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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

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Summary

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.

In addition to the Mechon, you’ll run into wildlife that ranges from docile to deadly. Keep an eye on what attracts monsters’ attention to avoid unwanted conflict…or try your hand at bringing down an ultra-powerful Unique Monster.

Upgrade your party as you progress through the adventure by selecting equipment, enhancing weapon skills, and using benefit-granting gems. Put your dependable companions to work by filling the party gauge to trigger a Chain Attack and attack enemies in quick succession!

Storyline

The story of Xenoblade Chronicles starts off by showing the battle between Mechonis and Bionis, two gods fighting for all eternity. They continue to fight until Bionis cuts off Mechonis' left hand, and then both of their swords pierce each other at the same time. Eons later, life flourished on top of these gods, but the battle waged between Mechonis and Bionis would be continued by their progeny, Bionis' Homs and Mechonis' Mechon.


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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Reviews & Ratings

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Review by GeorgeLets [user]
March 23, 2021

This is an absolute gem! Haven’t played it the first time but now on switch I really enjoy this game. The graphics are not as good but theThis is an absolute gem! Haven’t played it the first time but now on switch I really enjoy this game. The graphics are not as good but the gameplay and the story are one of the best I have seen on a jrpg. Absolutely recommend this game if you love this kind of games. And should be an example of what a great game is!

100
Review by whyisthis89 [user]
October 30, 2020

Uh, 10? Literally the best switch, 2nd best game ever made (after the OG FF7 of course.) I can't understand why the **** it's not an 11. SuchUh, 10? Literally the best switch, 2nd best game ever made (after the OG FF7 of course.) I can't understand why the **** it's not an 11. Such an amazing game, and the characters look so cool.

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Review by App Trigger
July 20, 2020

It’s hard to believe this is a game that released in 2012 and not more recently. Though there are some dated and heavy systems, the atmosphere and a combat system that gives freedom and depth make Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition an RPG for the ages.

100
Review by JRGenoblade [user]
June 3, 2020

The best game I’ve ever played. Xenoblade Defintive has an amazing story. Fun characters, unique world setting, and an absolutely god tierThe best game I’ve ever played. Xenoblade Defintive has an amazing story. Fun characters, unique world setting, and an absolutely god tier soundtrack. And the Defintive version has added several quality of life improvements, better graphics, and bonus content to top it all off!

100
Review by Indigo514 [user]
May 29, 2020

Xenoblade Chronicles was already a masterpiece among masterpieces with it's incredible story, interesting world, beautiful environments,Xenoblade Chronicles was already a masterpiece among masterpieces with it's incredible story, interesting world, beautiful environments, memorable characters, engaging battle system and amazing soundtrack. This game doesn't miss a mark on any of those things. The original's only noteworthy issues were it's side quest tracking and UI/battle HUD; some may even argue that graphics was an 'issue' for the original even though graphics should never make or break whether a game is good or not. Anyway, the Definitive Edition has addressed every issue with an incredible amount of quality of life changes and additions. Monolithsoft have knocked it out the park with this one and anyone who is a fan of JRPGs should definitely pick up this game up. Even if this is your first JRPG, they've made it so much easier for newcomers to be introduced into the amazing world that is the Xenoblade Chronicles series. This game a special one for sure and lives up to it's praise and hype. And I didn't even mention that there's extra content that was cut from the original game which already had a lot of content in it.I'd like to take this opportunity here to thank Monolithsoft so much for putting so much love and care into this game! Hope others will enjoy and appreciate this game as much as I do!

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Game Information
Release Date May 29, 2020
Publisher Monolith Soft, Nintendo
Total Rating 88%
Content Rated T (Teen)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives Third person
Genres Role-playing (RPG)
Themes Open world
Platforms Nintendo Switch