Thread: Xenogears and Xenosaga?

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Xenogears Allusions

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Episode III is also notable for its numerous overt and subtle allusions to its spiritual predecessor Xenogears through the designs of characters, machines, story elements, and characterizations. Some of the references to Xenogears in the game include:

* The song heard in the background on the game's title screen sounds vaguely familiar to "Faraway Promise"; the song that is played in Xenogears when Fei and Citan look upon the rotating statue that rotates and emits pinkish energy.
* The background track played while exploring Abel's Ark contains several leitmotifs from Yasunori Mitsuda's "One Who Bares Fangs at God," the theme of Xenogears' final boss.
* Nephilim - Elly Van Houten
* Abel - Abel / Fei Fong Wong
* Jin Uzuki - Citan Uzuki
* Wilhelm - Emperor Cain / Krelian
* Mai Magus - Maria Balthazar
* Aizen Magus - "Old Man" Isaac Balthazar
* Aizen Magus' shack in front of Dabrye Mine - Shevat
* Ω Universitas - Weltall / Weltall-2
* Ω ID - Weltall-ID
* Ω Res Novae (Post Transformation) - Xenogears
* Ω Metemphyscosis - Deus
* Ω Metemphyscosis's mini-gears - Weltall and Vierge (in the form of angels in the final Deus battle)
* Abel's Ark's core - Deus' core
* Abel's Ark (Post Transformation) - The Eldridge
* Natus Flamma - Andvari
* Natus Glacies - Fenrir
* Natus Lumen - El Renmazuo
* Natus Tellus - El Stier
* Leupold - Seibzehn
* Merkabah - Merkabah ("Merkava" in the English version of Xenogears)
* Erde Kaiser Sigma - G-Elements
* The Planetary Disappearance Incident - The incident of the same name from the Perfect Works

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If you look at pictures of Abel, it's apparently obvious that he looks like Fei Fong Wong from Xenogears