Why Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Has a Tetsuya Nomura Character
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TIME spoke with Monolith Soft founder Tetsuya Takahashi about his new Switch science-fantasy Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
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Kingdom Hearts 3' Release Date: Director busy designing characters for 'Xenoblade Chronicles 2'?
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Pre-Order] FINAL FANTASY X Acrylic Stand, NEWS, FINAL FANTASY PORTAL SITE
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Torna in as few words as possible : r/Xenoblade_Chronicles
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Xenoblade 2 confirmed for Holiday 2017, Page 15
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – The Impossible Masterpiece – Starting Life From Zero
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Tetsuya Nomura involved with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 development, music samples, The GoNintendo Archives
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Tetsuya Nomura (Creator) - TV Tropes
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Screenshots of Tetsuya Nomura's Characters
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XenoBits on X: Tetsuya Nomura, best known for his work on Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, was a character designer for Xenoblade 2. In particular, he did the art for the characters
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Nomura honored to work on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, more characters to be revealed, The GoNintendo Archives
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Not gonna lie, I'm still slightly mixed about the fact that I kinda have to iterate that these two belong to the same game. I thought Akhos was from X when I
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New artwork featuring Ventus, Ephemer, and Skuld drawn by Tetsuya Nomura to commemorate the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ's 1st anniversary - Kingdom Hearts News - KH13 · for Kingdom Hearts
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Tetsuya Nomura (FF VersusXIII, Kingdom Hearts III, FFVII Remake) is on Xenoblade 2, Page 4
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Jin, Xenoblade Wiki