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Yes! I can't get tired of saying this. Xenoblade is so special

Didn't know the Seraphic Ceratinia theme was done by a different composer, that's actually pretty neat. Although I think the trinity box is the first time I've heard the whole theme since Xenoblade 3 is itself, and even if we ignore all the shouting, enemies don't last very long lol

Xenogears uploads going down was part of why I started saving comment sections I like.

I hope Yoko Shimomura comes back in a future game, she's my favorite composer and her contributions to the first game were great.

Ever since he pointed out the Mechanical Rhythm riff in New Battle!!! it draws my attention every time I hear it. I have yet to pick out where Still, Move Forward is in it though.

Agreed. His efforts in XC2 and XC3 have resulted in some of my favorite motifs, callbacks, and just general sounds out of all the music I've ever heard. The themes for Elysium and the Off-Seers, as well as their many derivatives, are going to be playing in my head endlessly for the rest of my life. However, I would be more than happy to hear if Yuki Kajiura made another Xeno soundtrack. Her work on Xenosaga 2 and 3 is just as good as Mitsuda's work in some ways.

​​@@jacobmonks3722Imagine how amazing would be if the next Xenoblade by drawning more elements from Xenosaga, they bring back Kaijura as the main composer.

The XC3 theme is new, but a fair warning, the remaining playerbase that's still active on Tetris 99 is actually terrifying.

Yeah, It should've played at least in a whole cutscene before Z was in fact show defeated or at least, play that them when Melia and Nia join you in battle. In the other hand, It should've also have been played when they fight against Dirk/Joran fusion on chapter 4

I thought Earth in x was destroyed by the alien spaceship crashing into it

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Wasn't here an interview where they basically said 1 was inspired by shonen manga?

"Shonen" is not one single style. Shonen only describes the audience that the story is geared towards, namely young boys. But the trends of Shonen over time have demonstrated that the style, themes, and tone can still vary widely. One Piece is nothing like Fullmetal Alchemist, which is nothing like Dragon Ball, which is nothing like Bleach, which is nothing like Demon Slayer. They all came from different time periods, and so they reflected the trends of that time. The same is true of Xenoblade. In the late 00s, Shonen stories very much did have the same tropes, themes and ideas seen in the first Xenoblade Chronicles. In the mid-10s, the trends evolved a bit, leading to the much more lighthearted tone that XC2 employs, seen in stories like My Hero Academia. XC3 continues that trend. It feels like The Promised Neverland or Vinland Saga in terms of tone and atmosphere. Melancholic and bleak at times, but there are moments to remind you that hope exists. Xeno, in its entirety, has never been afraid to wear its inspirations on its sleeves. For Gears, it was Gnostic mysticism and Freudian psychology. For Saga, it was Neitzche-inspired philosophy and Jungian archetypes, with some Judeo-Christian tradition thrown in for good measure. And for Blade, it is very obviously reminiscent of the themes and styles of Shonen manga and anime. X is an outlier in many regards, and I can't really speak much about it, considering I haven't played through it yet.

@@jacobmonks3722 I agree, and I guess I should be mostly referring to X in my original comment. Blade 1 definitely had some tropes (even one I mentioned was exclusive to 3 about the main villain being a "past version of oneself"), but I still think Blade 1 was tame for the shonen-related tropes of that particular time - and I say this having played it 1-2y after release and having a background of 15y before that watching mostly anime as my primary media consumption other than JRPGs, basically in the final years of university where I still binged all that and actually had the time !_! ). You get a revenge-focused story which is very uncommon right from the get go of most shonen (even today). You get a cast of what then were not huge stereotypes (outside of Shulk, who's pretty much Edward from FMA indeed, but Reyn? Sharla? Even Melia. Dunban was a trope of the Xeno series itself - Citan, Jin, later Lau and I'd argue Noah himself). You get a setting that was so surprising at the time (for games or anime alike) it was the main talking and marketing point of the game. But then of course, you get the phlebotinum sword and main character, the Deus Ex Machina, the anime betrayal, the comic relief characters and even the unexpected revival. And nearly as important, you get them mechas, to fight against in this case (but that one is also a staple of the series as a whole, albeit X and Saga 2-3 did it BEST, maybe also Gears). I still think Blade 2, and to a lesser degree 3 fit the shonen shoe best. Yes, they still have the "high philosophy" somewhere deep down there but they certainly get the most commercial appeal because they were literally targeting the audience that, effectively, still has time to play those games - mid-teens to young adults, mostly male although really that line is now blurred. Which is great, and I do think from Xenosaga onwards Monolith has made it easier for any gender to appreciate their games, if a bit excessive on the tiddies and scantily clad Blade 2 is known for. X and 1 really avoid that low hanging fruit, and so does 3 but 3 then falls into other problems I already mentioned.