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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition launched for Nintendo Switch 2

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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition launched for Nintendo Switch 2
Action role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition has launched for Nintendo Switch 2. A paid upgrade pack for owners of the Nintendo Switch edition is available through the Nintendo eShop.

Developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo, the Switch 2 edition is playable in 4K resolution in TV mode, with full HD in handheld mode at 60 frames per second. Starting today, fully voiced Heart-to-Heart conversations are available for the first time. The Switch 2 edition also adds a new Ether Jet vehicle for fast traversal.

Xenoblade Chronicles debuted for Nintendo Wii in June of 2010, and was ported to the Nintendo 3DS portable console in 2015. Music for the game is by Yoko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Manami Kiyota, in collaboration with TOMOri Kudo, Kenji Hiramatsu, and CHiCO of ACE.

The Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack ships from distributors CDJapan and Playasia, pressed on five compact discs. The album contains 99 music tracks in total, with 54 arrangements unique to the Nintendo Switch remaster and eight original compositions from the "Future Connected" epilogue.

A crossfade trailer can be viewed on the Procyon Studio YouTube channel.


From the Nintendo product page:
Discover the origins of Shulk as he and his companions clash against a seemingly-unstoppable mechanical menace. Wield a future-seeing blade, chain together attacks, and carefully position your party members in strategic, real-time combat as you journey across a massive world.

During an attack from the mechanical invaders known as the Mechon, Shulk discovers that he can tap into the full power of a mysterious blade known as the Monado. With the mighty Monado in hand, Shulk sets out to defeat the Mechon once and for all.
CDJapan - Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack

Playasia - Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack

Procyon Studio - Xenoblade Definitive Edition Original Soundtrack Website