Nene

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Nene (Japanese: ネネ) is a playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected. She is a Nopon, daughter of Riki and Oka and adoptive older sister to Kino.

Personality

Nene looks after Kino like a mother. She appears to be the most responsible of Riki's children, as she was the one who helped shoulder her mother's workload while Riki was busy with Heropon duties. Despite being young and cute, she is very reliable and is a powerful fighter, although also experiences a fear of tree-climbing due to an accident when she was younger.

Appearance

Nene is a teen Nopon with pink fur, pink hair with pale canary yellow highlights held into two pigtails by cherry red bows, and brown eyes. She wields a wooden flat bat weapon and wears a silver shield on her chest over a red, white, and light blue dress.

Story

Nene is present as a littlepon when Shulk and party stop at Frontier Village and meet Riki and his family, although she is not identified until she mentions it much later to Shulk in "All Grown Up" on the Bionis' Shoulder.

One year later, Nene spots her adoptive younger brother Kino in Colony 9 eavesdropping on Shulk and Melia's plan to retake Alcamoth. When Kino goes to stowaway on the Junks, Nene follows out of concern for his safety. A crash landing forces them to fight off monsters and blow their cover to Shulk and Melia. The two are allowed to journey with them. As they go on their adventure, Nene bonds with the rest of the party and helps them defeat the Fog King.

In Xenoblade Chronicles 3

In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Nene makes a brief appearance during a flashback during From Atop Her Throne, when Melia reminisces her experiences with her fellow party members from Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected. Nene's flashback scene is from when she, Kino, Shulk, and Melia talk about the hardships of the people living in Gran Dell and Companions' Cape after entering Gran Dell.

In battle

Nene has the same Arts as Reyn thus acts mainly as a tank, being able to easily attract the aggro of enemies and the ability to wield heavy armour and defense increasing weapons.

Arts

• Glad Taunt - [Talent Art] Temporarily increases a single enemy's aggro towards Nene.
• Bone Upper - Damages a single enemy and fills talent gauge.
• Hammer Beat - Damages enemies in a circle around the target and increases their aggro.
• Mild Down - Topples an enemy suffering from break and deals some damage.
• Hangry - Lowers phys. damage taken, causes Spike damage twice the amount of Nene's ether stat, decreases attack power, fills talent gauge over time. [Aura]
• Aura Toast - Only available while an aura is active, reduces enemy strength and generates aggro.
• Feather Swing - Damages enemies in a circle around the user and fills talent gauge.
• Guard Sift - Increases block chance to 100% for the duration but inhibits auto-attack and movement. Use again to de-activate.
• Engage - Forces a single enemy to lock on and increases aggro generated by Glad Taunt for the duration. [Aura]
• Sword Drive - Deals large amounts of damage.
• Berserker - Auto-attack and Glad Taunt gain area effect, decreases defense but increases strength. [Aura]
• Last Stand - Revives once if incapacitated during the duration, heals and fills Party Gauge. [Aura]
• Shield Kersmash - Dazes a toppled enemy.
• Chive Sobat - Causes paralysis, decreases agility when used after Bone Upper.
• Magnum Starch - Only usable with maxed talent gauge, multiplies next art's damage.
• Anchor Chain - Blocks knock-back and blow-down, increases aggro over time, prevents aggro loss when Nene receives damage.
• Lariat - Damages enemies in a frontal cone and fills talent gauge.

Trivia

• During her flashback appearance in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, a computer mouse could be seen to the left of Nene. This was fixed in Version 1.1.1.

Gallery

Artwork

Official Artwork

Shulk, Melia, Nene, and Kino on the Bionis Shoulder

Monolith Soft recruiting artwork of Kino and Nene

Nene and Kino plushes from Monolith Software

Screenshots

Nene's appearance options