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Xenoblade Chronicles 3D

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is a port of the well-received Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii. The new version offers 3D visuals and allows players to view the maps and character stats on the bottom screen. An…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is an adventure developed by Monolith Soft, released 2 April 2015 on New Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 60 hrs to finish.

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What Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is an adventure game developed by Monolith Soft and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Xenoblade Chronicles is an action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii. Initially released in Japan in 2010, it was later released in the PAL regions in 2011 and in North America in 2012. A port for the New Nintendo 3DS was released in 2015. A remaster for the Nintendo Switch, titled Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, was released in May 2020, which was ported to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026 as Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Xenoblade Chronicles is the first entry in the Xenoblade series, a subseries which forms part of the larger Xeno metaseries. Although it lacks direct narrative connections to…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Xeno series

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is the 11th of 35 entries we hold in the Xeno series. It arrived 5 years after Xenoblade Chronicles. The next entry was Xenoblade Chronicles X in 2015. Its critic score of 86 is almost exactly the series average of 87. The highest-rated entry is Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition at 100.

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How it was received

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 60 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 145 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D launched on 2 April 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3D — frequently asked questions

When did Xenoblade Chronicles 3D come out?
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D was released on 2 April 2015 for New Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS.
How long does it take to beat Xenoblade Chronicles 3D?
The main story of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D takes around 60 hrs, or 145 hrs for 100% completion.

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