This game is only worth playing through an emulator. If you don't understand why, watch
this in 1080p (and if your PC isn't capable of watching 1080p videos on Youtube, chances are your PC isn't capable of running Xenoblade through an emulator). Actually this video in 480p will look better than the Wii version on a 29 inch CRT, I would know. It's a beautiful game, but really doesn't belong on the Wii to begin with.
I don't really like the combat system in this game, it's automatic, and while there's still a relatively large number of things to do in battle... it's still automatic. I guess most RPGs consist of "press a button over and over", but it really feels like the game's playing itself in battle. It's especially off-putting since I'm used to playing through Tales and other real-time battle systems, typically very engaging. Maybe it will grow on me - I'm not done with the game.
Unfortunately setting skills with the Classic Controller is incredibly tedious as you're not able to move during combat, yet moving and setting skills is entirely possible with the Wii Nunchuk and Wiimote setup. I think that despite this, they intended the game to be played with the Classic Controller, included in the European-only limited edition of the game.
The dubbing, which I'm hoping hasn't been changed for the American release, is surprisingly good as well. The British dubbing is a really refreshing change from the American dubbing which primarily consists of rehashing the same voice actors to the point where people are practically begging publishers to keep Japanese voices in localizations. Also, I can confirm Japanese voices are included in this localization (I heard The Last Story doesn't, though).
if it's an rpg, ill pass, not a fan of the genre at all....
Then why post? Like the forum needs more dead-end posts like this.