• Trending: Hands-on with Google’s new Pixel 10a phone Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ upsell in California Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 is Feb. • 25 The best VPNs with free trials iPhone Fold: All the rumors so far Last year’sXenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Editionwas significant for a few reasons. • It was the final major first-party Switch game ahead of the Switch 2’s arrival in June, and the last doomed Wii U game to be granted a second life on Nintendo’s infinitely more successful console. • Nearly a year on, aSwitch 2update for one of the most technically impressive games Nintendo has ever published has finally arrived. • Somewhat hilariously titledXenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition(you get the feeling Nintendo has started a naming convention it may come to regret here), the updated version of Monolith Soft’s sprawling sci-fi RPG now supports up to 60fps performance and 4K resolution when docked to a TV. • As impressive as the Switch remake of the 2015 Wii U game was, given the frankly absurd size of its open-world setting, you could almost feel the hardware creaking under its weight every time you booted the game up, so this patch was much-needed.
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- Nintendo has released a Switch 2 version of the sci‑fi RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. The update, available as a $5 upgrade pack on the eShop, adds 60 fps performance and 4K resolution when docked, addressing the original game’s performance strain on the Switch. The Switch 2 edition is also being sold as a standalone title for $65, with a physical copy set to ship on April 16. This marks the last major first‑party Switch title to receive a Switch 2 update before the console’s launch, and the first such upgrade for a former Wii U game. Other Xenoblade titles on Switch have yet to receive similar updates.
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