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At the Nintendo Direct February 2022<\/strong> showcase, the platform holder announced and Monolith Soft announced Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/strong>, which will follow on from the events of both Xenoblade Chronicles<\/strong> and Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The trailer sees a pair of (what we have to assume are) protagonist characters, playing the flute as footage zips between epic sword battles, monolithic mechs, and high-octane anime-inspired drama.<\/p>\n

If we’re to expect what we’ve seen in the other games in this sequel, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will feature a massive open-world, brimming with real-time combat. Whether we’ll see the likes of Shulk, Rex or Pyra return in the game remains to be seen, but given Xenoblade Chronicles 3 teases a future of those worlds, we assume there’ll be some link to them. <\/p>\n

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At the Nintendo Direct February 2022 showcase, the platform holder announced and Monolith Soft announced Xenoblade Chronicles 3, which will follow on from the events of both Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. The trailer sees a pair of (what we have to assume are) protagonist characters, playing the flute as footage zips between epic sword battles, monolithic mechs, and high-octane anime-inspired drama. If we’re to expect what we’ve seen in the other games in this sequel, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will feature a massive open-world, brimming with real-time combat. Whether we’ll see the likes of Shulk, Rex or Pyra return in the game remains to be seen, but given Xenoblade Chronicles 3 teases a future of those worlds, we assume there’ll be some link to…<\/p>\n

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