It’s has been just over a year since Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, the remaster of the first game, came out on the Nintendo Switch. And, if a new report is to be believed, the next entry in the series is well underway.
This report comes from Fanbyte. According to their sources, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, or whatever it will be called, is indeed real and was supposed to have a reveal earlier in 2021. Monolith Soft has run into issues optimizing the title for the Switch on top of adjusting to developing during a pandemic. The report also notes that this game is trying to fit more characters on screen than the previous games, which could possibly explain the trouble optimizing the game for the aging console.
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It also appeared to originally have a winter 2021 release date, but, given the ongoing issues, could come out in the first half of 2022. Anything could change as nothing has been made official or public.
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This all started from a small podcast where an actress implied a new title was coming. Jenna Coleman, who plays Melia, appeared on the Din’s Meteorite YouTube channel back in June. She said that she thought “they’re going to do another” before pausing, changing her facial expression, and then stating that she was not sure if she was “allowed to say that.”