Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Lead Shulk’s party across the bodies of two titans, coordinating real-time battles and responding to visions of approaching danger with the right abilities.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.1 / 10
About this game
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition follows Shulk and his companions across the Bionis and Mechonis. Battles unfold in real time, with positioning and the order of your Arts shaping the encounter. Set up an enemy for a Topple, or respond to a Monado vision by choosing an ability that can prevent the danger it reveals. Between battles, develop the party through equipment, weapon skills and gems. Residents offer requests with rewards, giving you activities alongside the central adventure. Equipment appearance can be selected separately from its stats. This remaster also includes Future Connected, an additional story following Shulk and Melia after the main campaign.
Collected in series
Xenoblade Chronicles is a role-playing series of immense landscapes, close-knit parties and conflicts that reach beyond what its heroes first understand. You explore unfamiliar worlds and coordinate real-time battles through roles, positioning and Arts. Long journeys give the companions time to grow, while the scenery keeps suggesting another place to visit.
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AI review
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A promising fit for players who enjoy arranging party abilities around an unfolding battle.
Arts sequences and Monado warnings suggest combat built around preparation and timely intervention. Equipment growth and resident requests should also appeal to players who like developing a party between story encounters.
Strengths
- Ordered Arts give party coordination a concrete purpose: creating the opening for a Topple.
- Visions can turn an approaching threat into a decision about how to protect the party.
Who it is for: Players drawn to party development, positional combat and an adventure with optional resident requests.
Play notes: The added Future Connected story takes place after the main campaign; players concerned about narrative order should keep that relationship in mind.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Resident requests offer reasons to pause story progression for smaller objectives. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Combining Arts in order should reward attention to the party’s collective opportunities. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A landscape formed by titans gives exploration a distinctive sense of physical scale. | Reviewed | 9.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Separating appearance from equipment stats lets aesthetic preferences coexist with party optimisation. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Monolith Soft Inc.
- Publisher
- Monolith Soft Inc.Nintendo
- Release date
- May 29, 2020
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- ExplorationMain Story 100 Hours or MoreFantasyClass BuildsThird PersonStory-drivenScience FictionLevel ProgressionSolo-friendly3D GraphicsReal-time with Pause
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideMay 29, 2020
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideJun 9, 2026
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com