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> For more information on the first day vist here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=302312476470970

>Art Cooldown. You will not find mana in Xenoblade Chronicles. All Arts are on a cooldown system in which you have to wait a certain amount of time before the ability becomes available again. Depending on the art, this could be a few seconds to over a minute. In the image, and at the bottom of […]

> “What A Buncha Jokahs!” contest winners! Congratulations to all the winners! We will be contacting you as soon as possible. Thank you all for participating and making this contest a success, we hope to do more in the future!Please click the link for full details: http://on.fb.me/ADLBN4Image shown is the first place winner Alan! 

>Additional Quest Dialogue. When you accept or turn in a quest, there is a chance for additional conversation to occur. One of the two other members of your party might decide to add something to the conversation. This depends on affinity levels between your characters. This will always add a boost to affinity levels between […]

>The Limited Edition “The Last Story” Bundle Now Available for Pre-order at Amazon.UKhttp://amzn.to/zkMWjW

> ✰ Reminder ✰ Don’t forget to vote on your favorite entry for the “what a buncha jokahs” contest. Winner gets Xenoblade! Voting ends tonight. Winners announced tomorrow!Numbered Entries here: http://on.fb.me/AsYhz8Vote on the Numbered Entries here: http://on.fb.me/A0SvmW

> The Official Nintendo Magazine UK has the first English Screenshots of The Last Story. Go to the website for many more:http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/34417/newsamazing-last-story-screenshots-and-artwork/Look, it’s English!

>Affinty. In Xenoblade Chronicles, the relationships between characters are very important. Affinity levels affect effectiveness in battle, gem crafting, skills, and unlocking the heart-to-heart moments.You can build better relationships between characters by placing them in battle together. You can also raise affinity by completing quests with the characters you want to raise affinity with in […]

> Check out this Europe Teaser Trailer for The Last Story Limited Edition. Nintendo has officially announced in a press release that the limited edition will be available in Europe on February 24th.

>Gametrailers has a  video for The Best RPGs of 2012 and it includes Xenoblade Chronicleshttp://bit.ly/z37RgC

> Don’t forget to vote on your favorite entry for the “what a buncha jokahs” contest. Winner gets Xenoblade!Numbered Entries here: http://on.fb.me/AsYhz8Vote on the Numbered Entries here: http://on.fb.me/A0SvmW Image used is not a valid entry

>Bonus Party Chain Attacks. Continuing from yesterday, after the 3 initial attacks of the chain are completed, you may get the chance to trigger another attack to add to the chain. These attacks are trigger based meaning you have to press a button at the right time. If you have good affinity (relationships) between characters, […]

>‎1UP has this article about the top Wii and Wii U games of 2012Xenoblade is listed first and they even name Operation Rainfallhttp://www.1up.com/features/top-wii-wiiu-games-2012

>☰☰ RUMOR WATCH ☰☰ This WeekRank #——-Weeks Left——— Pre-orders Up———–Pre-orders Total12 ———–12 ———————-9,455 ———————92,839 Last WeekRank #——-Weeks Left———Pre-orders Up————Pre-orders Total14 ———–13 ———————-6,691 ———————83.384 GameStop http://bit.ly/rsxvtxVGChartz http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/40909/USA/ Note: VGChartz uses speculative information to come up with their numbers and should not be taken as fact.

> Chain Attacks. Chain Attacks can be used after the Chain Attack gauge, shown at the top left of the screen as a bar, is full. The gauge fills after dealing damage or taking damage. When you initiate a Chain Attack, each character gets to use any one ability they have, for a party total of […]

>Vote on your favorite in the poll. Album with entries to vote on located here:http://on.fb.me/yGpt6t Vote on the number that matches the image number in the album.Poll for voting located here: http://on.fb.me/A0SvmW Voting is now through the end of this Thursday. Winner announced Friday.1st place gets Xenoblade. 2nd and 3rd place get OpRa merchandise. Full contest […]

>GameStopXenoblade Chronicles is currently#11 for most anticipated#2 for best selling Wii game#7 for best selling in the Wii category#43 for best selling on the entire siteEB Games CanadaXenoblade Chronicles is currently#3 for Most anticipated#1 for best selling Wii Game#1 for best selling in the Wii Category#3 for best selling on the entire siteGameStop http://bit.ly/rsxvtxEB Games […]

>Choose Your Experience. Xenoblade Chronicles gives you the option to choose your gaming experience because nearly everything is optional, other than leveling your characters and moving along the story. You can choose to just play the game, leveling as you need to in order to defeat the enemies ahead of you to continue the story, […]

>Japanese Voice WorkIn the Japanese voice work, the first boss you face has a very popular voice actor for it, Norio Wakamoto who is a Seiyū(voice actor in japanese) who has done many famous characters. Some of his most famous work ranges from anime, OVA, video games, and even dubbing for english animations(several super hero […]