Well, we're certainly excited. Hopefully, we'll be hearing more about Wave 4 in the near future, as we haven't heard a peep from our friends over in Aionios since the February 2023 Nintendo Direct. Tolentino, Josh (June 22, 2022). "Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Trailer Emphasizes a Short Life of War". SiliconEra. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022 . Retrieved June 22, 2022. Music is relevant to the game's story and lore. The main characters Noah and Mio are off-seers, people who mourn those who died in battle, and both play a flute as a part of this practise. According to Mitsuda [1], the flute motifs are meaningful to the music as a whole, and the instrument features prominently in the game's music, including situations where the instrument is less commonly used in equivalent music in other media (e.g. battle themes). Robinson, Andy (September 21, 2023). "Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak named 2023's best game at Japan Game Awards". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 21, 2023 . Retrieved September 23, 2023.

Nelva, Giuseppe (May 20, 2020). "Xenoblade Chronicles Developer Monolith Soft Teases a New Game in The Works". Twinfinite. Archived from the original on June 8, 2020 . Retrieved August 22, 2022.Disney Speedstorm (Switch): all the updates (latest: Hotfix / Next: Season 5 – Let It Go) 23 November 2023 Before Mitsuda-san started writing the music, he said, "Let's make flutes." I wondered why we should be making them, but Mitsuda-san said, "By making the flutes from scratch, you can create a sound that hasn't been heard before." Since we had told Mitsuda-san in advance that Takahashi-san wanted to interweave the two melodies of Noah and Mio into a single piece of music, Mitsuda-san seemed to have thought that creating the flutes from scratch would enable him to choose a scale freely and express himself more easily. Above all, he said to me that the fact that the same flutes used in the game exist in real life would be compelling and unique. It sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a try." Yasunori Mitsuda / ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO) / Kenji Hiramatsu / Manami Kiyota / Mariam Abounnasr / Yutaka Kunigo

You can read the full interview on Xenoblade Chronicles 3's music right here, where Koh Kojima also discusses the difficulties of designing the game's cast of characters. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed DLC Now Available - Noisy Pixel". noisypixel.net. April 25, 2023. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 takes place in Aionios, where two warring nations, Keves and Agnus, engage in perpetual war fought by soldiers with ten-year lifespans. The story follows Noah and his two childhood friends, Eunie and Lanz, who are from Keves, and Mio and her two fellow servicemen, Sena and Taion, who are from Agnus. They gain the power of Ouroboros and decide to cooperate to find safety. Through this journey, they uncover the mystery behind the perpetual war and the true nature of their world. Many parts of the Deluxe Booklet are only available in Japanese. Please see the section below for more details. Lada, Jenni (June 7, 2022). "Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Special Edition Announced". Silliconera. Gamurs. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022 . Retrieved August 18, 2022.Knezevic, Kevin (October 14, 2022). "Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC: Expansion Pass Price, Wave 2 Contents and More". Archived from the original on March 7, 2023 . Retrieved March 7, 2023. scale replicas of the Seishin no Fue (Noah's flute) and Kishin no Fue (Mio's flute), with a decorated card ("spacer") designed to hold the flutes in place on display.