Summary
- Nintendo has dropped a new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition which releases on March 20, 2025.
- The trailer has confirmed the port will include en epilogue that will hopefully build on the original’s credits scene.
- A pre-order bonus for those buying a digital copy or ordering through GameStop has also been revealed.
We might be nearing the end of Nintendo’s Switch era, but the console’s run isn’t over yet. While Nintendo continues to hold off on an official reveal amid the slew of rumors and leaks, there are still more Switch games to come, and Xenoblade Chronicles X’s Definitive Edition is one of them. A new trailer for what will likely be one of the Switch’s final exclusives just dropped, further confirming it will be more than a mere port when it releases on March 20, 2025.
In typical Nintendo fashion, the new trailer for X’s Definitive Edition was dropped on social media this morning without much fanfare. While the first thing you’ll notice is that this is a better-looking version than the original game on Wii U, the biggest takeaways are the confirmations that this upgrade will go beyond improved visuals alone.
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Most notably the end of the trailer confirms, as most Xenoblade fans hoped for and expected, that the definitive edition will have an epilogue. Mild spoilers for the original version of the game, but it ended with a post-credits scene that was never followed up on due to Monolith’s attention shifting to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and then Xenoblade Chronicles 3 after that.
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Will Have An Epilogue
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It’s only the final 20 seconds or so of the trailer that show off the epilogue, but since that’s the only part of the game those familiar with the original will know nothing about, Nintendo and Monolith won’t want to spoil an ending to a story fans of the series have been waiting a decade for.
There’s more than just an epilogue included in the Definitive Edition that wasn’t in the Wii U version of the game, though. At around the 1:50 mark in the trailer, a character who didn’t appear in the original version of the game is briefly shown, complete with their own Skell. The trailer has also provided a better look at the game’s UI which has been vastly improved upon. It also appears to be closer to the original’s Definitive Edition in terms of visuals, giving the series more synergy when it comes to its aesthetic.
Xenoblade Chronicles X’s Definitive Edition will be a lot more than just that, though. A better-looking game, what appears to be a lot more story content, and a newly revealed pre-order bonus. If you pre-order a digital copy of the game, or a physical copy through GameStop, you’ll get the Exploration Support Pack which includes additional armor and other in-game goodies.
The year is 2054. Earth has been destroyed by an intergalactic war between two alien races, and humanity is on the brink of annihilation. A small number of survivors, aboard the USS White Whale, crash land on the vast and untamed planet Mira—and now it falls to you, as a member of BLADE, to help bring humanity back from the edge of extinction…with the aid of powerful giant robots called Skells!