About Ashera: Once you do her ascension quest and discover that she gets phantom pains from an old wound (in her case from a previous life), she becomes even more like Dunban!

Dromarch can be seen as a carving on the door arch in the Cloudkeep!! Also not all Agnian's are blades but a lot of them can be seen to be human blade eaters! Teach, Juniper and Fiona all have core's on their body but have the accent of a human from their respective regions (Indol, Gormott, Mor Ardain) Great videos!! :]

Another potential reference is in the Fonsa Myma ruins. There are two level 82 unique monsters named the “Agnian Assassins” that stand in the ruins of Seebu or what was once the heavens door. This could be a reference to when you fight Malos and Ahkos in xenoblade 2

The unopened door is explored in a later quest. It's a hideout used in a character's ascension quest

6:50 the connection with the strategy table and XCX is that the leader who gave briefings in X was named commander vandham, and Monica is also a commander vandham 👍🏾

I’m so glad that they even added the Mouse Cursor character at 5:53, he was such an under appreciated character that I thought everyone forgot about. Thankfully Monolith remembers the impact Mouse Cursor has left in the story of Xenoblade

About the arts shared between games, there are many others you didn't mention. Myopic Screen - also in XCX, which can be used by anyone using the psycho launchers Violent Streak - also in XCX, used by dual gun users (Gray's class Full Metal Jaguar is also Elma's class) Wide Slash - is one of Rex's twin ring arts Air Fang - is one of Fiora's arts Butterfly Blade - is one of Nia's arts in her driver form Speed demon - is a javelin art in XCX Shadow Eye - is one of Shulk's arts Vortex - one of Bosé's signature arts in XCX Overfall - one of Mòrag's chroma katana arts Stormy Skies - Haze's switch art in TGC Mad Taunt - Reyn's talent art (further proving Lanz is actually just Reyn) Big Impact - one of Rex's big bang edge arts Maximum Voltage - one of Alexa's signature arts in XCX Heal Bullet - one of Sharla's arts Cure Bullet - one of Sharla's arts Gale Slash - one of Dunban's arts Jaws of Death - one of Dunban's arts Soaring Tempest - one of Dunban's arts Demon Slayer - one of Dunban's arts (man Ashera really is just female Dunban isn't she) Cross Impact - one of Fiora's arts Hidden Thorn - one of Fiora's arts Imperial Sword - Hugo's level 2 special in TGC Aerial Slash - one of Mòrag's chroma katana arts Sidewinder - a sniper rifle art in XCX No Love Lost - one of Mòrag's sword tonfa arts Ring o' Roses - Lora's level 2 special in TGC Jackal Claw - one of Nia's knuckle claw arts Aureole - one of Mythra's rear guard arts in TGC Mighty Beat - one of Rex's shield hammer arts I've probably missed a bunch of them

Another possible connection: The Consuls do have a shape around their core on the chest, which does look like the Conduit/Zohar.

9:07 if you look at the door to Nia's sleeping place at the cloudkeep, you can see dromarch's head above it, hopefully only a statue...

The vegetation in the great sword base is not unlike that of the bionis interior lungs. The mechonis struck a blow to the heart of the bionis with its sword so it's not impossible that some of the vegetation remained from the strike or the time egil jabbed at the bionis with its hand

6:10 That door actually CAN be opened as part of Segiri's Ascension Quest, and there's just a big hole inside with a natural spiral going down to a room, it doesn't really look like Torna's womb.

this is a pretty small connection but there is a place called melneth's shoulder in both xc2 and xc3. melneth is presumably the name of the gormotti titan (gormott is just the name of the place like how Tantal is the name of the place and genbu is the name of the titan)

7:18 I was NOT expecting this crossover but I'm all for it

It's a stretch, but the class full metal Jaguar, besides being a reference to X in itself, has the some of the shortest cooldowns for Kevesi classes and that could be a reference to X where the arts recharge way faster than in 1 despise both being timer based cooldowns.

Man this game was a nostalgia trip. So many returning locations and callbacks to the previous game made me tear up

The statue of Fey is probably Noah's son. The project Noah thing adds to this and Eunie points out it looks like him. That it has his chin. Something one would say to a child. This would also explain what happened to Noah and Mio's child.

I haven't played Xenoblade 1 yet, but something I noticed is that some Ouroboros arts are the same or similar to arts from Xenoblade 2. For example, Lanz's Ouroboros has an art called "Ray of Punishment", the same as Mythra's lvl 1 special I believe. Or Noah's Ouroboros having an art called "Mega Spinning Edge" , similar to Rex's "Double Spinning Edge".

2:38 Small correction: The name of Vandham in XC2 was just a nickname. He was born Aquila Paronet Sol Esteriole, the heir to the noble Paronet family. Vandham was the name of someone he looked up to, and later took on their name. From a post-battle dialogue, we also know he had a son, who sadly passed away. We don't know if said son was his only child, though.

Some food for thought connections. Noah has pony tail, Fei has pony tail. Long hair Mio has same hair style as Elly. Both are fated to reincarnate and both are fated to meet. Short hair Mio looks sorta lika Miang. M's body takeover ability is similar to Miang's body possession upon reincarnation ability.

I know that Xenoblade X is not linked (yet) to mainline, but the Full Metal Jaguar class is a reference to Elma's class in X (which is also available to the player)

2:38 Actually in one of Vandham's post-battle dialogues with Poppi, he says that she reminds him of his lad (son) who passed on. So we know Vandham had a son at one point, but he passed away before this so it doesn't answer our questions about Guernica

I knew it, those Zonai people involved in everything

Cammuravi’s talent art, Empyrean Salvo, shares its name with Herald’s level 2 blade special in Xeno 2. Figure that’s worth noting.

For Agnus characters I think it safe to assume that besides Blade or Flesh/Blade eater a Person that qualified to be Drivers got something special on them physically and Taion is likely the kids that can be Driver Sena and Mio in flashback never aged while Taion aging from his day on Lambda

a few things you missed: There's a side quest involving 2 key military squads from Keves Castle. One is named the Soltnar Squad, and the other is named the Khatorl Squad. These are the names of the High Entia sororal statue goddesses Khatorl and Soltnar, whose names when combines get you Satorl. The seal islands to Prison Island are also named after them. Captocorn Peak isn't just a frozen part of Gormott, it's specifically its head. You can see the back of its neck go up and around Colony Gamma, and then at the end lies Captocorn Peak. You can even compare some of the horns and see that they are the same. The plants in the area by the Great Sword's Base isn't a reference to Sylvalum, they're from the Spirit Crucible Elpys, found in various areas throughout the cave. Aizel in Melia's quest isn't the very same from Aizel in Xenoblade 1, as that one very clearly died, and they have 2 different wing colors.

the most important connection of all: the mouse cursor they forgot to move out of the way when they recorded the video of Nene

the path you take from the prison to Captocorn Peak is actually Valak mountain unfrozen, you can see it and the path but its just a loading zone to get to Captocorn

A big reference to me is (spoilers for XC3 endgame) Origin, the machine created to save all the info of humanity and pretty much all of existence so that life can be recreated after the collision of both worlds works in principle just like the lifehold in XCX where the lifehold contains all info of humanity so that it can be recreated somewhere else after earth is destroyed. Keves = xc1 Agnus = xc2 Lost units = xcx? I’m just impressed they would actually left some references to X. I believe Mio is Rex and Nia’s daughter.

For the Vandham thing, it's almost like a Anna from Fire Emblem type situation where every xenoblade game has a character named Vandham in it. the only variation on it is in Xenoblade 1 when we had colonel Vangarre at colony 9 who was called Vandamme in japanese. Chuggaconroy talks about this in a bit better detail in his xenoblade 2 lets play at some point after meeting the vandham of that game

Another reference to xenogears is was the line about being “men of the sea”

I live for these PLEASE make more man great job

That Project Noah reveal blasted my mind and I'm an absolute Xenofreak who even read Perfect Works 😄 Awesome find, thanks.

Thank you for the great videos mate!

Finished 3 and played 1 and 2 twice ... I missed so many details. Only huge one I caught was the mechonis hand. I really appreciate you throwing this together.

Nice video. To answer the first of your question at the end. It reminds me of some part of Torigoth in XC2. P.S. You can acutally open the door that can't be openned. It's linked to the machine assassin rank 20 quest.

Here's another something about arts, Mio have an art for her zephyr class which is wide slash, the interesting part is that this art is also in 2 but is the art rex used for when he equipped twin ring.

Great video! Thanks.

I’ve been waiting for someone take make an all connections video, hopefully there’s even more details

Love these lore connection videos. One thing that I saw in XC3 that was driving me crazy was the creatures that looked a hell of a lot like telethia from XC1.

I love this kind of videos! By the way, talking about Dromarch, his head can be found above the door where you find Nia the first time. I hope it's just an ornament and not his real head... XD

I noticed it in a cutscene with Nia, I don’t remember which one but I think she was at a desk and had like a lamp thingy next to her that looked like it contained a core crystal. Maybe Dromarch is in retirement?

As far as special moves being reused. That's common across most JRPGs Ive played over the years. So I never really thought anything of it. I didn't even consider the recharge system...This video was cool, it helped me realize and remember a lot of small details of past games.

You got me with the Zonai thing

The only thing i want out of this games dlc is adult reyn. You can't have a rainbow without reyn and i will die by that quote

The thing about the statues, I think it's the DLC storys cast. You play as N & M, or back then known as Noah & Mio, but you also gonna play as the reincarnation of Rex & Shulk. Plus 2 more characters. And you will play in the time where they became the first Uruboros & founded the city. My reason to believe that is the statues have a lot of back stories, like the guy with glasses became 80 despite being a keves soldier or that guy with the robot arm. Also I still think the guy with the glasses is actually Shulk its reincarnation. The guy with the robot arm will be an original character. But that's all just my theory.

Another awesome video

its like every area and every small location is an area from the previous games but it doesnt feel lazy its actually super cool

Loving the videos keep it up, also if you get the mention the Machina in the game there a huge mystery to me. Why do they all look pretty similar, more specifically like Egil's family line, because if you consider the other machina ppl like Linada and Radzam. You'll realize they don't have the same line patterns on they're faces. Also another unique detail Lanz can swim, in one of the quest there was a Machina who wanted to become a Homs so he can swim because Machina can't be in water.

Love love LOVE the benimaru intro. Dude has to be one of my favorite Fire Force Characters

During my playthrough I took a long look at galahad fortress and it appears the spike that kills metal face is missing. Just a nice attention to detail

Oh my god I didn’t notice that one statue was Fei! Thats an insane detail that creates the possibility of Blade becoming connected to Gears and Saga

another cool detail is how Nia wields both of the aegises swords kinda reminding of NG+ title screen in xc2

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but there is a quest where you help a novleist by collecting relics from the "old world" such as one called the sinister faceplate which I'm fairly certain is a reference to metal face, or a rusted pressure helm referencing the salvagers in 2

Just wanna mention repeated names are common in the series, myopic screen and even full metal jaguar etc are all from xenoblade x.

I remember somebody on the Xenoblade subreddit posting an image with Dromatch's head standing above a door in Agnus castle , which is pretty dark

Great video.

sorry im so late but this is cool and congrats on 206 subcribers!

Right outside of nia’s room in the Cloudkeep, above the doorway is dromarchs head

Good stuff I'd watch a part 3

That door in daghnah desert is openable. It's connected to a hero ascension quest. The very last hero's questline to be exact.

6:04 That door opens as part of the chain of side quests for Colony 0. Maybe even Segiri's Ascension Quest specifically.

There's a Dromarch head sculpture in Nia's restplace, over the arch of the entrance to the room that has the vault where Poppi is stored

The indoor in the desert is where you go for number 7 Saguri’s ascension quest

6:08 It can be opened with a hero’s ascension quest and if I remember correctly, it unfortunately wasn’t that area

agreed about upper aetia is frozen gormott since colony gamma area is Melnath shoulder, same area name in Titan Gormott

Myopic Screen Is the name of an art in Xenoblade X, Full Metal Jaguar uses dual guns just like the class of the same name from Xenoblade X. All the people from the City use realistic looking weapons and I think that might be a reference to Xenoblade X. Near the end of the game both queens pilot giant robots and their interface looked like Skells from Xenoblade X. Also during that same scene the windows that show information in that skell like thing are circular for Keves and diamond shaped for Agnus, just like how the arts look like for those nations’ classes.

plz do other videos if you find more... i subscribed for this!

That locked door is attached to a quest for this game's optional "secret" character.

12:26 I’m so glad Dunban’s transition went well

On the mechonis sword, there’s an area called “Dolgan cliff” which is a reference of one of the many fortresses you had to go through in sword valley called “Dolgan outpost”. Also the “Fei” statue is apparently (SPOILERS) N’s son. I don’t know who came to that conclusion but is makes sense to me as in one of the scenes, Eunie states that “This one has Noah’s chin” and also he has a lot of appearance similarities to Noah

7:17 No surprise cuz Zelda BOTW's geography was almost entirely designed by monolithsoft; hence nintendo released a Rex costume in game

The door in dannagh is from the segiri ascension quest.

The Cavern of the Seal, where you met the Nopon Halfsage, is now the Milio Trick Cave. Pay attention to the layout of some of the rooms if you ever decide to check it out

i think the flora outside the great sword base also looks a lot like the plants inside spirit crucible elpys, the marsh area looks like a ruined leftheria smushed with spirit crucible elpys, also i do think aetia is gormott (including captocorn peak) becasue you can see the blue crystals thats the same as gormott's tail on the titan :)

With the Arts from the Ouroboros there is one called Flame Nova which is an art used by Rex with Pyra from XC2. It's an Ouroboros art used by Lanz and Sena

Now it all makes sense, Nopon are the Zonai

XC2 Vandham does mention that he had a son in some post battle dialogie , though it seems he died

Love the secret appearance of Alvis at 5:53 just left of Nene

the door in darna dessert isnt the chamber where titans are born. The Door unlocks in a heros quest and can be entered.

I love that when you use the life sage class you also have both aegis swords behind you, makes me think why Nia can summon visage of them Melia has a similar effect but it looks like angel wings, guess it's a reference to telethia and their eathereal looking wings

The cloudkeep has tiger heads on the entrance probably a node to Dromarch

The Zelda part got me 🤣

the power frames are probably a condensed version of the armor system from xenoblade 1

6:07 That door actually can be opened as part of a hero side quest mission .

One connection to Xenogears is that the Consul's share a similar role to the Testaments and Consul D has an almost exact design to Grahf, Seeker of Power

Aren't those flowers at the mechonis sword from the bionis interior?

That door that "can't be open" opens when you're doing Segiri's hero quest

Morytha cliffs are almost the same, in the area from pentelas where you leave the waterfalls and the forest starts, I would say even the hole left by Mahlos is there, but changed

do you remember coolley lake from gormott in xenoblade 2? its in xenoblade 3 too, same name and everything, its the location where the superboss perilwing ryuho spawns.

me meeting Ashera for the first time: "oh, that's Dunban over there"

3:44 The fusioned name of "Makna Forest" with "Lands of Morytha" makes "Maktha Wildwood"

At the entrance to the Cloud Keep, you can find Dromarch's head. Whether it's actually his head or just a statue made in his image is unknown

Samon’s name is similar to Tora’s uncle Umon. They even both give the player a boat. One of Sena’s ouroboros arts is Flame Nova which is one of Pyra’s moves. Lanz can also use a move called Ray of Punishment like Mythra.

I'm pretty sure that the weird wheel you mentioned at the end of the video is something that came from Fonsa Myma. I swear that I've seen something similar to it there before. Just also thought of this, but it could be from the Nopon Village from Xenoblade 1.

07:19 *Going along with the joke* How else would you explain pieces of Rex's outfit (along with Azurda chilling in his helmet) being found around Hyrule?

vandham is like cid of xeno games. you have the late leader of Gormott mercenaries, the big mustache man of BLADEs and the colonel of colony 9 which has his name changed in EN version, his name in JP is Vandham.

The door in dannagh desert opens during segiris ascension quest and you can see the inside, and theres a massive pit

I thought the area around the Mechonis Sword with the puffy flora was supposed to be the Bionis Interior, but maybe not. And another very small detail that not many people notice is that in XC1, the UI has only icons of the party members, in XC2, only the names of the party members, but in XC3? It has both icons AND the names. Just a small cool merging of both.

I cannot belive that Samon is actually a Zonai it all makes sense now.

6:11 This door opens up when you do Segiri's side quest and is the hideout for No.13