2 reasons

One - Since Nintendo bought Monolith Soft, we will never get an RPG in the Xeno series that tackles mature themes and makes you think.

Secondly, it's on the Wii.
 

Monado: Beginning of the World was just a temporary title for Monolith Soft’s Wii RPG. It’s real name is Xenoblade.

“We decided to call it Xenoblade to honor Mr. Tetsuya Takahashi who poured his soul into making this and who has been working on the Xeno series,” Satoru Iwata said at an investor’s briefing.

That little bit of information also confirms Takahashi, the creator of Xenogears and Xenosaga, is working on Xenoblade. Takahashi’s last game was Soma Bringer, which Soraya Saga wrote the script for. Other Monolith Soft titles include Disaster: Day of Crisis and Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Exceed.

Nintendo says Xenoblade is a full scale RPG and will be ready for Japan this spring. It is currently has a flexible 2010 window for North America where it’s still being called Monado: Beginning of the World.

Source: Siliconera
 
2010 looks like it's shaping up to be a good year in which to be a Wii owner :) With games like this, Epic Mickey, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 I'll be a happy gamer, that's for sure.
 
it would've been really amazing and one of the biggest news ever if it was actually xenosaga 4 on the ps3 but its not. its basically just a new game from the creator of xenosaga, sure it has the xeno part in it but i think its gonna be a whole different game which i will never play unless it get release on the ps3
 
I have a Wii, but I'm just so set with the idea of RPGs being about pushing buttons than motion sensors that I'm not going to look at this right away. I'm interested, of course, but realistically, I doubt I'd be able to play it. I have a Wii - or rather, I bought a Wii for my mom, which is in our living room and there's virtually no way for me to play it 'cause either someone's watching the t.v. or people are sleeping when I'd want to play >_<
 
Fusionist said:
I have a Wii, but I'm just so set with the idea of RPGs being about pushing buttons than motion sensors that I'm not going to look at this right away. I'm interested, of course, but realistically, I doubt I'd be able to play it. I have a Wii - or rather, I bought a Wii for my mom, which is in our living room and there's virtually no way for me to play it 'cause either someone's watching the t.v. or people are sleeping when I'd want to play >_<
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl is developed and released by Nintendo, is one of the best selling games for the Wii, and plays without the use of the motion sensing, so I don't think it's a given that Xenoblade/Monado will be utilizing it.
 
It could be likely that its a new series,if its xenosaga 4,how can we predict what happens after the 3rd one if all the bad guys die? maybe its a new series of xenosaga.now the wii is getting good rpg games now.
 
This and Mistwalker's Last Story, the Wii is certainly starting to get a lot of RPG love. Here are some screenshots, fabulous people! :awesome:

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Source: rpg land
 
Oh Olivia thanks so much xD your such a lovely news reporter xD. Thanks for this and would it be ok for you to update this thread with info too? The wii is getting some really nice stuff hehe. Also by the look of those screenshots Im sure its a new series but cameos from xenosaga should appear. Olivia <3
 
those environments are beautiful. i hope this game pushes the wii to its edges graphics-wise.
 
Missed something.

All it took was a "Xeno" to get gamers everywhere talking about Monolith's new Wii RPG. Previously announced at E3 2009 as Monado: Beginning of the World, Nintendo, the title's publisher, gave the game the new name of "Xenoblade" a couple of weeks back and had people wondering if this might be a new entry in the Xenosaga series.

It's not a new entry in that fabled PlayStation series, though. Xenoblade director Tetsuya Takahashi made this clear in an interview in this week's Famitsu.

"The world setting, story and other elements have no relation," explained Takahashi on connections to past Xeno games. "It's a completely new title."

Design philosophy also appears to be different here. Past titles from Monolith have focused on events and scenario, Takahashi admitted. However, he feels that this type of development has reached a "dead end." The Xenoblade project started off by looking at the origins of the RPG genre. Takahashi wanted to make a game where it was simply enjoyable to adventure.

He suggested that players consider the "Xeno" part of the title to be just a symbol. "I wanted to to have some sort of common point with the games I've made."

Takahashi was a little shy in fully explaining the Xenoblade name to the magazine. "Xeno" has the meaning of "different nature" or "uniqueness," he explained. As for the "Blade" part, Takahashi asked that we refer to the game's ending to find out.

Possible ties with Xenosaga out of the way, Takahashi shared details on Xenoblade's unique story and world setting, and even gave some preliminary gameplay details.

Xenoblade's background story starts thousands or maybe tens of thousands of years in the past as two great gods waged a great battle. In the end, all that was left of the two gods were two giant corpses. Xenoblade is set on top of those two corpses.

Takahashi came up with the idea for this unique world setting after a meeting about Soma Bringer, a past Monolith project. "It seemed like it would be enjoyable to adventure on top of the body of a giant god," he told the magazine. He immediately returned to the office, wrote up a design document, and showed it to a number of other people, getting a positive reaction in the process.

In order to better get the point across about his plan, he had one of the Monolith staffers create a model of the two gods in their final resting position. The Famitsu article has an image of this model. The two gods, one winged, are facing each other, with their swords clashing like they're engaged in battle. One is kneeling while the other looks like he's about to fall to one knee.

This model, the magazine notes, was created far before actual production began on Xenoblade. "It was of great help when explaining the project to Nintendo," said Takahashi.

The entire game world is set on the top of the corpses of these two gods. The rest of the world is nothing but ocean. It's an entirely enclosed space. You won't find outer space if you look up. And it does not seem to be the case that the two gods are resting on a planet.

Takahashi actually gave a pretty specific size to the world. From one end of the corpse to the other (I'm not sure if he's referring to just one corpse or both combined), the world is about the size of Japan.

But it may be larger than it looks. Areas of the world will open up as you progress through the story, and you'll eventually enter the body of one of the gods.

Outside of the sheer uniqueness of a setting on top of two gods, Takahashi pointed out something else of note about the Xenoblade world. Because it's set on these human-like god figures, Xenoblade's world has a lot of height. "From the start of the project," said Takahashi, "we thought it would be interesting if we could make use of a vertical construction."

Areas of the world correspond to parts of the gods' bodies (no jokes now!). You'll find a wide variety to the world, from different weather to varied monster ecology. As an example of some of the regional features, Takahashi said that you can head to the top of one of the gods to see an aurora.

Not surprisingly, your quest is tied in closely with the unique setting. Residents of the two corpses are enemies. The player is on one god, which is home to a population of organic life. The other side of the world has mechanical life. Explaining how the story starts, Takahashi said, "It's simple -- the fight against mechanical life that threatens the peace of mankind."

The adventure starts on the right foot of the player's god, in an empty cave. This was actually something that was decided upon when the god model was first made. You'll initially make your way to the head area of your god.

Navigating what appears to be a large world will be simplified thanks to some of the steps Monolith is taking. The game will keep track of where you should be going, both for the main story and for sub quests that are unrelated to the story. You'll also be able to make use of warps to transport to areas that you've previously visited. Monolith even has some systems in place to keep you from losing your way when you're physically moving about the areas.

Your movement through the world will be seamless. "We've put effort into this," said Takahashi, "because we felt that in order to show a living world, we needed an overwhelming sense of scale, like that of an MMORPG."

Exploration of the world looks like it could be one of the game's charms. Takahashi said that he hopes players will simply walk around in search of special unexplored areas which have beautiful settings. You'll get experience for just finding these. Some areas include monsters that can't be defeated at first. Once you've powered your character up, you'll want to return to take on those beasts.

While most of this first interview was about Xenoblade's world setting, Takahashi also shared a few details on the Xenoblade battle system. Enemies in Xenoblade roam the fields alongside you. Encounter an enemy, and the game will transition seamlessly into battle. Takahashi explained that he didn't want make the game transition from field to battle in typical RPG style.

Since battles take place on the same fields across which you and the enemies roam, you'll find that nearby enemies will join in on the battle. As a strategy, you'll want to engage in battle in areas where there aren't any other enemies.

Your main character will adventure alongside two AI-controlled party members. Your character performs his attacks automatically while you watch the action and select special skills, known as "arts." Arts include attack skills, recovery skills and so forth, and are learned as you progress through the game.

The game will offer an adventure of around 50 to 60 hours, said Takahashi. This time will not consist of endless leveling up. It also, he made sure to note, won't consist of endless event scenes.

This first major feature on Xenoblade consisted almost entirely of the interview with Takahashi, with Famitsu getting its hands on just a few pieces of artwork and screens from the game. Xenoblade is set for a Spring release, so the wait for a more solid look shouldn't be too long.

Andriasang
 
Xenoblade isn't technically a Xenosaga IV - this is something that I'm really not surprised about. Based on the screenshots I posted earlier, this game looks hardly anything like the Xenosaga games with a lack of sci-fi.

The setting are two giant God corpse continents? I don't know - it's certainly an interesting change to conventional JRPG settings, but I can't help but feel that it sounds rather ridiculous. But then again, this is what I play JRPGs for! :wacky:

Thank you for updating it, Ari! (It saved me having to do it! :8F:) However I do hope Europe gets this. If not, I'll start a riot. There will be blood. :ryan:
 
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