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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the third installment in Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles series, and the seventh game in the Xeno series. While not a direct sequel, the game is a follow-up in the same style as the original Xenoblade Chronicles. The game is currently slated for release in 2017 for Nintendo Switch.
Story
The game stars a new set of protagonists, with the goal of trying to reach "Elysium".[1]
Gameplay
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 uses a similar gameplay style to the previous installments, featuring players traveling across large, explorable environments.[1]
Development
Nintendo announced Xenoblade Chronicles 2 during the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 event. Tetsuya Takahashi once again served as the game's director. The character designs for this installment were done by Masatsugu Saito.[3] Development began in late 2014, while Xenoblade Chronicles X was still in development, and was built using the same engine.[4] According to Takahashi, the game was titled Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as it was created with a similar focus on narrative as the original, as opposed to the focus on exploration with Xenoblade Chronicles X.[5]
The game's music was handled by Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE (Tomori Kudo and "CHiCO"), Kenji Hiramatsu, and Manami Kiyota, who had all previously worked on the original Xenoblade Chronicles.[3] Mitsuda was the lead composer for the game, writing all of the music.[6] Recording began by the end of March 2017[6], and involved over 300 musicians.[7] Audio mixing was finished on August 1, and overall music production was completed on August 10.[7] According to Mitsuda, the size of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 soundtrack project file was over 1 terabyte (none of Mitsuda's previous projects had exceeded 500 gigabytes).[7]
Like the original title, localization for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was largely handled by Nintendo of Europe.[8]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2017. Nintendo (YouTube; June 13, 2017). Retrieved June, 2017.
- ↑ "The journey to Elysium begins in #Xenoblade Chronicles 2, coming to #NintendoSwitch this winter! #NintendoE3" Nintendo UK on Twitter (June 13, 2017). Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017. Nintendo (YouTube; January 12, 2017). Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ↑ Tetsuya Takahashi's message on Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Post on NeoGAF (June 15, 2017). Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ↑ Get up to speed on Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s world and combat! Nintendo UK (July 14, 2017). Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 seems like it’ll have a bunch of music. Nintendo Everything (March 14, 2017). Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Music Production Is Complete; 300 Musicians Involved in the New Switch JRPG. DualShockers (August 12, 2017). Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ↑ Xenoblade Chronicles X's Director On Localization Changes: 'I Didn't Mind Much At All'. Kotaku (June 16, 2017). Retrieved June 17, 2017.
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