"Sharla is the best medic in the group, by a long shot." I'll just let you all take it in and realize that this guy's life is so filled with puns he doesn't even notice many of them.
Nopons: "Me want touch Hom Hom!" Me: Makes sense, since they're new species to you. Nopons: "Me want nibble Hom Hom!" Me: ...Questionable, but I think it's fine. Nopons: "Hom Hom taste!" Me: OKAY, let's go on with the story now, all right?
a brief summary of this lets play: "OOOOHHH this item vision scared me!" "AHhhhhhhhhh I love this area its SOOO beautiful!" "Ohhh this area has my favorite music!"
16:50 “If the Nopon have not sold you, they definitely will. The entire species is incurably capitalist. If you don’t believe me, play the sequel.” -Emile
Oh dear, one of the next two episodes will feature one of the most dangerous and formidable characters in this entire game, he strikes fear into all opponents and his name is rarely spoken of. All I can say is.... "Riki Sneaky."
It feels a bit weird watching this considering I'm level 76 in the game right now and probably on the verge of finishing it off. Without spoilers I'll just say that things only get better and better and better in this game. You've seen NOTHING yet.
I hope Melia has a major attitude adjustment,(I hate snobby party members) also Reyn really does look ridiculous with that cyber armor and the tribal skirt, seriously he looks so stupid hahaha
She really tries to better fit in the party while they have time together. She just did a joke about Reyn ten seconds after meeting them. If that's not an improvement... :D
chuggaaconroy Well that's good to hear. Also I'm surprised you replied yourself Chuggaa but I'm glad none the less also can't wait to see more of this series
I like Melia's design it's cute. And I thought it was funny when the Nopon said "Hom Hom taste ptewy" and when they called Melia Bird Lady. The nopon are so cute!
maybe it was accidental. or maybe he was trying to suck poison out of them (comes up with more possibilities in head)....yeah it is a bit distubing, but it was funny how it said it. ^u^"
I can't accurately express how much I love Frontier Village. It's freakin' huge, teaming with life, incredibly cool looking AND there are Nopon EVERYWHERE! 100/10.
I made a comment a few videos ago talking about a certain post battle comment. now that all the characters involved then I have been discovered, prudent to retell that line, it is pretty funny. Reyn: you can't have a rainbow without Reyn, baby! Melia: uh, Dunban, I think you need to have a talk with Reyn. Dunban: let's just pretend this didn't happen.
-MAI WAIFU- ahem, MELIA IS HERE!!! Can't wait until you delve into her story more...(also I've been calling Makna Eks, Makna Elks for so long it sounds weird hearing Eks xD)
Kinda a followup from last part, but can I just stress how much it ticks me off how much of a DICK Reyn was to Shulk about Alvis? He can believe that Shulk can see the goddamn future, but the second he claims to have seen someone that isn't there anymore he disbelieves automatically!? I'm not asking for blind faith, but a little more trust I. someone who has LITERALLY SAVED YOUR LIFE isn't out of the question. I love Reyn to death, but this was an asspull out of nowhere.
KingOfTheChoppas No, when she was talkig about Rhyn at the begining, after he teased Shulk, for scaring her, because she has never come into contact with men before.
I've been watching this LP for the last few days, and I'm liking this game very much. Then from the last episode's new character, Alvis, I suddenly got nostalgic at the sound of his voice. So I did a quick google search and found out that the voice actor was the same person who voiced Angelo from Dragon Quest VIII and that was just freaking awesome! Loved that game, and I'm loving this one too!
the introduction of my favorite two characters!! Whoo :D I love how dunban is there in the background laughing when shulk gets slapped. I live these characters, so realistic xD
Titanic Steampunk well fudge. I have been caught. yes, I live these two characters. I follow their examples of strength and personality. I live by their morals. I live these two characters (*wipes sweat off brow* did I fool'em?)
Titanic Steampunk agreed. I think the biggest reason is "reaction" these characters react like real people would. Melia slapped when she felt... threatened? Dunban laughed, Reyn teased. Shult was somewhat amused. And the banter feels, well, real lol and the story, oh gosh yes, its so well fleshed out, and the characters drive it, just as it should be.
When you realize you commented on this video when you were close to Shulk's age, but now when you go back, you're closer to Dunban's age lol. Time freaking flies and I JUST got the definitive edition, so now I get to experience this all for myself! Thanks for introducing me to the series, Emile!
I had this game for a long time, and i haven't played it for well a long time, because i was stuck at tetra cave, and when i saw you playing this and giving tips, i picked it back up and got past tetra cave, and I'm loving this game. Thanks for doing this chugga
I’m just going to say it, but Melia is basically the Xenoblade Chronicles version of Weiss Schnee from RWBY. Like both Melia and Weiss are the magic like users of their respective parties, both are members of powerful families as Melia is a princess while Weiss is the ex-Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. And when I play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, I will be calling Melia Weiss Schnee as a nickname for her. And RWBY came out 3 years after Xenoblade Chronicles as Xenoblade Chronicles came out in 2010. But I still find it a little funny that Melia was basically foreshadowing that Weiss Schnee would become Chuggaaconroy’s favorite character from RWBY what with Melia and Weiss being similar in team roles.
Oh my God, Alvis has been bugging me for the past few days because his voice was so familiar to me, so I finally looked up the voice actor and his actor also voices Angelo from Dragon Quest VIII! Man, that is, like, my favourite game of all time. Considering that, it's no wonder why I am loving this LP so far; it really reminds me of DQ8. I wish I could play this game myself now... But I am immensely enjoying this Lp so far, so keep up the good work, Chugga! :D
I love how funny the scene was when Melia wakes up. It makes me laugh to this day still. Not to mention that scene had Reyn looking so ridiculous it made me laugh even more
Welp I wasn't expecting Shulk to make the same connection as I did that Melia was the one to hurt the Telethia...I am not mad,because really I hate it when I see the main character not making a pretty easy conclusion to come by.
I am absolutely PSYCHED. Alvis is voiced by the same man who voiced Angelo in Dragon Quest VIII! It's such an incredibly satisfying feeling when you recognize an obscure voice actor.
+Mj Black Dude, who doesn't? It's SUCH a great JRPG. They rereleased it in Japan for the 3DS, and, based on news of a French translation that Hori-san let slip, it seems rather probable that the West is going to get it, too, which is SO exciting.
I knoooooooow!!!!!!!! In the 3DS version, they expanded on a couple of things (there are new cutscenes that detail Dhoulmagus' past AND the Hero's and Princess Medea's childhoods together), and Morrie and Red are playable characters~ There are a lot of DQ games being released in Japan right now, and we're just getting DQ Heroes... I really hope some of these games are released in NA. >.>
"Monado" Count: 167 (Minor Character Spoilers) I agree with Chugga about Melia. Not only is she great in battle, but she's also pretty fun to play as, and that's a plus in and of itself because her AI isn't very good. There are times where I wish she and Shulk would get together.
Man, watching these videos has seriously gotten me wanting to play this again. The story, the gameplay, the music, it's all just incredible and I'm really glad it's finally getting the attention it deserves.
Man I spent so many hours in this village it's crazy. I wasn't using any guides yet I was going for 100% and there are just so many floors with questgivers at different times, without knowing the times they show up I just randomly kept roaming the village for ages it seems to complete all the quests.Of course there are areas even more complicated than this....
Thank you for doing this walkthrough chugga! It really has been awesome and a blessing to see such an awesome and creative project with such high quality and effort put into it. You've also opened my eyes as well as many other people's to an incredible game that breaks away from the, Nintendo stereotype. I really hope that I can get to play Xenoblade Chronicles for myself as well as Xenoblade chronicles X for Wii U when it comes out! Thank you so much for this walkthrough.
Ahhh man Nopon village and Makna forest. Easily my favorite areas in terms of scenery. It makes me think of something out of a studio ghibli movie. And if you want to see it really foreshadowed look at the tree chugga shows at about 24:00 at night time. I'll let the view speak for itself
The Nopon in the tree village remind me of the Kokiri in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Both races live in and/or near a tree, both have a leader/gaurdian who protect them, and both are small.
That "mmmm" noise that Reyn made after he said that Shulk was creeping Melia out just made me laugh so hard and then the talent art elemental discharge with the "mmmm" noise after
PADR21 I'll be able to have the money, like, tomorrow or something. And I live in an area that doesn't have many gamers, so I'm not too worried about someone buying it out from under my nose..
777mariomaster Is what you say the moment before someone does. Seriously, don't jinx it for yourself chugga proves it does happen... on many occasions.
i just noticed how similar this game is in story structure and character roster to final fantasy 10. seriously, look at the order of characters and how similar they are for the most part in hair color, general attributes, and connection to the main plot... auron = dunban (both in story relevance, character attributes, being the eldest, and having 1 arm) tidus = shulk (being the blonde, mostly unsure, friendly main character who find a special quality about them) wakka = ryne (both being the red haired best pal to the main character in respective ways and being very, very wacky) lulu = sharla (being the busty, stern, no nonsense party member who has a kind of motherly asthetic) yuna = melia (both being the magic users of the group and both being tied to royalty in respective ways) just for a few mild comparisons. if there are any more you find, please feel free to share!
oh i got one more thing that came to mind! sin's design is actually VERY, VERY similar to that of the bionis. they don't share much similarities plot wise, but they both have fin-like appendages, large pointed heads, huge fingers, they both inhabit the ocean, and they both act as a platform for people in some way, even though bionis is FAR larger. oh and in both games you receive a non-human partner at about the same point in the game. just in case it hasn't happened yet in this video, i won't mention him ;)
I was thinking that it was more similar to Kingdom Hearts in design: 3 characters at a time, mini map is similar,both games have a legendary weapon than stands out and is useful for certain enemies (Monado kills Mecheon, Keyblade retrieves hearts from heartless) ... Im sure someone could go through this better, and I realize there are a lot of differences too, I just thought I would leave the info here...
The Nopons in Frontier Village actually do have a lot of interesting lines of dialogue - one of them (also featured in one of the cut-scenes) is for example very interested in how Homs taste..
This is why I love this game so much. so many ways to play so menu things to do. It's almost impossible to see and do them all on one play through. Even with all he's done and realizing all the content I missed, there is still stuff that I found that he hasn't. This game is truly fast and is so incredible because of it.
Its not that we need someone who can use the MOnado to see WHO will be in Smash, but use the Monado IN Ssmash. I mean, Monolith did remind us about it.
Melia's amazing. She is the highest damage dealer in the game if you set her up right, her buffs stack and you can summon them twice in a row with no cost with a later art, she can topple enemies by herself, amazing for chaining due to how her talent art works, one later art is essentially a much more powerful Monado Purge, can damage the Mechon without needing Shulk's help, and I believe she's the first party member who can get a full art book for one of her arts if you can find it. She does have a few drawbacks (her healing arts are the worst healing arts in the game, AI sucks at controlling her, and she's fragile and needs someone to hold aggro for her) but the positives far outweigh the negatives here. Also I like how Nopon just sort of subvert the sort of race type you'd expect them to be, with them being little assholes and whatnot.
Ok I would like to pay tribute to the fact that Chugga got ALL of the quest in the huuuge tree he is very devoted to his work and I am very happy to be one of the early subscribers to him. Its very nice to see some1 as happy and (again) devoted to what he does and that playing a video game!!! I could be here for hours praising this guy but i'll just end it with... Melia is the new Fiora!
**SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR THE IMMEDIATE EVENTS IN THE AREA** Man, I've been waiting for this video, so I could see what you had to say about Melia! Honestly, prior to now, I thought she was decent but nothing fantastic. However, I definitely see the upside to having her around after hearing you talk about her. But now I'm a little conflicted when it comes to party members... I've reached the next area, and have Riki in my party too. Primarily since I got him, I've been using Shulk, him, and Dunban. Though, that was still a tough-ish decision to begin with, because I really liked the Break, Topple, and Daze combo I could do with a chain attack using Shulk, Dunban, and Sharla. But I was okay with giving that up for Riki's debuffs and ability to raise the party gauge so fast, since that is admittedly a LOT more useful. However, now that I know more about Melia, I'm even more confused as to who I should pick. Shulk, Melia and Riki seems like they would be an insane combo. Riki would debuff the enemies while Melia buffs the party, and Riki would fill up the party gauge really quickly so Melia could do an massive combo....however, then that leaves the small problem about aggro. With neither Dunban or Reyn in the party, either Melia or Shulk would be taking the hits. Neither of which is ideal. Though, I did build my Shulk a little more tanky (used skill link to allow him to wear heavy armour), so he COULD take the hits, but then he wouldn't able to do backslash or any of the other position based moves... I suppose no combination is without its downsides. I REALLY wish you could have four characters in the battle party, but I suppose that would be a little too easy, wouldn't it?
Hmmm I think you want to try out Melia a bit more with the new arts that she learns and you might find the appeal more. As for the future party member (next party member spoiler:) I found that Riki can be a pretty decent tank. He has a bunch of HP so he's good for soaking up hits so that might solve your aggro problem. I never really used Riki except for battles against enemies 6-10 levels higher than me. It works really well to have Melia, Riki, Sharla for those. Everyone can hit accurately with ether damage, Melia/Riki can hit with a lot of DoT, and Sharla will heal you if Riki somehow loses the aggro.
flameheadshero **SPOILERS FOR THE NEXT PARTY MEMBER AGAIN** You know, that's a great point. I did notice that Riki had a crazy amount of hp. Right now in my game, he has nearly twice what Shulk does. So, if I could get aggro drawn on him, then that would be pretty perfect. Maybe I'll try to build up Riki and Dunban's affinity so I can skill link his increased aggro with no armour, increased agility with no armour, and increased agility at 50% or less hp skills. That way, he acts kind of like a pseudo Dunban, and will dodge most attacks until Melia's recovery buff replenishes any health he's lost otherwise as a damage sponge. Only thing missing would be a topple user, since both Shulk and Riki can inflict break, and Shulk has a daze art. I hope one of them learns one at some point. That'd cover pretty much every avenue of my play style then, haha. I'll definitely give Melia another try too! I'm interested in learning how to handle her, now that I know how useful she can be passively and in chain attacks. And like I said, that pairs beautifully with Riki's debuffs, and ability to fill the party gauge. Practically have a chain attack ready every two minutes. Though, personally, I'd probably opt. to have Shulk instead of Sharla. Primarily for the Monado arts, but also because I think between Melia's recovery buff and Riki and Shulk's healing arts, that we could handle most situations. Thanks for the advice!
***** I marked it with a very clear warning. And besides, it isn't a big spoiler to begin with. The only thing I spoiled was a character that we haven't met's name. Not even any story stuff about them or anything. Not to mention that I made sure most of it would be hidden by hitting enter multiple times, so that it'd be far enough down that you'd have to be deliberately looking at it by clicking "read more" to see what I said.
7:59 I actually didn't realize the buffs when a way when you used the elements to attack. I'll need to remember that. Also, Frontier Village....oh how I spent soooo much time with the quests here!
"Sharla is the best medic in the group, by a long shot." I'll just let you all take it in and realize that this guy's life is so filled with puns he doesn't even notice many of them.
"This large one is far worse"
*Shulk's thumbs up*
ROFL, one of the best moments so far.
If you know what she means ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TSW425 ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
TSW425
After so many days of hearing it over and over, finally
It's shulk time!
What.....
Admiral Doofus (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
kaozbender Hahaha wow, I never noticed that thumbs up! I was too busy laughing at the way Reyn was like "You're creeping this lady out mmmmm!"
Nopons: "Me want touch Hom Hom!"
Me: Makes sense, since they're new species to you.
Nopons: "Me want nibble Hom Hom!"
Me: ...Questionable, but I think it's fine.
Nopons: "Hom Hom taste!"
Me: OKAY, let's go on with the story now, all right?
Whoever voiced the nopon must have loved their job :)
"Sharla is still the best healer in the group, by a long shot." Get it? get it?! because she has a....I'll just show myself out...
*aims rifle* go
Lol don’t make them go
@@castblast4063 THIS IS A CHUGGACONROY VIDEO, EXPECT ALL THE PUNS, AND EXPECT THEM TO BE WELCOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the right place for puns.
Anyone notice Dunban laughing when Shulk was hit by melia?
Yes I noticed.
YEEEEET.
I did.
I think I laughed once I looked up and seen him laughing. Who DOES that? What an asshole, LOL.
Yes
a brief summary of this lets play:
"OOOOHHH this item vision scared me!"
"AHhhhhhhhhh I love this area its SOOO beautiful!"
"Ohhh this area has my favorite music!"
You forgot I want a pet Nopon
"This is one of my favorite item names"
This part of the game made me realize the Nopon are quite a bit more intelligent than they initially come across. I definitely like the Nopon.
Guys, how many of us have jumped from the top of the village to try and land in that tiny little pool at the bottom?
I have, but not on purpose. Screw those thin bridges.
not as meany times as I've missed
I have done it at several times. Too lazy for skiptravel.
Many times. Some one purpose because I like doing it, but sometimes when I don't want to go down I fall in there. Thin bridges are my enemy.
***** The real Endboss revealed. Bridges!
16:50
“If the Nopon have not sold you, they definitely will. The entire species is incurably capitalist. If you don’t believe me, play the sequel.”
-Emile
"Melia's auto attack goes off from a distance."
So according to Chugga physically hitting someone with a staff counts as a ranged attack.
Oh dear, one of the next two episodes will feature one of the most dangerous and formidable characters in this entire game, he strikes fear into all opponents and his name is rarely spoken of. All I can say is....
"Riki Sneaky."
It feels a bit weird watching this considering I'm level 76 in the game right now and probably on the verge of finishing it off. Without spoilers I'll just say that things only get better and better and better in this game. You've seen NOTHING yet.
So many plot twists, amiright?
Those plot twists tho...
Logan Hollis Indeed.
I'm level 76 as well! About to face what many people call the hardest boss in the game
Nbz The Level 120 one?
it should be noted that Melia's voice actress is the current companion in doctor who
Seriously? Wow, never knew that.
***** Wasn't there that day.
Right. I haven’t seen the series, but she’s from it
‘This large one is far worse.’ I’m just imagining melia following it up with, ‘Seriously, what on Bionis are you wearing?’
"You defeated the Telethia? Who are you?"
I'M BATMAN
Lol no I'm Shula,the guy who is in smash bros
Xenado well, when the first DLC fighter of Ultimate is released, Joker and Robin can duke it out in a metropolitan area
I LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT my sense of humor is LITERALLY DATED
Melia is my favorite character in this game
Well, much like Reyn and Dunban, why not both? Hom hom zoom zoom.
I hope Melia has a major attitude adjustment,(I hate snobby party members) also Reyn really does look ridiculous with that cyber armor and the tribal skirt, seriously he looks so stupid hahaha
I assure you, she is a great character.
She really tries to better fit in the party while they have time together. She just did a joke about Reyn ten seconds after meeting them. If that's not an improvement... :D
@chuggaaconroy, she's like viridi from kid icarus
chuggaaconroy Well that's good to hear. Also I'm surprised you replied yourself Chuggaa but I'm glad none the less also can't wait to see more of this series
Mad_Hatter_LPS Don't worry. She seems snobby at first, but it will definitely change.
i laughed because Chugga told us not to laugh, and not even out of spite or to be funny, it just made me laugh when he said not to
I like Melia's design it's cute. And I thought it was funny when the Nopon said "Hom Hom taste ptewy" and when they called Melia Bird Lady. The nopon are so cute!
maybe it was accidental. or maybe he was trying to suck poison out of them (comes up with more possibilities in head)....yeah it is a bit distubing, but it was funny how it said it. ^u^"
1:18 dunban just laughing behind there of shulk getting slapped
I can't accurately express how much I love Frontier Village. It's freakin' huge, teaming with life, incredibly cool looking AND there are Nopon EVERYWHERE! 100/10.
I made a comment a few videos ago talking about a certain post battle comment. now that all the characters involved then I have been discovered, prudent to retell that line, it is pretty funny.
Reyn: you can't have a rainbow without Reyn, baby!
Melia: uh, Dunban, I think you need to have a talk with Reyn.
Dunban: let's just pretend this didn't happen.
Chuggaa, don't say "Don't laugh" if you don't want people to laugh. It never works.
I didn't even consider the innuendo until he said that.
-MAI WAIFU- ahem, MELIA IS HERE!!! Can't wait until you delve into her story more...(also I've been calling Makna Eks, Makna Elks for so long it sounds weird hearing Eks xD)
What do you think this is? Fire Emblem? No this is Waifublade Chronicles.
flameheadshero
XD
flameheadshero Let's not forget PerWaifu 4: Marie edition
Fire Waifu Awakening
and last but not least: Kingdom Yaoi
Hands off, she's mine.
chuggaaconroy hahaha! great joke! You never cease to tickle me! see you tommorow! [{:¬P
Kinda a followup from last part, but can I just stress how much it ticks me off how much of a DICK Reyn was to Shulk about Alvis? He can believe that Shulk can see the goddamn future, but the second he claims to have seen someone that isn't there anymore he disbelieves automatically!? I'm not asking for blind faith, but a little more trust I. someone who has LITERALLY SAVED YOUR LIFE isn't out of the question. I love Reyn to death, but this was an asspull out of nowhere.
Ikr!! X_X
at least someone agrees with me XD. Surprised no one draws attention to that. Hell, Dunban seems lightly skeptical but at least accepting to the idea.
"This large one is even worse"
I already like this new girl!
sex joke?
KingOfTheChoppas No, when she was talkig about Rhyn at the begining, after he teased Shulk, for scaring her, because she has never come into contact with men before.
One of the shouting Nopon said the want to touch homhom
17:06 "look at this area" while zooming in on an underskirt shot of Reyn. Nice, Chugga.
I wasn't expecting the Nopon to sound like that XD especially the first one I burst out laughing
in 2 some are even better, I love the voice they gave that game's Niranira, it is very deep and serious, it is so out of place for a Nopon
OH MY GOD, I WANT MY OWN NOPON! ;A;
I totally agree with you
I wanna find a plushie nopon....
How about a Nopon Volleyball.
Hennils You my dear sir/lady, are a heartless person.
Jadedcobalt Gildedjade Hennils is on to something. You'll see it in the next Episode I believe. What I'm thinking of is not that far off.
I've been watching this LP for the last few days, and I'm liking this game very much. Then from the last episode's new character, Alvis, I suddenly got nostalgic at the sound of his voice. So I did a quick google search and found out that the voice actor was the same person who voiced Angelo from Dragon Quest VIII and that was just freaking awesome! Loved that game, and I'm loving this one too!
I realized that Nopons' voices at 14:45 are perforemed by main characters. (Especially,Reyn's voice is really distinctive)
the introduction of my favorite two characters!! Whoo :D I love how dunban is there in the background laughing when shulk gets slapped. I live these characters, so realistic xD
Titanic Steampunk well fudge. I have been caught. yes, I live these two characters. I follow their examples of strength and personality. I live by their morals. I live these two characters
(*wipes sweat off brow* did I fool'em?)
Titanic Steampunk agreed. I think the biggest reason is "reaction" these characters react like real people would. Melia slapped when she felt... threatened? Dunban laughed, Reyn teased. Shult was somewhat amused. And the banter feels, well, real lol and the story, oh gosh yes, its so well fleshed out, and the characters drive it, just as it should be.
2 party members at the same time..
I see London, I see France, I saw Reyn's Underpants!
Juju what were you doing while you were a guest in the party?
mapping the region for ether deposits and trying to figure out if Colony 6 could use the ether as fuel
Juju the Homs well you have settlements to keep working. (This universe needs a Preston.)
When you realize you commented on this video when you were close to Shulk's age, but now when you go back, you're closer to Dunban's age lol. Time freaking flies and I JUST got the definitive edition, so now I get to experience this all for myself! Thanks for introducing me to the series, Emile!
Them noppon are so adorable! Their Chief sounds so refined but he still looks so huggable n fluffy like all noppon xD
*nopon
I had this game for a long time, and i haven't played it for well a long time, because i was stuck at tetra cave, and when i saw you playing this and giving tips, i picked it back up and got past tetra cave, and I'm loving this game. Thanks for doing this chugga
1:35 I guess you could say that she had...
(puts on sunglasses)
a close encounter with the first kind
YYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
*chuckles and shakes head while slow clapping*
Can we just take a minute to appreciate how amazing the soundtrack is. All of the songs fit each area and situation perfectly.
17:06 "Look at this area" as he zooms in on Reyn's skirt -.- How is anybody supposed to ignore that?
I’m just going to say it, but Melia is basically the Xenoblade Chronicles version of Weiss Schnee from RWBY. Like both Melia and Weiss are the magic like users of their respective parties, both are members of powerful families as Melia is a princess while Weiss is the ex-Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. And when I play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, I will be calling Melia Weiss Schnee as a nickname for her. And RWBY came out 3 years after Xenoblade Chronicles as Xenoblade Chronicles came out in 2010. But I still find it a little funny that Melia was basically foreshadowing that Weiss Schnee would become Chuggaaconroy’s favorite character from RWBY what with Melia and Weiss being similar in team roles.
"We want to touch hom hom" Nopon, never forget
Oh my God, Alvis has been bugging me for the past few days because his voice was so familiar to me, so I finally looked up the voice actor and his actor also voices Angelo from Dragon Quest VIII! Man, that is, like, my favourite game of all time. Considering that, it's no wonder why I am loving this LP so far; it really reminds me of DQ8.
I wish I could play this game myself now... But I am immensely enjoying this Lp so far, so keep up the good work, Chugga! :D
"How about we get into our new party member and see what she is like" -chuggaconroy, 2014
I love how funny the scene was when Melia wakes up. It makes me laugh to this day still. Not to mention that scene had Reyn looking so ridiculous it made me laugh even more
Welp I wasn't expecting Shulk to make the same connection as I did that Melia was the one to hurt the Telethia...I am not mad,because really I hate it when I see the main character not making a pretty easy conclusion to come by.
Went to search for the music, Frontier Village's BGM is soo good! The acoustics, especially that guitar backing just brightens my day.
Dang it Chugga with your cliff hangers!! YOU SHALL BE THE DEATH OF ME
chuggaaconroy the ending clip with the Nopon Village was beautiful and peaceful! Thank you for adding it to the video!
"This large one is far worse" funniest line in the game
Eh, I prefer "The lift don't work." Honestly, that cutscene is one of my favorites.
I am absolutely PSYCHED. Alvis is voiced by the same man who voiced Angelo in Dragon Quest VIII! It's such an incredibly satisfying feeling when you recognize an obscure voice actor.
Really? Wow, I love DQ8
+Mj Black Dude, who doesn't? It's SUCH a great JRPG. They rereleased it in Japan for the 3DS, and, based on news of a French translation that Hori-san let slip, it seems rather probable that the West is going to get it, too, which is SO exciting.
Jacqueline Warner-Smith HOW COME I WAS NEVER TOLD ANY OF THIS. I swear DQ8 is so underrated.
I knoooooooow!!!!!!!! In the 3DS version, they expanded on a couple of things (there are new cutscenes that detail Dhoulmagus' past AND the Hero's and Princess Medea's childhoods together), and Morrie and Red are playable characters~ There are a lot of DQ games being released in Japan right now, and we're just getting DQ Heroes... I really hope some of these games are released in NA. >.>
"Monado" Count: 167
(Minor Character Spoilers)
I agree with Chugga about Melia. Not only is she great in battle, but she's also pretty fun to play as, and that's a plus in and of itself because her AI isn't very good. There are times where I wish she and Shulk would get together.
Are you counting the number of times Monado is said in the LP? Bless your heart.
I feel so bad for Melia by the end of the game. I wish I could jump into the game and be with her so she doesn't have to be lonely. :(
JustCommentOkay@ then write a Fanfiction about her then. Since there's like none about melia xD
***** Sorry, forgot that her name was mentioned in a previous video.
***** ok then
When Melia said to Shulk "Who are you?", i would've liked to see Reyn answer "I'm Reyn and it's my time"
"Who are you?"
I'm Shulk, and I wield a blade that f*cks with reality!
Man, watching these videos has seriously gotten me wanting to play this again. The story, the gameplay, the music, it's all just incredible and I'm really glad it's finally getting the attention it deserves.
1:17 Lol Dunban's snickering in the background.
14:49 Say what o.O
14:51 WTF?
+Sandra Carlos 0:09 best moment
I don't get it. Is there something I'm missing?
I find it way more funny than I should that you can see up reyn's skirt thing
Oh. That's kind of messed up, tbh.
I know
0:09 CAN'T BE UNSEEN!
Man I spent so many hours in this village it's crazy. I wasn't using any guides yet I was going for 100% and there are just so many floors with questgivers at different times, without knowing the times they show up I just randomly kept roaming the village for ages it seems to complete all the quests.Of course there are areas even more complicated than this....
Caught up on the last two videos getting hyped for Shulk maybe being revealed in Smash today! Also that cliffhanger! I must know more!
18:17 "Whether my bed is clean or not is all up to you."
...I beg your pardon?
Dunban is just laughing his head off in the background when Melia slaps Shulk.
with new youtube features, analytics we have never seen before show that many people replay the first 20 seconds of the video 🤔
I forgot that Shulk gets Bitch slapped in this episode. that just made it 10x better. lol
you are really doing a good job on this series.
I think Emile will agree with me...
Melia is best girl.
Melia is bae
Thank you for doing this walkthrough chugga! It really has been awesome and a blessing to see such an awesome and creative project with such high quality and effort put into it. You've also opened my eyes as well as many other people's to an incredible game that breaks away from the, Nintendo stereotype. I really hope that I can get to play Xenoblade Chronicles for myself as well as Xenoblade chronicles X for Wii U when it comes out! Thank you so much for this walkthrough.
anyone else reminded of the Koroks and the Great Deku Tree from Wind Waker while in frontier village
Ahhh man Nopon village and Makna forest. Easily my favorite areas in terms of scenery. It makes me think of something out of a studio ghibli movie. And if you want to see it really foreshadowed look at the tree chugga shows at about 24:00 at night time. I'll let the view speak for itself
The Nopon chief looks like a decorated pineapple. Why did they make him look like a pineapple?
Well he is a Nopon...
+DreamingOfDragons72x3 He does look like a pineapple; a big, old pineapple.
+DreamingOfDragons72x3 More like a walking shrub.
Then suddenly, pineapples.
The Nopon in the tree village remind me of the Kokiri in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Both races live in and/or near a tree, both have a leader/gaurdian who protect them, and both are small.
R.I.P Sharla's Usefulness
Its was gone ages ago
R.I.P. Fiora
+EL2020TV2 way to f*** up a great video's comment section.
R.I.P. Shulk
Hennils
R.I.P. Dunban
1:19 Shulk Just got bitch slapped
1:15
XD Shulk got bitch-slapped. (Sorry, for me it's just that funny.)
(Also in the background Dunban is laughing O.o )
Dunga's epic hair.
Also, the Nopon village reminds me of an Ewok village.
+Moonlit Hope Those killer koalas!
What? Your SHARLA has evolved into MELIA!
Melia is such a great character. Her Arts are really helpful when you play as her. I'm really fond of her and enjoy using her as much as I use Shulk.
MELIA'S VOICE ACTOR IS CLARA OSWALD
IM EXCCITED ABT THIS AH
Chugga, thank you so much for finally drawing the comparison between the Nopon and Mr. Saturn. :P
Nopon sound like THAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 14:00
" Me want touch Hom Hom" Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I died alittle inside when I heard that on my first playthrough.
That "mmmm" noise that Reyn made after he said that Shulk was creeping Melia out just made me laugh so hard and then the talent art elemental discharge with the "mmmm" noise after
I was in Gamestop today, and I literally had this game in my hand...
But I couldn't get it because I didn't have enough money. Oh well. SOON.
Be sure to buy it. It's amazing o.o
Couldn't ask them to save it for you?
PADR21 I'll be able to have the money, like, tomorrow or something. And I live in an area that doesn't have many gamers, so I'm not too worried about someone buying it out from under my nose..
777mariomaster Is what you say the moment before someone does.
Seriously, don't jinx it for yourself chugga proves it does happen... on many occasions.
that was me on thursday last week, but i've had the money.
my gamestop had 2 copies for $45. glad i got one in brand new condition!
This series is the highlight of my day! Keep up the good work!
I have but 1 problem with that chick...
HOW DID SHE NOT NOTICE THE MONADO!?!?!!?
She does in the next episode
mi jhin I figured that she'd notice eventually, but I mean, come on!
There aren;t any baby chickens in this game
1:18 I love how Dunban is over there laughing
i just noticed how similar this game is in story structure and character roster to final fantasy 10.
seriously, look at the order of characters and how similar they are for the most part in hair color, general attributes, and connection to the main plot...
auron = dunban (both in story relevance, character attributes, being the eldest, and having 1 arm)
tidus = shulk (being the blonde, mostly unsure, friendly main character who find a special quality about them)
wakka = ryne (both being the red haired best pal to the main character in respective ways and being very, very wacky)
lulu = sharla (being the busty, stern, no nonsense party member who has a kind of motherly asthetic)
yuna = melia (both being the magic users of the group and both being tied to royalty in respective ways)
just for a few mild comparisons. if there are any more you find, please feel free to share!
oh i got one more thing that came to mind!
sin's design is actually VERY, VERY similar to that of the bionis. they don't share much similarities plot wise, but they both have fin-like appendages, large pointed heads, huge fingers, they both inhabit the ocean, and they both act as a platform for people in some way, even though bionis is FAR larger.
oh and in both games you receive a non-human partner at about the same point in the game.
just in case it hasn't happened yet in this video, i won't mention him ;)
Daniel Williams
...WOW
I honestly never noticed! Like... at all.
This comparison is a good thing, because... well... I liked FF10.
I was thinking that it was more similar to Kingdom Hearts in design: 3 characters at a time, mini map is similar,both games have a legendary weapon than stands out and is useful for certain enemies (Monado kills Mecheon, Keyblade retrieves hearts from heartless) ... Im sure someone could go through this better, and I realize there are a lot of differences too, I just thought I would leave the info here...
alvis and riku are THE SAME PERSON.
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED. ILLUMINATI DID IT. SNOOP HAS BEEN SOBER THE WHOLE TIME.
Daniel Williams Melia is the oldest party Member actually!
The Nopons in Frontier Village actually do have a lot of interesting lines of dialogue - one of them (also featured in one of the cut-scenes) is for example very interested in how Homs taste..
YES FINALLY. TH-cam sure took its sweet time processing this one. :p
Okay
ikr
5:27, unfair you say? Considering there is an enemy with an instant death spike, unfair is an understatement.
Is it just me, or does the Bionis' silhouette look a bit like a Blazikin?
2 spiky humanoid shape look the same????
Spoiler:
Mechonis is actually Swampert
Love the Mother 3 references in this video, and thanks for another great and interesting video!
"Elemental discharge don't laugh..." I'm sorry to ask but I don't understand how that's inappropriate.
Deathdudz i am extremely late, but i think he meant that it sounds pathetic
b o d i l y f l u i d s
This is why I love this game so much. so many ways to play so menu things to do. It's almost impossible to see and do them all on one play through. Even with all he's done and realizing all the content I missed, there is still stuff that I found that he hasn't. This game is truly fast and is so incredible because of it.
The funniest episode by far.
You may want to look again.
Which one?
Cameron Craik
use the Monado... and see INTO THE FUTURE! And maybe be patient for Tuesday.
I just hope that someone can use the Monado and get a vision of what the new Smash Bros character will be tomorrow.
Its not that we need someone who can use the MOnado to see WHO will be in Smash, but use the Monado IN Ssmash. I mean, Monolith did remind us about it.
Melia's amazing. She is the highest damage dealer in the game if you set her up right, her buffs stack and you can summon them twice in a row with no cost with a later art, she can topple enemies by herself, amazing for chaining due to how her talent art works, one later art is essentially a much more powerful Monado Purge, can damage the Mechon without needing Shulk's help, and I believe she's the first party member who can get a full art book for one of her arts if you can find it. She does have a few drawbacks (her healing arts are the worst healing arts in the game, AI sucks at controlling her, and she's fragile and needs someone to hold aggro for her) but the positives far outweigh the negatives here.
Also I like how Nopon just sort of subvert the sort of race type you'd expect them to be, with them being little assholes and whatnot.
Melia is Chugga's waifu.
I didn't like using Melia for battle at first, but she definitely grew on me throughout the game, especially for some of the later battles.
For Those Of You Who Don't Know Melia Is Voiced By Jenna Coleman. The Same Person Who Played As Clara Oswald From Doctor Who
+Jacob Pena Also, Alvis and Fiora are voice actors for characters in Dark Souls 1 and 2.
+Jacob Pena That's because I stated to watch that show!
Also Adam Howden (voice of Shulk and Zanza) voiced Anders in Dragon Age 2 and Tintin from Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
+Jacob Pena Why Do People Talk Like This People Need To Stop Talking Like This
Ok I would like to pay tribute to the fact that Chugga got ALL of the quest in the huuuge tree he is very devoted to his work and I am very happy to be one of the early subscribers to him. Its very nice to see some1 as happy and (again) devoted to what he does and that playing a video game!!! I could be here for hours praising this guy but i'll just end it with... Melia is the new Fiora!
**SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR THE IMMEDIATE EVENTS IN THE AREA**
Man, I've been waiting for this video, so I could see what you had to say about Melia! Honestly, prior to now, I thought she was decent but nothing fantastic. However, I definitely see the upside to having her around after hearing you talk about her. But now I'm a little conflicted when it comes to party members... I've reached the next area, and have Riki in my party too. Primarily since I got him, I've been using Shulk, him, and Dunban. Though, that was still a tough-ish decision to begin with, because I really liked the Break, Topple, and Daze combo I could do with a chain attack using Shulk, Dunban, and Sharla. But I was okay with giving that up for Riki's debuffs and ability to raise the party gauge so fast, since that is admittedly a LOT more useful. However, now that I know more about Melia, I'm even more confused as to who I should pick. Shulk, Melia and Riki seems like they would be an insane combo. Riki would debuff the enemies while Melia buffs the party, and Riki would fill up the party gauge really quickly so Melia could do an massive combo....however, then that leaves the small problem about aggro. With neither Dunban or Reyn in the party, either Melia or Shulk would be taking the hits. Neither of which is ideal. Though, I did build my Shulk a little more tanky (used skill link to allow him to wear heavy armour), so he COULD take the hits, but then he wouldn't able to do backslash or any of the other position based moves...
I suppose no combination is without its downsides. I REALLY wish you could have four characters in the battle party, but I suppose that would be a little too easy, wouldn't it?
NO MORE SPOILERS PLEASE?
Hmmm I think you want to try out Melia a bit more with the new arts that she learns and you might find the appeal more. As for the future party member (next party member spoiler:)
I found that Riki can be a pretty decent tank. He has a bunch of HP so he's good for soaking up hits so that might solve your aggro problem. I never really used Riki except for battles against enemies 6-10 levels higher than me. It works really well to have Melia, Riki, Sharla for those. Everyone can hit accurately with ether damage, Melia/Riki can hit with a lot of DoT, and Sharla will heal you if Riki somehow loses the aggro.
flameheadshero **SPOILERS FOR THE NEXT PARTY MEMBER AGAIN**
You know, that's a great point. I did notice that Riki had a crazy amount of hp. Right now in my game, he has nearly twice what Shulk does. So, if I could get aggro drawn on him, then that would be pretty perfect. Maybe I'll try to build up Riki and Dunban's affinity so I can skill link his increased aggro with no armour, increased agility with no armour, and increased agility at 50% or less hp skills. That way, he acts kind of like a pseudo Dunban, and will dodge most attacks until Melia's recovery buff replenishes any health he's lost otherwise as a damage sponge. Only thing missing would be a topple user, since both Shulk and Riki can inflict break, and Shulk has a daze art. I hope one of them learns one at some point. That'd cover pretty much every avenue of my play style then, haha.
I'll definitely give Melia another try too! I'm interested in learning how to handle her, now that I know how useful she can be passively and in chain attacks. And like I said, that pairs beautifully with Riki's debuffs, and ability to fill the party gauge. Practically have a chain attack ready every two minutes. Though, personally, I'd probably opt. to have Shulk instead of Sharla. Primarily for the Monado arts, but also because I think between Melia's recovery buff and Riki and Shulk's healing arts, that we could handle most situations.
Thanks for the advice!
***** I marked it with a very clear warning. And besides, it isn't a big spoiler to begin with. The only thing I spoiled was a character that we haven't met's name. Not even any story stuff about them or anything. Not to mention that I made sure most of it would be hidden by hitting enter multiple times, so that it'd be far enough down that you'd have to be deliberately looking at it by clicking "read more" to see what I said.
***** Luckily Melia gets a skill that when used after spear break, topples an enemy even if they aren't in break status. So there's your topple.
7:59 I actually didn't realize the buffs when a way when you used the elements to attack. I'll need to remember that. Also, Frontier Village....oh how I spent soooo much time with the quests here!