diff --git a/MBINCompiler/Source/CommandLineOptions.cs b/MBINCompiler/Source/CommandLineOptions.cs
index 03be51d02..3ab871d54 100644
--- a/MBINCompiler/Source/CommandLineOptions.cs
+++ b/MBINCompiler/Source/CommandLineOptions.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public static class OptionBackers
             public static List<string> optExcludeFilters = null;
             public static HeaderFormat optFormatVersion  = HeaderFormat.V4;
             public static bool optUseThreads             = true;
+            public static bool optTyped                  = false;
         }
 
         // --debug
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ internal set {
         // --no-threads
         public static bool UseThreads { get => optUseThreads; internal set => optUseThreads = value; }
 
+        // --typed
+        public static bool IncludeTypeInfo { get => optTyped; internal set => optTyped = value; }
+
         public static readonly List<Option> OPTIONS_GENERAL = new List<Option> {
             new Option { shortName = 'q', longName = "quiet",
                             description = "Do not display any console messages.\n" +
@@ -155,6 +159,8 @@ internal set {
             new Option { longName = "no-threads", isHidden = true, description = "Disable multi-threading." },
 
             new Option { longName = "stream", description = "Enable sending MXML to Console." },
+
+            new Option { longName = "typed", description = "Enable type information in MXML." },
         };
         
         public static readonly List<Option> OPTIONS_LIST = new List<Option> {
diff --git a/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/Convert.cs b/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/Convert.cs
index 54de7d65c..a79af15b3 100644
--- a/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/Convert.cs
+++ b/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/Convert.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ private static string ConvertMBIN( string inputPath, FileStream fIn, MemoryStrea
                 if ( data is null ) throw new InvalidDataException( "Invalid MBIN data." );
 
                 msg = $"Failed serializing {mbin.Header.GetXMLTemplateName()} to MXML.";
-                string mxml = MXmlFile.WriteTemplate(data, HideVersionInfo);
+                string mxml = MXmlFile.WriteTemplate(data, HideVersionInfo, IncludeTypeInfo);
 
                 if ( StreamToConsole ) {
                     EmitInfo($"");
diff --git a/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/ConvertMode.cs b/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/ConvertMode.cs
index f216e4938..2d01d8937 100644
--- a/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/ConvertMode.cs
+++ b/MBINCompiler/Source/Commands/ConvertMode.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public override int ExecuteCommand( CommandLineParser options ) {
             UseThreads   = !options.GetOptionSwitch( "no-threads" );
             StreamToConsole = options.GetOptionSwitch("stream");
             HideVersionInfo = options.GetOptionSwitch("no-version");
+            IncludeTypeInfo   = options.GetOptionSwitch( "typed" );
             
             var arg = options.GetOptionArg( "format-version" );
             if ( arg != null ) {
diff --git a/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlFile.cs b/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlFile.cs
index 7a2973562..a59bc1df3 100644
--- a/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlFile.cs
+++ b/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlFile.cs
@@ -90,14 +90,16 @@ public static MXmlData ReadMXmlDataFromString(string xml)
         /// Writes the NMSTemplate object to an .mxml file.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="outputpath">The location to write the .mxml file.</param>
-        /// <param name="hideVersionInfo">version info is written to the MXML file.</param>
-        public static string WriteTemplate(NMSTemplate template) => WriteTemplate(template, false);
+        /// <param name="hideVersionInfo">If true, version info is not written to the MXML file.</param>
+        /// <param name="includeTypeInfo">If true, type info is written to the MXML file.</param>
+        public static string WriteTemplate(NMSTemplate template) => WriteTemplate(template, false, false);
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes the NMSTemplate object to an .mxml file.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="outputpath">The location to write the .mxml file.</param>
         /// <param name="hideVersionInfo">If true, version info is not written to the MXML file.</param>
-        public static string WriteTemplate(NMSTemplate template, bool hideVersionInfo)
+        /// <param name="includeTypeInfo">If true, type info is written to the MXML file.</param>
+        public static string WriteTemplate(NMSTemplate template, bool hideVersionInfo, bool includeTypeInfo)
         {
             var origCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
             Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ public static string WriteTemplate(NMSTemplate template, bool hideVersionInfo)
                 var ver = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
                 string str_ver = $"{ver.Major}.{ver.Minor:00}.{ver.Build}.{ver.Revision}";
                 if ( !hideVersionInfo ) xmlTextWriter.WriteComment($"File created using MBINCompiler version ({str_ver})");
-                var data = template.SerializeMXml(false);
+                var data = template.SerializeMXml(false, false, includeTypeInfo);
                 Serializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, data, Namespaces);
                 xmlTextWriter.Flush();
 
diff --git a/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlProperty.cs b/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlProperty.cs
index 007322318..a83ff9d90 100644
--- a/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlProperty.cs
+++ b/libMBIN/Source/MXML/MXmlProperty.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ public class MXmlProperty : MXmlBase
         public string Value { get; set; }
         [XmlAttribute("linked")]
         public string Linked { get; set; }
+        [XmlAttribute("array_size")]
+        public string ArraySize { get; set; }
         [XmlAttribute("_id")]
         public string ID { get; set; }
         [XmlAttribute("_index")]
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ public override string ToString()
             if (this.Linked != null) {
                 result += $" linked=\"{this.Linked}\"";
             }
+            if (this.ArraySize != null) {
+                result += $" array_size=\"{this.ArraySize}\"";
+            }
             result += ">";
             return result;
         }
diff --git a/libMBIN/Source/Template/NMSTemplate.cs b/libMBIN/Source/Template/NMSTemplate.cs
index ebf4b4693..b9f1f2a5d 100644
--- a/libMBIN/Source/Template/NMSTemplate.cs
+++ b/libMBIN/Source/Template/NMSTemplate.cs
@@ -1184,7 +1184,16 @@ public byte[] SerializeBytes() {
                 return stream.ToArray();
             }
         }
-        public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute settings, object value, bool isField = true)
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// .
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fieldType">The field type of the field.</param>
+        /// <param name="field">A field.</param>
+        /// <param name="settings">The settings of the field.</param>
+        /// <param name="value">The value of the field.</param>
+        /// <param name="IncludeTypeInfo">If true, type info is written to the MXML file.</param>
+        public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute settings, object value, bool IncludeTypeInfo)
         {
             string t = fieldType.Name;
             int i = 0;
@@ -1237,13 +1246,13 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute
                 case "Colour32":
                     // Handle the Colour32 explicitly since we want to write floats to the MXML, not ints.
                     Colour colour = new Colour((Colour32)value);
-                    MXmlProperty colour_field = (MXmlProperty)colour.SerializeMXml( true );
+                    MXmlProperty colour_field = (MXmlProperty)colour.SerializeMXml( true, false, IncludeTypeInfo );
                     colour_field.Name = fieldName;
                     return colour_field;
                 case "LinkableNMSTemplate":
                     LinkableNMSTemplate linkedTemplate = (LinkableNMSTemplate) value;
                     if (linkedTemplate.Template != null) {
-                        MXmlProperty templateXmlData = (MXmlProperty)linkedTemplate.Template.SerializeMXml( true, true );
+                        MXmlProperty templateXmlData = (MXmlProperty)linkedTemplate.Template.SerializeMXml( true, true, IncludeTypeInfo );
                         templateXmlData.Name = fieldName;
                         templateXmlData.Value = linkedTemplate.Template.GetType().Name;
                         if (linkedTemplate.Linked.StringValue() != "") {
@@ -1280,7 +1289,7 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute
                         } else {
                             Dictionary<string, uint> IdCounter = new Dictionary<string, uint>{};
                             foreach ( var template in templates ) {
-                                MXmlProperty data = (MXmlProperty)SerializeMXmlValue( listType, field, settings, template, false );
+                                MXmlProperty data = (MXmlProperty)SerializeMXmlValue( listType, field, settings, template, IncludeTypeInfo );
                                 data.Name = fieldName;
                                 string typeIdField = TypeHasID(listType);
                                 if (typeIdField != null) {
@@ -1310,7 +1319,7 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute
                     if ( value != null ) {
                         NMSTemplate template = (NMSTemplate) value;
 
-                        MXmlProperty templateXmlData = (MXmlProperty)template.SerializeMXml( true, true );
+                        MXmlProperty templateXmlData = (MXmlProperty)template.SerializeMXml( true, true, IncludeTypeInfo );
                         templateXmlData.Name = fieldName;
                         templateXmlData.Value = template.GetType().Name;
 
@@ -1335,7 +1344,7 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute
                         string id_field = field.GetCustomAttribute<NMSAttribute>()?.KeyField ?? "";
 
                         foreach ( var template in (IEnumerable)value ) {
-                            MXmlProperty data = (MXmlProperty)SerializeMXmlValue( hashMapType, field, settings, template, false );
+                            MXmlProperty data = (MXmlProperty)SerializeMXmlValue( hashMapType, field, settings, template, IncludeTypeInfo );
 
                             // Get aforementioned id field and write to the `_id` attribute.
                             MXmlProperty IdData = (MXmlProperty)data.Elements.Where(
@@ -1357,7 +1366,7 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute
                         } else {
                             template = (NMSTemplate) value;
                         }
-                        var templateXmlData = template.SerializeMXml( true );
+                        var templateXmlData = template.SerializeMXml( true, false, IncludeTypeInfo );
                         templateXmlData.Name = fieldName;
 
                         return templateXmlData;
@@ -1367,11 +1376,15 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXmlValue(Type fieldType, FieldInfo field, NMSAttribute
                             Name = fieldName
                         };
 
+                        if (IncludeTypeInfo) {
+                            arrayProperty.ArraySize = field.GetCustomAttribute<NMSAttribute>()?.Size.ToString();
+                        }
+
                         Array array = (Array) value;
                         string[] names = GetEnumNames( field.Name, array.Length, settings );
                         i = 0;
                         foreach ( var template in array ) {
-                            MXmlProperty data = (MXmlProperty)SerializeMXmlValue( arrayType, field, settings, template, false );
+                            MXmlProperty data = (MXmlProperty)SerializeMXmlValue( arrayType, field, settings, template, IncludeTypeInfo );
                             // Only change the name if we have an associated enum.
                             string overwriteName = names[i];
                             if (overwriteName != null && overwriteName != "") {
@@ -1467,7 +1480,13 @@ private static int GetArrayLength( string fieldName, NMSAttribute settings ) {
             return GetEnumNames( fieldName, settings ).Length;
         }
 
-        public MXmlBase SerializeMXml(bool isChildTemplate, bool isGenericTemplate = false) {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// .
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="isChildTemplate">If true, </param>
+        /// <param name="isGenericTemplate">If true, </param>
+        /// <param name="IncludeTypeInfo">If true, type info is written to the MXML file.</param>
+        public MXmlBase SerializeMXml(bool isChildTemplate, bool isGenericTemplate = false, bool IncludeTypeInfo = false) {
             Type type = GetType();
             string typeName = type.Name != "NMSString0x20A" ? type.Name : "NMSString0x20";
             MXmlBase xmlData = new MXmlProperty {};
@@ -1495,9 +1514,9 @@ public MXmlBase SerializeMXml(bool isChildTemplate, bool isGenericTemplate = fal
                 if ( field.IsInitOnly ) continue;
 
                 if ( isGenericTemplate ) {
-                    subElement.Elements.Add( SerializeMXmlValue( field.FieldType, field, settings, field.GetValue( this ) ) );
+                    subElement.Elements.Add( SerializeMXmlValue( field.FieldType, field, settings, field.GetValue( this ), IncludeTypeInfo ) );
                 } else {
-                    xmlData.Elements.Add( SerializeMXmlValue( field.FieldType, field, settings, field.GetValue( this ) ) );
+                    xmlData.Elements.Add( SerializeMXmlValue( field.FieldType, field, settings, field.GetValue( this ), IncludeTypeInfo ) );
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1807,19 +1826,15 @@ public void WriteToMbin(string outputpath)
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Writes the NMSTemplate object to an .mxml file.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="outputpath">The location to write the .mxml file.</param>
-        public void WriteToMxml(string outputpath) => WriteToMxml(outputpath, false);
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes the NMSTemplate object to an .mxml file.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="outputpath">The location to write the .mxml file.</param>
         /// <param name="hideVersionInfo">If true, version info is not written to the MXML file.</param>
-        public void WriteToMxml(string outputpath, bool hideVersionInfo)
+        /// <param name="IncludeTypeInfo">If true, type info is written to the MXML file.</param>
+        public void WriteToMxml(string outputpath, bool hideVersionInfo, bool IncludeTypeInfo)
         {
-            var data = MXmlFile.WriteTemplate(this, hideVersionInfo);
+            var data = MXmlFile.WriteTemplate(this, hideVersionInfo, IncludeTypeInfo);
             File.WriteAllText(outputpath, data);
         }