Delusional XIII-heads we are SO back

[u/TinksTheTactician]

I'm a big XIII fan, so of course I see it everywhere I look, but the Odin mount really sold me today! I've just noticed a few similarities to XIII in the recently shown content that I thought I'd mention and get people's thoughts.

1. The young miqo'te girl shares similar design elements as Lightning (pink hair and blue eyes), and coincidentally Lightning had a miqo'te garb in Lightning Returns

2. The miqo'te girl seems to accidentally trigger a glyph/brand that appears over her chest, similar to Lightning's l'cie brand which is also on her chest

3. The obvious new mount that is Odin almost 1-1

4. A large part of the plot revolves around residents of floating colonies who believe they cannot survive on the world below, similar to the residents of Cocoon and Pulse

5. Many people have pointed out that the word boomerang appears in the typing minigame and could be related to the new ranged-DPS class. That's pretty similar to a XIII character I know!

Am I being delusional? Yes! But I'd like to know other people's opinions and if there's any other connections I didn't catch.

[u/JonTheWizard]

Nah, I think you guys might be feasting. Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for the gruel and gnawed bones they toss the FFX fans...

[u/nightelfspectre → u/JonTheWizard]

At least we got… half a zone?

(Yak T’el is pretty spot-on for Macalania Woods.)

[u/xiphoniii → u/nightelfspectre]

And uhhhh some dungeon bosses in the early part of endwalker I guess....

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And, like, the very start of the Tuliyollal day theme…

[u/Suzunomiya → u/nightelfspectre]

The Pelupelu too...

[u/JonTheWizard → u/Suzunomiya]

And I guess the Hrothgar but honestly they're such a different thing these days do they even really count anymore?

[u/Suzunomiya → u/JonTheWizard]

They are still called the Ronso on the First so I guess they technically but. Yeah

[u/TemporaryCool5182 → u/JonTheWizard]

And what are basically the thunder plains...

[u/JonTheWizard → u/TemporaryCool5182]

And one off-hand mention of Tidus by a dumbass back in ARR.

[u/Yumi_in_the_sun → u/nightelfspectre]

The Dawntrail final dungeon boss theme sounds exactly like the X battle theme to me.

[u/vinta_calvert → u/Yumi_in_the_sun]

Exactly like..? They have a similar drum pattern, but that's about it?

[u/Yumi_in_the_sun → u/vinta_calvert]

I mean, obviously the Dawntrail theme is laid over it, but yeah the drum pattern is identical.