Nintendo Fans Can't Believe a Days of Our Lives Character Just Name Dropped a Mid-Tier RPG Franchise While Flirting

Days of Our Lives' existent 61st play has included a shoutout for 1 of Nintendo's lesser-known franchises, overmuch to the astonishment of fans.

A caller occurrence of the long-running soap saw Salem University pupil Aaron flirting with classmate Arianna extracurricular his dorm room. Looking for an excuse to invitation her in, Aaron boldly suggests Arianna mightiness similar to hold inside, successful bid to "play Xenoblade connected my Switch." I'd person gone for Mario Kart World, personally, but determination we go.

To the astonishment of Aaron — and, let's beryllium honest, everyone astatine location watching — his connection is taken up by Arianna, who awkwardly laughs and steps inside, looking similar she truly did not person thing other amended to do. Aaron, bless him, looks genuinely amazed his proposition worked — arsenic good helium should.

In this country from the long-running American soap opera Days of Our Lives (s61e008), Aaron uses playing Xenoblade arsenic an excuse to invitation Arianna into his dorm room. pic.twitter.com/LQ9kCVmuyC

The infinitesimal has since been turned into a clip and uploaded by Nintendeal to societal media, wherever galore Nintendo fans are celebrating idiosyncratic remembering that Xenoblade exists. (To those who were hoping for a caller crippled announcement successful past week's Nintendo Direct, I anticipation you're doing okay.)

Developed by Monolith Soft, the Xenoblade Chronicles bid began backmost successful 2010 connected Wii, with consequent years featuring fractional a twelve sequels and re-releases. The astir caller of those, a caller mentation of Wii U side-story Xenoblade Chronicles X, launched for Switch backmost successful March, astatine a clip erstwhile astir Nintendo fans were conscionable waiting for Switch 2.

"This amusement has 61 seasons and I've ne'er seen immoderate spot of it until Xenoblade was mentioned," wrote Zhenghua Yang, laminitis of To the Moon developer Serenity Forge, aft watching the clip. "Top tier marketing."

"I cognize thing astir this amusement but Aaron is already my favourite quality and determination is nary question astir it," wrote different fan, AmiibroN.

Originally launched successful 1965, Days of Our Lives is (still) moving — present connected streaming work Peacock. For anyone who has watched the afloat episode, bash fto america cognize what happened next.

Image credit: NBC/Peacock.

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