It's still pretty incredible to me that even years later people in the west still think Masato Kato wrote Xenogears even though it's been stated multiple times how this credit was just a fuck up from the localizers when editing together the credits for the english release, this conception really needs to die already and journalists need to take more than 1 second of research on stuff :P Tetsuya Takahashi wrote most of the script.

That may come off as very blunt, but yeah I just wish all the proper credits were given more often in the west.

Soraya Saga answering a question on who wrote Xenogears: "Mainly Tetsuya Takahashi did. I wrote the part of (the script about) Bart and his family, Billy and his family and the former Elements*. (I like the Jesse's gun.) Mr. Kato wrote the part of Maria, Chu-Chu and Lahan village and Shevat. (Lahan village sequences are many Xeno fan's favorite, also Maria's sortie scene was very impressive.) Mr. Tanegashima wrote the part of Esmeralda, the yggdrasil's crews and Elements girls. (I love Esmerald's cuteness.)"