History VideoGame / XenobladeChronicles2

* GameplayProtagonistStoryProtagonist: From a gameplay standpoint, the game is about Rex using the fabled Aegis Sword to get to Elysium. Said sword's human forms, Pyra and Mythra, are the characters everyone is making a big deal out of, hold the knowledge to bring people to Elysium, and receive far more character development, in growing from [[spoiler:being suicidal from their past actions and using the pretense of leading humanity to paradise to get to Elysium, to learning to appreciate their life and the people around them.]]

** Likewise, the progression through the three swords mirrors the progression of Fei through Weltall to Weltall-2 and finally the Xenogears.

** [[spoiler:Pneuma]] is the Blade equivalent of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''' titular mech, including their position with respect to the game's title (substituting "Gear" for "Blade") visual elements such as prominent white fins in the back, and is unlocked the same way [[spoiler:once Pyra (an {{Expy}} of Id) and Mythra (an {{Expy}} of Fei) are able to merge their personalities together]].

** Judicium and [[spoiler:Morytha]] are nods to ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''' Zeboim civilization, an ancient and vastly technologically advanced society that long preceded both the heroes' current society and the past generation of heroes who corresponded to the Shevat-Solaris war]].

** The [[spoiler:Saviorite Rebels from Klaus's time]] are referred to as the Salvators in Japanese, after the political organization controlled by Dmitri Yuriev in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''. It is also mentioned in background details for the Siren action figure release that the Conduit was a mysterious advanced artifact found in Africa, just like the Zohar in the backstory to ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', and that it is made of Magnetic Abnormal Matter, just like the Zohar in ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.

** The [[spoiler:Saviorite Rebels from Klaus's time]] are referred to as the Salvators in Japanese, after the political organization controlled by Dmitri Yuriev in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''.

** The Japanese dub has Creator/TakahiroSakurai as the voice of Jin; a lighthaired swordsman, who has a DarkAndTroubledPast, [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie was unable to save a woman important to him]],]], and designed by Creator/TetsuyaNomura. In other words, a very blatant [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] expy, albeit sharing some traits with [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Grahf]].]]

** In a shorter example, when boarding the Ardainian 's ship Rex needs Poppi's help to lift up Pyra using his grappling hook. After they escape, Rex and Poppi use the hookshot again, this time to topple the water tank on Brighid.

** Buying these deeds gives all your characters very useful and permanent passive buffs, such as increasing your running speed and item drop rates. The shopkeepers' dialogue will change to reflect the fact that you are now their boss. Lastly, [[HundredPercentAdorationRating many NPCs will thank your party personally]] for singlehandedly stopping the decline of the global economy.

The game is followed up by ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', which connects the futures of this game and the first installment.

*** [[spoiler:VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed would reveal who is the leader of the Saviorite rebels is. The person who is responsible for the Saviorites, and by extension, indirectly responsible for everything that happened in the greater ''Xenoblade'' universe, is '''''[[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Dmitri Yuriev]]''''']]

** The [[spoiler:Saviorite Rebels from Klaus's time]] are referred to as the Salvators in Japanese, after the political organization controlled by Dmitri Yuriev ''VideoGame/Xenosaga''.

* WaterTowerDown: The heroes drop a water tower in Torigoth in order to deal with the powerful Fire-element Blade Brighid. Unfortunately, the also fire-based Pyra is seemingly unaffected, hinting that she is not really fire-powered. {{Deconstructed}} when it's pointed out that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero destroying the city's primary water tower has serious repercussions]]; the crop fields are flooded, and even once that is dealt with, the farmers have a lot of trouble watering their fields. People complain about it for the entire rest of the game.

* WaterTowerDown: Outmatched by Mòrag and Brighid, the heroes neutralize the fire-based blade by tearing down a water tower to drown the area. Two other things happen as a result:
** The also fire-based Pyra is seemingly unaffected, hinting that she is not really fire-powered.
** Later on, the heroes have to deal with the fallout [[WhatTheHellHero from their act of vandalism]].

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: As the ending demonstrates, [[spoiler:the World Tree was going to collapse soon and destroy life on Alrest. If Malos hadn't tried to get his hands on the other Aegis, Rex would have just remained an ordinary salvager and Pyra would have remained deep under the Cloud Sea, effectively guaranteeing that life on Alrest would end--though to be fair to Malos, he had no way of knowing that. Amalthus by extension would've never figured this out either, so if he had never awakened Malos or gave Jin motivation to end the world the world would've been destroyed soon anyway, acomplishing his goal.]]

* TheFourGods: Directly alluded to in the Japanese names for Azurda (Seiryu), Dromarch (Byakko), Roc (Suzaku), and the von Genbu family.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: As the ending demonstrates, [[spoiler:the World Tree was going to collapse soon and destroy life on Alrest. If Malos hadn't tried to get his hands on the other Aegis, Rex would have just remained an ordinary salvager and Pyra would have remained deep under the Cloud Sea, effectively guaranteeing that life on Alrest would end--though to be fair to Malos, he had no way of knowing that.]]

->''Amongst the mist I see a stretching path.\\
Reaches out so far.\\
Beyond what I can see.\\
How far would I be walking till I reach the end?\\

-->-- '''Drifting Soul'''

* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler:In Japanese, Amalthus is voiced by Creator/JunichiSuwabe - and this isn't his first turn as a SinisterMinister who watched his mother die when he was a child and is the villain of an EasternRolePlayingGame, lest one forget about Seymour Guado from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''.]]