Much-Requested Wii U Title Xenoblade Chronicles X Finally Makes its Way to Switch

Much-Requested Wii U Title Xenoblade Chronicles X Finally Makes its Way to Switch

From Hardcore Gamer (Written by Jordan Helm) on | OpenCritic

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Well, it finally happened. After years of many an outcry for the game to be ported to their [still] current platform, the Switch, Nintendo have today revealed that yes, Monolithsoft's Xenoblade Chronicles X is at last making its way onto the system, in the form of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Today's news falls just shy of a near full decade since the acclaimed RPG was originally released on the Wii U, all the way back in December 2015.

Since then, X has often been described as one of the Wii U's best games, let alone exclusives -- on a system that has now seemingly seen each and every one of its unique, highly-rated releases, eventually make their way to the Switch as well, barring one or two. Today's newly-announced Definitive Edition to X, will also see the inclusion of what Nintendo themselves describe as "newly added story elements".

The X Factor

In a game that, in contrast to the rest of its series brethren, is a stand-alone tale with no direct connections to the events of the main trilogy of Xenoblade titles. Taking place on the fictional planet of Mira, players instead take on the role of...

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