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[Dr. Wilkinson]

Holy shit! Day fucking one for the soundtrack alone.

Fav Xeno by a country mile

Where the fuck is @Danjin44

Will they tweak it to allow us to turn off the Skell flying music?? That’s literally all I need it to do.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Ok so now it really is just Yoshis Woolly World that needs to be brought over.

And Twilight Princess HD

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Alright folks. Let’s bring the XCX people in here and hash things out, what do we want to see tweaked/ updated?

Off the top of my head:

-Toggle off Skell flying music
-Pop-in
-Adding collision for NPCs and vehicles instead of being able to run through them like they’re not there

 

[Ulysses 31]

And Twilight Princess HD

But no Wind Waker HD?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

But no Wind Waker HD?

Those… I dunno. It’s been three console generations. They’re not gonna port everything every time.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Alright folks. Let’s bring the XCX people in here and hash things out, what do we want to see tweaked/ updated?

Off the top of my head:

Toggle off Skell flying music
Pop-in
Adding collision for NPCs and vehicles instead of being able to run through them like they’re not there

Enemy aggro range. Especially on Elite Monsters. Oh my god.

 

[Chuck Berry]

But no Wind Waker HD?

Shit for some reason I thought it was on the Switch already

Yeah that too please

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Enemy aggro range. Especially on Elite Monsters. Oh my god.

Oh, and upgrade res to 1080p docked, of course. 720p looked fine on Wii U in 2015, but it’s been awhile. If the Switch can do it, any way.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Is there any reason to own a Wii U anymore? Pretty sure this is one of the last major games to get ported.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Is there any reason to own a Wii U anymore? Pretty sure this is one of the last major games to get port—

Let me stop you…

Yoshi’s Woolly World.

 

[Dorfdad]

What a bunch of jokers!

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Definitive Edition, ey? Is the boob slider in or once again scrubbed from the western release?

Definitive Edition

 

[Doom85]

Finally I can play this game. Had a Wii U but missed out on this one.

 

[UltimaKilo]

A great release, but they should have made it a launch title on the next console.

 

[Fabieter]

Release day of switch 2?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Finally I can play this game. Had a Wii U but missed out on this one.

Amazing game, but certainly not without it’s issues. Wii U could barely run it, so Nintendo put out download packs so that it didn’t need to read as much data from the disc, if you bought it physical.

 

[tkscz]

Would've rather seen them wait to release this on Switch 2 but I'll take it. Put 200 hours into the Wii U version.

 

[Ulysses 31]

They changed the final scene of the OG game! Maybe we'll get a "future connected" addition for XCX too!

 

[Krathoon]

I still have my WiiU hooked up. I will have to fire it up and see if it works. I did mod it.

The WiiU does have a clock battery and will have trouble booting if you don't replace it.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Release day of switch 2?

Haha. Not likely. This is their big “end of fiscal year” game to anchor March and finish out the year.

I would actually say this strategy makes Switch 2 before April 2025 highly unlikely.

 

[Gambit2483]

Alright folks. Let’s bring the XCX people in here and hash things out, what do we want to see tweaked/ updated?

Off the top of my head:

-Toggle off Skell flying music
-Pop-in
-Adding collision for NPCs and vehicles instead of being able to run through them like they’re not there

The only thing that absolutely bothered me was a lack of collision detection when in NLA. It was rather immersion breaking.

 

[dragonyeuw]

Glad I sold my Wii U copy this summer, I had a feeling Nintendo was gonna release this from the vault eventually.

 

[Doom85]

Amazing game, but certainly not without it’s issues. Wii U could barely run it, so Nintendo put out download packs so that it didn’t need to read as much data from the disc, if you bought it physical.

I’m looking forward to finally enjoying the OST by the legendary Sawano while playing the game proper. Yes, these lyrics sound ridiculous, but damn, does the beat go hard!

 

[MagiusNecros]

Oh, and upgrade res to 1080p docked, of course. 720p looked fine on Wii U in 2015, but it’s been awhile. If the Switch can do it, any way.

I hope they expand on Squad Missions with more Nemesis boss fights. And I hope they do so in a way that it can be solo or multiplayer.

If the multiplayer is refined and good I might have to finally cave on Nintendo Switch Online.

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

SWITCH 2 REVEAL COUNTDOWN

SWITCH 2 REVEAL COUNTDOWN

switch2.ju.mp

 

[FeralEcho]

Finally...

 

[Ma-Yuan]

I waited so long for this f... Yes

 

[STARSBarry]

No CE

Was hoping for an updated one to go with the rest.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I’m looking forward to finally enjoying the OST by the legendary Sawano while playing the game proper. Yes, these lyrics sound ridiculous, but damn, does the beat go hard!

XCX has amazing tone. Not to compare it to Skyrim in the way some will take it, but you could hear one second of music from the game and go “that’s XCX”. Some of the best tracks in all of gaming too, for sure. Just very unique and iconic. It’s a special game. I hope this Switch release finally gives the game the exposure and audience it deserves.

 

[DaichiChan]

Personally for me it's fine there is no big boob girl around that is constantly shaking with all she got

 

[Puscifer]

At this point WindWaker and Twilight Princess HD are the only things that true require porting.

 

[PurePlatinum]

Why now? What does this tell us about their announcement cadence for the rest of the year?

 

[Judge Magister]

Thanks alot. My XCX Wii U console bundle value just got destroyed.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

I'm convinced that the Switch will never die lol

 

[Kataploom]

SWITCH 2 REVEAL COUNTDOWN

SWITCH 2 REVEAL COUNTDOWN

switch2.ju.mp

Where did you take this from?

 

[WaterOnix]

The only Xenoblade game I haven't gotten around to playing yet. Very nice!

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

At this point WindWaker and Twilight Princess HD are the only things that true require porting.

Yoshi’s Woolly World

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Why now? What does this tell us about their announcement cadence for the rest of the year?

They’re back to that 2020 thing where there’s not a lot to announce so they’re not bothering with Directs. In the last 13 months we’ve had one full Nintendo Direct. They’re transitioning to Switch 2 behind the scenes, and very slowly trickling out Switch 1 games to keep people busy til it’s ready.

 

[MagiusNecros]

They changed the final scene of the OG game! Maybe we'll get a "future connected" addition for XCX too!

Kinda hoping they put in enough content that this is gonna be XCX2 and we just don't know it yet.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I'll buy it again but it's the worst Xeno game I've played.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Kinda hoping they put in enough content that this is gonna be XCX2 and we just don't know it yet.

That… would be a lot. I think it’ll get the typical Definitive Edition treatment, and get an epilogue. Like 1 got. It’s a 300+ hour game, other than tweaks and updates it really doesn’t need a bunch more content. It’s packed to the brim with stuff as it is. It’s a gargantuan game.

XCX doesn’t let you save after you clear the story, so it would be nice if the game let you do that in this update.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

You wot mate? It's ultimately Elma's story, of course she's gotta be part of it.

I don’t care if they need to make Lin and Elma just appear out of nowhere during cutscenes like other games do it.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Yoshi’s Woolly World

Dude what is up with you and that game?

 

[EDMIX]

Well.....twas inevitable. Time to put the Wii U in its grave where the fuck it belong!

Full price for ports though? smh. Nintendo being Nintendo inevitable too lol

 

[delishcaek]

No way... I stopped believing. This is imo by far the best Xenoblade game because it has the best endgame and build variety.

I hope they fixed the sound mix a bit, sometimes the music was so loud that you couldn't understand any dialogue in cutscenes. lol.

I just hope we get all outfits, because iirc the Japanese had a couple we didn't but I could remember wrong here. If we get the censored outfits then I hope they did a better job this time around, they were terribly edited and looked hideous in the original game.

On the other hand the censorship never made sense to me because

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Dude what is up with you and that game?

This thread you would think it never fcking existed . Like what the hell, it’s so good!

 

[Icymanipulator]

Man that’s great news , never got around to playing this entry but always wanted to.

 

[Chuck Berry]

This thread you would think it never fcking existed . Like what the hell, it’s so good!

Yeah I remember having a good time with it and that the music was insanely good in some of the levels.

Crafted World is such a trash fire in comparison.

 

[bender]

Great! Now can I please get a Galaxy 2/Super Mario 3D Land collection with a side dish of Wind Waker HD HD? (yes, I know some of those games will need to be tweaked due to controls/stereoscopic 3D)

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

No way... I stopped believing. This is imo by far the best Xenoblade game because it has the best endgame and build variety.

I hope they fixed the sound mix a bit, sometimes the music was so loud that you couldn't understand any dialogue in cutscenes. lol.

I just hope we get all outfits, because iirc the Japanese had a couple we didn't but I could remember wrong here. If we get the censored outfits then I hope they did a better job this time around, they were terribly edited and looked hideous in the original game.

On the other hand the censorship never made sense to me because

Yeah. The game came in hot and it still seemed like it was rushed out somehow, despite being delayed 2 years. I can’t wait to see what all is new & improved in it. The first Xenoblade’s DE on Switch was fantastic in it’s additions/polish.