Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Final warning, but the first post will be tagged . . . . . . . . . This is now the Spoiler Thread for XENOBLADE X. If you don't want to get spoiled put this thread on ignore.... Or leave! Why are you spoiling it for yourself?! D:< . . . . . . . . 🤐 To those who don't want to linger here or get spoiled too much: It's been implied through press footage already, but one major question appears to be answered: Yes, the new story content connects the mainline games to X. . . . . . . . . 🙈 🙉 🙊 Thanks for sharing RockmanBN. . Others have mentioned this looks pretty incomplete and it's hard to parse without sound and context. But it's definitely "beefier" than what we had going in the base game back on the WiiU (for those who don't know, the original game ended with the scene on the beach below).   Last edited: Mar 15, 2025 Mr.Fletcher Member Nov 18, 2017 11,868 UK As I said in the other thread, I need to see how the leaked footage fits into a larger whole because it's really difficult to piece together at the moment. It also makes me wonder how far we'll stray from the 'Klaus Saga' given what we see. I expected to see it all completely left behind come the next game. But now? I'm not sure. Maybe we really will get to see Malos again and Mythra's kid, who knows….  Aleh Member Oct 27, 2017 19,685 I only saw snippets and I have no idea what's going on which is good, but I'm excited. It's gonna be torture having to wait not only for release but also having to wait till the end of the game for answers 🥲   Quinton Staff Writer at TheGamer Verified Oct 25, 2017 22,935 Midgar, With Love Xenogears remake confirmed. ... No, but this is simultaneously intriguing and frustrating; we can piece together only the slimmest tidbits, as these are mere snippets of a broader whole, and lacking audio besides. Which is surely some kind of metaphor for Xeno in general, but I'm too distracted right now to make that work.  Metto One Winged Slayer Member Oct 27, 2017 12,327 The imagery in one of those videos is easily some of the most gnarly images they've done in the series so that's cool. Also interesting the Core in the Lifehold looks like a Gigantic Logos core which is interesting considering the Conduit is a non colored mass of light but here it's either a Logos core or a dark colored conduit which has some interesting implications either way. Will be cool to see how it comes together in the ending both for the context and how it'll tie into future Xenoblade content.  Skel1ingt0n Member Oct 28, 2017 11,227 I had no concerns clicking on this spoiler thread because I've always felt it HYPER obvious X would get retrofitted into the main trilogy. I'd be more gob smacked if that didn't happen. Sure, this is technically a spoiler... but it was the most telegraphed spoiler over the last 10 years ever. ... And now I bow out of this thread, lol  Neverx Prophet of Truth - One Winged Slayer Member Sep 17, 2020 3,804 Florida It's really hard to say what's going on in the clips but it looks like it's setting up the next trilogy? The conduit and Logos stuff being the remaining aspects from the Klaus trilogy.   Eintopf Member Jul 8, 2018 1,075 UK Is it known who the other new party members are? The party menu has 4 new slots and 2 of them have been revealed but the other 2 haven't.   Mr.Fletcher Member Nov 18, 2017 11,868 UK You could kind of see The Conduit and to a lesser extent the Trinity Processor appearing in the future - but the latter feels more difficult to do as the cores are actually tied to characters. The cores appearing in a kind of 'never land' in Future Redeemed can make sense, but I'm not sure how you'd kick the story on and keep those around. I only say all this because as said above, it looks like Logos? Could it be The Conduit?  Aleh Member Oct 27, 2017 19,685 Mr.Fletcher said: You could kind of see The Conduit and to a lesser extent the Trinity Processor appearing in the future - but the latter feels more difficult to do as the cores are actually tied to characters. The cores appearing in a kind of 'never land' in Future Redeemed can make sense, but I'm not sure how you'd kick the story on and keep those around. I only say all this because as said above, it looks like Logos? Could it be The Conduit? Click to expand... Click to shrink... The shape is that of the Conduit, and the type of glow resembles the Conduit too… but the Conduit was golden and this is purple. Maybe it signifies some kind of corruption?   Man God Member Oct 25, 2017 40,094 Next game is Xenoblade Perfect Works.   Hikari One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 25,117 Elysium I'm guessing the new content is worth it then as a massive Xeno fan? I hated the original X in terms of storyline. Didn't watch the video but just need a confirmation if I'll enjoy this or not.   OP OP Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Hikari said: I'm guessing the new content is worth it then as a massive Xeno fan? I hated the original X in terms of storyline. Didn't watch the video but just need a confirmation if I'll enjoy this or not. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Gotcha (sorta?) covered in the OP, Hikari! Dice said: Regardless, the big question is answered: The intention is indeed to connect the mainline games with X. Click to expand... Click to shrink... There's not too much to go on yet. But there does appear to be more meat on the story this time around.  Wayoshi Member Oct 27, 2017 1,024 Let Takahashi cook... an epic story continues   Hikari One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 25,117 Elysium Dice said: Gotcha (sorta?) covered in the OP, Hikari! There's not too much to go on yet. But there does appear to be more meat on the story this time around. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Well that's all I needed. I'll bow out of these threads now. I guess I really will be buying DE!  Hellstruck Member Jun 29, 2022 2,129 Hard to say how I feel. Half of me wants the Klaus stuff to continue on and the other half would welcome a complete dive off the deep end into a whole new series. Judging by the small bits of stuff I've peaked at it seems that Takahashi is intent on continuing the 'Klaus' saga. History has proven that Takahashi just loves this kind of stuff. In the end it doesn't really matter because I'll play and most likely love whatever they put out. I'm up for anything really.  Charamiwa Member Oct 25, 2017 6,397 I'm guessing those videos will have some voice overs doing some massive lore dumps. It's like seeing the Nia scene in 3 without sound.   Yolkghost Member Oct 25, 2017 766 I'm okay with expanding on the klaus stuff as long as we just keep it as the core of the franchise and don't make it so that every future sequel has to directly build from what happens in 1-3.   Anteo Member Oct 25, 2017 4,171 Peru But he said the Klaus saga was over. But also Xenoblade X was released between 1 and 2, so it wouldnt count as a new game that is extending the saga.. maybe   Mr.Fletcher Member Nov 18, 2017 11,868 UK Aleh said: The shape is that of the Conduit, and the type of glow resembles the Conduit too… but the Conduit was golden and this is purple. Maybe it signifies some kind of corruption? Click to expand... Click to shrink... I had thought before XC3 that The Conduit being the ultimate antagonist could have been cool. I don't think it would have made any sense and I don't even know what it would look like, but the Trinity Processor being called upon to 'defeat' The Conduit might have been fun. Ultimately, I do think those characters will be left behind though… which I think is both probably good for the franchise, but sad for me personally.  OP OP Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Metto said: The imagery in one of those videos is easily some of the most gnarly images they've done in the series so that's cool. Click to expand... Click to shrink... My exact thoughts too. That...corpse[?] lady is sorta creepy and I love it Charamiwa said: I'm guessing those videos will have some voice overs doing some massive lore dumps. It's like seeing the Nia scene in 3 without sound. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It really reminded me of Nia's explanation for Aionios was born... I basically wonder if X is connected by the fallout of the worlds joining up?? Maybe some dimensional/timey-wimey shenanigans? View: https://youtu.be/JRYT8HlbBMY?t=250  Aleh Member Oct 27, 2017 19,685 Even though there seems to be some connection to the main trilogy, whatever is going on here seems grander than just a retread of the Klaus experiment lore. Let them cook!   OP OP Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Do we know who this is yet? I wanna just SPECULATE WILDLY and probably incorrectly that this is Mythra's kiddo (light fluffy hair, an eye scar similar to where Rex's is, and a similar facial hair setup). Otherwise I'm sure this is the fella on the beach with Lao. Or is he Mr "Outside Hire"? :P Waddles the Piggu said: Is that corpse related to KOS-MOS? Click to expand... Click to shrink... To me it looked either like the new girl with the funky ears or maybe even Elma's original alien form (which incidentally looks a LOT like KOS-MOS). Doubt they'd use a character that belongs to Namco so directly.   Last edited: Mar 14, 2025 Waddles the Piggu Member Oct 26, 2017 1,160 Is that corpse related to KOS-MOS?   Eintopf Member Jul 8, 2018 1,075 UK Dice said: Do we know who this is yet? I wanna just SPECULATE WILDLY and probably incorrectly that this is Mythra's kiddo (an eye scar similar to where Rex's is, and a similar facial hair setup). Otherwise I'm sure this is the fella on the beach with Lao. Or is he Mr "Outside Hire"? :P Click to expand... Click to shrink... It's probably Elma's co-pilot who seemingly died when the white whale was under attack in the opening cutscene.   OP OP Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Eintopf said: It's probably Elma's co-pilot who seemingly died when the white whale was under attack in the opening cutscene. Click to expand... Click to shrink... ....Gonna be honest: I totally forgot this plot point haha But yeah sounds about right.  Waddles the Piggu Member Oct 26, 2017 1,160 Dice said: To me it looked either like the new girl with the funky ears or maybe even Elma's original alien form (which incidentally looks a LOT like KOS-MOS). Doubt they'd use a character that belongs to Namco so directly. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Ahh yeah, might be related to Elma. The overall face and hair just reminded me of KOS-MOS but the ear seems elf like and the body is male? That is some cool imagery though.   Neiteio Member Oct 25, 2017 26,642 Eintopf said: It's probably Elma's co-pilot who seemingly died when the white whale was under attack in the opening cutscene. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Elma's co-pilot... who happens to be a dimension-hopping adventurer ... named Rexxy McMythrason!   Zaiven ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 12, 2019 2,747 It looks like X is going to be connected to the numbered games through some sort of interdimensional shenanigans. Or maybe this guy is seeing visions of what's happening in the space where Earth should be while it was "missing" (remember that 1, 2, and 3 all take place in pocket dimensions that exist in the void of space where Earth was, while X takes place elsewhere in the universe while earth is gone). Eintopf said: Is it known who the other new party members are? The party menu has 4 new slots and 2 of them have been revealed but the other 2 haven't. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I'm confident that Elma's partner (who seems to be the guy featured in one of the two clips) is going to be one of them. As for the other... I'm leaning towards one of the Wrothians. Dice said: Do we know who this is yet? I wanna just SPECULATE WILDLY and probably incorrectly that this is Mythra's kiddo (an eye scar similar to where Rex's is, and a similar facial hair setup). Otherwise I'm sure this is the fella on the beach with Lao. Or is he Mr "Outside Hire"? :P To me it looked either like the new girl with the funky ears or maybe even Elma's original alien form (which incidentally looks a LOT like KOS-MOS). Doubt they'd use a character that belongs to Namco so directly. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I'm sure this is Elma's partner, who will also be the 4th new party member. I'm also wondering now if he could be the long-lost "kid of Mythra." Man God said: Next game is Xenoblade Perfect Works. Click to expand... Click to shrink... The next game should be called The Xenoblade Saga, Episode IV. (Fancy German subtitle optional).  Eintopf Member Jul 8, 2018 1,075 UK Zaiven said: As for the other... I'm leaning towards one of the Wrothians. Click to expand... Click to shrink... They seem the most obvious pick in terms of existing characters but it'd be weird to only get one of them in the party tbh. Neiteio said: Elma's co-pilot... who happens to be a dimension-hopping adventurer ... named Rexxy McMythrason! Click to expand... Click to shrink... Um actually it's clearly Tatsu after being turned into a human   Mr.Fletcher Member Nov 18, 2017 11,868 UK Also seems curious - but I suspect ultimately meaningless - that the order of the 'visions' goes XC, XC3 and then XC2. This is what speculating on Xeno lore does to you! lol Just to be clear, I don't think this is Rex's kid, but let's keep the speculation going!  OP OP Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Eintopf said: Um actually it's clearly Tatsu after being turned into a human Click to expand... Click to shrink... Don't even start with me, I love when this stuff happens. Persona 5 Morgana turning human? Love that shit, wish they kept it longer haha I did it for Riku and Mananana (last image of the set) 😎 View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHoIbfpVII/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==   Zaiven ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 12, 2019 2,747 By the way, do we know where these two videos came from? They were kinda posted without any context. Eintopf said: They seem the most obvious pick in terms of existing characters but it'd be weird to only get one of them in the party tbh. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Well, there's really only two candidates, the main guy and girl (names escape me). Since two of the new characters are confirmed female and the other (likely) new character is male, I'm assuming it'll be the male Wrothian, to make it two each. Unless it's someone totally different and we're all climbing up the wrong tree. Mr.Fletcher said: Also seems curious - but I suspect ultimately meaningless - that the order of the 'visions' goes XC, XC3 and then XC2. This is what speculating on Xeno lore does to you! lol Just to be clear, I don't think this is Rex's kid, but let's keep the speculation going! Click to expand... Click to shrink... I honestly wouldn't be a bit surprised if it is. It would help explain why they hid his face for so long (otherwise, there doesn't seem to be any reason to, since he's not someone we recognize). Then again, they also did that for Addam and Moebius when there wasn't any real reason to.   Eintopf Member Jul 8, 2018 1,075 UK Dice said: Don't even start with me, I love when this stuff happens. Persona 5 Morgana turning human? Love that shit, wish they kept it longer haha I did it for Riku and Mananana (last image of the set) 😎 View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHoIbfpVII/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Click to expand... Click to shrink... Yeah it's always a bit of fun! And your art is fantastic as always! Zaiven said: Well, there's really only two candidates, the main guy and girl (names escape me). Since two of the new characters are confirmed female and the other (likely) new character is male, I'm assuming it'll be the male Wrothian, to make it two each. Unless it's someone totally different and we're all climbing up the wrong tree. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Yeah I think maybe the most likely option is that it could be someone new entirely. Plus I think the Wrorthian's models are identical to the original? If they were gonna be recruitable I think they might have had a face upgrade (though they weren't that bad to begin with unlike the humans lol)  Zaiven ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 12, 2019 2,747 So I'm guessing that weird white thing in the second video is "The Great One" that Luxarr used to mention? Apparently it's a soul/life force animating the Vita (and possibly the other Ganglion Skells)? It seems that someone was sacrificed or ascended to a higher plane of existence or something in order to become that entity. Who knows, lol. That's what it seems like to me, at least. Also, it appears as though Earth is being restored somehow. One way or another, we're definitely going to get more information on the whole "Earth was destroyed in a space war between aliens" back story.  Wrexis Member Nov 4, 2017 28,771 Waddles the Piggu said: Is that corpse related to KOS-MOS? Click to expand... Click to shrink... That did cross my mind.  TLH Member Oct 29, 2017 229 Ugh, why do they have to do the lore dumps in this drawn style. That's like when Nia was explaining things in XB3 and I didn't like that at all. All other flashbacks to the past were properly animated (even ones that had no real relevance to the main plot), and only this one being different felt like they ran out of time and money at the end.   Zaiven ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 12, 2019 2,747 TLH said: Ugh, why do they have to do the lore dumps in this drawn style. That's like when Nia was explaining things in XB3 and I didn't like that at all. All other flashbacks to the past were properly animated (even ones that had no real relevance to the main plot), and only this one being different felt like they ran out of time and money at the end. Click to expand... Click to shrink... My first thought is that the budget was fairly low on this project.   Fendoreo1 Member Jan 1, 2019 17,865 Here is whats likely to be the final boss theme for the new story, quite the interesting name, and the song is amazing View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLRXFzMWHYg   OP OP Dice Member Oct 25, 2017 27,980 Canada Fendoreo1 said: Here is whats likely to be the final boss theme for the new story, quite the interesting name, and the song is amazing Click to expand... Click to shrink... That title 🫠 That theme That drum line matches the title screen theme nicely... and yea sounds epic.  Fendoreo1 Member Jan 1, 2019 17,865 Dice said: That title 🫠 That theme That drum line matches the title screen theme nicely... and yea sounds epic. Click to expand... Click to shrink... ok, the title and context may be fake. Seemingly this is the Ares intro theme and the title is pure fan speculation. Unsure atm, but that is looking likely based on the way this guy replies in the youtube comments  Zeal543 Next Level Seer Member May 15, 2020 7,068 Fendoreo1 said: Here is whats likely to be the final boss theme for the new story, quite the interesting name, and the song is amazing View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLRXFzMWHYg Click to expand... Click to shrink... Title is obviously fan made, we know what sawano's titles look like  Tsumami Member Feb 3, 2022 6,714 Dont really like X much so prob not getting it but here to see how they fit it into the broader main story   Fendoreo1 Member Jan 1, 2019 17,865 Zeal543 said: Title is obviously fan made, we know what sawano's titles look like Click to expand... Click to shrink... yeah and its not the final boss theme lol, its the Ares intro theme   Zaiven ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 12, 2019 2,747 So where are the spoilers? Where's the discussion? Lol. Do we have anything more yet than those two brief videos?   Brawly Likes to Brawl Member Oct 25, 2017 16,202 Ryohei Suzuki's bedroom Zaiven said: So where are the spoilers? Where's the discussion? Lol. Do we have anything more yet than those two brief videos? Click to expand... Click to shrink... X is a very very long game that just got even more content added to it. Nobody has gotten far enough to see the full context of what's going on.   Zaiven ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 12, 2019 2,747 Brawly Likes to Brawl said: X is a very very long game that just got even more content added to it. Nobody has gotten far enough to see the full context of what's going on. Click to expand... Click to shrink... True, lol. I just thought there'd be more speculation on the two videos we do have. I did see somewhere that Neilnail can join after Chapter 5 and her affinity mission is after Chapter 11. And apparently the male Wrothian is one of the two remaining new party members, as the new Photo Saber art has the same name as one of his own arts.  diakyu Member Dec 15, 2018 18,683 Yeah I'm chilling waiting for more to come out before really trying to get into it, though I will say seeing stuff from the concept art is so hype. Not long now.   Leeness Member Oct 27, 2017 10,452 Never stop doing your thing, Takahashi. 🙏 lol Please connect Saga if you legally can (not just the Yuriev and vector name drops).  Aleh Member Oct 27, 2017 19,685 Leeness said: Never stop doing your thing, Takahashi. 🙏 lol Please connect Saga if you legally can (not just the Yuriev and vector name drops). Click to expand... Click to shrink... I bet his masterplan is eventually even connecting Gears. He's just biding his time until he can trick SquareEnix into agreeing.