Xenoblade Chronicles X

Prerelease Info Notes Unused Weapons and ArmorThis game has a TON of unused weapons. (insert witty 1-liner here)

Unused Audio#

Celica: Lao, Rock tells me he enjoyed watching you at target practice. Lao: Really? I'm nothing special, but he's welcome to swing by again.

An unused victory dialogue intended for when Celica and Lao are in the same party. Celica cannot be recruited until Chapter 9 is completed, after which Lao becomes permanently unavailable.

An unused song. It's present on the official soundtrack as In the Forest. Two alternate versions of the track are used - Codename Z, the instrumental version that plays during some cutscenes; and In the Forest<X→Z ver.>, a remix of the unused track that plays when you fight Yggralith Zero.

Unused Animations#

Every enemy in the game has references in their animation files for being bound by a Skell (enemynumber_caught_lp_anm.hkt and enemynumber_caught_ed_anm.hkt), even enemies that are too small to be bound by Skells, such as Ga Buidhe and Goetia. Even if smaller enemies could be bound by Skells, the animations for Goetia would still go unused as she is only fought once before the player gets access to a Skell, and the time attack mission which lets you rematch her prohibits Skells.

Unused Material Icons#

Despite the fact that all enemy materials are simply described as "Material obtained from a defeated enemy.", there are many material icons for these materials in Xenoblade Chronicles X. However, a lot of them remain unused, despite their striking appearances.

Since there are five icons for each material per species category, it's likely that each icon was meant to correspond to the rarity of the material. However, the final game sets the icon for each material directly.

Theroid Materials#

Insectoid Materials#

Piscinoid Materials#

Humanoid Materials#

Mechanoid Materials#

Chimeroid Materials#

These icons indicate that Chimeroids were initially meant to drop materials.

Ultrafauna Materials#

Welcome to New LA Oddity#

To do: Does the original Japanese version refer to the main character with gendered pronouns?

The audio track for the cutscene where Cross enters New LA for the first time (xs00120100) is duplicated in the files, both of these having an _m and _f suffix attached to them. Nobody who talks during the cutscene brings up anything that would be gender-specific. Hence, both the audio tracks are identical. These two audio tracks are stored in a directory inside the game's ev.cpk file alongside the streams for several other cutscenes. The only other audio tracks which have these suffixes are the ones used for the cutscene in Oblivia where Cross finds out they're a mimeosome, with these two referring to Cross with either male or female pronouns respectively.

Regional Differences#

Tatsu's Soul Voices#

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In the Japanese version of Xenoblade Chronicles X, there exists an additional folder in the game's voice/pc folder containing soul voices for... Tatsu, of all people. This folder doesn't exist within the western releases.

Lin's Outfits#

Several of Lin's outfits were altered in versions of the game released outside of Japan to be less revealing, and presumably to avoid controversy, given Lin's age.

Bust Slider#

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The bust slider option for the female custom character, which is located alongside the height slider in the Japanese version, was removed for the international version for unknown reasons.

Fashion Gear & DLC#

The "fashion gear" slot was unlockable in the Japanese version, either by completing the game or buying a DLC pack. It is available from the start in international versions.

Similarly, Alexa, Bozé, H.B. and Yelv were only recruitable party members through paid DLC packs in the Japanese version, but are hardcoded into the international release and thus can be recruited normally. Support missions, unlocked after completing the main story in international versions, were also DLC for the Japanese version.

Wall Decals#

To do: Get a rip of the English SD Doll poster and re-upload all the others, they're all quite JPEGy.

Several wall decals viewable in the barracks were altered in the English release. Most were simply reflecting localization changes or correcting a typo but one saw substantial changes.

Welcome to Blade Decal#

Japanese	English

Anthropormorphized Verus Skell Decal#

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Mimeosome Maintenance Centre Decal#

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Internal Project Name#

Xenoblade Chronicles X is internally referred to as SpaceTravel.

Unused Genus Descriptions#

The Japanese BDAT has unused descriptions for a few enemy types. They are listed along with other bestiary entries in RSC_EnGenusList_ms, but were dummied out rather than translated in the English release.

Satellis#

ウィータが余剰エネルギーを使って生成する自律型随伴攻撃機。[ST:n]複数種が存在し、それぞれ役割が異なる。

Translation:

Autonomous support attacker machines generated by the Vita using surplus energy. Multiple varieties exist, each serving a different role.

Neilnail#

ミラで発掘された謎のドール。他の無人機と異なり、2機のみが発掘されている。[ST:n]発掘された際に自動起動。グロウス部隊を壊滅させた後、所在不明となった。[ST:n]そのため、機体性能などはまったく不明。

Translation:

A mysterious skell excavated in Mira. Unlike other drones, only two have been excavated. They entered an auto-boot sequence once excavated. Their current whereabouts are unknown after destroying the Ganglion unit who unearthed them. As a result, their performance abilities are completely unknown.

("Other drones" is likely referring to the Oc-serv, Xe-dom and Fal-swo enemy mechs, who were unearthed en masse and then controlled by the Ganglion.)

Unused Arts#

Two arts, Full Burst and Air Slash, have voice acting but are not normally usable. They can be seen in action and across all English voices here

Unused Achievements#

These achievements are in-game but do not show in the achivements list or appear for the player in any way. They were given names in the Japanese version but are not translated in any other languages. The achievements are stored in the SCL_AchiveList^(sic) BDAT, and the names and descriptions are stored in the MNU_Achievement_ms BDAT.

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