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Xenoblade Chronicles (2010)

Monolith Soft

Wii · Wii U

4.22 from 1208 ratings · #206 top rated on Grouvee

3223 members have it in their collection · 268 playing now · 1286 backlogged · 1035 wish listed

How long? Main story 72h · with extras 99h · 100% 131h (from 37 logged playthroughs)

Xenoblade Chronicles follows Shulk and his band of friends as they search for answers about the mysterious "Monado" sword and defend their homeland from violent robotic creatures known as the Mechon. The game contains an open world design and strongly emphasizes exploration due to the world's large size. The game was very well received by critics, with many citing it … Read more
Xenoblade Chronicles follows Shulk and his band of friends as they search for answers about the mysterious "Monado" sword and defend their homeland from violent robotic creatures known as the Mechon. The game contains an open world design and strongly emphasizes exploration due to the world's large size. The game was very well received by critics, with many citing it as a great example of innovation and improvement in Japanese role-playing video games. The game has spawned a sub-series of the larger "Xeno" series, including Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch). Read less
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Details

Developers
Monolith Soft
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Open world, Science fiction
Franchises
Xeno
Series
Xenoblade Chronicles
Event
Nintendo Direct 2.22.2012 – Reggie Fils-Aime Presents Nintendo Updates

Release dates

  • Jun 10, 2010 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
  • Aug 19, 2011 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Apr 06, 2012 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Aug 05, 2015 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) Wii U
  • Apr 28, 2016 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) Wii U
  • Jul 27, 2016 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) Wii U
  • TBD (Full Release) (Brazil) Wii

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Pale

Status Pale Jun 19, 2017

Got started on and played a lot of Xenoblade over the weekend. I'm really digging the system so far, though the fights are a little frantic and stressful. Maybe that's a good thing though.

I'm seriously glad I switched from Wiimote and Nunchuk to classic controller though. Holy crap those Wiimote controls are bad.

Also, visually, this game is already …

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Got started on and played a lot of Xenoblade over the weekend. I'm really digging the system so far, though the fights are a little frantic and stressful. Maybe that's a good thing though.

I'm seriously glad I switched from Wiimote and Nunchuk to classic controller though. Holy crap those Wiimote controls are bad.

Also, visually, this game is already SERIOUSLY showing its age. Back when I was more active on gaming forums, one of the things that made me quit them was an argument I had where someone else was claiming that this game was better looking that Final Fantasy XIII. I know now, more than ever, how freaking wrong they were.

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peter

Status peter Jan 16, 2017

Since Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has been announced, I fired this game up for a couple of hours yesterday on my New 3DS. I forgot how fun the battle system in this game is. My biggest issue still is that there 3 billion side quests in the quest log, and I don't think it's that important to do any of them. …

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Since Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has been announced, I fired this game up for a couple of hours yesterday on my New 3DS. I forgot how fun the battle system in this game is. My biggest issue still is that there 3 billion side quests in the quest log, and I don't think it's that important to do any of them. You get quite a bit of experience for finishing story quests, and I'm not really struggling with any of the fights. I hadn't played in quite a while, so it took a bit to get back into it. I'm chugging along in the Ether Mines outside of Colony 6 currently.

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AlexGarbus

Status AlexGarbus Jul 1, 2016

Just finished Xenoblade. I really enjoyed it, but that ending was really underwhelming compared to the rest of the game's plot. I don't wanna spoil anything, but they basically threw in every JRPG trope towards the end.

I might try to play through the game again with the Cleared Data at some point. I really enjoyed how the game encourages …

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Just finished Xenoblade. I really enjoyed it, but that ending was really underwhelming compared to the rest of the game's plot. I don't wanna spoil anything, but they basically threw in every JRPG trope towards the end.

I might try to play through the game again with the Cleared Data at some point. I really enjoyed how the game encourages exploration and interacting with NPCs, and I'd like to see everything this world has to offer.

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AlexGarbus

Status AlexGarbus Jul 1, 2016

I think I'm on the final boss in Xenoblade, and not only is it super hard, but you can't save before it. That's not exactly good game design.

Really hope I won't have to leave my system on overnight.

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AlexGarbus

Status AlexGarbus May 18, 2016

Tfw I was gonna do side quests in Xenoblade before bed but I accidentally triggered the next story cutscene and now I can't sleep.

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RoseDraconis

Status RoseDraconis Jan 3, 2016

Just started playing today. I spent the entire time doing random NPC quests and running around. Back to basics I guess.

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peter

Status peter Dec 14, 2015

I've been playing this on my New Nintendo 3DS™ for the last couple of weeks, and I'm back to the point I was when I played on the Wii a couple of years ago. It plays really well on the handheld, and it's a really cool game. The monster and fetch quests get way too repetitive, but the battle system …

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I've been playing this on my New Nintendo 3DS™ for the last couple of weeks, and I'm back to the point I was when I played on the Wii a couple of years ago. It plays really well on the handheld, and it's a really cool game. The monster and fetch quests get way too repetitive, but the battle system is fun enough to go out and do them. The world in this game is just huge. Every area I've visited is enormous and takes a long time just to run around and see everything. I'm curious to see if I'll stick with it since I've probably got another 70 hours of gameplay left.

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skinerd

Status skinerd Apr 30, 2014

The battle system looks fun, but it's actually both tedious and boring. The story is dumb too. I quit 7 hours in and late-game videos/story summaries haven't made me regret it.

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iguanaDitty

Status iguanaDitty Nov 9, 2013

So I'm maybe 3 hours in? and the game is fantastic. Totally unexpected. I'll attempt to figure out why one of these days but for now I'll just enjoy.

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peter

Status peter Jan 7, 2013

Played for about 4 hours yesterday. Almost through the Juju story I think. Just got to Colony 6 and need to go in through the mine.

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peter

Status peter Jan 2, 2013

I hadn't played this game in a while, but I got back into it last night for a couple of hours. The battle system is pretty awesome, although it seems like they're piling on a few too many systems for me to remember.

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