Forgotten JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally getting a Nintendo Switch remaster after 10 years, and it's only a few months away

Oct. 29, 2024



Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition will feature “newly added story elements”

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One of the last great Wii U exclusives has finally escaped the prison of Nintendo’s underloved console. The publisher has just announced Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, an upgraded remaster of a JRPG it seemed Nintendo itself had forgotten.

With the announcement of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, we now have four first-partyupcoming Switch gamesannounced for next year. We’ll see Donkey Kong Country Returns HD in January, Xenoblade in March, thenMetroid Prime 4andPokemon Legends: Z-Aat currently unspecified dates later in the year. What this all means forSwitch 2’s eventual release remains to be seen, but it looks like Nintendo’s current-gen platform is going out with a bang.

You’ll certainly find Xenoblade Chronicles represented among our list of thebest JRPGs.

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