Tag: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Best Combat Builds For All Characters
Picking a fight, is it?
Combat and combat builds can be a lot to get your head around when you're starting out in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. So much so that we reckon your best bet is to relax and learn as you go. Enjoy it, first and foremost. However, when you're ready to get deeper, and once you've become au fait with combat in...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition?
X/10
Recently, we crossed one of the last remaining Wii U winners off our Switch port list thanks to the arrival of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. We'd waited a long time to extol the virtues of this excellent entry to people who never picked up a Wii U, and the wait, thankfully, was worth it. PJ awarded the Switch edition an...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Combat Guide - The Basics Explained
Everything you always wanted to know about XCX combat but were afraid to ask
Combat is core to the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise, and the series has its own unique, incredibly moreish battle system to dig into as you blast your way across Planet Mira. If this is your first Xenoblade adventure, or even if it's just been a little while, the battle...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Walkthrough
Flippin' Skell
Hello, and welcome to Nintendo Life's Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition: Walkthrough Guides hub! While this game is 10 years old, it should go without saying, but please be aware that the following guides contain huge spoilers for every aspect of the game! In this walkthrough, we've got Beginner's Tips and Tricks and a full
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Chapter 13 - Act 1 Walkthrough
Our story guide for the all-new mission
One of the biggest treats contained within the smorgasbord of RPG excellence that is Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, is undoubtedly its brand new story content, which takes the form of some new character missions and, more excitingly, an all-new chapter added to the end of the adventure. Chapter...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Boost Your Skell Art Damage By 90% With This One Free Augment
Get a game-changing boost to opening art damage for your Mecha
Yes, you read that right. A 90% opening art damage boost is a whopper. Draw.OPENING-DMG XVIII is one of the very best augments in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, in fact. In this guide, we're going to show you how to get it, right from the start of the game (if you like...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Everything New In Definitive Edition On Switch
Definitively Definitive
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition brings a Wii U favourite up-to-date on Switch in many different ways, not just the graphical. This beloved entry in the Xenoblade series makes tons of useful quality-of-life updates and expands on the story of the original 2015 game. We'll be covering all of those changes here in...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Remove UI In Screenshots
Sick clicks
Did you know that you can actually take screenshots in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition without the UI getting in the way? Yes, yes you can! Every day is a school day. We're not sure why it's not made a little more clear in-game, but regardless, let us now bestow this wisdom upon you, dear friends, as we take a look at just...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: What's The Best Division?
Which faction of BLADE should you join?
When you join BLADE in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, you'll be given a choice --which Division to join. Divisions are essentially subgroups within BLADE that are responsible for various tasks — one focuses keeping New Los Angeles safe from indigens, while another focuses on collecting and...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Level Up Quickly & Best Farming Locations
"Rise! Ok, now do it faster"
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition has bumped the original game's level cap up from 60 to 99, and so we thought a quick guide to levelling up spots by level might be in order. For this guide, we'll focus on a handful of our favourite spots to fight enemies who are easy to deal with in a Skell, as well as...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Change Appearance & Customise Your Avatar
Cross up your style
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is unique to the series in having you create your own bespoke version of the game's protagonist to rock throughout your adventure. But what if we suddenly decide — and it's a very long game so we absolutely will — to switch up our styles entirely? Can you change your avatar later?...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How Long Does It Take To Beat?
How many hours do we need to set aside?
You already know going into this guide that Xenoblade Chronicles X is a big game, but just how big? Definitive Edition adds new content while also streamlining multiple aspects of the game, meaning things aren't as cut and dry as they were on the Wii U. We'll tell you just how long Xenoblade Chronicles X:...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: All Skells List
Every Skell in Definitive Edition, including new ones
If there's one thing that excites us most about Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition the most, it's all the great big ruddy robots. There are lots of very cool Skells to get your hands on during your time on Mira, and we've put together a quick list of those we've managed to acquire thus...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Unlock Treasures With Field Skills
Open sesame!
As you adventure across planet Mira in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, you'll no doubt notice locked treasure chests that require field skills in order to open. Field skills are one of the many areas that have been tweaked for this revamp, and so you may need a little help in figuring out just how to open these great big...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Get A Skell
Get to your mechs!
Yes, yes. We know. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is an amazing game right from its opening moments, but getting a Skell, and fast, is understandably the most exciting aspect of the early parts of this adventure for many. "Just give us the big flipping robots," is the general vibe, and we understand. So, how exactly...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: FrontierNav - Best Setups & Optimisation Guide
Are you FN kiddin' me?
If, like us, you're almost immediately turned off by stuff like the FrontierNav mechanic in Xenoblade Chronicles X, listen, we get it. However, once you know what you're doing and how to optimise it, FrontierNav is a cinch to have set up and running in the background, ensuring you're making enough moolah and Miranium to keep...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: All 22 Playable Characters & How To Unlock Them
We're putting a team together...
One of the very best parts of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition — or any other Xenoblade game tbh — is the cast of characters who join you on your adventures. In order to help you to collect 'em all (wrong franchise?), we've put together this quick-look character guide to where each of your newest and...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: All Sightseeing Spot Locations, Maps
They call me 'Mr. Vista'
There are a whole bunch of Sightseeing Spots to find across Planet Mira and, what Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition perhaps doesn't quite make clear enough, unlocking them adds bonuses to your FrontierNav output. So they have a function, other than looking good! We thought it doubly important to put together this...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Start Chapter 4
Sometimes it's the small things
There are a ton of secrets, tricks, tips and other things to get guiding in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition but, y'know, sometimes it's the little things that can trip people up the most. With this in mind, and with how many people have found themselves stumped as to where to go at this point, let's have a...
Hands On Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - A Decade On, Mira's Still Got It
A Skell of a good time
It's been absolutely ages since we last set foot on Mira, the planet on which humanity seeks refuge from an alien threat in Xenoblade Chronicles X. It was perhaps only a year or two after the game first released on Wii U, in fact, that we last played it, and our overriding memory (besides the fact that it's incredible) is of...
Feature Xenoblade Chronicles X - One Year Later
Musing on Mira
In this article Gonçalo "Shiryu" Lopes shares his personal reflections on Xenoblade Chronicles X, the enthralling Wii U title. Exactly one year ago Wii U owners were given a unique opportunity to escape reality by embarking on the extremely difficult assignment: to beat extinction against all odds on Planet Mira. But Xenoblade...
Music Let This Musical Tribute To Xenoblade Chronicles X Gently Massage Your Eardrums
Mech some sweet music
Nintendo Life contributor Gonçalo "Shiryu" Lopes isn't just great at digging up classic Super Famicom games - he's also a keen music-maker and long-time fans of the site will know that he has produced many a fine tribute album in his time. He's back with NLA Blues, an "original music tribute album to Nintendo Wii U's...
Random Check Out This Japanese Transformable Skell Toy
More than meets the eye
One of the interesting new additions to Xenoblade Chronicles X is the introduction of Skells (or Dolls, for Japanese players), which are basically giant, drivable mechs that make traversing the colossal world of Mira that much easier. While it may be that it takes a large chunk of game time to actually reach a point where you...
News Xenoblade Chronicles X Voice Actress Is In Favour Of Lin's Western Costume Change
"People are calling it censorship. I really see it as localisation"
Xenoblade Chronicles X is now out in the west, and it's great - as you'll know if you've read our review or played it yourself already. However, changes made for the North American and European launch of the game - one of which involved the removal of a revealing costume worn by the...
Video How to Get a Skell in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Including Locations of Rare Items
Alex shows the way
We love Xenoblade Chronicles X, yet we're aware that it has a few negatives. The text and user interface could be better, and there are some difficulty spikes and awkward collectathons. The latter is particularly prominent when trying to secure your Skell licence, which you predictably need to get your own cool mech. For those of...
Editorial Xenoblade Chronicles X Has Tiny Text - Time for an Update?
Tom Whitehead's not really seeing it, are you?
This week we received an interesting email from one of our readers, Victor, which made a very good point. The text in Xenoblade Chronicles X is too small, and it should be improved; it was a lightbulb moment when we realised we should have brought it up far sooner - I certainly should have. In my...
News Xenoblade Chronicles X Creator Tetsuya Takahashi Prefers Western Games To Japanese Ones
Next project will be entirely different, too
Xenoblade Chronicles X has just launched in the west to very positive reviews, and to mark this occasion Time has been speaking to creator Tetsuya Takahashi, the man behind the entire "Xeno" series of video games. Takahashi revealed that he actually prefers Western games to those developed in his own...
Video Figure Out the Online Features of Xenoblade Chronicles X With The Latest Survival Guide
Online quests, treasure deals and more
Xenoblade Chronicles X is a game with incredible depth, not just in the solo campaign but also in the various ways you can connect and interact with others online. Shared quests, group battles, recruiting avatars of other players, trading items - it's all in there. It can be confusing, and even after sinking...
Guide Here's How To Make That Xenoblade Chronicles X USB Drive More Useful
Hack the planet
The North American collector's edition of Xenoblade Chronicles X comes with a USB drive containing 10 tracks from the game itself. It's a neat little extra, but largely useless once you've listened to the music - which is why Nintendo Life reader Ben "mikey64" Barger has come up with this handy little hack which allows you to turn it...
Video Soothe Your Soul With Some of the Calmer Music from Xenoblade Chronicles X
With some nice quotes about its composition, too
We rate Xenoblade Chronicles X very highly here at Nintendo Life, and the odds are good that many others with the game now do likewise. It's a hugely impressive achievement from Monolith Soft and a strong showcase for Wii U in many respects, including its soundtrack. We think the soundtrack for this...
News Xenoblade X Art Designers Created the Game's Armor Sets with Samurai in Mind
Space Ninjas
Xenoblade Chronicles X is out now in all regions and contains a staggering amount of content. Among this content is an extremely diverse and varied array of armor sets, which provide a suitable level of customizability and depth for character loadouts. Perhaps most importantly, there's even a 'fashion armor' option that allows one to...
News Xenoblade Chronicles X Earns Modest UK Chart Position But Outsells Predecessor
Up 73% on launch sales of Wii title
With another week underway we have the UK chart results, which carry extra interest following the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles X, a title that has drawn critical acclaim and hype from enthusiasts but nevertheless has a tough task converting that into big sales. That's how it's turned out in the UK, at least -...
DRM = Dopey Rights Management
If you want to listen to the Xenoblade Chronicles X soundtrack it's not particularly difficult; it can be easily found around the web. Unfortunately, for some that are actually paying for the privilege, there can be surprising issues. This relates to the gorgeous Special Edition of the game in North America, which...
News Xenoblade Director on What's Next for the Series and What Makes it So Popular
Perhaps a third game in the series will come about
Xenoblade Chronicles X is now out all around the world and it's been met with generally positive reception all across the board. The open world RPG presents a staggeringly massive world for players to explore, packed out with dozens, if not hours, of gameplay potential. Fans of both traditional...
Guide Getting Started With Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U
It's a big world out there
Xenoblade Chronicles X is out now in North America and Europe, which is certainly something to celebrate for Wii U owners that enjoy immersive, challenging RPG experiences. We've already shared our view that it's a fantastic game in our review - in that article we describe various key gameplay mechanics, so give that a...
Video Build the Buzz for Xenoblade Chronicles X With This Extended Launch Trailer
See the world, meet the cast
Xenoblade Chronicles X is nearly here, and pretty much all that can be said has been shared already. For our part we love it, and it's also a nice technical showcase for the Wii U. Basically, there's plenty of buzz telling Wii U owners that they should be considering it. It's an enormous adventure, of course, and the...
News Digital Foundry Gives Xenoblade Chronicles X a Thumbs Up
"Gives us hope for the upcoming Zelda title on Wii U"
Xenoblade Chronicles X arrives this week in the West, and we've already said in a number of words why you should strongly consider it, awarding a 9/10 in our review. Planet Mira is a fantastic setting, and beyond that Monolith Soft has taken a number of its ideas and mechanics from Xenoblade...
Review Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
A Mira-culous discovery
Monolith Soft has made plenty of bold claims about Xenoblade Chronicles X. It's talked up the size of the planet as being five times that of Xenoblade Chronicles, stated that any landscape you see is there to be explored, and promised that there are not only dozens of hours of legitimate gameplay, but hundreds. Often that...
Video The Latest Xenoblade Chronicles X Survival Guide Maps Out How to Use the GamePad
Pay attention...
With Xenoblade Chronicles X rapidly approaching release there'll be a distinct buzz for Wii U owners that enjoy Monolith Soft's brand of immersive RPGs. Promising a huge amount of content to support an enormous game world, it looks set to keep players busy through the Winter months. It's a complex game, however, with a lot of...
News Europeans Will Be Able To Download Xenoblade Chronicles X's Data Packs Early Next Week
Get prepared
Xenoblade Chronicles X is now so close we can practically taste it, and there's good reason to get excited - the game boasts one of the biggest open worlds yet seen on a Nintendo console. A world that size means that loading times can be an issue, so Nintendo has kindly provided players who plan to purchase the disc version of the game...
News Xenoblade X Developers Talk About the Game's Complexity and Why The "Xeno" Appears in the Name
A game for the fans
Xenoblade Chronicles X is only a couple weeks away from release in the West now, and most JRPG fans couldn't be happier. The follow up to 2011's excellent Xenoblade Chronicles promises to feature a world significantly bigger and more complex than the already staggering world of its predecessor, with seemingly hundreds of hours of...
Video Let This Xenoblade Chronicles X Battle Trailer Get Your Blood Pumping
Attack, attack, attack
Xenoblade Chronicles X is extremely close to release, a cause for celebration for Monolith Soft and RPG fans with a Wii U. With many, many hours of content it's sure to keep players busy into 2016, and it takes many of the mechanics from its Wii predecessor and shakes them up - the Skell mechs are a big part of that,...
Busted
Xenoblade Chronicles X launches in the west soon, and is shaping up to be quite the experience - as you'll know if you've already read our hands-on impressions with the final code. However, fans have expressed some concern at the localisation changes made by Nintendo so far. First up was the fact that majo
Video Here's How Much Those Data Packs for Xenoblade Chronicles X Speed Things Up
Gotta go fast
It's hard to believe, but Xenoblade Chronicles X is now only a few weeks away from launching in the West. The main setting of the game - Planet Mira – supposedly boasts one of the largest open worlds ever and all of its different environments are said to be seamlessly interwoven, with next to no loading screens. This would be quite a...
Preview Getting Lost in the World of Xenoblade Chronicles X
That's a positive, mostly
When an individual has spent well over a hundred hours of their life playing Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, there's an initial instinct that jumping into the enormous world of Xenoblade Chronicles X will be like putting on a big woolly jumper. Sure, it's larger and less snug, but it's also warm, inviting...
Video Learn All About Skells in This Xenoblade Chronicles X Survival Guide
Transforming our expectations
We're now just a small number of weeks away from Xenoblade Chronicles X, the enormous Monolith Soft RPG that'll likely keep plenty of Wii U owners busy into 2016. Excitement is sure to build as a result, and Nintendo is keen for players to go in with a decent amount of knowledge to tackle the complex and varied game...
YO-KAI is the reasoning
We've had another corker of a week in terms of Nintendo happenings; so much so that we couldn't blame anyone for not being able to keep up with everything. As we usually do, we've compiled all you need to know in one handy little video for your entertainment. This week we look at the incredible SNES Playstation prototype...
News Nintendo Is Making Female Characters Cover Up For The Western Version Of Xenoblade Chronicles X
UPDATE: Age remains the same
UPDATE: Having played the final code ourselves, we've noticed that Lin's age remains unchanged. ORIGINAL STORY: It is being reported that Nintendo has changed some of the more revealing outfits in the forthcoming western localisation of Xenoblade Chronicles X. The changes were spotted in versions of the game currently...
News A Teaser Site for Xenoblade Chronicles X Has Just Gone Live in North America
We're really feeling these wallpapers
As many of you are likely aware, Xenoblade Chronicles X is due out for release in a little over a month here in the West. The much anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Xenoblade Chronicles will likely be a highly desired Christmas gift for many gamers and for good reason. Featuring a world that...
Video Catch Up With Combat Tips in the Xenoblade Chronicles X Survival Guide
Delightfully complicated
Xenoblade Chronicles X is creeping ever closer to a Western release, which is terrific news for Wii U owners that admire Monolith Soft and its enormous RPG projects. With potentially hundreds of hours of content and what appears to be quite staggering depth, many are likely to be playing it into 2016. Nintendo has been...
