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, Thu 29 Mar 23:11
The link below says it all... rejoice, kids.
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2702907,00.html
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| | "Additional Data" , Sat 31 Mar 12:33
IGN.com finally added mention of Xenosaga to it's page. It seems that the cinema shown at the Namco booth had *all* sorts of interesting, very familiar terminology in it..
And the date 20XX...
One possible solution to the copyright problem? Go back to the beginning and develop a different way to get to the Xenogears scenario...
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| | | "Re(1):Additional Data" , Sat 31 Mar 19:28:
Episode 1 ?!
T.C. 4775 ?!
The background music in the MPEG movie closely resembles the "Alpha and Omega" & "One Who Bare Fangs at God" tracks!!
AWESOME. Folks, it looks like we have a prequel to Xenogears, yes indeedy.
I guess Takahashi-san is taking his Director's Comment in PW into account; that Xenogears was supposed to be a trilogy consisting of Episode 1, Episode 5 and Episode 6. Episodes 2, 3 and 4 are to be made into 'novelized fiction'.
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| | | "Re(2):Additional Data" , Sat 31 Mar 21:52
It's a grand time to be a Xenofan, is it not? We've been given our hope back.
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| | | "Re(3):Additional Data" , Sun 1 Apr 04:26:
It certainly is. I've been able to decipher some of the text from that movie:
System NATARAJA
Column
20XX Christian Era
Surface reason
Federations of States
4 expeditions?
Unknown Object
"Land speculation"
Dammit, if the video was more clearer. All in all, VERY INTERESTING.
The fact that T.C. 4775 was clearly shown, along with EPISODE 1 is more than enough to convince me that Xenosaga has direct relations to Xenogears (rather than a 'sequelness' disguise), despite popular denouncement of such a claim. Time to get a PS2.
EPISODE 1
20XX Christian Era
T.C. 4775
(But T.C. 4775 somewhat contradicts the info in PW... the last T.C. era was 4767 -- UNLESS... 4775 pertains to Neo Jerusalem!?!)
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| | | "Re(4):Additional Data" , Sun 1 Apr 08:39
I am reminded of a converastion that appeared on Saga's website between a pair of androids discussing what it meant to be a servant of humanity.. as Guardian Angels as it were...
Now, of course, Mrs Saga has taken most of the things off of her website as of March 1, so I can't really call up the exact line, and it's quite possible that the plot has gon through several evolutions since then.
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| | "Re(1):Project X's True Title Revealed At TGS" , Fri 30 Mar 11:56:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't care if it's bad or if it is just stealing a title. I just want to feel like I did when I heard there was a FF3 for Super Nintendo when I didn't know FF was a series and I thought I would never experience anything like 2(4j) again!!!! I almost didn't buy FF3 because I was afraid it would just not live up to and would ruin my love for 2, but I bought it anyway . . . AND I AM SO STINK'N GLAD I DID!! XENOSAGA may stink and may not be anything like what we want, but what the Hell! I just spent 30 minutes dancing around my room like a madwoman to really loud Billy Joel songs BECAUSE I AM SO STINK'N HAPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| | | "Re(2):Project X's True Title Revealed At TGS" , Fri 30 Mar 13:27
agreed.... When I started playing "FF3" I thought that it'll have hard time beating "FF2" in terms of godliness, and I was very disapointed to see the heroes weren't the same as FF2 :((
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| |  "Re(1):Project X's True Title Revealed At TGS"
, Fri 30 Mar 03:16
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss, oh yessssssssssssssssssss, finaly my life have been lighted. When I saw the notice (on rpgamer) I gave joy to all the world. This is a splendid notice. We have to party!! Uhm, the only problem is that I haven't a ps2, and I was counting on buying a GAMECUBE... maybe they will put it also on GAMECUBE, or I'll be forced to but a PS2, or to wait for an emulator.UFFFFF...
P.S.:Who was saying of no sequel of Xenogears?
"Spend some quality time.... with the demon of mine!"
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| |  "XenoSagaFrontierMissionTactics II"
, Thu 29 Mar 23:28
Oh me oh my
oh deary dear
A pseudo-sequel
might be here!
We really should
set aside fears
for it may not be
like Xenogears
But all in all
the title tells
like sex and drugs
'Xeno' sells 
thank you
thank you
-TC
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| | |  "requiem for Xeno dignity :("
, Fri 30 Mar 08:25
The odds are high: the game will suck
Sequel won't sell without luck!!
I mean, come on, let's guys be real
It kills all charm of Xenogear
I bet my life that it will be
Like F.F.* games to some degree:
A story set apart from truth
Regarding some tough acting youth
Who wants to be just left alone
Wishing for all just to be gone
So let's not put our hope so high
This Xeno crap must be a lie
I don't desire to associate
The game I loved with crap I'll hate
Besides, I'll need a P.S.-TWO
My emulator just won't do.....
And those of you who doubt my words
And to protest assemble hordes
Just look at Chrono sequel shit
That story-wise was far from hit
O wait, forgot you guys believe
That Chrono Cross, although naive
Was the best thing since sliced bread.
Your lack of taste might be a threat!
But hey, I think I'll end my rant
And see what time for us will grant
But as of now, I deem of Saga **
To be no better than Shinji-baka....
* FF should be pronounced as "hef-hef"
** Saga as in XenoSaga
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| | | "more info" , Thu 29 Mar 23:31
According to The GIA, the game's music will be done by the illustrious [b]Yasunori Mitsuda[/i]
More info to come on July 8th.
I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say "bitchin'" (sorry Paul, I didn't mean you)
-TC
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| | | "Re(1):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 03:11:
Mitsuda's presence in this project, along with the pseudo-sequelness of Xenosaga is more than enough to convince me to purchase a PS2 (any project headed by Takahashi-san is more than enough ;)).
Even if it's just for this one game (even if importing the game is the only option) ;)
I always thought the 'comb-looking' monolith that was homing toward Earth in the Project X promo poster look somewhat like Zohar..
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| | | "Re(2):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 11:20
yeah, now there's actually a reason to buy PS2, outside of having the extra DVD Player :E
Now I only need the money... :{
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| | | "Re(2):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 10:12
Hopefully things will turn out well
hopefully it wont' have anything to do with Xenogears :)
Or it could end up being like a "Tales of" type series... which would be fine by me :)
But yes, Mitsuda-san's work and it being made by the Xeno team help make my PS2 purchase seem even better (I'm happy with it so far :)
-TC
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| | | "Re(1):more info" , Thu 29 Mar 23:48
I dunno.. but for one thing, the project thus far reads like a who's who of Xenogears writers & staff.. Soraya Saga (formerly Clio Saga) is more likely than not involved in this lovely little hint of wonderful things to come.
I don't care if it isn't a sequel.
I'd run around town waving sparklers if it simply takes what they weren't allowed to finish in the original game and *fix* *it* so that it's the way they want it. At very least, the title's a massive nose-thumbing at Square which must've had a mild stroke when that name got unveiled.
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| | | "Re(2):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 02:20
Square is too arrogant to be intimidated. ^^
Ms. Saga had a part in the script, apparently, and I know she was involved in character designs (that being her primary job and all, of course)... but whether her part in this game is bigger than it was with Xenogears or not... *shrug* I like what I've seen on her site, anyway. Haven't been there in a while...
Ja mata.
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| | | "Re(3):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 03:35
heyyyy amber michelle is that site still a "secret"? its been like a year or something since ive seen it.
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| | | "Re(4):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 08:59
Well the game isnt being made by Square its being made by Namco. So the game isnt really a sequel. We all knew about this game months ago we just didnt expect them to use that name. The story cant be anything Xenogears related since Square has the rights to that material. This isnt a sequel just a game with Xeno in its name and a production team with members who worked on Xenogears.
It'll probably be a great game but unless I missed something this isnt Xenogears2.
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| | | "Re(5):more info" , Fri 30 Mar 10:42
Yeah, I think a lot of people are excited that this will be a Xenogears 2.
Which it won't.
Because it's already not.
And in fact, I sometimes fear that it'll be so much like Xenogears, it won't even be original.
If I were them, I wouldn't have even used the prefix "Xeno" in the title...
-TC
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| | | "Hmm.." , Fri 30 Mar 12:08
Well, that depends on what you want to do with the scenario.. there have been *rumors* about Xenosaga being intended as, if not the direct sequel then the spiritual successor to Xenogears.
In a way, putting 'Xeno' in the title provides a connection to the original work.
Considering the current popularity of screw-with-your-head mecha-mystical shows in Japan like Arento Zoma, Initial D, Parallel Trouble Dual, etc etc etc they'd be *foolish* to not take the same concept as before and carry it through to completion.
Don't look at the notion as much as a sequel.. as much as it is a 'this is what we *wanted* to do'.
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| | | "Re(1):Hmm.." , Fri 6 Apr 04:20
I'm actually a bit unclear who actually owns Xenogears. I've heard some people say that Square only owns the name, and that
Tetsuya Takahashi has the rights to the story and can take it wherever he wants.
I believe Mitsuda is now a freelancer (which is just as well, because I personally believe being too tied down with Square might be ruining Nobuo Uematsu's career).
BTW, people here keep saying "sequel", but by all indications it's a prequel.
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