Xenoblade Chronicles

Xenoblade Chronicles, known in Japan as Xenoblade (ゼノブレイド, Zenobureido), is a console role-playing game, and the first of the Xeno series to make it to a Nintendo console. Originally not intended to be released in North America, a massive fan movement called Operation Rainfall convinced Nintendo to publish it in more regions.

The game follows a young man named Shulk, who wields the titular Xenoblade – an energy blade called the Monado – against the Mechon in order to ultimately save the world. The game world is designed to give the feeling of freedom and scope to the player; the environment is massive and most of it is available for exploration right from the start. Xenoblade uses a real time battle system, allowing the player to control his movement and attacks at will while party members attack automatically.

"Reading Disc" Screen Taking a Long Time
If Vsync is enabled and External Frame Buffer (XFB) emulation is disabled, the "Reading Disc" screen that is shown while the game is starting will take a long time to finish. This is because the game uses an uncapped framerate during that specific screen. To avoid this issue, you can simply set External Frame Buffer emulation to Virtual or disable Vsync in Dolphin.

Problems
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Missing Screenshots when Saving Game
When saving/loading game, screenshots next to a save file will not show correctly. Disable EFB Copies to Texture Only to fix this.

Texture Flickering
With D3D, the sky in Makna Forest is glitched, as the ocean texture from the above area is flickering through. Use OpenGL or disable Fast Depth Calculation to prevent this from happening.

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Bloom
When using IR > 1x bloom effects in this title are rendered incorrectly. This can be accounted for with one of the following Gecko codes. Choose one code near the IR you use. If you use an unlisted IR, then it's okay to choose something close to it but not exact (choose x4 or x8 if you're running x6 IR). More details can be found on the Dolphin Forums.

$Bloom IR x2 C249E85C 00000002 EC000824 C022CF74 EC000072 00000000 C249E5AC 00000002 7C6503D6 5463F87E 5484F87E 00000000 C249DC34 00000002 C0390024 C002CF74 EC210032 00000000

$Bloom IR x4 C249E85C 00000002 EC000824 C022CF74 EC000072 00000000 C249E5AC 00000002 7C6503D6 5463F0BE 5484F0BE 00000000 C249DC34 00000003 C0390024 C002CF74 EC210032 EC210032 60000000 00000000

$Bloom IR x8 C249E85C 00000002 EC000824 C022CF74 EC000072 00000000 C249E5AC 00000002 7C6503D6 5463E8FE 5484E8FE 00000000 C249DC34 00000003 C0390024 C002CF74 EC210032 EC210032 EC210032 00000000

HD Textures
See the Xenoblade Chronicles HD Expansion Pack. This project aims to get as many textures converted to HD as possible. There are also packs to replace the button icons with HD versions for the Wii Remote, Classic Controller, Xbox360, and PlayStation with HD tutorials that utilize these buttons. The texture pack has full support for all game disc versions.

60 FPS unlock
Add this Gecko Code to the game config (Right-click on the game → Properties → Edit Config, paste into the [Gecko] section)

$60 FPS Patch C244B468 00000001 60000000 00000000 04819e78 0000001E 04819e68 00000002 22664244 00000002 22CA54C0 00000000 04CA54C0 3F000000 04819e68 00000001 226642A0 00000000 04819e68 00000002 04CA54C0 3F800000

JP version: $60fps A8000000 00000000 C206b914 00000003 C282CF6C EC210532 EC000532 D00D82B4 60000000 00000000 C206b92c 00000004 EC420532 EEB4A02A EC150028 EC000532 EC150028 D04D82EC 60000000 00000000 C24C9614 00000002 C022CF6C EC000828 D0170018 00000000 0466B114 41900000 0466B110 42080000 0466B11C 41200000 0466B118 C1200000 0466AD9C 42200000 0466AD98 42700000 0466AD94 42C80000 04669900 42F00000 046698A4 42F00000 04669CB0 43340000 04669CE0 43340000 C24bdd78 00000002 EC3F0024 EC2100B2 60000000 00000000 046688FC 3b23d000 0466a130 43480000 C2181264 00000002 EC0010FA EC00182A 60000000 00000000 04668928 3F400000 0466892C 3F7DD000 04668920 3F7D6A16 0412DB9C 41820008 C212DB98 00000003 7F85E378 7F66DB78 3E608000 82731824 2C130001 00000000 041a26cc 41820008 C21A26C8 00000003 807F0088 7FA4EB78 3E608000 82731824 2C130001 00000000 C203A164 00000004 3E808094 8294FE68 2C140001 41A2000C 3404F000 48000008 3404F800 00000000 C249C72C 00000004 3E808094 8294FE68 2C140002 41820008 7C842214 548C402E 60000000 00000000 C2446E3C 00000002 7D084214 7CE83A14 60000000 00000000 C2446E64 00000002 7D084214 7CE83850 60000000 00000000 C2446EAC 00000002 7D084214 7C083800 60000000 00000000 041c1f40 3803FFFA 041c1f28 2800001A 041c1ecc 2800001A 041c1ee4 3803FFFA 0466b050 41A00000 0466b058 40666667 0466b140 42080000 0466b144 41900000 C24E8BF0 00000001 ECC0C63A 00000000 C24E8BF4 00000001 ECA2C63A 00000000 C24E8410 00000001 EC40FFFA 00000000 C23ddab8 00000003 1C00000C D022FFFC F0223FF8 E0223FF8 60000000 00000000 C23ddb58 00000002 C043000C C022FFFC 60000000 00000000 C23E37F0 00000004 C02D9C10 3D808094 818CFE68 2C0C0002 4182000C C062CF6C EC230072 00000000 C23E6788 00000004 C02D9C10 3D808094 818CFE68 2C0C0002 4182000C C062CF6C EC230072 00000000 C23e2dc4 00000004 C02D9C10 3D808094 818CFE68 2C0C0002 4182000C C062CF6C EC230072 00000000 C23DDB50 00000012 C062FFFC FC030840 C0230004 41820080 C0630000 C043000C EC621828 C042BF38 C0A2CF6C FC021840 41A20038 C023FFF8 C0630004 FC801A10 FC000A10 FC040040 41A10014 FC801050 FC8120AE EC64182A 4BFFFFE4 EC230828 EC25187A 48000030 C0630010 FC801A10 FC000A10 FC040040 41A10014 FC801050 FC8120AE EC64182A 4BFFFFE4 EC43082A EC220172 00000000 C2165830 00000002 C242CF6C EC0004B2 D01E01E8 00000000 C249628C 00000005 C0230008 9262FFFC 3E6080DC 6273B4B4 7C039800 41A2000C C282CF6C EC210532 8262FFFC 00000000 C2169B5C 00000005 3E808094 8294FE68 2C140002 3A800001 4182000C 3E808000 82941824 7C04A214 60000000 00000000 C2169B64 00000001 7C03A214 00000000 C2448CA4 00000011 3E808000 62941824 80140000 68000001 90140000 3E808066 82946B58 2C140000 38000001 3CA03F00 41A20028 3E808066 82946720 3C008095 600029A8 7C140000 38000001 41A2000C 38000002 3CA03F80 3E808094 9014FE68 3EA080DD 8015B4C0 2C000000 41820020 3EC08066 82D66624 2C160001 40A20008 3CA03F80 90B5B4C0 38630001 00000000 C2496298 00000005 EE739828 FC019840 41820018 3EA08094 82B5FE68 2C150002 41820008 C022CF6C D023000C 00000000 C2169B24 00000004 3E808094 8294FE68 C022CF6C 2C140001 41A20008 C0229BAC 60000000 00000000 C20ba46c 00000003 EEA1082A FE810878 FC34A86E C01F2F48 60000000 00000000 C213746C 00000002 C002CF6C EC210032 C0030010 00000000 C205BDCC 00000002 EC1DE82A EFBD0024 EC01E82A 00000000 22DCB4C0 00000000 04DCB4C0 3F000000 E0000000 80008000 This will unlock 60 FPS mode for everything but movies. You might be forced to overclock the emulated CPU (Options → Configuration → Advanced). Battles may need about a 125% overclock. Discuss at the 60fps development thread
 * Can disable after running once for best performance. Use tools - cheat manager while game is on
 * May need Config - Advanced - CPU override of 110% or more to reduce battle lag

4:3 Support / Letterbox Removal
This game was designed for 16:9 only display resulting in black borders to be added on the top and bottom, but using the Gecko codes below will add support for the standard aspect ratio based on the Wii settings.

NTSC-U
C2297740 00000002 806DBDC0 886301C8 60000000 00000000 C244A5DC 00000002 9862FFFF 3803FFFF 60000000 00000000 0444A5E4 38600001 C2350B14 00000004 8A22FFFF 2C110000 4182000C C0A2BEA8 48000008 C0A2BE24 60000000 00000000 C2350BB8 00000006 8A22FFFF 2C110000 40820020 8A220010 2C110001 40820014 C142BE24 3A200000 9A220010 48000008 C142BEA8 00000000 C247FEF0 00000002 3DC04320 91C20000 C3E20000 00000000 C2474A24 00000002 3DC04320 91C20000 C0220000 00000000 C2475FE4 00000002 3DC04320 91C20000 C0220000 00000000 C2485F14 00000002 3DC04320 91C20000 C0220000 00000000 C2485FB0 00000002 3DC04320 91C20000 C0220000 00000000 C2137ACC 00000002 C0C29840 3A200001 9A220010 00000000 C2137AD8 00000009 8A22FFFF 2C110000 40820010 3DC03FAA 61CEAAAB 48000008 3DC03F80 91C20000 C2220000 C0030000 EC110032 D0030000 C003000C EC110032 D003000C 38800001 60000000 00000000 C244E620 00000006 8A22FFFF 2C110000 4082000C 3DC03F40 48000008 3DC03F80 91C20000 C2220000 EC5E0072 EC5100B2 60000000 00000000