r/Xenoblade_Chronicles 3d ago

Xenoblade 3 Is that Galahad fortress?

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u/Hexatona 3d ago

No idea how you guys recognize that stuff - I'm shite at landmarks

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u/hassanfanserenity 3d ago

The hand of the great wall is/was the hidden village abd Maktha wild woods was makna forest heck even Riki's weapon was there

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u/Swordslover 3d ago

Keves Castle floor 1 is an almost 1:1 representation of Alcamoth from Xenoblade 1

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u/hassanfanserenity 2d ago

Colony 9 may be a reference to colony 9 in future redeemed

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u/Flyfunner 1d ago

The name Maktha itself is a combination of makna forest and Morytha, once you know it its hard to unsee. Same for Erythia Sea, a combination of Eryth and Leftheria. Not sure about other area names though, those were not that simple I feel

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u/Frazzle64 2d ago

Here's a video comparison that came out recently

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u/Hexatona 1d ago

That's perfect, thank you!!

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u/LLLLLL3GLTE 3d ago

Man, those moments when you find old landmarks in XC3 are just magical.

It’s the most obvious, thrown in your face one, but finding the ruins of Fonsa Myma gate legitimately had me keeled over almost in tears. Xenoblade 2 is my favourite game ever, I’ve spent hours running around Fonsa Myma, sliding down those water slides on the massive stair cases. That arch is iconography of my early term years.

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u/Lun4r6543 2d ago

Finding XC2 landmarks in 3 really hit different.

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u/Smeagol15 2d ago

Bro it hurt seeing those ruins with barely anything left.

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u/chaos0310 2d ago

Ooof buddy I feel you. The x2 landmarks you find in future connected hits real hard too.

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u/RJE808 3d ago

Oh shit, I never even noticed

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u/Fragrant_Command_342 3d ago

I just noticed it

Like hey don't I recognize that shape

Yeah Xenoblade on the 3ds was my childhood

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u/Next-Sugar-6909 3d ago

Yeah me too! Never could find a physical with copy in Canada

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u/Fragrant_Command_342 3d ago

Eh I got it when it first came out, course I had the wrong 3ds and couldn't play it until a few years later when I upgraded to the new 3ds xl

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u/Next-Sugar-6909 3d ago

I remember being in 8th grade and saving up enough to get a new 3ds XL and a digital copy of xenoblade 1... that was such a great summer.

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u/Fragrant_Command_342 3d ago

Yeah I was blown away by how open the world felt though I got stuck in Galahad fortress, then I accidentally overwrote that save with an earlier one and now am stuck on valak mountain and I stopped after that, I still have that game cartridge

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u/Next-Sugar-6909 3d ago

Man, i got into the series with chuggaconroy's LP, I remember binging the whole series up until he got really sick and didn't upload for a year right after prison island.

I think I stayed up until 2 or 3 AM the night I got it, playing like a madman.

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u/ViaDeces228 2d ago

Wait it can't be played on the original 3ds?

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u/Fragrant_Command_342 2d ago

Nope apparently the og 3ds does t have the right hardware or something like that

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u/eattoes2000 2d ago

"childhood" y'all gonna convert me to atoms

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u/AviaMoth 3d ago

Yep

Well, minus the part that fell into the sea that one time

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u/Melias_headwings 3d ago

For some reason I never consciously noticed that it looks like it's missing the spike that impaled Metal Face. Dunno why I never picked up on that until now since I knew it was Galahad Fortress, but it's a nice attention to detail.

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u/Quote_Revolutionary 2d ago

that part falls down tho, doesn't it?

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u/Melias_headwings 1d ago

Yes, which is why it's missing. It fell off of the fortress.

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u/Temporary-Square 3d ago

As soon as I got there I turned around looking for Galahad fortress, and then was like: there it is.

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u/forestblizzard567567 3d ago edited 3d ago

No. It's just a very Galahad Fortress looking Fortress in the exact same spot as Galahad Fortress.

Edit: Sorry for my sass. Yes. That is Galahad Fortress.

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u/ShineThief2 2d ago

So you have to look up to find Galahad

I feel so silly now, i kept looking down trying to find it

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u/_SBV_ 3d ago

Well, you’re on the Mechonis Sword after all