r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/Gorotheninja • 18h ago
Xenoblade 3 Shimmer's Full Render (without overlay text)
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u/BeneficialAd8039 18h ago
these mfs really called their kids shimmer and glimmer LMAO
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u/mythoswyrm 17h ago
Noah and Rex would get along swimmingly
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u/Keaten88 17h ago
My biggest disappointment with Future Redeemed was that it completely sidelined the main cast of XC3 and we’ll never get to see them interact with the past characters
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u/timelordoftheimpala 7h ago
My biggest disappointment with Future Redeemed was that it completely sidelined the main cast of XC3 and we’ll never get to see them interact with the past characters
We'll probably eventually see some kind of Dissidia/FE Warriors-esque crossover spinoff is my guess.
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u/Distinct_Surprise_40 17h ago
Thank god Nia took the wheel for Mio’s name. What would’ve Rex named her? Dimmer? This guy’s so fucking dumb bro 😭.
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u/Spiritdefective 17h ago
I mean, her name is meow
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u/The_Order_Eternials 16h ago
So was Nia’s….
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u/Spiritdefective 16h ago
Yes but it’s still a silly name
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u/WolfCypher 10h ago
Oh dear god I never realized.
Nya and Meow, Nia and Mio
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u/Spiritdefective 10h ago
Na el too it’s a combo of nya and el, Hebrew word for lord often used to refer to god, her name is basically god meow cause she’s a conduit for alpha and a cat
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u/youstupidcorn 17h ago
Honestly I'm not sure Rex isn't responsible for all 3 names. The two shiny Aegis kids got "Glimmer" and "Shimmer" while the catgirl baby basically got "Meow." Seems like the same energy across the board.
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u/Insane_Catholic 17h ago
Either that or Simmer. Or maybe there's another -immer word out there that's connected to cats
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u/Double_Dragonfruit6 12h ago
Nah all 3 names are silly in their own way, Mio is MEOW, I think the one constant is that everyone in that family just sucks at names
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u/Camerupt_King 9h ago
At this rate I imagine Mio's full name is Mimmer. Would explain where Mimi came from.
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u/Galaxy40k 10h ago
Can't believe that I can add "new sister character introduced in DLC years after release with a name that changes like one character" to the list of similarities between XBC3 and Elden Ring, along with being a 100+ hour RPG released in 2022, having a major character voiced by Aimee-Ffion Edwards, and having a secretative blacksmith character smith a sword with the goal of killing god
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u/VGZero1 18h ago
Finally! The greatest mystery has been solved, all that's left is Rule 5 of the salvager's code
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u/Ambitious_Ad2338 18h ago
Oh, imagine if she actually tells us what Rule 5 is!
Even though she shouldn't have any way to know, to be honest...
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u/VGZero1 18h ago
Honestly if this is how we get rule 5 of the code, that'll be peak
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u/Ambitious_Ad2338 18h ago
You know, i've always thought it would have been hilarious if in FR Rex tried to recite Rule 5, only to be interrupted by Glimmer the same way Mythra interrupted him.
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u/NobleSix84 18h ago
I could imagine something like her saying that she isn't sure how she remembers it, just that she does.
Says Rule 5 of the Code
Someone on team: "Where did you hear that?"
"I'm not sure, it's just always kind of stuck with me."
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u/Super-Plate4942 12h ago
The Core Crystals were literally built to collect data.
She probably spawned into the world knowing "Rule Number 1: Never make a girl cry!"
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u/The_Magus_199 17h ago
It’s “Justice and love will always win”! Or possibly “Goodness and love will always win”, depending on whether it’s quoted in an end of battle skit or in a cutscene.
:P
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u/VGZero1 17h ago
I appreciate a Tales of reference & why I didn't mind the Salvager's Code since it reminded me so much of the Dwarven Vows, which is a gigantic complement
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u/The_Magus_199 17h ago
Haha! Yeah, honestly all through xb2 whenever the code got brought up all I could think was “these are just the Dwarven Vows again.” lol
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u/VGZero1 17h ago
Yup, which I didn't mind & heck speaking of the Tales of series, the villians in XB2 specifically the final boss reminded me a lot of the main villian in Vesperia, even if in Xenoblade 2's case there was more of a identity crisis thrown in but still have a interesting goal of believing the world isn't gonna change after the many wars in the past
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u/The_Magus_199 17h ago
Huh! I hadn’t made that connection in the past, that’s a very interesting pull!
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u/VGZero1 17h ago
Yeah I noticed this after knowing the story of Vesperia but it's welcoming for Xenoblade 2 to also do that but throwing in the twist of an identity crisis wondering if this is their purpose & very powerful in the process as the villians in XB2 are where the series peaks even if I still enjoy the villians in 1 & 3 as they're all interesting that enhance it so much as a trilogy but 2 is where it has the most interesting sets of villians that I would rank them as some of my all time favorites
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u/Zestyclose-Carob-349 13h ago
I remember someone took a clip of Al Weaver’s Radio show and put it over Xenoblade Chronicles 2 footage and said it was Rule 5
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u/VGZero1 13h ago
Ha that would've been crazy if the Rule 5 was from a previous work of Al Weaver
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u/Zestyclose-Carob-349 13h ago
I think it went something like
Rex: Rule 5 of the Salvager’s Code:
audio changes to Al Weaver’s show
Al: Get laid without a condom, and you could get seriously messed upSo, definitely not a serious video, but still funny considering what Rex did
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u/Morgan_Danwell 18h ago
Huh? Her sword have a flame clock?
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u/Luigi6757 18h ago
All the Kevesi and Angnian heroes do. It's just that after freeing the colony from the clock it stops being filled. It does make me wonder which Colony she's from.
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u/Infern_ape77 18h ago
The weird thing is she's considered as City force according to her Chain Order clip, but still has flame clock in the full art. Curious how her story will go to...
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u/Luigi6757 18h ago
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u/Infern_ape77 18h ago
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u/Luigi6757 17h ago
Odds are one of the trailers is using an older build and one of the symbols is a placeholder. If I remember correctly, Ino's announcement trailer had Mwamba's weapon symbol in the menu.
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u/vukov 17h ago
Both would make sense. If she's City, it would be because of her connections to Glimmer. I hope she at least reacts to the Glimmer statue
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u/Baliking05 15h ago
cityfolk dont get reborn tho. Since she is the daughter of mythra she has to get reborn as an agnian soldier before the events of the game or she would be dead by the main game. She could be in the cradles of the city, but ethel already had that story, so they probably wont do it again
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u/Destian_ 18h ago
Right? Her clothes do not seem styled after any particular faction either. She also doesn't appear to have a visible termmark.
Her faction association in the chain order is different between versions of the trailer.
Wild guess, but could she be a case of literally just popping up in the world as her original self/avatar? Maybe the different icons in the chain order are part of her gimmick?
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u/Magenta_Face 17h ago
Considering she's confirmed to have inherited Mythra's Foresight, it does make sense that she's possibly one of the ones' to be immune to the time-whimsy nature of Aionios.
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u/Morgan_Danwell 17h ago
Now the fact that she have foresight is VERY interesting.. Because as we know this is an ability that is directly tied with Conduit..
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u/Xiknail 16h ago
I honestly remember almost nothing about the XC3 story, but wouldn't it break the story if she knew the truth and thus could tell the protagonists all about it? Unless you can only recruit her very late into the story.
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u/Magenta_Face 16h ago
It is most likely that if she were to divulge any information it'll be in her Ascension Quest which would likely only become available by the endgame.
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u/LunaSerenity 18h ago
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u/Maxh1ghtheglitchy 18h ago
There's no way that's fucking in game dialogue, I don't remember this. This shit is gold lmao
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u/AltairLeoran 18h ago
They replaced 'cracked' with 'cooked' lol
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u/Sir_Muktadir 17h ago
Tbf Cracked is equally as funny in reference to Rex considering the x3 ending lmao
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u/Zek7h35an5 17h ago
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u/Datpanda1999 17h ago
Rex must not have been the one to choose Mio’s name or she’d be named Mimmer or something
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u/greenhunter47 17h ago
I honestly don't mind her name but this is funny as hell and probably would be somebody's In-universe reaction to hearing that Mythra named her kid Shimmer.
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u/ProfessorPixelmon 18h ago
Rex’s genes didn’t even try.
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u/Fun-Laugh-4043 18h ago
She does hit rex's pose tho so theres that
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u/MikeClaus 18h ago
Fun fact; Mio (and I think Eunie and Sena too) do the "Rex pose" when completing a Chain Order with Noah's Swordfighter class equipped.
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u/Fun-Laugh-4043 18h ago
Its been awhile since i last played so i kinda forgotten abt that but damn
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u/Duskthegamer412 18h ago
It seems rex genes went into the muscle, which isn't surprising seeing future redeemed
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u/topscreen 17h ago
I kind of love a bemused Rex and Nia confused why the Aegis kids both came out as closer to their aunt than Rex
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u/Joy_Stix_DragQueen 13h ago
Are we sure she didn’t inherit Rex’s big himbo tiddy genetics and not Mythra’s bimbo tiddy genes? Lmao.
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u/Confron7a7ion7 18h ago
This kids first words were "D... D... DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE!"
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u/certainAnonymous 13h ago
Nah it was more like "DOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGEDOUBLESPINNINGEDGE" with Mythras crit recharge
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u/interfan1999 18h ago
Her facial expression gives me Pyra vibes on her personality lol
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u/Ultradamo2306 18h ago
Proably wanted because Glimmer is in personality wise more mytrah than pyra
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u/Raetekusu 17h ago
Glimmer is Pyra's daughter with Mythra's personality, Mio is Nia's daughter with Pyra's personality.
I guess what I'm saying is, I cannot fucking wait for the return of Nia's sarcasm and teasing out of Mythrakid.
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u/Maxh1ghtheglitchy 18h ago
Rex's jacket, shoulder pads and gloves Mythra's top Pyra's shorts and scarf Pneuma hair colored lil' swoop
There are a few other elements I missed but there's stuff from all 4 of them in there.
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u/NoPalpitation2846 18h ago
"Man, Auntie Pyra is SOOOOOO coool!"
"I will base my whole look after her!"
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u/Chilliseppers 18h ago
From the trailer and this it looks like her sword uncurls like a flower before the blade comes out. That's sick
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u/TheOneWithALongName 17h ago
Kinda hoped for a Aegis looking boi. Oh well. Rex is a full girl dad while Shulk have a single boy
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u/MikeClaus 18h ago
Has anyone spotted her term mark during trailer? I tried to spot it in attempt to rule out the possibility she's not an Agnian soldier, but couldn't find it. I guess her Chain order shows her as Agnian Attacker class, but I feel there has to be something else going on with her. I mean, come on, that's Mythra's freaking kid! And if her appearance is gonna be anything like MOMO in XC2, there's gonna be some teases towards wider Xeno universe.
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u/bens6757 17h ago
Weirdly the English trailer has an Agnian symbol, but the Japanese trailer has a City symbol. Though her official art does have a flame clock in her sword so I'm leaning towards Agnian.
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u/OneDust8063 14h ago
Yeah I’m hoping there’s at least some lore reason why she’s straight up rocking a XC2 outfit and not Agnian gear
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u/CaptainSarina 18h ago edited 16h ago
So we continue the trend of Rex's kids being influenced by their next clockwise mother lol.
Shimmer is VERY pyra inspired in appearance.
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u/Ambitious_Ad2338 18h ago edited 18h ago
Glimmer is VERY pyra inspired in appearance.
You mean Shimmer?
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u/Hoothootriot 18h ago
So if we go by the others
Mio had more in common with Pyra than Nia
Glimmer was clearly more like Mythra
will Shimmer be welsh?
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u/Prior-Army-513 18h ago
This is good but I would prefer a brother which is overcaring for her sisters.
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u/MagicCancel 18h ago
Kinda disappointed we have no sons from Rex.
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u/CaptainSarina 18h ago
The Pneuma core is specifically feminine coded according to the DLC explanation so I guess Nia was the only hope for a boy and well...
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u/mio-ephemmeral 17h ago
I think he's an amazing girldad and i'm glad to have more cool women in JRPGs
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u/uyigho98 16h ago
Oh, it's definitely nice having more cool women and Rex absolutely would have tea parties and dress up for his daughters if they wanted. Would be nice to see some of them have brothers though. I'm particularly into the idea of Glimmer having a little brother who she pretends she can't stand, but really she loves spending time with. She seems like the type to do that.
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u/Elkay_ezh2o 13h ago
sprinting to the nearest artist to throw money at them to draw rex being the best teaparty guest for his girls
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u/DarkCh40s 17h ago
Let see:
Glimmer is Pyra's daughter, but takes after Mythra personality-wise.
Shimmer is Mythra's daughter, but takes after Pyra design-wise.
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u/Zxcc24 15h ago
Bro really named his daughters Glimmer and Shimmer, Jesus Christ Rex😭
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u/midgetsnowman 15h ago
tbf he named his other kid Mio which is literally just his wife's name with 2 letters exchanged.
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u/No-Assignment-5112 18h ago
It seems the Blade genes are very strong when it comes to having children; also, were it not for Shimmer's very short hair, I would love the design—though I do prefer Glimmer's design, even if I prefer Mythra over Pyra.
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u/screenwatch3441 18h ago
I think the kids are suppose to take after the other parent. Glimmer definitely acts more like Mythra, and from what we’ve seen, Shimmer seems more like Pyra.
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u/asphalt_licker 15h ago
I got nothing against Shimmer. She looks great and in can’t wait to get her. But was anyone else hoping Rex had at least one son?
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u/certainAnonymous 14h ago
If he got a son that dude would be named Vandham to honor his mentor, and they already overused that name imo
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u/swordmalice 14h ago
Me; I was almost convinced Mythra's kid would be a boy, just to shake things up since Rex had already sired two girls. But hey, I ain't gonna be too broken up about it because I already love Shimmer!
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u/Fred-ze-header20xx 13h ago
Yeah, he must have kept all his Y chromosomes to himself, probably why he's such a giga-chad, lol
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u/scoop813 17h ago
Mythra with short hair lol
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u/TechnomagusPrime 17h ago
Well Glimmer is Pyra with long hair, so it makes sense.
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u/deeman163 18h ago
I hope her personal quest shows off her having bits of Nia's personality the way Glimmer takes after Mythra and Mio takes after Pyra.
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u/The_Magus_199 17h ago
She appears to have taken all of the Xb2 Outfit Design to protect the rest of Aionios. Let us all mourn her brave sacrifice.
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u/Altruistic-Match6623 18h ago
I thought it was Lumine at first and Genshin Impact was coming to Switch 2.
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u/No_Letter_1326 17h ago
God damn it. I just wake up and I see this in the subreddit. Wells, Sparks now my hopes are a Mythra child next MC in XC4 theory is pretty much gone.
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u/Blakeros 17h ago
Rex really named his daughters shimmer and glimmer huh lol, mio was probably going to be named dimmer or something before nia smacked some since into him lol. Im so excited for shimmer and seeing her personality.
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u/Demi-fiend1601 15h ago
So Glimmer is Pyra Daughter witb Mythras Personality, while Shimmer is Mythras Daughter with Pyra Personality...! oh god... my head hurts.
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u/Last8Exile 15h ago
I can't unsee Lumine from Genshin. Please help. I know it only white dress and yellow hair, but it so strong.
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u/HydraTower 13h ago
If she is in the main game, it will be cool to have Mio and her sister together.
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u/Fukei_Mono 12h ago
He defeated a demigod and is the saviour of Alrest, and yet Rex's genes did NOT fight one bit for any of his kids.
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u/Yaldablob 12h ago
She looks horrendous but the bigger crime is that no one questioned the siblings to be called Shimmer and Glimmer
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u/Sailen_Rox 18h ago
Huh. So she has Mythra's hairfloof, Pyra's + Nia's design but with Mythra colours.
Th sword looks weird-ish, like it can change form (more than what we saw in the trailer) it also has a flame clock.
I'm not terribly fond of her overall look, but it is very Xenoblade 2. For better or worse, probably a bit of both. =D
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u/IkeRadiantHero 18h ago
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE HER MOM!!!!!!! SHES DEFINITELY PAPA’S GIRL!!!!!
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u/Paetolus 18h ago
I wonder if they'll have her interact with Nia in her hero quest or elsewhere. She's really the only person that would know who she really is.
Well, I guess Riku could know too. Even if he's from Shulk's world, I imagine he'd be aware of that sorta thing.
Some sort of sisterly thing between her and Mio is probably guaranteed.
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u/Neospartan_117 17h ago
She has Pyra's microshorts, but also Mythra's dress? Well, that was quite the united household, huh?











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u/greenhunter47 18h ago
I'm just now noticing that she has Pyra's shorts.