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Nintendo has (at least) one more Wii U port in the tank for Nintendo Switch: Sci-fi role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition\u00a0<\/em>is coming to Switch on March 20, 2025, Nintendo announced Tuesday. The Definitive Edition<\/em> will bring enhanced visuals, added story elements, and other unannounced features to the original game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nintendo\u2019s trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition\u00a0<\/em>ends with a tease that appears to allude to the re-release\u2019s expanded story. It features an alternate version of the post-credits scene from the original Xenoblade Chronicles X<\/em>, in which Lao Huang wakes up on the beach and is greeted by a mysterious hooded figure. The original game ended with the line \u201cThis story truly never ends\u2026\u201d and it appears that Monolith Soft and Nintendo will make good on that tease, nearly a decade later.<\/p>\n

Developers Monolith Soft released Xenoblade Chronicles X<\/a><\/em> for Wii U in 2015. The open-world RPG is set in near-future New Los Angeles, a human colony on the alien planet Mira. As a member of the organization BLADE \u2014\u00a0Builders of the Legacy After the Destruction of Earth, of course \u2014\u00a0your goal is to explore Mira and rebuild civilization for humanity\u2019s last remaining survivors, all while piloting a powerful, customizable mech known as a Skell.<\/p>\n

We had mixed feelings on the original game, praising the epic Xenoblade Chronicles X<\/em> as \u201cone of the Wii U’s best-looking titles\u201d but critiquing it for its glacial pace and confusing UI. \u201cMonolith Soft has once more created something special under the Xenoblade name; it just happens to have buried that something special under a mountain of annoyances,\u201d we said in our 2015 review of Xenoblade Chronicles X<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition<\/em> will be released both digitally and physically on Switch next year. The game is available for pre-order<\/a> for $59.99. The three other games in the franchise \u2014\u00a0Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition<\/a><\/em>, Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/a><\/em>, and Xenoblade Chronicles <\/em><\/em>3<\/a> \u2014\u00a0are also available on Switch.<\/p>\n

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Nintendo has (at least) one more Wii U port in the tank for Nintendo Switch: Sci-fi role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition\u00a0is coming to Switch on March 20, 2025, Nintendo announced Tuesday. The Definitive Edition will bring enhanced visuals, added story elements, and other unannounced features to the original game.\u00a0 Nintendo\u2019s trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition\u00a0ends with a tease that appears to allude to the re-release\u2019s expanded story. It features an alternate version of the post-credits scene from the original Xenoblade Chronicles X, in which Lao Huang wakes up on the beach and is greeted by a mysterious hooded figure. The original game ended with the line \u201cThis story truly never ends\u2026\u201d and it appears that Monolith Soft and Nintendo will make…<\/p>\n

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