Editing Xenogears (section)

===Legacy===
Shortly after ''Xenogears'' was released, there was speculation of a sequel being released, although this never occurred.<ref name="xgtwoquestion">{{cite web|date=1999-06-25 |title=Square Developing Xenogears 2? |website=[[GameSpot]] |author=GameSpot Staff |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-developing-xenogears-2/1100-2451155/ |access-date=2008-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111224434/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-developing-xenogears-2/1100-2451155/ |archive-date=January 11, 2015 }}</ref> In 1999, Tanaka said that a project related to ''Xenogears'' was being developed. He also revealed that a sequel to ''Xenogears'' was initially planned, but never came to be.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/news/1999/668.html|title=A New Xenogears Game?|publisher=RPGFan|date=1999-10-22|access-date=2015-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905231859/http://www.rpgfan.com/news/1999/668.html |archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2000, Sugiura Hirohide, president of [[Monolith Soft]], said that a sequel was being considered before being cancelled due to the company's film investments at the time with ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontlinejp.net/2020/05/28/xenogears-2-didnt-happen-because-of-ff-spirits-within-monolith-soft-president-sugiura/|title = How Xenogears 2 Didn't Happen Because of Spirits within|date = 28 May 2020}}</ref>

While ''Xenogears'' has never had an official sequel or prequel, there was speculation that [[Namco]] and Monolith Soft's ''[[Xenosaga]]'' was a prequel when it was first announced. [[Tetsuya Takahashi]] was the director and writer for both ''Xenogears'' and ''Xenosaga'' and noted that "with our relation between Square, I think it is difficult for us to say it is a direct sequel or prequel". Approximately twenty members of the ''Xenosaga'' development staff had previously worked on ''Xenogears''.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|last=Sato|first=Ike|title=Xenosaga Interview |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xenosaga-interview/1100-2823598/ |website=[[GameSpot]]|date=2001-11-08|access-date=2008-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205032858/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xenosaga-interview/1100-2823598/ |archive-date=2015-12-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the connection between ''Xenogears'' and ''Xenosaga'', Takahashi has stated:<blockquote>It's probably more suitable to say that it follows the direction and style of ''Xenogears''. [...] Now that we are under a different company, we figured we should start everything from scratch all over again. Though there are familiar faces that serve as important characters in ''Xenosaga'', others are more like self-parodies, so we don't really want ''Xenogears'' fans to overreact. Like movies, sometimes you have the director of the movie or friend of the leading actor appearing as cameos, so it's similar to that.<ref name="interview"/></blockquote>

''Xenogears'' has occasionally been featured in other [[Square Enix]] properties. On 21 October 2016, it was revealed that Xenogears would be featured in ''[[World of Final Fantasy]]'' as a mirage.<ref>crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/20-1/world-of-final-fantasy-tosses-in-a-xenogears-mirage</ref> In 2017, gears from the game, along with avatars of Fei and Bart, were included as pre-order cosmetic bonuses in Square Enix's mecha shooting game, ''Figureheads''.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sato|title=Square Enix's PC Mecha Shooter Figureheads Headed To PS4 With A Xenogears Bonus Set|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/07/square-enixs-pc-mecha-shooter-figureheads-headed-ps4-xenogears-bonus-set/|website=Siliconera|date=7 February 2017 |access-date=8 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207141416/http://www.siliconera.com/2017/02/07/square-enixs-pc-mecha-shooter-figureheads-headed-ps4-xenogears-bonus-set/|archive-date=7 February 2017}}</ref> On 11 February 2018, in celebration of ''Xenogears''{{'}} 20th anniversary, Kunihiko Tanaka and Junya Ishigaki collaborated with Square Enix to release Xenogears Bring Arts figures of Fei, Elly and Welltall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/xenogears-artists-20th-anniversary-figure-artwork/|title = Square Enix and Xenogears' Original Artists Celebrate 20th Anniversary with Figures and Artwork| date=11 February 2018 }}</ref> The cast of ''Xenogears'' were also featured in ''[[Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]]'' for a limited time as part of a collaboration event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/final-fantasy-brave-exvius-and-xenogears-are-hosting-a-collaboration-event/|title = Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Xenogears are Hosting a Collaboration Event|date = 30 March 2019}}</ref>

Despite the game's popularity, it has never been released in Europe. In 2011, the PlayStation Store Content Manager at the time (responding to a query about the possibility of ''Xenogears'' on the European PlayStation Network Store) explained that the lack of a PAL disc release created "a series of problems" that needed to be addressed, and that they didn't know if such problems could be resolved.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-25 |title='Heads-Up' Game Store Update 23rd February 2011 – PlayStation.Blog.Europe |url=http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/02/23/heads-up-game-store-update-23rd-february-2011-2/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225140603/http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/02/23/heads-up-game-store-update-23rd-february-2011-2/ |archive-date=2011-02-25 }}</ref>