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Xenoblade's Cano
To start with, the proof of 2-A Xenoblade comes from Xenogears/Xenosaga. All three of the games are proven to be canon to each other through the fact that the Zohar from Xenogears/Xenosaga and the Conduit from Xenoblade are the same thing. The Zohar and the Conduit are both described as infinite perpetual motion machines, they both have true forms that can't be perceived within 4-D space, they're both responsible for manipulating ether within the multiverse, both originally came from a higher dimension, and they were both discovered in Africa during the 21st century. This isn't just a cameo either, due to how both of them are major parts of the plots of their respective games. Another reason why the games are canon to each other is just the fact that the conscience of KOS-MOS, a character from Xenosaga, is carried over to a new body in Xenoblade 2.
Reasons for 2-A
The reasoning behind 2-A would come from the Phenomenon Shift ability in Xenogears which is explained in this link https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/u...111201214/5464051-2905095393_de6d6178fa_b.jpg and Fiora's statement about "infinite possibilities" in Xenoblade 1 which was mentioned in the OP. The link is an excerpt from Perfect Works, a book made by the creator of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade that expands on things like missing lore from Xenogears. To summarize that page, the core design of the ability is manipulating possibilities, which exist as alternate realities, to bring about a desired outcome of the user. The idea that they're alternate realities comes from another quote from Perfect Works, which says "The Wave Existence exists in multiple realities simultaneously... that is the definition of a higher dimensional entity... as Id's power is directly drawn from this source his attacks can be argued to exist in multiple dimensions.... from a physics standpoint this explains the high yield of his attacks as when they collide with lower dimensional matter they must discharge the higher dimensional mass in the only form that can exist in a lower dimensional plane.... raw energy" the quote is referring to Id utilizing the Phenomenon Shift ability to cause massive damage. If you remember correctly, the Phenomenon Shift ability basically allows the user to bring about a certain outcome through manipulating all possibilities, which are shown above to exist as alternate dimensions because Id uses the power of the Wave Existence (which is being channeled by the Zohar through all dimensions in the form of ether), to bring about his wish, which in this case, would be causing a devastating amount of damage to the area around him. To make things simple, the Phenomenon Shift ability's design falls completely in line with the Many Worlds Interpretation, which suggests that wavefunction (a term used to describe the wave characteristics of a particle/the likelihood that a particle will be in a certain point in space at a certain point of time) doesn't exist and instead possibilities exist as alternate realities. Now taking into account the fact that a possibility in this verse would equate to an entire reality, Fiora's statement about infinite possibilities alone would justify 2-A, especially since we've already established the idea of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade being canon, along with the fact that the word possibilities is being used in both Fiora's quote and the explanation of the Phenomenon Shift ability to define a future outcome based on one's decision.
To start with, the proof of 2-A Xenoblade comes from Xenogears/Xenosaga. All three of the games are proven to be canon to each other through the fact that the Zohar from Xenogears/Xenosaga and the Conduit from Xenoblade are the same thing. The Zohar and the Conduit are both described as infinite perpetual motion machines, they both have true forms that can't be perceived within 4-D space, they're both responsible for manipulating ether within the multiverse, both originally came from a higher dimension, and they were both discovered in Africa during the 21st century. This isn't just a cameo either, due to how both of them are major parts of the plots of their respective games. Another reason why the games are canon to each other is just the fact that the conscience of KOS-MOS, a character from Xenosaga, is carried over to a new body in Xenoblade 2.
Reasons for 2-A
The reasoning behind 2-A would come from the Phenomenon Shift ability in Xenogears which is explained in this link https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/u...111201214/5464051-2905095393_de6d6178fa_b.jpg and Fiora's statement about "infinite possibilities" in Xenoblade 1 which was mentioned in the OP. The link is an excerpt from Perfect Works, a book made by the creator of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade that expands on things like missing lore from Xenogears. To summarize that page, the core design of the ability is manipulating possibilities, which exist as alternate realities, to bring about a desired outcome of the user. The idea that they're alternate realities comes from another quote from Perfect Works, which says "The Wave Existence exists in multiple realities simultaneously... that is the definition of a higher dimensional entity... as Id's power is directly drawn from this source his attacks can be argued to exist in multiple dimensions.... from a physics standpoint this explains the high yield of his attacks as when they collide with lower dimensional matter they must discharge the higher dimensional mass in the only form that can exist in a lower dimensional plane.... raw energy" the quote is referring to Id utilizing the Phenomenon Shift ability to cause massive damage. If you remember correctly, the Phenomenon Shift ability basically allows the user to bring about a certain outcome through manipulating all possibilities, which are shown above to exist as alternate dimensions because Id uses the power of the Wave Existence (which is being channeled by the Zohar through all dimensions in the form of ether), to bring about his wish, which in this case, would be causing a devastating amount of damage to the area around him. To make things simple, the Phenomenon Shift ability's design falls completely in line with the Many Worlds Interpretation, which suggests that wavefunction (a term used to describe the wave characteristics of a particle/the likelihood that a particle will be in a certain point in space at a certain point of time) doesn't exist and instead possibilities exist as alternate realities. Now taking into account the fact that a possibility in this verse would equate to an entire reality, Fiora's statement about infinite possibilities alone would justify 2-A, especially since we've already established the idea of Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade being canon, along with the fact that the word possibilities is being used in both Fiora's quote and the explanation of the Phenomenon Shift ability to define a future outcome based on one's decision.
