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Everything We Know So Far About Xenoblade Genesis

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Jun 172026
 

We’ve got a new Xenoblade game on the horizon, and I couldn’t be happier.

Xenoblade Genesis is for me the most exciting announcement from the recent showcases. Even though I didn’t enjoy Xenoblade Chronicles 3 as much as many fans did, I still love this series.

Anyway, now that the initial excitement is past, I wanted to take a look at what we know so far about the upcoming new game.

There isn’t much beyond what was shown in the announcement trailer, which itself presents us with a few details about the world: there’s a force in the world called Anima, which is wielded by warriors called Vesselai, and the protagonist goes to a school called Leukos where it seems Vesselai learn to use this power.

What isn’t said directly in the trailer might even be more interesting. It appears on the surface to be a fantasy world, but between the six suns in the sky and the intriguing glimpse of the world curving at the end, it looks like there are some sci-fi elements here after all. The world being inside a Dyson Sphere or a similar structure is one of the biggest theories right now.

Meanwhile, a small handful of details have surfaced beyond the trailer. A rough translation of a Japanese tweet reveals the world to be called Anshar or Anshal, and the protagonist seems to be named Eleanor.

(Of course, sometimes names are changed in localization, so it’s possible these won’t be the names we get in the English version.)

It has also been described as being an entry point for the series that doesn’t require knowledge of past games… but I wouldn’t read too much into that. I actually hope this is a new story disconnected from the rest of the series, but they’ve said basically the exact same thing about every game, so that’s not confirmation of anything.

We know very little about Xenoblade Genesis, but the few details we do have are exciting. It’s already one of my most-anticipated upcoming games!

What do you think about Xenoblade Genesis so far?

Xenoblade Chronicles X Previews Reveal Promising Quality-of-Life Changes

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Feb 192025
 

Previews for the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition went live today, and there are a lot of interesting details!

The biggest overview has come from RPG Site, which describes several quality of life improvements.

For me, the best piece of news is that you can change your party at any time. I mentioned before how tedious it was in the original X that you had to find your party members in the city and talk to them to switch them into your party – with 18 party members and a big city, I actually kept notes about each party member’s location. Being able to change party members from a menu is the one change I was hoping for, so I’m glad to have that confirmed.

The site also shows a screenshot of the party screen, which has spots for 22 party members. That means there’s four new party members being added, not just one or two?!

Blade level, Division points, and most Field Skills are also gone, which is a change I’m a little more indecisive toward. I like coming across things that I can’t interact with yet while exploring and needing to come back for them later. Still, that’s not such a terrible change that it outweighs the positives for me.

There are some other nice changes as well, like a gauge you can spend to ignore an Art’s cooldown time and exp gain for party members not in your active party. The preview from Destructoid also confirms multiple save slots, and a look at the settings from Shacknews reveals dual audio.

All in all, Xenoblade Chronicles X sounds like it will be a wonderful Definitive Edition. My biggest disappointment is that it doesn’t look like it’ll get a collector’s edition, but I’ll still hold out hope for a little longer.

What do you think of the new changes described in these previews?

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Trailer Shows New Content

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Jan 102025
 

Yesterday, Nintendo shared a new trailer for the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

I’m still in shock that we’re finally getting a Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster, and the new trailer made me even more excited.

It shows some UI improvements (including the text being bigger now), an on-screen Overdrive guide, and similar adjustments, but the best part for me is the greater look at the new content.

We knew from the announcement trailer that the Definitive Edition would expand on the original game’s final scene, which showed a mysterious figure known as the “Black Knight” in the art book. The new trailer expands on that… and more.

The final part of the trailer shows a new area, with floating islands that the player is exploring. This will most likely be the area we explore in the new story content. It looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to see what secrets it holds.

But that’s not all.

Besides the Black Knight (now with a few hints as to his identity), we also see a new character in strange armor who appears to be an ally, as well as a new Qlurian character.

The especially interesting thing about the Qlurian is that she was also in the art book.

Named Neilnail, she never appears in the original game, but now it seems she’ll have a role to play in the remaster.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is a game I wanted for a long time just because a port or remaster would increase our chances of getting a sequel. Now, it looks like it will not only expand the epilogue with new story content, but also include content that was originally planned but didn’t make it into the final game. The only disappointing thing for me is that they still haven’t revealed any sort of special edition.

Are you planning to get Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition when it launches on March 20?

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