Plenty of News Out of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Direct

<p>Nintendo has launched the Switch this year with just the right amount of exclusives&comma; and has been supported by some great indies and third party support&period; However&comma; there is one last big title this year from Nintendo&comma; and that is the massive JRPG <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em>&period; The game is out in a matter of weeks&comma; but Nintendo just released a new Nintendo Direct that gave plenty of information about the game&comma; DLC&comma; and even a cross-promotion with <em>T<&sol;em><em>he Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> is a quasi-sequel to <em>Xenoblade Chronicles<&sol;em> which came out on the Wii and was re-released on the New 3DS&period; It is not a sequel to <em>Xenoblade Chronicles X<&sol;em>&comma; and even though the games do share some similarities&comma; it is more in line with <em>Chronicles<&sol;em> than<em> Chronicles X<&sol;em>&period; The game is set mainly in the world of Alrest&comma; which is populated by massive Titans where settlements of people live&period; The game focuses on characters such as Rex&comma; who is a Driver&comma; and Blades like Pyra&period; Blades play an important role in the game&comma; where each one has various abilities and equipping different blades give different powers both in and out of combat&period; An interesting addition is the ability to use Blades that are not being used and sending them off on quests&comma; which can then come back with new items and experience&period; The combat looks to be similar to the other Xenoblade games&comma; but even more refined&comma; with Blades adding even more depth to it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;131466" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-131466" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-131466" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;07130538&sol;Xenoblade-2-Special-Edition-bigger-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-131466" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition is available for preorder&comma; if you can still find one&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo also announced that <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> would have a ton of DLC coming to it&comma; and the Expansion Pass will be available as of today on the eShop or at select retailers&comma; for &dollar;29&period;99 MSRP&period; Content for the Expansion Pass will be rolling out from launch up until fall 2018&comma; and will initially start with some extra quests and items available for players&period; Eventually a Challenge Mode will be added&comma; with tough monsters to fight and presumably great gear to earn&period; There will also be an adventure available for those that purchase the pass&comma; set in Elysium on Alrest&comma; for players to explore and to give an extra bit of story content to players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"hXGTJgXPhm0" title&equals;"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Direct 9&period;13&period;2017"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;hXGTJgXPhm0"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;hXGTJgXPhm0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Direct 9&period;13&period;2017"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One last interesting bit of news is that of a cross-promotion with <em>the Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild<&sol;em>&period; Starting on Thursday November 9&comma; players can update their game on both the Switch and Wii U&comma; and gain access to a new quest&period; At the end of the quest players will receive Rex&&num;8217&semi;s costume for Link to use in the game&period; A cool little way to introduce players to Rex and get them interested in <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So far&comma; <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> is looking to be another massive JRPG success for Nintendo and Monolithsoft&period; The worlds look amazing and incredibly expansive&comma; the combat system looks tight and there will more than likely be plenty of bang for the player&&num;8217&semi;s buck&period; Will you be adding <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 2<&sol;em> to your Switch collection&quest; Are you ready to dive headfirst into Alrest&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;0Hb0KmH2WBQ">Nintendo Direct<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;