Xenoblade Chronicles Explained (in 22 minutes)

[@TimoIvvie]

Everyone else : joins party cause fun Riki : I AM IN SEVERE FINANCIAL DEBT PLEASE HELP ME

[@buggyfun1060]

Hahaha 🤣

[@CPN_Shiro]

Understandable have a good day

[@shadenox8164]

Specifically because of how many children he has because apparently despite everything he and his wife still find time for that.

[@armandomendoza7371]

Everyone else: Joins in order to fight the mechon threat Riki: Tax evasion

[@EmpereurTom]

Why is the fluffy puffball the one with realistic problems ? Shulk: Let kill the evil robots, corrupted god and save the world ! Riki: Sorry, I can’t. I have debts to pay and children to feed.

[@treywilliams1388]

Two scientists end the universe make a new one and gain admin controls

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

Lol

[@Court8]

Me: *Remembering the Roblox 9-year old admins* no... Not again

[@CDJAM-webm]

@felipe firered11 SEPHIROTH

[@lloydthehedgehogirving6049]

@@Court8 Roblox is for kids by kids of kids... VR is for chads by not chads for (depending on who’s owning which one) assholes

[@RakhaSF]

@@Court8 lol knolls🇲🇪m. l ppl

[@bli2z4rd]

"It's not my fault that the final boss has lower stats than the regular mountain troll" Final Fantasy XII vibes

[@owennelson5814]

LOL

[@Idk-ih1pd]

I don’t want to click the link

[@ballisticm0use72]

Sans vibes

[@thewarriorofboros]

sometimes the biggest bad is the god of death and entropy and sometimes the biggest bad is the weird bouncy ball you played with as a kid but like, big

[@zaneheaston8254]

@@thewarriorofboros Damn you Ozma

[@lolschrauber]

So basically: Two admins accidentally delete the universe. They forgot to make a backup of the old one so now they have to reinstall it and then one of them fears that the userbase will get bored and move on to something else. Because he fears that his universe will become irrelevant, he wants to keep going back to snapshots in an infinite cycle, but the other admin doesn't like that because it'll just ruin the users progress. In that disagreement, the one admin becomes evil and deletes the other admin's account and then you hack into the system and delete his account, too and then you become the super admin and reinstall the universe again but the post game reveals that you forgot to install an antivirus so a virus starts spreading and you have to spend another couple hours to clean up the system.

[@jacobsmith9723]

I guess so.

[@ashleylawson8400]

That’s what said 3 years later

[@feIIas]

Shulk: "I literally became god himself for a bit and rewrote the universe, there is nobody stronger than me" Kirby: *what is a god to a non-believer?*

[@Wulk]

"Poyo" -Pink black hole killer of gods

[@rafaelinyoutube4175]

@@Wulk “Yaaaah!” -Pink black hole killer of gods 2019

[@miguelbarrios6732]

Canonically Shulk stomps Kirby, yes I do know the lore, of both. And no, Eldritch Gods is not a feat of strenght, just as being god is not a feat of strenght. And yes ik its a joke, but people eill believe it as true, which its not.

[@pl3ysnontinde937]

@@miguelbarrios6732 Kirby could just say “poyo” and shulk would disintegrate.

[@miguelbarrios6732]

@@pl3ysnontinde937 and Alvis create a new Shulk, And then Shulk literally thinks and Kirby is erased from Existence. Yay

[@FirstNameLastName-xs9nx]

"nobody does anything, and eventually everyone just leaves" i love jrpgs

[@dugtrioramen]

Lol yeah. But in reality though, a telethia attacked them so they retreated

[@contextsensitive8484]

he left out the fact that alvis shows up with a telethia and saves them lol

[@AigisVibes720]

Buddy is literally leaving out information for the sake of mocking the game lol

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

@@AigisVibes720have you not seen this genre of video before? It’s pretty common

[@AigisVibes720]

@@eldritchcupcakes3195 Yes, Dunkey does this as well. I’m personally not a fan of this type of content but to each their own.

[@heartycromia]

JRPGS in the start: they destroy my hometown JRPGS in the end: ok party, we killed god...twice

[@nowasfalsebanned2769]

This is super close to a certain game i will not spoil. P5R/P5. thats all im saying

[@heartycromia]

*life will change intensifies*

[@RentabaAmakura]

Persona 5 Chapter 1 : Find Cat Last Chapter: Kill God

[@calitz87]

@@nowasfalsebanned2769 You mean almost *every* game in SMT line.

[@squirtleislife1312]

Gotta love the persona 5 fans oblivious to the fact that in pretty much every SMT game you kill a god

[@efratagung2440]

It’s mind blowing that you are able to sarcastically mock this game while explaining the plot of this awesome game with an S-tier story telling skill

[@AigisVibes720]

Yeah, I can’t tell it this guy actually enjoys these games or not. Meh….

[@NaoyaToudou]

I love how "kid shulk" is just shulk but squished

[@p1CM]

Dad is Shulk with a stache Mom is just longer haired

[@mariustan9275]

Which part

[@minimik75]

@@mariustan9275 15:27

[@TROBassGuitar]

I lost it tbh

[@myrealusername2193]

smol shulk

[@randomguyinthasuit1009]

At the end, the true monado was the friends we made along the way

[@Somebody33000]

Literally

[@aliveisuppose]

Yes, but that' a spoiler

[@Dan-do2pl]

Literally

[@yukotrey9422]

It’s like that with the second game but the true monado is also a cute waifu

[@jogymogy3691]

I am the true monado... I think...

[@IanHollis]

"Based on that one level from Super Smash Bros."

[@gormauslander]

I liked that bit

[@angryparadot]

SsMmAaSsHh BbRrOoSs

[@mohamedfr6456]

Lol yeah since it's the opposed XD

[@Toxicfox63]

Golden.

[@earthtree7638]

2 years later and still the best interpretation I've heard about Riki joining the party

[@Magic_Ice]

TL;dr That’s Dunban over there turns into “wait, it’s all Gods?”

[@ChaseKip]

As if Dunban wasn't already a God

[@1up123killer]

@@ChaseKip giving him all agility

[@Kamabogaming]

@@ChaseKip We still love you you know

[@kevinmejia9521]

@@ChaseKip if a game series you already covered gets a new game, what do you do?

[@tylerl3030]

aLwAyS hAs BeN (for yt algo so whatever for my comment)

[@quadraxisdominator7364]

"Hey it's not my fault that a god has lower stats than the local mountain trolls." This killed me lmao

[@MrAuthor3DS]

It's not too far-fetched, lore-wise. Zanza may be titled a god, but he's really just as mortal as everything else. Heck, it didn't take any special power-ups just to do normal damage to him.

[@quadraxisdominator7364]

@@MrAuthor3DS Shame really

[@Ladywizard]

@@MrAuthor3DS Not to mention the XC 2 story bombshells which means he's actually less than actual mortal

[@Dominik-K]

@@Ladywizard Yeah, that's true

[@Ladywizard]

@@sneezewatch I'm trying to avoid spoilers but when you climb the world tree you get link back to xc1

[@astralten]

I love how he completely skiped this whole inside the bionis heart chapter. Because fun fact, nobody likes that part.

[@a_hogg9113]

yes it was bad

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

It's fine, it's just annoying because of the collectibles lol

[@Edagui97]

@@legoboy-ox2kx Also, the place really could have used some safety rails.

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

@@Edagui97 I didn't have much trouble with that, but I get your point.

[@derpycats8072]

The video skipped over zanza’s 3 disciples. The heart is where you kill one of them, and it also closes Melia and Kallian’s story arc

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

I think the implication with the forest on the back is that the mass of the Bionis is so great that it creates enough of a gravitational pull to keep everything from falling down into the vast ocean. That's my guess, at least.

[@gormottigrebel9978]

That is incorrect, the Bionis does have fairly normal gravity, Makna forest is located on a large shelf jutting out from the Bionis' back, you can get a better view of this with Smash4's trophy viewer

[@wolfiewoo3371]

Didn't the girl fall of the thing?

[@pineapple8693]

“Who shoots the bird girl with her .50 cal and brings her back to life” Seems legit

[@lightning0938]

technically in the game she shoots the area around melia and the bullet bursts in a healing area

[@LavaSaver]

@@lightning0938 Technically it wasn’t actually healing. She was dying because of Ether deficiency, so she loaded some Ether crystal filled bullets into her gun and shot it over her so the Ether would disperse around her.

[@Aeonsteel]

its like healing... but in reverse... *but in reverse!*

[@angeldude101]

Xenoblade 3 has revealed the new party and the healer has a hybrid staff + gun. Naturally the staff part is for attacking and the gun part is for healing.

[@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028]

@@angeldude101 makes sense

[@jesusfish743]

When the world needed him most, he returned.

[@randomguy8986]

Right when I started watching his videos again

[@sakuguruxgxxshorts308]

@@randomguy8986 it’s you

[@Sean-yp9pm]

Absolutely true!!!

[@Dan-do2pl]

@@Sean-yp9pm your pfp scares me

[@cryingoflaughteremoji]

true

[@Gogettemblue]

“But you can’t hear any of it cause the music is so freaking loud!” Sonic adventure vibes

[@whi2gan]

LMAO

[@hylianfelldragon1308]

Unlike Sonic Adventure tho, you can change the volumes of the music and voice seperately in the options menu so at least there's that.

[@-username-6442]

" ALL YEAH!! "

[@sefronsuper]

oh yes

[@winst7765]

2:37 don’t worry, it gets louder in the sequel

[@Kinglovinstone]

WHAAAAAT?

[@istaIri]

"Who shoots the girl with her 50 caliber, bringing her back to life."

[@tasostheteaman5484]

Its like im watching tenet all over again

[@gagidoo4757]

she slapped a healing barrel on it

[@q-miiproductions878]

@@tasostheteaman5484 This spoiled Tenet for me

[@tasostheteaman5484]

@@q-miiproductions878 i mean it isnt really a spoiler

[@ZackL.R.]

she didn't.

[@thatlycantomboy]

damn, this video really shows you how Sharla’s only major narrative purpose is to shoot Melia in the face, huh

[@shadenox8164]

And to be a love interest for Reyn.

[@theflightguy8726]

and to say “JUJUuuuuuuuuuuUUUUuuuuUuUuUuU!!”

[@lozard2204]

And to be an excuse to have another important faced mechon because sharla character arc

[@therealmckoy6772]

And so you can fight a boss later

[@brandonhughes4076]

She's the exact opposite of Fiora. Fiora is narratively important but sucks in gaemplay, Sharla is basically a throwaway character but is busted as a healer

[@Dinomatrix21]

"So this is why people say Shulk is canonically the strongest Smash character." Kirby: Stares in Outer God

[@rickynguyen5108]

Shulk the strongest Smash character? Hilarious. There's Kirby, the Creation Trio, Arceus, and others like them.

[@Dinomatrix21]

@@rickynguyen5108 Well, the Creation Trio and Arceus are IN smash, but they're not playable characters, which is what most people mean when they say "in smash". Also, about Kirby: Did you... did you not read my comment?

[@SteelCrustacean]

Don't forget about Sonic. Obviously not as powerful as "Puffball with infinite power", but still.

[@AndrewTheUltraBoss99]

@@SteelCrustacean sonic is clearly weaker than shulk, even after the caos emeralds

[@miguelbarrios6732]

Eh, Kirby don't reach even Multiversal, as Kirby verse don't have infinite universes. That means that Shulk stomps him because FUN FACT, hax exist. Shulk is protected by the passage of fate thanks to Alvis which is Infinite multiversal Causality and Fate Hax. Something Kirby don't resist. Plus he can erase from Existence with Monado III like he did to Zanza. And manipulate Matter, and Reality...

[@bizaster]

I like how you skipped over the Lorithia fight presumably because of how insufferable that entire section was

[@agent_8167]

YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!!!!!!

[@lucinator8582]

@@agent_8167 why should i pay for something i never bought

[@SkafosGnW]

Kept losing that fight because Reyn wouldnt stop running into the acid water and dying...only managed it because I learned to call for retreat every time he got too close, and regroup on safe ground

[@legendarydragon2564]

to be honest i forgot it until i read your commment

[@zaneheaston8254]

@@SkafosGnW Why did you bring Ryen to the that fight, your party should be Melia, Riki, and #7

[@alexanderharrison7421]

Of course Alvis can just do these things and be a computer His literal first action outside of just existing was ripping a hole in spacetime and leaving his other computer friends to kill each other

[@freshlymemed5680]

That begs the question, does he pull his power from the conduit? If so, since the conduit basically goes bye bye by the end of the game, does Alvis/Ontos still have his god like powers?

[@alexanderharrison7421]

@@freshlymemed5680 The Conduit doesn't Destroy itself, it just leaves for another Universe similarly to what Alvis himself did, so he most likely still has his Admin Privileges

[@sonic23233]

@@freshlymemed5680 he is an Aegis

[@OrigoZ]

@@freshlymemed5680 nah, the conduit teleported to another universe, Alvis can still use his conduit powers, although Pneuma probably can't use hers anymore.

[@coldtyrant2557]

@@sonic23233 …yesn’t, an Aegis is a part of the trinity processor that becomes a blade, Alvis noped out of the XC2 universe before that could happen so basically he’s got the powers of an aegis, except without the restrictions of the blade system and stuff

[@dr.loboto1171]

Me: *Is playing through Xenoblade and wants to experience the story for myself* Chase Kip: *Uploads a video about Xenoblade* Me: *Activate internal conflict mode*

[@tearzofthefallen6586]

Well, if you know the story the game is significantly less interesting.

[@ben5424]

dont do itttt dont watch the video

[@Strobyyy]

SAME I WAS JUST PLAYING THROUGH IT EARLIER, but I stopped once I reached the part I was on

[@microwavegommm7689]

I just beat the game five days ago perfect timing

[@ramidoof2766]

I wanted to wach this because I wanted to play xenoblaid 2 but ditent know anithing About the franchice

[@marche800]

11:27 to be fair this conversation was more like Shulk: "You know I'm not really about this revenge train anymore, I'm more just wondering why there's people inside. Why are we even wasting our time with him?" Dunban: "Eh sure I guess, if that's what your about I guess we can just leave him" Mumkar: "No I want to die!!!" *dies*

[@heroofthewinds7765]

Yeah

[@trsprint7793]

Ok👍

[@Red__Ray]

FOR SCIENCE

[@ValOderSo]

This video has introduced me to the Xenoblade Series, with those being my favourite games now. I am so thankful I found this video and this amazing channel!

[@fadretart4959]

So did you got spoiled?

[@somebodyoncetoldme5203]

Shulk: I've been dead for the past ten years!? Byleth: that's rough buddy.

[@sid1838]

LOL. Byleth was dead as a baby so his mom gave him her heart right? I just watched Chase's lore video about 3 houses.

[@sid1838]

I thought Byleth's mom had the crest stone of sothis

[@dawnroyfire7498]

Link: 👁👄👁

[@Nokyyyyy]

Aether (or Lumine) from genshin impact : "eeeeeeeeh... yes ? I didn't saw that, I was dead for 500 years or something "

[@mr.poltergeist282]

@@Nokyyyyy Genshin impact is pretty bad

[@2CPhoenix]

Honestly I didn’t even bat an eye when everyone went to space for the final battle, cuz that’s just one of those things that happens at the end of JRPGs

[@ssholum]

Sure, but ultimately, all I want to do is roll up the planets into a giant ball.

[@cypher838]

Um no that isn't space. That is just a simulation

[@MrAuthor3DS]

Sorry to bring you down, but that was actually a memory scape made from Zanza's mind. ...Okay, that also happens pretty often in JRPGs.

[@derekhandson351]

@@MrAuthor3DS what is it with JRPGs wanting to kill God??

[@caaltaes732]

@@derekhandson351 it's because in JRPG's God is usually evil or incompetent. You know like seeing his creations suffer and don't do anything about it or maybe even enjoying it.

[@UndernetChara]

This game in a nutshell: Beginning: bring a sandwich to your future husband. End of game: kill the God who has been controlling your every move since forever.

[@zluurkeaksz]

A.k.a. typical jRPG.

[@jadetealaaron2003]

Ah, ok

[@justaguy3983]

This man really almost described persona.

[@alejandrosoto7736]

@@zluurkeaksz I mean, you're not wrong. A lot of JRPGs just have this kind of twist at the end.

[@josiahball7799]

I think you misspelled "soup"

[@GalactaKnight-tu9ig]

Jade face: exists This guy: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

[@Jamieberigan]

Same thing with the bionis interior

[@The_Real_Azazel]

The game just goes "but wait, THERES MORE" everytime theres a cutscene

[@johnsubra7239]

Zanza really just offered Shulk monado enhancement pills didn’t he

[@JohnLover1179]

I'm your 69th like

[@EClips_Toast]

@@JohnLover1179 No one cares

[@Watashi_inc]

@@EClips_Toast wrong I care

[@thunderknight4149]

it should have be monado Enchant pills

[@JohnLover1179]

@@EClips_Toast Didn't ask if you cared

[@clouddaemon4828]

"Skinny Hulk Hogan" This is my new favorite way to refer to Dickson. Always refered to him as discount axel rose

[@clouddaemon4828]

@Lewisgames112 which one of the many haha

[@JeY_k]

Thank you - I remember getting stuck at a boss fight that I didn't want to grind for, putting the game down forever, seeing it come out on switch, remembering I had 40+ hours in the game already and didn't to start completely over, but still wanted to know what happens in the story: which I now do thanks to this well-done explanation.

[@shadenox8164]

I mean I'd watch the cutscenes from the game if you want to know properly what happened because this does leave out details

[@isttret]

It was disciple lorithia right?

[@onestupidgamer]

“You’ll pay for your insolence!”

[@bluekeldeo7515]

So as a person who never played Xenoblade Chronicles, this sounds like a fanfic on every drug in the universe.

[@Big-Image]

Trust me, playing the actual game is way better than just watching this video.

[@plijen]

no joke, i was thinking the same thing one year ago before they released the definitive version on switch which is AMAZINGG

[@sora4440]

Nope. Xenoblade Chronicles is amazing. Imo, its the best game on the Wii.

[@asterlyons8564]

It's a lot better when it's spread out over the course of a full game. Getting it all in one loredump like this makes it almost incomprehensible. But that's JRPGs for ya.

[@danielstuckwisch9343]

Yeah, there's a few details left out that time it all together or explain things better, but this is the general series of events.

[@cheemsthegranolaguy7622]

As someone who bought the game but never really got into or played it much simply because I was younger and terrible at RPG style games (therefore couldn't get past the first metal face fight) I have decided to stop the video halfway through, buy the game on the switch, experience it for myself, and come back later to finish the video. See you in the next collective 100 hours or so

[@nicolaswarren3453]

Nice! Hope you enjoy it. Its honestly one of my all time favorite JRPGs with some really solid combat mechanics, an amazing story, and an even better cast and world.

[@lauralaura4362]

the story is amazing

[@theaprilsonlyfool]

Honestly skipping out on the sidequests might do you some good

[@nicolaswarren3453]

@@theaprilsonlyfool Not all of them. Some of them are pretty interesting (e.g. Colony 9 Mafia, Pollen Drug Ring, side quests for Melia's half-sister, Rebuilding Colony 6, etc.) and it is recommended to do at least a few if them since they give you a good amount of exp.

[@justabean5869]

Excellent choice

[@tearzofthefallen6586]

Oh he's starting the Xenoblade series. Oh god yes.

[@MrToonlink53]

Despite my love for the series hearing someone say the plot points especially the plot twist out loud it's sounds so stupid lol.

[@tearzofthefallen6586]

@@MrToonlink53 I made this post before I watched the video. After watching it I was conflicted. I mean... he's right, but the way he portrayed everything was in such a negative light. Like the Mechon being humans was a decent surprise, but you can guess it. Dickson is obviously up to something, so thats fine. But guessing that Fiora was in the Mechon and that Mumkhar was still alive was a pretty big guess. Not to mention he skipped several scenes that make the developments seem more thought out, like the scenes that happen at the end of certain chapters showcssing what the Mechon are doing. I can't get mad at it because if he went over everything it'd be way too long of a video for his liking/audience. Its like the opposite of his FF9 video, which is a game I find vastly inferior to Xenoblade for pacing and plot reasons. So... I'm a bit salty. It kinda seems like he 100% the game on his first playthrough, and hated the grind and the story suffered because of it.

[@MegaJACproductions]

@@tearzofthefallen6586 i wouldnt call it a negative light and moreso a mocking one you can still love a game and make fun of it-- he gushed abt the game on his twitter lol

[@tearzofthefallen6586]

@@MegaJACproductions you're right, it is more of mocking tone than a negative perspective.

[@Benz7n]

"Wow that sounds like it breaks the flow of battle [...]" "It does!" Possibly my favourite meta moment in this video

[@treyhebert426]

A 100+ hour game summed up in about 20 minutes. Glorious

[@stripedrajang3571]

100+? Try 400+. 😂

[@anthonymansour5774]

@@stripedrajang3571 the story's only 50-70 hours

[@stripedrajang3571]

It's possible that JUST doing the story is 50 to 70 hours long, but when you do all side quests, maximize town affinities, maximize character affinities, maximize all character skill trees, maximize levels to 99, work on affinity charts, maximize art levels, defeat all uniques, do all the heart-to-hearts, etc., then you may want to multiply your numbers by at least 8. 😂

[@anthonymansour5774]

@@stripedrajang3571 yeah but he was summarizing the story

[@stripedrajang3571]

@@anthonymansour5774, not really. He used the word "game", not "story in the game". This "game" is much more than story, since the developers of MonolithSoft worked so hard with the side quests, skill trees, arts, superbosses, etc., for the gamer to concentrate on much more than just the story of the game. 😊

[@TealZero]

Xenoblade fans: Spoilers and lag isn't a problem, it's a *feature*

[@veetijaakkola1200]

I mean seriously nothing makes you feel more powerful than doing so much damage in a single hit the system cant handle it, and as result you get this unintensional epic pause everytime you do it :D

[@OctoHedgy]

@@veetijaakkola1200 I never experienced this in Xenoblade, but in Hyrule Warriors it feels so good lol

[@veetijaakkola1200]

@@OctoHedgy 6x times multiplier in chain attack, monado buster into a group of mechon, on the wii and the game freezes for solid 2 seconds

[@OctoHedgy]

@@veetijaakkola1200 Oh I thought they were talking about the Switch version. My bad

[@veetijaakkola1200]

@@OctoHedgy yeah it still does happen a little bit on the switch but the impact is not nearly the same

[@wooperman7]

21:02 he means SECOND strongest canonically. Shulk may be a god, but Kirby kills gods every other week.

[@justaguy3983]

He eats gods every tuesday.

[@B_A-tr]

Infinite energy

[@ironsword4061]

Surprisingly, Kirby ain't actually that tough. God may be a cool title, but feats of measurable power are more valuable. So uhh, Shulk's still the strongest canonically via a possibly infinite multiverse control.

[@SomeWeeboLoser]

Being a god =/= being OP

[@justaguy3983]

@@ironsword4061 But what if Kirby eats shulk.

[@MaxWelton]

I love the way you shamelessly modded Shulk’s art into Shulk’s parents

[@pouse4]

So I started the game 3 weeks ago, and since then, I been check this video every few days to see how much of plot I uncovered. So far I'm at 14:50.

[@KirbyCoder]

kool where are you know?

[@pouse4]

@@KirbyCoder I beat the game awhile ago. Now I'm playing Persona 5 Strikers.

[@David-ro9cb]

Pog

[@naabax1]

Same brother

[@buggyfun1060]

L started to days ago (don’t question it there was a $30 discount

[@CAPAE]

*Backstory time!* _Long ago, when the pyramids were still young..._

[@theblan1k0ne]

The Egyptian Kings played a game of great and terrible power.

[@Dan-do2pl]

@@theblan1k0ne and for some reason there was a lot hearts

[@dustin202]

And giant fucking stones

[@freshlymemed5680]

Something something space Mary Magdalene.

[@Aubriel]

"Hold on, she's not moving after falling thousands of feet onto her spine. I wOndEr WHat'S wRonG wItH hEr..." I need to play this game 😂

[@Natoursofcourse]

Aubriel olease do the story is incredible

[@KeroKaminaX]

please do so, unironically. game is considered a masterpiece for a reason

[@Dan-do2pl]

Place or play? Yes I'm that guy

[@Aubriel]

@@Dan-do2pl Lol whoops didn't realize the typo, I'll correct that

[@Aubriel]

@@Natoursofcourse I will hopefully as soon as my backlog is cleared up!

[@TheBoodercg]

Best part about this video is that I’ve put in over 500 hours total on XC/XC3D/XCDF and till this day the plot never fails to earn my empathy and respect. The gameplay is so rewarding. It’s like the more you play the more you learn, in turn the more time you want to put into making your party stronger and thus envelopes a whole videogame experience. The music is a plus. The characters are vanilla and easy to pick a favorite with how polarizing each one is, in gameplay and archetype. Such a great video, and an ever so great videogame

[@kjdubs5877]

Honestly, this explanation actually taught me how zanza was controlling Arglas and shulk at the same time. Thanks for that

[@GalvatronRodimus]

Yeah, me too. I mighta zoned out or something in a cutscene, totally missed that Zanza split off just a piece of his soul.

[@linkalot7415]

@@GalvatronRodimus I don't think they explained that actually

[@profshamrock9352]

@@linkalot7415 It’s explained when Zanza is revived

[@V3x4ti0n]

"Mario never became a god or rewrote all the universe" *Nervously laughs in Super Mario Galaxy*

[@Goober353]

The Lumas did that not Rosalina

[@V3x4ti0n]

@@Goober353 That's true, unless you count the fat ones where you had to feed them to become different universes. But then again, those are a few instances, so I don't know lol

[@Goober353]

@@V3x4ti0n Hungry Lumas didn’t create universes, they created galaxies.

[@V3x4ti0n]

@@Goober353 Alright then

[@thatcertaingoomba3763]

What about Kirby

[@happi9380]

I’ve watched this channel more than I’ve done more homework

[@Sasquatchthegreat]

Me too

[@isakts8576]

Thank you Bernadetta profile picture

[@byleth0726]

Are you interested in a C-Support for the beginning?

[@sturgeondy]

trueeeee

[@KazuhaEien]

I am afraid to tell you user Byley, that the game Fire Emblem: Three Houses is going to cease to exist this year. Please regret all your decisions liking that game, and remove your download of the sixth Smash Ultimate DLC fighter, as it is a very satanic thing to come.

[@mariaaguirre6730]

15:05 As a person who didn't know the entire XC1 story, all I have to say is, the hell just happened?

[@Tonjit41]

Play game. Game good.

[@bonkeroooo]

Ah so you thought xenoblade 1 was confusing? *Time for Xenoblade Chronicles 2.*

[@Mario2980]

But first, we have to talk about Parallel Universes.... SINCE THAT'S LITERALLY THE PLOT

[@sully1492]

Can someone tell me the plot? I tried playing the game but I stopped playing at the part when the owl thing showed off his....child....robot...…slave.

[@dumpingstirs1143]

@@sully1492 .... That's chapter two. You stopped at chapter two? You weren't even fully out of the tutorial by that point.

[@galatoxin]

@@sully1492 mate the story of the game gets pretty deep and dark the farther you go, you're not even near close to the midgame 😂 Don't let the "funny slice of life"/"anime" moments ruin it for you

[@RaccoonProductionsInc]

@@sully1492 bruh that’s so early on. It ain’t even his slave, maybe more like a daughter or ya know, his blade. Like the guy above said. Finish the game, you just dipped your toes in the water, not the whole pool. It’s worth it and the funny slice of life anime cliche shit stops around midway through the game. Not to say it’s that bad but if it’s not your cup of tea, it does eventually stop. The serious moments more than make up for it.

[@annaangelic2318]

As soon as I heard "you can decide which is which", I knew that this was the best interpretation of Xenoblade ever.

[@GoandLove]

😂😂😂

[@jordanacapulco829]

regarding what a "xenoblade" is, the game was supposed to be called monado: beginning of the world, but the creator had previous success with series named xeno, so they decided to use that instead

[@atpyro7920]

Also, the Xenoblade games are (very) loosely connected to Xenosaga and Xenogears

[@coldtyrant2557]

Another thing id like to add to this: Xenoblade changes meaning depending on the game, Xenoblade in 1 is refering to the Monado, it’s a Foreign/Alien blade, aka the titular Xeno Blade, in XCX (spoilers) Elma is revealed to be an alien, a Xeno, and is a member of BLADE, so she is the game’s Xeno BLADE, while in 2, Pyra/Mythra and by extension Malos are special blades, different from all other by nature of being part of the trinity processor, they’re different/foreign Blades, so, they’re the Xeno Blades

[@dukep9750]

@@coldtyrant2557 we running out of ways to say Alien sword. And in next the game the sword is:1 the player turns into a alien sword 2 every character is a alien and if you beat them you get a sword 3 a alien sword is your best friend. (He said sarcastically) seriously there running out ways how are they going play this?

[@heroinhero]

And in XC3 it's just an op sword a nopon had for some reason

[@37654]

@@heroinhero RIP story

[@RammaJ56]

Seeing Xenoblade explained in only 22 minutes is the worlds greatest achievement.

[@deemandude6131]

Dunban is such a chad that he fights with his off hand after his energy and is still the DPS

[@Khrn-lk4mf]

Technically he is a tank, its just that he is a different style of tank than reyn. Reyn is standard aggro tank who draws aggro through skills and has high def and hp, dunban is dodge tank which draws aggro through high burst damage and has a high agility stat

[@steelpython6634]

and riki is the best tank because he's just stupid durable

[@DelanoSeven7]

@@steelpython6634 Laugh in 10k HPs

[@ninjaydes]

??? Isn't Melia the DPS? It's been a while, sorry.

[@steelpython6634]

@@ninjaydes no, obviously sharla is (´・ω・`)

[@thatonepersonainp5793]

shulk: "the world doesn't need gods" sephiroth: *"hey."*

[@noahwurz3429]

Shulk and Kirby would be friends especially since Kirby has the power of friendship

[@jvpro2076]

@@noahwurz3429 kirby can slay dark matter easily due to the fact they are weak to positive emotions

[@noahwurz3429]

@@jvpro2076 he also has the power of friendship I hate to say that but he a make friends out of anyone

[@2goodsharks]

The universe will always need me.

[@jvpro2076]

@@noahwurz3429 thats positive emotion

[@JimmNeutricity]

“I’m the Komaeda character...” accurate af. I had to play that a second time

[@alexepena]

This was magnificently well told! Loved it! The pronunciation of shoolk was spot on 😅

[@Lawlietftw30]

Okay, I get the joke about Alvis kind of being able to do anything (at 14:46), but I feel the need to say that Alvis was still subject to Zanza. If I remember correctly, the only reason Alvis was able to defy Zanza as much as he did was because Alvis recognized Shulk as having the same authority as Zanza. Because he was Zanza for a while, kind of.

[@maxine-scarletstubenrauch3329]

when your pc ruleslawyers you

[@Luxembourgeoisie]

I was literally just watching your videos, wishing that another one would come out. That is a freaky amount of timing

[@Gilgamesh-bk8tw]

I was watching one of his videos then checked his community posts and saw that the video was coming out in ten minutes.

[@SchriyJ]

Thank You SOOOO much for making this video!!!! Xenoblade is my second favorite game series right behind Zelda so it's awesome that you did both! NOW PLEASE DO XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 2! *Edit:* Maybe Xenosaga and Xeogears too?

[@ChaseKip]

MAYBE EVENTUALLY these games are just so long! lol

[@SchriyJ]

@@ChaseKip Touche!

[@mikerodriguez6761]

I loved the part where Reyn said “It’s Reyn Time” and then he Reyned all over the place

[@chefdano3474]

I mean, he did do just that.

[@matman329]

In the beginning, there were two beings... And they immediately decide to throw hands.

[@BeretBay]

-The Bible, probably

[@benc.3244]

I love this more detailed art style. You retain your simplistic drawing while still adding some welcome detail!

[@ChaseKip]

Thank you!!

[@adamwinebarger2917]

This and the fact that I’d been messing around with shulk in smash are like the two main factors that motivated me to buy xenoblade for the switch. Should def do a xenoblade 2 video next.

[@eow4317]

I’m so sorry that this amazing sorry was spoiled for you

[@coltonwittgreve8905]

Okay just watched this and it was great, hopefully you'll do one for number 2 as 3 is coming very soon so it would make sense to recap 2 for people who need it.

[@reedjp4082]

“But you can’t hear it because the music is SO FRICKING LOUD” Man that killed me.😂

[@Bread_Lord]

“ so she shoots the bird girl with her 50 Cal and brings her back to life”

[@Overlordgaming1208]

Dunban: Is he the chosen one? Shulk: I'm really feeling this victory! Ryan: *LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@El_pzza]

Says Ryan

[@37654]

@@El_pzza it’s rain, casual

[@wiojwwjkd847]

12:48 turn on captions

[@angelj3928]

4:20 I mean, the monado couldn't cut through Xord because of the homs blood running through the mech, not because the pilot (that he didn't know existed) was homs. Even if Shulk knew why, he'd probably just assume that that'a why the mechon killed homs, to make armor impenetrable to the monado.

[@georgy2596]

Firstly, nice timing. Secondly, that’s a good theory

[@minerman8118]

Question- why was Xord unable to finish the fight, aside from plot armor? I know they couldn’t beat Xord cuz he’s homs but I’m confused lol

[@angelj3928]

@Minerman811 its been a while, but if I remember correctly Xord was getting tired and needed to recharge, and went to the mines to do that.

[@pigmanpower1628]

"mario never rewrote the entire universe" me: *looks awkwardly at super mario galaxy*

[@ahmadkazan217]

Rosalina: *angry dissatisfaction*

[@SPFLDAngler]

A galaxy is smaller than the universe..

[@betrayalg4660]

@@SPFLDAngler He reseted the entire Universe/Timeline

[@ThyBigCheddar]

@@betrayalg4660 Forget about that, they reset all of time and space, meaning that everything restarted to just before the star festival. Rosalina is stupidly powerful

[@angeldude101]

There's also Super Paper Mario, where interdimensional travel is just a mundane occurrence for the main cast.

[@cadencook9861]

Chase Kip: Mario never rewrote the universe Mario galaxy: am I a joke to you

[@man-spider8365]

Didn’t rosalina do that?

[@fujin151]

@@man-spider8365 yes, yes she did

[@salt8888e]

@@fujin151 so its not mario

[@fujin151]

@@salt8888e yes it's not Mario it was my goddess rosa

[@salt8888e]

well but kirby is a god that CAN possibly rewrite the universe and look at that, its the second best charachter in the tierlist

[@captainstar7541]

Thanks. That was a fun intro to the series. I’m getting xenoblade chronicles 3, nice to have some idea what has happened prior

[@agent_8167]

"If something doesn't make sense, Alvis probably did it off screen"

[@alvaromartin4603]

Did he say “I’m the Komaeda character”?? Man, what a buncha jokers

[@3verlong]

ono its gremlin dictator who likes grape fanta

[@raylion399]

I love how you're annoyed by the absolute plotbanger of friendship

[@liamwillis860]

7:35 Sharla fires her Ether Rifle into the air and the dispersed ether particles are what heal Melia.

[@ShermTank7272]

"The strongest Hom is Dunban" Surely you mean "Duncan"?

[@emblemblade9245]

And Rain

[@LivLogan]

@@emblemblade9245 and we can't forget how Melia is the worst written character in the game. It's not like she has complex emotions with a good backstory or deals with a lot of loss and heartache throughout the game and has to come into her own in order to help her friends and become a dependable leader for her people, totally a badly written character.

[@katiemckinney9456]

@@LivLogan Um... I'm sorry, is that sarcasm? I actually don't know, I'm horrible at figuring it out, especially on the internet.

[@LivLogan]

@@katiemckinney9456 yes it’s sarcasm lol, In the ign video they say melia is a weak character, I was just listing off the reasons why that is simply not true lol

[@katiemckinney9456]

@@LivLogan Ah. I see. I didn't know for sure, because I remember watching a video on Future Connected, and what you said contradicted my memories of that.

[@ericm.rivera9511]

Your art has gotten way better!! Hope I'm not the only one who has noticed!!

[@sid1838]

I noticed as well!

[@knackjaguar3224]

12:40 was totally me when I played. Everything else about her is pretty cool, but I couldn't get over how she sounded like she was dry heaving every time she jumped

[@shostys_glasses]

i’ve watched this video so many times. please do 2, torna, and 3 as well. I love this

[@jertz_tv8238]

Thank you for summarizing my favorite game. It’s crazy that the story’s so long it takes 22 minutes to give a summary.

[@Littleton3513]

Your animation has gotten soo good it’s absolute ridiculous

[@3verlong]

Looks at your pfp : That’s Dunban over there!

[@DragonEdge10]

I love how this is simultaneously some of the best and most accurate descriptions of the story's events and some of the worst at the exact same time lmao

[@slayerkai1916]

I DIED OF LAUGHTER AT 6:22 , HE SAID "Heyyy thanks for the spoiler! stupid Monado-" 🤣

[@Dragonmist19X]

Can we just get a 10 minute video of the nopons running around in circles instead?

[@TimBagels]

Dude, what do you think Futures Connected is?

[@Dan-do2pl]

@@TimBagels should be called nopon connected

[@raspythroat]

HE’S BACK Return of the king.

[@One_Trillion_Bees]

👌

[@Dan-do2pl]

He beat black wolf

[@ConCadd]

This made me realize how goofy one of my favorite games ever is

[@AngryGoats555]

One thing that he always confused me, is that the intro seems to indicate that there was no life yet on their bodies, but we see Arglas’s memories later, where there was clearly life on Bionis and Mechonis BEFORE they started fighting

[@SatisfactoryBro]

"I'm the Komaeda character." god damn it

[@4KDolbyDigital]

I hate that he's not wrong

[@gormauslander]

What does that even mean

[@SatisfactoryBro]

@@gormauslander Go play Danganronpa 2. You unfortunately have to get through 1 to get to 2 tho to get a better understanding.

[@writersfantasy5064]

@@gormauslander An important character that usually that shows antagonistic attitudes into annoying the main character or protagonist in trying to achieve something from them. It's from Danganronpa where it's named from a character called Komaeda Nagito and there is other characters similar to his attitude like Akechi from Persona 5, Tweny from The World Ends with You or Beastars Pina (As far as I know). As you could tell, most Komaeda characters are usually male, sometimes show "questionable" traits, have an borderline edgy and smartass attitude and aren't exactly a cool person, but regardless they hang around the main character in the most ways in order to get something out of them. They also appear somewhere "weak" maybe in order to trick the main character.

[@samsamistorm]

the worst part was the griffith comparison

[@Phantom-T]

Absolutely amazing, this was worth the wait lmao. I would absolutely love to see that future connected vid. I think it would be pretty funny if you covered Sonic 06

[@ChaseKip]

I appreciate it! Ill def consider it sonic 06 actually sounds like it would be hella funny

[@devianweveill3332]

That explains shulk's actions in world of light.

[@tsunderemerc2963]

The special chosen hero gets the special chosen sword. Except the special epic sword is actually evil and wants to kill you. And so does all the good guy nature stuff. It wants to turn you into juice. And that one wierd but lowkey cool and mysterious guy you knew from earlier is also a supercomputer from another universe. And also you're a walking corpse. And that's Dunban over there! Really love how the first game played with some of these fantasy tropes and flipped them onto their head

[@kalebchua8809]

I love when Shulk attaccs he just goes beyblade mode

[@jonwalsh2927]

No the true beyblade is Reyn using war swing

[@roykooper902]

Soaring Tempest!

[@Aubriel]

I know you already did a video on the Zelda timeline, but it would be super interesting to see videos on specific games like this one! Also, I commend you for the art and editing on this video, I can only imagine how long this took

[@MrAuthor3DS]

Anyway, this was the story of a guy trying to monopolize free will.

[@viper26k]

19:58 "They began to ponder wht lies beyond the begabthebegadbgda the bionis and the mechonis" LOL