Xenoblade Chronicles is an open globe activity role-playing video game developed by Pillar Soft and also published by Nintendo for the Wii. Initially released in Japan in 2010, it was later released in the BUDDY regions in 2011 as well as then in North America in 2012. A port for the New Nintendo 3DS was launched in 2015, and also a high-def remaster for the Nintendo Switch over was launched in May 2020. Xenoblade Chronicles is the first entrance in the Xenoblade Chronicles series, a subseries which develops part of the larger Xeno metaseries. Although no straight narrative links exist to previous Xeno games, it includes aesthetic as well as narrative elements from both dream and science fiction. The game features navigation with an open world split into zones, side-quests connected to party members' affinity, and a real-time action-based battle system which includes the main personality's ability to see quick looks of the future. Xenoblade Chronicles happens on the icy bodies ...