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Heart-to-Hearts are interactions between two playable characters in Xenoblade Chronicles. Depending on dialog choices, affinity between the involved characters can be either increased or decreased. Heart-to-Hearts also help build character development in the game's storyline.
To activate a Heart-to-Heart, the characters must have reached at least the required affinity and both be in the active party. Some Heart-to-Hearts can only be accessed at a certain time of day. It also appears to be required that the Heart-to-Heart of a lower affinity must have been activated already, though this may not always be the case. The scene can still be played out even if the characters have a greater affinity than required, and they are never locked out or missable. Some will not activate even with the required affinity until a certain point in the main story has been reached, indicated by a message box rather than the usual title box when attempting to activate.
There are three Heart-to-Hearts locations for each pair of playable characters, resulting in a total of 63 Heart-to-Hearts.
In the Definitive Edition, any viewed Heart-to-Hearts can be viewed again in the Events Theater.
Future Connected utilises a similar mechanic called Quiet Moments. These are fully voiced and require multiple party members with time of day requirements, although they do not have affinity requirements or dialogue options. There are 13 of these located on the Bionis' Shoulder and 1 in Alcamoth.
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