Nintendo's New Open World RPG Is Not What You Think...

[@ChaoticHoly]

Considering how Xenoblade 3 & Future Redeemed ends, any future Xenoblade game (not of the X timeline) would have to be absolutely _massive._ Same goes for an X Definitive Edition - there was a LOT of stuff that was scrapped from that game on it's original release that annoyed the entire team. I would hope that if the team remakes X, then they go all-in and put everything into the game they wanted. And it not, then X2. I dislike unresolved cliffhangers. Just ask me about my thoughts on Golden Sun: Dark Dawn...`

[@nishquikpops]

With Takahashi taking a major directorial role in this, I'm sure it's a new Xeno game. He's known to give responsibility to other younger staff for directorial positions (Xenosaga 2/3) so I think someone else will be in charge of Legacy (probably Kojima or someone else in MS).

[@AndresRestart]

It will be interesting to see a non-Xenoblade game ffrom Monolith Soft (hopefully soon).

[@Merciless_Zero]

It’s not, they even stated that it’s a brand new IP, it’s not a xenoblade game or xenogears or xenosaga.

[@corey2232]

People try & say hardware/specs don't matter, but we've seen so many developers say they can be more ambitious with more powerful hardware. We've also seen devs have their creative vision greatly limited by under-powered hardware. Bayonetta 3 was one such game, as they tried repeatedly for to make a more ambitious game, but couldn't get it working on Switch. Them Miyamoto basically told them they should go back to the the Bayo 1 & 2 format, and abandon what they were hoping to achieve with Bayo 3. Having good hardware isn't all about shiny new graphics. It allows creative minds to better realize their dreams. That's why Monolith's next project will be exciting, as you know they're going to take full advantage of Switch 2 hardware & the opportunities it affords them.

[@meikoluvv]

Source for the Miyamato statement please. I tried looking for it but I can’t find it

[@theoaremevano3227]

Being able to work off a modern engine can help overall stability too. I've never had much of an eye for Xenoblade's gameplay type, but if they ever want to try a more active battle system in a new game or a Xeno game, I'd definitely give it a try. :)

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

"many people say" typical weasel wording. When companies get faced with the blank paper syndome due to way too much power overhead, like decorating a storage depot to look cozy, they WON'T say it was the crashout from too much ambition. That control grouping will not appear in your stats. No, the depot owner gets blamed. Nintendo gets blamed for being a "a giant corporation" and not running the ship tightly enough, because the "consumers" see thmemelves as flawless individuals with no self-criticism to consider, only ever to face it away from themselves. That's why they have this savior complex where they need to attack windmills, like twist every successful business into "evil big corporation ruining everything". It's a keyboard warrior culture that isn't caused by big corporations existing or doing anything right tor wrong, just kids venting and crying because it's time for that again. If "more powerful" was EVER good enough, majority of "good" IP would be developed on those other options you have on the market, but their focus on power actively kills their creativity to rip off Peter Pan like Zelda does. And you don't WANT peter Pan because Nintendo did it cozier. Look for microsoft and disney for your walmart parking lot type games, spiraling downwards like Rareware.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

There's been good examples of big hardware successfully running on cozy foundation. Ratchet and Clank is basically well-running Jet Force Gemini. Crash Bandicoot 4 is like if Conker was continued well. So of course those are a Pixar abomination and a cartoonish game that comes out less often than mainline Mario, to last a handful of hours. No thanks. Nintendo is barely keeping production small eough that we actually get some games to play, and not "ambition" for dinner like Team Ico.

[@Merciless_Zero]

@@sboinkthelegday3892facts arn’t on your side, developers are definitely held back by hardware constraints and are unable to put their ambitions into a game just due to the limited hardware specs, the switch is long overdue for stronger hardware, it’s needed it a long time now because their current system is absolute trash and outdated tech.

[@logicalfundy]

If you're in Japan and ever wanted to get into the games industry - this sounds like a really good opportunity.

[@ItApproaches]

The bigger the studio the more variables you add and that increases the odds of something going wrong and it taking longer to find out where the issue came from. A team should hit it's balance and not increase it's size anymore. It's not a race, you don't need to hire more just to increase dev time. A smaller tighter team works better then a team with 300+ people.

[@doddynuryanto3800]

That is where director and producer came a long, those two become the bridge of communication between game designer, artis, programmer and QA to make a good quality product. Take example on xbc2, when their resource is working on another game, xbc2 have so many issue like UI/UX, optimization and many more. When the director, producer is smart, the studio can deliver a good product, take example GTA V, RDR2. The studio consist more than 600+ employee You cannot compare it to indie studio that almost have unlimited time to develop a game, studio under big publisher have a tight deadline, they have fixed target, because their salary from are from the publisher.

[@ItApproaches]

@@doddynuryanto3800 It's the old saying don't put the cart in front of the horse. Studio's should put all they have into ONE game, not divide up and do 3+ games at once.

[@RMarr-uy9hf]

Seeing the way they handled big project with tight ressource for so long I'm sure they have amazing work process. The risk would have been to grow too big too fast with only talent and crunch (like CD project), it seems not to be the case here

[@powermadu.k.3415]

That is huge news the new medieval IP is being worked on by the second team we know this for a fact as they recruited for it. This job recruitment is for the first team, which means that teams next project will be massive compared to xenoblade 3

[@ItApproaches]

Obviously Monolith is in the finishing stages of their current project. Wouldn't be surprised if it is a Switch 2 game coming late next year. So in the first year of Switch 2 it will have a Monolith game.

[@drainer499]

I find this to be a valid assumption. It makes sense considering the foundation in terms of gameplay they have taken with the xenoblade series. For every entry they have expanded the party size up to 8, which was before unheard of in a jrpg, at least to my knowledge. They also made more komplex fighting mechanics. It seems they have been setting a foundation for a multiplayer experience. This way they could be tapping into some of that genshin impact money if the pull it off. The Xenoblade fandom would also be a perfect audience for such game. It kind of reminds me what square did with ff12. Were they lay the foundations for their upcoming mmo. Hopefully it something more akin to darksouls were players could invite other player or something similar. Rather then a subscription base. This could really ruin the game tbh.

[@rebeccahannah117]

Great video Andres! Anything from Monlithsoft I’m looking forward to! Whether it’s the next Xenoblade game or not, I’m still gonna play it!

[@AndresRestart]

Same here!

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

Man, please don't go full open world MS, you're one of the last developers who make story-focused games I like

[@anonwalkerr]

first production team making something new is always good to see

[@anonwalkerr]

also 10:55 is concept art from a cancelled 3ds game lol

[@nishquikpops]

I didn't think too much on the fantasy recruitment page being taken down but your reasoning makes a lot of sense since it can possibly release next year.

[@jackconey5948]

Damn i cant wait for what monolith soft and the god himself takahashi has in store. Honestly no wonder xenoblade is my favourite series of all time and monolith soft is my favourite company/developers. Loved the video 👍

[@olivierf2938]

Honestly I'm not expecting Monolith to do anything more than Xeno and Zelda anymore. I don't believe in the new IP, I think it was Zelda all along. Now if they want to change up Xeno or do another series, I guess it could be that. The generational gap with Switch 2 could be enough of a reason to recruit people.

[@84bombsjetpack23]

38.8K subscribers! ❤❤🎉🎉

[@AndresRestart]

Yay! Thank you!

[@JoeMama-sl8ux]

I think whatever they are hiring for needs to be as if not more ambitious than xenogears in the way that they use their technology. Back then they had a real struggle with 3d engines since that was the first time they really experimented with 3d along side ff7. They could stick to what they know works and make another banger game, or they could shoot for the moon using new talent as the fuel, I think that is what they are gearing up to do, they’ve never lacked in the story telling department, nor the music department, nor the art department. They are going to try and make the most “Game” ever this time, to get the gameplay on par with the other aspects that they are known for excelling in. This will not be another boring open world game, these are the people who built breath of the wild which revolutionized the open world genre. They know what they do not know, and hiring a bunch of new talent is the solution. I dont think they are going to remake xenogears but they are going to be just as ambitious as they were with that game, this time they know how to make it work, mark my words, they are about to make the next revolution in RPG’s.

[@uppernimbus]

Hmm, it's hard to say what this new RPG will be, but either way, I'm incredibly excited!

[@flascheng3ist]

I hope they let The Maincharcter in Xenoblade X Talk.

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

@@flascheng3ist Elma for main character to x2 😗

[@ErgoDog]

Please be a new IP. Xenoblade 2 and 3 was not for me 😅

[@doddynuryanto3800]

if xbc2 and 3's is not for you than maybe the new ip's is not for you too😅

[@jemzbundzdobo7310]

go back play lame ff16 or lame ff7remake

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

@@jemzbundzdobo7310 ff7 is just fine

[@ItApproaches]

I hope we get a Xenoblade Chronicles X 2 at some point.

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

🤌

[@SBaby]

I'll say right now, I don't think this is another Xenoblade game, but is instead a brand new IP.

[@UToobUsername01]

Zelda: The open world RPG with stats and Hyrule mecha.

[@SBaby]

@@UToobUsername01 I don't think it's Zelda. I think this game is going to be a new Monolith game.

[@UToobUsername01]

@@SBaby Random guy with a sword that uses mecha to fight kaiju

[@doddynuryanto3800]

@@UToobUsername01 that sound xenobalde x, but with action rpg element😁

[@UToobUsername01]

@@doddynuryanto3800 yes well maybe its time for action rpg style now that Yakuza games went turn-based? Final Fantasy did it. This might be what makes it appeal to a bigger audience. The "Tales Of.." series has done this a long time now..

[@RJH755]

Here's my currect prediction for Nintendo in 2025 Jan: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch 1) Mar: Metroid Prime 2 & 3 HD (Switch 1 and will get a Switch 2 patch later along with Prime 1 Remastered) May: Switch 2, Metroid Prime 4 (Cross Gen), Tech Demo Game (Switch 2) Jun: Mario Kart X (Switch 2) Jul: New IP (Switch 2) Aug: Fire Emblem 4 Remake (Cross Gen) Sep: Pokémon Legends Z-A (Cross Gen) Oct: 3D Mario (Switch 2) Dec: New Monolith Soft Game (Switch 2)

[@MatthewMedina-b7l]

@@RJH755 I do believe Pokémon Legends is coming out in February. I may be wrong, but I do believe everything they have showed so far is for this year or first quarter next year.

[@RJH755]

@@MatthewMedina-b7l There's a rumor that the TCG release schedule could be pointing to Legends Z-A releasing in the second half of 2025

[@MatthewMedina-b7l]

@@RJH755 ah yeah ok. Also I was thinking about it, the announcement was on a Pokémon direct which has nothing to do with the Nintendo directs.

[@RJH755]

@@MatthewMedina-b7l If we get to October and don't have any more info for Legends Z-A from either a Pokemon Presents this month or a Direct next month then I'd say a second half of 2025 release is likely, in which case it would really behoove them to make it cross gen

[@JoshuaFante]

Note: When translation fron Japanese to English words and meaning sometimes dont transfer exactly correct. Like the part saying their rough and sloppy could have simply been they are a open minded and not strict place to work etc. Something along those lines. It could mean something totally different. When different cultures say or do different things it may mean totally different things to other cultures. Its probably a rough translation. I wouldn't look too much into a hiring phase of anything, as it usually turns into something totally different upon completion. Especially when bringing on so many different perspectives and personalities etc. Basically this means absolutely nothing yet lol. Just they need some work done in different ways and areas, they nay have it 109 percent laid out, they may just have a few ideas. You can't know anything for sure until they announce it or something leaks by an actual employee which in Japan probably wont happen.

[@glorbojibbins2485]

I hope its dark and somber and huuuge and spooky

[@therealjaystone2344]

The question remains: when will the new ip title launch? Highly doubt for 2025

[@powermadu.k.3415]

Probably late 2025 monolithsoft second team has been working on it since 2019

[@ItApproaches]

Disagree. Their current project is nearing being completed. I could see it being a Switch 2 game within it's first year.

[@powermadu.k.3415]

@@ItApproaches people forget that monolith have 2 full teams that work on their own games To put it into context Xenoblade 1 - team 1 Xenoblade X - team 1 Xenoblade 2 - team 2 Xenoblade 3 - team 1 New IP - team 2 (confirmed ages ago) New RPG that was posted (Xenoblade 4) - team 1

[@ItApproaches]

@@powermadu.k.3415 I don't see Xenoblade 4 being a thing. The story was concluded. It will be a new "Xeno" game. XenoShield or something lol.

[@powermadu.k.3415]

@@ItApproaches they’ve already confirmed that they will still make more xenoblades it’s even in the video the confirmation, it may not be 4 though they may expand on X and make a Xenoblade Y or they may call it xenoblade something else

[@coraheywood9128]

😊

[@rexx273]

Open world is not for everything. Nowadays they use "open world" to send out the message that their game is the best, when it is in reality just a platformer, or a game with little lore and it ends up being clusters of story spread out instead of a world with a lore behind it that connects in many ways with each other

[@JellyBLOOP.1111]

Hey, what's this game called at 8:23 it looks really cool.

[@AndresRestart]

Expedition 33!

[@JellyBLOOP.1111]

​@@AndresRestart Thank you very much! I have my eye on this game!

[@UToobUsername01]

As long as these guys put catgirls in them and cool mechas I will buy it. The worlds they create are very nice to view. They seem to have good track record so far so if the newer games start to suck because they hired too many people, then the fans will notice it. Some will argue they want more linear games with better story and less freedom. I say go F yourselves. I like the newer Zelda games but I am not stupid: I know that the smaller zeldas are also great and that one style doesn't mean you can't have the other co-existing. It's about balance. The Switch 2 is going to mean bigger and more ambitious games which means longer development times and a need for more staff. It is what it is. Games in the past were tiny due to technical limitations but we don't have those barriers anymore. More people play games than the past and competition to get noticed is harder. They have to release games at faster pace without compromising on quality. The way to do it is get more people who are good at the open world genre to help. In the old days only Bethesda did this but now it is common so they do not want to be left behind to play catch-up. Microsoft is planning to release a handheld like the switch.

[@RedCloudsBlackSky]

Is the xenoblade series good?

[@AndresRestart]

I hold it in very high regard. Its a top 4 Nintendo series for me.

[@RedCloudsBlackSky]

@@AndresRestart dang... maybe i should get into it

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

Best jrpg 🎉

[@RedCloudsBlackSky]

@@s1ber1anstorm41 playing the first one right now... im impressed for a wii game. Definitely gonna get the series

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

@Green_Flags my favorite is 2, but x and 3 and 1 good too. 😁👌

[@SamWiberg-j4m]

Btw good video

[@AndresRestart]

Thanks!

[@HoshiASMR]

please be xenogears

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

X2 baby!!! 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↕️🤩

[@tyg-zw7nn]

I hope we can move away from 4 attacks per character holy triad snoozefest that XC2 and XC3 were. The first game was genius.

[@iishiir]

This means you didn't pay attention to the combat in 2 and 3. Xc2 gives 3 blades, each with 3 arts and 4 specials. 21 arts per battle, and even more options with all the different blade weapons. Not to mention all the blade combos, I don't even know how many of those there are. Xc3 gives 3 class arts, 1 talent art, 3 master arts, and 3 fusion arts, but it also lets you switch through 6 characters, and gives access to 6 ouroboros forms each with 4 arts. Total of 84 arts per battle. It also has an even larger selection of weapons to choose from. Xc1 had 7 weapons, each with 9 available arts (16 if playing shulk). 9 arts per battle is way less than 21 and 84, and it even has less depth and complexity in its battle system. This isn't to say xc1 has a bad combat system, I had fun with it, but xc2 and 3 objectively gives you so many more options in battle

[@somebodyyoudontknow3980]

Xbc1 was by far my favourite but it also by far had the worst combat to me, it was fine but didn't really suit such a long game as it was quite limited, vs 2 and 3 which actually have amazing in depth combat if you take the time to understand it, with 2 it's understandable if someone doesn't want to do that tbh. X also has better combat than 1, but I admittedly don't understand that one too well, but it feels like an evolution from the 1st game's combat

[@jemzbundzdobo7310]

snoozefest cause your dumbazz cant figure out the combat system if you figure out the combat system than you realise xc1 combat aint that good in comparison xc1 still great game.

[@SamWiberg-j4m]

Idk... can I get some likes?

[@ItApproaches]

You get likes for DOING or SAYING something that people like. You want a darn participation trophy.

[@prototype9000]

xenoblade 3 was very dissapointing

[@pringals420]

Im sorry but xenoblade isnt that good. I put 20 hours in xeno blade 3 and came to the conclusion it was just a single player world of warcraft, or single player ff14 online. Just made me want to play those games with real people online instead.

[@jemzbundzdobo7310]

xenoblade is loved by its fans cause of its single play and story, if its goes online it will lose some of its fans..nintendo is making it one of there biggest franchise like mario and zelda and both of those games are single player games..if you dont like it cause its a single player games than just og world of warcraft.

[@DentyOne]

"all of a sudden recruiting" ... for several years.

[@netweed09]

?

[@SamWiberg-j4m]

@@netweed09 Like? I'm bored and want to see how many I can get.

[@netweed09]

@@SamWiberg-j4m Wait, you liked your own comment just now?? 😅😄

[@SamWiberg-j4m]

@@netweed09 Yep 😁

[@netweed09]

@@SamWiberg-j4m Oof 😅

[@chuckec]

I’m tired of open worlds and their boring chore simulators. Tighter, more curated experiences are always better. You can disagree if you want, but you’re still wrong.

[@jonasking9587]

And you could continue to be wrong by playing them, or you could play the millions of great games that are not open world.

[@Aewon84]

The only ones who are wrong are the ones stating their opinions as objective truth.

[@Merciless_Zero]

@@Aewon84 because it is, open world has outstayed its welcome, not every franchise needs to go open world. Open world concept is just overrated, extremely repetitive and brings little to the table because the overworld feels empty with little to do in the overworld which is a common issue with most open world games. The reality is that it shouldn’t be done as commonly as it is now, not every franchise needs it or is suitable for it. I think the trend has become way too repetitive because so many companies are doing it and most open world games have the Same flaws.

[@haunter93til]

Fucking finally someone else says it. Open world feels lifeless. I don't have 100+ hours to spend on one game now a days. I'd prefer a game that is "linear" if it means it's full of life and quality.

[@pralenkaman8105]

I mean, imo, monolith has been pretty tight with "open world" games, for the games they make I prefer the term open area, which often results in games with a stronger narrative

[@ChrisLanzer-kl2mc]

Xenoblade!!!

[@s1ber1anstorm41]

X2

[@ChrisLanzer-kl2mc]

👍👍👍😁😁😁