Well that's thirty-seven down...

At last finished Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, and the ending is just as convoluted as the rest of the story.

During the confrontation with the evil god it's revealed that the woman who appeared to be controlling it was actually the one being controlled. It turns out that she died 9 years ago and her grief stricken grandfather made a deal with the evil god to restore her to life. This mirrors how Kalas was brought back from death by his brother Fee who was the embodiment of life. After the final battle with the evil god Kalas saves the woman from it's control and all the islands return to earth as the toxic clouds disappear.

Then it's revealed that Xelha holds within her the spirit of the ocean and now that the earth is set back to normal she has to give it up. Before she can do that though there is one final boss fight, the emperor shows up back from the dead in the form of a giant head made of earth. Since the part just won 7 fights with gods in a row, he's a piece of cake to take down though.

So in the end the ocean return, Xelha lives, all the weird jelly bean creates turn into the whale god, and Kalas and everyone says good by to the guardian spirit (me).

Tomorrow it's on to Tales of Vesperia for the 360, and if it's anything like Tales of Symphonia, it should be really good! Also it starts a 5 game streak of 360 titles, so my Wii will be taking a vacation for a few months until Trauma Triage.