Agnates said:

Baten Kaitos was like 70 hours long for the main storyline so it's not impossible. And 50 would be pretty long still nowadays, even for Western (story driven) RPGs, not just JRPGs.

If you take 70 hours, you're doing it wrong.

gamingeek said:

HQ scans

http://www.gamekyo.com/blog_article239208.html

I'll re-host them here:

It's even looking better than Monster Hunter Tri!

Nintendo has a lot to live up to for their next Zelda game.

Andriasang

Xenoblade's Characters Revealed

The pieces are starting to fall into place for Xenoblade, the original Wii RPG from the makers of Xenosaga that was previously known as "Monado." Following a couple of trailers and some sparse official site updates, Nintendo gave Famitsu the full scoop on the game this week, with new character, world and story details.

Here's the primary cast of characters and their background stories:
Shulk
The main character, an orphan. He's shown holding a book, suggesting that he may be a big fan of literature. Shulk heads off on a journey with his friends to defeat the Kishin troops who attacked his village. Race: Homs, Age: 18, Height: 171cm, Voice: Shintaro Asanuma
Fiorun
The heroine. She looks after others and is very active. She's the childhood friend of Shulk and little sister of Dunban (below). Race: Homs, Age: 18, Height: 160cm, Voice: Eri Nakao
Dunban
Hero of the Homs people, he used the Monado sword and defeated many Kishin army troops. He was injured during a major confrontation 1 year back and is now healing. Race: Homs, Age: 30, Height 180cm, Voice: Ryo Horikawa
Dickson
Dunban's war friend from a long time back. He watches over Shulk like a parent. Race: Homs, Age: 44, Height: 181cm, Voice: Tsuyoshi Koyama
Mumuca
A warrior of great skill. He once fought Dunban for the right to be the person who would use Monado. Race: Homs, Age: 30, Height: 195cm, Voice: Norio Wakamoto

The magazine also got some additional details on the Monado sword we keep hearing about. This sword is an artifact that was left to the Homs race. It's capable of piercing the strong armor of the Kishin troops, but it's such a great burden on the body that it is said only the hero Dunban can wield it.

In the trailer that was released last week, Dunban was shown in bed recovering from his injuries from the prior year's confrontation. Famitsu has images showing this confrontation, with Dunban wielding the giant Monado sword on the battle field in a fight against Kishin troops. It seems that the Monado Sword is the Homs Race only hope against the Kishin attackers.

This confrontation has a lengthy background story listed in the magazine, so it could be a major event in Xenoblade's story.

The magazine also provided a preview of some of its future coverage, revealing a couple of additional gameplay and world details.

Xenoblade's world will have a time cycle. Screenshots show the same area during different times of the day, one with a setting sun turning the sky orange and yellow. Perhaps there will be some gameplay connection to the time system? That's what Famitsu asks, and when they ask questions like that the answer is usually yes.



There's also one secret with the Monado sword. Look closely at the sword, and you'll see a blue circle near its handle. A screenshot shows the circle imprinted with the kanji for "機" (ki). The magazine probably wouldn't have brought this up if it weren't relevant to the game, so expect to hear more about this part of the sword.

Nintendo will hopefully update the official site with all this information and the screenshots later this week.

 http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/04/14/xenoblade_characters_revealed/

gamingeek said:

 Miles Edgeworth?

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:

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.

You can hear voice samples of these two characters at the site.

Few new pics at the site too