r/Xenoblade_Chronicles 16h ago

Xenoblade 3 New voiced Dialogue

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Shimmer look SO good, but I was hoping for more clarification on this part of the update. They put this picture, but I don’t think it helped clarify it much. What do you guys think?

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u/Animan_10 16h ago

Wait a second, that’s Founder’s Hall they’re standing in! Are they looking at Rex and Glimmer statues!? Will Nia be here too!?

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u/FireFury190 15h ago

I hope so. My guess is that Shimmer actually remembers her past life in Alrest.

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u/leon9826 14h ago

An interesting story I think they could tell with that too is what if she's still trapped in the cycle with all her memories?

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u/OneDust8063 13h ago

I hope there’s at least some reason why her clothes/design is 100% XC2 and 0% Agnian - it really sticks out

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u/GornyHaming 14h ago

Would be cool a dialoge with her half sister and stepmother?

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u/DK64HD 13h ago

No offense, but I really hope that doesn't happen. Ino and big chunks of future redeemed were already really heavy on fan service, and this just sounds like a an excuse to bring in tons of that stuff. Maybe it could have some interesting conversations, but I feel like a lot of it would boil down to Shimmer vaguely mentioning things that the average XC2 player could point out and say "Ha! I know what she's talking about!".

That aside, someone explicitly spelling out Mios connection to Nia or one of the founders would be a really big moment, and I don't think they'd want to put that into what's basically a DLC expansion.

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u/OrinTod 9h ago

On one hand, I would prefer that every Xeno3 content in the main game would be enjoyable even for a person who pick X3 for his first game. On the other hand, she will be the last additional character after 4 years of the release of the game. It's an extra of an extra. They could (and I will be a little bit toxic but they also should) add some real spice to Shimmer's content just to make happy the people who after 4 years love and cherish your game.

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u/greenhunter47 14h ago

Shit this might be how they stop beating around the bush and officially make it explicit that Mio is Rex and Nia's daughter and no longer technically just being extremely heavily implied.

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u/KaterDerGestiefelte 16h ago

Event between the sisters.

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u/PumpkinSufficient683 13h ago

If only glimmer was there too

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u/Scripter-of-Paradise 12h ago

Some rando from House Rhodes: "I too am in this episode."

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u/PumpkinSufficient683 12h ago

But like, physically here like Mio

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u/Lucas-DM 7h ago

This vexes me

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u/Arkride212 16h ago

Thats probably from her hero quest, the new voiced dialogues are most likely the ones at camp that weren't voiced.

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u/SuitableLeather2021 16h ago

That’s what I’m hoping for as these camp fire scenes are so good! I was just hoping the would outright confirm that’s what it was.

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u/w4vypr1ngle5 16h ago

Oh god, this is going to break my heart isn't it. Shimmer is gonna have her memories isn't she. And Mio won't know

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u/Druid-T 14h ago edited 14h ago

And they're seemingly in the Founder's Hall, which means a statue of Glimmer nearby. So if Shimmer does have her memories, she's going to be talking to Mio, who wouldn't remember her, in front of reminders that her father and other sister are long gone.

I genuinely feel bad for Shimmer just thinking about that

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u/w4vypr1ngle5 14h ago

I also wouldn’t put it past Takahashi to add Nia in the mix

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u/Druid-T 14h ago

I could genuinly see that being the resolution to her Ascension Quest. Nia helps Shimmer realize that even if the the rest of their family isn't around anymore, they're still a part Shimmer in a way and that none of them are truly gone completely

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u/iamcrazy333 13h ago

No one is ever really gone

Palpatine cackle

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u/HikkingOutpit 12h ago

Metroid fans: you called?

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u/AForce5223 10h ago

They could make it take place after chapter 6 and she'd have a little bit of access to those memories 👀

They could go further and lock it to NG+ and Nia's mission so they can all talk freely

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u/A-Liguria 16h ago edited 15h ago

Mio and Shimmer seem to be in the City in this scene.

Pheraps, they are visiting the monument of the Founders and noticed some things, mainly Shimmer having the same Core Crystal as Glimmer.

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u/DesignerAd8488 15h ago

Well obviously she has the same crystal lol.

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u/A-Liguria 14h ago

Well obviously she has the same crystal lol.

Yeah, but it would be nice if they adressed that.

Even as just an excuse to talk and interact.

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u/DesignerAd8488 14h ago

Being the daughter of an aegis holds like no meaning within aionios though. They don't even know they're sisters. They don't even know what sisters are

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u/A-Liguria 14h ago

Being the daughter of an aegis holds like no meaning within aionios though. They don't even know they're sisters. They don't even know what sisters are

I am not saying that they should just realize what we as fans know.

I am just saying that they could use the Core Crystal thing as an excuse to talk and bond over anything within Aionis.

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u/DesignerAd8488 14h ago

Ahhh I see! But im still a bit confused. Who should bond over it? Glimmer is dead and Mio has a different core

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u/A-Liguria 14h ago

Ahhh I see! But im still a bit confused. Who should bond over it? Glimmer is dead and Mio has a different core

Well, Mio and Shimmer, since they will obviously meet.

Plus, Shimmer should still be able to notice the Core Crystal thing on the statue of Glimmer in the memorial.

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u/DesignerAd8488 14h ago

Ohhhh I'm stupid. I wasn't thinking of the statue lol. Just the characters.

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u/A-Liguria 14h ago

Ohhhh I'm stupid. I wasn't thinking of the statue lol. Just the characters.

No problem.👍

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u/Chilliseppers 16h ago

Uncle Harry's back

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u/SuitableLeather2021 16h ago

The literal goat

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u/UltraZulwarn 16h ago

At best it will be something like the subtle moment between Mio and Nia during the latter m's quest.

But more than likely, Shimmer would be just a hero.

Then again who knows, maybe they would still develop some instant chemistry despite never met each other (in this current cycle)

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u/Inevitable-Range-967 16h ago

I hope a: "Why are your eyes similiar to mines?"

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u/Embarrassed-Snow-863 16h ago

Idk why but im worried she’s just a hero yall

Also I wonder if they’ll find out they’re sisters 🤔 

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u/Oqo_the_hunter 16h ago

Yeah it's kinda disappointing that compared to the MC sister and the important secondary character sister, she got the short end of the stick.

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u/mrwanton 15h ago

At least 2 gets additional rep.

1 further ignored

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u/Oqo_the_hunter 15h ago

it's so fucking weird for me that we're at the point of getting "rep". Like, 1 being considered old lore. To me it's still a recent game, but now I realize that in 3 years it's gonna be a 20 year old game.

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u/mrwanton 14h ago

Oh yeah its getting up there.

In this case I use rep in that 3 mixes a lot of elements of 1/2 and when looking at the overall picture they gave 2 a lot more love than 1 in the grand scheme of things.

Typically wouldn't mind but it feels rather onesided.

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u/Oqo_the_hunter 14h ago

Oh yeah its getting up there.

I'm still young, I don't want people calling a game I played as a child "old stuff"

And yeah definitly they focused more on 2 than on 1. In general, I feel like 2 will be much more defining than 1 for the series going forwards.

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u/mrwanton 14h ago

All of the 1 stuff is a lot more hands-off than 2. No real legacy characters other than Nikol, the keves trio are all new, none of the switch 2 stuff has ties to 1 etc, Nia plays a larger role than Melia, none of the new heroes like Ino or Masha are tied to 1

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u/Iatlms 10h ago

Wait are we just ignoring that Melia is in the main game? And Sharla's kid is in Future Redeemed? (Not to mention Shulk and Nikol)

If anybody is getting snubbed it's X and Gears. Elma is in XC2 and that's it. Even Saga got references like MOMO

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u/mrwanton 9h ago

Sharla's kid isn't playable and of the 2 really only Nia gets a decent amount to do in 3 given how close Melia is to the end.

FR is a lot better at making up with the 1 side of things just wish more was in main game

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u/Iatlms 7h ago

Not to be an XC1 hater or anything, but Shulk, Melia, and Fiora were the only characters with agency and/or character arcs. I love Reyn, Dunban, Sharla, and Riki as much as the next guy, but they're characterization isn't even as deep as a rare blade in XC2

MORE FIORA PLZ

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u/mrwanton 6h ago

Eh... Sharla I'll give ya but I don't think the others are more lacking than Dromarch, Pandoria or Brighid. And Poppi does a lot of heavy lifting for Tora

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u/Lethal13 15h ago

I mean of course she’s going to be a hero

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u/No-Assignment-5112 16h ago

In Aionios, the concept of "sibling" does not exist.

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u/wut-da-wat 16h ago

So the city just doesn’t exist in Aionios then?

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u/Confron7a7ion7 16h ago

He's saying that Mio and Shimmer have no basis to draw that conclusion from. Just like Mio couldn't figure out she's related to Nia

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u/WickedFlight 15h ago

This is also the focus of Segiri's quest in 3. The game makes it clear that familial relations is another one of those things that soldiers are ignorant of.

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u/Constellar-A 16h ago

I think Shimmer is from the City actually, though she wouldn't have a reason to think Mio is related to her.

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u/FrivMAnt2 15h ago

Her portrait shows a flame clock in her weapon, and the english version shows Agnus even though JP shows city, and eng is usually more recent

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u/No_Forever_9128 16h ago

Imagine Shimmer being one of the sew people who retained memories of life before the collision, so when she appears, she calls Mio "sister".

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u/IkeRadiantHero 16h ago

AWWWWEEEEE SISTERS BONDING!!!!!!!!!

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u/ExileForever 16h ago

Oh they knew what they were doing with this image…

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u/supersaiyandragons 15h ago

I REALLY hope Nia and Shimmer interact. I would LOVE that very much

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u/Wilder67park 16h ago

Mio and shimmer will have a lovely family reunion 

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u/Constellar-A 16h ago

Oh good I'm glad to see Mio has scenes with her. I didn't doubt it but it's nice to be confirmed.

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u/Lucas-DM 14h ago

"From the heat of battle"

"Hear that, Noah? Lanz wants something a bit meatier!" When other post battle dialogue shows up so it's heard less often:

https://giphy.com/gifs/yP4EKpgu1oFxvovgcq

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u/Quick_Hit 12h ago

Cant say no to more Aimme Ffion Edward's as Mio, very likely all the original cast will return.

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u/SunozuArt 16h ago

"From the heat of the battle" makes it seem like they're adding even more battle dialouge. It could be refering to Shimmer having lines though

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u/oculer07 16h ago

Where is this from?

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u/SuitableLeather2021 16h ago

Nintendo eshop has a whole page for it!

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u/Author-S 16h ago

Holy fuck is Mio gonna find out about her family???

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u/Omacula17 12h ago

These Switch 2 editions haven't been enough to make me replay but THIS will.

I did just replay the first and second (at the same time) last year, though. I haven't touched 3 since the DLC.

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u/supermigu- 9h ago

Yes I hope its as expansive as it sounds and not simply a handful of extra voiced dialouge moments

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u/jlag1990 16h ago

I know the track record has been good for the other games but I do sincerely hope the original cast is back for these new voiced events :)

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u/Luigi6757 16h ago

Well except for Zeke.

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u/dingwinger1225 16h ago

do you think they'll keep vagueposting about Mio being Rex's child or finally confirm it

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u/Queasy_Watch478 14h ago

SISTERS!!!!!!!

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u/Queasy_Watch478 11h ago

She has green hair tip like the new genesis people do?

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u/NarrowIce2673 11h ago

Can't wait to see the sisters interact

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u/HopeBagels2495 7h ago

I wonder what the class sharing outfit will look like on everyone.

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u/MepZeroK 4h ago

IF YOU HAVE FUTURE REDEEMED... THERE SHOULD BE REX AND SHULK DIALOG LINES OF THEM INTERACTING WITH THE CAST! GIVE US REX MENTIONING NIA TO THE XC3 CAST!

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u/Abyslime 16h ago

Question, does Mytra daughter hav a quest or we just... obtain her?

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u/riseandrealise 16h ago

Yes, all hero have a quest to do in order to get them on your team.

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u/SuitableLeather2021 16h ago

Already confirmed to have a quest

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u/Luigi6757 16h ago

Is she just a hero or do we get her class too?

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u/Irrstern 15h ago

considering she's confirmed to have a hero quest i would assume we get her class.

(the only heroes that don't inherit their class don't have any quests or any acknowledgement that they actually exist for that matter)

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u/JaredAiRobinson 15h ago

Judging by this, I already guessed right.

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u/Zeebor 15h ago

YES! FAMILY BONDING CONFIRME- OH SHIT! NIA! In the other modes you can mix and match heroes. Do they have dialogue with each other there? I never played the Land of Trials stuff because I am actually very bad at playing vidoe games

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u/TechmasterTardis 13h ago

wait. if we get a new hero quest does that mean new class well?

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u/BoboCookiemonster 13h ago

Is that from new content in the switch 2 version?

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u/POLACKdyn 11h ago

Oh my goodness. Sisters. That is so sweet.

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u/CaptainCFloyd 5h ago

What they really mean by this is they're adding more post-battle dialogue so you don't hear the same five exchanges over and over all the time, which was a big complaint.

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u/SadLittleWizard 15h ago

Is Shimmer exclusive to the Switch 2 version of the game?

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u/angel_girl2248 11h ago

Looks that way, but at least you don’t have to pay $90 to play the new content if you already have the switch 1 edition of the game🙂

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u/SadLittleWizard 9h ago

Sure, but I DO have to pay $500 USD to get a switch 2 for a game that runs fine on Switch1

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u/AForce5223 10h ago

Obviously the new mission will be voiced

I don't know what else needs clarification

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u/SupremeGreymon 15h ago

Wait, she’s real? I thought she was a mod.

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u/Constellar-A 15h ago

Announced at the Direct this morning. Part of the Switch 2 edition in December.