Is This the Biggest Xeno Year Without a Xeno Game? - Xeno News

[@Luxin_Xeno]

Before anyone comments about it, yes I saw that Bandai Namco published Strive in some regions, that does in fact explain the Guilty Gear crossover event in Tales of the Rays.

[@jackarnold7213]

*regions

[@tylerdrummond4078]

Just wait til Xenoblade Warriors is announced at the February Direct

[@Alban_Blade_Memer]

I only wait this game just to confirm or deconfirm the Dirk is Mythra son

[@therealjaystone2344]

Just save it for switch 2

[@wawztzta8296]

plz no

[@dominicjannazo7144]

First, the crossover warriors game with 1 2 3 and X, then Xenoblade Warriors 2 a continuation of the story of Xenoblade 4. It's the warriors pattern now.

[@Big-Image]

Or Xenoblade Chronicles 3-II if we want to go that far.

[@originquantum5483]

For those curious, you have to beat Ceratinia 7 times in total (120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150), meaning yes. the amiibo requirements were 100% planned out

[@gmaster2647]

I am unironically pretty hyped about the Xenoblade 3 art book. I'm curious to see if my and others' theories about stuff ends up actually true, and I'm hoping we get some kind of Aionios timeline as well.

[@ltb1345]

I'd be hyped if it was getting a translation.

[@sincere9222]

It's funny how M's outfit is easier to get than N's without amiibo

[@Deltabolster]

What do you have to do to get the outfits?

[@sincere9222]

As Luxin said in the video, for M you have to fight the strongest super boss at level 150. For N you have to buy a certain accessory 7 times that costs 77 gold Nopon coins. I say M is easier because there are plenty of builds online that can help you with facing super bosses at higher levels. While N is just grinding challenge mode

[@crystalcove99]

​@sincere9222 You can also just set the difficult to easy and approach the superboss with a somewhat competent build and you'll be fine. Meanwhile N's outfit just requires an absurd amount of grinding.

[@sincere9222]

@@crystalcove99 Yeah. But I'm currently doing Xenoblade 2 rn so I won't be grinding that out for a while

[@electrichunnel6281]

makes sense, N was very willing to help the party

[@Movel0]

Pushing through this Xeno drought is hard, but every bit of Luxin content helps ease the wait.

[@dachking6657]

I guess we should be grateful that this constitutes a drought for our franchise…Monolithsoft feeds us well

[@corruptedteka]

@@dachking6657 what drought, we literally just got a crossover, an amiibo, cosmetic DLC and an artbook announcement ? seems like exciting stuff to me, Monolith is good to us.

[@Gameboy2007-Official]

⁠@@corruptedteka all cosmetic sadge

[@dachking6657]

@@corruptedteka I literally meant it like that. I was not being sarcastic. Like, the fact that a time of stuff happening still constitutes a “drought” for us means that Monolithsoft does by us right.

[@corruptedteka]

@@dachking6657 ah shoot, sorry i didn't mean to reply specifically to you, just to the original comment ! yeah we agree !

[@kingjonny394]

Gotta believe that X will make a comeback for the 10th anniversary in April next year

[@NoonDragoon]

MonolithSoft also assists with development on a lot of other Nintendo titles, like Splatoon and BotW/TotK. But we don’t really know what they’d be assisting with right now, I doubt a new Zelda, Splatoon or Animal Crossing is coming this year. It’s just a portion of staff that assists on projects but there isn’t any obvious game they’d be working on right now. If they are full steam ahead on their own projects then I could believe MonolithSoft has something to show off this year that gets a 2025 release date. MS was also recruiting for a fantasy project even before XC3 was revealed. It’s entirely possible that whatever that project became could be released soon. I love Xeno but I’d also be so down to see something entirely new from them that was wholly their own, and didn’t have to bring up decades old game lore that the majority of current Xeno fans haven’t experienced.

[@treesnip5667]

The team that assists Nintendo with other games and the team that develops Xenoblade are sperate. It wasn't like that in the past but now no other Nintendo games will effect the development of a MonolithSoft game.

[@NoonDragoon]

@@treesnip5667 yes, but that assisting team doesn’t have any obvious candidate that they’d be working on right now either is what I was getting at. So we also don’t know what they have cooking and I doubt they’re sitting around doing nothing. I’d love for that portion of staff to be doing support work on something like a Xenoblade Warriors, but really that’s just wishful thinking.

[@mikiwibu]

I literally don’t care if they just upscale the Xenosaga Trilogy into HD and put it on Switch. I just want to play the series so bad, especially after Future Redeemed. If Monolith Soft is at all involved though, it’ll definitely be higher quality than that and have one updated and unified art style across the entire trilogy.

[@Nateiliand]

That and xenogears as well please 😢😢

[@corrinflakes9659]

Shoutouts to Luxin being the one American Xenotuber who will say “Consul Zed” and a good effort in Welsh on “Llyn Nyddwr”. Trust me on the former, if Americans force me to comply with “Dragon Ball Zee”, this is our time to get back, and Luxin is respecting that.

[@archedmash2]

Why should Americans be expected to use the British pronunciation of a letter? Especially when it's a Japanese game.

[@samuelchallis3420]

Do some not say Zed? I was conditioned by the game to refer to him in that manner. Though I do think they missed an opportunity to have Sena call him Zee, kind of like her pronunciation of Manana

[@ltb1345]

I never got why people pronounce the letter z like "zed".

[@randomnpc445]

@@archedmash2 The fact that it's pronounced similarly in Japanese is a pretty good reason I think. "Zetto," clearly deriving from the Canadian/UK pronunciation of "Z," and funnily enough the same way they pronounce the "Z" in "Dragon Ball Z." If you try to go a puritan route and follow the Japanese script, you're effectively saying it the same way.

[@randomnpc445]

@@ltb1345 You could ask the same about why we pronounce it as "zee" in America.

[@codygoldenflame7996]

I wonder how many people in that survey asked about who/where Mythra's child is, and whether or not that will be answered

[@williamstokes4282]

If we go by anime/JRPG genetics we're looking for a blond with golden eyes, fair skin and a emerald core on their chest.

[@triplek-dysongamingwithdan7771]

​@@williamstokes4282 it'd be funny if he ended up looking like his (or her) dad instead of Mythra. Glimmer had reddish hair compared to her mom's bright red. Maybe Mythrakid took more than we think.

[@ltb1345]

What do you mean? We already saw him in XC3, since the first chapter.

[@williamstokes4282]

@@ltb1345 Ah yes the Agnian Solider from the very start of the game who looks a lot like Rex when he was young and certainly not anyone else...

[@williamstokes4282]

If the Xenoblade 3 artbook is anything like Alrest Record was for 2 that'll be fantastic and given its size it should hopefully be giving us way more. I loved being able to take a little look at the design process for all the characters in 2 and look forward to doing the same with 3. Also why does so much of the Tales of Series have to be exclusively Japanese? WHY??????

[@BMAjoeA]

It's reasonable to assume the next xenoblade game won't come out until 2025, but I wonder what the chances are of them revealing it this year? Like how Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition was revealed in the September 2019 Direct, before coming out in May 2020.

[@SacrificAbominat]

I get the feeling Xenoblade X DE will a big showcase game for what the Switch 2 can do and be announced this year but come out in 2025 for it's 10th anniversary. The next mainline game probably won't come out until 2027 going by their development cycle of about 4 to 5 years for the mainline games.

[@awildcyclistappears]

That Riku vid is the most anticipated video ever. We know that Riku is "tada no nopon da"... but you know, we want more.

[@MaxM210]

I will say, I really hope Monolith doesn't actually decide to answer too many of Xc3's questions in the art book or in future games. Mainly because the is nothing worse than a series getting bogged down in trivia and minutia (cough, cough Star Wars, cough, cough), but also because it really does frustrate me when a story is designed to not have easy answers for every little thing, and the fans still demand them anyway. It's like demanding to know if the top fell down in inception, there are certain things that should stay ambiguous and shouldn't have clear or easy answers.

[@Kool-Jay]

Honestly, I don't think we're getting anything this year either; slightly due to the regular year gap and also a new/updated (?) Nintendo console.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Two hyped games: LM2HD snd TTYDR

[@AzureRoxe]

It's exactly because of the Switch 2 that they should release something since there's gonna be no Zelda and probably no Mario. If the Switch 2 is announced for this year, it needs SOMETHING big.

[@notthatthenamematters6163]

My personal opinion is that they are working for a near-launch title for the switch 2 like how they did with xc2, probably an x remake or xenoblade warriors.

[@uppernimbus]

Getting some more clarification on unanswered questions in both Xenoblade 3 and Future Redeemed would be fantastic!

[@lpfan4491]

I think the reason the update makes you redownload DLC is that it probably broke Miimombii and they had to issue a revision 3. Little known fact, Future Redeemed had to get a revision 2 release because if you somehow had the update that added Miimombii without also having downloaded FR rev 2, Miimombii was displayed as "Dummy" and had no functionality. Something about the order the files are loaded in and overwritten by each other.

[@cyberrb25]

Damn. A shame I didn't learn about the survey sooner. We really don't have much Agnus representation on the kid mode (esp. regarding in their own original world). We do see kid Noah, Eunie, Lanz and Joran even, but we barely see Mio as a baby. That's it.

[@Qwerty10254]

I have yet to watch the whole thing but I hope we get some kind of crossover, like Xenoblade Warriors

[@mectainea5575]

Honestly we’ve been eating soo well with 6 star quality meals with fantastic games that I’m satisfied without a Xenoblade game for a year or even two.

[@ART_OFTHEGAME]

Good to see you Lux. I am about to start the whole trilogy in chronological order and 100 percent each as i go. Probably take all year. Love the content man. Keep it up.

[@pralenkaman8105]

The only game developer that can convince me to buy the rumored "switch 2" is monolith, so I hope the 10th anniversary brings amazing news for the series, xenoblade x remake would be nice, but I would preffer a xenosaga remake if kosmos is really important moving forward into the mainline series, either way, I will always hope for a switch version, as the system already houses the whole xenoblade triology, but if it comes out on a hypothetical switch 2 I might really have to buy it

[@WarriorInBlack1]

Major cope, but I hope that XB3 actually gets this art book translated to English 😭

[@maxime_j]

For the love of LORD please bring X back

[@pdxhe]

loved the video, luxin! :D it's a warm feeling watching a xeno news video this well-put-together after not really keeping up with the series once i calmed down after future redeemed, needed a reminder why i love this series so much, and have stuck around for over half a decade at this point

[@DGenHero]

XENOBLADE WARRIORS

[@dinodubin9241]

Damn i was just thinking yesterday when new vid was going to drop, this is awesome :D

[@kos-mos2084]

Importantly, Kadowaka games (the publisher of this artbook) is the one sending the questions based off the survey so I wouldn’t expect definite answers on unexplained stuff. Things I expect are artwork of Mythra’s kid and maybe some description on her, Monolith might explain more about the Black Fog and Catastrophe of both worlds coming together, maybe an answer about why Z called Alpha his god and some small implied hints about the future. But I do think it’s extremely cool we are getting a questions section. I just hope people answered thoroughly about what they want explained. Also, agreed on the Xenosaga KOS-MOS collab and it’s extremely weird the JPN VA Mariko Suzuki came back as well as Monolith Soft retweeting stuff if there was no plan going forward for something Xenosaga cooking. We will just have to see though. I didn’t know you can remove the armour in game now and have everyone in their camp outfits! That’s so cool! I am planning to grind for N and M outfit soon too.

[@TheSpaceking12]

Time for a boatload of speculation based on nothing. I think you're wrong. XCX remake is real, and will be announced for Switch 2. It might not come out this year, more likely to be next year. But it will be unveiled at bare minimum. I've always been team 2025 for the release of XCX myself, because XC1DE was the 10th anniversary. So I think from now on we're going to be in a cycle where after 10 years have passed, a blade game will get a remaster. XCX was also noteworthy for being the game that served as Monolith Soft's HD toolset's origin. I think it'd just be very fitting if a remake of that title then served as the basis and origin for a 4K development pipeline. But most importantly. I don't think that 2024 is going to go without a xenoblade game. I think that Xenoblade 3 was written in the fashion is way for a reason. It's because it was meant to be a multi game story arc. So...basically, I think there's a canon Xenoblade Warriors tie in. Mythra's child has not been revealed for a reason. They're the MC of that title, and it'll be set in Aionios's earliest days, and will depict many of the things we only heard in passing in 3 and FR. Things like Melia's capture, the death of Riki in aionios, the creation of the sword of origin, and so on. And given the time period of such a title, you could get away with having playable characters from all three blade games casts. Why do I think this is happening? Because Noah and Mio's amiibo came out so late after the game itself, which is extremely unlike basically every other series specific amiibo. Usually, barring smash because that's a special case, when a game has amiibo, most or all of the amiibo are day and date with the game itself. It's because they'll have functionality in this game, maybe something like allowing a city version of Noah and Mio to wear their XC3 outfits. And there might be a handful other figures made too, hence xenoblade being made an amiibo series now. How's this all feasible? Well, for warriors, outside of Tetsuya Takahashi and his peers directing the story, it'd be a mostly hands off affair for monolith in terms of game design and cutscene production and that sort of thing. Omega Force would do the vast lions share of the work. While the main Monolith Soft teams work on XCXDE and XC4. But to add onto that. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that XCXDE began work as a secondary project following the completion of XC1DE. When 3 wrapped, more hands would have been available to work on that. We probably don't see XC4 or whatever the next main project is till 2026 at the soonest, but more likely 2028, given that 2027 would be occupied by a 2DE if the 10 years pattern holds.

[@linkalot7415]

if this ends up happening its a huge dub

[@octavia8836]

We got a game this year after all lmao

[@emeraldnoir7099]

I was happy to find only 1 set of the Noah/Mio amiibo pack at the local Gamestop. The ONLY had 1... >.< come on Nintendo. Also, I'd pay to get that outfit for Velvet in Tales of Berseria....

[@JustJulyo]

• Xenosaga remakes • Xenoblade Warriors • Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster • Xenoblade Chronicles Waifu gatcha mobile game • Xenosaga re-releases • Xenoblade music rhythm game If they release any of these ideas I will be one happy Nopon!

[@kyurei4478]

For the Xenoblade 1 logo for the amiibos, I guess they simply chose the X from Xenoblade 1 because 1 is the most iconic game that gave enough success for the series to continue. It's most likely the same reason why they used the Monado logo in Smash to represent the Xenoblade series as a all. I find this choice more fitting cause the Monado doesn't appear in Xenoblade 2 for example and yet, Pyra/mythra have the Monado logo. The X letter is more what represents the series as a all even though the Monado is a very iconic sword. But of course they had to choose a specific X to stay recognizable and each game title has its specific artstyle so the X from 1 here.

[@FoundSeventhGear]

Hey Luxin and everyone else. I'm having post game fun in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and one of the unique monsters, Jadeite Polly only spawns during an aurora borealis event. That got me thinking... if Alrest is on the equator then according to science, it shouldn't be possible for aurora borealis to be present as the phenomenon only occurs near the poles. Just something to chew on. I doubt this has any significance to lore and what not. Thanks for reading, have a good day.

[@Smexbi]

Outside of a XCX Remaster port, what I like to see is in 2025 a Trilogy port of XC1-3, a.k.a. the Klaus Saga, like the Metroid Prime Trilogy. I know, unlikely, but Xenoblade is still pretty niche, & I don't think Nintendo would lose a lot of money to sell them in one pack. It would be a great way to celebrate 15 years of Xenoblade.

[@pedrobeckup456]

50 gigas ☠️

[@mysteriouscolours1532]

I didn’t get the age rating for smash spirits thing at first because in the uk all the Xenoblade games and smash are rated 12

[@Sherkel]

I figured M's long hair and N's low voice were meant to show they were physically older.

[@jpegwarrior5431]

Seeing Velvet doing Ultimum Teneritas has added minutes to my lifespan.

[@ustav85]

I can confirm that it works without opening them!! 😅😂❤ Thank you Luxin so much for this information. 🙏

[@spoogtastic]

I see a luxin video, I instantly watch it. Lfg!

[@christianboustani8284]

Hopefully that art book gets an english release and doesn't jave anything cut from it since iirc the english xenoblade 2 art book had a few things cut

[@Agent789_0]

This might be off topic but will you be making more Trails content in the future? Like did the theory video you did earlier do well enough to warrant more videos?

[@sinom]

While they almost definitely won't release a new xeno thing this year, they might announce something together with the switch 2 at the end of the year. They might also push that to beginning of 2025 though so we'll see

[@bobjones4469]

That Konami baseball game is pretty huge in Japan, btw. There's even Rule 34 of it and I don't know how. I mean, look at those characters.

[@zillauniverse7208]

21:39 I would love to see Monolith Soft tackle a licensed game, they would be great on tackling a Nintendo exclusive Star Wars or Transformers video game?

[@Key-Knight87]

SpongeBob lol.

[@mudkipgames1]

good to have u back!

[@banditimaclubyou8388]

With the rumors that the switch 2 will support 4K resolution, I can’t wait to see what Xenoblade will look like in the future

[@eriklagergren7124]

Thanks to you mentioning the X on the amiibo I noticed that DE has bigger text on the box art compared to the other two

[@AerynBella]

Who do we contact to beg for an English translation of the Aionios Moments book??!? 🙏🙏🙏

[@cyberrb25]

There is another other alternative: Them doing a port (patch) of any current Switch games for Switch 2, maybe just to get a hold of how the new technology works. From what I heard from the people sleuthing away, the new system will have some new ways of tech, like mesh shaders and AV1 video encoding/decoding, and also DLSS 2/3.5 (basically, no Frame Generation), and they might want to, either internally or publicly, fiddle with it so the actual new game can make that work out of the box. Still, I hope they try a new IP. Not because I don't like Xenoblade, but because doing new shit can help find new gameplay. I don't think many people would like an out of the box Action game for Xenoblade (not what we have, which is much more a Turn Based RPG than even FF7R), but if they successfully do something like that with a new game and they are successful, they might be able to "backport" it into Xenoblade. Something like how Bayonetta 3 wouldn't have existed if not for Astral Chain - the demon workings is an iteration on the Legions of AC.

[@renren47618]

I feel like XCX port will be part of Switch 2's announcement and its first lineup of games.

[@ShurikanBlade]

That 12:47 joke got me laughing so hard

[@heroboygamebase2286]

It would be great to have a new Xenosaga game.

[@hermannator1]

i think a Xenoblade X remaster could be the next xeno thing if only too keep the pattern going a remaster between mainline games to hold fans over kinda like how DE was but yeah it wont be till at least 2025 if it is happening

[@Diamond-jw6ry]

DW KING U GOT THIS!!

[@xenosaga8436]

I hope Luxin doesn't consider the rare blade system to be a baseless criticism because that was horrible. There were other things I didn't like, but it was the main reason I never played it a second time.

[@eunie9]

What part of the story would you like clarified?

[@hermannator1]

the biggest thing i want to know is why was noah entrusted to be the hero? like why was the original noah given the sword of the end? obviously our noah was given lucky seven because only he could counter N but why was N given the sword when he was still noah?

[@ZephyrK_]

@@hermannator1 Deadass. The mystery around Noah’s existence and role was so fascinating to me, I’d love it if we got more information about it but I’m still cool if it stays somewhat ambiguous.

[@MoonMillenniummon]

I hope someone asks about Mythra's kid.

[@sparkleofroses]

There's some SERIOUS thinking people need to do with this show and I believe you touch on why it's good to think critically super well. And while the argument "people get brought to Jesus through this story." Maybe true you point out "yes but what Jesus" The only thing I would add is the question on the second commandment about making an image of God. Jesus is that image and when you make a Jesus that ain't that Jesus in media like this I do believe that violates that commandment. It's another element to this show that needs critical thinking. I'm glad you posted this because people get really defensive with it and rely on entoional arguments versus taking a thoughtful conversation to work through this.

[@thelegendaryjanitor2008]

U forgot that Monolith soft is bigger with more staff than before

[@kurisuuu0]

Xenoblade Warriors announcement this month.

[@AllnWlkr6029]

Hmn, not sure about your take on X, what's your guess on what the XCDE team are working on then? I get COVID would've hit scheduling significantly but it's been nearly 4 years...

[@ganon4688]

Please.... KOSMOS V5.... XBX successor... i want it all... give me everything I desire..

[@themegatonmenace1224]

A Xeno game this year is still possible

[@Key-Knight87]

Literally how? Following the pattern of the release we probably won't get a game...

[@LolKillization]

could all this mentioning the number 7 be in regards to them having worked on 7 xeno story titles until now? Xenogears, Xenosaga 1-3, Xenoblade Chronicles 1-3 (Xenoblade Chronicles X being forgotten as always but only because it focuses on exploration instead of telling a story)

[@onnopleaseno649]

im going fucking insane bandai please give us our game

[@gabrieln8003]

The creators said that the Xenoblade series is already complete however they still need to finish the X series

[@BrassCandy]

Did you see that Bandai Namco published Strive in some reasons, that does in fact explain the Guilty Gear crossover event in Tales of the Rays?

[@Amadeus_]

Xenoblade X will come out.

[@uncario]

Will there be a vid on the role of music/ofseeing in aionios? Like how does the whole mote thing work?

[@joshsanderson662]

DONT YOU TEASE ME ABOUT AN X REMASTER 😭😭😭

[@corruptedteka]

great video but why is the id in the url only lowercase letters, it's driving me insane it looks so weird

[@vivid8979]

Imagine Bandai Namco dropping the Nuke in the upcoming Direct probably in February regarding Xenosaga remaster..

[@therealjaystone2344]

Localization be damned

[@Tracks2008]

Not like it really matters. Things need time to cool off and besides all of those games tended to fly well under the radar after Square was no longer directly involved. I mean the only reason the most recent trilogy even came up from the depths is because of Smash Ultimate. If it were not for Smash you would need sonar to find the games for that is how unpopular they are.

[@Ixs4i]

how many questions about mythra's kid are they gonna get i wonder lmao

[@otacoanonimo6866]

Persona 25th birthday be like:

[@fireembliam9090]

6:46 Your voice sounds different.

[@windwaker0rules]

If we are lucky maybe xenoblade will be like dark souls and we will get clone games.

[@RuralSquirrelJuror]

Lol I thought you were mispronouncing “Tales of Arise” but they really went with “The Rays”

[@cyberrb25]

(a)Miibo[Mii]

[@Polarcon]

Big if true

[@xtr.7662]

Maybe theyd finally do xcx switch edition

[@ART_OFTHEGAME]

Didn't they say there are not going to be any more smash games

[@dantelawrence4676]

No, they didn't.

[@samueltitone5683]

Haha! Smash Bros is to Nintendo what Halo is to Xbox. Sakurai will never be allowed to stop making Smash games.

[@fred-mango]

any1 know how to get the new artbook in the UK? im trying to buy one

[@reyntime1950]

I'd be happy with some rereleases or a new series. Sick to death of the xenoblade saga. So much content for so little pay-off.

[@ajfatca]

x and/or xenosaga remaster for switch 2 please, a guy can dream

[@floriankudlikshobbyraum]

Feathers are a b*tch to dry!

[@elemomnialpha]

1:55 nah, a Xenoblade Warriors by Koei Techmo is infinitely more likely than an X port

[@ZephyrK_]

This would be ass asf. Usually the point of Warrior spinoff games is just pure fanservice, we already got an official trilogy that wraps everything up nicely. Anything else would just be a mess.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@ZephyrK_it already happened to both Zelda and Fire Emblem and the stories are terrible. Age of Calamity and Three Hopes had the least amount of fanservice than any other Nintendo warriors games.

[@triplek-dysongamingwithdan7771]

​@@ZephyrK_ Plus we got the fan service that ppl thought base XB3 was gonna be in Future Redeemed.

[@byronlyons3548]

@@therealjaystone2344 Let's be honest, even the first Fire Emblem Warriors wasn't much of a fanservice to that franchise, unlike what Zelda's first Warriors game was. So much so, that the fans were peeved about it.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@byronlyons3548 not true because the first FE warriors is just fanservice from the 2010s era. However, missing units were there too.

[@WildFox-h1u]

I love having to read a Japanese only art book that released two years after the game to explain the copious amounts of unanswered questions and plotholes. I love this series, but good lord is this frustrating

[@ZephyrK_]

How is this frustrating lol? All of it will translated by fans anyways. Every franchise has merchandise that has a couple of lore tidbits. None of it is necessary to play & understand the game, if it was it would’ve been in it. Shit like this just exists for lore heads nothing more nothing less.

[@Taikaru]

I want a continuation of Xenogears/Saga soooo badly, even if many folks insist it'll never happen. It continues haunting my dreams decades later like nothing else. Xenoblade hasn't hit me the same way, but in fairness I haven't had time to play them due to life and responsibilities (more specifically, I've only played 80% of the way through Chronicles, and none of the others.) But I'm happy they've been commercial successes and bought copies to support the cause and play some day, in hopes that their success will somehow, some way lead to the rest of the Gears/Saga story being told. I never want what happened with Saga's sales to hamstring them again...

[@kaetce]

They should have made noah and MIo fighters in the game... Spirits are dumb imo idc if they said no more fighters... just make an exception lol

[@pgwchaos]

That Artbook does look great; however I did have to skip it since I can't read any Japanese. (also recently gotten into BattleTech which is taking up a lot of money) Monolith Productions also created some great FPS such as Blood, No One Lives Forever, and the first two F.E.A.R games before making Shadow of Mordor. (also I just realized that Blood came out 27 years ago)

[@ethanator6015]

Funny story: You're talking about two different Studios that happen to have the name "Monolith". MonolithSoft is the JP studio that's been making the Xenoblade games, along with co-developing the Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, and Super Smash Bros. Monolith Productions, on the other hand, is a USA studio.

[@SacrificAbominat]

The only Xeno game that I can see potentially releasing this year is Xenosaga remastered if it's a thing. I think the teasing in Future Redeemed and Baten Kaitos, a way more niche series from Monolith Soft, getting a remaster kind of hint that a Xenosaga remaster/remake is probably happening at some point in the future. Granted if it's just a remaster and got greenlit around the same time as Baten Kaitos I can see it coming out this year. Though if this is the case it will be a pretty bare bones remaster with some quality of life changes and visual updates. This is fine, but I think Monolith Soft might want to take a crack at remaking Xenosaga to be more like what they originally wanted it to be, which I don't think would be too much more work than making a mainline Xenoblade game nowadays since they're a way more experienced and capable developer than they were back then. I'd honestly prefer the latter than the former as I think Xenosaga deserves a remake. Though if this is the case I can see that coming out way later either right before or after the next mainline Xenoblade game comes out, probably around 2027. If there is any announcement for Xenosaga remastered coming out this year it'll probably be announced in the next direct and released this fall much like Baten Kaitos was last year. If there's nothing than there's definitely no Xeno game coming out this year. I do think they'll try and push for Xenoblade X to be one of the first year games for the Switch 2, as I think they'll want it to be a big showcase game for the system, but it'll release in 2025 for it's 10th anniversary much like Xenoblade DE released for that games 10th anniversary. This is what I hope they're going to do, and it would kind of suck if they don't have something planned to come out between now and the next main Xeno game as that's probably a good 4 more year of wait for that game.

[@therealjaystone2344]

I rather find the remake of xenosaga better because the first two games aged horribly even with the port itself to be HD

[@SacrificAbominat]

​@@therealjaystone2344 Yeah only episode 3 has aged gracefully and even then it could be touched up to look much better.

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

I realy belive a Xenosaga colection is very likely as were 90% likely in the last year of the switch with its sucessor lauching this holiday season. Nintendo like with the 3DS is likely to wind down the switch with ports and remakes something we've already seen a bit of with the two mario rpg remakes. If such a colection is real I expect it some time between April and September that and Metroid Prime 2 HD i would place money on this year

[@NoonDragoon]

Only problem with your theory is Nintendo has nothing to do with Xenosaga, and wouldn’t be the ones making a call on its remaster if one were to happen. Bandai Namco owns that IP and it is entirely up to them what they do with Xenosaga.

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

@NoonDragoon Nintendo teamed up with square twords the end of the 3DS's life for Dragon Quest 7&8 ports. I can see them talking to them about a collection just to fill in a release slot. On top of that Nintendo and Namco Bandai have been very close lately to the point Namco Bandai is opening a new studio to work exclusively on Nintendo projects

[@NoonDragoon]

@@demi-fiendoftime3825if it was entirely up to Nintendo I think it would have happened already tbh. People seem to forget that Bandai Namco already decided against remastering Xenosaga before when it was a possible project for them, Harada confirmed this a few years back.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@NoonDragoonnot to mention why xenosaga haven’t been touched now all the localization got worse over the years with censorship

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@NoonDragoonPR talking and I doubt the game itself being scrapped altogether

[@mrmiesfies3941]

What survey?

[@chipwiseman2]

Sooo excited about the art book! It's my first time buying one of these post-launch compendiums and I didn't wanna miss out after Nintendo fumbled the XC3 Collector's Edition preorders