Summary
- Xenoblade Chronicles X may be released for the Nintendo Switch in 2025, according to a leaker.
- The game was originally released as a Wii U exclusive in 2015.
- The port will also reportedly be backward compatible with the Switch's successor.
The social media account that this article cites no longer exists.
According to social media posts citing a particular source, Nintendo may be gearing up to launch the Wii U exclusive title Xenoblade Chronicles X on the Switch. While this rumored Nintendo port would not be released until 2025, the source claimed that Xenoblade Chronicles X would also be compatible with the Switch's successor via backward compatibility.
Originally released in 2015, Xenoblade Chronicles X is the second game released in the Xenoblade Chronicles series. While the setting was not tied to any other title in the series, Xenoblade Chronicles X offered one of the largest open-world experiences to date, with various environments on the planet Mira that the player character and their party of NPCs could explore. Players could also build and pilot giant mechs called Skells to take on various objectives. Xenoblade Chronicles X also allowed online co-op for squads of players to team up against dangerous monsters called Tyrants. At the time of writing, Xenoblade Chronicles X remains a Wii U exclusive, with the console discontinued immediately after the 2017 launch of the Switch.
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While all rumors must be taken with a fine grain of salt, a credible source claims that Xenoblade Chronicles fans may soon be in luck. According to posts by Twitter user Ryan from the Bronx, formerly known as Midori, Nintendo may be working on bringing Xenoblade Chronicles X to the Switch sometime in 2025. However, Ryan did not clarify when precisely the presumed re-release would happen. In a follow-up, Ryan claimed that the Xenoblade Chronicles X port would also work on the Switch's successor console via backward compatibility and that the port was designed with the Switch in mind. Ryan added that the rumored Xenoblade Chronicles X port would not interfere with the development of future titles in the series, and claimed that Xenoblade 4 was not being skipped over.
Rumored Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch Port Could Happen in 2025
- Ryan from the Bronx, formerly known as Midori, claims that Xenoblade Chronicles X will come to the Switch in 2025.
- The port will also reportedly be backward compatible with the Switch's successor.
- Ryan states that this will not affect work on other Xenoblade Chronicles projects.
Aside from the launch of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and the company's next console, Nintendo has remained quiet about its 2025 lineup. In response to Ryan's claims on social media, some Xeno series fans replied with excitement and caution over what a Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch port could look like. Some fans pondered which aspects of the gameplay or graphics could potentially change, while a few questioned where Ryan got the information.
Although the Wii U-exclusive title has not seen the light of day in nearly a decade, Xenoblade Chronicles X is one of the top-rated games in the series. It remains to be seen if the latest rumor from Ryan from the Bronx rings true.
Xenoblade Chronicles X
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 88%
- Released
- December 4, 2015
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Animated Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Monolith Soft, Nintendo SPD
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Engine
- XC2/Torna
- Multiplayer
- Local Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Xenoblade Chronicles
WHERE TO PLAY
The next massive sci-fi role-playing game from Monolith Soft, the creators of Baten Kaitos and Xenoblade Chronicles, comes exclusively to Wii U. A terrible intergalactic war leaves just a handful of Earth survivors trying to live in a beautiful yet hostile environment. Players engage in battles against powerful creatures of all forms and sizes using the deep battle system that builds on the triumphs of Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii.
Riding and controlling a weaponised mech, players can explore every inch of the massive open world displayed in gorgeous high-definition graphics. The world is filled with strange and imaginative creatures, from small bugs to giant dinosaurs.
As characters improve in different classes, they will learn new combat and defensive skills, or Arts. Players can customise the Arts palette as their characters learn new Arts. All Arts have a 'recast' time - once cast, the player must wait out a 'cooldown' period before that Art can be used again. Players can customise everything about the main character's appearance, including gender, shapes, height, skin colour, voice, and tattoos.
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Wii U
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Open-World
- How Long To Beat
- 68 Hours
