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| image caption = An Xyz Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-VVRAINS''
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The appearance of the portal differs between ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]''; in ''ZEXAL'', the portal is usually a simple red vortex that twists shut and explodes in multi-colored light, but certain monsters have unique or specially designed Overlay Networks of a different color or design. The most obvious example is the "[[Number]]" archetype, which employs a more gradiose visual of yellow particles over a dark purple nebulosity, forming a distinct spiral shape highly resembling a stylized galaxy. This animation is likely a reference to a statement from Konami that says Xyz Monsters entered our universe through a black hole.
[[File:Overlay nw ArcV (Kaito).png|thumb|right|An Xyz Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''; lightning emerges from the portal rather than it closing.]]
Interestingly, all Xyz Summons in ''ARC-V'' used this "galaxy-style portal", although compacted in size, as well as replacing the "shutting and exploding" effect with a simpler pillar of blue energy erupting out from the center. Subvariations exist, such as "[[Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon (anime)|Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon]]" producing red energy instead. Of note, an Xyz Summon performed using monsters that have been [[Pendulum Summon]]ed is referred to as a "Pendulum-Xyz Summon", and [[Shay Obsidian]] also refers to an Xyz Summon performed using both an Xyz Monster and a non-Xyz Monster as materials as a "[[Cross Xyz Summon]]".
[[File:VRAINSOverlayUnits.png|thumb|left|Overlay Units in an array before being used to create an Overlay Network.]]
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', the entire sequence is remade: when the Duelist declares that they are overlaying their monsters, lightning crackles from them before a blue X-shaped cybernetic array (somewhat similar in design to the [[Link Summon]]ing Circuit) with four small red circles between the spokes materializes behind them. The Xyz Materials disperse into coloured particles and enter the red circles and once they are set, datastream-like energy flows from the tips and forms the galaxy-style Overlay Network, now entirely colored light blue, from which the newly formed Xyz Monster emerges. The process is reminiscent of a sci-fi device being used to open a wormhole.
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