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3/7
But with Consul Y now introduced, that’s actually ALL the major main story characters properly established (we haven’t met the Real Queens yet, but they’ve loomed large ever since the game began, and they’re of course known quantities to Xenoblade fans), and so it’s time for me to give my appraisal of the game’s cast of characters outside of the main party, which I already covered in the Chapter 2 writeup.
As is to be expected, the cast of characters is overall pretty strong. Hell, there are even various minor NPCs who are quite memorable – like Nico, the adorable Colony Mu girl who keeps referring to herself in third person, the twisted and sadistic Hexen of Colony 11, and Namuki, Colony Gamma’s mad scientist. However, it’s obviously the Heroes who make up the bulk of major, friendly characters that you meet on your journey.
The Heroes (not counting the post-game ones) are generally very solid characters with unique personalities and quite a bit of depth and character development. Many of them feature in the main story, but quite a few of them don’t, which can make for some really interesting stand-alone storylines. And as mentioned earlier, my personal favorite Hero is probably Ashera, who’s a really fun personality, and also turns out to have a surprisingly vulnerable side to her. Also, some people might expect me to hate Ghondor, but while she is a mulatta with a pretty bad attitude and some Mary Sue tendencies, I can’t really hate on what’s essentially a Boondocks character in Xenoblade. I really like Boondocks, the first 3 seasons anyway, and find a lot of Ghondor's antics amusing.
On the whole though, I do feel the Heroes aren’t quite as memorable as the Rare Blades in Xenoblade 2. While the Heroes certainly have their quirks and eccentricities, the Rare Blades were overall definitely the more fun, larger-than-life personalities, not afraid to play up the comedy and really commit to classic anime tropes. Part of it was also the Rare Blades boasting overall more unique, memorable and attractive designs – probably due to so many different, highly accomplished artists being invited to design Blades for Xenoblade 2, and being given almost complete creative freedom (which is the reason why so many of the Blades are cute anime girls).
Meanwhile, in Xenoblade 3 the character designs are mainly handled by Masatsugu Saito – who’s absolutely awesome, make no mistake (Pyra is literally my all-time favorite female character design), but who I feel was stretched somewhat thin on this project – either that, or subjected to faggy restrictions in response to cucks and cocksuckers not liking Xenoblade 2’s more fanservicy designs. Possibly both. Don’t get me wrong, the character designs are good overall, about on par with Xenoblade 1, but definitely a step down from Xenoblade 2 and its embarrassment of riches.
But with Consul Y now introduced, that’s actually ALL the major main story characters properly established (we haven’t met the Real Queens yet, but they’ve loomed large ever since the game began, and they’re of course known quantities to Xenoblade fans), and so it’s time for me to give my appraisal of the game’s cast of characters outside of the main party, which I already covered in the Chapter 2 writeup.
As is to be expected, the cast of characters is overall pretty strong. Hell, there are even various minor NPCs who are quite memorable – like Nico, the adorable Colony Mu girl who keeps referring to herself in third person, the twisted and sadistic Hexen of Colony 11, and Namuki, Colony Gamma’s mad scientist. However, it’s obviously the Heroes who make up the bulk of major, friendly characters that you meet on your journey.
The Heroes (not counting the post-game ones) are generally very solid characters with unique personalities and quite a bit of depth and character development. Many of them feature in the main story, but quite a few of them don’t, which can make for some really interesting stand-alone storylines. And as mentioned earlier, my personal favorite Hero is probably Ashera, who’s a really fun personality, and also turns out to have a surprisingly vulnerable side to her. Also, some people might expect me to hate Ghondor, but while she is a mulatta with a pretty bad attitude and some Mary Sue tendencies, I can’t really hate on what’s essentially a Boondocks character in Xenoblade. I really like Boondocks, the first 3 seasons anyway, and find a lot of Ghondor's antics amusing.
On the whole though, I do feel the Heroes aren’t quite as memorable as the Rare Blades in Xenoblade 2. While the Heroes certainly have their quirks and eccentricities, the Rare Blades were overall definitely the more fun, larger-than-life personalities, not afraid to play up the comedy and really commit to classic anime tropes. Part of it was also the Rare Blades boasting overall more unique, memorable and attractive designs – probably due to so many different, highly accomplished artists being invited to design Blades for Xenoblade 2, and being given almost complete creative freedom (which is the reason why so many of the Blades are cute anime girls).
Meanwhile, in Xenoblade 3 the character designs are mainly handled by Masatsugu Saito – who’s absolutely awesome, make no mistake (Pyra is literally my all-time favorite female character design), but who I feel was stretched somewhat thin on this project – either that, or subjected to faggy restrictions in response to cucks and cocksuckers not liking Xenoblade 2’s more fanservicy designs. Possibly both. Don’t get me wrong, the character designs are good overall, about on par with Xenoblade 1, but definitely a step down from Xenoblade 2 and its embarrassment of riches.