Summary

  • Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is launching on Switch on March 20, 2025.
  • The re-release offers new story elements and improved visuals.
  • This marks the first time that the game will be playable outside of the Wii U.

Xenoblade Chronicles X is the latest Wii U game to get a Nintendo Switch port. At long last, the 2015 RPG is getting a re-release, with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition launching on March 20, 2025.

This was just confirmed alongside a trailer, giving us a look at the re-release in action. Here, we get a look at the visual improvements made now that the game is on better hardware.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Is Coming To Switch On March 20, 2025

On top of the visual improvements - and being able to play Xenoblade Chronicles X on a console not collecting dust in the corner of your room - the Definitive Edition boasts "newly added story elements and more". We'll have to wait and see what that ends up looking like, but it seems like there's a little more here than just a port with improved graphics.

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Xenoblade Chronicles X launched on the Wii U in 2015. It followed on from the original Xenoblade Chronicles game on Wii, which launched in 2010. With the following instalment, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, launching on the Switch, it left Xenoblade Chronicles X as the only game in the series stuck on the ill-fated Wii U. Now, Nintendo is continuing what it has done throughout the Switch's lifecycle, and is saving yet another game from the platform.

Given its release date, it's also possible that this port will appear on the successor to the Nintendo Switch, often referred to as the Switch 2. This is rumoured to be announced very soon and is expected to launch in the first half of 2025, so coinciding with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition quite nicely.

Xenoblade Chronicles X Like Action RPG Open-World Systems 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
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