I particular like that one minigame where you’re trying to play on your handheld in bed without being spotted by your mum. Yeah, that found some good uses for the screen controller. It’s certainly not enough to justify inventing a whole new kind of controller. And as for minimaps, televisions are large and terrifying enough that a few square inches can quite easily be spared for such purposes. But I’ve never had a problem with having to go to a pause menu for the obvious reason that you can’t look at two screens at the same time anyway. A lot of the time the screen controller is barely used so that you can do that thing where you transfer the whole game to the controller because normal, competently socialised people want to use the TV.Īt other times the screen controller gets used mainly as an inventory or map screen that can be displayed without the main screen having to cut away from the action, or be partially covered by a minimap. Let me quickly go over the selection of Wii U game boxes on the shelf to my right to see if I’m correct. In fact, I might go as far to say that it’s the first Wii U game I’ve played that actually found a decent use for the thing.
And you know what? It’s because it’s well-used.
Pathfinder – In charge of data probe installation.Unlike the linear progression of the original Xenoblade Chronicles, the successor’s story will unfold in various directions.
It’s possible to join a different union later. After meeting up with private military organization Blade, you’ll choose from one of eight affiliated unions, each with their own overarching objective to fill, and embark on quests. At the beginning of the story, the goal is to survive the uncivilized planet of Mira.