Nintendo fleshed out Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s growth move in the newest September 2022 Nintendo Direct. Alongside a model new Xenoblade Chronicles 3 hero, there are smaller additions to the sport, together with the brand new swimsuit skins on your get together members.

Yep, simply in time for summer season to finish, Noah, Mio, and all the opposite Xenoblade Chronicles 3 characters are on the brink of take a dip. Still, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 swimsuits aren’t simply right here to assist our pals cool off, as additionally they reveal an fascinating story factor.

It seems, as you possibly can see within the photograph, that Taion has a core crystal. Okay, so any Xenoblade followers are most likely guffawing or a minimum of silently , however I think about anybody else is simply doing an enormous “huh?” So, let me clarify.

Core crystals are little gems that home a blade. Blades are characters like Pyra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – half-human half-weapon. So, blades have core crystals at their centre, so does that make Taion a blade? Well, no.

Remember Rex from Xenoblade Chronicles 2? He additionally had a core crystal, as a result of Pyra gave him a few of hers to assist him not die or no matter. So, different characters can have core crystals. It doesn’t at all times occur in the way in which it did to Rex, nevertheless.

This is the place we get blade eaters. Nope, I don’t imply the oldsters sticking swords down the oesophaguses. Blade eaters within the Xenoblade world are characters who’re fused with some or all of a blade’s core crystal, which in flip expands their lifespan, amongst another issues.

So, what does this imply for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 story experts? Does it change something? Well, probably not. Mio has a core crystal, although it’s not utterly clear whether or not that is as a flesh eater, blade eater, or another sort of technique. Some additionally theorise that Sena has a core crystal, however who is aware of? Either method, it seems to be like Taion is a blade eater.

So, there you’ve it, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 swimsuit. So a lot story theorising from one screenshot of scantily-clad anime characters. For extra, try our Xenoblade Chronicles 3 evaluate to see why we adore it, a Xenoblade Chronicles timeline breakdown to try to make sense of it, or our Xenoblade Chronicles Operation Rainfall interview function for a historical past lesson.