Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nightingale)

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Xenoblade 3 in Japan) is an upcoming action-roleplaying game developed by Monolith Soft, Nintendo, and Nightingale Labs. It is the third installment of the main Xenoblade Chronicles franchise. This time, the gameplay itself is a mix between the first game and the second game.The plot revolves around hostile Titans and heroes trying to take them down as well as building a new Titan to escape to. It has the boxart where it shows Malcolm with the Eclipse facing the glowing Xervha from a view at nighttime.
==Plot==
One day, the Titans of Amriel and Nyphadora were living well, until another Titan, Xervha attacks them and wages battle. Malcolm, who then acquires the Eclipse, the Greatsword of the Titans. Using the Eclipse, Malcolm and his band of heroes must end the hostility of the Titans and then escape in a new Titan as a utopia.
===OPENING===
===PROLOGUE===
Malcolm is a officer working at the village of Rhen in the titan of Amriel. Everything goes fine, until a mysterious crash is heard in Jari Plains. Malcolm is then called in this, and the crash site is revealed to be another hostile entity. Malcolm fights the monster off using the Junk Sword, but then later discovers that the crash was actually a fragment from another Titan.
The next day, a mysterious titan named Xervha attacks both Amriel and Nyphadora with a piercing dash, destroying parts of them together and eventually decaying them. Malcolm then declares it a emergency for Amriel, and has Amriel's army secure the areas against Xervha with Nyphadora's army. This however, only makes things intense against the army of Xervha. A solar eclipse eventually begins, and then Malcolm finds the Eclipse located in the Solar Monument.
===ACT 1: Treasures of the Titans===
===ACT 2: Entryway into the Titans===
===ACT 3: The Eclipse's Soul===
===ACT 4: The Great Escape===
==Gameplay==
===Startup===
Upon booting the game, you are taken to the main menu which shows the path in Jari Plains, the first area in the game, with the Eclipse hovering on the Solar Monument, the area where Malcolm acquires the Eclipse in the storyline.  
===Overall===
Xenoblade Chronicles 3's combat system is a mix between Xenoblade Chronicles 1, and Torna: The Golden Country, where you can use up to 8 Arts that are selected by the D-Pad and used by with the A button in battle. Just like in the first game, the Battle Arts recharge by timers instead of auto-attacks as in the case of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. There is no standing still between auto-attacks, as the next attack pattern begins after the first pattern. At the end of the auto-attacking pattern, you can perfectly time your Arts to deal maximum damage. Moving during the attack pattern no longer resets it.
In terms of customization, it goes back to the original Xenoblade 1 fashion where you can equip armors and different weapons. You can equip an augment, a armor, and three accessories. There are 6 different types; the Greatsword, the Knuckles, the Hammer, the Spear, the Axe, and the Shield. Each of them has different types of arts and will vary depend on the party member. As it goes back to the original Xenoblade 1 style of equipment, some characters are restricted to a specific type of weapon while some have Arts that favors specific type of blade. Characters will also have passives which further their abilities as well. What makes the 6 weapons unique is that this time, they're all weapons based on Titans.
Based on Torna: The Golden Country, a new mechanic called Strike Arts is made, is where you call upon a unused party member to do something in battle; buff, deal damage, etc. During Strike Arts, the Strikers cannot take damage but will be removed after their chain of Arts is completed, and must be recharged before striking again. If a Striker is active during Chain Attack, you can control the Striker to activate their Art as well, up to a maximum of 6 chained arts during a Chain Attack.
In terms of abilities, the Vision from Xenoblade 1 also returns, where if a large enemy casts a special attack, it'll warn the player what to do at the right time to avoid taking damage. For example, when the Vision is triggered, it will tell the player to dodge at the right time to avoid taking damage. First used in X, you can now dash using L3 to run faster.
The artstyle goes back to the original Xenoblade 1 artstyle which would later be refined in Definitive Edition, instead of the typical anime cartoon artstyle of 2. 
===Characters===
====Malcolm====
Malcolm is the main protagonist of the game. He specializes using swords for his Battle Arts. In the beginning, he first uses the Junk Sword before later on switching to the Eclipse. 
====Maya====
====Kasper====
====Gideon====
====Daniella====
====Wolfgang====
===Arts===
===Equipment===
====Eclipse====
The Eclipse is the flagship sword in the game, or the equivalent of the Monado/Aegis Sword in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Just like the previous Blades; the Eclipse is in a red color, but has a different glowing color; the Monado had blue; the Aegis had green, and the Eclipse has violet. It can only be wielded by Malcolm, and uses Korean-style symbols when activated upon its Talent Art.
Eclipse's Arts
Art Name 	Description
Heavy Bash 	Inflicts Topple on the enemy.
Buster Strike 	
Inflicts Break on the enemy.
Light Heal 	Restores HP to a single ally.
Blade Chivalry 	Reduces Aggro, and increases damage on the next Art.
Armor Break 	Reduces the enemy's defense.
Iron Smash 	Damages multiple enemies in front. 
Side Strike 	Damages single target, and does more damage at the sides.
Sword Shield 	Increases evasion on the user.
Activate Eclipse	This is the Talent Art, which recharges after enough auto-attacks. The next art will be enhanced with the power of the Eclipse.
====Geiga====
The Geiga is the Shield of the Titans. It is mainly wielded by Kaspar, who serves as the Tank role.
Geiga's Arts
Art Name 	Description
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Activate Geiga	This is the Talent Art, which recharges after enough auto-attacks. Your block rate is increased.
====Galanoth====
The Galanoth is the Spear of the Titans. It is mainly wielded by Maya, who serves as the Healer role.
Galanoth's Arts
Art Name 	Description
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Activate Galanoth	This is the Talent Art, which recharges after enough auto-attacks. Your healing output is increased.
====Mugen====
The Mugen are the Iron Knuckles of the Titans.
Mugen's Arts
Art Name 	Description
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Activate Mugen	This is the Talent Art, which recharges after enough auto-attacks. Your attack speed is increased.
====Phantom====
====Angband====
==Titans==
Unlike the previous Xenoblade game which had multiple Titans but separate, there are only four titans this time, but they're all connected unlike the previous game which had them seperate. Each Titan consists of multiple regions. 
===Amriel===
===Nyphadora===
===Xervha===
===Coridella===
==Codex==
===Monsters===
===Unique Monsters===
Unique Monsters
Monster Name	Information
Strong Angus
Level 8	
Nightly Luna
Level 15	
Toughie Steve
Level 25	
Jumpin Jack
Level 38	
Territorial Rotbart
Level 81	
==Crystalized Records==
Crystalized Records are the "achievements" in this game. They are represented as Common, Rare, Epic, or Legendary.
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