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I still find it funny just how thoroughly Shion has been replaced by KOS-MOS as the Xenosaga MC in the public consciousness
bundle it with xenogears so i can have all the other parts
I swear I'd love it more than...no, not more than a Xenoblade 3.
Sorry.
But still...make the Koei-Tecmo spinoff in the first half of the year to pump the brand awarness even more, and release a full fledged brand new third episode as a Xmas22 top tier game!
A man can dream..!
I don't think this is accurate? The face of Xenosaga has always been KOS-MOS from the start. There is no replacement. Shion was always only meant to be the main protagonist representing the first era of Xenosaga. KOS-MOS and chaos are the two entities which are eternal and would carry to all other episodes. Obviously the first era ended up being the only Xenosaga story they ever told, but KOS-MOS was front and center from the start. She's the toy in the Japanese limited edition boxes on the first two episodes, she is the one on the cover of all the games, and she was always the one most heavily featured in all the trailers. There has never been a time even when Xenosaga was freshly announced, where anyone associated Xenosaga with Shion over KOS-MOS. Being a protagonist and being the face of a franchise are different things. Ash is the protagonist of many Pokemon games, Pikachu is the face of Pokemon.
Could be that internships expired or like you said, they left because they're young fresh graduates and want to explore
Or maybe they sucks and got fired :P
I'm not a fan of this artist. Their eyes look like dead puppet eyes
Reminds me of this:
Definitely the worst looking Shulk imo. Also everyone's faces in the art looks childish
Reminds me of this:
Definitely the worst looking Shulk imo. Also everyone's faces in the art looks childish
But this is easily the best looking Shulk model and I hope all future Xeno games use this art style. This is the art work finally perfected in 3D
Eyes aside, Shulk looks better in XC2 than XC or XCDE to me. The materials blow the other two games away.
best SE would do is an HD2D remake of Gears with 1 year of exclusivity or less depending on how much Microsoft pays them
Face is better in XBDE. Eyes, skin shading, nose, eyebrows, hair, expressions. Clothes, shoes, etc of Shulk's default original outfit are better in XBC2 definitely.
I love the art style development progress done on the faces in Definitive Edition. Just a perfect balance of XB2 and XB1. Plus the enhanced development on the engine added things like good quality depth of field which helped a ton in cutscenes. Kinda baffling that they didn't update the textures in Shulk's iconic default outfit though lol
Face is better in XBDE. Eyes, facial structure, skin shading, nose, eyebrows, hair, expressions. Clothes, shoes, etc of Shulk's default original outfit are better in XBC2 definitely.
I love the art style development progress done on the faces in Definitive Edition. Just a perfect balance of XB2 and XB1. Plus the enhanced development on the engine added things like good quality depth of field which helped a ton in cutscenes. Kinda baffling that they didn't update the textures in Shulk's iconic default outfit though lol
Hmm, I guess looking at them side by side, I see what you mean
I think we can all agree Monolithsoft has definitely finally figured out how to properly translate their art to 3D models after whatever happened with X (which I love, but those characters were ugly af)
Absolutely, just compare all those screenshots to.... these
It makes me excited to see what they'll do next and how it's gonna look, especially with the Super Switch oooo
Somebody add Fei to this image to complete the xeno protags.Here it is in the best resolution I can get:
Somebody needs to fix Elma's face in this too because those eyes are super far apart.
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Here it is in the best resolution I can get:
"What do you mean I don't count? I got my own stand alone game!"
Monolith Soft must have a stake in the Xenosaga IP for KOS-MOS to still be appearing in their recruitment art, which in turn, explains why Bandai Namco doesn't see a remaster of the Xenosaga trilogy to be profitable if Nintendo has a stake in the series via Monolith Soft.
No offence to the artist but there's so many fans out there who can illustrate these characters so much better than this... I'm still happy that we got new Monolith Soft art.
nah, Bamco owns Xenosaga completely. Takahashi just loves him some robot girls
you dead tho
"What do you mean I don't count? I got my own stand alone game!"
They don't. Everything from Xenosaga is fully owned by Bamco. The reason they won't move forward with a remaster is the series doesn't have a future without Monolith (who are on Nintendo's payroll) and it was never big enough to warrant a remaster to begin with.
The art is just a way of acknowledging their past. They've already moved on to much greener pastures.
Namco is in the copyright for this artwork like they were for the studio's 20th anniversary artwork.
Definitley some room on Rex's right, plenty of room for the Xeno 3 protagonist.Here it is in the best resolution I can get:
SE is holding him hostage. they still haven't sent their terms
He will not be forgotten.
SE: Doesn't look like anything to me.
He will not be forgotten.
Thanks for clarifying. KOS-MOS is the character who started it all for Monolith Soft so I suppose she deserves the spotlight.
He will not be forgotten.
Xenogears was legally developed under Square's development division so Monolith Soft can't even use Fei to promote Monolith Soft if they wanted to.
Well of any of the main casts from either Xenoblade they're probably the most likely to show up in a future game since they're functionally ageless and they presumably wouldn't return to their core crystals even after Rex dies
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 being revealed with the new iteration of the Nintendo Switch would be reminiscent of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 being revealed with the original Nintendo Switch.
I've always speculated that KOS-MOS will be big in Monolith's future and maybe a important character in Xenoblade 3. I think the 10th anniversary Xenoblade art with the Zohar convinced me tbh. Also, I'm legit curious why they chose her V4 form from Xenosaga and not XB2 iteration. I think this HAS to mean something. V4 KOS-MOS has not gotten new art in years.
Even kos mos is not powerful enough to overcome the most powerful force in existance.....
Copywriters lawyers.
Yeah, I like that fix. I want to play Xenoblade Chronicles X already.
It's always so nice to see the whole Xeno crew together in official art. And seeing KOS-MOS so prominently displayed gives me too much hope for a Xenosaga remaster, or even crazier, Xenoblade 3 being a sequel to Xenosaga and Xenoblade 1/2, because it would fit so well. Or the craziest yet, we're getting Xenosaga Episode IV
Their new game can't come soon enough.
Their new game can't come soon enough.
This is what I'm thinking. No better time to show it off.
;_;
That won't stop me from trying...!
I think there's a good chance of Gears characters in Monolith's next game. Nintendo and SE are pretty cozy after all. Hell, we might even see a Gears remaster coming alongside it
It had better happen. Leaving X to die on the Wii U would be fucking criminal after all the other stuff got ported.