New Xenosaga trailer released

   Ruliweb has scored a direct-feed version of the new trailer for Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht shown at the Tokyo Game Show. Contrary to previous reports, the trailer contains entirely new footage -- five and a half minutes worth, in fact. For those unable to download the movie, which is available only in a MPEG over 50 megabytes in size, we've prepared over 70 stills, an audio sample of the new Joanne Hogg song in the trailer, and a complete summary of the trailer's events:

   The trailer begins with a shot of a green planet in space. We then cut to a futuristic city, likely on the planet. A small flying pod approaches a huge cylindrical structure that towers over an empty blue sky. The camera pans across a bay skyline and through the skyscrapers that make up the city. A large black vehicle floats overhead.

   The next scene is straight from the playable section of the demo: KOS-MOS materializing to begin her training mission. We then see M.O.M.O., her hands clasped to her chest with her head bowed and eyes closed. A purple light radiates from her; in the background, we can see what appears to be a fallen A.G.W.S.

   The camera pans slowly by KOS-MOS as she floats out in space, surrounded by Gnosis. A compartment in her stomach opens and she starts moving. A field of blue crystals simultaneously sprout from her back. A large wave of energy is seen radiating outward in space; it's not clear if this is shot is part of the previous sequence. After a couple of view screens scanning a vehicle, we see KOS-MOS again. This time she is stepping slowly out of her freezing pod, still wearing her Jenova-style mask. She approaches a group of surprised humans and we see through her eyes as a targeting sight narrows in one of the humans. Her mask lifts up and we see one red eye glowing.

   We then see scenes on board the Woglinde: A.G.W.S.es firing machine guns at a Gnosis while Shion clutches her head. A four-legged, insectoid creature made out of a red cloud -- it looks like the shadow monsters from ICO -- raises its head and charges up an energy beam in its mouth. Shion shields her face from the huge explosion; beside her, A.G.W.S. fall and the walkway she's on starts to disintegrate.

   A new character is then shown: a gray-haired version of KOS-MOS with much more jagged body parts and a mask over her eyes. This is presumably another entry in the line of KOS-MOS robots, though it's of course possible that it's some "evil" version of Shion's KOS-MOS. The gray-haired KOS-MOS sits up in a pod, her head and body parts twitching around like an insect. She immediately tackles and mauls the human watching her, then crawls on all fours towards the other people in the room -- some of whom are shooting at her -- and knocks them all to the floor with a single blow each. The gray-haired KOS-MOS marches down a dark hall; some sort of mechanical spider jumps down in the background to meet her.

   A man in a uniform patrols a gray spaceship as it prepares to take off. We then see the ship flying through hyperspace, firing blue laser beams at several other ships and destroying them. On board another spaceship, the Guy In The Red Hat (as seen in the first trailer) clamps his fists together. His sleek red spaceship surges forward, narrowly outrunning the explosion.

   A few miscellaneous shots follow: A.G.W.S.es taking off, flying, and landing; Bishounen Villain Guy talking with the white-haired Realien in the background, and an unknown individual practicing martial arts in a dark room. Several characters are seen speaking: The Guy In The Purple Helmet, a bald man with a large purple "X" painted on his face (he looks reminiscent of Vanderkaum from Xenogears), several of the crew members of Red Hat Guy's ship, and Shion.

   We then see a white triangular spaceship drifting through a mass of Gnosis towards a blue planet. Various shots of the heroes speaking are seen, culminating in a long scene in which a distraught Shion is comforted by chaos. After some grainy footage that appears to be simulating some old video, M.O.M.O. is seen floating in a purple vortex that looks like an anime transformation sequence. Her clothes dissolve away, then -- as she raises her hand -- a new outfit forms around her.

   A huge black spaceship, surrounded by smaller fighters, emerges from a bluish-white vortex and into the field of Gnosis in space. More assorted shots of the characters talking are seen, and then we see what appears to be the continuation of the Shion / chaos scene, in which Ziggy looks down and speaks down to M.O.M.O. as she stands beside chaos and Shion.

   Two A.G.W.S.es -- one blue and one pink -- are seen in floating in space, in front of a long red spaceship. The camera then pans by a giant atrium enclosed in a dome; a pink monolith stands in the middle of the dome. (It seems that the dome is floating alone in space, though it's not possible to tell for sure from the camera angle.) The camera pans past to the dome and we see KOS-MOS drifting through space with a determined look on her face. Her lips move, though no subtitle is displayed (this could be done simply in the trailer to conceal any important story bits). She loads and raises a gun.

   A new character is seen, looking like she's straight out of Phantasy Star Online. She is wearing a blue hat and a blue-and-yellow jumpsuit and has curly blonde hair that comes down to her shoulders. She speaks at length to Jr., whose face is seen on a large view screen, and then Jr. replies. We then see Shion, chaos, Red Hat Guy, and another brown-haired character eating lunch; the four speak to each other as they eat. (The animation in this scene is very awkward and not at all characteristic of the rest of the trailer.)

   Another Phantasy Star-esque character is seen: a woman with long purple hairs and violet clothes that immediately calls to mind memories of Nei. She appears to be seated in a spaceship, and talks as she types at a panel before her.

   Several shots are shown of events in space. First is some sort of gray net-like structure between two brown planets (or, more likely, a brown planet and its moon). Next is a spaceship speeding towards the blue-green planet seen in the very first shot. The ship's engines light up and it hurtles towards the planet, leaving a trail of fire. We then see the continuation of the scene with KOS-MOS drifting: as she cocks her gun, it starts to glow with a blue light. The gun expands into an absolutely massive phantasmal cannon that is many times larger than KOS-MOS -- but she still holds and operates it with a single hand. Meanwhile, the long red ship hovers in space as explosions go off all around it (this might or might not be a continuous piece of the KOS-MOS scene). KOS-MOS' huge cannon releases a bolt of blue energy that sets off several rings of energy. The energy starts to condense, outline something that is still invisible to us, and then Zohar appears. KOS-MOS nods in fulfilled satisfaction, and the trailer concludes.

   The trailer also features a new song composed by Yasunori Mitsuda with lyrics sung by Joanne Hogg. This song is apparently different from the one played in the first trailer, meaning that fans can look forward to two vocal songs in Episode I. We've transcribed the lyrics to the new song below:

   Look for an updated preview of Xenosaga Episode I soon.