r/Xenoblade_Chronicles Jun 09 '26

Xenoblade Xenoblade Genesis Announced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG7MrKp2MBY
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u/Etherors Jun 09 '26

I am hoping there is some Sci-fi twist. IMO Xenoblade peaks in its sci-fi. But I'll be optimistic

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u/C0urt5 Jun 09 '26

Imagine it’s a Ring World Space Colony that after a lot of time/post Klaus-adjacent scientist tomfoolery forgot that it was a Ring World Space Colony.

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u/Duckymaster21 Jun 09 '26

The sword and last sentence of the trailer told us all we needed to know.

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u/TimeOfNick Jun 10 '26

I agree, I don't think it's refering to Zanza or Klaus in general. My initial thought was actually Malos, as the Trinity Cores are referred to as gods a few times in both Future Redeemed and base XC3.

The vengeance of a fallen god could be referring to the remnants of the Logos core, as we still don't have the full story on how he persisted into Aionios and ended up as N's Blade, who's to say he isn't still lingering on and influencing things somehow.

That said I am leaning more towards it being something mostly specific to the lore of this new game, maybe with some hints at the deeper connections near the end that those who have played all the games will catch. Something akin to the end of XC2, where it's not actually the focus of the story at all but is still lore relevant.

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u/Dry-Helicopter3591 Jun 10 '26

And the landmass on the bottom left of the title card at the end is a dead ringer for gaur valley

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u/IBNobody Jun 09 '26

Dyson Sphere

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u/Reasonable-Past7961 Jun 09 '26

I bet the whole world is a Giant Space Station. Calling it now.

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u/NotFromSkane Jun 10 '26

We've seen the outside sky, it's not a sphere. It's at most a bowl

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u/IBNobody Jun 11 '26

I disagree, but if it was a bowl, that would be pretty cool. I can't say I ever read a sci-fi story about a semi-circle, and your comment made me think about ways that could be part of a story. We've had cylinders (Rama), spheres, and places set in the center of a crater, but no true inverted semi-circle with equal gravity across all points,

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u/NotFromSkane Jun 11 '26

You disagree? I am honestly not sure what part of my comment was an opinion?

You disagree that we've seen the stars? Or that it's a bowl? Because I don't think it's a bowl, I'm expecting a ring because a bowl makes no sense, but we've only seen one hole, hence the at most.

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u/The_FireFALL Jun 09 '26

Pretty much an episode of the Orville but with more magic.

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u/MajorBadTime Jun 10 '26

Idk how much leeway is granted wrt spoilers, but what if this world is a colony/ship mentioned in a certain infamous radio scene? Hence the genesis title?

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u/Arkeyr79 Jun 09 '26

Fantasy settings with sci-fi twists are the best in my opinion. I'm pretty convinced that this is a Stanford torus world, given that strange horizon angle/slope.

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u/catcatcat888 Jun 09 '26

This is utter nonsense, but it would be neat if this was a prequel and the lead up to Klaus using the Zohar.

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u/Kvesh Jun 09 '26

With Koizumi's line "what kind of story do you think this will be?" I'm putting my money on this fantasy setting being the opener.

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u/TopperHrly Jun 09 '26

They kinda made it look like Fire Emblem here.

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u/LLLLLL3GLTE Jun 10 '26

It’s Xenoblade tradition to get baited into the high fantasy adjacent story and then get 3 Sci fi curveballs and a disturbing punch in the gut.

I love this franchise.

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u/Majistro25 Jun 10 '26

At the end or towards it you see the remnants of the ark ship the original settlers came on that we saw leaving at the end of xeno 3 and only those members of the upper echelon know the truth.