<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jenseits	I-Application
von	I-Application
Gut	I-Application
und	I-Application
Böse	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2004	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Xenosaga	O
trilogy	O
,	O
and	O
forms	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
wider	O
Xeno	B-Application
metaseries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
sees	O
protagonists	O
Shion	O
Uzuki	O
and	O
Jr.	O
continuing	O
to	O
combat	O
the	O
plots	O
of	O
the	O
U-TIC	O
Organization	O
and	O
the	O
insane	O
Albedo	O
Piazzolla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
began	O
following	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Episode	O
I	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
planned	O
Xenosaga	O
narrative	O
by	O
Takahashi	O
and	O
Saga	O
was	O
made	O
into	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
:	I-Application
Pied	I-Application
Piper	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
remade	O
along	O
with	O
Episode	O
I	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>
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>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	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
that	O
expands	O
during	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	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>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
universe	O
based	O
around	O
science	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
Zohar	O
can	O
be	O
retrieved	O
,	O
a	O
massive	O
ship	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Abel	B-Application
's	I-Application
Ark	I-Application
"	O
appears	O
and	O
absorbs	O
the	O
Zohar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
subtitle	O
is	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
native	O
title	O
of	O
Beyond	B-Application
Good	I-Application
and	I-Application
Evil	I-Application
,	O
a	O
novel	O
written	O
by	O
German	O
philosopher	O
Friedrich	O
Nietzsche	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2003	O
during	O
a	O
special	O
event	O
dedicated	O
to	O
the	O
productions	O
of	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
alongside	O
the	O
international	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
Reloaded	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
new	O
title	O
Baten	B-Application
Kaitos	I-Application
:	I-Application
Eternal	I-Application
Wings	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Ocean	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dubbing	O
was	O
handled	O
by	O
Cup	O
of	O
Tea	O
Productions	O
;	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
very	O
first	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
for	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Yuki	O
Kajiura	O
and	O
Shinji	O
Hosoe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hosoe	O
,	O
whose	O
previous	O
work	O
included	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
EX	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
series	O
,	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
greatly	O
restrict	O
his	O
compositions	O
 '	O
quality	O
due	O
to	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
limited	O
sound	O
hardware	O
on	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
reached	O
second	O
place	O
in	O
gaming	O
charts	O
,	O
selling	O
around	O
186,000	O
units	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>
A	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
planned	O
narrative	O
for	O
Episode	O
II	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
:	I-Application
Pied	I-Application
Piper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Episode	O
II	O
and	O
Episode	O
I	O
were	O
remade	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>
Both	O
Pied	O
Piper	O
and	O
Xenosaga	B-Application
I	I-Application
&	I-Application
II	I-Application
remain	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
