With Xenoblade Chronicles X's Nintendo Switch port finally on the horizon, one of the JRPG's last-standing Wii U survivors is already counting down the 3,300 hours until his return
Oct. 30, 2024The JRPG won’t be stuck on a different console for much longer
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At long last, Nintendo has confirmed that aSwitch port of the excellent Wii U JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles Xis on the way, and while that’s fantastic news for all fans of gorgeous open world games, I’m not sure anyone is more excited than one of the original version’s final survivors.
Back in April, Nintendo turned off the 3DS and Wii U’s online servers, putting an end to the online modes for all those previous-gen games, including Xenoblade Chronicles X. However, dedicated 3DS and Wii U fans didn’t want to go out without a fight, and many made it theirmission to stay connected to their favorite games for as long as possible, refusing to turn off their consoles. Thelast standing server survivor on Mario Kart 7is actually still connected, or so it seems with the latest updatelast Friday. Anyway, one of these players was Twitter user @DaeronSingollo, a Xenoblade X fan who managed to cling onto the JRPG’s servers for 158 hours – almost a week – after they were supposed to go down.
“This is Daeron, the last survivor of Mira,” the player writes on Twitter, right after Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition’s announcement. “It’s been 4,887 hours since the server has gone offline, I have established a connection with the lifehold. I repeat. We will be operational in 3,392 hours. I repeat. We will be back in 3,392 hours! BLADES, RISE UP!”
As valiant as Daeron’s efforts were, it’s worth noting that it was someone else who managed to hang in there as the longest-surviving Xenoblade Chronicles X player in the end. The title actually went to @xc_omoroid, who managed to stay connected until May 21, just over six weeks after the servers went down. Looking at their Twitter account, they’re clearly very excited about the port announcement too, sharing one particularly exciting part of the trailerand saying(translated byGoogle): “Everyone who has played the game had their heart stop at this scene. (I’m posting this tweet from the afterlife.)”
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