As if 2025, especially early 2025, wasn’t already gearing up to be stacked with banger video games, it’s all-too easy to forget that one of the most underrated games to have graced Nintendo’s WiiU console is about to get its deserved time in the spotlight with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition headed to the Switch on March 20th.
Rounding out the entire Xenoblade Chronicles catalogue on The Nintendo Handheld Hybrid That Could, this new iteration of the ambitious follow-up to the Wii original is bound for much the same treatment as Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition with enhanced visuals and a healthy dose of brand new story content.
Thankfully, to remind us all that this epic adventure is on the way, Nintendo has dropped a three-and-a-half-minute new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition that gives us a new look at how its graphical and gameplay improvements are looking across cutscenes, exploration and combat. As many fans have pointed out, the UI in particular looks a far sight tidier and more usable than the original’s busy HUD and tiny text.
You can check it out below:
Alongside the new trailer, the game’s “early purchase” digital bonus goodies have been revealed, which will be available to anyone who picks up the game digitally or physically within the launch period, so before April 6th on the eShop or while physical stock containing the redemption code lasts. Here’s what’s in it:
Early purchase bonus: Exploration Support Pack
The Exploration Support Pack bonus will be granted automatically to those who purchase the game from Nintendo eShop before April 6th, 2025, or redeem the download code included in the physical version that will be available at launch.*
- 100,000 credits
- Melee weapon: Advanced Iron Knife
- Ranged weapon: Advanced Storm Assault Rifle
- Survival armor series: Survival Goggles, Survival Bodywear, Survival Glove R, Survival Glove L, Survival Footwear
- Six weapon augments: Melee Accuracy Up I, Ranged Accuracy Up I, Melee Attack Up I, Ranged Attack Up I, Theroid Slayer I, Secondary CD Reducer I
- Five armor augments: Max HP Up I, Max TP Up I, Evasion Up I, Potential Up I, Physical Resistance Up I
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition launches for Nintendo Switch exclusively on March 20th, 2025.
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