N: It’s just me in my void Noah: It’s called grief, N. N: No it’s not Also N: *aggrieved grunts*

This hits way different after FR, this is a broken man

I think this scene flies over a lot of people’s heads. This is not meant to be a full redemption for N, nor is it complete forgiveness for him. Some people like to say that N is a failure of a sympathetic villain, and that he is “forgiven” far too easily, but I think this is an easy misread of his character. You as the player are not meant to sympathize with N, as his actions are undoubtedly evil and his motives are entirely selfish. You are however, meant to EMPATHIZE with him, in other words, to merely understand him. To understand what drove him to the deepest pits of despair. Future Redeemed further drives this point home. He is a broken man, unable to carry the weight of life and has to lie to himself and the world in order to cope with actions he knew full well were evil. He is plagued with guilt and regret to the point of it driving him borderline insane, and of course that is no excuse for anything he does. It doesn’t make it ok that he chose what he did simply because he felt bad about it afterwards. M calls him out on this when she sees the ruins of the city, (even if mio says “but that’s ok too” lol). But there’s a silver lining, and that’s Noah’s unwavering understanding of N’s point of view, and the world itself, and how the nature of both led them all to this point. This scene does not represent N’s forgiveness and all being well, no, it is meant to be completely starting over, getting a CHANCE at redemption, because there was once good in him, Noah’s existence is proof and evidence. Not once does the game ever act like what N did was ok, it only ever emphasizes the sheer difficulty of choosing between the future of the world and your descendants and the one you love most, and like most flawed individuals in the real world, N chose selfishly for his own love. What this scene is trying to say is, I think, in spite of your mistakes, it is never too late to start over and move on. It is never too late to make a change in yourself and the world, no matter how scary it can seem. Maybe things in the world around you are worse because of the things you’ve done in life, but that doesn’t mean you can’t try to move forward and do good again anyway. After all, that is one of the core themes of Xenoblade 3. And by joining with Noah and becoming whole once more, destroying Z and Aionios, he is able to redeem Noah’s future, even if not necessarily himself.

I love how they incorporated a love story turn corruption into the main character

Bro they need to make N’s hair available for Noah

Noah/N's VA is such a chad. Dude carried the 2nd half of the game for me

A wise man once said "I don't wish for forever, all i want is my life with her. Thats plenty."

After what happened in DLC, it is not hard to understand why N got more insane in the main game despite M is with him as his final string of support.. When M also left him, he is totally crumbled..

This is what happend if Anakin and Vader got seperated

Future Redeemed really bettered my opinion on N. He was already a great antagonist in my eyes, it was just his forgiveness scene and defeating of Z I had a problem with. Come FR, going in depth with the destruction of the City finally got me to make sense of his motivations. Everything he has tried to do has ended in failure: From beating Z, to keeping Mio safe, to killing his Son by mistake. Once his Mio went through with the Homecoming, anything hopes he ever had of feeling like he did something right at all went downhill. The world that Moebius, that Z created, is a world where no one has the right to live a life of their choosing. Moebius has the world and life itself in the palm of their hands. And every attempts he made to protect anything has ended in failure and tragedy. It’s no wonder N became regret itself. Matthew’s words at the end of FR really came to light from Chapter 5 onwards. It’s no wonder why N hated Noah and want to savor his suffering. Anything he does to him is proof that there’s no hope for him or the world. It wasn’t until Noah showed N that he understood his suffering that N finally sees the error of his ways.

"well don't you look smug with my woman on your arm" lemme tell you the gutteral laugh i let out. I cant believe XC3 finally got a cucking arc

The thematic depth in every line of these cutscenes would fill novels of discussion. Even the line 'took you long enough' holds so much weight that I am floored.

Harry McEntire’s rent was due

I wish there was a way to use n's version of Noah's blade in the game

N: You make a good other. Noah: Thanks.

We interrupt this Xenoblade Chronicles 3 scene to bring you Persona 4!

1:03 Kailen when you battle him with Ogerpon on your team:

N is the XC3 version of Jin and he’s amazing.

Ngl during the last part i was totally thinking “UNLOCK N AS A HERO PLEASEEEE” and it didnt happen. Still mad to this day.

I really enjoy that Mio tells N it's okay for him to have chosen to want to protect what was. Sure, he chose wrong because in the end, he's only delaying that inevitable separation... but she doesn't demean him for wanting to stay in the now. They don't tell him he's an idiot, they acknowledge that it's a human wish. That it's something everyone wants to do and only a few stay to do that. They show him an understanding while also not necessarily excusing his villain like behavior. I never noticed that when I first beat him because I was too busy almost crying.

‘You just choose the wrong path’ Funnily enough the game proves he didn’t. It was just the hard path. As going down that path was the only way Z dies. Specifically by N and M.

We need a Darth Vader vs Anakin game

The funny/ sad thing is, is that it mostly is luck what changed/gave them their situation in the 1st place.

Think N, think!

I was rewatching this and I saw there was a frame when Noah was holding out his hand, You can see a small tear in N's eye

"I know that voice" no shit its your own voice genius

"Hey bro what condiment do you want on your san-" "MAYO MAYOO MAYOOOOOOO!" (Jokes aside this was an excellent scene with great voice acting)

God I wish I could act N. Just the pure emotion in the “Mío… Mío… MIO”

The emotions hit a high for me when N and Noah starts to play. Shit was intense.

I’m not crying you are!

Yeah, if i lost her id turn to darth Vader too

I miss this game😢

Just laying through the DLC not only having the context of n. It's characterization, but what he meant by. The world and sending it to right?

11:49 nuevo look y nuevo poder

POV: N is inside you

11:25 spoiler that's when he got Logos (Malos).

N was very confused why he got dumped lol

Did you know that Ns Sword of the End has the Soul of Logos(Malos) in it.

If N messed up, Takahashi dont. Thé tematic IS very deep.

Kieran: 1:02 The Protagonist: 1:10

At his very end,N did not use defeating alpha as an excuse, he truly beared the burden alone. When they fuse at the end, I think Noah must get the truth.

N is evil however everyone understands his choice and would probally do the same

Bruh what is the name os the OST at: 2:25? I have been looking everywhere

Why didn't N turn into his giant form in the rematch fight? Also, shouldn't X and Y interlink when they fought the group?

Keep rewatching this vid, so thanks for the upload XD What ost plays at 5:21? Been trying to find it, but no luck. Thanks!

1:00 Is it not “just desserts”?

What ost is at 2:30?

so it like kos mos with t elos merging

1:25 What’s the song that plays during the cutscene the battle with n?

8:50 what song is this?

4:34 N is literally me

Is it literally just me or do I hear a little of albedos theme

I still don't understand how there's essentially 2 Noah's existing at the same time, and they both seem to wield the same sword. After beating the game I'm still very confused about that. If a human becomes Mobius they're no longer reincarnated obviously, but it looks like when Noah and Mio became N and M, another version of them still remained in the cycle? It's so badly explained, it makes everything so convoluted, it's the one thing I really didn't like about this game's story.

Everybody raves about N as an antagonist but really he’s just Noah under different circumstances. To me that speaks more to the strength of the protagonists than the antagonists. This game still has the worst villains in the series.

...so... coming back after the massive N ball drop... ...I still am bothered by the fact he killed his own child... For his wife. Like there's love. ...and then there's borderline creeper

Forgiven way too easily

I'm going to chalk this up to it being 2 in the morning, but I found this fight and section to be really underwhelming. They didn't even do anything interesting with the fight. You beat him up once and then you just fight him again right away like nothing happened. I wasen't expecting some big stupid monster transformation, but it felt anti climatic. Especially how preachy and cheesy it gets when N is convinced.

From mixed bath scenes to down right promoting polygamy. How repulsive can this game get. At least it not as bad as the fan service in XC2. What a mess, this series needs to end especially with all the occult symbols...

8:50 what song is this?