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Xenoblade community sought to vote for the best characters in all 12 categories. Results are incredible.
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Xenoblade community sought to vote the best Switch Xenoblade games in all 12 categories. Results are incredible. Nintendo
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Mnemosine
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Is the least best world Xeno 2?
MrSaturn99
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I live in a giant bucket.
Man, that Worst Character/Antagonist really is well-deserved. I can't even be bothered to remember his name.
Future Connected was, in retrospect, a whole lotta nothin'.
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Is the least best world Xeno 2?
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It's 3, I think.
Blue_Toad507
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Shulk is the best? That milquetoast ass character who is so dull he had to pull meme dialogue from another character for his lines in Smash Bros?
Raysoul
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Mnemosine said:
Is the least best world Xeno 2?
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It's 3, and rightfully so.
Xterrian
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Surprised worst antagonist didn't go to one of the lame-o consul members in 3.
Though the one chosen is so unremarkable I don't even recall his name. So I guess he's qualified for the category.
Rinku_
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Shulk IS that guy, favourite JRPG MC. Adam Howden absolutely killed his VO too.
I do love the term "Least Best" though lol.
Squid Bunny
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Blue_Toad507 said:
Shulk is the best? That milquetoast ass character who is so dull he had to pull meme dialogue from another character for his lines in Smash Bros?
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To be fair, they couldn't use his awesome "kill a God" line.
zashga
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Just to forestall more "who's that?" posts:
Best Character: Shulk (Future Redeemed)
Worst Character: Gael'gar (Future Connected)
Best Villain: Malos (XC2)
Worst Villain: Gael'gar
Best Story Arc: Shulk (XC1)
Best Couple: Mio & Noah (XC3)
Charming Character: Matthew (FR)
Underrated Character: Kallian (XC1)
Best World: Bionis & Mechonis (XC1)
Least Best World: Aionios (XC3)
Best Ending: Future Redeemed
Least Best Ending: XCX
Jake2byFour
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Oct 28, 2017
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No Rex winning anything .... all is right in the world
Morlas
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I would've put Mythra as having the best arc tbh
Dogui
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Oct 28, 2017
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If there's a single thing Xenoblade 2 wins over 1 is the protagonist. Shulk is kinda boring.
Malos is pretty meh as well.
Worst protagonist is probably spot on.
Don't think 3's world is bad, but all the entries has cool worlds, one needs to be the worst.
Not sure I remember this charming character. Is it Matthew? From the male cast, adult Rex is obviously the most handsome of the bunch.
Jakenbakin
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Shulk though? Yeesh. Shulk is okay and gets some cool lines but he's pretty damn boring to me. I've been a longtime hater on introducing me to a main character who's into tinkering and inventing stuff, giving him a magical sci-fi sword, and then he spends the rest of the game never again caring about how anything works despite having, y'know, the monado. There's like 1 quest about him fixing a watch and that's the sum total follow-up to his most interesting characteristic.
Is it meant to be specifically FR Shulk? Love that game but the dude is not much more interesting there (though he embraces his tinkering much more).
Capricorn
"This guy are sick"
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Oct 25, 2017
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Wow, that image is blowing my mind. I consider myself a Xenoblade fan and I've played all the games on the Switch, yet I completely forgot about Gael'gar lmao.
I remember other things from Future Connected like the setting, the conversation system, the Fog King... But he truly must have been a completely unremarkable villain, so he's definitely a great pick for worst villain.
Also, I just spoiled myself on part of XCX's ending by reverse googling image the image on the bottom right corner, I should have figured out it would have been related to that since I didn't recognise that character. And the worst part is that I just cleared Chapter 11 and wanted to start Chapter 12 this weekend 😭
jwhit28
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Oct 25, 2017
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We need more Matthew main characters. Bring back the meatheads.
The Unsent
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Oct 25, 2017
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I would put Zanza as the best antagonist, great voice acting and theme music. I don't even know if Malos was the main antagonist or what he was after.
Benzychenz
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Why isn't Eunie best character, what in the world?
tjh282
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Benzychenz said:
Why isn't Eunie best character, what in the world?
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She's the boss, this poll means nothing
effingvic
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Oct 25, 2017
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Aionios as the "least best world" is laughable. X should have been the best, XC1 probably the worst out of the 4.
Eunie and Matthew for best characters too. Shulk is cool but cmon.
Unknownlight
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zashga said:
Worst Character: Gael'gar (Future Connected)
Worst Villain: Gael'gar
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Clearly this is deserved. I played those games yet I have no idea who that is.
celigio
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Mira was robbed, ROBBED I say.
Gravidee
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Capricorn said:
Also, I just spoiled myself on part of XCX's ending by reverse googling image the image on the bottom right corner, I should have figured out it would have been related to that since I didn't recognise that character. And the worst part is that I just cleared Chapter 11 and wanted to start Chapter 12 this weekend 😭
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Well, I would say
you partially spoiled yourself on the original X ending. There are still surprises in store for the definitive edition.
404LinkNotFound
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Xterrian said:
Surprised worst antagonist didn't go to one of the lame-o consul members in 3.
Though the one chosen is so unremarkable I don't even recall his name. So I guess he's qualified for the category.
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Z is pretty good at representing the main theme of the game at the end of the day. The future connected one is so lame iirc he was defeated in a sidequest
Ridley327
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The Unsent said:
I would put Zanza as the best antagonist, great voice acting and theme music. I don't even know if Malos was the main antagonist or what he was after.
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I dunno, Zanza is pretty stock "omnipotent supervillain that just wants to rule over everything" in terms of what he's about. The most interesting part about him didn't happen until 2, so you really need his overall presentation to carry you through an otherwise typical kind of antagonist for a JRPG. It also doesn't help that he really only shows up fairly late into the game compared to every other Xenoblade villain, so there's really not much of an impression for him to make beyond the token "you fools, you did everything I wanted you to do!" moment that kinda dies fast once Shulk snaps back to it afterward.
The fact that Malos' desire to destroy humanity was never his own and how that shaped his relationship with everyone around him makes him a lot more interesting by default, to say nothing of how he interacts with the cast throughout the entire game. It also helps a lot that for a game that had some issues with the overall voice over direction, David Menkin came to play to make him very memorable from start to finish.
Fatelord
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Sep 21, 2024
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Rex didn't win anything. That makes me overlook everything else I disagree with.
Although his adult design is sick. But the damage was done already.
Bumble Berry
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Rare correct Xenoblade ranking
(I haven't played half the games 😘😘😘)
harinezumi
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Oct 27, 2017
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Benzychenz said:
Why isn't Eunie best character, what in the world?
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Yeah what the hell
Jintor
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Oct 25, 2017
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i can't disagree too much
SalvaPot
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I like the overall list, Xenoblade games are crazy consistent.
Kandinsky
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Oct 25, 2017
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As a Shulk stan I agree with this.
Derkon
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Oct 25, 2017
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Agree with most of the list, especially worst world. Aionios lacked the verticality of previous worlds and was just generally boring to explore.
Yabberwocky
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Oct 27, 2017
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Eunie not being the best character is clear sacrilege, but pretty much agree on the rest!
RockmanBN
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effingvic said:
Aionios as the "least best world" is laughable. X should have been the best, XC1 probably the worst out of the 4.
Eunie and Matthew for best characters too. Shulk is cool but cmon.
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I dunno. I think the world being nothing but 2 seemingly dead giants was pretty cool
Boopers
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The amount of disappointment I have in the community for not voting Xord best villain is immeasurable.
massoluk
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Oct 25, 2017
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Hard to disagree with the results here. XB3 world is really bad, imo. You spent so much time and still got lost because the entire world all look the same more than anything, yet still disjointed (well, there's in game explanation, but ya know)
massoluk
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Edit:double post? How?
SoftTaur
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Oct 25, 2017
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Shulk being so high is weird to me. Like, I think he's a good character. But a better character than someone like Mythra or Eunie is surprising to me.
Aionios being the least best world makes perfect sense to me. Literally standing on the shoulders of giants titans.
falcondoc
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Oct 29, 2017
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Not the best list IMO.
effingvic
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RockmanBN said:
I dunno. I think the world being nothing but 2 seemingly dead giants was pretty cool
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Its definitely cool and unique for sure. I've loved every world in every Xenoblade, but I think Mira is incredibly special.
Bizarre
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This is so hilariously perfect for era. Give it a year folks, it'll resonate xP
BoldPrompt
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Oct 27, 2017
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I forgot Gael'gar as well, but that doesn't make him the worst character. Not by a long shot, especially when Dahlia exists.
Zeal543
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Shulk best character and arc? Well people are entitled to their opinions
NSESN
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Morlas said:
I would've put Mythra as having the best arc tbh
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I just don't see it. Shulk arc is much more intense, he goes on a journey of revenge to them wanting none if it by the end of it. Even in 2 I prefer Nia's
brinstar
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laughing so hard at worst character, that guy was so whatever
NSESN
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SoftTaur said:
Shulk being so high is weird to me. Like, I think he's a good character. But a better character than someone like Mythra or Eunie is surprising to me.
Aionios being the least best world makes perfect sense to me. Literally standing on the shoulders of giants titans.
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Yabberwocky said:
Eunie not being the best character is clear sacrilege, but pretty much agree on the rest!
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Mythra I can see it , but how os Eunie better, being funny? That is what the most charming character category is for and Matthew totally deserves it.
People need to see beyond the meme one liners, Eunie is maybe the least best character of the main cast of 3
JetstreamRorschach
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Xenoblade is full to the brim with good writing, good characters and good worlds so I can't be mad with this kind of polls whatever the results.
Morlas
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NSESN said:
I just don't see it. Shulk arc is much more intense, he goes on a journey of revenge to them wanting none if it by the end of it. Even in 2 I prefer Nia's
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I'm sorry but if we're including Torna I don't see how you could say what Shulk went through is much more intense.
WildArms
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Surprised there's no best OST!
Xenoblade 1 world... I'd rank that 2nd, personally. Like, Christ... X DE, the graphical improvements, the beautiful skybox, the freedom, the secrets, absolutely destroy Xenoblade 1.
Best character and arc definitely is Xenoblade 1 though.
I like all Xenoblade games but definitely think Torna and 2 are my least favorite. Not a fan of the characters, not a fan of how they butchered exploration (especially coming off the original X from the Wii U)... chapter 10 though and the OST were its only redeeming qualities for me.
Xenoblade 3, love the music, love the characters, love the world, love the story and villains.
Xenoblade X, 3 then 1 are my personal favorites, in that order.
NightShift
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Oct 25, 2017
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All I'm seeing is that Xenoblade fans are boring as fuck people.
Oddish1
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I like Shulk, but him being voted best character and best arc is absolutely wild to me.
Edit:
I don't agree with Noah and Mio as best couple, but it also doesn't surprise me.