Something really cool is that if you play both base game and frs end credits.scenes at the same time, the worlds merge as soon as noah hears the flutes. 😭

Another thing to mention. Rex, A, and Shulk essentially serve as a new trinity. Rex serves as Pneuma, being a spirited person. A, of course, serves as Ontos. Shulk, being the logical one, fills in the role of Logos. Together, they create a new 'Trinity' within origin. Pretty cool to think about.

I love the implication that the City folk could all use the incomplete Ouroboros power if they had just trained but were too lazy because they were relying too heavily on Blade weapons. I mean, Matthew was whooping Moebius ass with that incomplete power.

My favorite part of the Interlink in that cutscene is that they strike the same pose as Noah and Mio's when THEY first Interlink in the main game!

Frankly I'm just happy to know that both worlds did in fact successfully re merge that was the main thing I needed clarity on

Alrighty now I need to wait for Luxin's 2 hour video on the 30 second (give or take) post credit scene Man, I love the Xeno community

Shulk says it, it isn't a sacrifice. And essentially because the version of Rex and Shulk we play as are not the real ones from Alrest and Bionis. These were the versions inside Origin that were revived to help fight against Mobius. When Origin finishes it's mission, the real Rex and Shulk will come back, but somewhere within them will be the memories of the Aionios versions too. I really hope that the new world created connects us to XCX and then that XCX is remastered for Switch and connected properly to finish the whole Chronicles. Xenosaga would be cool, but since XCX is still unconnected to the rest of the Chronicles while Xenosaga is a complete step outside of the Chronicles, it would make sense to finish Chronicles first before trying the other stuff.

the three Aegis Cores each have a power. Logos has power over matter, Ontos has power over Time, and Pneuma has power over space. Ontos can Find a point in time to put something, Pneuma can find a point in space to put something, and logos then can use the other two to pin point where the matter need to go. my idea in how Xenoblade 1 world was made.

I just finished the dlc today and while it still left me with a lot of questions I was mostly satisfied 😌.

I just realized the Alpha, at the ending fight, only has half of his wings. In the beginning he had both wings. One half went to A.

When you go to Rikus shop and look at lucky 7, and he gives you that lore drop, blew my mind

Funny how I played FR and never once thought it was the past even at the end credits

Absolutely love at 6:30 you used TP as an actual justification LOL

Eternam recurrence wasn’t imagined by Nietzche. Its much older.

I have a theory that Matthew is the one who made Noah. Specifically in his fights with N and blasting him both ideologically and through Ouroboros power caused his own hope for the future to break off from his nihilistic self.

My man, this was an astounding video. You explained this very effectively. Thanks again for your work!

I feel like Xenoblade 3 needs a sort of Perfect Works style lore book because the scope of the world and lore of Aionios is so massive there was never any possible way they could have fit all of it into a game of reasonable length, no matter how much dev time and resources they had.

Thank you for the very detailed explanation.

The dot in the post credits scene is probably actually the ship from Metroid Prime 3's 100% post credits scene

I didn't get to be part of the Xenoblade Chronicles story for long. But. I played 1-3. And I absolutely love them. It's hard to say goodbye but it's not hard to to feel joy in the story the way it unfolded. I love Xenoblade.

Those 19 minutes flew by, holy crap. Just finished Future Redeemed and this answered so many questions, thanks!

That light in the post credits scene is making quite the firestorm. It's nice to see Xenosaga and Xenoblade X trending as much as they are as a result though. For me personally the light is a tease at Xenoblade X because that's still an unresolved story and X does reference Xenoblade 1 a couple times. I love Xenosaga more personally, but I think it being KOS-MOS returning to earth is a bit more ridiculous than it being either Elma going to Earth or the White Whale crashing into Mira. We probably won't get a definitive answer on what it is though. The radio also mentions names and events from Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade X, so I think it's more or less a tease as to what Monolith is doing next than continuity with these games. My guess is we'll be getting announcements for Xenogears and Xenosaga remastered later this year or next year and I think they'll probably be releasing the Definitive Edition of X on it's 10th anniversary in 2025 much like they did for Xenoblade Definitive Edition. This is hopeful thinking though but man the teasing at the end of this DLC was ridiculous.

I cant tell if this made me less confused or more confused lol

I think you forgot to mention that the split of N and Noah is mirroring the split of A and Alpha.. Both of Noah and A is the remaining good conscience and hope to new future.. And someone actually found how N and Noah split in this DLC.. It's hidden in plain sight.. Remember how A explain how they are split into two when they are in the city? The Aura grandpa emmit to Ontos in Na'el body is exact the same as Matthew punch N sword of origin and you can actually see it's actually had and effect towards N but suddenly cut to interlink of the party.. That's kinda explain why the hell Matthew suddenly said "Maybe it's even you" to N.. and why Matthew suddenly have lonely expedition.. He is searching for M.. and then he will put them back together in the cycle.. Basically the set up the story in the main game..

And some people on reddit think this is a simple storyline lol

Perfect timing I just finished!

Don’t know if you’re still checking comments for this vid, but one question I still have is what exactly is N’s lucky 7? Lucky 7 should be a unique sword made by Melia, so why does he have a version of it in his flashbacks in the og game with his kid and why does he still have one now? Also, what exactly are Rex shulk linka panacea and riku? Are they bugs in the system? If so, why did they not pop out at aionios’ creation? And also how can riku survive so long?

The radio mentions more xenosaga stuff than X stuff so im inclined to believe its kosmos

13:17 You think Riku in that particular scene also implied he descended from Kino? Which is also kind of why Melia picked him? He did say that his father and Melia were traveling companions once, and I have some doubts that it's Riki, unless Riku too was adopted lmao

Xenoblade 3 is pretty much the best JRPG I’ve ever played

Great explanation, i have subscribed to your channel!

Riku is a descendant of Riki :D

This series is amazing and xenoblade 3 is the best game in the series foreever

The connection Xenoblade Chronicles X is becoming more of a reality!

I am pretty sure Kos-Mos/Elma/A/lvis/Ontos are all the same being.

It's worth noting that Bandai Namco is in the credits for special thanks, and that Xenosaga is in the Intellectual Property section of the software in the Home Menu options for the game.

The ending to Future Redeemed was the biggest mind-blow, thought-provoking ending the series has had for me since Xenoblade 2, which I actually played BEFORE XC1. Don't get me wrong, I loved the ending of XC1 and XC3, as well as Torna, but this blows them out of the water in my opinion. There's just so much to unpack here and was a phenomenal ending to the trilogy.

I was wondering last year if Crys was an avatar of Shulk but now think he is descended from Nikol

What they need to do now is start making games like Xenoblade chronicles X with cool gears thatl ook like the ones from xenogears, and cool chraacter designs a long story and X's things to do lol

6:13 JB: This is in contrast to the Sword of the End. N: [picks up the Sword of Origin replica]

About time i found a Xeno themed KZfaq channel, my favourite series of all time!

If that's really Kos Mos I will cry. 😢 Been with Xeno since I played Xenogears back in 2002. XcX is the only Xeno game I have yet to play though.

Your analysis on Future Redeemed was great. I really liked how you explained the raw power of Ouroboros. I think the ending is the most interesting part about Future Redeemed. Potential spoilers for xenosaga and warning, extremely long tangent incoming. This is my take on the ending: About the ending, I don’t really know what the light is, but I don’t think it means that xenoblade X is the next game in the timeline. Since X occurs as an effect of the destruction of earth, if the light heading towards the new planet is Elma heading towards Earth to warn Earth about the attack of the Ganglion, then that would be convoluted because that would mean that Earth was completely restored. On the other hand, if it’s the white Whale descending into Mira, then it’s still convoluted because then it means that the planet that they landed on after Earth got destroyed was another version of Earth the whole time. My guess is that when Klaus activated the Conduit, it created a near identical universe to Earth where he never activated the Conduit in the first place, which would then lead to Elma warning Earth about the Ganglion’s attack; in brief, X is essentially another set of events where it shows an alternate result from Klaus’ actions. It should also be considered that the white whale landed 2 years after the destruction of earth, so even if X is happening chronologically in the xenoblade timeline, it’s happening hundreds of years *before* the worlds of Bionis and Alrest even begin to have life, and before the stories of xenoblade 1 and 2 even happened, because it took ages for Alrest’s life to develop. However, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t possible that the light is Elma, it could probably be her heading toward the new planet as the worlds of 1 and 2 might connect to X in a similar sense of how 1 and 2 were happening. However, it could also be KOS MOS, since the scene of the light heading towards the planet is reminiscent of the Xenosaga Episode III ending. The third option is that the light is something new entirely, though I still think it could probably be KOS MOS. However, what I think the ending might hint is that we’re actually getting an actual canon crossover of Xenoblade 1, 2, X, Xenosaga, And Xenoblade 3, since the references to X and Saga in Future Redeemed interestingly align with the non canon challenge battle mode in 2 where a special dialogue with Elma, Shulk, Rex and KOS MOS occurs in the world tree. Regardless, I am extremely excited for xenoblade’s future. Edit: I also think that Shulk and Rex telling Nikol and Glimmer that they’ll meet again is an allegory for how we’ll see them again in the next game, maybe xenoblade 4 is the events after Origin rebooted, and we actually get to see Noah reuniting with Mio shortly after the epilogue scene in the ending of Xenoblade 3, with the characters walking towards the new future in the end, leading to the whole crossover between 1, 2, 3, X, and Saga.

The ending was great, love how it took Noah throwing his sword into the ocean from being "Aw symbolism :)" and to "OH SHIT NOAH WAIT". Even if the sheath isnt the same as the fists, I love the joke lol.

i thought Saturn was mroe tied into the mythology of xenoblade more than jupiter

I just wanna know if Shulk and Rex are ok bro

Joanna Hogg also sung a couple songs for Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode I.

12:00 This does indeed sound cool. Shulk and Rex did indeed state "we're helping", "We're going to wait at the edge of time". They never stated that we're never going to see them or A ever again, just that Shulk, Rex and A are taking the temporary state as the world's avatar. Fun fact is that all 3 are also opposite forces like the 3 core crystals Antos, Logos and Pneuma were. Where Shulk is from the world of the Bionis and Mechonis, Rex is from Alrest and A is Antos/Alpha/Alvis's conscience created in Aionios (which is a mix between Alrest and the Bionis) so somewhere in between, like Alpha was somewhere in between of Malos and Pneuma. Once the dimensions collide, Origin has the job to restart everyone's recorded souls again on this new plain of existence, everyone including Shulk's, Rex's and A's /"Alvis" 's soul.

Starting 7:15 you say that Logos and Pneuma created Ontos, that is not true, the 3 existed at the same time, Pneuma gave the positive and Logos the negative and Ontos was the arbiter, in XC2 it is explained by Klaus that Ontos left into an interdimesional trip (he went to the "onis" wolrd (XC1) while Pneuma and Logos were found by Amalthus in Alrest's world tree

Ok but where is nia during all of this? I wish we saw a flashback on what happened to pyra/mythra, mohrag, and zeke as well

I think the shulk/rex sacrifice was more of a fake death. I've considered a lot from 1, 2 and 3, and I'm thinking that when origin was being created, Melia and Niah realized they each had a peice of the trinity processor, ontos and pnuema. They realized they needed the full power of the trinity processor, so they had to reconstruct logos fast using the power of their respective pieces, and when it came time to complete it, logos would need a soul - in order to process the bad information of the world. Shulk stepped up and became that sacrifice, thats why Melia still has the monado REX in the castle, saying thank you... then rex became the soul of pnuema, because he can't have his wives, pyra and Mythra, leave their children. Rex became the sacrifice for alrest so that his world could go on, being protected by pyra, mythra, and led by Nia. We know pneuma can transfer core crystals by the end of 2 when she gives all of the crystal to rex, pyra and mythra's return was klaus's final gift to the gang, but pnuema was still rex. Lastly, after alphas defeat, that leaves a hole in the ontos portion, and A perfectly suits the position as they were a part of ontos to begin with. The shulk and rex we see are just avatars of the main core crystal, so once their job is done, the duo need to return "home", just like glimmer and nikol aren't the true children of rex and shulk, this pair isn't the true rex and shulk, as they already have their place in the trinity processor.

"She has 35 TP" had me dying ngl 😂

Walking towards the future.

I like how in the dlc Riku and them see lucky seven with N and do not think anything of it.

Crackpot Theory: I think there are two Noahs because Noah was uncertain when he became N. Part of him wanted to End the Eternal Now, while part of him really wants to continue on. N really wants to continue existing so much so Z personally picked him out and made his right hand man. N is part of the reason Z is so powerful. (You who long for the endless now more than anyone) Thus, Noah, N hope for the future has to be the one to win out over N’s despair. Once they merge, Z no longer has the ability to maintain control, since the world is sufficiently ready to move forward.

Ok can someone help explain something to me cus i'm still very confused about noah and N's swords. I've been hearing that N's sword in particular is logos, initially i wasnt sold on this idea cus we never saw the core but after watching it a few times i can see where people are coming from. Rex saying "if only THOSE TWO where here" then N's sword glowing purple, perhaps the shards of logos's core remained after malos died, not enough for a full crystal but perhaps enough for origin to integrate (side note, is this maybe why all moebius have a purple glowing core in their base form?). But the question i have is, if N's sword is logos then what does that make noah's sword? The lucky 7 isnt N's sword as riku already had it during the events of future redeemed, and yet lucky 7 still exhibited monado like powers when it transformed. So what does that make it, how are there 2 of them if we now assume logos fits into the equation somehow for both of them? Another quick question too which has been confusing me, is it the sword of the end or the sword of origin, cus the game kept seeming to switch between them All this said though, if we assume logos is somehow the lucky 7 that does mean something very cool. XB1 was all about us using ontos's blades, XB2 was all about us using pneuma's blades, and XB3 was now us using logos. The trinity complete =P

Man they really went Kingdom Hearts with this story

It kinda bums me out that the end of this series is a digital only dlc.

XenoBlade Warriors game when?

mostly i agree with what you said. HOWEVER i completly disagree that we got "confirmation that the worlds became one once more" if anything i completly disagree that they fused back in general (at leas tnot for a VERY VERY Long timeskip after) it just dosnt make narrative sense, and the visual elements show the OPPOSITE imo, the worlds do not grow closer, they drift further apart, till they can no longer percieve each other, the light is when the "merge" is completly undone imo not it happening etc.(and the "green glow" is a very bad indicator, its green so we cant know which world we are observing now imo, not to show they merged, if it was merging, they woudl have moved closer together at some point during the previous scene imo. And most important... no scene in the base game that i can remember has green glow indicating a merger, it s(for some reasson) always them glowing blue) It also checks more with what we actually see in the XC3 ending, and SPECIFICALY with dialogue from the base game, specificaly from Nias ascension quest "The stationary world will move once again. When the worlds where divided they knew nothing of each others, in the end, theyll be strangers once again. Perfectly ignorant, as will we" that line, in how its phrased, indicates not a merger, but a COMPLETE seperation of booth worlds, to a point where there was not yet any contact between the 2 at all. The dialogue, the Story, the themes, of not only FR but especially the base game indicate that a merger is "a hope for the future" and not "a goal we will see realized soon" not to mention that to me the worlds fusing together into one world is exactly the wrong way to move forward, its not finding a way forward in the world we live in, its not moving forward even when fate itself seems to stand against you, its not making a hard choice because its the right one. The worlds are now two, its done, wanting to return to a world that is whole is foolish. The right aproach is to hope that the worlds may one day walk hand in ahnd, alongside each other. not as one, but as 2 on equal standing

Can you tell me what happened to A at last. Is there a possibility that she is alive after it unites?

Hey i really liked that video and your interpretation on the story. I’d ask you to put in more scenes that prove your statements tho. The oroborus being concept thing for example wasn’t stated and needs to be backed up a bit more. I’d love to see more of that and more xenoblade content. 😄

I see a lot of people thinking the ending hints at X or Saga stuff; and while I REALLY want both of those things, I can't bring myself to hope any harder for a remaster/sequel for X lol

Loved it. Just wish the main story was longer. Only complaint

As long as Rex, Pyra, Mythra and Nia still get to be reunited, I am happy.

I think the only thing I was missing from the credits was a little montage showing us how the characters are doing in the new world. Like yes I know they are happy families with children, and there's the photo at the end of the main game, but I wanted to see more. Otherwise I am really content with how the trilogy ended

that radio broadcast was such a tease for us XCX fans

Glad you clarified the worlds becoming one again at the end, I couldnt figure out if they became one at the end of the dlc origin story and then split at the end of 3. So I havent played much of xenoblade x yet, but if I'm understanding correctly, most xb fans think xenoblade x was the original world before splitting? and that Alpha was originally from there and the only one with those memories?

So the teal ending is both universe are now 1 and everyone gets a happy ending and have babies with their lovers??

I really needed this video because I am deep in the Xenoblade lore rabbit hole despite not really understanding some of the deeper intricacies. I still don’t understand the ending with the planets merging, is that AFTER the events of base XC3?

So Noah and Mio actually got back together quiet fast after the ending? I guess my broken heart can rest easy now.

Loved this. I need Enel and Luxin (mainly Luxin) complete breakdown, this is CRAZY and mindblowing.

But why are Rex and Shulk back? Why do they seem to live forever, Riku included. Why did Alvis go rogue suddenly, after so much time. Why are there more swords of the end, why were Noah and Mio always so special even before N and M. XC2 needed a 30 minute cutscene to explain the lore, and there weren't as many loose ends as in XC3. This dlc was the last chance to tie up the story and yet monolith just ditched and left it to us to try and make sense of it.

I know it's totally irrelavant to this video or the story, but I still funny to think about that Glimmer is Matthews Great-Great-Great-Aunt, and that Rex is his Great-Great-Grandfather. Plus that Glimmer and Mio are half-sisters.

Hey everyone hopefully someone reads this comment because i have been searching all around that are pyra,mythra and nia dead in XC3?

How long after 1&2 does this take place? What happened to Fiora, Rein, Sharla, Riki, Tora, Morag, and Zeke?

I think the blue star is the white whale landing on Mira

1:55 i feel like it's worth point out that panacea, linka, A and possibly Riku were also part of the mega ouroboros

My thoughts are that N's sword contains particle fragments of logos which is why it glows purple.

I can't think that logos no longer exist especially after seeing how malos disintegrates too at the end of torna the golden contry .

I believe that glimmer is both their children fuses

Hey hey Common variety nopon passing through the thumbnail

Omg Joanne Hogg sings the new song???!!!!! She sang the songs for Xenosaga too!!!! Omg!!! I’m gonna go cry now. They really did put a lot of Xenosaga stuff into the game.

I like your funny words smart man

So here is a theory of where Noah came from. 'A' appeared after Mathew's granddad was killed right? We see a quick glimpse of grandad rushing towards Na'el then the power of Ouroboros is seen. This is when Alpha and A split no? Maybe not lol. Let us assume though it was, then with N being so close to that impact, perhaps that is when a portion of himself that still felt a glimpse of remorse and perhaps hope split and thus Noah came to be. Noah then became practically the symbol for hope while N just became even madder with despair.

I highly recommend playing Xenosaga, especially after the ending of FR. The trilogy will probably take you less time to finish than it takes to complete Xenoblade 3 (including side quests and DLC) and, lore-wise, especially with the radio in FR, it's very possible that, after a few minor retcons, the two series are in the same universe. The Xenosaga games are not without their faults, but the story is amazing. Xenoblade 1 felt like Takahashi and Monolith playing it safe after the less than stellar performance of the Xenosaga trilogy. Xenoblade 3 proved that they have created a winning formula now and defined themselves as JRPG giants on equal footing with SquareEnix, Namco, Atlas, etc. Considering what Monolith did on a shoestring budget with Xenosaga, I'm eager to see what Takahashi and his team do next.

Such a cool ending overall to the Xenoblade saga. I'm glad you touched on the post-credits scene where the two worlds reform into one. Do we know how this happened exactly? I only ask because it was my understanding from the end of the main campaign of XC3 that once Z was defeated that Origin pushed the two worlds back apart again. Did I misunderstand this or was this simply glossed over?

So essentially this dude’s “explanation” came down to. “But I’m going to make a separate video about that later, so stay tuned!” Ok cool thanks 😐

How can you not have played Xenogears -> Xenosaga trilogy and talk about Xeno games at all?

I just finished the DLC and man was it good my only real complaint is I was really hoping they were going to explain how Noah and N can exist at the same time which is sadly didn't and that's probably going to bother me way more than it should😂

Great explanation! I was having a hard time wrapping my head around it when I finished it myself. Also does anyone know the name of the song that starts playing at 2:35?

My big question is why are shulk and Rex there in the first place, where they always around since the start of aionos or did the come in just to stop alpha.

I love the way the ontos core is visualized in the series. In XBC1, the core is more of an ornament because the alvis we see is a contruct (for lack of better word) in the world he created, the real ontos core is sustaining the universe. when he rebuilds the xbc1 universe to sustain itself, much like Klaus' universe without gods, he reverts back to core and has no body. pneuma and logos have their real cores in chest because they later became part of blade system that allowed a body to materialize around the actual core in Alrest. fast forward, ontos core becomes what sustains origin, and origin is freezing two real universes together, hence he can only appear with a body inside origin and is wearing his ornament core. He needs a host (avatar) to exist and carry his real core around in Aionios. A's earring looks like Alvis' ornament core because its not the actual core, as A is a facet of ontos that was granted a body in 'real' world due to ouroboros powers. prior to DLC it confused me why the core has two aesthetic appearances.

If I may I think I know why there are two Noah’s. And your theory actually gave me a thought:… this might sound a little strange but what if like with alpha. Noah is N’s conscious. It might seem weird to say but here’s why I think that. N and Noah both fight very similarly but their attitudes are a little different even back in the past N was eagered and desperate to fight against Mobieus but when we meet Noah even during his first year he was so hesitant he lied that he couldn’t summon a weapon thinking fighting wasn’t the answer even willing signing up that same year to be wn offseer instead of a frontlines soldier. (I know I don’t have full proof he went their his first year but I’m going off of his size and the egg timer. And yes I know he still had to fight even as an offseer but just bare with me.) not only that but think about how N reacts to Noah every time he sees him. He hates Noah with a passion and having seen him with Mathew and his own son in future redeemed like glimmer said he didn’t have that same hate or joy, just regret. And even though Noah mentions he has that I could tell he had hate in his eyes at Noah the same way Alpha had that look at A *spoiler territory for some who have not gotten this far. You’ve been warned* this would explain why he got some satisfaction out of seeing Noah miserable in Agnus castle. I imagine his consciousness told him not to go through with his choice but his soul cried out to protect Mio and the now and this caused him to keep going and now here Noah was sad and depressed like N was. This is why when M disappeared and he realized he had lost her he broke down. Finally the final confrontation if you look back during the first phase Noah the whole time had nothing but pity for N because he knew of N’s mistake and how it lead him down the wrong path. He tries so hard to tell N to let go of the sadness but N still refuses and just fights. Then right before the second phase N saus this line “Your the one who couldn’t protect her. In the end you were powerless” I thought he meant the events at the castle but what if he meant back then when M had died, his consciousness told him it was ok but he wouldn’t accept it. This would also explain the bright light and the merge between the two. And if that’s the case… if my theory is right then prehaps Mio is M’s consciousness as well and it might be the only way this could happen is through the seeds of regret and hope… but again that’s just my theory about why there are two Noah’s and possibly two Mios.

wait so is the after credits scene after the main game takes place? like after noah separated the worlds they came back together again?

Mio will return Shulk will return Rex will return Noah will return Cosmos is back Make fucking x and gears canon through square a few million and do an ff crossover

I'm so sad it's done its gone:/ 😭

Great video as always JB. Now go play Xenogears since you've finished FR

Thanks for the video! Quite thought provoking. I would just say your delivery is sometimes unclear and hard to follow. I needed to rewatch the Pneuma and Logos bit to somewhat understand it, and I didn't get the analysis you drew from the eternal recurrance, specially the part of base game and FR being two different arguments / answers ro this idea. Thanks for the video nonetheless, it is way more deep than most stuff out there, and it being under 20 min is such a bless

Ok I’m not sure if this is right or not but I have an idea, I don’t think the true power of ouraboros can be unlocked by the synchronized energy of pneuma and logos, I think they can be unlocked by the synchronized energy’s of the Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2 worlds, aka the lucky seven is Xenoblade 1 world and the penuma core crystal the Xenoblade 2 world, I mean they do say that interlinking takes someone from kevas and Agnus for it to happen