There was a disturbance in the Force after Adam Howden, the voice of Shulk, became the voice of an NPC in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Some developers at TT Games were “really feeling” the Xenoblade Chronicles series as they couldn’t help themselves with a funny reference to the games within the Lego Star Wars universe.
During a cutscene, the character Disco Director says to you in the game, “Now THIS is a party! I’m really feeling it!” It’s a reference to the main protagonist of the first Xenoblade Chronicles game Shulk, who says the now-infamous line in his original adventure and the Super Smash Bros. series.
“I wasn’t in the booth when he was recording, but I had an email from the script editor at the time,” said a supposed developer on Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on Reddit named DideoVameGeveloper. “He said that Adam was initially unsure about the line, but after being told that it was a Xenoblade reference, he nailed it.”
Howden and former TT Games developer David Harris confirmed the news via Twitter, affirming that this was indeed a reference to the popular Nintendo JRPG series. “Nice to see people are enjoying this little one I snuck in there!” said Harris on the social media network.
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker is a grand testament and love letter to fans of the series. It has hundreds of characters, loads of locations to discover, and more epic moments than prior Lego video game adaptations.
“After the main stories are said and done, the galaxy exploration steals the show throughout The Skywalker Saga,” said Zack Palm in his Gamepur review. “Each planet becomes a massive playground for you to take many of your favorite characters out for a spin, complete side quests, acquire collectible Kyber Bricks, or even take on random encounters in space.”
