No matter what the series holds, one thing is certain... Luxin will be there with 2 hour long videos on one trailer.

The absolute insanity of Takahashi canonizing 4 universes across 3 game seires owned by 3 sperate companies all with a freaking radio in one of the fianl cutscenes is both ridiculous yet perfectly on brand

About the Pneuma core thing: it's what causes the Ouroborous power. What's the biggest strength of Ouroborous? The ability to use any Blade. And what ability did Rex gain when he awakened Pneuma? The ability to use any Blade.

My incredibly hot take is that the Xeno games are good

I ADORED seeing all the titans that you could just barely make out in the base game because they were mostly annihilated. ESPECIALLY Gormott. I KNEW that was its head we were fighting in at the opening of the base game.

He completely missed how Takahashi himself confirmed they would be giving one part of the trinity processer to each nia, mio, and na'el to give us the xenosaga reboot where kos-mos is now a robot gormotti. I can't believe this.

It's crazy that I bought XC2 when it came out in 2017 on a whim, and now the Xeno series is my favorite series by FAR. I am so excited for the potential the series has in the future. Thank you Monolith for such great games

Reading the statues in City after beating Future Redeemed was interesting, as I now knew the characters and such, and the random stuff about living for 80 years and mentors made sense now. Also kind of recontextualizes the ending too, as that was the last time anyone from Colony 9 saw or heard of Matty again, except Riku as he lived long enough to recognize his descendants returning

It's pretty nice seeing Enel talking about lore :)

can I say how much better Alpha is as a final boss than Z? This bizarre avant-garde unworldly elegant masked mech thing that oozes power and alien grace, versus a big face that screams. Such an upgrade.

I love Future Redeemed and all the callbacks contained in it. The ending admittedly brought me to tears during the credits (clip show of all the past episodes/games during the credits always gets me emotional lol) While I agree I don't feel like any of the new characters in FR due to not spending a lot of time with them, they were all enjoyable and Matthew was a fun main protagonist. I think he or A were definitely my favorite additions to the cast. As someone who hasn't played any of the Xenosaga games and have next to no idea what they're about, I'm looking forward to taking a crash course on the lore to keep up with all the theories lol

I'm taking the Project Exodus reference to be a simple declaration that "Xenoblade X isn't going to be left behind". It's extremely difficult for it to be directly related, but that doesn't mean we can't get the rest of that universe's ideas. Heck, Elma could even still show up as a character, just with a new backstory more friendly to Blade and Saga.

Wish they made the game longer. The exp was so amazing, lore wise exploration, music and battle wise. This literally made my top xeno game tied with xc3. This also made the lore of the main game deeper than I originally thought about it.

I kind of have the opposite opinion on the gameplay progression. I played more casually with a 20+ hr playtime over multiple sessions to make it to the credits, so I never minded some of those kits being a little out the way. Although, I do agree it is annoying that everything was locked behind those kits. Except for Nikol, I ended with everyone’s affinity chart opened and completed and most other slots unlocked.

If I had a nickel for every time the third entry in a Xeno franchise concluded with the credits song coming back for a final, solemn verse as we see something blue flying towards a planet, thus ending the game on a hopeful note with a semi-ambiguous hint of things to come...

As someone who has been on X copium for years, I understand there is little chance at a solid connection, but i will hold faith that Takahashi isn't just whipping out names that connect to X as just an easter egg in the same breath that he's connecting the blade games to saga, and that we may get something real sooner or later (aka, i'm upping the copium dosage)

I’m just super excited for the next game. Xenoblade 1 was my all time favorite game until 3. I can’t wait to see what they do now that the Klaus saga is over. The curiosity of one man really gave us the best video game series ever.

It’s also worth mentioning that KOS-MOS’ Episode 3 Database Entry says: “A blue light penetrates her battered and faded figure. Perhaps that light will be the cause of a new awakening.” 🧐

A question I still have after all this is about Mythra's kid. I really don't remember there being any reference at all to her child and I'm genuinely curious. Given how they showed us Mio (Nia's), Glimmer (Pyra's), Nikol (Shulk/Fiora's), Panacea (Reyn/Sharla's) and Linka (Zeka/Pandoria's), it feels weird that one gets left out.

I'd really love to see a Xenosaga reboot as someone that's never played it. With how Monolithsoft creates their games, I'm sure it'd be FANTASTIC Also, my headcanon is that Matthew left the city and encountered an iteration of Noah on his journey. He then gave the gauntlets to Noah and that's why his blade looks the way it does. I'm pretty sure it looked like that even before Riku gave him Lucky 7. Maybe Pneuma just latched onto Noah's soul and that's why he'd continue to have it

I feel like this is gonna be a situation where the blue light ends up being something completely different from Kosmos or the White Whale/Elma and all us Saga and X fans will feel kinda silly afterwards but that might just be me being pessimistic. I seriously hope it's Kosmos though. That was my first thought when I saw it and it actually works in the lore of both series.

Matthew is one of my most like characters for the length of the story. Chad-asorus-rex is awesome but in this story Mathew's persinality explains so much of how the city and the hope was carried on. The kids were awesome, it felt they were more devices to show rex's and shulk's character growth into fathers. Many small scenes at the camps or in the background just made the dad vibes awesome. I do feel they got shafted on character growth but what can you do in 10 hours worth of main story. Shulk and Rex are giga dads and love that at the end A reminds them they can't go to far, yet they want to so bad. The story was a great closure for the main game and a good epilog for the 1st and 2nd games. Specially that radio mind blowing info dump. The theories of Xeno games with mainly X in my mind, are going to get crazy. I think it strengthened my theory of how Klaus's experiment and actions were happening around the same time that X's alien invasion and a branch was created at that time frame. Klaus did his thing and made the Xenoblade 1, 2, and 3 arcs. At the same time i believe earth was in danger of some stuff from either ailen invasion to world collapsing actions. Either way it seems that Xenogears and X also had their kick off from there as well. I need to go back and play/look at Xc2 and Xc1 to verify if the station Klaus and Co were on was being attacked by something. Anyway, just rambling at this point but it looks good for the theoriests. Game play - Affinity system hit take, I like it. Yet i am not a speed runner or anything. I get distracted easily and curious about stuff. So i am glad i get more rewarded for my playstyle in this game. I didn't like Tora's implementation but Future redeemed's way of going about it was perfect for me. Music: the base combat OST is probably my favorite in the fanchise. It has such a cool vibe. My friend and I noticed how the chain attack music had a blend of Xc1 and Xc2 chain attack music which was awesome. I think noah throwing the sword is more symbolic. I don't think it really means anything of throwing the 2 wifes away. More of moving forward. But building on i did like how it showed the planets coming together and becoming one. Shows that we did thebright thing as at some point the worlds merge together. Overall i loved this and Xc3. I am looking forward to what is instore for us in the future. I now need to replay X to refresh my mind to better write a dissertation on everything that radio dropped.

All the implications and connections aside, I love how FR elevated the whole main game. Many gripes I had with XBC3 are now gone. Z got a few new aspects to him that make him more tangible, N got much more to his motivation and the whole 1st City thing makes sense. And even Noah being there although N exists makes now sense as well. The whole radio thing and that stuff is just the cherry on top. FR gave me everything I wanted.

I'm guessing 2 things. Either is Takahashi reimagining Saga's lore/events into Blade's or there's some strong story and timelines lore that we didn't know just yet between Blades, Saga, X. If it that was our original KOSMOS in FR post ending, does that mean that similar events between Saga and Blades are occurring at the same time, but in different timeline and universes? Also, they could start Saga 4 and Blade 4 together, by merging the plot that Takahashi was originally envisioned for Episode 4 into the new plot and new world for Xenoblade 4. This is just my mind creating something in between these

I doubt we'll ever see it but I do love the mental image of KOSMOS falling to Earth, getting herself up and being very confused by the presence of Nopon and catpeople

I agree that Shulk in future redeemed was a bit lackluster gameplay-wise, but when you unlock him and Rex in the base game, they change his skills and one of his new ones is gentleman's valor, when is a really easy party wide awakening, and he has good chain attack bonuses as well, so while Rex is the Masterful King in Future Redeemed, Shulk is Grand in the base game

I still feel like Xenoblade X has to fit into this somehow. The radio is obviously what Takahashi meant about how Future Redeemed will hint at the future of the series, and it would be really weird for the radio's references to one game/series be direct connections while the references to the other game/series be just Easter eggs. It's something we can't really just pick and choose. My guess is Xenosaga, the main Xenoblade series, and Xenoblade X are all connected to each other in _some_ manner, but not within a shared, linear timeline. Maybe it's parallel universes with similar events up to when humanity finds the Zohar but then it splits from there. Maybe it's related to the Eternal Recurrence. Maybe it's in a manner we don't know yet. I'm not sure. But I'm looking forward to seeing what will come in the future, and I'm also hopeful we'll finally get something new Xenosaga-related, be it a remaster, remake, or a new game.

Honestly hope that given the lore present in the FR's radio, that a potential Xenosaga trilogy remaster/remake/port could come over to modern consoles. Having the games on modern consoles would be cool enough as is, but a remake could help out each game in the trilology imo with some QOL improvements. XS1 could use some speedups in battle animations, make enemy boost turns more fair/clearer rules, and streamline menus. XS2 ideally could tweek damage numbers/scaling, also speed up combat animations, and rework the games's artstyle and character designs to be less weird. XS3 needs the least changes, but a hard mode that pushes the games combat to its limit would be nice, given how utterly broken so many things in the game are.

It was weird to me how Moebius and flame clocks, which were an imposing force in the original game, meant so little this time. Except N, since it's N. They had 3 people who could cut flame clocks this time, which is just... wild

Kinda bummed out that I didn't get to lose my shit with the radio scene like I did in the "The Birth of a Universe" cutscene in XC2. I hope the Xenosaga series gets remakes for added context or I'll have to emulate it otherwise since there's no official way to obtain it today

I actually liked how some power up’s were unlocked through exploration because it gave a pretty good incentive to explore the areas. I never really liked exploring until postgame in xenoblade because I didn’t really feel that compelled. It probably wouldn’t work in a full xenoblade game anyway, but for expansion story it’s not that bad of an idea.

I always see most people like Rex more because most modern Xenoblade players started with 2. I do like Shulk more than Rex mostly due to his personality and his story. Shulk is one of the main characters that is out for blood in the beginning of the game and is able to show a darker side until he develops as a character. Also Shulk has best VA no questions asked out if the main characters.

After seeing rex in future redeemed, replays of xenoblade 2 will never feel the same again

Hey Enel, not sure if you were already planning on this, but I feel like it would be useful to many people if in a section of a future video, like the one about good accessories locations video if you would put the locations of the accessory/ gem/ art unlock locations as they are easy to miss and can take hours to find. Sorry if this was off topic and long but I just wanted to put this out, thank your for your time.

Honestly, Dimitri's Existence certainly explains why Klaus went against against orders and triggered the Conduit instead of Aion

Despite not playing saga or knowing anything about it despite kos-mos, I still got pretty hyped at the radio. I recognized project exodus, and could tell that they were referencing other games with all these name and organizations drops. So I couldn’t wait for someone to explain, like this video.

The main argument for an X connection is that Mira being Origin would very neatly wrap up the cliffhanger X ended on. Also I think the Earth wasn't actually destroyed but was sucked into a pocket dimension where 2 took place. 1 and 2's universes appear to be of similar size in 3 when colliding, so it would make sense for both to be pocket dimensions.

Great analysis Enel, the radio was kind of shocking when I first got to the ending. I wouldnt be surprised if Monolith was working on a Saga remaster or remake to retcon it into the main Xenoblade series. The stories broadly fit together, so it wouldn't be difficult to make changes to the story, where the original Saga is one timeline of events, and another timeline leads to Xenoblade or something. My biggest worry about this radio was the Xenoblade X implications. Xenoblade X''s story and overall feel are very different from the main series, and I think adding things like the Ganglion or aliens into the main series in the way that X does it would sort of taint the original isolated story of Klaus and the Conduit. Overall I'm excited to see where the series goes, but I cant help but worry.

matthew saying 'ow my face' in battle endeared him to me immediately

I do still think that Xenoblade X could be connected. Honestly It's possible that X's universe is an alternate one created by the people of Xenoblade/Xenosaga. Because Xenoblade X has the Samaarians as progenitors, and the Samaarians are humans from another universe.

Connecting Blade, X, Saga and Gears in the end is a very bold move and while my fan heart was in awe I was also worried which direction this might lead to in the future. Time to replay Gears and Saga 2 and 3 (just replayed 1 recently) to prepare for the future :) also fingers crossed for an X port on Switch :)

If Mira and Origin are connected, it could very handily explain away the issues that crop up with the aliens. Entirely possible that the aliens are some weird construct created by a cast-out dying and/or corrupted Origin. After all, we know it's possible for it to alter memories.

This dlc should've been called 'Xenoblade Chronicles 3: All Your Ships Are Now Canon'

After finishing the DLC yesterday, I've been fiending for videos like these

So, coming from someone who hasnt played X, what if Project Exodus was reworked at the last moment to be the last ditch effort instead of the colonization of the universe? The dates not lining up is definitely a tell of the connection not being there, but in theory, dates and times could get jumbled during humanity's literal extinction event (if im reading into it correctly) to attempt to find a suitable planet/system to evacuate to and start anew. Im willing to be wrong, and I have only half of the story since again, I have not played X. Food for thought though, I found it interesting on how Monolith intertwined the whole of the Xeno series.

It means a lot for Xenoblade, yes; but oh my is this the most hype thing I've ever played. I jumped out of my chair when I saw what looked like Fifth Jerusalem. I spiked my controller when I saw that Vector radio, then I squealed with glee at that Dimitri name-drop!!! And of course there was that blue light at the end of the credits...how about Project Exodus! Oh my, even the signal is reminiscent of X's intro. I'm still going wild...anybody want to talk about Philadelphia-class motherships?

Aww yeah, this is what ive been waiting for! Thanks for the content Enel!

8:00 hmm once you realize Matthew is Na'el's brother, it's similar to the Euden and Zethia dynamic in Dragalia Lost

Take the time u need I love ur guides!! Sometimes I still watch ur Fiora, Corvin, Cos Mos and qtPi guides just cuz I love breaking the game. Excited to see what u have in store!

noah throwing the sword now that we know pyra and mythra reside within is like, oh god

Also, *SPOILERS* About the Logos implication. So would it be like Pneuma having used her data of him to recreate a core crystal to complete the processor? I know Malos kinda did that to restore himself at the Cliffs of Morytha, but at the end of 2, he was _destroyed._ Like completely. Also the worlds combining means Noah and Mio DO reunite definitively! :D Also I don't think it is stated at any point in 1 2 or 3 that there is no extra-terrestrial life.

I think X fits perfectly fine in the narrative. Calling Project Exodus a "last ditch effort" may be a bit short sighted. Considering Elma arrived on Earth 30 years before the "Event", it's perfectly reasonable to assume that in order to avoid mass panic the true purpose for Project Exodus was concealed under the guise of a general colonization program, and it was only the last 5 ships that had to "make a break for it" when the aliens finally showed up while the first 8 got to leave ahead of time. The White Whale as probably one of the "Philadelphia-class Motherships". The Earth "blowing up" may have just been what the Klaus Experiment appeared to be from the perspective of the fleeing humans. This series is full of retcons, even 2 needed to retcon some things from 1 to make complete sense, and considering how many near explicit and implicit references to 1 are in X, suggesting that they can't be in the same universe seems a bit silly to me.

Been wait for this video, I love hearing your takes on the story

This DLC confirmed for me that the name “lucky seven” is a meta reference to the seven main xeno series games. Crazy that they might all come together in the future. We’ll have to wait and see!

I beat this game on the second night it came out (due to sadly being super tired from travelling across the UK that day, although I still managed to do half of the DLC's story before conking out) and I was freaking out about 'the radio' too. All of my friends have yet to beat FR so I still have had no one to truly talk about all the lore implications behind it, but I completely agree with your spoiler section on it.

The way character progression was handled, being tied to side content, reminded me a lot of how Persona handles things, especially since I was playing Persona 5 Royal just before the release date was announced. You can ignore the side content if you really want too, but you’re making things noticeably harder on yourself if you do so. You theoretically can finish P5R without doing Confidants, but you miss out on a lot of perks and Persona Fusions are all around weaker. By the same token, you can just follow the story path in FR, but then your party is much weaker because you can’t fill out their Skill Trees.

Can't wait for the future offering from Monolith Soft as they continue to prove why Nintendo invested resources to pick them up back in the day.

I think FR really encapsulates the series and gives us everything we need to be satisfied, but also have hope for the future of the series. I would love the next Monolith game taking place on this world and giving context to how it developed after the merge. Because this could give more context to Noah disappearing or at least maybe mention it vaguely 1000s of years after the fact. I do like thinking about the gang from both 1 & 2 developing the world together without having to worry about moebius or annihilation events. The way Rex, Shulk, & "Alvis" walked out was awesome. The fact that they were there for a specific purpose makes sense why certain characters didn't show up but were mentioned. I do like how the song is like a heartfelt goodbye to Blade, but I really like the fact that the world's did come back together as one thanks to Origin. Which speaking of, is the only way for X to make sense because of the lifehold reference. Overall though, the organization in this game was so pleasing to 100%. I can tell how frustrating it will be to speedrun though. And the community was so much better than in Torna. Which makes me not want to forget how Riki gave us the greatest Nopon ever in Riku who just knew the assignment just like Rex and Shulk did. Anyway, I've never played Saga, but I kinda want to now 😂 especially with your explanation here. Looking forward to Luxin's deep dive. Now all I need to know is why are we getting Noah and Mio amiibos and what they will do if we're moving on 🤔

I don't know if you saw it, but there was also an interesting scene with Lucky Seven, where Riku told us what exactly it was, as well as telling us his Masterpon and implying who his father is

Really glad I played Saga a year and a half or so ago. I did the same as you and had to press the Home button when Yuriev's name was dropped

I am just so freaking happy I watched your playthrough for this specific moment in the series

Lore-Dump Radio is my favourite radio station.

Takahashi really just said "you know what this game needs? A complete mindfuck. I feel like the fans need a good one." And we were all like "YES PLEASE"

I've been super excited for a week and I have no one to talk to about it because I'm the only big Xeno fan in my friend group. I feel like I'm gonna explode having no one in my life who cares but what am I gonna do? Xenogears and Xenosaga are still incredibly fresh in my mind due to having just experienced them in the past couple months so yeah, I absolutely lost it at the radio scene and the post-credits scene. I was really hyped because of the X stuff too but now that some time has passed and I'm off the copium, it's probably just references sadly lol. Maybe one day X fans will get their day in the sun, they still got those cliffhangers after all. I think the Xenosaga stuff is still pretty hype though, I hope they at least bring the trilogy to Switch one day. Good video, can't wait for Luxin's feature-length film :)

That dlc actually blew my mind. I didn’t expect them to show the things they did. I don’t know what this means for the lore. But (not actually a spoiler but kinda is if you use context) I wonder if X can somehow be connected seeing what they were willing to do.

Enel feels like a reseacher who made a huge scientific discovery but can't tell anyone because it requires too much maths knowledge to understand it

there is actually scenarios, that requires no retcons, where X can fit, only needing that they stick strong to the concept of eternal reocorrence. And it goes like this: On the merged "New Earth" (lets call it like that) from years after 3 ending, whose people (from 1 and 2) were already very tech advanced, go on to advance even more, and eventually depart to conquer galaxies, they are what eventually becomes the Samaarian federation (at the down of time, they came in from another plane, as per X, just like happened when the XC2 universe came in from another plane, to merge). They expand so much that at some distant future, the "New Earth" ends up forgotten/lost. They continue to evolve and change. Eventually at some point in the distant future, they decided to terraform yet a new Earth, or even, a new solar system (they have so much tech that they can make even this at this point), let´s call it Earth 2, and they make sure to guide evolution there to go as they see fit for their purposes, and then, bioengineer what is supposed to serve as their failsafe (Humans from Xenoblade X), and we know from X that the Samaarians have this level of bioengineering tech, from Xenoblade X quests. Or alternatively, they get to the point of technology of dimension travel (not far fetched, given what XC1/2 people tech did with Origin, and how much tech those people would have at this point I am describing, and the fact many universes is canon to blade), and apply all this to that dimension primitive Earth. More years passes by, Earth 2 evolved to the point where we see in the beggining of Xenoblade X. Earth 2, just like old "New Earth", also has get to a point of having a Coalition government (eternal reocorrence, so ok for the similarity actually), but Earth 2 does not have the Conduit nor the towers . Elma, who maybe could be a possibly modern Samaarian (maybe one of the few left, as the rest mixed and shaped to other races, as they expanded to become a mega galatic empire), that does not agree with the current path and ethics of modern Samaar federation, goes to Earth 2 and warns X humans of the imminent treat. White whale leaves Earth 2, and , "by coincidence" (there are quests that imply that may have actually be driven by some force), lands in none other then old "New Earth"/Lost Earth, there is, "New Earth" millions of year after 3 ending. Or in the other alternative I mentioned, this force that guided then to "New Earth" is what made them swap dimension (still believable given some of the phenomena surrounding Mira, like the Ganglion and the ma-non being led to there in a flash of light). Nopons were native of "New Earth" and unlike old Humans/now Samaarians, some remains there, which makes sense in this scenario. And the reason why humans did not die after the memory storage of the lifehold got wrecked, is because something in "New Earth" also has the capacity to store data and "souls", Origin, who was in "New Earth" since the merge between 1 and 2 eons in the past by now, (something about this planet). Meaning, that last shot in Future redeemed is indeed the white whale crashlanding, and those humans from X name the old "New Earth", Mira (the sequence gives no indication of how much time passed, could be on a cosmic scale as far as we know). Mira geology does lend it itself to this scenario, as, how merged XC1/2 worlds would look like after millenia has passed. As a extra, from the distance from "New Earth" of that shot in future redeemed, a human sized cyborg should not be possible to see, but a ship the size of the white whale could. So X happens millenia after the ending of 3, a time scale that has precedent in the franchise. And the eternal reocorrence do makes history in these two Earths flowing similar, credible, within what the franchise themes has worked on. Here is more believable than the retcons about Dimitri that others that are needed for Saga, for instance. This is just a example of possibly others where Monolith Soft, the actual creators of the franchise, could fit X without the need of retcons or minimal retcons, just the need to stick a bit strongly on eternal reocorrence.

Honestly think both Lucky Seven and Matthew’s fist are powered by the Pneuma core instead of one being Logos. Literally based on Rex’s dialogue and the *they*, he refers too is Pyra and Mythra, because something similar happened to when Rex said if * Those two* were here. It makes clear that both are powered by the pneuma core.

Thank you so much for playing Xenosaga on your channel to give people like me a similar experience I totally overlooked the Vector logo and first thought Dimitri would just be an easter egg to tickle Xeno Fans Balls but also thought about KOSMOS in the end and all these discoveries afterwards lead to an interesting evening where me and a friend of mine would theorize the crap out of this. I hope we will get the Xenosaga Trilogy in new form on the Switch to share the amazement it sparked in me with others who never had the chance to experience that. Now one thing not to underestimate is that Xenoblade 1-3 are still taking place in Episode 1-3 of Perfect Works if they're parallel to these games. Which means X could still come at the end somehow. We should Not forget there are Xenosaga ships in one of the final cutscenes of the Main Story and lore wise Samaarians created Ganglion. My theory is they used Technology similar to the Lifehold to do that, it is canon that artificial bio life is creatable so who knows. At this point I would even believe X standing for 10. Though I'll be happy even if it boils down as its own thing and gets at least something one day. But Saga Fans waited even longer so feed them first

After finishing Future Redeemed I was glad I recently watched your LP for Xenosaga. Because seeing the name Dmitri Yuriev shocked the hell out of me

Damn this one good discussion about Future Redeemed From Gameplay, Characters Features, Story, & Lore You Really Went in with the Lore halfway through the video Xenosaga Blade it sounded almost like you threw Xenoblade X under the BUS lol good vid 👍

I appreciate that I now have enough knowledge of xenosaga to also immediately think the blue light falling to the earth was a reference to Kos-mos. Never played xenosaga myself only watched the play through you did, so I knew damn well I was missing something in the radio when it started dropping names and talking bout space travel but at least I caught the big one at the end there.

I love this expansion so much, might be my favorite besides Torna given how much you’re rewarded for exploring. While this could be Shulk and Rex’s last appearance outside of spinoff games like Smash, it’s is sad but also a good farewell. They were really done amazing in FR and I had fun using them one last time. Takahashi took us for a wild ride and I can’t wait to see where his next trip takes us, definitely looking forward to Xenoblade Chronicles 4, or whatever he calls the next Xeno series!

Ever since I saw the conduit in XBC2 I had in my mind that Wilhem manipuleted Claus. I mean he could be behind Deus and other things. It would be interesting to see all 4 lines combine into one. XCX could be it's own pocket dimension aswell as the gears cast, only the saga one being outside of that.

Based on that one little conversation between elma, rex, kos-mos, and shulk in Xenoblade 2, I don't think Takahashi is going to directly exclude any of the series from this point forward whether that be saga or X. I would say we'll at least get an X DE and a xenosaga trilogy each with retcons kind of like xenoblade 1 got since the series has gained so much popularity. Heck Harada said xenosaga was going to get remastered at one point, it just wasn't financially viable at the time.

I love seeing you mash screenshot during those scenes

Great vid enel! Watched it right after completing Redeemed hoping it would tie up a few more loose ends I was in the dark about. I'm still a bit up in the air about some bits regarding 3's original content and what it represented but this vid filled me in on a lot of stuff I missed from not playing saga yet. I'm holding out for some connection of X to the main series but as it stands now I can only expect it could happen later in the timeline than any other game we've got so far. That said I can picture it happening if the reunified universe is similar enough to the original to create a second Earth. It's some wild speculation but screw it. Make Noah and co Samaarian Takahashi, blow us away

Great video, I'm super excited for what this series has to offer. The Vector logo literally made me jump out of my seat in surprise, and I still just cannot fathom it. Do you plan on speedrunning the DLC when you can? If so, do you think it's a better speedrun game than Torna? Would love to hear your thoughts.

I really think they're more so going to take ideas, concepts, and many other things from Xenosaga and Xenoblade X and even Xenogears (Stuff in Xenoblade 3 concepts from 3) and incorporate them into into Xenoblade. Rewrite/retell to make them all fit a little better and give a more conclusive vibe to those project that didn't get to reach their full ambition. Xenoblade 4 or whatever it will be called maube starts a new saga involving those concepts and ideas. Be interesting to experience a Xenoblade storyline set with space travel

The dlc already won me over by mentioning my favourite song from the XC2 OST (Tomorrow with you)

Didn't get a chance to watch until now, but this video dropped literally the instant I finished the DLC last night. Great timing for me specifically!

I just finished the DLC and marathon it so I didn’t get spoiled and I loved when the radio was in the background just steadily dropping truth bombs. I never played xeno saga so thanks for explaining the connection.

At the end of this expansion i had a big smile on my face and honestly i couldn't be happier. Can't wait for the future and of course for all your amazing content

Oh man... the feeling i had when i saw that fucking radio. I was loud. Too loud. Thinking back on it I could cry. But the double whammy with Dmitri yuriev. Smashed that fucking home button and just jumped with joy. I love this fucking franchise bro. Great video

I was already a fan of Rex, but now he's goated for me. From his intro in the game I didn't stop using him! Not only is he a Gigachad, but he's an absolute unit in combat. His damage potential is ridiculous :D

I loved all of the callbacks, especially when kids were requesting Na’el to play Gaur Plain, The Tomorrow With You, and Bringer of Chaos! Ultimate on the piano

Thanks for going in depth about the X connections. I feel like it definitely has something important to tell us at least about nopon with all of the weird shit they know and the whole them saying Mira is their home planet. I'm honestly inclined to think Mira is something that exists maybe on the other side of the rifts. I'm definitely inclined to say that X started in different version of reality, but I'd be surprised if it didn't end up pretty integral to understanding Nopon.

i think the sweet spot for the kits is enough for everyone to have the first unlock of each thing at least around the main path that isnt to hard to find, that gives enough flexability with power, but to truly get the good stuff you need to hunt. i havnt gone through xenosaga yet my self, but i knew that radio had faaaar to much significants and was paying attention to it far to much for what was actually happening. i knew i was missing context, but theres something, and oh boy its a hell of a ride thats planned here

Guys play Xenoblade X!!

That radio sets up so many new stories

As someone who hasn’t played Saga or Gears (I played a bit Saga 1 when it came out but have like zero story memories) and hasn’t played X I still could tell the radio was super important as it was happening and felt it at least had to have some connection to X if not more so for me it was more exciting knowing that some crazy shit must’ve been happening that o didn’t know but could eventually go online to find out!

I've played 1, Future Connected, 2, Torna, 3 and Future Redeemed. I guess I just have to come to terms with the fact that I don't understand some of the important lore parts. I'm glad to see so many people are super hyped about the lore implication, but it would've been cool to also understand them myself.

I think another amazing part of the DLC was that ending montage of all the big moments from each game and the music 😭😭

Spoilers for the last section: I hope that they don’t drop “It was Wilhelm all along” cause that would really hurt Klaus’ character, specifically the part of his character where he activated the Conduit of his own desire. A’s whole line about “humans desiring the beyond” and Klaus’ speech about the state the world would be rendered meaningless if “Klaus just got tricked by Wilhelm”. It would be Dickson/Z levels of lame Apart from that though, good vid. Really can’t see what that falling blue light might be apart from KOS-MOS so that seems solid

I have only played the blade Xeno games, but after Future Redeemed’s ending and coming across your channel and this video I really would like to play the Xenosaga games. I hope they get rightful remasters one day!

Xenoblade Saga being the next series title would bring things full circle

Funny thing about the radio scene: I wasn't paying attention to the radio at all, I was paying attention to the conversation between Na'el and Matthew, but I took a glance at the radio's subtitles RIGHT when Dmitri Yuriev was mentioned and I went "WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE HERE, WHAT!?!?" and had to rewatch the entire scene again but paying attention the the radio. It was pretty crazy, admittedly.

I really hope they remake Xenosaga and Xenogears, it will be my first time playing them and I want to get hype by that radio as well and the post credit scene

I love that we had the same reaction of pressing the home button lmao. At the moment I saw the references I went to the home menu just to say "WTF IS HAPPENING" and smiling like an idiot for a while because it was too much

Maybe I missed it, but did they ever go into where the other characters were from Xenoblades 1 and 2? I don't remember anything about how the queens came to be either. There were several people that belonged to long lived races that you'd think would still be alive especially if humans like Shulk and Rex were both still alive. Are we just supposed to assume everyone aside from Shulk and Rex died? I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that about the "shooting star" at the end. The music reminded me a lot of Xenosaga music specifically the end music from Xenosaga 1.