Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fourth installment of the open-world Xenoblade Chronicles franchise, itself a part of the larger Xeno metaseries. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 depicts the futures of the worlds featured in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. It is also the finale of the numbered trilogy, concluding the overarching narrative established in the first game. The story and tone follows Xenoblade Chronicles, while gameplay is mostly inspired by Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Like previous entries in the series, the game was localized by Nintendo of Europe.
The game takes place in Aionios, where two warring nations, Keves and Agnus, engage in perpetual war with soldiers with ten-year lifespans. The story follows Noah and his two childhood friends, Lanz and Eunie from Keves, and Mio and her two fellow servicemen Taion and Sena from Agnus, who all gain a mysterious power and decide to cooperate to find safety. Through this journey, they uncover the mystery behind this perpetual war and the nature of their world.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was well received by critics. Praise went towards its story, gameplay, music, characters, and scale, while criticism was focused on technical and graphical issues. By September 2022, it had sold 1.72 million copies.
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