Engage the Enemy
| Engage the Enemy | |
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Official promotional music video for Xenoblade Chronicles 3D | |
| Original Title | |
| Composer(s) | ACE+ (Kenji Hiramatsu)[1] |
| Arrangement | ACE+ |
| Length | 3:50 |
| Used in | Xenoblade Chronicles Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
Engage the Enemy (originally unofficially referred to as Confrontation with the Enemy) is Disc 1, Track 9 on the Xenoblade Original Soundtrack and Track 9 on the Xenoblade Chronicles Special Soundtrack. It plays during cutscenes before and after important boss fights in the game:
- Metal Face attacking Fiora in Colony 9 (The music continues as the battle theme for the subsequent battle until the track ends) in Chapter 2
- Before the battle against the Mechon M71 in Spiral Valley in Chapter 4
- Before the battle against Xord in the Ether Mine in Chapter 5
- The cutscene between the two phases of the Leone Telethia in Chapter 7 (The music continues as the battle theme for the second phase until the track ends)
- The party confront Metal Face and Face Nemesis on Prison Island in Chapter 9
- After the fight with Mumkhar on Valak Mountain in Chapter 10
- After the battle with Mumkhar in Sword Valley in Chapter 11
- The battle between Zanza and Meyneth in the Mechonis Core in Chapter 16
- Between the two phases of the battle against Dickson in Chapter 17
Carrying the Weight of Life from the music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 uses the melody at 1:09 in this track as a motif.
As part of a promotional video for Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, this track was rearranged by Tomori Kudo.
Engage the Enemy (Definitive Edition ver.)[edit]
| Engage the Enemy (Definitive Edition ver.) | |
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| Original Title | |
| Composer(s) | ACE+ (Kenji Hiramatsu)[1] |
| Arrangement | Kenji Hiramatsu |
| Length | 3:51 |
| Used in | Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Future Connected |
Engage the Enemy (Definitive Edition ver.) is Track 3 on the Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Sound Selection, and Disc 1, Track 17 on the Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack and the Xenoblade Chronicles Original Soundtrack Trinity Box.
It is a rerecording of the original with slightly altered balance, mixing, and orchestration (e.g. at 1:38, the vocal line follows the melody more closely than in the original).
In the base game, it plays in the same situations as the original. In Future Connected, it plays when the Telethia destabilise the Fog King's rift, allowing Melia to finish it off.
In Super Smash Bros.[edit]
- Main articles: List of SSB4 Music (Xenoblade Chronicles series), List of SSBU Music (Xenoblade Chronicles series) on SmashWiki
A shortened and looped version of (the original version of) Engage the Enemy is one of the music tracks in both Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, available on the Gaur Plain and (in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) the Cloud Sea of Alrest stages.
A section of the piece was also remixed for the Xenoblade Chronicles Medley.
In Project X Zone 2[edit]
A remix of Engage the Enemy was made for Project X Zone 2. It plays in Chapter 6, 'You Will Know Our Names', when Fiora introduces herself to KOS-MOS, as well as later on when Metal Face appears.
Trivia[edit]
There exists a post-battle dialogue in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 between Ursula and Rex during which they sing a tune that sound very similar to Engage the Enemy. There is also a similar dialogue with Electra.
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