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Listed on Nintendos japanese site
IGN eyes on trailer and screens
A lone warrior chopping through an army of robotic warriors with an outsized Cloud Strife-like energy sword. Colossal war machines advancing though a misty canyon, shooting anything that moves. The few remaining human defenders hiding behind simple wooden shields that are no match for high-energy weapons. Welcome to the world of Monado.��
The debut trailer for Monado: Beginning of the World premiered today at E3: 2009, and first impressions for the new Wii RPG are that the beginning is going to be pretty exciting. Things kick off with that canyon-set battle, revealing more and bigger enemies with an interesting steampunk design. Things likely don't end well for our lone warrior, as we soon segue to a young blonde hero discovering that energy sword - now inert - only to see it flash blindingly to life the moment he picks it up. Your standard JRPG Hero's Journey (tm) is definitely in full effect here, with just a dash of King Arthur.��
Gameplay appears to be open-world, where you'll traverse lush jungles, glowing forests, climb sheer walls, and encounter the crumbling remains of a conquered people. It looks nicely textured and details pop, animating at what looks like a smooth 30 fps.��
Players will pick up two partners in their travels, and while combat initially looks turn-based, we saw all three party members attacking simultaneously. Transitions into combat are completely seamless; characters approach enemies, draw weapons, and it's on. One scene showed your team (wielding much smaller edged weaponry) surrounding a lizard-man enemy, who didn't make much of a dent in their lifebars before it was downed. A much larger lizard-man (a good twenty feet tall) and giant mutant crab monster probably fared better.
(back up link - check the japanese site first link in post for proper quality trailer)
Hit the HQ option.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/04/14/xenoblade_characters_revealed/
Miles Edgeworth?
Of the future. Now he dishes out justice with his sword.
Yar.
Liking that boss dude, though he's unlikely to be a main villain or anything, probably early boss.
Nintendo skipped out last week on what seemed to be a weekly schedule for Xenoblade trailers. They made up for the miss this week with the most exciting trailer yet.
Xenoblade Trailer 3: The Omen hit the Everyone's Nintendo Channel today and was quickly posted to YouTube.
The trailer begins with hero Shulk, heroine Fiorung and legendary hero Dunban expressing shock at what appears to be an aerial raid. An alarm sounds out through town, and some soldiers comment that the alarm is different from usual. Mechanical creatures fall to the town and begin to attack the populace, who flee in panic. The sequence ends with our trio of heroes facing off against one of the creatures.
The next sequence begins with Shulk describing the red Monado sword, which he says is easily capable of slicing through the Kishin armored troops. We see a character unable to control the sword as it comes to life, and Shulk wonders if it's possible to understand the secrets of the sword.
One of those secrets appears to be revealed in the next scene. We see Dunban, who once wielded the sword, unable to control it now as Kishin troops approach. He's told by a companion that he should no longer use the sword. Shulk grabs the sword and charges at the troops. To Dunban's surprise, he's able to wield the sword and dodge incoming enemy fire. Shulk comments that with the sword, he's able to see just a bit into the future. Dunban wonders if that is the sword's hidden power.
Shulk performs some impressive moves, making a female soldier exclaim "Amazing! This is your power!?" To which Shulk responds, "It's not me. It's Monado that is showing it."
The last few dialogue bits as the trailer comes to a close revolve around the Monado sword. One character says that the sword likely has additional powers. Another character seems to want to get his hands on the Monado in order to achieve something.
All this seems to be hinting at a Monado-focused update at the official site later this week.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/04/22/xenoblade_site_update/
The Xenoblade official site got its expected weekly update today, once again formalizing some of the information that could be loosely picked up from the latest trailer.
That trailer, "Omen," can be seen in high quality off the trailer page. Or, if you don't want to put up with a full Flash site or just want a summary of what everyone is talking about, stream the trailer here.
Good news for those who've enjoyed the three trailers shared so far. The trailer page was given two extra slots today, so it looks like there will be more footage to come.
The world section was updated with two new subsections:
Kishin Army A section about the mechanical creatures of the Kishin side of the world. This describes the events of one year prior, when the Kishin armies attacked the Kyoshin side of the world and were wiped out by the hero Dunban, who made use of Monado, the god sword. God Sword Monado The last remaining hope for the Homs race. It's said to be a sword of legend given by the gods. The blade holds a mysterious power and is able to slice through the powerful Kishin troops. However, because the great power causes great burden on the sword's user, only the Homs hero Dunban was able to use it.The Monado section also shares a few additional details about the story. The recently released trailer depicts an attack in which main character Shulk takes the Monado from Dunban, who is no longer able to control it, and is able to instantly use it to fend off the attacking Kishin troops. This scene is in a Homs residential area called Colony 9. When Shulk takes the sword in hand, he sees a glimpse of the future, known as a "Vision."
The site's character section provides our first look at two sub characters. Both characters were previously revealed in Famitsu.
Dikson Age: 44, Height: 181cm, Race: Homs, Gender: Male, Voice: Tsuyoshi Koyama. An old war friend of Dunban. He's respected as an elder and watches over orphaned Shulk from the position of a guardian. Mumca Age: 30, Height: 195cm, Race: Homs, Gender: Male, Voice: Norio Wakamoto. A skillful warrior who once competed with Dunban to wield the Monado sword.You can hear voice samples of these two characters at the site.
Few new pics at the site too
Bottom left screenshot on the 1st page = awesome. Can't wait to explore insane locations like that.
I think you missed this one