One of the best mech games you've ever played is finally coming to the Switch

Out of nowhere, Nintendo announced this this morning Xenoblade Chronicles X– the 2015 Wii U spinoff/sequel to Monolith Soft's excellent JRPG series – would finally get out of the limbo that is where there are fewer and fewer Wii U titles that aren't yet available from the platform to other hardware have managed. Well, with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Editionnot just the whole thing Xenoblade With the release of the series, which will be playable on the Nintendo Switch, players can finally experience one of the most underrated pieces of sci-fi worldbuilding design in a video game.

According to Nintendo Definitive edition will bring Xenoblade Chronicles X to switch with newly updated graphics (similar to its predecessor). Definitive edition Publication of the original Xenoblade Chronicles in 2020), as well as additional story content created for the new port, which will presumably attempt to bridge connections between the otherwise relatively standalone nature of X and the rest of the series. X juked where many fans of the original Xenoblade I expected it to be lively, eschewing a continuation of the story and the world established there to deliver a sci-fi touch more in line with the style of series director Tetsuya Takahashi's work on games like… Xenogears and the Xenosaga Series.

Set in a future where humanity has been forced to leave Earth before being caught in the crossfire of an interstellar war, Xenoblade Chronicles X follows the surviving remains of an Ark ship called the White Whale after it crashes on the planet Mira. With the majority of the life pods containing the Ark's survivors scattered across the planet, the player – for the first time in the series, a customizable avatar rather than a defined character – is tasked with teaming up with his fellow survivors to rescue Mira to explore and find a way to secure the future of humanity. And finally also pilot extremely cool transforming mecha called Skells that you unlock in the second half of the game.

While X It lacked the particular narrative focus that characterized other entries in the book Xenoblade Chronicles The series' strengths lay in the side stories that brought to life the citizens of New Los Angeles – the last bastion of survivors of the crashed White Whale – and Mira herself, rewarding players who were invested in veering off the beaten path and interacting with the world invested in Monolith Soft. Combine that with the game's exploration mechanics (and the feeling of revelation when you return to the world you've spent hours exploring on foot, this time in your Skell), and Mira becomes one of the most fascinating sci-fi worlds out there today Gaming history and worth spending time exploring.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition will be released on the Nintendo Switch on March 20, 2025. Will there be the currently unreleased Switch 2? Probably, otherwise you'll be stuck with it for another few decades Xenoblade Fans are clamoring for it and the rest of the series to take the plunge again.

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