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{{quote|''Ye Shall Be As Gods.''}}
'''''[[Xenosaga]]''''' is a series of three [[Eastern RPG|Eastern RPGs]] for the [[PlayStation 2]], all named after books written by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]. They are, in sequential order, ''Der Wille zur Macht'' (The Will to Power), ''Jenseits von Gut und Böse'' (Beyond Good and Evil ([[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|no, not that one]])) and ''Also sprach Zarathustra'' (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). Other games in the series include: ''Pied Piper'', a cellphone game, ''Xenosaga Freaks'', a [[Fan Service]] game also for the [[PlayStation 2]], ''Xenosaga I&II'', a remake of ''Episode I'' and ''Episode II'' for the [[Nintendo DS]], and ''A Missing Year'', a Flash game describing the events between ''Episode II'' and ''Episode III''. Unlike the main trilogy, these games have [[No Export for You|not been released outside of Japan]].
There's also an [[Animated Adaptation|anime]] based off the events of ''Episode I'' titled ''Xenosaga: The Animation''.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Despite being an android, KOS-MOS definitely fits this. To a lesser degree, so do the other two female playable characters.
* [[Agony Beam]]: {{spoiler|Wilhelm}} whips this out within seconds of Shion telling him to go to hell.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The story of ''Xenosaga'' can be much better understood after reading the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130111073224/http://translations.xenotensei.com/Xeno3/PerfectGuide.html Xenosaga Perfect Guide].
* [[Also Sprach Zarathustra]]: The subtitle for the third game. Ironically enough, the song itself doesn't appear in the game, but [[The Monolith|Monolith]] shaped objects do.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: One appears during the [[Final Boss]] fight in ''Episode I''.
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** The Zohar is a giant [[2001: A Space Odyssey|monolith]]. This reference is shared with Xenogears.
** Sellers is a dead ringer for Dr. Strangelove (the character), portrayed by, whaddayaknow, Peter Sellers.
** MOMO's bow in Episode II is labeled (in the official renders) as being made by [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]] Manufacturers.
** One of the guns you can buy for Jr. in Episode III is called the [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|Legacy of Zara]].
* [[Sidetracked By the Golden Saucer]]: Xenocard. And Hakox.
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* [[Tragic Monster]]: {{spoiler|Cherenkov, after transforming into a Gnosis.}} Also doubles as [[That One Boss]] for many players.
* [[Turns Red]]: All Bosses in Episode III become more powerful as their health bars decrease. It's usually accompanied by some verbal cue from the enemy as well. Secret uber-boss Ω Universitas literally turns red when it becomes Ω ID.
* [[Twelve-Episode Anime]]: ''Xenosaga: The Animation" only consisted of twelve episodes.
* [[The Unfought]]:
** Out of the ''many'' antagonists in the series, only {{spoiler|Sellers and Wilhelm}} are not fought in battle. Yes, even the [[Mad Scientist]] and the Evil Priest are fought... outside of any A.G.W.S. or E.S., for that matter.
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* [[Victory Pose]]: At the end of every battle the heroes win, they do a victory pose. Often accompanied by a line of some sort by the character who gave the last hit.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Richard summons one during a boss fight with him while you're inside mech suits within a massive space station. His partner tries to get him to stop, but he unleashes its full power and fully blows a hole straight through the station's bulkhead.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: A grand majority of the series was eventually edited out. On top of the series originally being six titles long, the [[What Could Have Been]] page itself mentions that the series took up Chapters 2 and 5 of the original ideas, with Chapter 1 being the prologue scenes to Episode I. There's also a list on a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140212165047/http://forums.xgam.org/index.php?showtopic=9137 Xenogears fan forum (spoilers beware)] of things that could have been but were either put in later in the series or scrapped altogether when Soraya Saga left. For example, ''Jr. was supposed to grow up and have his adult form available in battle,'' as well as something called "Gaignun vs. the Zohar Emulators."
** Several potentially awesome scenes were removed from the scripts of all three games, some being added in later, but not when they were originally supposed to be; and some were completely forgotten about. The most obvious example being the fight between Jin and Margulis, which was in the trailer for the original game but ended up being in Episode II. Another being a potential plot where KOS-MOS eventually got strong enough weapons to destroy a planet, which Shion was supposed to prevent. Also, chaos, the {{spoiler|guy with the ability to destroy the universe, sits around and hangs in the background doing...well, not much. Just shopping and having cryptic conversations most of the time.}}
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: What happened to everybody in the prologue of ''Episode I''?
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