E3 2017: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is Still on Tap for a Winter 2017 Release

<p><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> is still coming out by the end of this year&comma; according to Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s E3 presentation&period; The highly anticipated JRPG is one of Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s key exclusives this year&comma; and there has been some speculation that it would be pushed back until next year&period; However&comma; during the presentation&comma; it was still slated as a release for winter 2017&period; With <em>Mario Odyssey<&sol;em> coming at the end of October&comma; this allows Nintendo to have one final key first-party release for the year&comma; although it will compete a little with the port of <em>Skyrim<&sol;em>&comma; which Nintendo is also publishing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> had a brand new trailer during the presentation&comma; showing off more of the characters&comma; story&comma; and environments&period; Nintendo also showed some gameplay during their Treehouse stream&comma; and plenty of information was revealed as the stream went on&period; One interesting thing was why this game is titled <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> and not <em>Xenoblade Chronicles X-2<&sol;em>&period; The first <em>Chronicles<&sol;em> game was more heavily focused on the story&comma; and <em>Chronicles X<&sol;em> was more about exploring a massive world&period; Not to say that this game doesn&&num;8217&semi;t look massive&comma; but it is looking to have more of a focus on characters and story than <em>Chronicles X<&sol;em> did&period; However how much of the game is directly tied to the first is unknown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"NfGk6VMcJsw" data-param-t&equals;"877s" title&equals;"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2017"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;NfGk6VMcJsw&amp&semi;t&equals;877s"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;NfGk6VMcJsw&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2017"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some other interesting highlights are that there will be a returning day and night cycle for the game&comma; much like <em>Chronicles X<&sol;em>&period; Additionally&comma; there will be a rising and falling of the tides&comma; and depending on the time of day&comma; and tides&comma; certain areas will be accessible that were not when the tide is high&period; In regards to combat&comma; it once again looks to play like an offline&comma; solo MMORPG&comma; where characters are playing certain roles in combat&period; For example&comma; having a tank character who will pull aggro&comma; and keep enemies busy while attack characters pick off the enemies&comma; and a healer heals&period; The Blade system is interesting&comma; as each core character has a support character or Blade&comma; that is linked to them&comma; that helps customize your team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> is shaping up to be a stellar way to end a year that has seen plenty of great JRPGs&period; Hopefully&comma; the game stays on track&comma; and it ends up on numerous wish lists for the holiday season&period; Will you be picking it up&comma; excited for some epic JRPG action on the go on the Switch&quest; Let us know below what you think&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Nintendo E3 Presentation<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;