UPDATE 10/02/22: Following yesterday’s announcement trailer, Monolith executive director Tetsuya Takahashi has shared a few additional words about Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Takahashi revealed that the trailer’s closing scene showing a broken great sword of Mechonis and the body of the Urayan Titan with a gaping wound was conceived a long time ago. In fact, the seed for this image was initially planted between “the end of development of Xenoblade Chronicles and the beginning of development of Xenoblade Chronicles 2”.
The director also acknowledged that this visual probably left views “quite surprised” and hints that more will be revealed about this mysterious image in the future. For now, though, its meaning must remain under wraps.
Many of the faces that were integral to making previous entries in the Xenoblade series are returning for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Takahashi revealed that Masatsugu Saito will be designing the characters for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, having previously been in charge of the character designs in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. In addition to their work on the character designs, Saito has also created some of the key artwork for the game.