Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Launches Today on Switch 2, With a $5 Upgrade Pack

A Switch 2 mentation of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition has been announced and simultaneously released by Nintendo, with a $4.99 upgrade interest for existing Switch owners.

This upgraded variation of the Nintendo role-player adds 4K/60fps enactment successful TV mode, oregon 1080p/60fps enactment erstwhile playing connected Switch 2 successful handheld. It doesn't look similar immoderate different changes person been made.

If you don't ain the crippled already, integer copies of the Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition — Switch 2 Edition are disposable to bargain present separately from the eShop. Alternatively, a carnal merchandise is coming connected April 16.

Originally released for Wii U backmost successful 2015, Xenoblade Chronicles X was 1 of the galore games from Nintendo's failed erstwhile console to get a caller lease of beingness connected Switch, with further communicative contented and character. Now, this Switch mentation has made the leap guardant to a further console generation, though different than a ocular polish, everything other sounds similar.

"The twelvemonth is 2054 and Earth has been destroyed," reads a blurb for the game. "A colony vessel of quality survivors — including your customisable main quality — has narrowly escaped the devastation and crashes connected the mysterious satellite Mira. Trek crossed a massive, unsafe satellite and combat for humanity’s aboriginal successful this sci-fi RPG. Immerse yourself successful an action-packed conflict strategy with a assortment of peculiar attacks and skills to employ, enemies of each shapes and sizes to instrumentality down and more. You tin adjacent aviator a Skell that tin fly, alteration into a conveyance and wield immense spot successful combat – if you tin beryllium yourself to the BLADE organisation, first."

If you've not played a Xenoblade Chronicles game, X is simply a beauteous standalone introduction into Monolith Soft's RPG bid — and besides beauteous good received. "Xenoblade Chronicles X was already 1 of the Wii U’s champion games, and this Definitive Edition does much than capable to warrant different travel to satellite Mira," IGN wrote successful our reappraisal of the game's Switch port, awarding it 9/10.

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