Masha Brings Lore I Didn't Know I Wanted

I'm kind of neutral on her as an overall character, but I can't help but appreciate everything surrounding her and both the clarifications and questions she brings to the table. If Wave 4 is overall as solid as Wave 3 was, I think I'll end up quite satisfied with the dlc as a whole.
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[@cmszd_]

i think its pretty funny how ino's class, an agnian class uses animations from ethel's class, a kevesi class and how masha's class, a kevesi class uses animations from mio's class, an agnian class

[@Rays326]

Ah they tricked you, actually its still ethel LMAO gotteem. At least the neutral stance for the Ouroboros Lapidarists

[@cmszd_]

@@Rays326 wait holy crap. i thought it just used twin ring animations bc the chain order animation was the same

[@dachking6657]

It is honestly really funny just how much Rex’s chad form has hijacked everything

[@ZephyrK_]

Isn't that basically how he was in 2? His values, hopes & realistic optimism was so insanely contagious he managed to gather multiple people (including adults far older than him) to join his cause and search for Elysium. Before his adventure, he carried the financial wellbeing of everyone in Fonsett Village on his back at 15. He influenced several politicians & monarchs who were at war with one another or shunned themselves from the rest of Alrest to join his cause, Zeke: The Crown Prince of Tantal, Morag: The Emperor of Mor Ardain, Nia: The Outcasted Feudal Lord of Gormott. Hell even antagonists such as Jin & Malos eventually wished for his success. He inspired Tora and Poppi who admired him as their hero and is the only person in the Blade universe (at least so far, Shulk & Alvis??) to truly harness the full power of an Aegis and influence their character for the better with Pyra & Mythra. Despite the world itself dying and everyone giving in to their hopeless situation, he strived to change everything for the better, no matter the cost. He's always been him.

[@SQUISHYHAE]

Typical comments section, people will only talk about one thing

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

I'm glad it did.

[@lughemblem]

Can't wait to choose a path in Xenoblade Chronicles: Six Houses

[@famillesabot5719]

I choose Blue or green then

[@netherfire50]

Imagine if that's the name for the dlc final wave

[@fireembliam9090]

I choose Red or Yellow then.

[@fireembliam9090]

I see you are a Fire Emblem fan like me and others.

[@10k-Noodles]

Rule #6 of the Salvager's Code. First have a punch-out, then drink to forget. Once you've forgotten, the friendship's all set!

[@io9671]

We never did get to hear the last rule...

[@fireembliam9090]

Or the one that Mythra interrupted.

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

I love that Cassini's house motto is basically the phrase, "I do what I want!" I can imagine is coming to fruititon accidentally from one stuck up giving Rex crap for having three wives, "Love is Love." Free Love." I do want I want! Big man, big heart, big ...... I do who I want! Then Cassini PGS and fancies into the house phrase.

[@rhettmitchell]

Lmao 💀

[@famillesabot5719]

Can I mention Gigachad Rex ?

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

@@famillesabot5719 I just realized something. Rex is huge and he loses an eye. Rex will be their one eyed Monsta! :P

[@famillesabot5719]

@@PJDAltamirus0425 lol... Guess Rock is the wind anemo archon

[@professionalweirdo3391]

Honestly I think Masha using Keves arts supports the theory that Rex is going to be mentoring a Kevesi character and that Shulk will be mentoring an Agnian character

[@MaxWelton]

and it’d make sense within the context of 3, since only Agnian classes are able to take advantage of Kevesi Master Arts, so this mentor-mentee setup will allow the Founders to use Shulk and Rex’s powers to complement their original skills.

[@fenix0seraph]

IIRC the concept art suggested that the original plan for Reid's statue was supposed to be a High Entia, unless they changed their mind about that.

[@laggalot1012]

Doesn't Shania kinda throw a wrench into the idea that Shulk mentored an Agnian? She is of House Reid and has a Kevesi Iris, after all. I know that's not a hard guarantee at all, it could ultimately still go either way, but that would appear to make it less likely for Shulk's mentee to be Agnian, right?

[@Nintendon85]

I really hope those two become heroes you recruit. But yeah, them mentoring characters from the opposite world would be awesome.

[@elflooffer5196]

​@@laggalot1012 I think it's interesting, I checked and both Monica and Ghondor appear to have their Irises in the left eye, which is Agnian, even though the Vandhams seem more related to Noah, a Kevesi, a bit more than Mio at least character wise, but it might just be a case of genetics and maybe the Iris placement can vary from that variable, idk though

[@LuizEnger]

The fact that Masha works with keeping memories alive is a parallel to Jin's fear of forgetting Lora, something Rex came in contact with. By the way, only now I've noticed that Shulk has a power frame as well!

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

I love how the themes of 2 carry over to 3 more so now with Masha and house cassini.

[@LVPictures]

Fun fact, founder of Cassini is daughter of Zeke who is "mentor" of Rex. And Rex played the "Zeke role" for the party in Future Redeem. So house of Cassini statue in many way is still in the spirit of Linka's dad.

[@paulman34340]

you mean "who's mentor is Rex" but yeah unlike Panacea who was raised by Shulk and sees him as a father figure (I figure he encouraged her to call him Teacher because he didn't want her to forget his two dearest friends are her parents) Linka's relationship with Rex is more an "Uncle and Niece" as alot of dialogue implies Zeke and Pandoria raised her for a good many years before Rex took over Rex is exactly what Zeke was trying "TOO HARD TO BE" which is "actually Cool" (Zeke is cool in that "dork" manner of his LOL) except Rex learned from Zeke's goofs and actually BECAME cool! (Rex became fucking ALL MIGHT with all that Charisma he was displaying LOL)

[@Spitfyre1011]

Suggestions for xc1 and 2 party names: The Monado Boys Rex & Chums Salvaging Incorporated

[@RTMP_]

Well, Rex DID inherit the Garfont Mercenaries… so there’s a possible name.

[@kingjonny394]

I love Masha design, looks like it could fit in as a just well as a blade in xc2

[@ZephyrK_]

I'm so serious when I say Nopon are some sort of divine entity connected to the Zohar. They're a species that obviously never existed in Earth and only appeared after Klaus' Experiment. They have long lifespans & can't be governed by the laws of the current universe (can't bond with Blades in 2, unable to be bound by the Flame Clock system in 3 and Moebius literally just left them alone after agreeing on a non aggression pact.) Telling yall, Nopon lore in the next saga about to go crazy.

[@shulkash8799]

Sorry to tell you that there is a nopon in Torna that bonded with a core crystal.

[@ZephyrK_]

@@shulkash8799 Should've phrased it better. Rather the amount that can actually become Drivers is insanely low.

[@famillesabot5719]

New dialogue if X get remake. Tatsu not food Tatsu is Interstellar interdimension god

[@minecraftsteve5746]

@@famillesabot5719 well X did have the nopopon gods

[@24hr-Gaming]

Nopon can become drivers but it's rare. Cassandra's former driver was a Nopon. Boreas also has Nopon data and is basically a super Nopon. But it is strange Nopon live outside the cycle and are just left alone by Z. In 1 they live away from humans but in 2 they live with humans and 3 there seems to be a mix of Nopon who will support the colonies and cities and those from the caravans who will trade with them but otherwise want to be left alone. So yeah it's not fully explained what they are besides the bit of lore in 2 where they talk silly because it's an easy way to make other people lower their guard around them.

[@angeldude101]

Now I'm hoping we get a scene in the DLC where Cassini, as one of the main party members, excitedly quotes a line of the Salvager Code only for everyone else to look at her funny wondering what she's talking about. Being explicitly said to be a free-spirit, it's very possible that she'll end up as the most silly and comedic of the founders. (Not helped by the fact that her presumed Ouroborus partner, Reid, is another girl.)

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

That would e awesome. Wholesome Polyamory then wholesome gaynes. Well, besides implied gayness of Morag and Brighid. Whole explicit gayness.

[@angeldude101]

@@PJDAltamirus0425 We know that Ouroborus pairs don't _have_ to be romantic, as evidenced by Sena and Lanz usually being seen as platonic workout buddies, and also by Vandham and Doyle being brother and sister. So Reid and Cassini _might_ not be lesbians, but it's still very possible and they're bound to have some humorous interactions regardless.

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

​@@angeldude101 Yeah, good point. Also, considering the base game loves its babies so much,goes against the lesbian point. Though is adds into Rex inspiring a rebellous spirit in house Cassini.

[@dededeletethis9940]

Okay, hear me out. Sena’s B outfit is a reference to Pyra and Mythra. What are their hair colors? Red and Yellow. What do you get when you combine those colors? Orange. Also, both of them have some sort of connection to Brigid - Pyra is another fire blade, and Mythra had a rivalry with Brigid during Torna

[@RedTheWeeb]

I just see it as orange fire instead of blue

[@Cookie_Luggi]

Eunies b outfit is fiora right?

[@meepoffaith6153]

hm, silver and light brown _coffee and milk?_

[@RedTheWeeb]

@@Cookie_Luggi not at all?

[@Cookie_Luggi]

@@RedTheWeeb dosent the colors match? Im a little bit color blind, but to me it seems like fioras outfit and eunies b outfit has the same color scheme.

[@eekiehd]

I'm still hoping we get the N and M costume for Noah and Mio respectively. I really don't understand why they haven't added them. I really want them!

[@Antasma1]

It’s stupid that M’s outfit is a functional costume too

[@travisoliver6741]

I mean, from a gameplay perspective, it'd be neat, but from a story perspective, it'd be really weird. Like, "let's just wear the outfits of the guys who took part in causing our world to be an absolute hellhole. Why? For fun of course!"

[@Antasma1]

@@travisoliver6741 No more weird than some other DLC costumes

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

​@@travisoliver6741 "Defeats your own inner demons in Swimwear" I see nothing wrong with this

[@PhoenixBlazer39]

I'd also like at least N and M's City outfits

[@lvl5dino749]

I love how that at least 3 of the houses are Rex related Makes me hope that the other 3 are shulk related to balance it out

[@Neostar617]

Considering the dlc so far had been XC2 focused, I hope so

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

With the new trailer we have Cassini - Rex's protege Doyle - Rex and Nia's great great granddaughter Vandham - Rex and Nia's great great grandson Rhodes - Rex and Pyra's daughter Then Reid - Shulk's adopted daughter Ortis - Shulk's son 7th - someone who may or may not be a version of Alvis.

[@paulman34340]

Nope only related to two houses! The one of his adopted daughter figure & Student & the incarnation of his son with Fiora. there is no 7th! A is sort of a "hidden benefactor" the new flavor text on the statues in the city have ALOT added to them! Like how they can't confirm if Vandham and Doyle have ties despite their founders being full blooded brother and sister! Though they do have records! Vandham House being formed AFTER Matt's descendants found their way back to the City (likely when things got to dicey with Moebius that being a Non-Keves or Agnus Human outside the City was a BAD idea as it seemed the "eyepatch" blocker came LATER when they realized Z and Moebius can track them without it!) and no one knowing how Glimmer and Nikol lived for 80 more years (especially as they were coming up to their homecoming at the point they became Ouroboros!) Also to Neostar617, the DLC is VERY XC1 focused, they brought back the whole "blue exclamation point on the arts" when a Art is best used from XB Definitive Edition back along with Enemy Detection types after they weren't in XC2 and 3 Base Game! (Even though you have to upgrade to get them, though they can be gotten as soon as Chapter 2 begins) hell you even use COLONY 9 (The original) as a base and the Gem Forge to get the final level of Gem upgrades! (Even Shulk makes a nod to the Gem Man) Found it funny how Masha felt ALOT like Zeke (or specifically how his father would have wanted Zeke to act like a proper Prince and not a commoner LOL) while still having Zeke's "adventure spirit" (She goes out on her own and can handle herself just as he does! She barely hides her identity though unlike him, but then again he is disinherited so....)

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

@@paulman34340 this was my prediction before future redeemed came out, but The 7th founder is riku.

[@paulman34340]

@@cjthenarhwalking1378 Indeed (Completed it myself, interesting conclusion to the Trilogy as a whole! Have a deep interest in how they move forward! Especially in how Xenosaga AND XBX are canon with the series! Especially as I have to assume with the Two Earth Universes now recombined if their now back in the original universe both or well XB1 split from?! At least the creator FINALLY got to complete a Perfect Works with little use for book flavor text to fill up all the unexplained stuff because Nintendo, unlike Namco and Square screwed him over before he could fully finished! LOL At least Xenosaga taught him he needed to "think small" and NOT go beyond a Trilogy just to be safe! Seeing how he overexpanded and was FORCED to condense six game stories into a Trilogy and I know the Humans on Mira aren't leaving anything soon or "can't" because of how that game ended unless more "magic" is used to explain HOW they can leave Mira safely without you know "coming loose from their Machine Shells" but we still have I believe "another White Whale" unaccounted for! So lets see)

[@potatofarmergyro1720]

Monolithsoft just legit wanted to make Rex the Johnathon joestar of the founders but hey I'm not complaining lmao

[@______-uw3ei]

For Tiaons B throwback outfit from the front especially on the legs I can totally see true form almathus reference. Like I mean the form he takes in the final fight at the end of chapter 9

[@jstar3382]

It's not. White gold and blue are the main colors. It's closer to gort

[@johnt9401]

I feel it was a tad strange both DLC characters turned out to be blatant XC2 references. Up until now, they’ve been pretty particular about the eye which holds the ‘Iris’ for each of the houses, a detail reflected in the placement of the founder statues. But then we have Masha, a member of a predominantly Agnian house accompanied by a slew of references to XC2 using Kevesi arts. Feels like they just really wanted to make more Agnian characters, but were obligated to give atleast one of them Kevesi arts regardless of how much sense it made lol. Anyways, I had previously theorized that Shania’s model and voice might be used as a basis for the founder of house Reid. Considering the Cassini founder is also female, I wonder if there’s a possibility Masha’s model could also be recycled.

[@Neostar617]

I'm like 99% sure they made 2 XC2 characters and then went "fuck, we forgot about gameplay balancing" and arbitrarily made Masha Kevesi despite everything else saying she is agnian

[@anyacad021]

Noah’s B outfit could be referring to Alvis? And Sena’s might be a combo of Pyra and Mythra

[@dibby1045]

Sena could be cammuravi, since he also shares a flame motif

[@minimik75]

I think it might be a reference to Shulk's second alt in smash, they look pretty similar

[@Neostar617]

How is it a reference to Alvis? His main color isn't white, neither in his humanoid design or his glowing power aura stuff

[@elvishcyborg4275]

So one thing I noticed about the throwback outfits, I’m pretty sure Eunie’s is the only Kevesi outfit in the game without a visible power frame. I could be wrong but it’s certainly weird

[@famillesabot5719]

No there is one on her leg

[@RTMP_]

@@famillesabot5719 Nope. She just… doesn’t have a Power Frame in this outfit.

[@elvishcyborg4275]

@@famillesabot5719 you might be thinking of the swimsuit one, which does have a power frame on a little band

[@Nachtflut]

Eunie has a small powerframe on her back in the Throwback outfit. If you just stand around her hair mostly covers it

[@elvishcyborg4275]

@@Nachtflut Ah, that would make sense actually. I never saw it there

[@Deebus]

Luxin finally made a KZbin short 🙏

[@junxia8119]

I’m glad that new heroes coming out more with storylines rather than gameplay like xc2 did, making the world more complete and interconnected

[@spoogtastic]

Everytime we get anything on xenoblade, it makes me soooo happy. I love everything about this universe

[@mistressminerva3382]

0:50 "Nopon Archsage" - Yeah , but we already know from Nia , that Zs Powers are limited to everything that is controlled by Origin. Even Ouroboros and the Sword of the End are already to some degree outside of that influence. So i always saw the Archsage as the Ultimate Omnipotent Nopon who can even bring XCX Characters to Alrest. ;p 5:40 "Taion can be Malos and Jins son" - 🤣 9:35 "Masha gives the Party Kevesi Arts" - yeah , sure makes sense , she has the Iris in her right eye too , but i only saw it flicker when i used her in Chain Attacks. In Theory ... if she would be the daughter of a Agnus Blade and a Kevesi Human , she could have ended up with a Core Crystal in the Chest and the Iris on the Right side eye. Or would a child of a blade and a human always have a flesheater core crystal like in case with Mio ? the lore is wonky on this , so yeah i would agree with the gem on her chest just being part of her necklace i think the gem on her clothes around her belly might even be the same.

[@fury_blade9303]

“Taion can totally be Jin and Malos’ son” Luxin… I don’t think that’s how biology works.

[@Ixs4i]

he said this right after saying "if sena can be morag and brighids daughter" let it happen bro, just let it happen

[@fury_blade9303]

@@Ixs4i bruh

[@Chase-uy9lv]

Lore video under 30 minutes, I’m impressed‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@boristussunfire3173]

Considering what we learned about founder Cassini in the DLC [Spoiler Below] It’s entirely possible that Linka WAS the former head-of-house that stepped down, considering that as a Liberator, she possibility doesn’t age inside Aionios.

[@billybobjoe1335]

Sean’s outfit just added fuel to the theory that she is Brighid’s child. Also, I *really* hope that the DLC story takes place after the main story and isn’t just “this is the story of the first City.”

[@Rays326]

Would you like the answer?

[@Rays326]

Its been datamined

[@lucalaurenti8605]

@@Rays326 Source

[@someguycalledgoober155]

Finding out the House's Philosophies could point us to what classes their founders will be. With Cassini's philosophy being based around helping people could push them more towards being healers, but ones that also punch very very hard cause. Rex influence. That's just a guess. As for the palette swap costumes, what if they were a reference to the other game? So, Noah's being based on a Xenoblade 2 reference and Mio's a Xenoblade 1 reference. Which, kind of is the case cause if you thinking it's based on Nia's Xenoblade 1 reference costume. Just a thought. Editing this in for Masha: I think she's a reference to both Xenoblade 1 and 2, given she is the Fioraized version of Nia's class. She has the ability to craft accessories, which are a Xenoblade 2 thing but mainly uses rocks like Xenoblade 1's gems cause no Xenoblade 2 character crafts with stone. Her quest has you looking for a new mineral, like Agate's quest. This mineral's a combination of both world's minerals. Just, all coming together.

[@joshduehr2898]

Brighid did have a orange alt skin XC2, archsage.

[@ShadowSkyX]

Also, sena didn't get screwed over with the throwback A and B outfits. A is amazing and B is cool.

[@elemomnialpha]

Personally I always expected 2 to have more fanservice than 1 because it was actually made with 3 at least loosely in mind while 1 was it's own thing originally

[@Neostar617]

Wouldn't it also be the other way around? 3 would have been made with 2 in mind. Logically it would also be made with 1 in mind, so I don't see why 2 would necessarily have to have more fan service than 1

[@NX_TV]

Noah's Throwback B makes me think of one of Shulk's skins in smash. they may have chosen his black and white skin just because of Keves/Agnus, and that's also a skin with black hairs, similar to Noah's. If that's the only reference, that's a bit sad, to be honest.

[@nmh3297]

I hope that House Cassini’s ideals are just the Salvager’s Code

[@pgwchaos]

With Sena's 2nd Throwback costume, I am making a fairly large leap, but maybe it is a reference to Crossette. They kind of have similar colors. It probably is not, but that is the only thing I can think of.

[@Jerler91]

Your Moebius being French theory is hilarious😂

[@MikeELtheGamerLPShow]

Taion's Throwback B kind of reminds me of Ziggy from Xenosaga.

[@famillesabot5719]

No Ziggy have a darker grey

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

From the new trailer we got, Doyle being focused on developing and protecting the city makes a lot of sense.

[@mythyrox]

the xeno3 party already had a name, the 6 Noahs

[@Daltimus_Prime]

I don't know a ton about Xenogears, but I thought Sena's Throwback B was Maria. The orange and gold looked to me like her clothes and hair, and they're both the Littlest Party Member who's also impossibly strong.

[@oscarrenaupallares330]

Now I have to believe that Ino was made either by Shulk or Shulk's apprentice. seeing how Masha is a keves style fighter related to Rex, who references the style of an x1 character on x2. Ino is a Agnus style fighter that could have been made by the only relevant hom engineer, Shulk. You could take the entire nopon things as a result of him using Poppi's blueprints as a base; hence x2 character on x1

[@samuelturner6076]

Great vid as always, it was nice to have some stuff pointed out that I didn’t even consider like Enigmatter basically being Oroborus ore. I do want to say I do think Mio (and a bit by extension Nia)’s DLC outfits were based on Pyra. The red and the tailcoat just screams Pyra imo.

[@TheHumbleFellow]

Mio's B outfit looks more like a Pyra reference to me.

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Shes so pretty I gotta get the dlc

[@aisaenikos]

For Noah's Throwback B I thought it was Melia's colour scheme, the white on top and the sky blue on the pants looked similar to Melia in FC and 3, it's not super conclusive but it's the theory that made the most sense to me

[@kasparasbendoraitis3625]

Noah B remainds Me of Zanza

[@MaxWelton]

2:22 it’s Reyn Team!

[@texben123]

Also, the hair thing they did the same thing with Mio and Sena to give us a hint who they’re related to. It’s the same thing with Masha, but combined her with another character who is a descendent of Cassini. Cause a lot of characters are based off of each other sometimes, they’ll use it as a hint or just because they like the character I want to reuse the design.

[@tgva8889]

Sena's second outfit is a reference to Emperor Niall's outfit. Same colors, white and orange.

[@kingdanett4043]

I'm pretty sure the white rein outfit for Lanz is based off of a color swap for Rein in Xeno 1, I feel like I used that one a lot. I maybe miss remembering though because I played a lot of white shulk in Smash long ago

[@herosmith5662]

I am really not used to being this early.

[@UGotBoostPWR]

holy shit the french mobius bit got me good

[@triforceofcourage100]

I think the dlc was so two focused because 3 starts and ends with keves. Also the big thing that helps fight is Lucky Seven which is a replica monado in all but name. Three favors XC1 so the dlc had to favor two.

[@jstar3382]

Noah throwback b: Gotta be alvis. It reminds me really hard Mio throwback b: blade nia alt outfit don't remember which Eunie: no clue. Clovers maybe? Taion: Kinda reminds of blade eater gort? Lanz: mecha fiora Sena: orange brighid alt

[@julien827]

also for argentum, argent in french both means silver and money

[@MrSupersmash93]

It's always masha, Masha, Masha Masha!

[@colinmunro3158]

Sena's second alt reminds me of certain armor styles for Melia in XC1. The resembalance is clearer if you compare it to XC1:DE.

[@rtc2323]

Great job Luxin

[@antoniojsanchez7892]

i have this wild idea that we will meet inos creator in the dlc.

[@LibertarianTerriermon]

6:02 Aren't Machina Technically more Biomechanical than Full on Robot?

[@metallicsnake.]

They do drink water at least

[@Dman25]

@@metallicsnake. They also look sort of like homs as children in their pods.

[@liamruiz3196]

Yo Luxin, are you going to make an analysis on the datamined stuff from wave 4?

[@cjcannon328]

What about when the consul of junipers colony calls them oroberries that’s gotta count

[@nhodgie]

Awww.... Now I want a re-dub & translation where the Mobius are all French. They even start it with J and the whole "raison d'etre" in the opening chapter....

[@famillesabot5719]

C'est une ruée sauvage ce passage du destin. Don't Google trad it frensh is beyond translation

[@lvl5dino749]

Wow Luxin video under 30 mins no way

[@ValToadstool]

I wouldn't say the archsage necessarily has the ability to restrict lucky 7, it's just a rule of the gauntlet.

[@narsheguard6417]

I mean, the archsage makes the rules and enforces them.

[@limhx-6734]

Rex is giving me Genghis Khan vibes 💀💀

[@shino_9422]

might be a reach but Sena's throwback b outfit could reference Mor Ardain's titan lol

[@Sebastianthemediagod705]

I love her!

[@HunterYellowstone]

Ok, so Eunie's B Alt costume, a lot of green and black with white and a few white accents. Doesn't really line up to one character until you take into account that they gave this to the character with wings. This is clearly a Finch reference. (This is a half joke as if it was Finch I feel the gold would have been red as that is really Finch's accent color more and it is putting a 2 blade on a 1 character. My mind just went to Finch when I saw the green and wings and it made me laugh.)

[@kos-mos2084]

I also noticed that Masha has the same eye colour as Rex so she is definitely a descendant as if all the description in her quest wasn't already a given. I loved her quest and it left me really wanting more and I really cannot wait for the wave 4 story expansion. The fact Masha is a Kevesi class is weird though and I was honestly expecting her to know Melia or something but when she was completely Xenoblade 2 I kinda freaked out honestly but like you said it makes too much sense as she is the head of House Cassini. We probably will find out more of the salvager code Masha referenced in the story dlc with the actual house Cassini founder that Rex mentored and then we can smile when this was it the whole time! haha Also this is just my headcanon but I think Founder Rhodes is a Shion Uzuki reference... because she's contributed to science greatly and even though Rhodes specifically says medical science, Shion was also kind of a healer and really always helped people until she realized her past is so incredibly painful. This would mean the founder statues all reference the protagonists in the Xeno series though and I can't put my finger on what Ortiz would be since Shulk is already Reid.

[@potatofarmergyro1720]

I feel like Doyle would be more likely to be shion since her house is all about the city's technical support and maintenance and also the fact that she's the sister of vandham who is fei so it would probably make more sense for Doyle to be shion

[@GameMaster00744]

6:45 it's obvious this sena color has to do with goldfish as a reference to her and lanz' iq

[@BigToonDog]

i was thinking mio's b costume was recolor of pyra and sena's b costume is a recolor of tora

[@mepzerok]

I've got a big theory on Riku (probably a 5 minute read). He's Tora and Rex's apprentice. A Nopon's lifespan hasn't ever been perfectly clear as both Alrest and Bionis state different things about Nopon. Riku is a Nopon of Aionios. In the Affinity Chart, his age is ??? just like the other legendary Nopon. He's a very talented Nopon Engineer, Has Rex's hairstyle, Knows both Nia and Melia but more Melia than Nia so that implies that Melia told Riku something before Origin decided to take over for good. Rex's hair probably means that he respects Rex and idolizes him just like Tora did (which probably means that Tora told Riku "The Story of Rex-Rex). To be as great of an engineer as he is, he'd have to have learned from the best being Tora. Though since both world combined, Riku probably got some teachings from Shulk (who's a bit of a tinkerer himself) to help with all the Mechanic stuff and at something he probably met Melia helping out shulk. If Riku is Playable or at least a tag-along/guest party member like he was at the start of XC3 in the DLC then that'll confirm all this wacky nonsense.

[@Neostar617]

I never saw how Riku's hair is Rex's hair. Both have spikey hair, but in different ways. Rex's spike go in one direction, while Riku's hair is pointing in all directions.

[@rigferd4694]

3:00 not true you get the accessory for clearing every challenge mode related thing with S Rank on either easy, normal or hard, there isn't a specifc difficulty you need to complete it on the gauntlet at all. I know it can be confusing to know how you exactly obtain it but it is definitively that method of obtaining

[@Cman04092]

Masha is fine, but I'm not super into the rougelite. Im sure once i upgrade some emblems it'll be fine, bit the grind for blue noponstone in the begining is kinda tough.

[@Morte287]

That theory about French and British is so funny Fr.

[@famillesabot5719]

Je vais vous trucider Ouroboros ''What the spark he says ?''

[@texben123]

A Cassini and Doyle could’ve mingle, and gave birth to Masha hence the hair and purple hair from the Cassini family and Doyle family. Most of the city folk have children so I can see families mingling to gain more power, and have more children, of course. So the different houses could’ve mingled a lot through the generations.❤❤❤❤❤

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Oh yeah, there's likely been some cross breeding between the families at several points in team, along with those outside of House' lineages.

[@texben123]

Masha looks like M/Mio and she seems to know the Doyle family and the Vandham family probably had a fight with them about the city and what to do about Moebius and she could be from both families, technically. both of parents could be from both families. I know it seems a little icky,but keep in mind. The city folk aren’t gonna be picky about that sort of thing,when they have to keep the population up.

[@texben123]

I think I might’ve figured out what happened to Rex’s family and friends, I think Alves kill Pyra, Mythra, his daughter/son, with red hair, daughter/son with yellow hair, and everyone else. It would explain why he adopted Cassini and Why Shulk adopted Roud too. Because Alvis also killed Shulks son, Chyus , Fiora and everyone else. When Mio and Melie activated Origin causing Alvis to go rogue and kill everyone, except for Mio, Melie,Shulk,and Rex.

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

Another reason for argentum being greed ties back to Judas betraying Jesus for silver coins. Cause it can't be a xeno game without references to Christianity.

[@unimatrixxb8363]

Does anyone else notice how Masha looks a lot like Pyra? Her facial expressions and her kind eyes, they remind me so much of Pyra.

[@GilbertSchober]

Can anyone tell me what the rewards for beating the hardmide rouglike is? (in regular and ng+?)

[@Paon_mlb]

I think Masha is a decendants of Na'el

[@irekaias]

I can picture Riku being descended from Tora and Riki

[@jackthomas9103]

u know tora and riki are both guys right.

[@irekaias]

@@jackthomas9103 descended doesn't mean directly, at least Riki is confirmed to have daughters also Riki is known for adopting at least 1, The Nopon Caravans seem techy in nature compared to Bionis's Also Tora had to be around in Aionios form him to build Nia's chambers using Poppi. The fact that one of the Nopon Blacksmiths is guarding Tora's resting place and that they work origin metal lends me to believe that they are related to both.

[@jackthomas9103]

@@irekaias fair enough

[@windy4566]

@@jackthomas9103 both of their combined power spawned riku out of sheer mitosis

[@enzoforgets9456]

Ismt sena's throwback 2 a reference to the deserts of Mor Ardain, you know since brighid is one of the gems of the empire?

[@jstar3382]

If I had to give a name to the party in 1, I honestly don't know. The goals they have shift too much throughout the game, and there's no real unique quality all of them have. The party is 2 would be called Elysium. It's not even a discussion. The main enemy organization is named after a land they lost, and the heros are named after another land that was lost

[@rhettmitchell]

Taion’s B outfit kinda looks like M’s color scheme

[@Kirramato]

i was hoping i could see the reunion of Mio and Noah in the new world.... but oh well....

[@shulkash8799]

I think both Sena’s and Mio’s throwback outfit are references to Xenogears, Mio’s is Dominia’s color and Sena’s is Tolone’s color.

[@drewhazel1121]

6:50 Bro forgot about fire 💀

[@windwaker0rules]

Ah City characters, we really did kill them all

[@ne2359]

I’m pretty sure Tessa is played by Ashera’s va

[@LetsPlayMediaUK]

Nope

[@kyallon1213]

So given the rules established by mio and now glimmer, is sena being brighids daughter off the table. We see with the other two children of pure blades that they share their parents core crystal. Sena’s core crystal is different from brighids though

[@boristussunfire3173]

Not entirely! Although she doesn’t have Brighid’s Core Crystal, Sena’s *does* suspiciously resemble Aegaeon’s without the metallic fitting around it, which makes sense considering her ether lines look like his as well. So… apparently Brighid/Aegaeon is a canon ship now.

[@harlinambury5131]

what names would fit the other two teams

[@a-zfan3229]

Oi bruv, you got a loisence for that there Lucky Seven?!

[@kevlarforweeksanddays4086]

I want to put this hear but I personally think it would be fun as hell if we got Jax and Daxter moment one day were Nobons are the ones who built the zohar or some shit

[@ilyamuromez6412]

The more I think about it. What are Nopons? They exist in X so they are not Klaus creation , they're immune to Möbius and the flame clock.

[@rodrigobarrera2281]

How i unlock lucky 7 for challenge mode?

[@Pine2142]

Sena's B outfit kind of has an an Indol colour scheme

[@kevo360]

Looks like I made it in the video 😂

[@RaginiSR]

I’m at the end of the video and I would like to say that there is no way rex’s other two children founded house Rhodes. Obviously, mythra’s daughter is Alexandria and pyra’s daughter is Fiona.