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Nintendo Just Shadowdropped Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition offers 4K resolution and 60fps performance upgrades for $4.99, with a physical release planned for April 16, 2026.
- The publisher shadowdropped Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition- Nintendo Switch 2 Edition digitally today on the Nintendo eShop, adding support for 4K resolution and 60fps in TV mode with an announcement trailer.
- Facing hardware limits on the earlier console, Monolith Soft's original Switch port struggled to maintain 30fps, especially given Xenoblade Chronicles X's large open world last year.
- A full physical cartridge will arrive on April 16, 2026, while existing Switch owners can pay a $4.99 upgrade pack on the Nintendo eShop and standalone digital copies cost $65.
- Following similar Switch 2 ports, players will see the game run at 1080p and 60fps, with newcomers able to buy the $65 Switch 2 edition because Xenoblade Chronicles X is standalone.
- With other series entries still awaiting updates, critics also pointed to the edition's awkward official name and the paid upgrade for existing Switch owners, comparing it to Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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One of the most ambitious RPGs of Monolith Soft returns in its final version for Nintendo Switch 2. It runs in 2054. After a devastating intergalactic war between two alien civilizations, the Earth has been destroyed and humanity is on the verge of extinction. A colony ship with survivors manages to escape... but ends up crashing on the mysterious planet Mira. Thus begins Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, on…
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