Nintendo Direct Mini has just launched

[Leynos]

Wyrdness said:

KLXVER said:

Are you sure? I remember hearing Monolith Soft calling it Xenoblade in honor of the director or something.

Nope Nintendo changed the name to honour him

https://www.siliconera.com/nintendo-chose-the-name-xenoblade/

That's cool.

Xenoblade fits better as something easy to remember.