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|journalUX='''Album'''<br>KINGDOM HEARTS II (2005)<br>The 2nd member of Organization XIII. A mysterious man whose motives remain unclear.<br><br>'''Boss'''<br>This Freeshooter has plenty of defense, and more! Watch out for attacks that lower your strength or overwrite it completely!<br><br>The number above this Freeshooter gets smaller with every attack, and once it reaches 0, he'll counterattack! Watch out for attacks that lower or overwrite your strength.<br><br>The number above this foe gets smaller with every attack, and he'll counterattack once it hits 0! Watch out for attacks that lower or overwrite your strength, and | |journalUX='''Album'''<br>KINGDOM HEARTS II (2005)<br>The 2nd member of Organization XIII. A mysterious man whose motives remain unclear.<br><br>'''Boss'''<br>This Freeshooter has plenty of defense, and more! Watch out for attacks that lower your strength or overwrite it completely!<br><br>The number above this Freeshooter gets smaller with every attack, and once it reaches 0, he'll counterattack! Watch out for attacks that lower or overwrite your strength.<br><br>The number above this foe gets smaller with every attack, and he'll counterattack once it hits 0! Watch out for attacks that lower or overwrite your strength, and | ||
|journalKH3=A member of the real Organization XIII.<br><br>Despite his defeat at Sora's hands, Xigbar has returned, and continues his attempts to manipulate and mislead Sora. | |journalKH3=A member of the real Organization XIII.<br><br>Despite his defeat at Sora's hands, Xigbar has returned, and continues his attempts to manipulate and mislead Sora. | ||
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{{Q|Rambling? As if! All I'm trying to tell you, traitor, is that your time is up!|Xigbar to Sora}} | {{Q|Rambling? As if! All I'm trying to tell you, traitor, is that your time is up!|Xigbar to Sora}} | ||
'''Xigbar''', the {{nihongo|''Freeshooter''|魔弾の射手|Madan no Shashu|lit. ''Magic Bullet Shooter''}}, is the [[Nobody]] of [[Braig | '''Xigbar''', the {{nihongo|''Freeshooter''|魔弾の射手|Madan no Shashu|lit. ''Magic Bullet Shooter''}}, is the [[Nobody]] of [[Braig]], Rank II within the original [[Organization XIII]] and a member of the [[real Organization XIII]]. He is a supporting antagonist in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''. Xigbar has power over space, and he uses this to freely redirect the projectiles fired from his twin Arrowguns, as well as to alter the battlefield. He commands the [[Sniper]] Nobodies. | ||
In ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', Xigbar is featured as a playable character in [[Mission Mode]]. In an interview, Tetsuya Nomura said that "Xigbar's attacks have a high range, but he has slow reloading time."<ref>[https://www.khinsider.com/news/Nomura-Interview-522 Nomura Interview (2007)]</ref> | In ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', Xigbar is featured as a playable character in [[Mission Mode]]. In an interview, Tetsuya Nomura said that "Xigbar's attacks have a high range, but he has slow reloading time."<ref>[https://www.khinsider.com/news/Nomura-Interview-522 Nomura Interview (2007)]</ref> | ||
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===''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''=== | ===''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''=== | ||
{{Q|Kiddo, the only thing you'll ever save me from is boredom.|Xigbar to Roxas.}} | {{Q|Kiddo, the only thing you'll ever save me from is boredom.|Xigbar to Roxas.}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:Terminated 01 KHD.png|thumb|right|Xigbar accompanies Roxas on a mission to Agrabah.]] | ||
Present when [[Xion]] joins the Organization, Xigbar is shocked when [[Demyx]] reveals the eliminations that took place at [[Castle Oblivion]]. Later joining [[Roxas]] on a recon mission to [[Agrabah]], they overhear [[Aladdin]] and [[Jasmine]] discussing the rebuilding of their city after many sandstorms strike. Xigbar also tells Roxas that while Heartless leave a heart behind when destroyed, there is nothing left when a Nobody perishes. On a recon mission to Olympus Coliseum, Xigbar tells Roxas about how Nobodies come into existence, and that they are looking to refill the empty seats left by the demise of the Castle Oblivion team. Xigbar later challenges Roxas at [[Olympus Coliseum]] when he first enters the Games, claiming to "care about his future." The fight is cut short when the [[Guard Armor]] appears. During a mission in [[Halloween Town]], Xigbar takes it upon himself to teach Roxas a "hard and valuable lesson" by letting him vanquish a Heartless that was not their target; he then saves Roxas from an attack by [[Chill Ripper]], their real target. | Present when [[Xion]] joins the Organization, Xigbar is shocked when [[Demyx]] reveals the eliminations that took place at [[Castle Oblivion]]. Later joining [[Roxas]] on a recon mission to [[Agrabah]], they overhear [[Aladdin]] and [[Jasmine]] discussing the rebuilding of their city after many sandstorms strike. Xigbar also tells Roxas that while Heartless leave a heart behind when destroyed, there is nothing left when a Nobody perishes. On a recon mission to Olympus Coliseum, Xigbar tells Roxas about how Nobodies come into existence, and that they are looking to refill the empty seats left by the demise of the Castle Oblivion team. Xigbar later challenges Roxas at [[Olympus Coliseum]] when he first enters the Games, claiming to "care about his future." The fight is cut short when the [[Guard Armor]] appears. During a mission in [[Halloween Town]], Xigbar takes it upon himself to teach Roxas a "hard and valuable lesson" by letting him vanquish a Heartless that was not their target; he then saves Roxas from an attack by [[Chill Ripper]], their real target. | ||
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After the [[Battle of the 1000 Heartless]], the members meet again to discuss whether Sora can still be controlled, now that he knows the Organization is using him. Xigbar posits that Sora's altruism will ensure that he continues to slay Heartless, and expresses concern that Xaldin's desire to beat Sora into submission will endanger their plans. | After the [[Battle of the 1000 Heartless]], the members meet again to discuss whether Sora can still be controlled, now that he knows the Organization is using him. Xigbar posits that Sora's altruism will ensure that he continues to slay Heartless, and expresses concern that Xaldin's desire to beat Sora into submission will endanger their plans. | ||
[[File:The Freeshooter | [[File:The Freeshooter Xigbar 02 KHII.png|thumb|right|Xigbar about to fight Sora.]] | ||
Xigbar then travels to [[The Land of Dragons]], where he transforms a dragon into the [[Storm Rider]] Heartless to harvest [[heart]]s for the Organization. Sora runs into a hooded Xigbar at the gates to [[The Emperor]]'s throne room and confuses him with Riku, but Xigbar reveals himself and summons several [[Sniper]]s to distract Sora as he vanishes. | Xigbar then travels to [[The Land of Dragons]], where he transforms a dragon into the [[Storm Rider]] Heartless to harvest [[heart]]s for the Organization. Sora runs into a hooded Xigbar at the gates to [[The Emperor]]'s throne room and confuses him with Riku, but Xigbar reveals himself and summons several [[Sniper]]s to distract Sora as he vanishes. | ||
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Later, at Where Nothing Gathers, Xigbar is in attendance as Master Xehanort returns and attempts to make Sora his final vessel. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Lea, Donald, and Goofy, resulting in the expiration of the Organization's allotted time. As the time-traveling members retreat to their rightful points in time, Master Xehanort and the Nobodies, including Xigbar, flee elsewhere. | Later, at Where Nothing Gathers, Xigbar is in attendance as Master Xehanort returns and attempts to make Sora his final vessel. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Lea, Donald, and Goofy, resulting in the expiration of the Organization's allotted time. As the time-traveling members retreat to their rightful points in time, Master Xehanort and the Nobodies, including Xigbar, flee elsewhere. | ||
===Between '' Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' and '' Kingdom Hearts III''=== | |||
Xigbar informs the Organization of the [[Black Box]]'s existence, prompting their search for it, but declines to provide any additional details.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''''', '''Larxene''': "What "important role"? That stupid box that Xigbar claims is real, but won't tell us a thing about?"</ref> Following their failed attempt to add Sora as their thirteenth vessel, Xigbar tasks Luxord with looking for the box. | |||
Meeting with Master Xehanort and Saïx at the Keyblade Graveyard, Xigbar ponders how to get thirteen members in the Organization when the replicas can't hold the hearts of those who traveled from the past. Saïx informs him that they will bring in Vexen to refine the replicas and recreate the lost "[[Xion|No i]]" replica to take Sora's place. They will keep Vexen and Demyx as reserves. With those orders, Xigbar leaves to turn Demyx back into a Nobody.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind}} | |||
===''Kingdom Hearts III''=== | ===''Kingdom Hearts III''=== | ||
[[File:Xigbar's Admonition 01 KHIII.png|thumb|right|Xigbar gives Sora cryptic advice to recover his lost power.]] | |||
During Sora's visit to [[Olympus]], following a particularly fraught rescue in a collapsing building, Xigbar intrudes on Sora and company, who taunts Sora that he will never recover his power like [[Hercules]] did, insinuating that Sora cannot recover his power without endangering others. Nevertheless, he is cryptically supportive of Sora, pushing him to keep looking for his lost power. Later, he observes as [[Maleficent]] and [[Pete]], following faulty information from [[Hades]], dig up [[Pandora's Box]] instead of the [[Black Box]], feeling disappointed that it was the not the same box all while he says to himself, "May your heart be your guiding key." | |||
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To Xigbar's surprise Luxord overhears him and tells him a riddle. After trying to throw off Luxord's suspicions about why he now brings up the box, Xigbar is stunned by the next revelation. Luxord figured out Xigbar has ties to the mysterious box and has sent him to search for it because it's in danger of being found by someone else. Luxord leaves to continue his mission, content to play ignorant of the truth. Xigbar ponders who Luxord truly is. {{storylink|Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind}} | |||
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Xigbar arrives | Sometime after, Xigbar arrives in [[Twilight Town]] and cautions Ansem and Xemnas against sharing too much of their plans with Sora. | ||
After Sora manages to destroy the [[Demon Tide]] in the [[Keyblade Graveyard]], Xigbar confronts them alongside [[Dark Riku]] | After Sora manages to destroy the [[Demon Tide]] in the [[Keyblade Graveyard]], Xigbar confronts them alongside [[Dark Riku]] and instructs his colleague to hold them off, then retreats. However, Sora and Riku shortly catch up to the pair at the Skein of Severance, where they manage to vanquish both darknesses. Faking his termination, Xigbar claims that he would have won had he the Keyblade that Xehanort promised him, to the Guardians' protests, then throws himself off a wall into the canyon below. | ||
After | After Master Xehanort's ultimate defeat and the departure of the Guardians, Xigbar returns to claim the resurfaced black box and his ancient [[No Name]] Keyblade, just as [[Ira]], [[Aced]], [[Invi]], and [[Gula]] return to the world, having been summoned by the realization of the Keyblade War and the opening of Kingdom Hearts. He identifies himself as their erstwhile companion, [[Luxu]], and affirms that events have transpired just as the Master had foretold. He remarks on [[Ava]]'s absence, claiming that like him, she has fulfilled her true role. | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
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==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
Xigbar is | Xigbar is laid-back and cocky, taking pleasure in taunting his opponents. When not on missions, he occasionally enjoys eavesdropping on his fellow Organization members. In the English version of the series, Xigbar speaks with a stereotypical surfer accent, emphasizing his extremely casual attitude, and habitually uses the phrase "As if." He relies heavily on instinct as well as intelligence, making him adaptable and unpredictable in battle. He is described by Roxas as being difficult to trick. | ||
Xigbar is one of the more genial members of the Organization, alongside Axel and Demyx, due to his fondness for wisecracks and sarcasm. He is rarely serious, even making sarcastic quips during battle. Like Demyx, Xigbar has given several members of Organization XIII nicknames, calling Roxas "kiddo" or "tiger", Xion "Poppet", and Axel "Flamesilocks". Despite this, Xigbar seems to care very little for his fellow Organization members, such as displaying casual indifference when he tells Roxas that what had happened to the members stationed at Castle Oblivion and even states that he is glad the castle is quieter. In the Organization's final meeting, Xigbar jokingly remarks that there are more free seats. Xigbar does show a degree of empathy on occasion, especially towards Xion when she failed to defeat the Organization's "impostor". | |||
Despite his high rank, Xigbar is not given high authority like Saïx or Marluxia and is instead sent on missions against Sora. He does, however, maintain a position of importance in the Organization due to his past with Xehanort, and is privy to information about the Organization's leader that few others know. Xigbar has a habit of divulging relatively important information to his enemies through his taunts, though he is typically vague enough that they do not understand his meaning, namely his numerous comments to Sora about Ventus and Roxas. Xigbar does not seem to be intimidated by Xemnas as some other Organization members are, going so far as to spy on him in the Chamber of Repose. Xigbar considers Roxas to be a traitor, like the rest of the Organization. | |||
Unlike the other Organization members, Xigbar does not express fear or remorse while fading into darkness, instead of chuckling rather triumphantly and giving Sora a cocky reply to the final question Sora asks him. Given his general knowledge of Xehanort's plans and his subsequent return, Xigbar may have known beforehand that he would be restored. | |||
However, it is revealed that Xigbar's personality is an entire ruse and that he is a vessel of the heart of Luxu, who put on the facade in order to get close to Xehanort and make certain that his plan to enact a second Keyblade War and summon Kingdom Hearts comes to pass, as per the role that was given to him by the Master of Masters. | |||
==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
{{Q|Clever little sneak!|Xigbar, during his battle with Sora}} | {{Q|Clever little sneak!|Xigbar, during his battle with Sora}} | ||
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===Weapon=== | ===Weapon=== | ||
[[File:Xigbar's Arrowgun Comparison KHIIFM.png|200px|thumb|The Japanese release on the top, North American on the bottom.]] | [[File:Xigbar's Arrowgun Comparison KHIIFM.png|200px|right|thumb|The Japanese release on the top, North American on the bottom.]] | ||
Xigbar wields two ranged weapons called '''[[Arrowguns]]'''; the main model he wields is called [[Sharpshooter]]. The top of each weapon bears a pattern similar to the Nobody symbol. They are purple, strangely shaped weapons resembling crossbows, and shoot red laser arrows which bend towards a target. Xigbar can create wormholes to direct his shots. The shots can be rebounded at Xigbar using the Keyblade's "Guard" ability. During Xigbar's desperation attack, the Arrowguns are able to fire a massive, rapid-fire stream of powerful rounds, which glow blue rather than red. When held together and charged, the Arrowguns can fire a massive, blue energy arrow that ricochets around the area, and can be angled to hit an enemy multiple times. After several attacks, the Arrowguns need to be reloaded. | Xigbar wields two ranged weapons called '''[[Arrowguns]]'''; the main model he wields is called [[Sharpshooter]]. The top of each weapon bears a pattern similar to the Nobody symbol. They are purple, strangely shaped weapons resembling crossbows, and shoot red laser arrows which bend towards a target. Xigbar can create wormholes to direct his shots. The shots can be rebounded at Xigbar using the Keyblade's "Guard" ability. During Xigbar's desperation attack, the Arrowguns are able to fire a massive, rapid-fire stream of powerful rounds, which glow blue rather than red. When held together and charged, the Arrowguns can fire a massive, blue energy arrow that ricochets around the area, and can be angled to hit an enemy multiple times. After several attacks, the Arrowguns need to be reloaded. | ||
The Arrowguns can be combined together into a makeshift sniper rifle with deadly accuracy. | The Arrowguns can be combined together into a makeshift sniper rifle with deadly accuracy. When ''Kingdom Hearts II'' was released in North America, one of the main changes in the game was made to Xigbar's Arrowguns. In the cinematic before the fight, Xigbar combines his two guns together to make a sniper rifle. He uses this move later on in the fight, as well. Due to restraints on video game violence, this was changed in North America and Europe. Xigbar no longer creates his sniper rifle, and instead, he simply spins his guns around, using one gun as a balance to steady the gun with which he snipes. The first person HUD display was changed as well, to make it less realistic. Xigbar's sniper rifle was later brought back for ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', despite keeping many changes from the English versions, and was retained in the English release of the game in the ''HD 2.5 ReMIX'' bundle. Interestingly, the Japanese HUD display is decorated with a black silhouette of Xigbar's individual Arrowguns in each of the four cardinal directions. | ||
In ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', Xigbar combines his twin Arrowguns into one during his Limit Break, this kept in the English localization as well, as it lacks the targeting graphic featured in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''. | |||
In ''Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance'', Xigbar utilizes his sniper rifle once more in a cutscene while confronting Sora. The rifle and the scope HUD were both retained in the English release. | |||
In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', he can combine his Arrowguns into a | In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', he can combine his Arrowguns into a long bow. | ||
After the defeat of Xehanort in ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Xigbar reclaims his [[No Name]] Keyblade. | After the defeat of Xehanort in ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Xigbar reclaims his [[No Name]] Keyblade. | ||
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<center><gallery> | <center><gallery> | ||
File:Sharpshooter | File:Sharpshooter KHII.png|Xigbar's signature Arrowgun, the [[Sharpshooter]]. | ||
File:No Name KH0.2.png|Xigbar's [[No Name]] | File:No Name KH0.2.png|Xigbar's [[No Name]] | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Despite Xigbar appearing as a major antagonist in ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'', Hōchū Ōtsuka and James Patrick Stuart are only credited for voicing Braig in the game's opening scene, and Xigbar's name does not appear at all in the credits. | |||
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Arrowgun}} | {{Arrowgun}} | ||
{{NobodyDirectory}} | {{NobodyDirectory}} | ||
