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sc94597 on 28 December 2015
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spemanig said:
sc94597 said:

Knowing Takahashi's history I really think he was probably exaggerating/his meaning was mistranslated. Sci-fi is what he likes to do best, and even Xenoblade had heavy scifi elements. In the one "Iwata asks" about this game they mentioned he wrote more story for this than any other game he worked on - almost a novel, and he just loves long episodic epics with both Xenogears and Xenosaga. The pacing of this game is very reminiscent of Xenosaga as well. Xenoblade Chronicles was the exception, not the rule with Takahashi. The only external factor I can see affecting what he works on is Nintendo, but so far they've given Monolith Soft a lot more freedom than Namco had. 

I am unsure whether the next game will be a Xeno- game or not, but if it is, I think it will be in the same universe as this one, if not on Mira. There are just too many loose-ends in the plot which - unless they plan to resolve them through future (unannounced) DLC's - scream for a sequel. 

Knowing Takahashi's recent history, he's probably not exaggerating/his meaning wasn't mistranslated because that is exactly what happened here. He like sci-fi, but Xenoblade was fantasy. It doesn't matter if it had sci-fi elements. Those were end-game spoilers. 99% of the game was a fantasy RPG. There's already been interviews implying that his next game will be a Xenoblade game. In interviews, he's used direct comparisons between XC and XCX to show how he wants the next game to be different, so it's prettly clear to me that it's likely going to be another entry in the franchise, but with a completely different setting, just like the last two.

I know people want a conclusion, but I have a feeling you won't get it for a very long time. I have a theory that Mira is kind of a pocket universe connecting the other XC universes. That's why the nopon reference Homs and the Manodo. They are actually from that universe. Maybe the other races come from future universes in future games, like L's race could appear in the next XC game and no nopon at all or something. So X is like the Xenoblade crossover game, and all the other XC games are their own stories where elements are somehow pulled into Mira.

There were scifi elements before the end game. Such as the High Entia's technology interfacing with Melia's DNA. I'd say the game's themes were 20% Scifi. While it had fantasy tropes, and a hero story, there were also science fiction themes like the role of eugenics in creating a superbeing, looking toward space exploration (Egil and Arglas' conversation about the stars) and the role of replacing a body with machine (Fiora's plotline with her Machina body.)There were also a few other things here and there which had Scifi themes. 

Can you link that particular interview? Your theory is interesting though. I can see something like that happening, and it would both resolve the issue of a sequel while allowing the next game to be mostly new and fresh.