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Unused Dialogue#

Lahan Village#

Text block 28 of the Lahan destruction scene is unused.

Now, Fei, allow me to
spill the blood out of
love... Like the sea of
hell, crimson, deep...!

Chief Lee's house contains leftovers from the demo in text block 1.

In the next episode of
     "XENOGEARS"...

In the bar, there are several lines that go unused. Block 2 was presumably meant to be used in response to comment made about the sand sea in block 39.

Fei
"Sea of sand...?"

It is unknown what block 3 would have been used for.

Fei
"Hmmm...
Well, whatever."

Block 4 was presumably meant to be used when Fei receives the Mermaid Tear.

Fei
"Well then,
thanks for this."

Block 39 would have been used by one of the NPCs in response to the drunk about his ramblings concerning the Mermaid Tear.

There he goes again...
How could there be a
mermaid in the middle
of the sea of sand?

Block 40 would have been used in response to block 2 from Fei.

What's this, Fei?
You've never seen
the sea of sand?
This is what the
sea of sand is...
It's a vast, swirling,
bottomless desert.
More than half the world
is this sea of sand.
I'm surprised you haven't
heard anything about it.

Babel Tower#

In Babel Tower, there are remnants of a scrapped event where Billy could make three shots from Ft Jasper at the mirror. These shots could either land, miss or hit the tower. In the communications room, Citan has dialogue that was meant to be used in this sequence.

Blocks 9-12 were meant to be used when Billy strikes at Babel Tower.

Citan
"Whoa!"

Block 10.

Citan
""Oh no..."

Block 11.

Citan
"Fei...Fei! 
Do you read!? 
Get out, now!"

Block 12.

Citan
"No good...
Too late..."

Block 13 is an alternative version of block 9 which is never used even in the debug room.

Citan
"Whoa!..."

Block 16 was intended to be used by Citan if Billy missed a second time.

Citan
"...Only one shot left,
Do not...miss..."

Block 17 was intended to be used if Billy ran out of shots.

Citan
"Our plan failed failed...
We have tried everything
we could think of."

Block 18 was intended to be used when Billy missed a second time.

Citan
"Whew...
That helped."

Shevat#

A chunk of block 41 is skipped due to an opcode, most presumably to censor the line Jessie has to Dominia.

"It's not good for your
beauty, Dominia.
We adults have our own
reasons. But you kids
wouldn't understand."

Ignas Gate#

Starting from block 16, Emeralda has placeholder dialogue despite her not joining the party until the final gate.

Emeralda
"This...Isn't this the
gate?"

Block 17.

Emeralda
"Something... wrong?"

Block 18.

Emeralda
"Let's go back!!"

Ft Jasper#

Similar to Babel Tower, Ft Jasper contains removed dialogue related to the scrapped event where Billy could make three shots at the mirror. Blocks 40 to 44 involve the characters asking how many rounds can be fired.

Bart.

"How much energy's left?"

Rico.

Rico
"By the way, how many
more rounds are there?"

Billy.

Billy
"I assume this beam
cannon doesn't have
unlimited ammunition?"

Chu-Chu.

<Chu-Chu>
"Can you fire a lot?"

Maria.

Maria
"About how many reloads
do we have?"

Blocks 45-49 involve the characters remarking about tank containing the energy rounds. Starting with Bart.

Bart
"Hey, wasn't there a huge
tank in one of the rooms
we didn't come down in?"

Rico.

Rico
"Yeah, wasn't there a
giant tank-thing layin'
'round the other area?"

Billy's line will result in an error as he will be the party leader in this sequence. This will occur for block 62 and 77 as well.

Error.
Billy is not in the lead
position

Chu-Chu.

<Chu-Chu>
"There was a big round
thing left in there."

Maria.

Maria
"There was a large tank-
like object in the center
of the other room."

Blocks 50 to 54 involve the characters remarking on the number of shots they have left. Starting with Bart.

Bart
"...that means there's
only 3 shots left."

Rico.

Rico
"...Meaning we've
got 3 shots."

Billy.

Billy
"I recall there were
3 tanks...3 shots

Chu-Chu.

<Chu-Chu>
"There are 3 tanks.
That's 3 shots left!"

Maria.

Maria
"There are 3 existing
tanks.<Delay 30> 3 shots..."

Blocks 60-64 consist of dialogue from the party, presumably for if one of the shots missed. Starting with Bart.

Bart
"Almost there!"

Rico.

Rico
"It's looking good.<Delay 30>
Just a bit more."

Chu-Chu.

<Chu-Chu>
"Just a little bit more!"

Maria.

Maria
"Please hold on for a 
little longer!"

Blocks 75-79 were presumably meant for when Tolone and Seraphita arrive at Ft Jasper, starting with Bart.

Bart
"Damn!
They found us!"

Rico.

Rico
"Damnit!
They're on us!"

Chu-Chu.

<Chu-Chu>
"They see us!"

Maria.

Maria
"It looks like they know
we're here!"

Block 142 was intended to be used by Billy when Ft Jasper loads its energy.

Billy
"What is the status of
the charge?"

Block 145 is from Billy about using the cannon.

Billy
"Let me handle it!"

Kadomony#

Starting from block 4, Elly has placeholder dialogue here despite her leaving the team before the party goes to Mahanon.

Elly
"...This is...  
It can't be...?"

Block 5.

Elly
"The land of genesis, 
Kadomony...
where...everything started.
But why do people have no
memory of this..."

Block 6.

Elly
"...Fei"

Shevat (500 years ago)#

A deleted scene where Sophia commissions Lacan to draw her portrait. The only line of dialogue is from Lacan. There are two versions of the scene containing the same dialogue, though the second one uses a special ellipsis character.

Room 1956.

Lacan
"A......portrait?"

Room 1958.

"A<...><...>portrait?"

Deus#

Starting from block 2, Elly has placeholder dialogue here despite her leaving the team before the party goes to Mahanon.

Elly
"...!
Fei, look!"

Block 3.

Elly
"Do you think we need to
use that gate to get to
the lower floor?"

Block 4.

Elly
"Here we go, Fei."
    Jump in the gate
    Not yet

Block 5.

Elly
"What, is this?"

Block 6.

Elly
"Let's investigate it."

Unused World Map Locations#

These locations only appear in cutscenes or battles during disc 2, and therefore their names are not displayed in-game.

  • Point Bethlehem
  • Soylent System
  • Golgoda

Unused Chapter Titles#

Similarly to Chrono Trigger, the game displays a chapter title on each file in the save menu. The following chapter titles are unused because the player cannot save during the corresponding event.

  • Attack on Lahan - Appears between "Fallen Shadows" and "Into the Woods," for the attack on Lahan.
  • Fall of Solaris - Appears between "Tears for Fears" and "Shot Down," for a cutscene at the end of the first disc.
  • Shevat's Move - Appears between "Tears for Fears" and "Shot Down," for another cutscene at the end of the first disc.
  • Broken Ties - Appears between "Tears for Fears" and "Shot Down," for yet another cutscene at the end of the first disc.
  • Waiting Death - Appears between "Promised Land" and "Merkava Calls," for the crucifixion at Golgoda.
  • Xenogears Wakes - Appears between "Fallen Star" and "First and Last," for the awakening of Xenogears at Point Bethlehem.