<s>
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
games	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
began	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
game	O
,	O
published	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Nintendo	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
has	O
been	O
well-received	O
for	O
its	O
world	O
design	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
stories	O
,	O
and	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
has	O
been	O
represented	O
in	O
other	O
gaming	O
franchises	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
Project	B-Application
X	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
loosely	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Xeno	B-Application
metaseries	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
it	O
receives	O
its	O
namesake	O
,	O
co-created	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
within	O
the	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
series	O
uses	O
a	O
real-time	O
action-based	B-Application
battle	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
manually	O
moves	O
a	O
character	O
in	O
real-time	O
,	O
and	O
party	O
members	O
will	O
"	O
auto-attack	O
"	O
when	O
enemies	O
enter	O
their	O
attack	O
radius	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
defining	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
games	O
is	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
series	O
has	O
been	O
praised	O
and	O
highly	O
regarded	O
for	O
its	O
sheer	O
variety	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
music	O
across	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
soundtracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stories	O
are	O
largely	O
contained	O
for	O
each	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
series	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
games	O
are	O
all	O
linked	O
through	O
the	O
origin	O
of	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Klaus	O
 '	O
experiment	O
is	O
the	O
catalyst	O
for	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
numbered	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
games	O
,	O
which	O
according	O
to	O
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
,	O
ends	O
in	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
process	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
the	O
worlds	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
the	O
worlds	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
were	O
on	O
a	O
collision	O
course	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Intersection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Origin	O
failed	O
to	O
harness	O
the	O
destructive	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
collision	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
series	O
's	O
fictional	O
chronology	O
,	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
epilogue	O
,	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	O
Future	O
Connected	O
is	O
set	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
parallel	O
universe	O
,	O
occurring	O
simultaneously	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
prequel	O
,	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Torna	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Golden	I-Application
Country	I-Application
is	O
set	O
500	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
an	O
unspecified	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
depicts	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
worlds	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
downloadable	O
story	O
,	O
Future	O
Redeemed	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
prequel	O
that	O
serves	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
stories	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
games	O
do	O
not	O
share	O
any	O
setting	O
directly	O
,	O
its	O
universes	O
are	O
directly	O
linked	O
except	O
for	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
X	I-Application
which	O
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
colossal	O
titans	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Bionis	O
and	O
the	O
Mechonis	O
serve	O
as	O
the	O
setting	O
for	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
;	O
with	O
the	O
Future	O
Connected	O
epilogue	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
smaller	O
area	O
,	O
the	O
Bionis	O
's	O
shoulder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
X	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
on	O
an	O
alien	O
planet	O
known	O
as	O
Mira	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
its	O
prequel	O
Torna	B-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Golden	I-Application
Country	I-Application
take	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Alrest	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
several	O
titans	O
that	O
house	O
many	O
different	O
nations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Aionios	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
continent	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
areas	O
from	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shulk	O
and	O
Rex	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
whom	O
are	O
the	O
main	O
protagonists	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
respectively	O
,	O
are	O
set	O
to	O
reappear	O
for	O
the	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
story	O
expansion	B-Protocol
pass	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Melia	O
Antiqua	O
and	O
Nia	O
return	O
as	O
the	O
Queens	O
of	O
Keves	O
and	O
Agnus	O
in	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Cid	O
in	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Vandham	O
is	O
a	O
recurring	O
character	O
name	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
every	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
game	O
,	O
even	O
tracing	O
back	O
to	O
its	O
roots	O
in	O
earlier	O
Xeno	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jack	O
Vandham	O
,	O
Vandham	O
,	O
and	O
Guernica	O
Vandham	O
appeared	O
in	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vandham	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
version	O
in	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
that	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Colonel	O
Vangarre	O
in	O
the	O
English	O
localization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
initially	O
called	O
Monado	B-Application
:	I-Application
Beginning	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
to	O
honor	O
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
's	O
previous	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Xeno	B-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
for	O
his	O
hard	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
of	O
Europe	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
publishing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
adding	O
Chronicles	O
to	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
title	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
the	O
fans	O
launched	O
a	O
fan-campaign	O
known	O
as	O
Operation	O
Rainfall	O
to	O
convince	O
Nintendo	O
to	O
bring	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
to	O
North	O
America	O
along	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Last	I-Application
Story	I-Application
and	O
Pandora	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tower	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
Soft	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
,	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Nintendo	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
journey	O
along	O
the	O
backs	O
of	O
the	O
titans	O
,	O
they	O
unravel	O
the	O
secrets	O
of	O
a	O
powerful	O
weapon	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Monado	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
New	B-Device
Nintendo	I-Device
3DS	I-Device
as	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3D	O
,	O
and	O
remastered	O
as	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	O
Definitive	O
Edition	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3D	O
,	O
a	O
port	O
handled	O
by	O
Monster	O
Games	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
for	O
the	O
New	B-Device
Nintendo	I-Device
3DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
world	O
of	O
dying	O
titans	O
,	O
Rex	O
meets	O
the	O
living	O
weapon	O
Pyra	B-Application
and	O
promises	O
to	O
bring	O
her	O
to	O
the	O
fabled	O
paradise	O
Elysium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Torna	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Golden	I-Application
Country	I-Application
is	O
set	O
500	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Lora	O
and	O
Jin	O
fight	O
against	O
Malos	O
and	O
his	O
army	O
before	O
the	O
inevitable	O
fall	O
of	O
their	O
kingdom	O
,	O
Torna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
both	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
for	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	O
Future	O
Connected	O
is	O
set	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
story	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
remaster	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	O
Definitive	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Aionios	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
warring	O
nations	O
:	O
Keves	O
and	O
Agnus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
a	O
narrative	O
depicting	O
the	O
respective	O
futures	O
for	O
the	O
worlds	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	O
Chronicles	O
3'''s	O
fourth	O
and	O
final	O
wave	O
of	O
the	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
will	O
include	O
a	O
major	O
story	O
expansion	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
titled	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Future	O
Redeemed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
Soft	O
has	O
teased	O
that	O
the	O
volume	O
could	O
be	O
as	O
large	O
as	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Torna	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Golden	I-Application
Country	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
the	O
conclusion	O
to	O
the	O
story	O
arc	O
of	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
however	O
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
indicated	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
suggested	O
that	O
those	O
who	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
stories	O
in	O
the	O
expansion	B-Protocol
pass	I-Protocol
can	O
imagine	O
what	O
lies	O
ahead	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Series	O
director	O
Koh	O
Kojima	O
expressed	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
making	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
X2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
X	I-Application
sold	O
roughly	O
377,000	O
units	O
between	O
Japan	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
sold	O
1.42	O
million	O
copies	O
as	O
of	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
best-selling	O
title	O
ever	O
developed	O
by	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Torna	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Golden	I-Application
Country	I-Application
was	O
also	O
noted	O
for	O
surpassing	O
their	O
sales	O
expectations	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
series	O
has	O
been	O
represented	O
in	O
different	O
mediums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shulk	O
appears	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
fighter	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
for	I-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
3DS	I-Application
and	I-Application
Wii	I-Application
U	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Pyra	B-Application
and	I-Application
Mythra	I-Application
also	O
appear	O
as	O
a	O
dual	O
character	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Shulk	O
,	O
Dunban	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Rex	O
and	O
Nia	O
from	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
2	I-Application
appear	O
as	O
Mii	O
Fighter	O
costumes	O
in	O
Ultimate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Shulk	O
amiibo	B-Device
figure	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
which	O
functions	O
as	O
an	O
NPC	O
opponent	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
unlocks	O
costumes	O
based	O
on	O
Shulk	O
in	O
Yoshi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Woolly	I-Application
World	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
Maker	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fiora	B-Application
from	O
the	O
original	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
appears	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
in	O
Project	B-Application
X	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Breath	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wild	I-Application
features	O
the	O
outfit	O
worn	O
by	O
Rex	O
in	O
Xenoblade	O
Chronicles	O
2''	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Good	O
Smile	O
Company	O
has	O
released	O
several	O
figures	O
based	O
on	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
including	O
Pyra	B-Application
,	O
Mythra	B-Application
,	O
KOS-MOS	O
,	O
Melia	O
,	O
and	O
Nia	O
.	O
</s>
