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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Catch up on Xenoblade with new trailer]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rokv8NHz5PE"><img border="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/xenoblade52710.jpg" /></a></center>In case you haven't been following Monolith Soft's Wii RPG <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/xenoblade">Xenoblade</a></em>, the strikingly comprehensive NIntendo Channel trailer after the break should help get you up to speed before E3, during which we suspect the game will appear <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/nintendo-sneaks-out-monado-beginning-of-the-world-trailer/">again</a>. <br />
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Despite the language barrier, you'll be able to see the setting (a world built on the bodies of two dead giants), the <a href="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/2010/05/19/see-the-future-in-xenoblade-battles/">battle system</a> (action-RPG style with AI partners and player-controlled special moves called "Arts"), and a bit about equipment (that can be seen on characters in both gameplay and cutscenes). Also, you can't miss the Xenoblade itself, a weird-looking sword thing that is capable of cutting mechs in half ... and also seeing the future.<br />
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For even more <em>Xenoblade</em> info, check the <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/system/index.html">official site</a> (via <a href="http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/05/27/xenoblade_yarikomi_and_kizuna/">Andriasang</a>), which details an achievement-like system, as well as a system through which you develop bonds with other characters.<br type="_moz" /><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Catch up on Xenoblade with new trailer</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/">Catch up on Xenoblade with new trailer</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 27 May 2010 12:50:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rokv8NHz5PE>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19493832/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/27/catch-up-on-xenoblade-with-new-trailer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>japan</category><category>monado</category><category>monado-beginning-of-the-world</category><category>monolith-soft</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>rpg</category><category>Wii</category><category>xenoblade</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 12:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Xenoblade trailer has big swords, big battles]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnZBahIOi4&amp;feature=player_embedded"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/03/xenobladeswordscutting.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/xenoblade"><em>Xenoblade</em></a> is a game that's had a very confused past -- it was originally called <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/monado-beginning-of-the-world"><em>Monado: Beginning of the World</em></a>, and then was rumored to have something to do with the old <em>Xenosaga</em> series (though apparently that's not true, even if both games were created by <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/monolith-soft">Monolith Soft</a>). Nintendo's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/dunaway-hints-at-new-zelda-in-2010/">not even sure if it'll see release</a> in the United States, and, unfortunately, <a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/31/xenoblade-trailer-cuts-giant-gods-apart/">this Japanese trailer</a> (posted on Nintendo Japan's YouTube account and after the break on this post) doesn't do much to clear up any questions.<br />
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But it does have a couple of gigantic <em>somethings</em> (robots? aliens? xenomorphs?) dueling it out, as well as some screaming dude with lasers and a pretty impressive battle scene full of hacking and slashing and all of the other fun things you can do with a great big blade. A big <em>Xenoblade</em>, in fact. We still don't quite know what this game is or how it might be released. But we do kind of want it just a little bit more.<br />
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[Via <a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/31/xenoblade-trailer-cuts-giant-gods-apart/">Siliconera</a>]</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>New Xenoblade trailer has big swords, big battles</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/">New Xenoblade trailer has big swords, big battles</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/31/xenoblade-trailer-cuts-giant-gods-apart/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19422263/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/new-xenoblade-trailer-has-big-swords-big-battles/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>monado</category><category>monado-beginning-of-the-world</category><category>monolith-soft</category><category>nintendo</category><category>rpg</category><category>trailer</category><category>video</category><category>Wii</category><category>xenoblade</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo's 'The Last Story' is new Mistwalker RPG; Xenoblade is Monado]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-last-story-is-new-mistwalker-rpg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-last-story-is-new-mistwalker-rpg/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-last-story-is-new-mistwalker-rpg/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/slsj/index.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/laststory1292.jpg" /></a></center>We didn't have to wait long to find out about Nintendo's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/28/nintendo-report-hints-at-new-wii-titles-other-m-release/">two mystery Wii games</a>. <em>Xenoblade</em>, as we guessed before, is the new name for <em>Monado: Beginning of the World</em>, the RPG by Monolith Soft, creators of <em>Xenosaga</em>. Nintendo has launched a <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/index.html">site</a> for the title, featuring little more than music and a bit of artwork for now. More of the game, as <em>Monado</em>, can be seen in last year's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/nintendo-sneaks-out-monado-beginning-of-the-world-trailer/">E3 trailer</a> and screens.<br />
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Additionally, <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/slsj/index.html"><em>The Last Story</em></a> is a new RPG for Wii being developed by Nintendo and <em>Blue Dragon</em>'s Mistwalker. According to Andriasang's translation of a statement from an investor meeting, the game is an attempt at a "new form of RPG." The last time Nintendo worked with Mistwalker, the result was <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ash"><em>Archaic Sealed Heat</em></a>, which Nintendo didn't bother to localize for North America.<br />
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Finally, a <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/metroid-other-m"><em>Metroid: Other M</em></a> <a href="http://metroid.jp/">teaser site</a> has also been newly launched. It doesn't really reveal anything about the game, other than confirming its summer 2010 release in Japan. Interestingly, the game doesn't appear to use the traditional <em>Metroid</em> logo, opting for something much plainer.<br />
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[Via Andriasang: <a href="http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/01/29/mistwalker_nintendo_last_story/">The Last Story</a>; <a href="http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/01/29/xenoblade_official_site/">Xenoblade</a>; <a href="http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/01/29/metroid_other_m_site/">Metroid</a>]<br />
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<a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/slsj/index.html">Source</a> - The Last Story teaser site<br />
<a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/index.html">Source</a> - Xenoblade teaser site<br />
<a href="http://metroid.jp/">Source</a> - Metroid: Other M teaser site<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-last-story-is-new-mistwalker-rpg/">Nintendo's 'The Last Story' is new Mistwalker RPG; Xenoblade is Monado</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:44:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-last-story-is-new-mistwalker-rpg/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19337248/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-last-story-is-new-mistwalker-rpg/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>metroid-other-m</category><category>mistwalker</category><category>monado</category><category>monolith-soft</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>rpg</category><category>the-last-story</category><category>Wii</category><category>xenoblade</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:44:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>