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Xenoblade Chronicles series
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Xenoblade Chronicles is a series of role-playing games created by Tetsyua Takahashi and Monolith Soft, and released by Nintendo. Xenoblade Chronicles is the third series in the Xeno franchise, spanning Xenogears and the Xenosaga series. Similar to other RPG series, while the worlds, characters, and stories of the Xenoblade Chronicles games are unconnected, they share many common themes and elements that link them as a series. According to Takahashi, the "Xeno" prefix is used as a means of identifying his games and as a reference to Monolith Soft's previous works.
Overview
Main series
The Xeno franchise began with Xenogears, which began development as a rejected premise for Final Fantasy VII. The game was originally planned to be the first release in a six game series, but plans for the later games were scrapped due to the developers leaving Square, the owners of the game. The team then formed Monolith Soft and, under Namco, developed the Xenosaga series, a spiritual successor to Xenogears. Xenosaga was also planned to be six games, but was cut down to three due to the first game underperforming on release.
Monolith Soft was later bought by Nintendo and made a first-party developer. During development of Disaster: Day of Crisis, Tetsuya Takahashi had the idea to develop a new game set on the backs of two gods, and while originally intended to be released as an original game Satoru Iwata suggested it be changed to Xenoblade to reflect the past games and Takahashi's hard work. The Xenoblade series currently spans three games, the first of which also receiving a handheld remake.
Other appearances
Shulk, the protagonist of the original Xenoblade Chronicles, appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. His appearance in this title has resulted in him receiving an amiibo figurine based on his appearance, which can unlock content in other games such as costumes based on his likeness in Super Mario Maker, as well as Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World.
Games
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Main games
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| Xenoblade Chronicles | 2010 | 2012 | 2011 | 2011 | N/A | Wii | |||
| Xenoblade Chronicles X | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | N/A | Wii U | |||
| Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | Nintendo Switch | |||
| Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | |||
Ports and remakes
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| Xenoblade Chronicles 3D | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | New Nintendo 3DS | |||
External links
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Related NIWA Wiki:  English •  Italian
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