We’ve got a new Xenoblade game on the horizon, and I couldn’t be happier.

Xenoblade Genesis is for me the most exciting announcement from the recent showcases. Even though I didn’t enjoy Xenoblade Chronicles 3 as much as many fans did, I still love this series.

Anyway, now that the initial excitement is past, I wanted to take a look at what we know so far about the upcoming new game.

There isn’t much beyond what was shown in the announcement trailer, which itself presents us with a few details about the world: there’s a force in the world called Anima, which is wielded by warriors called Vesselai, and the protagonist goes to a school called Leukos where it seems Vesselai learn to use this power.

What isn’t said directly in the trailer might even be more interesting. It appears on the surface to be a fantasy world, but between the six suns in the sky and the intriguing glimpse of the world curving at the end, it looks like there are some sci-fi elements here after all. The world being inside a Dyson Sphere or a similar structure is one of the biggest theories right now.

Meanwhile, a small handful of details have surfaced beyond the trailer. A rough translation of a Japanese tweet reveals the world to be called Anshar or Anshal, and the protagonist seems to be named Eleanor.

(Of course, sometimes names are changed in localization, so it’s possible these won’t be the names we get in the English version.)

It has also been described as being an entry point for the series that doesn’t require knowledge of past games… but I wouldn’t read too much into that. I actually hope this is a new story disconnected from the rest of the series, but they’ve said basically the exact same thing about every game, so that’s not confirmation of anything.

We know very little about Xenoblade Genesis, but the few details we do have are exciting. It’s already one of my most-anticipated upcoming games!

What do you think about Xenoblade Genesis so far?