<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
:	I-Application
Der	I-Application
Wille	I-Application
zur	I-Application
Macht	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
;	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
2003	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Xenosaga	O
trilogy	O
and	O
forms	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
wider	O
Xeno	B-Application
metaseries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intended	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
1998	O
video	O
game	O
Xenogears	B-Application
,	O
multiple	O
staff	O
were	O
carried	O
over	O
including	O
director	O
and	O
co-writer	O
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
,	O
co-writer	O
Soraya	O
Saga	O
,	O
character	O
designer	O
Kunihiko	O
Tanaka	O
,	O
and	O
composer	O
Yasunori	O
Mitsuda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
2005	O
overseas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
Xenosaga	O
game	O
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
an	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
which	O
aired	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
re-imagined	O
along	O
with	O
Episode	O
II	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
I	I-Application
&	I-Application
II	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
party	O
of	O
characters	O
,	O
navigating	O
them	O
through	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
environments	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
progression	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
universe	O
based	O
around	O
science	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
assisted	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
by	O
Allen	O
Ridgeley	O
,	O
and	O
during	O
her	O
time	O
on	O
the	O
Federation	O
ship	O
Woglinde	O
interacts	O
with	O
Federation	O
officers	O
Andrew	B-Application
Cherenkov	I-Application
and	O
Luis	O
Virgil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
was	O
the	O
debut	O
game	O
title	O
of	O
Japanese	O
developer	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takahashi	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
at	O
Square	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
RPG	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
six-part	O
series	O
and	O
despite	O
there	O
being	O
concept	O
work	O
for	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
left	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
project	O
while	O
Square	O
decided	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
their	O
established	O
franchises	O
such	O
as	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
his	O
departure	O
from	O
Square	O
due	O
to	O
disagreeing	O
with	O
their	O
strategy	O
,	O
Takahashi	O
searched	O
for	O
another	O
company	O
which	O
could	O
help	O
him	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
he	O
and	O
others	O
from	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
project	O
envisioned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
following	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Takahashi	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
concept	O
since	O
1999	O
,	O
intending	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Xenogears	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
a	O
remake	O
or	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
core	O
team	O
of	O
between	O
60	O
and	O
80	O
people	O
,	O
expanding	O
to	O
over	O
100	O
people	O
at	O
its	O
most	O
active	O
development	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
staff	O
,	O
twenty	O
of	O
them	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
biggest	O
issue	O
faced	O
when	O
building	O
the	O
team	O
was	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
developing	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
a	O
console	O
with	O
far	O
more	O
power	O
than	O
any	O
previous	O
console	O
they	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
improvement	O
in	O
Takahashi	O
's	O
view	O
over	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
using	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
something	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
unable	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
art	O
director	O
was	O
Yasuyuki	O
Honne	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
both	O
Xenogears	B-Application
and	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
,	O
while	O
character	O
motion	O
was	O
handled	O
by	O
Norihiro	O
Takami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
names	O
of	O
KOS-MOS	O
and	O
chaos	O
were	O
deliberate	O
plays	O
on	O
the	O
philosophical	O
concepts	O
of	O
order	O
and	O
chaos	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
,	O
tying	O
into	O
elements	O
of	O
Zen	B-Application
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
world	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2001	O
,	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
English	O
voice	O
work	O
and	O
additional	O
costumes	O
and	O
bonus	O
features	O
,	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
Reloaded	O
on	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Yasunori	O
Mitsuda	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
with	O
Takahashi	O
on	O
the	O
score	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
reached	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
sales	O
charts	O
,	O
selling	O
over	O
240,000	O
units	O
within	O
three	O
days	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
first	O
Spike	O
Video	O
Game	O
Awards	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Fantasy	O
Game	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Animation	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Knights	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Republic	I-Application
and	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
Beach	I-Application
Volleyball	I-Application
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
international	O
success	O
of	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
prompted	O
Namco	O
to	O
offer	O
developer	O
MonolithSoft	O
more	O
support	O
,	O
with	O
Namco	O
's	O
then-Vice	O
President	O
Yoichi	O
Haraguchi	O
to	O
name	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
a	O
valuable	O
development	O
partner	O
alongside	O
Namco	O
Tales	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
team	O
with	O
Takahashi	O
overseeing	O
the	O
project	O
so	O
the	O
series	O
could	O
be	O
taken	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
direction	O
by	O
younger	O
staff	O
members	O
within	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Episode	O
I	O
and	O
Episode	O
II	O
were	O
re-imagined	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
as	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
I	I-Application
&	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
I	I-Application
&	I-Application
II	I-Application
remains	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
III	I-Application
began	O
while	O
work	O
was	O
finishing	O
on	O
Episode	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
staff	O
from	O
Xenosaga	O
:	O
The	O
Animation	O
would	O
later	O
take	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
I	I-Application
&	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
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