when you think of it, Keves Castle is what would happen if Alcamoth was inspired by the Mechonis/Meyneth and not the Bionis.

Melia was too emotionally attached to the place to just make herself another castle lmao

if like to think after everything in FC alcomoth got rebuilt with the collaboration of the machina and the surviving high entia like a symbol for the new era

@@RedBurningDragon keves mechs and tech take a lot of inspiration from Machina designs/mechon, especially the Levnis and Ferronis which all look like Faced mechon

which has a mild snarl because we see Achamoth pre-fusion intact, but there's no way the castles are post-fusion.. so I think that part of it was separated (Achamoth seems to be modular, it's all a bunch of saucer pieces)

oh shit those are also the names of the high entia that Satorl marsh is named after

Romero's sidequest is also obviously a reference to Romeo and Juliet

@@futurehaxz oh shit I don’t think I remember that from 1 lol

Spoilers for post game stuff when you get melia to join the party in 3 one of the guards protesting her leaving the castle is named aizel and that was the name of one of her guards in 1

​@@futurehaxz They're also the names of the islands that seal the entrance to Prison Island. Slotnar Seal Island and Khatorl Seal Island

Tyrea flying away still blows my mind lmao

That same quest also mentions that Melia hate bugs and Rainbow Bugs specifically. Rainbow Bugs are her second least favorite gift item in the first game

The guard that is very devoted to her is also named after one of the 4 high entia guards that died fighting alongside her in Makna.

@@Laenthor Aizel!

And with all of this, he still is MVP and of us were thinking it

I think he learned being on fire from the Zekenator

the crispness gives it a meatier flavor

But Eunie is the boss

Tora really was the greatest engineer to ever live in Alrest

Tora and Shulk on their way to literally create the final boss by accident

@@asprinjuice8877 an artificial blade that can change elements mid battle to get all the orbs, and has the ingenuity to use the Monado REX.

I SINCERELY hope in the DLC we get to actually interact with Poppi, I would lose my shit

@@AlponseE1ric Better yet, what if Poppi is one of the DLC characters and we can use her class?

How do you acess that location? Google doesn't have any good searches.. nor youtube

@@Aznos It threw me off too! There's a hidden trigger to open up the path there tied to main story progression - you have to at least *enter* the final area of the game, and then a ramp up to that location will appear. If you try to go there before entering that final location, it's impossible to reach.

@@flower7671 oh well. I was at the final boss yet didn't discovered that ramp xD thanks!

@@flower7671 Where's the ramp?

@@nickhoude21 Get to the final area of the game. There's a hidden trigger that will cause the ramp to appear in front of the vault after you enter the last area for the first time.

Manly tears were indeed shed on that moment. To see that little cinnamon roll smiling just melts your heart.

@N. E. I can already imagine her class, anyone using it becomes a transformer but since they are not robots they just become the blob from Carpenter's "The Thing"

This game's map is literally Breath of The Wild size, you just can't climb and glide on it lol Either way, amazing Still i don't like how Millick Meadows(the New Gaur Plain/Gormott) looks like Minecraft farlands

Well, many sidequests and especially hero missions lead you to almost every place and they actually feel like main content with dramatic cutscenes and everything that adds to the story. This game is so packed with content.

i actually appreciate it, since those places actually reserved for use in hero quest and some secret/exploration. so you dont backtrack to the exact same place too many times because of side quest like xenoblade 1 or many other jrpg.

There's a Vandham in every Xenoblade game, it's just a recurring name like Cid in Final Fantasy, not an actual connection.

@@t.m.7779 there is a whole theory that Vandham is the child N and M had in one of their lives.

@@GrandChaseHotStuven A theory is just a theory. Also it's still not a connection to the other Vandhams of the other games

@@t.m.7779 Actually the Nia questlines basically state the Vandahm line in XB3 is directly from the XB2 world,

@@GrandChaseHotStuven I had thought about that too. If you go look at the statue of House of Vandham in the city he looks very resemble to Noah. Remember when M birth a child, she even said that he looks more like his father.

They also play a mix of Swordvalley theme there.

@@Midna78 I thought they only played that at the Sword’s Base, I’ll definitely listen for it

Yeah and if you look up from the highest level of Swordmarch you can see all the platforms and pathways that were on Sword Valley

wait what?

Well, Mechonis sword itself was destroyed along with Mechonis in XC1, and yet it is still there.

@@lentinant it could just be that Alvis remade it lol

When things get destroyed the remains don't just magically disappear

Erythia Sea is basically Eryth Sea + Leftheria.

Bro. My mind has been blown. Good lord!

Yeah, from the point of view you can easily see it's a right hand, not a left hand.

@evenant So what put me off a bit from it being Mor Ardain's arm is that random arch you can see that looks like it would belong to the Mechonis, but if you look at pictures of Mor Ardain you can see that that object actually sits on its shoulder. It's at an odd angle here, but that can be explained by shifting landmasses.

@evenant The only instance I remember where Taion mentions the Mechonis arm is in the desert near Colonies 4 and Iota. And there he's refering to the literal fallen arm from XC1 that you can just go over to and climb around on.

@evenant Likely concepts from earlier on that found their way into the final game. It's not uncommon in game development

It seems like Keves Castle's not Alba Cavanich since that had been on the Left Shoulder and Keves Castle's on the Right Shoulder.

@@adamrhodes9533 2:00 No, Keves Castle really is on the left shoulder.

@@TheZero1312 I have two shoulders

I love this game so damn much... or rather the entire Series. Pretty damn fantastic :D

I mean, at least he’s still alive after the game ends

@@sushi287 who?

@@Foran98 riki the world's got reversed before they combined where everyone is still alive.

@@MarlonOgbeide ok

I thought it was from Torna where Jin and Lora met Mikhail the first time in that town that Malos blew up personally :)

Maktha is honestly perhaps my favorite area in XC3. It's beautiful but eerily haunting, and its music, especially in the low level, is foreboding and gives you the feeling of "We shouldn't be here." in a very unique way from most tracks in 3 games. I love that for the most part it's also almost an optional area, too, the lower region. It's actually not as dangerous as it first seems, if you're careful; there's even a whole quest down there with one of the Seven Nopon that you can do literally on your first visit to the forest that has you wandering around down there and just baaaaarely skirting by dangerous mob territory. But it's rare that you're given an area that is EXTREMELY out of your league that you actually have more reason to carefully explore than for just sequence breaking. There's also only one skip travel point down there, and a second (sort of) if you can sneak your way to the elevator in the south, so if you die you really have to make a trek. You can only actually really start feeling familiar with it once you're strong enough to slay some of its unique monsters and use their graves as skip travel points. It really feels like you're exploring a hostile place where you're not supposed to be, and the very haunting skeletons of Morytha's buildings composing the environment sort of subconsciously reminds you that this place is essentially a gigantic graveyard.

The thing i love about maktha is that to me, it implies that the parties of xc1 and 2 HAD to be exploring aionios together. No other group of people would be able yo recognize their fusion

Captocorn is literally frozen Gormott, that's why *she* rests here

It has the big roots above the void, the music has some similarities to Gormott, etc...

The ost has the Auresco motif

And everblight is a ruined warzone. Not temperantia.

@@samreddig8819 It still could be and even if not, it’s not hard to see how that could be confused. Temperantia was also a ruined warzone

There’s another statue for Shulk

@@HL-kt3ib Where? Because the only one I know is the one in City. Where he looks like Zanza

@@SirStrikeFreedom Yeah that’s the one I meant, cuz you said Shulk is the guy without an arm haha

Also they're the only 2 statues that depict the mentors and not the actual founders themselves.

The statue is of Dunban, not Shulk. It’s listed as the founder's 'mentor', and Dunban definitely fits that role.

I mean to be fair the references of the areas aren't integral to the game other than Maktha Wildwood, which Nia directly points out Morytha. And even then she's somewhat vague and only talks about the buildings showing the hubris of man

I prefer it this way because it is rewarding to hardcore fans.

I mean they said multiple times that new players could start with XC3. As cool as the location references are, they aren't integral to anything

That is what makes xenoblade game great. Sure it's nice to know all the context relating to things but each game is completely stand-alone and can be enjoyed by anyone for the story it tells. It's a great design choice as well since their games are super long. Not everyone has the time to play 200 hours worth of XC1 and XC2 before playing XC3 so for those people who want to get into a series with a new release it's perfect for them

@@noodle4542 they kinda are though, this game is all blade eater and fleash eater tech, the science is abstract because the MCs dont know what came before, but the whole 10 year eather source modulation is directly from 2 which was a more democratized life flow than 1

They clearly are Shulk and Rex. Just they weren't founders, they didn't have Ouroboros powers.

Might be juju

@mabangin novels covered in cream.

@mabangin The descriptions for the other statues are for the founders. The statues of Shulk and Rex explicitly state that they were the founders mentors.

Pretty sure that statue is actually Shulk and the one you’re talking about is Dunban.

i noticed the same symbol is painted on the front

I love that turning the sword vertical totally recontextualizes what used to be its valleys and canyons, and it's one of those things that makes you go "I wonder what all these were even HERE for originally" (they seemed to just be "decorative engravings" that were taken and used by its inhabitants after all)

Thank you for the kind words :) Thats the reason im doing it after all. And for the fact that i love the Xeno-franchise :D

@@SparksOpus When the expansion drops, you’ll be the first channel I go to for content on it :)

that seem some part of fallen arm wirst

The Oblivia Rings ARE from the Mechonis lol

When I found that out that hit me hard in the feels

Freut mich zu hören, vielen dank :)

Do they have a name by any chance? XCX is the only one i havent played yet, but i'd love to include them in another video :)

@@SparksOpus its kind of hard to name everything from x i picked up while playing 3. i think you should give X a try and see for yourself its worth it. just emulate it if you dont have wiiu works perfect.

@@ozymandias7592 Well... here is the thing. I dont have a PC and not a Wii U anymore. I should find a picture somewhere. Im here hoping for an X port in 2024.

The Full Metal Jaguar class that Grey adds, was the class Elma belonged to in X. Elma could be unlocked with DLC in 2.

@@knastvogel I mean tbf it's just in name though. Gameplay wise they are incredibly different. But i understand we couldn't get Ghost Walker in this one.

Thanks for watching it, im glad you liked it :)

@@SparksOpus No worries, gute Arbeit! :D Since the video is more about the world itself, the batttle mechanics also resemble both XC1 and XC2 as the one for Keves party members is more like in XC1, while the one for Agnus party members is more like XC2

@@syeo501 Im actually thinking about doing an adittional video, that goes more in-depth. People are finding interesting details here and there, so... ill think about it :D

Hope youre not too mad about it... im glad you liked the video :)

Melia only gets a sword and a small flashback while Nia gets Poppi and new art from Rex who literally screwed everyone... it's clear which game the director likes most. Like cmon why don't we get a picture of the xc1 party also grown up?

Thank you Nate, glad you liked it :)

@@Laenthor Seems like someone hasnt played the endgame lol

@@SparksOpus I know about the flashback in melia's quest but my previous comment still applies.

@@Laenthor I would just wait for the DLC. I have a good feeling about it :D

Damn... well done. Makes a lot of sense. I love this Series so much 🙃

Except I’d honestly say that while N pays homage to Jin they are polar opposites. Jin became a monster out of grief, but he never looked for a way to bring back Lora, and if he did it was only to just live one last moment with her. He lives to keep her memory alive, and about 500 years of being witness to Indol’s crimes against his kind and after what they did to Lora and his basically family have turned him into a spiteful monster. N started out only wanting the best, but after too many times being reborn, falling in love and then losing that love he ends up compromising his morals for his own gain by making a bargain with the devil and bringing back his Mio at the cost of both of them becoming Moebius, he becomes obsessive and possessive of Mio and forces himself to believe it was impossible all along to stop Moebius, and when you can’t beat them, join them, and he becomes a defender of the Endless Now. Jin lives in the memory of Lora, maybe not to uphold her beliefs but to honour her memory, yes. He keeps her in the Torna base for a reason, as a reminder to why he’s doing this, to take revenge upon the monstrous world which took her away from him. N is an obsessive and possessive monster unable to look back and see what a monster he became because he was blinded by his love for Mio which lead him to become what he sought to destroy. But honestly that’s my take, I greatly enjoy both characters

Thank you :) Regarding X... probably. Though its the only game i havent played yet. But some peeps in the comments told me a few details, so i should do a second part with them included aswell :D

The Full Metal Jaguar class that Grey adds, was the class of Elma in X.

Thank you, glad you liked it! :)

Aww, thank you :D

Finally, thank you!!

Thank you, glad to hear :)

also is to small to be onw arm of mechonis, one finger of the fallen arm is bigger than that arm.

Sounds just like me haha, thank you :)

Alegra oírlo :)

I'm pretty sure that's just the remains of another leftharian Titan

Actually. The Great Sword's Base is made up of Leftherian Titans. There are plant like things there that are from Leftheria and there’s even one of the small Leftherian Titans there too

And let's not forget Yew and Zuo 💛

Melnath’s Shoulder is actually the upper area of Gormott from XC2

if thats the place I'm thinking of yep, it's in a sidequest

@@Kuuribro which one?

@@afix2285 thought it was ashera's ascension quest, the place where you duel underneath the castle, but I checked on that and I do not think it is the spot you fight dickson.

Haven’t done Ashera’s ascension yet but now I gotta keep an eye out for it

Where is the cent Omnia region ?