Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was Chuggaaconroy's 45th Let's Play. It was announced on September 17th, 2020, and premiered the following day. The Let's Play consists of 220 episodes and 2 bonus videos, with a total length of 5 days, 10 hours, and 24 minutes.
In gameplay, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is similar to previous entries, but with an added summoning mechanic. It features a different setting and characters than the first Xenoblade Chronicles, and it marks the series' return to being story-driven, unlike the previous installment Xenoblade Chronicles X, which was focused on gameplay and open world exploration.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 takes place in Alrest, a world covered in a sea of clouds. Humans live on top of and inside large living creatures known as Titans. Some people known as Drivers can summon powerful beings known as Blades from crystals. After he is hired for a salvaging mission, a young salvager named Rex comes into contact with a legendary Blade named Pyra, indirectly becoming her Driver, and promises to take her to a fabled paradise called Elysium. Throughout their journey, Rex and his party are pursued by Torna, an organization set to take the power of Pyra for their own means.
Plot
Setting and characters
The game is set in the fictional land of Alrest, a sea topped with clouds, called the "Cloud Sea", inhabited by massive creatures known as Titans on which humanity lives. Legends claim humanity once lived atop the "World Tree", a massive tree in the center of Alrest in a paradise called Elysium with their creator, the Architect, but they were exiled for unknown reasons and given the Titans to live on. Blades are powerful beings summoned from "Core Crystals" who channel power into their weapons through a force called ether. Their masters are called Drivers; when a Driver dies, their Blade reverts to a Core Crystal and loses their memory. After some time, another Driver can awaken them so long as the crystal is intact. Due to the close spiritual bond between Driver and Blade, the personality of the former influences that of the latter. Two nations, Mor Ardain and Uraya are on the brink of war throughout the story.
The main character is Rex (voice in Japanese by Hiro Shimono and English by Al Weaver), who is the Driver of the Aegis, a powerful and legendary Blade. The Aegis has two personalities, Pyra and Mythra (Japanese: Shino Shimoji; English: Skye Bennett), who share conscience, but different abilities. As an orphan, Rex grew up in Fonsett village in the Leftherian Archipelago, a place on several Titans that are close together, which are connected by bridges and other structures. Rex became very accustomed to the Cloud Sea and would salvage parts found beneath. He is very close with Azurda, a Titan whom Rex calls "Gramps", where Rex lives a portion of his life upon. A group of Drivers called Torna set out to destroy the Aegis, leading Rex and party to flee and find a way to the World Tree, a legendary paradise. Other important characters include: Malos, another Aegis and main antagonist; Jin, a Blade from Torna who aids Malos; Nia, a rebel from Torna, and her Blade Dromarch; Tora, a Nopon specializing in artificial Blades, and his Blade Poppi; Mòrag, a feared Driver from Mor Ardain, and her blade Brighid; and Zeke, the prince of the hermit country of Tantal, and his Blade Pandoria.
The downloadable content Torna – The Golden Country adds a new story, set 500 years prior. This focuses on Lora and her Blade Jin and allies in their battles against Malos in Torna, a country not accessible in the main game.
Story
Rex, an orphaned salvager who collects treasure from below the Cloud Sea for money, is hired by Argentum Trade Guild Chairman Bana to aid the Drivers Jin, Malos, and Nia, part of a group named Torna, in the salvage of an ancient ship. In the ship, they find Pyra, a legendary Blade known as the Aegis. When Rex reaches out to touch Pyra's sword, Jin fatally stabs him. Rex awakens on a field with Pyra, who reveals they are in a memory of her old home Elysium. She asks him to bring her to Elysium and in exchange gives him half of her Core Crystal to revive him. With help from his Titan companion Azurda and Nia, who has defected from Torna, Rex escapes to the Titan Gormott, but Azurda is wounded and reverts to his larval stage. Soon after, they arrive in Gormott's capital Torigoth and are joined by the Nopon Driver Tora and his artificial Blade Poppi. The group try to get to Elysium, but are stopped by the artifice Ophion and swallowed by the Titan Uraya.
After the group battles the mercenary Driver Vandham while escaping Uraya's stomach, he joins the party and Rex begins to look to him as a mentor. The group later learns that Jin and Malos are the leaders of Torna, a terrorist group named after a Titan destroyed in the Aegis War 494 years ago. Led by Jin, an embittered veteran Blade of the Aegis War, and Malos, later revealed as the other Aegis, they seek to destroy humanity by unleashing the artifice Aion on Elysium. During a battle with Malos and fellow Torna member Akhos, Vandham is killed and Pyra unveils her true form Mythra. They have shared memory and consider themselves sisters, switching back and forth as needed.
The group's search for a way past Ophion leads them to join forces with Mòrag, special inquisitor of Mor Ardain and elder sister of the Ardainian Emperor, Niall, and Zeke, prince of Tantal. In Tantal, the group battles Jin, who forces Pyra to surrender. While Azurda leads the group to the third Aegis sword to save Pyra, Malos siphons Pyra's power to regain his full strength. After the group finds the third sword, phantoms of Pyra's former Driver nearly kill Rex, but he is deemed worthy of the third sword. The group confronts Jin and Malos at the Cliffs of Morytha, during which Rex unlocks Pyra and Mythra's true form Pneuma. Rex, now matched with Jin's power, forces Malos to summon Ophion, who knocks the group into Morytha, the devastated land beneath Cloud Sea.
In Morytha, the group is forced to work with a weakened Jin. Malos' Driver, Amalthus, attacks by controlling various Titans. The group severs his connection to the Titans, only for him to kill all Torna members except Malos and Jin, with Jin defeating Amalthus as he dies. The group arrives in Elysium, which is revealed to be a long-dead wasteland, and meet the Architect, a scientist named Klaus who explains that he had discovered a device that sends objects into different dimensions, the use of which split his body in two and destroyed the old world.
Sensing that his other half is about to die, which will result in his own death, Klaus sends the group to stop Malos, who was corrupted by Amalthus's malice and has obtained Aion. After Malos's defeat and death, Klaus dies, but not before granting Rex and the party a "final gift". Klaus's death causes Elysium to begin crumbling. Pneuma helps the group escape, but sacrifices herself to detonate the World Tree, preventing its debris from destroying Alrest. The group barely survives when Azurda, thanks to Pneuma, returns to his adult form and flies everyone down to Alrest. On returning to Alrest, the Cloud Sea fades to reveal a rejuvenated world, the Titans merging to form a new landmass. Afterwards, Pyra and Mythra are revived in separate bodies and reunite with Rex.
Description
September 18th, 2020 - December 19th 2021
"The journey to reach Elysium and save a dying world. Includes guidance on every gameplay topic and character, explains why you're not doing more damage, and everything else the game didn't bother to mention! I feel like this is a game a lot of people quit because they feel like the gameplay doesn't click, and I want to make it make sense."
Episodes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 1: Where We Used To Be
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 2: Resonance of the Heart
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 3: Gramps' Wisdom
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 4: Aptitude
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 5: The Color "Emerald"
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 6: Cat Costume
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 7: Artificial Blade Parts
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 8: Guide to Poppiswap and Core Crystals
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 9: Concerned Carpenter
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 10: The Crane Game
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 11: Nopon of Good Tastes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 12: Rescuing the Cat
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 13: Gormott, But Not Forgotten
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 14: Firecracker of a Gal!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 15: The Real Gramps
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 16: Star-Crossed Lovers
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 17: Umon the Shipwright
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 18: The Urayan Giant
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 19: The Garfont Mercenaries
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 20: A Pain in Miasma
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 21: Maid in Uraya
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 22: Lord Zekenator
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 23: The Belly of the Beast
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 24: The Land of Titans
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 25: The Heroic Adventures of Addam
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 26: Feeding Artists
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 27: Into the Open Sky
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 28: Our Own War
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 29: The Last Wish
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 30: The Future Looks Merc-y
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 31: To Be Young Again...
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 32: The Hard Roc Life
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 33: Road to the Capital
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 34: Muimui Bueno
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 35: Awkward Date
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 36: The Militia's Request
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 37: Tranquility
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 38: Fame, Family, and Forgetting
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 39: Rooftop Run
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 40: Lila's Location
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 41: Old Industrial District
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 42: Lila's Masterpon
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 43: Factory Tour
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 44: Goddess of the Praetorium
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 45: Leftheria
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 46: A Good In-Vess-tment
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 47: Fonsett Memories
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 48: A Test of Strength
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 49: Sniff Out the Spy!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 50: We Meet Again
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 51: Failure and Success
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 52: Getting to Know You
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 53: Crystal Clear
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 54: One Lucky Gal
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 55: Shiny New Power
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 56: Whereabouts Unknown
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 57: All's Fair in Love and Innuendos
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 58: Industrial Sort of Tour
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 59: Bearing Her Soul
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 60: Leadership Qualities
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 61: Aurora Boreas?
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 62: Stolen Keepsake
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 63: Some Must Carry On
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 64: Reaching to the Choir
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 65: The Man Who Climbed The Tree
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 66: Temperantia Tantrum
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 67: Ceasefire
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 68: Who's Leaving Anyone?
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 69: Denial
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 70: A Ripe New Frontier!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 71: Judicium's Legacy
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 72: Hero of the Nopon
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 73: Our Daily Bread
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 74: Bouncing Back
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 75: Bladies’ Night!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 76: The Secret of Nim
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 77: Journey to Tantal
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 78: Bonsoir, Theosoir...
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 79: The Audience
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 80: For The Sake of This World
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 81: Handling a Boy's Turtle!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 82: Crossing the Gorg
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 83: Write or Wrong?
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 84: Tender-Hearted Beast
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 85: Wounds
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 86: The Doll in Sight of the Throne
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 87: Open Your Eyes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 88: Tantal-izing Prospects
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 89: Make Love Source, Not War Source
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 90: Give a Finch, Take a While
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 91: The Bana Saga
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 92: The Greatest Leader
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 93: A Hat Fit for a Lady
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 94: Brionac Awoken
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 95: Follow the Money
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 96: The Crucible
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 97: A Long Way From Home
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 98: All Kinds
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 99: The Connection
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 100: Eternal Rest
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 101: Praxis Makes Perfect
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 102: Cliffs of Morytha
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 103: The Fear She Carries
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 104: Bottom of the World
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 105: Eat Your Heart Out
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 106: Morytha The Unknown
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 107: Powered-Up Poppi
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 108: Makin’ Some Pi!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 109: Beneath the Aurora
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 110: Eternal Spirit
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 111: You're Electra-fying!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 112: Fawning Over Floren
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 113: Floren Heals an Aching Soul
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 114: The Ice of Shining Justice
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 115: My Long-Lost Sister
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 116: My Older Sister
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 117: Don't Take Agate for Granite
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 118: A Midnight Snack
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 119: Welcome to Night, Vale
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 120: Artisan-Bred
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 121: Judging Justice
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 122: Be a Dahlia
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 123: Herald Unbound
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 124: King of the Sea
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 125: Difficult Decisions
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 126: Looking Forward
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 127: The Boy Who Climbed The Tree
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 128: Cycle of Hatred
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 129: How Long is Forever?
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 130: Thunderbird
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 131: Desperation
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 132: Surgical Strike
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 133: Rain
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 134: Reaching Elysium
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 135: It's Lonely at the Top
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 136: The Last Gift
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 137: Crossing Dimensions
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 138: Really Feeling You
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 139: Follow Your Passion
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 140: Eating Before a Fight!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 141: A Real Challenge
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 142: Going for Broke!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 143: The Truth Hurts
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 144: Limits of Awareness
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 145: The Driver in the Ice
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 146: Indoline Memoriam
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 147: School is in Session
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 148: Hot Tub Crime Machine
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 149: A Mercenary's Honor
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 150: A Secret Cure
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 151: Bright Spark!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 152: The Lone Watchman
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 153: Farewell, Good Friend
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 154: Bana's Revenge
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 155: Girl Power-Off
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 156: Most Awful News?!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 157: Merclibay's Mightiest
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 158: Hot Spring Bonanza
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 159: Lost Kingdom
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 160: Artificial Intelligence
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 161: Lingering Resentment
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 162: Otherworldly Fighter
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 163: The Armu Who Lived
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 164: Frigate Ophion
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 165: You Teach Me So Much
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 166: Where We Used to Be
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 167: Severance Package
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 168: Vandham Delicious!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 169: On The Rocks
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 170: Left to Indol
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 171: Dino Drama
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 172: Bygone Jin
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 173: Mik Flurry
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 174: Read My Lips
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 175: The King's Cressidus
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 176: PATROKAPALOOZA
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 177: Newt Recruits
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 178: A Heart Torn Apart
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 179: Last of the Blades
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 180: Mystery Launch Codes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 181: The End of the Beginning
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 182: Torna ~ The Golden Country
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 183: What Bars the Way
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 184: Barmy Tale of Barney
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 185: Wild and Free
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 186: Hugo The Great
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 187: Returning to the Site
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 188: Where's the Boy Gone?
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 189: Starting a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 190: Growing a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 191: Feeding an Army
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 192: You Broke This Bridge
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 193: Return of the Emperor
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 194: Lurking in the Shadows
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 195: Punpun’s Rival
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 196: Secret Family Recipes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 197: Another Life
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 198: Gold Beneath the Sands
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 199: The Golden Capital
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 200: Eternally a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 201: Investing in a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 202: Raising a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 203: The Battle of Auresco
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 204: The People’s Knight
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 205: Bonding a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 206: Pairing a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 207: Polluting a Community?
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 208: Nurturing a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 209: Cleaning Up a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 210: Our First Side Quest!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 211: Protecting a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 212: Feeding a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 213: Uniting a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 214: The Great Tornan Cook-Off!
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 215: Mentoring a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 216: A Small Promise
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 217: Completing a Community
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 218 (Finale): A Moment of Eternity
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 219: The Legacy of Torna
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Episode 220: A Hurricane of Herculean Sentinels
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Bonus Video
Hints
- "This would be the largest undertaking in this history of this channel".
- It's so big because this Let's Play tells two stories, not one.
- The franchise being played is one that has been played exactly once in the past.[1]
Running Gags and Meta
- Main article: Xenoblade Chronicles 2/Memorable Moments
- The return of everyone's favorite game—"Is that a British thing, or a Xenoblade thing?"
- Chugga's riffing on the game's atrocious tutorial segments, especially on parts where Guide Dang It! rears its ugly head.
- This particular gag gets used so frequently that he made his OWN tutorial video going over stuff that the game isn't as clear on.
- Chugga reading the party members' generic quest reactions in a passive-aggressive Deadpan Snarker tone.
- Chugga's repeated attempts at imitating the various accents of Alrest's inhabitants.
- When it comes to information not stated in-game: "And where did I learn that? DATAMINE!!"
- Chugga adding funny commentary for each quest via the on-screen explanations.
- When talking to NPCs wearing face-concealing helmets (such as Salvagers in Argentum, Urayan soldiers, and now Indoline people with face masks on), their voices are extremely muffled as if they're talking through a pillow. Funnily enough, Ardainian soldiers seem to be exempt from this despite them predominantly wearing face-covering helmets, though that's likely the result of their voices being a Fountain of Memes.note
- Chugga having a tendency to go and fight the Mayne Driver standing in front of the wanted board in Torigoth for no apparent reason after they become available.
- Chugga inserting in a very dramatic voice clip of Mòrag's whenever she says "What!?" in a non-speaking cutscene.
- Chugga referring to Ichtyology as "Fishology"
- Nobody knowing who Special Inquisitor Mòrag is.
- Chugga not being able to go over Floren due to other things getting in the way. Chugga: Sorry, Floren...
- Ever since Zeke joined the party, Chugga has continuously dumped new Core Crystals on him to make up for his problem with Late Character Syndrome. Unfortunately, the fact that most of the Rare Blades in the game were already taken by then plus Zeke's naturally awful Luck means that outside of a few good draws like Zenobia and Vale (and eventually KOS-MOS), most of what he gets are Common Blades, and not even particularly good ones. Chugga: (dejected) Nobody wanted to appear...
- Chugga ignoring important story objectives (such as party members being imprisoned/kidnapped, the party being summoned by the leader of a major country, the imminent sinking of the Titan they're standing on, or the possible destruction of the world) in favour of doing sidequests.
- There's so many examples from this Let's Play alone, we had to divide them into separate sub-pages to keep this sub-page from getting too large.
- Just the fact that the descriptions of the funny moments on these sub-pages tend to fall into Deadpan Snarker territory after a while.
- Chugga Tempting Fate on the feedback◊ for his "We Can Change the Future!" video for ideas on what to talk about during New Game Plus.
- In Torna, whenever "Community" comes up, he grumbles the word.
- It becomes a Running Gag in Torna that whenever an episode is Community-based, the title will be "[X] a Community".
- "Slow moving train-wreck!" for any moment or quote that is most certainly subjected to Foregone Conclusion.
- You know how there’s a tendency for Nintendo to make announcements about the game/game series that Chuggaaconroy is currently playing? Well, the DAY BEFORE he announced his next let’s play after this one, there was a Nintendo Direct… which ended with the announcement of Xenoblade Chronicles 3!
- In his tweet revealing that he will be co-commentating with Enel for Enel's run of Torna at SGDQ 2022, he takes one last opportunity to complain about community.
Videos
Trivia
- This LP's announcement video was the very first announcement video to use YouTube's "premiere" function.
- At one point, Emile was considering cosplaying as Rex for the announcement video. Ultimately, owing to needing others to costar in the video and this being unsafe because of the pandemic, this ended up being scrapped.[2]
- In a livestream with Pieguy Playz (42:18 in the video is when he begins talking about it) Emile mentioned that he originally planned to do an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) to announce Xenoblade Chronicles 2. He planned to plant clues around different countries and have it relate to the lore of the game. He planned for there to be a prize for whoever solved the ARG. Because of the pandemic however, he was unable to travel anywhere thus cancelling the ARG.[3]
- Per various replies on Twitter, Emile revealed that he was originally planning to play Xenoblade Chronicles X at some point, [4] but out of fear of the game getting an enhanced port, the Miiverse functionality being no longer operational, as well as trolls making online play near impossible lead to the LP of X being delayed until further notice.[5]
- A contest began on October 18th, 2020 to guess the episode in which Emile would pull the rarest of all Blades (a 1 in 1000 chance). This resulted in #Chuggablade2 trending on Twitter.
- The Blade KOS-MOS was pulled on Episode 145 (July 2, 2021). 4 people guessed this number.
- Coincidentally, both Xenoblade Chronicles & this LP had their 100th episode on the same day, Emile got sick during production of the Let's Play, and a main character from the game was added to Smash Bros. during its course (Shulk for Xenoblade Chronicles, Pyra/Mythra for Xenoblade Chronicles 2.)
- Emile famously quipped "I'm three for two!" when Pyra/Mythra was announced as joining the Smash roster.
- When it came time to pick a name for Pneuma, Chugga posted a poll about who people liked better. In the end, Pyra won with 2/3 of the votes.
- As of Episode 120, this series officially surpassed Xenoblade Chronicles as Chugga's longest series ever.
- Chugga's favorite Rare Blade is the DLC-exclusive Blade, Corvin.[6]
- Episode 165 was posted one year from the release of the first episode. This makes Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Chugga's longest continously-running Let's Play.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1306356346644770823
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1361025780046843912
- ↑ https://youtu.be/gex-w-PS0O0
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1306769676987510786
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheShinySwablu/status/1307010347988025346
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1307039557557329920