Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch in March

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition will be released on March 20, 2025 for Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo announced the re-release of Monolith Software's 2015 Wii U RPG with a trailer below saying it features “improved graphics” and “all-new story elements.”

“Earth has been destroyed by an intergalactic war between two alien races and humanity is on the brink of annihilation,” reads the official synopsis.

“A small number of survivors land aboard the USS White Whale on the vast and untamed planet Mira – and now it's up to you, as a member of Blade, to save humanity from extinction with the help of powerful giant robots called Skells.

Wii U titles have slowly but surely made their way to the Nintendo Switch over the years. The console famously underperformed compared to Nintendo, so its best games may not have received the attention they deserved.

Games like Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Mario 3D World, New Super Mario Bros. U, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and many more have all been ported to the more successful platform. Ports are also an easier way to fill the release calendar as Nintendo prepares for its next console, colloquially known as the Switch 2.

In our 8/10 review of the original, IGN said: “Xenoblade Chronicles

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