User:Sir Teatei Moonlight/XB-SSB4 spoilerz

I kinda noticed recently that SSB4 is kind of...well, a bit inconsistent about Xenoblade spoilers in its trophies. So I decided to take a detailed look.

Note on the breakups: The Xenoblade story can be divided into three acts: chapters 1-9, 10-15, and 16-19. The community tends to put a soft spoiler warning over that start of act II, a tighter one at chapter 12 or so, and a much harder one over act III. In theory, all these trophies would use the same cutoff point - but they don't really seem to.

Trophy	Description (NTSC, no particular reason)	Notes
Bionis	The region known as Bionis' Leg is a vast landscape of lush fields, towering hills, and flowing rivers. But its name is no metaphor. No, it really is the leg of the titanic Bionis, a god whose body has become an entire world since it fell in the battle long ago. Whole races, such as Homs and High Entia, have lived and died on this great being.	A mix-and-match. The leg itself is pretty early, but the High Entia come later, near the end of act I.
Mechonis	When the Mechon invaded, the lives of the peaceful inhabitants of Bionis were thrown into chaos. The ancient battle between the Bionis and the Mechonis had never truly ended at all, and for a time it seemed that the will of the Mechonis would succeed in wiping out all organic life. Until a hero appeared, wielding the legendary Monado...	Literally the prologue.
Shulk	In Xenoblade Chronicles, this young lad's colony is attacked by the Mechon, so he and his friends set off to take them down. In Smash Bros., his Monado Arts let him change his specialization during battle. You can choose to boost a stat—his jump or attack, for example—but other stats might drop as a result, so choose wisely.	First sentence is pretty much back-of-the-box material. Rest is SSB4-specific.
Shulk (Alt.)	...	SSB4 only, ignored.
Reyn	A member of Colony 9's Defence Force and Shulk's longtime best friend. He and Shulk seem to understand each other better than anyone else. However, Reyn's mora of a "leap before you look" kind of guy. It's not the most strategic approach to things, but it usually works out OK!	Couldn't be less spoilery if you tried.
Dunban	Dunban was hailed as a hero when he stopped the Mechon invasion of Bionis with the Monado. However, it cost him the use of his right arm. He's always looking out for others, and Shulk sees him as an older brother. In Shulk's Final Smash, Dunban, Riki, and Shulk team up to overwhelm the enemy!	Chapter 1 stuff basically.
Chain Attack	In Xenoblade Chronicles, building up the party's team spirit would let them unleash a chain attack, using multiple Arts in a row to deal massive damage. In this game, Shulk's Final Smash calls party members Dunban and Riki to help obliterate an unlucky target... or multiple targets if you catch more than one in the circle of light!	Still chapter 1 stuff. Nothing to note.
Metal Face	A faced Mechon who appears on the Gaur Plain stage. He swoops in from the sky when night falls and then leaves with the break of dawn. He doesn't actively pursue fighters, but if you get too close, you'll taste the deadly bite of his claws. Watch out for his laser attack too-it can destroy parts of the stage itself!	Literally zero Xenoblade info; SSB4 only. This is actually kind of notable, because it could have listed chapter 10 and 11 spoilers like the rest of the Mechonis trophies, yet it doesn't. Also somewhat notable is that this is pre-upgrade Metal Face (he gets a black jaw later on).
Fiora	Fiora is Dunban's younger sister and a childhood friend of Shulk and Reyn. In fact, her feelings for Shulk are more than friendly, but their relationship hasn't quite reached that next level, despite all the delicious food she makes him. Fiora's a skilled fighter and wields twin blades with ease, but when a Mechon attacks her...	Okay, so this keeps the "Fiora is dead" line running, which continues for the entirety of act I. But as seen later, the game doesn't seem to care about upholding its unsaid promise.
Sharla	Having saved countless lives, Sharla, a devoted combat medic from Colony 6 and a real source of hope on the battlefield. Though she longs to be reunited with her fiancé, Gadolt, who went missing after Colony 6 was attacked, she soldiers on, using her skills to take care of refugees before joining Shulk on his quest.	Chapter 4 character, player is forced to use her until almost chapter 6. All the info is from the first like 10 minutes of seeing her. No spoilers really.
Bronze Face	Faced Mechon, or just Faces for short, are feared for their tremendous strength. Most are piloted by Homs who have been converted into the machines' Core Units, and each Face's design tends to reflect some aspect of its former self. In Bronze Face's case, his giant hammer recalls the old life of his Core Unit, Xord--blacksmith.	Well okay. Bronze Face shows up in chapter 4 and dies near the end of chapter 5, but you don't find out that Faces have Homs inside until the conclusion of act I. And knowing Xord was a blacksmith is limited to an NPC comment that can be seen between the events and only really tells the player "there was a blacksmith called Xord once", so they can consider "that hammer-wielding Face was also called Xord, so hmm".
Riki	A Nopon from Frontier Village in Xenoblade Chronicles. Despite appearances, this year's legendary Heropon is actually a middle-aged father of 11. If you summon him in this game, he'll use Arts to knock over your foes, freeze them, and even send them to sleep. Riki can also heal you, but if he does, he'll heal everyone else too!	Riki first shows up in chapter 7, and you're supposed to believe he's a typical young go-getter hero guy for the chapter until you get slapped by the fact he's a 40-year old with a huge family. Nobody actually treats this a spoiler though because it's sufficiently funny on a basic level.
Melia	Time for a quick Melia-themed quiz! Take a look and try to guess how old she is. Eighty-eight! You're right! ...Wait-that's not what you guessed? OK, truth is, Melia's a High Entia, and they age MUCH more slowly than Homs. Still, if she's 88, maybe her old-fashioned turns of phrase aren't just because she's a princess!	The Wii game actually never tells you Melia's age; it was only known from the artbook until DE (long after SSB4) put it in the game (where's it's only revealed when appropriate). You meet her in chapter 7, and don't learn she's a High Entia princess until chapter 8, but it's still considered to be non-spoiler knowledge (to the point where the in-game icons don't even try to hide it).
Face Nemesis	A silvery faced Mechon that resembles a goddess. Created by Vanea, the sister of the Mechonis' ruler, Egil. She hoped this Mechon would be able to put a stop to her brother's mad quest for revenge, and to that end, she chose Fiora as its Core Unit. Thus Fiora came to host the soul of the Machina Goddess, Meyneth.	Well boy howdy, this one is a mess. Face Nemesis is first seen as the chapter 6 stinger, and Vanea is there talking with Meyneth and does mention Egil. But chapter 13 is where the family connection is stated, and Meyneth as soul isn't mentioned until...chapter 14, I think.
Mecha-Fiora	In the hand-fought battle to save Colony 9 from the Mechon, it looked very much like Fiora had sacrificed her life. When she finally appeared before Shulk again, she'd not only been taken to Mechonis and given a new mechanized form, she'd become a vessel for the Mechonis's soul. Only later does she regain her own personality.	Fiora is revealed to be alive at the end of act I (chapter 9), and rejoins the party in chapter 12. Again, chapter 14 is where the soul thing is explained, so while the trophy is accurate timeline-wise, it's reversed in terms of reveals. As a side note, the term "Mecha-Fiora" was not known to English audiences until this trophy, it only appeared in the artbook.
Jade Face	Sharla believed her fiance had died in the attack on her colony...but the truth was more heartbreaking than that. Gadolt had been converted into a Mechon's Core Unit and with no memory of his past self, he saw his former lover as an enemy. Jade Face's use of its shoulder-mounted rifle cannons reflect Gadolt's skill as a sniper.	While this is indeed spoilery, the first time Jade Face appears onscreen in chapter 13 you pretty much get all of this in ten seconds. So ehh.
Yaldabaoth	The ultimate Mechon, also known as Gold Face. It's around twice the size of the other faced Mechon and piloted by Egil, ruler of Mechonis and leader of the assault on Bionis. Egil ultimately fuses Yaldabaoth with the Mechonis itself, becoming the great titan's core. The machine's name comes from a false god of legend.	The first half of this is learned in chapter 10 when the dude finally shows up, but the second half is the stinger of chapter 14, making it the latest spoiler of all the trophies.

The basic gist here is that all the Mechonis trophies except for Metal Face spoil the climax of act I and most of act II, but the rest barely scratch the surface after the character's introduction. It's kind of strange to me.