In the case of Melia I think some of her voice lines when using the elements tell a lot more than their names. "Star searing flames of absolution!"

A lot of Rex's arts also have to do a lot with smashing/destroying things which represents that he's a stubborn and hot-blooded teenager

"A nerd who got the good sword". I think I need to make a list of your best quotes in each video comments section, for your delight and for continuity.

*Riki* *is* *angry*

7:55 "Colonies 6 and 9 - heh - have..."

Nia has a GREAT animal pun in her Shield Hammer Arts- Hammerhead.

I wish we coulda got some name stuff for other, not necessarily “main playable cast” characters, even enemies. Jin’s names like “Heavenly Disrupt”, “Stunned Swallow”, “Empty Moment” really reflect his character well. Showing off his power that is even above the Aegises to the point where he can “disrupt the heavens”, no longer having meaning in his life which has now become full of “empty moments”, and I think Stunned Swallow is in reference to the actual bird. Swallows are everywhere around the world, and I think it’s supposed to be something like him being able to affect the entire world at once, hence the name. I don’t really care for Malos’ Arts he has with Sever, but I do think his Monado Arts bring something special to the table. This is kinda going away from the names and more into a comparison between the two games, but I think there’s a lot to say. Shulk has Buster, Enchant, Shield, Speed, Purge, Cyclone, Armor, and Eater. Malos has Buster, Cyclone, Armor, Eater, and his own Jail. Both the Arts they share and the ones that differ are very interesting. You have Buster, Cyclone, Armor, and Eater between the two. Now how does Shulk learn those Arts? Well Buster kinda “came” with the Monado, or you could say Dunban was the one who came up with it, along with Enchant. A bit on that topic, Purge was really an Art he learned from Alvis, so that one isn’t Shulk’s either. Back on the common ones, Cyclone was sort of happenstance. Due to Shulk having to exert himself so much for use of the Monado while those “waves” Egil was emmiting were in effect, once those waves turned off he was able to tap into some extra power. Imagine it like this, he lifted weights at 20 pounds when using the Monado normally. When the waves kicked in, it went up to 80. He eventually forced himself to learn how to lift that 80, so when the waves turned off(the Monado went back down to 20), those 20 pounds from previous were child’s play, he could fling them around like it was nothing. He didn’t “come up with” a new power really, it just kinda happened. With Armor and Eater, both of those were learned from Art books, he didn’t create those either. So these Arts don’t say anything about Shulk, they kinda aren’t his. And further credence to that is the fact that Malos has them too. But looking at their unique Arts for their Monados makes things even more interesting. Shulk on his own creates the Arts Shield and Speed. Both of which aren’t attacks, but instead are used to prevent people’s deaths. This fits with Shulk’s personality. When he creates his Arts, they aren’t to hurt people, they’re to help people. He truly is a good person, evident in his desire to not kill the person that has taken Homs away from Bionis to be used against it, or a person who betrayed the people of Bionis for his own gain. Meanwhile you look at Malos, who developed the unique Jail, which in stark contrast to Shulk’s Arts is used to debilitate those who would stand against him. Now this can kind of represent a lot. Could be a move he naturally developed as he felt “improsoned” by Amalthus for giving him this mindset. Following on that, it might also be to force Blades and Drivers to no longer have a connection, which is part of Jin’s ultimate goal, again kind of not his own, still “imprisoned” by other people, but he’s a lot more keen of Jin than he is Amalthus. And the final one I’ll touch on, it could represent a sort of hesitation. It’s not a move that actually does damage, it only debilitates. I think this might mean he’s teetering on the edge of what he truly wants. If he truly were malicious, wouldn’t a move that can kill work better? But he came up with one that just prevents others from fighting. That’s kinda my take on the whole thing, along with a bit of a suggestion. I’ve been really enjoying your videos, keep up the quality content man

17:35 Fun detail, one of nias arts with the twin rings is called Gemini loop which is the name of the constellation of "the twins." Plus the fact that they're on the TWIN circle weapon type alludes to the fact that she is kinda 2 people combined with her sister and whatnot

ELECTRIC NUTBUSTER

As of Xenoblade DE, more specifically, Future Connected, the Light and Shadow motif you mentioned in Melia's section with Shadowstitch and Starlight Kick could be considered a nod to her relationship with Tyrea. Melia being a royal princess and daughter to the Emperor who was quite literally, in the lime-light. Then Tyrea being a rather unloved child who was raised from birth to be a heartless assassin. Throughout Future Connected they touch on Melia and Tyrea's slowly improving relationship and theres even a quiet moment / Heart to Heart actually called "Light and Shadow" Shadowstitch obviously seems out of place in her moveset looking at her character and the fact that she pretty much starts with it, but you could take it as foreshadowing to a dark foil to Melia's character.

You forgot about Sharla’s Head Shaker. She’s the straight-man in most comedy situations.

some names are so iconic such as Back Slash! Air Slash! Slit Edge! Stream Edge! Shaker Edge! Shadow Eye Hammerrr Beat! Dive Sobat! Wild Down! Last Stand! Lariat! Sword Drive! Worldly Slash! Electric Gutbuster! Gale Slash! Roly-Poly! Bitey Bitey! Starlight Kick! Final Cross! Headshot!

Vandahm: Ya gotta have muscles Ya gotta have muscles on yer muscles

Truly spectacular naming like: Backslash Spinning edge Heal Headshot Anchor shot Sheild Sideslash And my favorite, BLOSSOM DANCE.....which is just dunban slicing an enemy 6 times Truly the greatest names in the universe.

I think with Sharla it's just a matter of her professionalism. Reyn is young, hot headed, and crude. Sharla is young but very experienced and had a sense of professionalism drilled into her from day one. So her arts don't have unique names, every colony 6 medic likely has these art names, and it's very standardized and professional.

You can say that flower theme doesn't fit Morag, but the base form of Bridgid's weapon has a blue rose on each blade though. Btw, I think it's kinda cute that the game hinted at Morag's feminine side like that.

butterfly step makes me think it sounds like a type of dance, maybe has something to do with matching themes with dunban

Speaking of arts: Fiora's Final Cross is just a callback to KOS-MOS' X-Buster, which may or may not have a similar art in Xenogears but if you go all the way back to Squaresoft's Einhander game, you can find a very similar attack as well from two bosses in stage 6. That attack has been around quite a long time and is pretty much indicative that Monolith has had some hand in the game it shows up in.

What's Shulk's favorite character? BACKSLASH!!!

dunban being like weather is the most accurate thing ive ever heard about him. The weather is typically calm on bionis, usually sunny, with few clouds, and dunban usually has a tranquil vibe, but sometimes it rains, and we get to see dunbans flair for the dramatic, with a sense of finality in every move he makes, and when it storms, dunban is a force of nature all his own, tearing through both the battlefield, and his own morals in the case of the second battle at sword valley.

love how the music changes when you talk about Zeke

In relation to Ursula, it would be nice if you could just set a Merc Mission to repeat a specified number of times. I'm pretty sure that if enough of us ask for this, there's a good chance that it will actually happen.

(Xc1 spoilers) I’m pretty sure Zeke’s nemesis beat is also a reference to face nemesis from xc1, and the extra damage dealt to machines is a nice touch.

Reyns sword drive is augmenting the power of his punch with the gun functionality of his driver

When it comes to Zeke, his voice lines are timed so when you cancel them, he only says the adjective of the name, making you make your own “Ultra Lightning Fury Smash”, for example Pulverizing Rumble Shell Pulverizing Dunk, or Raging Spinning Berserker Slash. My favorite is Haywire Burst Blowback Cannon!!!

Colony 9 is freeform sure, but Colony 6 is an absolute UNIT.

Dunban is my second favorite Xenoblade character. He’s just so awesome, but he’s also a really nuanced character

Final Cross > Final-X > X > X-Buster And the attack looks like a red X-Buster as well so there is quite an obvious reference there

23:30 Maybe it's implying that by the time of new game plus, Morag is more in touch with her feminine side. It's kinda a sore spot in a lot of her heart to hearts. Wanting to seem more feminine but bound by duty to be more professional.

Thank you luxin! Very cool!

Bringer of Chaos Ultimate Lighting Fury Slash Max!!!!!!!!

For Melia you can think about the quotes she says while summoning elements

Ryen was just like “I am going to beat you to death”

Man I was hoping you would mention the parallels with Dunban and samurai, considering he uses a katana and Blossom Dance is very Japanese themed

I would like the XCX Arts video first, just to go along with this video before a separate XCX video that out of the way, I'd like to mention some slight patterns I found with the temporary party members, (there's no way to see BoSV Mumkhar's arts in game, and I don't know of a way to see them, so I won't mention him) Dickson with his two arts is kind of an Echo Fighter of Sharla's bullet theming. Both of Alvis' arts have "ray" in their names, specially with Lost Ray, it kind of reminds me of his mysterious and [spoilers] kind of spacey theming. Driver Malos, while he's not playable, he uses those same arts on his boss fights, and while I don't think this is the specific theming with him, I just get some kind of exceding power vibe with arts like Chakra Burst. Jin has this edgy, almost heavenly(literally one art is called Heavenly Disrupt) thing going on, going with his vengefull personality and his incredible power(and don't forget his ability to _"manipulate elementary particles to move at the speed of light"_ because physics don't exist -_-) Now as a bonus, I'll also point out that Cross in X has some arts like Stream Edge and Starlight Kick from 1, and Jin has Ultraslash from X

BRINGER OF CHAOS, ULTIMATE LIGHTNING FURY SLASH MAX!

Im really feelin these xeno vids

I think 1 thing you can find for Tora is that Poppi A was made exclusively by Tora so PoppiA's arts are much more generic and toned down but Tora's dad developed Lila whose code unlocked QT and he helped develop QTPi which is why QT and QTPi's arts are more childish. Maybe Tora really was telling the truth when he threw his dad under the bus when confronted about the maid clothes in his house when Alpha first awakened.

It's great to see Monado Monday footage in action!

1:40 Why are you spinning, Irina?

For the longest time before I bought the game I thought it was called Electric Dunbuster and this was my favourite thing.

The fact that you talk about not actually being good at the games makes me feel better about having yours and Enel's channels saved for story and gameplay reasons, respectively

two of Dunban's attacks are translated to spanish as Galerna and Calima. Calima is a very strong wind from Africa that is very dangerous due to having lots of Sahara sand. Galerna is a terrible storm that comes from the clash of high (Aftican) and low (North Atlanticcan) pressure. Both are kinda terrible weathers coming from strong winds. Conclusions are up to you

one two cross impact

Something I didn't see mentioned here are Air Fang and Mag Storm's alluding to Fiora's childhood home, colony 9. The Mag Mell Ruins are packed with Air Vangs. Coincidence? I haven't a clue but it matches.

I dont really understand the deal with 7, the games been out for 8 yrs in Japan and 7 in the states, so most who have played the have at the least figured out who 7 is, by seeing 7 or by power of deduction. Also, 7 is also seen in Shulk's final smash, so we know about 7.

"Shulk has emotion." If only is face conveyed that...

While you get it before the events of Mechonis Core, I think Final Cross symbolises Fiora's predicament of being a dead woman walking. She only has a small amount of energy left in her post Mechonis Core, making this her final chance to make peace with the world, hence the "final". Despite being a green art and not powered by HP, it also parallels with Battle Soul and Final Flicker, in a literal sense as she draws on the last remaining bit of her power to unleash a devastating attack and because Shulk and Dunban, the respective skill users of B.S and F.F, are the closest people she has to her, so you can consider it her own version of the "sacrifice life force to charge strong attack" skills that Shulk and Dunban use to charge up the Monado and Blossom Dance.

Go for the Science one.

I enjoy your vidoes, and I also wish to Apologies for spoiling something last monday I just tend to be Vague thinking that making that logical leap is too much if you don’t already know, but It’s left a bad taste in my mouth, don’t worry it was my fault you did warn that you would be ban hammer happy, So this could be taken as just venting but I just want to say something, if you don’t want this comment here then feel free to delete it. Funny thing is that when I was banned My twitch crashed so I didn’t realize immedatly. This Video itself I enjoy the themeing of the different characters, although I feel that at least one reason for dunban having weather related artes is becasue at time XC1 protrays Dunban as more a force a nature. Kinda like how Dickson calls him beast.

Nia with the Sword Tonfa only has one animal themed art.

Wait... Zeke's costume basically makes him Shulk?

i still have a question, what does vajra mean, i saw it in the ares 90 the first time and i thought it just sounded cool, but when i saw it on morag i thhought it might mean something, help i am not an english speaker

Aion vs the Vita

*did i do that?* idk, finch, did you?

What is that rex build?

20:30 u can create another account thought and i suffered the same.

Riki best nopon

18:11 Wait...you can turn off the names of arts? How? Edit: I mean in the hud.

Science X vid plz

The more sciencey X video please

I think your videos would benefit from a script. The constant pausing makes things a little hard to watch.