(3)Shulk vs (16)Ratchet vs (25)Altair 2013

Ulti's Analysis
It's not easy to have a cooler picture or cooler "look" than Altair, but Shulk managed to pull it off. I really need to play Xenoblade one of these days if all the characters look that hard. Is it similar to Xenosaga or Xenogears or whatever? I feel like once I play it, I'm going to look back at this match and be kind of mad. Altair was not a true 25 seed, and I'll never forget how mad the Xenoblade fans got when they saw this bracket first revealed.

Never mind that Ratchet ALSO beat Shulk half to death <_<

The actual match wasn't particularly interesting beyond 44-33-22 being pretty neat, so I'm hoping people take it upon themselves to tell me how good Xenoblade is! Was Nintendo getting all that hate worth it? I really do want to know, it seems very long and I want some motivation to play it. How's the battle system?