Tomorrow marks the release of one of the biggest RPG releases of 2022, Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The third main entry in Monolith Soft's long-running JRPG series, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the culmination of everything the studio has learned on its past title and marks its second major outing on Nintendo Switch. The game will be supported with post-launch DLC content until the end of 2023, including a major story expansion which its developers are now claiming could be as big as the massive Xenoblade Chronicles 2 DLC, Torna — The Golden Country.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was first announced during the February 2022 Nintendo Direct event, where the game closed the presentation with the announcement of a September 2022 release window. The sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had leaked last year, however, fans were not expecting the title to release so soon after its announcement. Fans were once again shocked when Nintendo moved the game's release up, bringing it from September to July 29th, 2022, while bumping another exclusive title, Splatoon 3, back to the game's original September release window.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Leaks Online Ahead of Switch Launch, Available to Play on Steam Deck
Now, almost five years after the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and over two years since the release of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, the third entry is finally set to arrive on July 29. In an interview with Nintendo, Monolith Soft's CCO Tetsuya Takahashi and producer/director Koh Kojima were interviewed alongside Nintendo EPD2 team leader Genki Yokota. The three were asked various questions about Monolith Soft's past, present, and future as a studio, and various questions on the development of Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
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