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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HD Textures
See the HD Retexture Project. 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 C244B468 00000001 60000000 00000000 C2137DE8 00000003 EC01082A EC000824 EC210024 C0030010 60000000 00000000 C205C414 00000002 EC1FF82A EFFF0024 EC01EFFA 00000000 04819e78 0000001E 04819e68 00000002 22CA54C0 00000000 04CA54C0 3F800000 22664244 00000002 04CA54C0 3F000000 04819e68 00000001 E0000000 80008000 This will unlock 60 FPS mode during exploration parts of the game. Cutscenes will remain 30 FPS. This code is a work in progress, check back later for more refined versions. You might be forced to overclock the emulated CPU (Options → Configuration → Advanced).
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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
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