This video almost made me cry it's so beautiful 😭 All games in order of their appearence: - Xenosaga Episode 1 - Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean - Xenosaga Episode 2 - Namco x Capcom - Baten Kaitos Origins - Xenosaga Episode 3 - Soma Bringer - Disaster: Day of Crisis - Xenoblade Chronicles - Project X Zone 1 and 2 - Xenoblade Chronicles X - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna - The Golden Country - Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed Happy 25th anniversary Monolith Soft!
@@rodrigoalvarado9882 future awaits, it’s the end credits song of Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s dlc future redeemed. Song is very meaningful in how it’s picked as it uses instruments from all 3 Xenoblade games and Xenosaga, while using the singer who sung songs from Xenosaga
They using the XC2 Elma model knowing fully well they have a new one in the drafts for using a few weeks later, we would've exploded if they used it here
I Wonder if this emplies enything? Will all the canons join in to one? In that case I guess xeno saga happends about the same time and X happends in the future.
While I would love a sequel that doubles down on the stuff that worked for the first X game,I think a catch up for those new with said added features would be a nice Tech Demo.
Seeing that ending w/ Shulk & Fiora, Rex/Pyra/Mythra, Elma, and KOS-MOS look on with Noah and Mio just stirred something within me. Damn I love this series.
It’s nice to see that the main trilogy characters are appearing in their post story forms. Noah and mio no term marks, short hair fiora, and pyra mythra separated. No idea about kosmos and Elma’s appearances since I haven’t played their games yet but it’s all so cool
@@Deebus The odd part about KOS-MOS is that's her Xenoblade 2 design which is basically her Xenosaga 1 design but with red trim instead of gold lol That said, it's also more of a Xenoblade tribute
@@themojogamer75 I think they’re looking at bringing saga into the canon as well and the only model the have atm for kosmos is the blade form but it’s all very interesting!
You people are a riot. I could remember a time when Xenosaga was put in the dumpster and people could've cared less and to be honest, they weren't wrong for thinking that way
25 years and a completely altered industry. It's a little sad that Fei and Ellie can't be here with the rest of the gang, but Monolithsoft's legacy is still incredible even so.
@@lubnaa5780 That is the song that plays at the end of the DLC chapter for XB3, and yes, it is sung by the same singer that did the ending track of Xenogears and for Episode 1 of Xenosaga - Joanne Hogg.
That end shot with all the Xenoblade protagonists, clearly Nintendo struck a diamond mind with them compared to Bamco or Square Enix. It's so crazy to me how we got here with Operation Rainfall, now they're all localized with collector's editions with successful sequels. Crazy timeline.
It's almost like reggie was a fool for not believing in Xenoblade 1 achieving any success, and all it takes is them being in smash and the console it's on to sell for the game to sell
@@caldera11 Not just Reggie, But Satoru Iwata as well, who outright sugessted to Takahashi to use the Xeno name scheme instead of the original Monado: Beginning of the World.
Gotta love how this effectively confirms that the song wasnt just talking about Xenoblade's general message but was actually them reminiscing on the journey to try and finish Perfect Works. Once again, absolutely perfect song to represent the Klaus Saga.
It means so much to see Kos-mos standing with the Xenoblade cast like that. It makes me feel more than ever that Xenosaga will return and be important to the greater narritve of the series going forward. I love that the themes of passing the dream on moving forward towards the future has been reflected in Monolith soft's journey as a company in a way.
Not trying to be rude or anything just curious: why exactly do people want all the Xeno games to be connected so much? Especially Xenosaga. I mean, I’d like to play these games but they’re so old and never re-released on newer platforms. I also… admittedly have a pretty bad PC for emulation. I would very much like to know why people love those games so much as someone who I ASSUME has played them. It’s kinda frustrating to me because it feels like I’m missing out. Anyway thanks for the input in advance!
@@nocturnal2802Xenosaga has an amazing story and characters but that suffered from the second game not having Tetsuya Takahashi and his wife, which kind of handicaped the story (especially since the team who made the game did a kinda bad game too gameplay wise, the story falls off hard on disc 2), later Xenosaga 3 happens and it's a masterpiece that ends with a beautiful but bittersweet open end that shows KOS MOS flying towards Lost Jerusalem on space. Actually XS3 was the original plan for Xenosaga 2 and the next games would follow KOS MOS through different ages. Basically: It's just that it would be awesome to see a conclusion to Xenosaga's storyline and see something closer to what Tetsuya Takahashi originally intended to do with Perfect Works, i also recently finished these games and while i think that they ended the story well with what they had, i really wish that i could see more of these characters somehow. I also think that it's a wasted opportunity to not do that after Future Redeemed's radio and i really don't think that this would be bad for either game's stories, back then there were people who thought that it was a terrible idea to join Xenoblade 1 and 2 worlds and look at it now. Xenoblade Chronicles X i wish to play it someday if they ever port it, and it looks great. Actually i think that it's more likely for them to connect the next games to X than Saga for obvious reasons
@@nocturnal2802 not a rude question at all! Not sure if you know the irl dev lore but if not I'll give the loose cliff notes. Xenogears didn't get spun into a full series dispite being well received. It just fell a few thousand copies short for Square Enix to green light it. So with the vision to tell the story they wanted Monolith soft formed and went off to try again with Xenosaga under Bandai Namco. Xenosaga, was meant to be 6 games but Monolith soft was forced to wrap it up with the third game due to sales again, without spoilers the third game leaves off very open for more. Then Monolith soft was bought by Nintendo so the idea of continuing the story was kinda out of the question. Xenoblade 1 was never going to be localized to North America but the fans made it happen with demand, a rare win of people working together. Even then it was a well loved gem that had a very small release, so few really knew it. The series really has been an underdog the entire run up till 2 brought in a lot of fans. Now for the reason I at least care if to see them connected, I want to see the creators vision. I want to see the success of a team that made something special and kept that dream alive throughout all failures and obstacles. The fact that they a position where they can still refrence their old work and potentially carry it forward is a very rare circumstance and a lot of us Xenosaga fans want to see if this is the chance for the prior series to come back dispite all odds.
@@nocturnal2802 also I hear you on the frustration end of the Saga games only being on PS2 (and 1/2 on ds for Japan only) I think what a lot of folks want to see out of the latest round of openess to share the IP from Bandai is another look at porting the trilogy. Several years ago before the switch and Xenoblade 2 and 3 one of the bigwigs at Bandai Namco stated the games were reviewed and deemed not financially viable for the port or remake treatment so the fans are very vocal about it nowadays in hope that the success that Balde series has had might change the minds at Bandai Namco.
@@renren47618 yeah… these are similar sentiments I’ve seen floating around but it’s nice being told directly! Funnily enough I recently bought a Wii U so I could finally play X (but of course no Xenogears or Saga haha… 😓)
_The future is ours to decide..._ _We'll find our place in this world..._ _Our future awaits..._ Thank you, Monolithsoft, for your visions of infinite possibilities!
Is that the one game on the Wii that never got a proper English release? Fuck,they used Dante's OG VA cause he was a Veteran of Tokusatsu like Nero and Virgil's VAs.
@@ZX-Gear It got one but only in Europe. Just like the original Xenoblade Nintendo of America didn't want to release it. Sadly Disaster never got an "Operation Rainfall"
Starting with "Xenogears", a game that was too ambitious for its time and didn't turn out the way it was expected, to then establishing this titan as a way to take what "Xenogears" tried and didn't accomplish... and ultimately accomplish the full vision of the original and then some. Happy 25th anniversary, Monolith Soft.
Xenogears and Xenosaga both can be seen as too ambitious. Both Xenogears and Xenosaga were supposed to be 6 part stories. Gears only got 1 game, Saga was lucky to get 3.
@@jenniferhamels1176 Exactly. And then "Xenoblade Chronicles" came along to accomplish these ambitions. And sure enough, the rest is history. It took Tetsuya Takahashi a lot of strife to achieve his ambitions, but in the end, it all paid off.
The new announcement shows us that they have brand new remastered models of Elma, but they still used the old ones for this, I don't know why but that's so funny to me like they couldn't announce it to early by having Elma look good for the anniversary lmao
Absolute cinema. The xenoblade games hold an incredibly special hold in my heart for getting me out of the dark time of Covid and I wish the best for monolith going forward
there's something so heartwarming about seeing all of them together in the same shot, since as far as we've ever seen, none of them could ever have existed in the same universe for long together. not in a world that wasn't on the edge of despair, destiny creeping towards them and ready to pull them all apart the moment they all met. just the idea of shulk, rex, elma and noah all sharing a quiet, somber moment atop that hill, where the world wasn't ending, and the hands of fate didn't put them through hell yet.
Buying this company was one of Nintendos best decisions ever! Happy birthday, Monolithsoft and thank you for making the best game ever made! (XCDE) (just my opinion)
And to think it all started once Takahashi gained more creative direction in Final fantasy 6. I'm currently going through it and i can a see lot of influence Takahashi got for his own games later. Peak cinema
Born too late to avoid a war that destroys the world. Born too late to live the good era of the world. But definitely not born too late to smile. And definitely, for certain, not born too late to see the 25th years of MonolithSoft, the greatest JRPG creators of all time. Godspeed, everyone. Let's forge our own destinies.
Man this got me in tears, its so beautiful. Thank you monolith for all the amazing experiences we got to experience and thank you max for making amazing content. Love yall
I remember playing Xenoblade 1 on Wii and my life has never been the same. This series taught me the strength in bonds and that the future can be changed, no matter how useless it may seem. Thank you Monolithsoft!
I am so so happy that they included Kosmos and Elma in the End with their XC2 models. I am just so happy that they show us these games are still here and while there is no gurantee that a new X, an X Port, a Xenosaga Release will happen and/or when, it just makes me happy. This entire video is so beautiful. I also love how they consider the DLCs their own games because, FR and Torna are their own games, I know very few DLCs that do this so well.
God, right in the feels I wasn't expecting to hear The Future Awaits for a few more weeks, when I finish my replay/stream of FC for a friend I've been showing the series
Happy 25th anniversary, Monolith Soft, wish you all the best for the present and the future. Good health, happiness and lots of inspiration for all your master pieces to come. I know y'all will seize your destiny because the future doesn't belong to Zanza. It belongs to all of us 🥰
It's so cool that Namco is playing this nice with Nintendo/Monolith. KOS-MOS being part of the final line up gives me even more faith that Xenoblade 4 is going to both Xenoblade 4 and Xenosaga 4 and that just blows my mind.
Have you played Future Redeemed. They arent even being subtle about it anymore. They straight up name drop a Saga only character and have multiple other references.
Canonically it is! Though technically you can have them in the same party on Xenoblade 3 (Rex and Shulk become heroes after you beat a certain challenge)
OMG you're right lol! xD AU fanfic kinda shit where Mio gets sent back in time and meets Rex and her moms during XB2. :D "WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THEY WERE LIKE THIS?!"
They showed the original xenoblade chronicles. I never played it, but I played the 3DS version. I was still consider xenoblade Chronicles my favorite game of all time!!! and definitive edition I played. I have it great game amazing. Plus they showed Shulk and Fiora!!! She has short hair 😭😭😭😭.
All the mains that show in the end Noah and Mio Rex, Pyra, and Mythra Elma Shulk and Fiora KOS-MOS Makes me want to see a game with all of them together in one final battle.
I love this series so much. This video was beautiful and I really felt it deep in my soul. It's an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for everything Monolith Soft, and here's to another 25 years of magnificence
Oh man now I want xenosaga remaster/remake even more. Maybe now when they have proper founding and audience they can fullfil the original vision of the gigantic saga containing 9 parts.
Happy 25th Anniversary to Monolith Soft. I also special mention the characters that deserved in 3D Era: Kalas and Sagi(Baten Kaitos) Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu(Namco X Capcom) Welt Neugia(Soma Bringer) Haken Browning, Kaguya Nanbu, Aschen Brodel, Aledy Naash, and Neige Hausen(Super Robot Wars Endless Frontier) Raymond Bryce(Disaster: Day of Crisis) Kogoro Tenzai and Mii Koryuji(Project X Zone) I am So Happy that Xeno Characters is finally here in 3D. What a beautiful together in Monolith Soft 25th Anniversary. I'm hoping for return of Project X Zone 3 and New Xeno Games in the near future.
I think the main guy responsible for the NxC/PxZ series left Monolith, so that series is probably over unless there’s suddenly massive demand for a fourth game. I just wish Monolith Soft Kyoto could work on an original game like they talked about years ago instead of just doing development support for Nintendo EPD titles.
2:18 The hypest thing i've seen this year wasn't any game, anime or movie announcement but this single moment where they included XC2 KOS MOS on this, JUST MORE 72 HOURS AND XENOSAGA BEING CANON ON THE MAIN SERIES IS HAPPENING, KEPT IT STRONG GUYS Never stop believing, these fragments of acknowledgement of Saga in this anniversary video made me more hopeful that IT'S HAPPENING And yeah, i want to keep on the Xenosaga Copium. I wish they had used Old Rex and Shulk instead of their younger selves showing that this was actually something taking place Post Future Redeemed, but i understand why they didn't do that.
@@TsukidalWe still don't know if that was just a reference like they did for X and Gears or if it actually means something It can also mean that Xenoblade universe has similar characters to Saga characters but that are not actually them(think of Abel from Xenosaga for example), i really wish that it's THE ACTUAL Xenosaga not the Bladeverse Xenosaga if you know what i mean
Can´t wait for all of the new games they are cooking. Xeno 4, Xeno x remaster, Xeno X-2, Xenogears and Xenosaga remakes. Omg. Baten Kaitos 3 would be to much for me to handle if they do that.
This video almost made me cry it's so beautiful 😭
All games in order of their appearence:
- Xenosaga Episode 1
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
- Xenosaga Episode 2
- Namco x Capcom
- Baten Kaitos Origins
- Xenosaga Episode 3
- Soma Bringer
- Disaster: Day of Crisis
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Project X Zone 1 and 2
- Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna - The Golden Country
- Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed
Happy 25th anniversary Monolith Soft!
I do know
No Xenogears?
(Maybe for be a square game?)
@@rodrigobarrera2281Square and the heads of Monolith soft hate each other lol. Mostly because they split because of how Gears was treated
Name song?
@@rodrigoalvarado9882 future awaits, it’s the end credits song of Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s dlc future redeemed.
Song is very meaningful in how it’s picked as it uses instruments from all 3 Xenoblade games and Xenosaga, while using the singer who sung songs from Xenosaga
They using the XC2 Elma model knowing fully well they have a new one in the drafts for using a few weeks later, we would've exploded if they used it here
That monolithsoft employee having to use a ps2 to get half of these clips
Let's pay our respects to the goat
they probably shed a tear replaying it thinking about the old days
And I say thank God to that one employee.
They also had to bust out the Wii for like 2 seconds.
Blame Sony for dont know how to buy Studios. 😂
I loved the part at the end where they’re all standing together
Same! I didn't expect anyone aside from Noah and Mio to show up so it was a nice surprise!
As Alvis said:
"I Can see it, Clear as day, when all life walk to the future...Hand in Hand."
I Wonder if this emplies enything? Will all the canons join in to one?
In that case I guess xeno saga happends about the same time and X happends in the future.
@@matfhjuhonestly, I’m sure a lot of people (myself
Included) have been hoping for that since the end of Future Redeemed.
makes me want to buy the world a Coke
"Pioneering the future of gaming"
THAT'S MY FUCKING GOAT
They aren't lying. Monolithsoft really are the pioneers of gaming, at least for AAA games.
@@ShahriarXV Yeah. Especially in the midst of gaming companies now looking to make a quick buck.
1:12 the way we see Xenoblade X lighting up and soaring towards its future 🥹
An uncertain future, but one I will survive to see through.
The reason why elma crossed her arms is because she's waiting for the xenoblade chronicles x remake/xenoblade chronicles X2 lmao
Lmao so true, Xenoblade X port/sequel for switch 2 pls
As she should of course.
Yup and it's gonna show up any minute... Any minute now.... Yup any minute...
We will definitely get this one for the switch
While I would love a sequel that doubles down on the stuff that worked for the first X game,I think a catch up for those new with said added features would be a nice Tech Demo.
maybe the real Zhoar was the friends we made along the way
It sure was buddy. 😊
Seeing that ending w/ Shulk & Fiora, Rex/Pyra/Mythra, Elma, and KOS-MOS look on with Noah and Mio just stirred something within me.
Damn I love this series.
Here's the game franchise that helped me get through my early adulthood.
Similar story for me, Xenoblade's been a part of my life for a good few years now
I got so giddy seeing Noah and Mio and even more giddy seeing everyone at the end.
Also, am I crazy? No term marks on Noah and Mio!
Wel spotted, didn't notice it myself! Nice to see they're free from their flameclocks!
It’s nice to see that the main trilogy characters are appearing in their post story forms. Noah and mio no term marks, short hair fiora, and pyra mythra separated. No idea about kosmos and Elma’s appearances since I haven’t played their games yet but it’s all so cool
@@Deebus The odd part about KOS-MOS is that's her Xenoblade 2 design which is basically her Xenosaga 1 design but with red trim instead of gold lol That said, it's also more of a Xenoblade tribute
@@themojogamer75 I think they’re looking at bringing saga into the canon as well and the only model the have atm for kosmos is the blade form but it’s all very interesting!
Yup also no Core on Rex's chest as well.
To walk hand in hand, just the two of us.
I love that lyric from Future Awaits!
I know they used XC 2's model, but I'm always happy to see Elma! 😢
Yes! It's great Xenoblade X got acknowledged
They used the models that are on the switch. Thats why Kos-mos and Elma are on XC2 art style
Funny they used that model in hindsight lol
I mean they showed the original on Wii and X . 😭😭😭
for XC, XC2, XC3, and XCX people who were there to enjoy those games.... Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.
Holy shit they remembered Xenosaga exists outside of KOS-MOS cameos.
They always remember, blame bandai for gatekeeping their ip
You people are a riot. I could remember a time when Xenosaga was put in the dumpster and people could've cared less and to be honest, they weren't wrong for thinking that way
25 years and a completely altered industry. It's a little sad that Fei and Ellie can't be here with the rest of the gang, but Monolithsoft's legacy is still incredible even so.
If they appeared, I would have genuinely bawled like a baby.
They kind of did with the song as it sounds very similar to small of two pieces the song at the end of xenogears ❤ it a was a subtle gesture
0:45
@@lubnaa5780 That is the song that plays at the end of the DLC chapter for XB3, and yes, it is sung by the same singer that did the ending track of Xenogears and for Episode 1 of Xenosaga - Joanne Hogg.
@@dachking6657 "Xenogears" was made BEFORE Monolith Soft was founded. That's the reason.
"It's enough to make a grown man cry, and that's ok"
That end shot with all the Xenoblade protagonists, clearly Nintendo struck a diamond mind with them compared to Bamco or Square Enix. It's so crazy to me how we got here with Operation Rainfall, now they're all localized with collector's editions with successful sequels. Crazy timeline.
It’s not crazy. This is the timeline where we seized our destiny.
It's almost like reggie was a fool for not believing in Xenoblade 1 achieving any success, and all it takes is them being in smash and the console it's on to sell for the game to sell
> all localized with collector's editions
*laughs in xenoblade 3 collectors edition*
Yeah that mess up aside it’s great we are here
@@caldera11 Not just Reggie, But Satoru Iwata as well, who outright sugessted to Takahashi to use the Xeno name scheme instead of the original Monado: Beginning of the World.
And now hoyoverse don't forget hoyoverse. Bandai namco square and now hoyoverse (miHoYo in Japan and china)
1:55 I suggest you stop staring
Good old Wii version Alvis in the background
Gotta love how this effectively confirms that the song wasnt just talking about Xenoblade's general message but was actually them reminiscing on the journey to try and finish Perfect Works. Once again, absolutely perfect song to represent the Klaus Saga.
It means so much to see Kos-mos standing with the Xenoblade cast like that. It makes me feel more than ever that Xenosaga will return and be important to the greater narritve of the series going forward.
I love that the themes of passing the dream on moving forward towards the future has been reflected in Monolith soft's journey as a company in a way.
Not trying to be rude or anything just curious: why exactly do people want all the Xeno games to be connected so much? Especially Xenosaga. I mean, I’d like to play these games but they’re so old and never re-released on newer platforms. I also… admittedly have a pretty bad PC for emulation. I would very much like to know why people love those games so much as someone who I ASSUME has played them. It’s kinda frustrating to me because it feels like I’m missing out. Anyway thanks for the input in advance!
@@nocturnal2802Xenosaga has an amazing story and characters but that suffered from the second game not having Tetsuya Takahashi and his wife, which kind of handicaped the story (especially since the team who made the game did a kinda bad game too gameplay wise, the story falls off hard on disc 2), later Xenosaga 3 happens and it's a masterpiece that ends with a beautiful but bittersweet open end that shows KOS MOS flying towards Lost Jerusalem on space.
Actually XS3 was the original plan for Xenosaga 2 and the next games would follow KOS MOS through different ages.
Basically: It's just that it would be awesome to see a conclusion to Xenosaga's storyline and see something closer to what Tetsuya Takahashi originally intended to do with Perfect Works, i also recently finished these games and while i think that they ended the story well with what they had, i really wish that i could see more of these characters somehow.
I also think that it's a wasted opportunity to not do that after Future Redeemed's radio and i really don't think that this would be bad for either game's stories, back then there were people who thought that it was a terrible idea to join Xenoblade 1 and 2 worlds and look at it now.
Xenoblade Chronicles X i wish to play it someday if they ever port it, and it looks great. Actually i think that it's more likely for them to connect the next games to X than Saga for obvious reasons
@@nocturnal2802 not a rude question at all!
Not sure if you know the irl dev lore but if not I'll give the loose cliff notes.
Xenogears didn't get spun into a full series dispite being well received. It just fell a few thousand copies short for Square Enix to green light it. So with the vision to tell the story they wanted Monolith soft formed and went off to try again with Xenosaga under Bandai Namco.
Xenosaga, was meant to be 6 games but Monolith soft was forced to wrap it up with the third game due to sales again, without spoilers the third game leaves off very open for more.
Then Monolith soft was bought by Nintendo so the idea of continuing the story was kinda out of the question.
Xenoblade 1 was never going to be localized to North America but the fans made it happen with demand, a rare win of people working together. Even then it was a well loved gem that had a very small release, so few really knew it.
The series really has been an underdog the entire run up till 2 brought in a lot of fans.
Now for the reason I at least care if to see them connected, I want to see the creators vision. I want to see the success of a team that made something special and kept that dream alive throughout all failures and obstacles. The fact that they a position where they can still refrence their old work and potentially carry it forward is a very rare circumstance and a lot of us Xenosaga fans want to see if this is the chance for the prior series to come back dispite all odds.
@@nocturnal2802 also I hear you on the frustration end of the Saga games only being on PS2 (and 1/2 on ds for Japan only) I think what a lot of folks want to see out of the latest round of openess to share the IP from Bandai is another look at porting the trilogy. Several years ago before the switch and Xenoblade 2 and 3 one of the bigwigs at Bandai Namco stated the games were reviewed and deemed not financially viable for the port or remake treatment so the fans are very vocal about it nowadays in hope that the success that Balde series has had might change the minds at Bandai Namco.
@@renren47618 yeah… these are similar sentiments I’ve seen floating around but it’s nice being told directly! Funnily enough I recently bought a Wii U so I could finally play X (but of course no Xenogears or Saga haha… 😓)
DISASTER: DAY OF CRISIS BABYYYY
The true uncrowned GOAT
Never forgive Reggie for depriving us of its glory
Oh we are so back
We are so FUCKING BACK!!
If you haven't played Baten Kaitos you're missing out
_The future is ours to decide..._
_We'll find our place in this world..._
_Our future awaits..._
Thank you, Monolithsoft, for your visions of infinite possibilities!
Heh, they even showed Disaster: Day of Crisis, I remember that game, it was pretty neat :)
Looked it up and it looks interesting, it's great to see how many different games are in this video!
Is that the one game on the Wii that never got a proper English release? Fuck,they used Dante's OG VA cause he was a Veteran of Tokusatsu like Nero and Virgil's VAs.
@@ZX-Gear It got one but only in Europe. Just like the original Xenoblade Nintendo of America didn't want to release it. Sadly Disaster never got an "Operation Rainfall"
Starting with "Xenogears", a game that was too ambitious for its time and didn't turn out the way it was expected, to then establishing this titan as a way to take what "Xenogears" tried and didn't accomplish... and ultimately accomplish the full vision of the original and then some.
Happy 25th anniversary, Monolith Soft.
Xenogears and Xenosaga both can be seen as too ambitious. Both Xenogears and Xenosaga were supposed to be 6 part stories. Gears only got 1 game, Saga was lucky to get 3.
@@jenniferhamels1176 Exactly. And then "Xenoblade Chronicles" came along to accomplish these ambitions. And sure enough, the rest is history.
It took Tetsuya Takahashi a lot of strife to achieve his ambitions, but in the end, it all paid off.
How not to get teary eyed, these are absolite peak works of fiction that will be embedded on me forever. XC2 saved me.
I hope we get a Soma Bringer remake/sequel someday. I love that game.
Welcome home xenoblade x, o how i missed you
I finished the Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy a month ago. Seeing this means so much to me now. Whatever the future holds, we will be waiting.
Whole thing gave me chills, monolithsoft is incredible
Same! Monolith is amazing!
The new announcement shows us that they have brand new remastered models of Elma, but they still used the old ones for this, I don't know why but that's so funny to me like they couldn't announce it to early by having Elma look good for the anniversary lmao
Xenoblade X acknowledged!!!
It’s time for the next step of the adventure
I'm happy they also included Baten Kaitos here as well. These guys sure know how much we love and appreciate their work.
They acknowledge X
I am praying that this could be the start of a Xenoblade Warriors game
Me too.
Thank you, Monolithsoft. For everything! May the future awaits in our time 😭👏👏👏👏
If Fei and Elly somehow made in here, even if they couldn't legally do it, that would have broke me.
0:45
If you know, you know
Fei and Elly might've killed god, but they couldn't get out of Squaresoft (Enix) purgatory. Actually kind of ironic isn't it?
I mean Xenogears was here with Joanne Hogg singing
Everything Xeno related was in this video and i love it
Thank you MonolithSoft for these games!
Elma and myself are doing the very same thing, crossing are arms and hoping not to die.....
Not anymore!
Absolute cinema. The xenoblade games hold an incredibly special hold in my heart for getting me out of the dark time of Covid and I wish the best for monolith going forward
KOS MOS was the last person they showed on screen...COINCIDENCE?! I THINK NOT!!!
XENOSAGA REMAKES ON THE SWITCH 2???
@@MaxMonado the earlier clips seemed awfully clean or at least smoother than i remember them being.
Please monolith/bandai
Well there is that blue shooting star heading to earth at the end of 3’s DLC….
there's something so heartwarming about seeing all of them together in the same shot, since as far as we've ever seen, none of them could ever have existed in the same universe for long together. not in a world that wasn't on the edge of despair, destiny creeping towards them and ready to pull them all apart the moment they all met. just the idea of shulk, rex, elma and noah all sharing a quiet, somber moment atop that hill, where the world wasn't ending, and the hands of fate didn't put them through hell yet.
Buying this company was one of Nintendos best decisions ever!
Happy birthday, Monolithsoft and thank you for making the best game ever made! (XCDE) (just my opinion)
I'm sure Nintendo is happy to have them, and I agree with Xenoblade being the best game ;)
And to think it all started once Takahashi gained more creative direction in Final fantasy 6. I'm currently going through it and i can a see lot of influence Takahashi got for his own games later. Peak cinema
His wife created and wrote Sabin and Edgar in FF6.
@@Derekuko Tetsuya Takahashi is almost like the Kentaro Miura of gaming.
Born too late to avoid a war that destroys the world.
Born too late to live the good era of the world.
But definitely not born too late to smile.
And definitely, for certain, not born too late to see the 25th years of MonolithSoft, the greatest JRPG creators of all time.
Godspeed, everyone. Let's forge our own destinies.
Man this got me in tears, its so beautiful. Thank you monolith for all the amazing experiences we got to experience and thank you max for making amazing content. Love yall
Over the last decade, Monolith has probably become my favorite team of video game developers. I can’t wait to see what the next 25 years will bring.
Is October the new Xenoblade month? We love the new content from this and XCX: Definitive Edition on the Switch!
This legit brought a tear to my eye.
Happy anniversary, Monolith Soft. Thank you for giving me one of my favorite trilogies of all time...
How appropiate that this would happen a single month after completing my full trilogy playthrough. Love these games with a passion. Thank you Monolith
Great timing, happy you love the series that much!
The song that putted an end to an entire saga with all the characters together… Yeah they are trying to make me depressed
Right? I'm so happy they made this 😭
I remember playing Xenoblade 1 on Wii and my life has never been the same. This series taught me the strength in bonds and that the future can be changed, no matter how useless it may seem. Thank you Monolithsoft!
I am so so happy that they included Kosmos and Elma in the End with their XC2 models. I am just so happy that they show us these games are still here and while there is no gurantee that a new X, an X Port, a Xenosaga Release will happen and/or when, it just makes me happy. This entire video is so beautiful. I also love how they consider the DLCs their own games because, FR and Torna are their own games, I know very few DLCs that do this so well.
Even after 25 years they still remain the most slept on video game company!
Happy Anniversary to the company that helped me get through high school!
Monolithsoft is a company I support for the rest of my life. Here's to many more games and anniversaries!
God, right in the feels
I wasn't expecting to hear The Future Awaits for a few more weeks, when I finish my replay/stream of FC for a friend I've been showing the series
One day
This day
This time
All Xenoblade Chronicles will be on the same sistem
Xenogears is sorely missed here ❤
So you're telling me there's still hope for a Disaster: Day of Crisis remaster?
This song always makes me cry. Such a great message about how you'll never know what will happen if you don't try.
This is my favourite song in the series! I love the message like you said and the songstress did a beautiful job!
Dude, this made me tear up...
Happy 25th anniversary, Monolith Soft, wish you all the best for the present and the future. Good health, happiness and lots of inspiration for all your master pieces to come. I know y'all will seize your destiny because the future doesn't belong to Zanza. It belongs to all of us 🥰
It's so cool that Namco is playing this nice with Nintendo/Monolith. KOS-MOS being part of the final line up gives me even more faith that Xenoblade 4 is going to both Xenoblade 4 and Xenosaga 4 and that just blows my mind.
Namco has a good partnership with Nintendo, they codeveloped SSB4
What is with all this business about mixing Xenoblade with Xenosaga? KOS-MOS and T-ELOS are simple cameos nothing more and nothing less
Have you played Future Redeemed. They arent even being subtle about it anymore. They straight up name drop a Saga only character and have multiple other references.
Yo, is this the first time Rex and Mio have been seen together in any capacity?
Canonically it is! Though technically you can have them in the same party on Xenoblade 3 (Rex and Shulk become heroes after you beat a certain challenge)
Yes technically, unless you count Mio as a baby in the picture 🤓
OMG you're right lol! xD AU fanfic kinda shit where Mio gets sent back in time and meets Rex and her moms during XB2. :D "WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THEY WERE LIKE THIS?!"
Outside of a still photo, yeah.
First time the gang meets Noah and Mio yeah
25th anniversary how time flies just beautiful
0:47 Really glad to see Soma Bringer represented! Supremely underrated, perhaps their best title.
This was the best birthday present ever.
-Sees the 4th bubble
Welp guess I gotta be watch the Namco x Capcom intro again for the millionth time lol
Gracias por todo. Feliz 25 aniversario 👏
I loved this, but they should really give themselves more credit for all the other games they helped out with as well
Monolith definitely deserves their credit for games like botw, though I get why they focus on the games they personally created in this video.
The main focus here seems to be Monolith’s original IPs, which is why there’s also no Super Robot Wars EF games
I just started playing Xenoblade games this year, but damn, it was the best thing that happened to me. ❤
They showed the original xenoblade chronicles. I never played it, but I played the 3DS version. I was still consider xenoblade Chronicles my favorite game of all time!!! and definitive edition I played. I have it great game amazing. Plus they showed Shulk and Fiora!!! She has short hair 😭😭😭😭.
All the mains that show in the end
Noah and Mio
Rex, Pyra, and Mythra
Elma
Shulk and Fiora
KOS-MOS
Makes me want to see a game with all of them together in one final battle.
All of this going to be relevant to the next xenoblade game where it goes back to xenosaga
Please, Mister Tetsuya Takahashi! Please! Monolith Soft has to work with Square Enix and remake Xenogears! The future is in your hands, sensei!!!
I love this series so much. This video was beautiful and I really felt it deep in my soul. It's an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for everything Monolith Soft, and here's to another 25 years of magnificence
I think the reason why Fei and Elly aren't here as to do with the fact that Xenogears was made before Monolith formed.
Beautiful video... I didn't expect new content, but that absolutely hit me in the feels. Thanks for sharing this vid! :D
Pioneering the future of gaming..
Well we all wanted to see pyra and mythra in xenoblade 3. Looks like we finally got it.
Oh man now I want xenosaga remaster/remake even more. Maybe now when they have proper founding and audience they can fullfil the original vision of the gigantic saga containing 9 parts.
Happy 25th Anniversary to Monolith Soft.
I also special mention the characters that deserved in 3D Era:
Kalas and Sagi(Baten Kaitos)
Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu(Namco X Capcom)
Welt Neugia(Soma Bringer)
Haken Browning, Kaguya Nanbu, Aschen Brodel, Aledy Naash, and Neige Hausen(Super Robot Wars Endless Frontier)
Raymond Bryce(Disaster: Day of Crisis)
Kogoro Tenzai and Mii Koryuji(Project X Zone)
I am So Happy that Xeno Characters is finally here in 3D. What a beautiful together in Monolith Soft 25th Anniversary.
I'm hoping for return of Project X Zone 3 and New Xeno Games in the near future.
I think the main guy responsible for the NxC/PxZ series left Monolith, so that series is probably over unless there’s suddenly massive demand for a fourth game. I just wish Monolith Soft Kyoto could work on an original game like they talked about years ago instead of just doing development support for Nintendo EPD titles.
Thank you Monolithsoft for making my favorite videogames you made Art here true art of gaming
Holy crap, Reiji and Xiaomu mentioned!!! Awesome to see that the Namco X Capcom/Project X Zone series isn’t forgotten.
Indeed! It's great to see almost every project they worked on!
2:18 The hypest thing i've seen this year wasn't any game, anime or movie announcement but this single moment where they included XC2 KOS MOS on this, JUST MORE 72 HOURS AND XENOSAGA BEING CANON ON THE MAIN SERIES IS HAPPENING, KEPT IT STRONG GUYS
Never stop believing, these fragments of acknowledgement of Saga in this anniversary video made me more hopeful that IT'S HAPPENING
And yeah, i want to keep on the Xenosaga Copium.
I wish they had used Old Rex and Shulk instead of their younger selves showing that this was actually something taking place Post Future Redeemed, but i understand why they didn't do that.
What's gonna happen in 72 hours? What did I miss???
@@MaxMonadoIt's an internal meme of mine.
It's just a joke about waiting endlessly for it to happen.
xenosaga is already canon to the main series, it's in the credits of Future Redeemed
@@TsukidalWe still don't know if that was just a reference like they did for X and Gears or if it actually means something
It can also mean that Xenoblade universe has similar characters to Saga characters but that are not actually them(think of Abel from Xenosaga for example), i really wish that it's THE ACTUAL Xenosaga not the Bladeverse Xenosaga if you know what i mean
Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii via Operation Rainfall was my first. So awesome!
welcome home kos-mos
This is also like the music video for future awaits
Aaaaaah!!! My hopes for Xenoblade Musou just got high!!
Can´t wait for all of the new games they are cooking. Xeno 4, Xeno x remaster, Xeno X-2, Xenogears and Xenosaga remakes. Omg. Baten Kaitos 3 would be to much for me to handle if they do that.
Monolith soft the peakest of gaming quality! this video is beatiful
"Pioneering the future of gaming"
Fans: "youre goddamn right"
Rip Cross, forgotten protagonist.
Game?
@@NateiliandThe player avatar in X
Thanks Monolith, their are wonderful !!!! 🌌🌌🌌😭😭😭🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼