| Description | : | Xenosaga is a series of video games released for the PlayStation 2 platform. The first game in the series was released in February 2002 in the Japanese market, and then in February 2003 in the American market. Released by Monolith Soft and published by Namco, it is Episode I in a six-part series, which ''began'' with the game Xenogears, released in 1998. Xenogears was originally released by Squaresoft (now Square-Enix). The series' creator, Tetsuya Takahashi left Squaresoft in 1999 along with his group of game designers. Using funds from Namco, they started Monolith Soft. However, because Squaresoft continues to hold the copyright for Xenogears, they could not continue the Xenogears project as Takahashi intended. Instead, Takahashi completely reworked the Xenogears story into what became the story for Xenosaga.
The full title of the game is ''Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht'', a reference to Nietzsche's concept of survival instincts and controllability as the main drive of human existence.
An anime based on the game premiered on TV Asahi in Japan on January 5th, 2005.
Also, a Nintendo DS game is said to be released. |
