Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem still exists. It has to!
I forgot about the troubles with the Index corporation and Atlus's merger with Sega. Thinking that the game might have lost 9-12 months of development to that is a sad thought.
The recent Xenoblade X preview from Famitsu and the updates on the Japanese Twitter all sound good. I have a nagging worry that the game might not be what I hoped it to be. However, aside from some debatable character design (I think the faces look fine!), everything previewed sounds it is shaping up to be a great follow-up to Xenoblade.