After three full playthroughs of Xenoblade Chronicles, a game that wowed me on the Nintendo Wii, kept me occupied on the New Nintendo 3DS and then got its hooks into me once again on the last-generation Switch, I thought it was time for me to put down the Monado. Cue the surprise release of Xenoblade […]
Among a stacked Nintendo Direct showcase for June 2026, which already featured plenty of hugely-exciting news for RPG fans, Nintendo went ahead and also announced a whole new Xenoblade game. Titled Xenoblade Genesis, yes, we’re sans the “Chronicles” part this time, this essentially looks to be a fresh start for the franchise – probably as
Nintendo has been steadily going over some key hits in its Switch back catalogue to capitalise on upgraded “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition” re-releases, and the latest example is a surprise drop for what was already a re-release in itself when it launched on the Nintendo Switch early last year – Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.
We have officially hit the halfway point of 2026, after what feels like barely two weeks of the year behind us. With Summer Game Fest and its accompanying onslaught of new announcements pretty well done and dusted, and the juggernaut of Grand Theft Auto VI opening the gates to pre-orders, it’s time to turn our attention to
Today’s Nintendo Direct was an absolutely stacked 50 minutes of new announcements and trailers from both Nintendo’s own internal teams as well as third-party studios and publishers. There’s a bit of something for just about everyone in here, mostly aimed at the Nintendo Switch 2 but not without a few goodies for original Switch owners
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