NEW Lore and References in Ino's Quests - Xenoblade 3 DLC 

The scene where she tells Eunie to "cease and desist" is a clever reference to the fact that she is a Nintendo chatacter.

Ino’s quest made me realize why it was so hard to explain how XC2 works to my friends. Thanks, Monolith.

It's criminal that we don't get XC2 battle music when Ino is in the party after completing her ascension quest.

Tora continues to be the most important character in all of Xenoblade

I wish Ino had special dialogue when you go to the room Nia was hanging out in. During Xenoblade 2, Poppi was able to detect and find Lila because they are both artificial blades so Poppi could detect Lila's ether furnace. Since we see that Poppi is in the furnace looking thing in Nia's room and she has dialogue saying she's back when you take her there (seemingly referring to Poppi), it would've been nice if Ino said something even as simple as "huh, I detect an unknown presence" when you take her there as a reference to xenoblade 2's story and Poppi's presence.

If you take Ino out of the party and then talk to her at the caravan, she mentions her trust going up thousands of points because you talk to her. Clever.

Fun fact about Z. He is a doctor actor just like Melia. He plays a character named Banes and realizing they're played by the same person was incredibly hilarious for me

It makes perfect sense to me that the Nopon and their relationships are on the same level, to Agnian/Kevesi soldiers, as wild animals like the Armu. We see Noah realise that little Armu grow up into big Armu over time, and even if an Armu learns to talk, you aren't going to suddenly realise you're supposed to be like the weird dinosaur cow unless somebody gives you reason to think otherwise.

I like how Ino's design is heavily based on Pyra. Her swords look like Pyra's shoulder tails and she shares her design colours (green and red most prominently with a few golden accents) as well as the black part of Pyra's half of Aion.

My takeaway from this video: Nopon know what sex is and refuse to tell soldiers of Keves and Agnus

Fun fact: Ino is the only character in XC3 that has her blades visible sheathed on her back outside of combat, just like playable characters on XC2 had their weapons always visible. I thought it was a nice little touch.

18:15 the things that convince me that Ino was built or at least activated in Aionios is that she never mentions anything about having been in another world, and all the knowledge she has of Blades and Drivers seem like things she was told about by Oosoo rather than things she experienced. Plus, him telling her to not associate with humans wouldn't have made sense in Alrest. As for her having lost power in the past, I figured it was in a previous battle with the Nopon Eater that left her damaged. 18:51 another option is that she simply doesn't know about Poppi. Oosoo told her Ino was the strongest, and she believed him.

It is also to note that The Archsage of definitive edition summons you to a tomb just like the one on Bionis Shoulder. I believe that Nopon are a species brought on by the conduit as a sort of seeding the universe or colonization. The Conduit might as well be an ark made by Nopon.

I think they made another little funny reference with the cutscene of them interacting with the challenge mode portal : both Lanz and Riku get curious and investigate it, leading to the party getting teleported, and funnily enough, it was both Reyn and Tora in XC1 and XC2 that approached the portal first in their own game. It might not be intentional, but I figured it was a neat ref (although they probably should've picked Manana instead of Riku since she's from Agnus, fitting Tora more)

One funny theory I have is that maybe the reason the nopon caravans have so much freedom is because Z he's afraid of the nopon Arcsage.

Three points to make about things: - I always saw Mio's red-hair braid as a reference to Miyabi, not necessarily her connection to Noah, as her former off-seer partner has a red knot of string (albeit similar to those in the rest of the Agnus off-seer design, and in Nia's outfits in both XC2 and XC3) in the same place in her hair. Also, Mio didn't have her braid in her flashbacks including upto the end of the Colony Omega incident, making it likely Mio took up the practice after the loss of Miyabi to either honour her directly or as the embodiment of the off-seer concept. - There is another direct reference to romance/marriage before the chapter 5 reveal aside from the one in this DLC, as the Tirkin alliance fail-able quest for Colony Tau has you run into a Tirkin bride and groom to be, while the Tirking (likely father of the bride) disapproves of their union. - Also in colony Tau are the 3 Nopon "stack" (from colony 30 I believe?) who are listed as brothers, and the NPC nopon mechanic in Colony 9 reluctantly admits to being their sister if you talk to her after you meet them. In this case though, you have to free both Tau and 9 from the flame-clock so restrictions / taboos on revealing such details to soldiers probably have little weight, and the soldiers are free to be curious about these things they normally don't think about.

For people who were surprised that Noah became Ino’s Driver, remember that she’s mostly red and Noah’s signature color is red.

So what I'm getting here, Tora is a more vital character than we gave him credit for. Yeah he's kinda weird and a tad annoying but the guy literally had a major hand in creating Origin, Poppi: a ridiculously powerful blade, and most likely spawning the little devil that made Ino Well played furball

Great video, Ino's Quest was a great callback to XC2. In regards to Consul A, Ik they do exist(bc of Irma's list), but I still struggle to see how they would be portrayed in a prequel about the Founders(and is never replaced if killed), or how they would affect the main game. I'm more inclined to believe Consul A is "Aionios", rather than a certain missing character from XC1.

Ngl when I was doing her Ascension Quest, at first I totally thought that the Nopon Eater’s threat was entirely made up as a scheme to get us to collect materials for their drugs, lol

So I want to note something, Ino also has a small reference to 7 from Xenoblade 1. The weapons she use match the twin blades that 7 uses. In fact, when using Noponic Champion, Noah as a similar battle stance as 7.

The moment that the Xenoblade 2 fight theme started was the moment I heard "Don't forget me." and "Think you can take me?".

I do think this dlc actually explains how Blades in 3 work for Ouroboros. They can probably access the data of the people resting in Origin and can essentially become their driver. Kinda crazy

The other option for Ino saying Drivers and Blades WERE one in body and soul is because Drivers and Blades aren't really a thing anymore, but I like your idea as well!

Love every video you make about this absolutely glorious series/games. Keep up the incredible work my dude!

luxin, you don't know how happy I get when your videos show up on my RU-vid and they are long af. I'd never complain about your video being 36 min long since they are always a blast to watch. keep up with the great work!

Nopon being enlightened creatures or ones from a higher plane of existence is something I never knew I wanted from overall Xenoblade lore. I unironically hope they do it in the future, lol.

I've had the theory of Poppi becoming basically human or at least gaining a soul by the end of XC2. I like to think her Driver and Blade bond with Tora allowed for this. Poppi's voice becomes more human in the way she speaks and the actual tone of her voice as well as crying actual tears by the end. Perhaps that is how Poppi and maybe Ino could be stored in Origin due to gaining souls and being reborn after the collision. Obviously however, this is just a personal theory with lots of holes in it.

about the comunication of nopon, there is a quest you get at the beggining of the game that includes a nopon caravan where you have to collect diffrent types of stones (I think its red blue and green) and later its shown that these stones were used to see how close the nopon caravans want to be to the human so there is a bit of comunication between them before the DLC

19:00 I mean, it's probably story gameplay segregation, poppy qtpi was probably made, and in canon Ino is stronger, even if gameplay wise she's lackluster. Or is every time a party member is bad in gameplay canon suddenly? The xenosaga cast really fluctuates between games, didn't know that was also a story thing. And she is supposed to be weakened before the quest.

The intense whiplash I experienced swinging my head back towards my screen after hearing the words "nopon" and "lalafell" uttered in the same sentence

I'm still banking on the theory that Consul A is Aionios itself

When you're trying to watch a Luixn video but Ino's cute animations and text bubbles distract you from what he is saying making you rewind multiple times. Thanks for sharing there were a few bits I missed like the past tense bit on the phrasing and it's implications towards XC2s ending theory. Good video as always.

I'm still hoping we get a Manana/Riku Ouroboros and make them fully playable eventually.

22:45 She could also just be referring to how there are no more drivers and blades left, at least not in the XC2 sense

thank you for the video Luxin :D

32:15 Of course, we cannot definitively say that Ino is in any way related related to Poppi, but in XBC2, Poppi specifically says that she can't eat food, but she can smell, so she enjoys smelling food she is given. This suggests that Ino can indeed smell the OP Pollen Orb, maybe.

also she has green hair and says "Really? Really truly?" which is a line said by Emeralda from Xenogears (and Emeralda too has green hair... and is an artificial/synthetic humanoid entity as well, like Ino) ^^

I love that Sunny sounds like he's a 50 a day smoker. Probably partaking in his own pollen orbs too much.

Riku is 100% from Aionios. Just the fact that he has no idea Nopon can fight in the main story has to mean he is not from Bionis, since Nopon fighting there isn't something unusual

33:23 Ah yes, the kid was "well taken care of"

love your videos!

Harry on stream mentioned that he recorded, presumably, a majority of the va in earlyish 2021. I would assume this dlc for this and the subsequent ones were recorded later 2021 to early 2022 when they had planned out the final DLC content, so I assume some of the voices might sound a little different but I didnt notice much of a one in this update

I think it's worth to mention that after Noah and Ino killed the bird, Ino gets close to Noah and stares at him a long time and then Noah says "Victory is ours", right after that, in the next scene, you can see the rest of the party, and Mio looks like she is a bit jealous/upset of Ino and Noah bonding as Blade and Driver (looks like she telling Sena and Lanz about it)

the spiraling rings reminds me of the rings on the Compass at the end of Xenosaga III

i think a cool and interesting video would be analyzing all the Agnus-blooded heroes from their arts to see what elements they'd be from 2's world blade mechanics

Thanks Luxin

So the arch sage is voiced by (in English) the first protagonist and is voiced by (in japanese) the most recent antagonist? Funny that

I don't know if you missed it but they talk about the "fabled" HD cylinder as if they knew about this thing that Ino CLEARLY brought with her from Alrest. So I thought that was interesting. And I have to disagree passionately with the idea that Ino sees Noah as a brother/father figure. She says so herself that she sees him as Masterpon who she is metaphysically tied to for the remainder of her and his life. It is a bond that is specifically not familial. So her mimicking him is an indication of her connection to him, much like Pandoria was with Zeke early on in XC2.

Xenoblade 2 is king. Absolutely adore them all, though

Hm, this was a very interesting Video for an interesting DLC, kind of wish we could’ve gotten more for Ino’s Origin, but oh well. Maybe we could get more eventually.

4:17 aren’t orange and blue also the colors of Alrest and Bionis in the Queen’s Origin Exposition cutscene?

@Luxin I’m still thinking about Ino’s XC3 DLC Expansion Pass Story it was Good & quite Interesting ❤️💙💚 + I can’t wait to see what’s happening next for DLC Vol. 3: New Hero and Challenge Battles & Vol. 4: All-new Original Story scenario as Final Two Downloadable Content In Xenoblade Chronicles™️ 3.

14:40 Also X’s main cast! Did you forget the cutscene at the start of every chapter?

If Nopon are reproducing normally, it implies that when the worlds merge back together at the end of the game the same thing happens to them as to people from the City - they poof out of existence, possibly waiting to be reborn many generations down the line, never having been stored in Origin. With that in mind it makes sense why Manana's VA wouldn't have been called back - if the expansion takes place post-ending she may simply not exist. Logically Riku should be the same way, but I get the feeling there's more to him than meets the eye and he'll somehow still be around.

Man idk why I wish for a XC2 remake with 3’s QoL’s changes

really hope we get to see Tora in the story dlc

We already knew that the Nopon caravan had some sort of structure and communication because of the Nopon register quest, where they decide on their future relationship to humans through a poll. They wouldn't need that if every group would make big decisions on their own.

My favorite part about Ino is how Mio has D rank compatibility with the class. I love this because she's so jealous of her closeness to Noah that she refuses to use a class that behaves so similar to her own class. Tgat being a dual wielding Agnian style dodge tank.

It was not until now that I now know nopon arch sage is actually voiced by Addam Howden, the voice of Shulk, he sounds so different as a nopon, he clearly did a good job voicing a nopon. I knew in japanese nopon arch sage was voiced by Z voice actor, but never imagined Shulk's voice would be the same as nopon arch sage lol

Out of curiosity - Luxin, do you have any idea where Postgame Healer got the items on their back?

If Noah is Xenoblade's Fei from Xenogears. Ino is Emeralda, and I can't unsee it now.

27:27 it reminds me specifically of Skyward Sword.

One tiny detail I didn't notice until I got the DLC and got the swim suits for everyone: Taion has a core crystal in his chest. I always thought Agnus had regular humans/homs like Keves, but I guess every single human-like character you see in Agnus is actually a blade/flesh eater. Which makes so much more sense with the lore that Keves needs Power Frames to keep up with Agnus.

Does Ino show up in the end of game Z battle, if so is it on the Agnus or Keves side? just curious

this video makes sense but what item lets you draw lucky seven at the beginning

"Twice as long?" It doesn't really feel like it with luxin.. maybe I'm used to the 90 minute trailer break downs!

It never occured to me that Ino might exist in the real world because Poppi was brought to Aionios. It would be really cool to see her again if the DLC takes place after the main game!

So like if we ever get a remake of Xenoblade X do you think there's going to be a Land of Challenge added there too? Also I wonder if moebius A is supposed to be Aionios itself perhaps?

riku probably just doesn't know about the challenge mode portal because it's not canon

I'm pretty sure they don't actively have to try to get the main actors back for new pieces of content because it's mostly likely in their contracts to record for main game and dlc stuff.

Based on the very rough datamined design of the new hero I'm going to guess that she is somehow related to Moebius and is not either Keves or Agnus. She doesn't appear to have a core crystal so she's not a blade or artificial like Ino. We have 2 Moebius heroes already so I think a 3rd would be really cool and perhaps this hero's quest will be at the very end of the game and not early like Ino's. Maybe she's even a Keves and Agnus Hybrid based on the very rough colours used in the unfinished design. She doesn't seem to be referencing anything from Xenoblade 1and the closest thing I can compare her to is Meyneth/Vanea and even then that's a huge stretch. But given then Ino's quest was pretty much a walk down memory lane for Xenoblade 2... then it only makes sense that this new hero will do the same for Xenoblade 1.... I mean it obviously doesn't have to at all but it is likely the design is ridiculously unfinished and that's why we can't pinpoint any Xenoblade 1 stuff.

Future Nero here after playing all the DLC, and my conclusion on Riku is... Riku is just common garden-variety Nopon.

15:20 Soosoo can’t have been Ino’s creator, and neither can Tora. Ino isn’t horrifically sexualized enough to be their idea.

23:30 It looks like the Air Symbol from the Skylanders game.

"The terrifying idea of Tora reproducing" God I laugh so hard.

People saying that QtPi was OP, it was Tora doing all the work

It makes me wonder If normal blades can also have children, did pandy get friendzoned by Zeke?

Does Ino have an endgame animation where she joins the fight against Z like all other heroes?

Interesting

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple Nopon eater!

24:26 what are you talking about? The non-Hero Quests are clearly blue

31:36 it’s not a copy. It’s the only Lucky Seven we know exists. We see N leave it behind when he dies in the forest in front of his son. We know a person’s Blade can change to suit their preferences (and, between Taion, Eunie, and Sena in flashbacks, that changing roles and weapons is not an Ouroboros-exclusive power). Therefore, N changed his Blade to include a Replica Lucky Seven that is nowhere near as sharp. The real Lucky Seven was then presumably repainted a lighter silver before being passed down to Riku.

14:35 made me laugh so hard

I'm so glad other people noticed the "mrgrgrr" moment

If ino is mirrored by xeno 2 then the other hero would mirror xeno 1.

My headcanon is that Z was saving the Mobius A slot for Ashera. (think about it, there's already an empty S slot for most of the game, another vacant position isn't out of the question)

so is the archsage more powerful than Zanza, Malos, Amalthus, Jin, and Z, since he just barges into their worlds

The Extra-Story will feature the Noponis. No cap.

30 seconds since it was posted, I'm fast as HECK

I'm personally happy as snuff that my boy Tora might've gotten laid.

30:06 Tyrea 🤣. Her connection is weird though, she's Melia's halve sister, but not really. Basicly the Emporer of the High Entia (Sorean, Melia's father) gets 2 wives. The first consort (Yumea) who is High entia as well and the Second consort who is homs/human. Now Yumea had 2 kids, who are Kallian (Melia's halve brother) who is pure High Entia, and Tyrea. The unnamed second consort who was homs had 1 child, which is Melia herself, making Melia a halve blood of being halve homs. This was done in an effort to dilude the bloodline of the High entia enough to free them from a curse. Lorithia was the first to exploit that curse, she betrayed everyone and turned everyone into Telethia. Well most, some that were halve bloods like Melia didn't get effected. Later on we also get to know that Tyrea was a halve blood as well, so Yumea basicly cheated with a homs and got Tyrea, but Tyrea was rare and could hide this fact by being a halve blood, but with large head wings.

Lin Lee Koo as an Ascension quest boss for Ino? I'd actually like that... Maybe not for good reason, but hey.

Is archsage Alvin ? Has anyone ever thought this ?

Ino would be a great character to summarize Xenoblade Chronicles 2

7:09 been telling everyone this for years. We nopons shall take over the endless now begin the endless pon

I still think there is no personified Consul A and that Moebius A is just Aionios, since N says on multiple occasions that "Moebius is the world itself."

Yea, since Consul A isn't the Nopon Archesage, i'm guessing Consul A is MOST LIKELY Alvis. And that he will either be an important ally or the guy actually pulling the strings throughout the whole adventure.

I don't know, I've always considered things like the archsage and the fact that Shulk, Fiora and Elma appears in the land of challenge in Xeno 2 as pure non-canon fanservice (even in a quest in Xeno 2 in which Shulk, KOS-MOS and Elma are reunited it is clearly stated that "maybe someone just wanted to see them all together") Moreover [SPOILER XENOBLADE 3 FUTURE REDEEMED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I like to think that somehow the dot falling on the reunited worlds at the end of future redeemed is actually the white whale from Xenoblade X. That would even kind of explain what's "something about this planet" (although I've heard that someone thinks it's more related to Xenosaga than Xeno X, which I still have to play)

What makes you think Tora is 11? I'm really curious