Tatsu

Tatsu () is a character in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Despite being a party member, he is not playable.
This Nopon, constantly compared to a potato, is a member of the Dodonga Caravan. He acts as a representative for the Nopon and a good source of intel about the planet of Mira. Additionally, he provides the Follow Ball, an object that can help guide people to their destination.
==Appearance and personality==
Tatsu is a Nopon with fur in varying colors of orange, with a dark-colored, star-shaped patch of fur on his belly and a swirl of hair sticking out of his coat. His outfit consists of swirly glasses, a turquoise coat and a large backpack with two hammers sticking out of it. He has been described as looking like a vegetable, likely due to the shape of the top of his coat.
==Story arc==
===Forging BLADE===
Prior to the arrival of humans on Mira, Tatsu and his melon-shaped companion Ron were on a mission for the Dodonga Caravan to collect goods to turn a profit. However, the two are ambushed by a massive Tectinsula. Tatsu and Ron get separated while running from the monster, with Ron escaping, never to be seen by the caravan again. Meanwhile, Tatsu runs from the Tectinsula, until he triggers a trap that roasts it.
Somehow, Tatsu manages to eat the Tectinsula whole. However, this action causes the Prone to notice him and make a move to capture him. He runs back, managing to make it back to the Dodonga Caravan base. However, he finds the caravan empty and the tents torched. The Prone catch him, tie him up, and toss him into a basket. While they head to their base, Tatsu notices a shooting star and makes a wish to not get eaten by the Prone, but instead by a pretty girl. This "shooting star" would turn out to be the White Whale.
===Chapter 3===
After Elma's team defeat Glennar, the Prone captain that murdered Nelson and his team, they intend on leaving, but Tatsu calls out for help. He gets himself free and explains that the Prone have endangered the Nopon. After some convincing, the group agree to bring him into New Los Angeles. He provides the team with a Follow Ball, then they take him to the BLADE Barracks for questioning.
===The Ties That Bind===
Tatsu hears from his eternal nemesis, , that the Dodonga Caravan has moved to Noctilum. He deliberates over whether he should meet his family there, but Elma convinces him to meet his mamapon.
Once he meets them, he finds his brothersisterpon, Jitsu, Satsu, Yoyotsu, Gotsu, and Mumutsu. For some reason they call him their dadapon, but Koko, their mother, states that he's just their brotherpon. Tatsu informs Koko that he's all grown up and can now wear his as promised. However Koko threw the sunglasses into the sea, believing Tatsu to have been gone forever. Lin decides to help him find his father's sunglasses.
While they look at Shadow Beach BC, Tatsu notices a Bizarre Insidia grab the glasses. After a short chase, they manage to take the glasses back. Triumphant, Tatsu returns to Koko and tries on the sunglasses. Koko admires his look, though Lin questions why this was their memento. Tatsu is initially confused, but realizes that Lin thought his dadapon was dead. Tatsu's father is still alive, but has been chosen as the Nopon heropon, not to return until the year is over and he makes enough money for his kids.
Koko asks for Elma and her team to take care of Tatsu until he can grow up to become leader of Dodonga Caravan.
==Lore==
* According to Lao's The Winds of Change, Tatsu ate a large amount of cranjelly sometime while he was kidnapped, making his skin all slippery and causing him to slip out of Prone hands when they tried to eat him. This explains why he was never eaten by the Prone.
==As an NPC==
Tatsu can be found in the BLADE Barracks in the kitchen next to Lin after is completed. He will follow Lin as her companion when she is in the party.
===Affinity links===
===Missions===
* 
* BFFs
* To Serve Nopon
==In Xenoblade Chronicles 2==
Tatsu appears in the This Year's Heropon during wave 8. His fur is pink instead of orange in this game.
==Super Smash Bros. series==
In , Tatsu appears as a support . When equipped, Tatsu takes up one slot and grants the skill "Energy-Shot Attack ↑".
Tatsu is obtainable through the Spirit Board, where he is represented by a team of four Grab-type s using the green-hatted fifth costume (representing Tatsu's green hat) on the Battlefield version of with the BGM . In this fight, assist trophy will regularly spawn to assist the team of Jigglypuffs.
==In other languages==
==Gallery==
Tatsu.png|Official art in Xenoblade Chronicles X
Tatsu horrified.png|Tatsu realizing he's about to be cooked into a pot pie.
Rare golden Tatsu.png|Tatsu covered completely in honey.
Qmoeva about to murder Tatsu for dancing.png|Tatsu about to be killed by a Qmoeva for dancing.
Tatsu and Tora.png| on the left, Tatsu on the right.
Tatsu and brothersisterpon.png|Tatsu and his brothersisterpon.
Tatsu's dadapon's sunglasses.png|Tatsu wearing sunglasses.
File:This Year's Heropon Wave 8.jpg|Tatsu in This Year's Heropon in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Category:Characters (XCX)
Category:Nopon (XCX)
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