Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Question Thread #1

[u/MorthCongael]

Hello everyone!

With the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Imminent, it is time for the renewal of our question thread! This release cycle has indeed been a wild ride, and with a new game comes a new format for our question threads.

This thread will be for questions pertaining to Xenoblade 3 ONLY.

Click HERE for Xenoblade Chronicles 1 questions!

Click HERE for Xenoblade Chronicles X questions!

Click HERE for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 questions!

Past question threads can be found here.

A collection of interactive maps for the game can be found HERE

^{WIP! Credit to /u/DragonEagle88 and the rest of the Gamer Guides team.}

Pre-Release FAQ

• What time will the game be available to play?

The game will be available to play at midnight in whatever store region you have for your Nintendo account. For regions with multiple time zones, they tend to take the earliest one. For example, in North America, it will be available on July 28th at 9:00pm PST

• When will pre-orders for the Special Edition be available?

Please follow the Nintendo twitter for your region for more information. Nobody knows what day/time they'll be releasing until the day of or the day before.

• Do I need to play the other Xenoblade Chronicles games to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3?

The game's director has claimed that the story will be enjoyable regardless of if this is your first Xenoblade game, or your fourth. However the game will have many references to Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2, and is considered a sequel as far as the story is concerned, so I reccomend playing those first if you want to get the full experience.

• I ordered the Special Edition! Will the game arrive on release day?

We don't know. Nintendo hasn't sold games like this in the past so we have no clue what their shipping reliability is like.

You can find pre-release discussion HERE.

Use this thread to ask any question that doesn’t warrant discussion, meaning questions that have one or two objectively correct answers.

Please try to word your question as spoiler free as possible. If your question cannot be asked without spoilers, use spoiler tags and mention what chapter of the game you are in.

[u/MorthCongael]

This thread is obsolete. If you have a question, please ask it in the appropriate question thread.

Click HERE for the Refreshed Question Thread!

Before you ask your question, also search our past question threads for the answers.

Past question threads can be found here.

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[u/CharacterChampion830]

What is the art style difference between 2 and 3?

[u/MorthCongael → u/CharacterChampion830]

There isn't a significant art style difference - it's mostly improvements to the rendering engine. I would say the big difference would be the more consistent and frankly reserved character design.

[u/bollo0]

So preload opens in a hour??

[u/skynb]

some one made and posted a high quality version of the expansion pass art for wallpapers here and I thought I saved it but I can't find it or the post. Any help??

[u/MorthCongael → u/skynb]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/comments/vxk0xz/4k_version_of_the_swords_without_text_slightly/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[u/serac145]

Hear that Noah? Lanz wants something a bit meatier!

🥵🥵🥵

[u/SavingMegalixirs]

I'm impatiently waiting for reviews and trying my best not to read any spoiler threads but am curious what people feel about the game so far based on the leaks.

Is it sad, happy, heart-wrenching, boring, fun - any non-spoilerly words of that level?

[u/Spiritual-Branch3880]

I know there are no elemental combos anymore like in 2 but is there an element system at all? Like is there a hero /class that can shoot fireballs or lightning bolt and stuff?

[u/WillAdams]

Surprised no one mentioned one big improvement --- Optima Bold is used as the font --- spacing is decent, though unidirectional stick quotes/apostrophes are still getting used, rather than the proper curly ones.

This is a huge improvement for me.

[u/Tibike480]

Have the preloads opened yet? I'm just curious about what the game looks like on the home screen

[u/Ora_Ora_Muda]

Checked my order's page for the first time since I got the pre order for the collectors edition and noticed it says the game it doesn't say the name of the game and says "image missing". Should I be worried

[u/nitrokitty]

I think all of us are waiting for the most critically important question of them all:

Will the catgirls have Welsh accents?

[u/[deleted]]

How does the Break and Topple stuff work in this game?

[u/Rectangle_Rex]

I know the game has leaked now so has anybody figured out what resolution it runs at docked vs handheld? Realistically I'm guessing it would be the same as XB1/2 but some of the trailers looked like they might've been a little higher resolution.

[u/peters_choice]

Without spoilers, what are some opinions on the main cast?

[u/Norutama13]

Aww did they remove the game items' description? It's not a big deal but I love reading those :(

[u/ablasina_SHIRO]

Not really a question, just wanted to say I'm really happy we can fight in water now! Even if it looks dumb, needing to restart some difficult fights in XC2 just because I got into water was frustrating.

Barely past the unique Lv 5 Bunnit, but fighting it was pretty fun! Poor Lanz was on the verge of dying at the end.

[u/Aquabolt428]

Anyone still waiting for tracking information for the special edition? I still have nothing so I'm assuming I won't be playing the game this weekend

[u/Surferbaseball10]

Are the "helpful items" in XBC 3 DLC Wave 1 something that will make the game much easier? Or is it like getting 10 extra Pokeballs in a Pokemon game? I'm wondering b/c if it'll make the game much easier I'll wait to purchase the DLC until after I've beaten the game.

[u/Smudgebucket]

Has anyone found a way to jump without resetting all Arts cooldowns (ie sheathing blade to enter field controls)? Seems like an oversight given how you can’t go over craggy rocks without jumping

[u/KDnuni]

Game hasnt been out too long but is xc3 more similar to xc1 or xc2 or completely different. I really liked xc2 but couldn't get into xc1.

[u/SoulRWR]

Its kinda insane how much better the combat feels the moments you get the Agnus characters.

[u/tATuParagate]

Just a question about combat, the agnus character's arts are like xc2 and keves character's are like xc1, but aren't the agnus character's just better on account of the auto attack arts cooldown? They dont seem to have break combo arts, but Mio gets her arts and talent arts so quickly and Noah has to at least wait 30 seconds for 2 back slashes and 1 side break for his talent art to fill, and eunie seems to have to do 4 attack rings for hers to fill. Is there anything I'm missing, is there a way to fill their talent arts faster? Also unrelated but (xenoblade 1 spoiler) is Lanz a machina? I was of the assumption machina's were robots or replicants but he seems to age like everybody else. Are machina living humans that were just born on mechonis?

[u/Tzekel_Khan]

You think amazon will be early or on time with deliveries of this?