General Information
- Release date: March 20, 2025
- No. of players: Single System (1), Online (1-32)
- Genre: Role-playing, Multiplayer
- Publisher: Nintendo
- ESRB rating: Teen
- Supported play modes: TV mode, Tabletop mode, Handheld mode
- Game file size: 13.5 GB
- Supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Official website: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-switch/
Reviews
Aggregators
- Metacritic – 88
- OpenCritic – 87
Articles
- CGMagazine – 9 / 10
- Checkpoint Gaming – 8 / 10
- Console Creatures – 9 / 10
- Destructoid – 10 / 10
- Digitally Downloaded – 4.5 / 5
- Digitec Magazine – German – 5 / 5
- Eurogamer – 4 / 5
- Eurogamer.pt – Portuguese – 4 / 5
- GAMES.CH – German – 86%
- GRYOnline.pl – Polish – 9 / 10
- IGN – 9 / 10
- IGN Italy – Italian – 8 / 10
- IGN Spain – Spanish – 8 / 10
- Le Bêta-Testeur – French – 9.1 / 10
- Nintendo Life – 10 / 10
- PPE.pl – Polish – 9 / 10
- Press Start – 9 / 10
- RPG Site – 9 / 10
- Saudi Gamer – Arabic – 8 / 10
- Shacknews – 9 / 10
- Siliconera – 9 / 10
- Spaziogames – Italian – 8.6 / 10
- Stevivor – 6.5 / 10
- TheSixthAxis – 9 / 10
- WellPlayed – 9 / 10
- XGN.nl – Dutch – 9 / 10
This list was generated via manual export from OpenCritic. Last updated: 3/18/2025 11:50am E.T.
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9/10 (german)
https://nintendo-online.de/switch/artikel/review/43839/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition
Happy 20th everybody
2 days to Xenoblade Chronicles X DE Day
Nintendo Life 10/10
Am surprised so many people took off large amount of points (9 to 8 seemingly) for the main story not being the focus. Especially after games like BoTW and ToTK have been so highly praised too.
What’s probably a factor is reviewers not having time/motivation to play side quests, where the meat of the story is really.
It’s a good game. Really enjoyed it on Wii U, the environments are really cool, the skells are fun to use.
Washington Post review: https://wapo.st/3Y19qPx
Any reviews focused on the performance? I am interested in framerate stability.
Really didn’t like the combat in Xeno 1, is this the same or different ? I played 2 and liked that combat better.
Metro UK 8/10 and also this
https://preview.redd.it/h4swbpqecgpe1.jpeg?width=942&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a68ba68e999d2efd9a832ada6e8372d0c3560ce
Pretty much deserved, I thought that the WiiU game deserved a bit more too.
Note from the NintendoLife review:
There are 4 new characters (2 revealed in the pre-release trailers) and reviewers are *not allowed to discuss anything past the original ending.*
I let aside Xenoblade for now, please tell me more about the tool “manual export from opencritic”.
The folks at Monolith Soft are wizards. What kind of black magic did they use to optimize this open world as well as they did, while somehow adding even more content and streamlining the more tedious elements?
Oh dang, so many sites are giving overall higher scores than on Wii U. I wonder if it is because of all the QoL improvements making a huge difference or it’s just because of the console being popular now (Because the latter happened to DKC Tropical Freeze).
I really wish one of their games had a demo so I could try it
I think the game was a bit unappreciated when it came out, so I’m glad it has a second chance to shine in a most popular platformer. I remember being astonished by the ambition of the game, and it was a miracle how they pulled off that game on the WiiU. Monolith Soft are wizards.
That migh come as a bit over the top, but I feel XCX is a proto-BOTW. I think XCX fits more in the current landscape than when it came out, as it was something really different to XC1. With much more focus on its open world, exploration and more barebones story (although the ending was fire, and I NEED to know what comes next).
I think I’m gonna miss the gamepad in this replay though. Say what you want about the WiiU gamepad, but it was really convenient to navigation, fast travel and probes. Open a menu will be odd coming from the OG.
EDIT: Also, I’ve said this before, and I won’t spoil too much for people who don’t played it yet (BUY IT), but one of the most memorable moment in gaming I had in my 34 years of gaming life, was getting a Skell, and realizing how masterfully this game is structured.
I remember one of the most annoying things in the original was skells breaking, which ultimately lead to annoying save scumming. Any QOL update on that front?
Does anyone know if the additional content of X somehow connect to the trilogy? Wondering here whether finish XC3 or pause for X, but don’t want be spoiled if somehow the new content of X depends on 3 storyline
Damn, Stevivor must be missing something
I hated the combat in Xenoblade 3, will I like this game? The exploration looks a lot more fun it seems
Didn’t own a Wii U, excited to give this a shot on the Switch. The reviews so far are pretty positive.
The store I preordered from is known for releasing preorders early. I’m really hoping I get a call today.
I really wish they reworked the online multiplayer to be able to walk Mira with your friends.
Looks like we’re going back to braindead Yggralith Zero/Telethia Plume and everyone one-shotting the regular missions with their Skells all over again.
As someone who’s never played a Xeno title before, would this be a good jump in point to the series?
Is this game good if I never played any?
I’m waiting for my copy
I’m waiting for my copy
I’m happy to try this with friends with functional online, as I missed out on all of that originally.
I’m waiting for my copy. Can’t wait.
Pretty solid scores. Super excited for the release.
Did Stevivor really just republish their XCX review for the Wii U? Never even heard about them until now and seems like nothing of value was lost
Didn’t really like XBC DE but all the pre-release stuff for this one (which Nintendo’s done a great job with) has me thinking it’d click with me more. Looking forward to Thursday!
1 and 3 didn’t click with me after 30+ hours. i’ve heard this one is the most fun so maybe i’ll try it sometime. it looks fun as hell
Let’s make this GOTY. Imagine that.
Want to confirm… no couch co-op right?
How is the game compared to 1 2 and 3? I liked 1 the most personally as the zones were really cool to discover across a giant titan and a second robot titan.
Can I play this without playing any of the other xenoblade games?
They called it the black sheep, little did they know it’s a goat
I’m excited to play this and 3 when switch 2 comes out. not gonna deal with terrible performance on the ancient hardware
I mean, I’m going to buy it. But with summer coming, I’m not going to play it. I know I’ll get 100% addicted again and put 100 hours into it until I burn out and I’m not even close to the end. The game just started.