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== Alternate methods ==
{{See also|Performs an Xyz Summon}}
Apart from the basic method of performing an Xyz Summon outlined above, certain cards allow the controller to perform an Xyz Summon outside of its parameters. Usually through "[[Rank-Up-Magic]]" cards or "[[Xyz Evolution]]".
== In the anime ==
[[File:XyzOverlayNetwork.png|thumb|200px|left|A normal An Xyz Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL''.]]In the anime, using monsters as Xyz Material to perform an Xyz Summon is known referred to as '''''overlaying''''' them.
When an Xyz Summon is performed, the Xyz Materials then turn into forms of energy whose colors match their Attributes before shooting into the air, sometimes spiraling around each other. A red-colored spiral portal known as an [[Overlay Network]] then appears, and the energy forms enter the portal. The newly Summoned Xyz Monster then emerges from the portal, its Xyz Materials, now colored in accordance with its Attribute, orbiting around it. The emergence from the portal differs between ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''; in ''ZEXAL'', the portal twists shut and explodes with light; in ''ARC-V'' a column of blue energy emerges from the portal (although the color of the energy is different for some monsters, such as "[[Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon (anime)|Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon]]" for which red energy emerged).
== Trivia ==
* When Xyz Summons were revealed in the ''OCG'', they were at first originally translated by fans as "Exceed Summons" by fans. This was likely because "Xyz" is not an actual word and has no immediately obvious pronunciation. The word "Exceed" was likely the closest English equivalent to the Japanese エクシーズ ''Ekushīzu''.** This term has fallen into official use in In the Chinese ''OCG'', where the term for "Xyz" is 超量 ''Chāoliàng'' or literally , which means "Exceeding". This could also be due in part to the Chinese language having no phonetic script for easy transliteration, forcing developers to adopt an equivalent, translatable term.
==See also==
