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Xenoblade 3 Writeup
Prologue: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjOZdaQg6QbRd1EXtg
Chapter 1: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjQTcjhzuEOUi2SwO8
Chapter 2: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjSiYohTIDnuf0jEzA
Chapter 3: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjUd1czlgC4vLbYsoi
Chapter 4: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjWnoeNNeXJsPU1bNY
Chapter 5: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjYrfVPSPPsq7xoLYm
Chapter 6: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjasdsFszFuGfn2XEu
Chapter 7: Scattered Puzzle Pieces
1/8
The final chapter of Xenoblade 3 opens up by giving me EXACTLY what I wanted to see: the events that preceded the merging of the two worlds. To the tunes of the achingly beautiful and aptly named song “Ancient Memories”, we finally get to see not only Nia, but Melia too, working together to stave off disaster, as the Ark that will be humanity’s last hope nears completion. And then, the day of judgement is upon both worlds – we’re returned to the game’s opening as Kid Noah, as well as our queens, witness the final moments before the worlds collide and everything is devoured by light. The last few images of this scene showing Nia and Melia, after everything they’ve gone through in the prior games, now facing the end of the world with courage and dignity, are absolutely breathtaking, and exactly the kind of moment I always hoped Xenoblade 3’s story would be capable of delivering. Here we see the stories of the past two games truly being not only continued, but connected, and its heroes confronting the greatest challenge they’ve ever faced.
Sadly, this whole flashback only lasts for about 1 minute, before we’re returned to the present day as Nia drops the deets on the origins of Aionios:
“In the distant past,
what was once a single world was cleft in twain.
Plus and minus... On the surface, they were identical.
These two worlds, of opposing nature,
knew nothing of each other
as they wended their way towards their own respective futures.
However, the worlds yearned for each other.
Against the solitude of existence,
they strove to reunite...
though it would spell certain destruction.
Should the two worlds intersect,
they would cancel each other out and cease to be,
leaving only light.
Light...
A shining beacon in the darkness. The last common language left to us.
Though we inhabited separate worlds, the medium of light allowed us to communicate for the very first time,
and so we sought for a way to prevent total oblivion...
We pooled our knowledge, and through time gave birth to a single point of hope...
Origin.
An ark, containing all the worlds' data,
recorded in words of light,
carrying hope into the future...
Origin was a system we constructed to reboot the worlds' states.
And then...
the time was upon us.
The reboot process failed to initiate.
Instead, in that instant,
the worlds became still.
By the will of Moebius.”
There is, as certain soy people like to say, a lot to unpack here, and I do feel that I do need to go over it in painstaking detail, to explain what this origin story actually means for Xenoblade 3, and why it makes for such a flawed foundation for the world of Aionios. Let’s do an overview of what we know for sure about what happened and how it affects our understanding of Xenoblade 3, as well as all the problems I have with this backstory and how it’s presented. Also, some SPOILERS for Xenoblades 1 and 2:
- There was originally only 1 world, *our* world, or rather a hyper-advanced, future version of it, that was being torn apart by strife, and a war over access to The Conduit, a reality-warping entity capable of connecting to other dimensions. The Conduit was initially guided by the Trinity Processor, 3 Supercomputers (Logos representing Logic, Pneuma representing Emotion, and Ontos being the mediator between the two), but when the scientist Klaus (who viewed the Conduit as a divine entity destined to save mankind) managed to gain control over it, and attempting to use the Conduit to create a new and better world, he ultimately ended up just splitting his own world into two – Klaus was left behind with the ruins of his world (Xenoblade 2’s Alrest, which he strove to rebuild as its new god) along with Pneuma, Logos and the Conduit, while Ontos disappeared into what became Xenoblade 1’s world, dominated by the reincarnated Evil Half of Klaus (Bionis), as well as the reincarnation of the woman Galea who tried to stop Klaus’s “experiment” (Mechonis).
- Unstable and artificial creations, both these young universes mature into very troubled worlds – by the time Xenoblades 1 and 2 take place, both Alrest and Bionis/Mechonis are already dying, but eventually both worlds are revitalized and have their futures secured by the actions of Team Shulk and Team Rex respectively, though both worlds are also left without gods, the closest thing to a god remaining being Ontos in the reborn Xenoblade 1 world.
- At some point (presumably right after the events of XB1 and XB2) the two universes, despite residing in separate dimensions, become aware of each other, and begin converging. The effects of this are quickly felt: in Future Connected, the Xenoblade 1 epilogue set one year after the original game ended, Shulk’s new world is already beginning to be threatened by the so-called Fogbeasts, creatures created from the Black Fog released from rifts in time-space. Future Connected ending on a victory over the “Fog King” only offers a temporary respite, and the two universes draw ever closer, striving to reunite.
#Xenoblade3Writeup
Prologue: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjOZdaQg6QbRd1EXtg
Chapter 1: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjQTcjhzuEOUi2SwO8
Chapter 2: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjSiYohTIDnuf0jEzA
Chapter 3: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjUd1czlgC4vLbYsoi
Chapter 4: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjWnoeNNeXJsPU1bNY
Chapter 5: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjYrfVPSPPsq7xoLYm
Chapter 6: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjasdsFszFuGfn2XEu
Chapter 7: Scattered Puzzle Pieces
1/8
The final chapter of Xenoblade 3 opens up by giving me EXACTLY what I wanted to see: the events that preceded the merging of the two worlds. To the tunes of the achingly beautiful and aptly named song “Ancient Memories”, we finally get to see not only Nia, but Melia too, working together to stave off disaster, as the Ark that will be humanity’s last hope nears completion. And then, the day of judgement is upon both worlds – we’re returned to the game’s opening as Kid Noah, as well as our queens, witness the final moments before the worlds collide and everything is devoured by light. The last few images of this scene showing Nia and Melia, after everything they’ve gone through in the prior games, now facing the end of the world with courage and dignity, are absolutely breathtaking, and exactly the kind of moment I always hoped Xenoblade 3’s story would be capable of delivering. Here we see the stories of the past two games truly being not only continued, but connected, and its heroes confronting the greatest challenge they’ve ever faced.
Sadly, this whole flashback only lasts for about 1 minute, before we’re returned to the present day as Nia drops the deets on the origins of Aionios:
“In the distant past,
what was once a single world was cleft in twain.
Plus and minus... On the surface, they were identical.
These two worlds, of opposing nature,
knew nothing of each other
as they wended their way towards their own respective futures.
However, the worlds yearned for each other.
Against the solitude of existence,
they strove to reunite...
though it would spell certain destruction.
Should the two worlds intersect,
they would cancel each other out and cease to be,
leaving only light.
Light...
A shining beacon in the darkness. The last common language left to us.
Though we inhabited separate worlds, the medium of light allowed us to communicate for the very first time,
and so we sought for a way to prevent total oblivion...
We pooled our knowledge, and through time gave birth to a single point of hope...
Origin.
An ark, containing all the worlds' data,
recorded in words of light,
carrying hope into the future...
Origin was a system we constructed to reboot the worlds' states.
And then...
the time was upon us.
The reboot process failed to initiate.
Instead, in that instant,
the worlds became still.
By the will of Moebius.”
There is, as certain soy people like to say, a lot to unpack here, and I do feel that I do need to go over it in painstaking detail, to explain what this origin story actually means for Xenoblade 3, and why it makes for such a flawed foundation for the world of Aionios. Let’s do an overview of what we know for sure about what happened and how it affects our understanding of Xenoblade 3, as well as all the problems I have with this backstory and how it’s presented. Also, some SPOILERS for Xenoblades 1 and 2:
- There was originally only 1 world, *our* world, or rather a hyper-advanced, future version of it, that was being torn apart by strife, and a war over access to The Conduit, a reality-warping entity capable of connecting to other dimensions. The Conduit was initially guided by the Trinity Processor, 3 Supercomputers (Logos representing Logic, Pneuma representing Emotion, and Ontos being the mediator between the two), but when the scientist Klaus (who viewed the Conduit as a divine entity destined to save mankind) managed to gain control over it, and attempting to use the Conduit to create a new and better world, he ultimately ended up just splitting his own world into two – Klaus was left behind with the ruins of his world (Xenoblade 2’s Alrest, which he strove to rebuild as its new god) along with Pneuma, Logos and the Conduit, while Ontos disappeared into what became Xenoblade 1’s world, dominated by the reincarnated Evil Half of Klaus (Bionis), as well as the reincarnation of the woman Galea who tried to stop Klaus’s “experiment” (Mechonis).
- Unstable and artificial creations, both these young universes mature into very troubled worlds – by the time Xenoblades 1 and 2 take place, both Alrest and Bionis/Mechonis are already dying, but eventually both worlds are revitalized and have their futures secured by the actions of Team Shulk and Team Rex respectively, though both worlds are also left without gods, the closest thing to a god remaining being Ontos in the reborn Xenoblade 1 world.
- At some point (presumably right after the events of XB1 and XB2) the two universes, despite residing in separate dimensions, become aware of each other, and begin converging. The effects of this are quickly felt: in Future Connected, the Xenoblade 1 epilogue set one year after the original game ended, Shulk’s new world is already beginning to be threatened by the so-called Fogbeasts, creatures created from the Black Fog released from rifts in time-space. Future Connected ending on a victory over the “Fog King” only offers a temporary respite, and the two universes draw ever closer, striving to reunite.
#Xenoblade3Writeup