Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo. It was first revealed during the February 9th, 2022 Nintendo Direct and it was released on 29 July 2022 for the Nintendo Switch.

According to, the game is said to "tie together the futures of the worlds of Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2".

Combat
Combat is broadly similar to previous games in the Xenoblade series. It is real-time rather than turn-based, and the player controls only a subset of the active party members, with others being controlled by AI. Doing nothing will result in the player-controlled characters ing regularly. A selection of more powerful attacks can also be used at will, each attack with its own cooldown. Such attacks may be more effective when used under certain conditions, e.g. dealing more damage when the enemy is hit from behind.

The 6 main playable characters are divided into three pairs, each pair being connected via an interlink: When certain conditions are met in battle, each of these pairs may (independently) combine into Ouroboros form. This changes the set of attacks available to them.
 * Noah and Mio
 * Eunie and Taion
 * Lanz and Sena

In contrast with the combat of earlier games in the series, over 6 playable characters may be active simultaneously.

There is also a "quick move" feature, allowing characters to move for positional arts.

General Fixes

 * Added function to receive Expansion Pass item(s).
 * Downloading the Expansion Pass will add an “Expansion Pass” selection to the Main Menu, where the item(s) can be received.
 * The Main Menu can be opened during gameplay by pressing the X Button.
 * (Added August 4, 2022) There was an error in the conditions under which the "Expansion Pass" item is added to the software. The "Expansion Pass" item will be added when the software is updated, even if the Expansion Pass has not been downloaded.
 * Fixes introduced to ensure a better gameplay experience.

Ver. 1.1.1 (Released September 6, 2022)
(Insert official patch notes once NOA posts them)

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3