The latest Iwata Asks interview is now up and this time it’s all about Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. There’s plenty of interesting things included within the interview but one of the stand out quotes comes from Monolith Softs Tetsuya Takahashi who says that his goal with the original game on the Wii was to create a masterpiece within the Japanese RPG genre. Judging from the reviews of the original, and also the Nintendo 3DS version, you could probably say that he achieved his goal. Here’s what he had to say.
Iwata: First, could you look back a little on what you were imagining for the world of Xenoblade Chronicles when you started development for the Wii version?
Takahashi: Of course. My first thought was that I wanted to build a masterpiece within the JRPG3 genre… So while I worked towards completing the game, I carefully gathered all of the many elements necessary to make that happen.
Iwata: JRPG refers to Japanese-made RPGs, which have had a unique evolution in Japan. The term is used more often in other countries, but not so much in Japan. After the Wii version of Xenoblade Chronicles was released, it seemed that there were a lot of people saying “The quality of Xenoblade Chronicles stands out amongst all the JRPGs released within the past few years.” So in that way, you can say that you succeeded in your goal, or should we say, ambition, of creating a masterpiece.
Xenoblade is an action RPG, not a JRPG. Masterpiece, maybe, but not in the right category.
No just no. Squirt!
JRPG only means it’s made in Japan, incorporating Japanese aesthetics. It doesn’t mean action, or turn-based, or anything regarding the actual gameplay.
Dude, it’s an RPG created in Japan. Iwata even said that.
Every RPG made in Japan counts as a JRPG, so bullshit
Japanese role playing game…… this a western game?
No…
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No im saying its a rpg from Japan. .. so
.. its a jrpg…
But… You are still a troll, from the reputation you’ve given yourself…
You definitely did man. This is my favorite game on the Wii, period.
It might even be better than the first one but i can’t say the same for the music.
“My first thought was that I wanted to build a masterpiece within the JRPG3 genre…”
Ah, I see. For the eastern market, right?
Because it was a pain in the arse to finally bring it to the West. An in NA, NoA gave GameStop exclusivity for its distribution – one of the million sily moves NoA has been making recently.
Reggie should just be put out of the president’s chair. He’s been doing some dumb shit since 2009.
It was great, but a masterpiece? It’s close, but I guess I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt!
I’ll give him best JRPG of this decade… and that’s mostly because of lack of competition. Don’t know exactly what the hell happened to JRPGs but there hasn’t been a sufficiently meaningful one in over ten years now.
Xenoblade Chronicles X might set that “Master Piece” in stone. It certainly looks promising and even auto-attack have a purpose now! Sweet~
I used auto attack a lot! I wanted to see my double attack rank 6 gems in action.
*face palming*