kinda OT:
Never heard about Xenoblade, any good?
Xenoblade Chronicles is only for the Wii (im only running it on Dolphin Wii emulator in HD). From the makers of Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Xenosaga and FF3/4/6 afaik so yeah, its basically a jRPG.
Im someone who last enjoyed jRPG in the PS1 and SNES times, PS2 based and later jRPGs felt more jpop/"moe" oriented and extremely tunnel/linear style gameplay, didn't liked it at all (FF13 anyone?).
Xenoblade is an open word-like RPG with massive landscapes where you can traverse anywhere you want and it has an imaginative world (you live on the body of a dead massive god/titan). Gameplay is semi sandbox style, there is gem crafting, the typical rpg armor/weapon customization, FF12 like combat (except better), affinity/friendship/relationship aspects, save anywhere(!!), fast travel (well you can fast travel like in oblivion/FO3/NV since teh world is too huge), day and night cycle (affects the enemies,characters and quests), side quests (lots), surprise and hidden quests, etc.
Btw affinity/friendship between playable characters (and even NPCs) can play a large role during combat, gem crafting etc.
sorry for the OT post hehe, im just enjoying the game while waiting for Skyrim, its like how a Jrpg would look/feel like if it made a sandbox rpg like oblivion/morrowind/skyrim
Oh and the reviews of Xenoblade?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoblade#Reception_and_release
PS. the game environment looks really nice in Dolphin Wii emulator, draw distance is crazy sometimes.