

Even the song that plays over the final cutscene states that “this goodbye is not the end”, so it seems fair to assume that Noah and Mio eventually get their happily-ever-after.
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Ultimately, the Xenoblade series is an optimistic one, and as Nia’s photo during the ending cutscene – and Poppi’s adorable appearance – shows, it never shies away from giving its characters the happy ending we all want for them.Īlthough we never see them meet once more, Nia’s words assure us the worlds will eventually try to come back together and then they can “walk hand-in-hand once more”. Much like the question of whether Pyra and Mythra remember Rex when they’re reborn at the end of Xenoblade 2, the question of whether Noah and Mio truly reunite is left open to interpretation. This naive and childish desire is what eventually leads Noah and the party to despise the world Moebius created and seek to move towards the future once more. That is what “the endless now” means, and that is how Origin birthed Moebius. Fearing change and their destruction, the people of both worlds wished desperately to be able to continue as they were, never changing, never moving forward.

It is the distillation of the pure desire of all the people of the world. That brings us to Z himself and the true nature of Moebius. Some became Moebius when Z took control of Origin, others were made into Moebius by Z after they died for a variety of reasons, the summary of which is: Z thought it’d be entertaining. In terms of what they do in Aionios, Moebius are beings with theoretically infinite lifespans that fuel the war between Agnus and Keves to keep themselves alive and maintain “the endless now”. Like every good complex story, there’s more than one answer to that question depending on the context. Unfortunately, when the moment finally came, Origin was seized by Moebius and “the endless now” of Aionios was created. The two worlds colliding would’ve spelt the end of everything for those living on them, so Melia and Nia worked together with their friends to create Origin, which they hoped would bring their two worlds together in harmony. However, through whatever forces of the universe are at play, the two worlds eventually began to pull back together and become whole again. The other is Alrest, which Rex and the gang save with Klaus’ help in Xenoblade 2.
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One world is that of the Bionis and Mechonis, which Shulk and his friends free during the events of the original Xenoblade Chronicles. Very long story short, this experiment caused the world to be “cleft in twain” as Nia so eloquently puts it. If you want to know more about that, then you’ve got to play Xenogears, which is a rabbit hole we don’t have the time or energy for right now. Most of the explaining for this portion of the narrative happens in Xenoblade 2, but if you haven’t played that game, or played it quite a while ago, here’s how the two worlds came to exist.Ī scientist called Klaus, on what is assumed to be our version of Earth, ran an experiment on an artefact of near-infinite power known as the Conduit.
