Xenoblade really is fucking wonderful. The plot and character relationships are standard JRPG Cliche Bingo stuff, but the combat system is genuinely satisfying, and it may be the biggest world I've ever seen in a game (granted I haven't gotten around to Skyrim yet). I was 100+ hours in before I set it aside for Last Story (and now I can't play either because my Wii's on the blink).
It's got its rough edges -- not all of the exploration is worth doing (giant fucking empty lake!), the collection stuff is far too random, and the quest system, while a noble try, is about 15 years behind how shit like that works in western RPG's. (Too many fetch/kill X number of monsters quests, with a crummy interface slapped on top.) Maybe that shit'll get fixed in the sequel. And even if it doesn't, I look forward to playing it, even if there's no Jenna Louise Coleman.
I'm tempted to put a Wii U on my "shit to get when I've got a job" list just so I don't have to fuck around trying to fix my Wii. Would have to get my GameCube back out to actually play GameCube games, but there are worse things.
Though really, just at the moment I'm leaning toward trying to
fix my Wii myself. Way I figure it, my warranty's already expired, even if my fix doesn't work I'm not liable to make it any more broken than it already is and should still be able to send it in for repairs, and I've kept every console I've ever owned (except my original Genesis, which I gave to my cousin after I bought a Genesis 2/Sega CD combo on eBay) and, long-term, I want to be know how to fix them when they break.
Though seeing how well I can get Dolphin to run is still on my to-do list too.