Ever since Nintendo started releasing upgrades of its first-party Switch titles for Switch 2, followers have been clamoring for refreshed editions of the Xenoblade Chronicles video games on the brand new console. And the corporate appears to concentrate on the demand, shadowdropping a Switch 2 model for Xenoblade Chronicles X on the eShop at the moment.
The clumsily titled Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Version — Nintendo Switch 2 Version sports activities a framerate of “as much as 60fps” on TV and handheld modes, with a max 4K decision docked and 1080p undocked. It is (*2*) now, whereas a bodily launch will hit shops on April 16. The improve pack for gamers with the unique Switch recreation prices $5, with the total Switch 2 recreation retailing for $65.
Xenoblade Chronicles X has a vastly totally different setting than the three numbered Xenoblade video games, depicting a sci-fi universe with aliens, mechs, and dinosaur-like wildlife. The story takes place on the planet Mira within the yr 2054, following a bunch of survivors of a colony ship that fled Earth after its destruction.
Initially launched for the Wii U in 2015, Xenoblade Chronicles X was trapped on Nintendo’s troubled platform till the Definitive Version launched on Switch in 2025, including some further story content material. It was the final Xenoblade entry to affix the Switch library, but it is the primary to be graced with a Switch 2 improve. Followers already suspected that Xenoblade Chronicles X would obtain some kind of Switch 2-unique options after a hidden 60fps mode for the sport was found final yr.
With this shock replace, Xenoblade followers will definitely have greater hopes that the opposite three video games within the collection will get a Switch 2 facelift too. They’re among the most-requested Switch 2 upgrades, as these open-world RPGs had some efficiency and backbone points on Switch 1, particularly in handheld mode. Whereas Nintendo has but to point that extra Xenoblade upgrades are coming, we will hope that the corporate is really feeling it.