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| image caption = An The Xyz Summon Summoning animation of the "[[Number]]" monsters in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINSZEXAL'', which also serves as the standard one in ''ARC-V''
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====''Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL''====
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 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 grandiose visual of yellow particles over a dark purple nebula, forming a distinct spiral shape highly resembling a stylized galaxy.
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V''====
[[File:Overlay nw ArcV (Kaito).png|thumb|rightleft|An Xyz Summon in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'' — a blue pillar emerges from the portal rather than it closing]]
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', all Xyz Summons use the "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. Some minor variations exist, such as "[[Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon (anime)|Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon]]" producing red energy instead.
====''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS''====
[[File:VRAINSOverlayUnitsVRAINSOverlayNetwork.png|thumb|left|Overlay Units An Xyz Summon in an array before being used to create an Overlay Network''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS''.]]
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'', the entire Xyz Summon 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 colored 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.
===Video games===
In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel]]'', whenever a player Xyz Summons a monster, the galaxy-style portal used for "Number" monsters in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL'' and generic Xyz Monsters in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'' is used.
In ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links'', ''VRAINS'' characters, as well as [[Standard Duelist]]s in Duel World (VRAINS), use a different Xyz Summon animation. This animation is based on the Xyz Summoning animation used in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime.
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== Trivia ==
* When Xyz Summons were revealed in the ''OCG'', they were at originally translated by fans as "Exceed Summons". 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''.
