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Monolith Soft Reveals Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Sequel Game For Switch
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Nintendo announced during its livestream presentation on Friday that developer Monolith Soft is developing the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 sequel game for the Nintendo Switch platform, and unveiled a trailer for the game.
Tetsuya Takahashi returns as the game's executive director. The game features character designs by Masatsugu Saitō (Expelled from Paradise, Cyborg 009 Call of Justice). Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE (Tomori Kudō, CHiCO), Kenji Hiramatsu, and Manami Kiyota are returning from the first game to compose the game's music.
Nintendo released the original Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii in Japan in 2010, Europe in 2011, and North America in 2012. Nintendo released Xenoblade Chronicles 3D for the New Nintendo 3DS in April 2015 in North America and Europe. The Xenoblade Chronicles X "spiritual successor" shipped for the Wii U system in December 2015.