Xenoblade Chronicles X | |
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Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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Designer(s) | Koh Kojima |
Programmer(s) | Toshiaki Yajima |
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Composer(s) | Hiroyuki Sawano |
Series | Xeno |
Platform(s) | Wii U |
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Xenoblade X Original Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Hiroyuki Sawano | |
Released | 20 May 2015 |
Genre | Video game soundtrack |
Length | Disc 1: 1:16:14 Disc 2: 1:17:42 Disc 3: 1:16:22 Disc 4: 32:26 Total: 4:22:44 |
Label | Defstar Records |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 84/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Destructoid | 9/10 |
Famitsu | 34/40 (9/9/8/8) |
GameSpot | 8/10 |
IGN | 8.2/10 |
Nintendo Life | |
Nintendo World Report | 9.5/10 |
Hobby Consolas | 93% |
Time | 5/5 |
Awards | |
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Publication | Award |
Eurogamer | Essential |
Metacritic | #6 Best Wii U Game of 2015 |
Metacritic | Most Shared Wii U Game of 2015 |
Xenoblade Chronicles X, known in Japan as XenobladeX (Japanese: ゼノブレイドクロス Hepburn: Zenobureido Kurosu?, pronounced as "Xenoblade Cross"), is an action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii U home video game console. Part of the Xeno series of video games, it serves as a spiritual successor to Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii. The game centers on the player's customizable player character, and main characters Elma and Lin Lee efforts to survive and coexist with the indigenous creatures on a hostile alien planet while striving to protect humanity. Similar to its predecessor, the game features an open world design that strongly emphasizes exploration. It was released on April 29, 2015 in Japan and in December 2015 internationally.
In a similar fashion to the original Xenoblade Chronicles, the game plays as an open world role-playing video game, with an emphasis on exploration. Traveling can take place on foot, or in large humanoid robots, approximately four times the height of the average playable character, called "Skells" ("Dolls" in the Japanese version), that the player may opt to control. The Skells have the ability to fly, traverse water, and transform into vehicles such as motorcycles or tanks. Aerial battles also take place in the game.