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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Launches in September for the Switch

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Launches in September for the Switch - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 February 2022 / 2,497 Views

Nintendo officially announced Xenoblade Chronicles 3 during today's Nintendo Direct as the final game revealed during the show. The Monolith Software developed RPG will launch for the Nintendo Switch this September.

"A vast world awaits in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the next game in the acclaimed RPG series from developer Monolith Soft," reads a Nintendo press release.

"Players will step into the roles of protagonists Noah and Mio amid turmoil between the hostile nations of Keves and Agnus. Six characters hailing from those nations will take part in a grand tale with ‘life’ as its central theme."

View the announcement trailer below:

Read a message from executive direct Tetsuya Takahashi below:

Hi everyone, this is Tetsuya Takahashi from Monolith Soft.

Just over four years since the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and one and a half years since the release of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, we now bring to you news regarding the latest game from Monolith Soft: Xenoblade Chronicles 3. As the name indicates, it’s the third installment in the Xenoblade Chronicles series. We are currently making final adjustments to ensure we create the best game possible based on everything we’ve learned from the past entries in the series.

The key visual features a broken great sword of Mechonis and the body of the Urayan Titan with a gaping wound. I imagine everyone who saw the trailer was quite surprised by the final scene. What is this visual hinting at? I can’t reveal that just yet. What I can tell you is that this visual was conceived quite some time ago. More precisely speaking, we came up with it sometime between the end of development of Xenoblade Chronicles and the beginning of development of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. So, it’s not something we recently added to the series.

We believe the game will be enjoyable for both those who’ve played Xenoblade Chronicles or Xenoblade Chronicles 2, as well as those who will be playing a Xenoblade Chronicles game for the first time.

The characters were designed by Masatsugu Saito, who also designed the characters for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. While we can’t reveal them at this time, Koichi Mugitani created some of the game’s key artwork. As you can see, familiar staff members with the Xenoblade Chronicles series have once again come together to create this game.

The game music was also handled by artists who’ve contributed to the series in the past. The music for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, Manami Kiyota, ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO), Kenji Hiramatsu and Mariam Abounnasr.

The music in this game maintains the unique Xenoblade Chronicles touch while also taking on a new challenge, namely that of integrating a flute-based melody as its motif. The flute is actually one of the key themes in this game. A variety of other elements and themes are hidden in the trailer and we’ll be revealing the details a bit at a time going forward.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a new adventure bringing together the worlds of Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 to take players into the future. While there is still some time left before the release of the game, I hope you’ll look forward to it.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Leynos (on 09 February 2022)

They merged the worlds of Xenoblade 1 and 2 locations. Interesting.

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JackHandy (on 09 February 2022)

As a guy who sorely misses the FF7-FF10 era of JRPGs, this looks right up my alley.

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Leynos JackHandy (on 09 February 2022)

Play 1-2 first. This ties in directly to both

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PAOerfulone Mar1217 (on 09 February 2022)

If a few past characters are present, two in particular, I think he should at least watch story videos or read some plot synopses to get the full picture.

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JackHandy Leynos (on 10 February 2022)

I own the first game on Wii, but skipped the second because it veered so far off from the first game's formula. But this one looks more like the first, so it's definitely piqued my interest.

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JWeinCom (on 09 February 2022)

"As the name indicates, it’s the third installment in the Xenoblade Chronicles series."

Well fuck Xenoblade Chronicles X I guess. Guess it could rot in hell with Bravely Second.

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eddy7eddy JWeinCom (on 10 February 2022)

I'm thinking they just dont't want people to get confused with Xenoblade X while they release the Trilogy, I really wanted X but would make more sence to Release X Next year with extra content or (sadly) for Switch 2.

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mjk45 eddy7eddy (on 10 February 2022)

They may be numbering them in alphabetical order now?

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eddy7eddy mjk45 (on 10 February 2022)

Haha So 6 more to go before X arrives ?... Now XCX is making more sense ?

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mjk45 JWeinCom (on 10 February 2022)

They are in revisionist mode and are erasing X from existence , I'm one step ahead of them though and have hidden my copy under my bed and I have also taken the extra precaution of crossing out Chronicles in the title with black crayon.

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eddy7eddy mjk45 (on 10 February 2022)

Throw some paper talisman to your X.

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Dulfite JWeinCom (on 11 February 2022)

If X is in the far future, then XC 3 is technically third in order.

Just a theory.

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SanAndreasX (on 09 February 2022)

The music had shades of the Kakariko theme from BotW.

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Kanemaru (on 09 February 2022)
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