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Why didn't Xenoblade 3 have the same level of cultural impact and relevancy in the gaming zeitgeist like its predecessor, Xenoblade 2, had?
Even before making the pick for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, XB2's main heroines had an insane level of fan art that you don't see with XB3. Homura and Hikari's appeal and popularity transcend their games, but the same cannot be said for any XB3 characters.
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>>737081034
>Homura and Hikari
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xb3 has really boring character designs if you compare it to the previous games cast.
Doesn't help that no one's really asking for a xeno sequel after 2.
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>>737081394
You made this thread just to reply to yourself.
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>>737081034
>xb2
>cultural impact
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>>737082076
Homura and Hikari (inb4 ken-sama.jpg) are some of the most iconic video game characters of the last decade.
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>>737082204
>Homura and Hikari
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>fan art
Not a good metric at all and doubling down makes you look retarded.
This anon >>737082076 is right.
Xenoblade 1 is the only one with actual cultural impact so far.
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If a character design was good enough to make a lot of people want to draw porn of the character then that's cultural impact. It's not cultural impact to the level of The Beatles but it's more than can be said for any of the XC3 shitters.
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>>737081034
2 had a fantastic ending that paid off everything that had happened so far in the best way. 3 had an absolutely dogshit ending (really everything after the prison arc was sub-par) that made you question why you committed so much time to it. Not that complicated.
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>>737081034
Because it had very little for secondaries that dont actually play the game to latch on to like 2 did with all its gacha boobie characters. its the same reason why nobody ever talks about xenogears.
none of these people actually play any of the games.
YOU ANON, however, should play all the xeno games because they are good and surely you arent a secondary right?
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>>737087020
xenogears has nothing to do with xenosaga and I'm tired of other people pretending otherwise
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>>737086517
She's a cute girl :3
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>>737081034
>(d)eric seething thread #957