Underplayed Gems

Xenoblade Chronicles (2010)

Xenoblade Chronicles cover
Developer
Monolith Soft
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Wii, Wii U
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating
4.3 of 5, 141 player ratings
Main story
about 65 hours
Completionist
about 83 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A sweeping JRPG epic with vast open worlds where you unravel mysteries of a legendary sword while battling robotic enemies.

epicopen worldjrpgstory-richsci-fi fantasyexplorationgrand

About

Xenoblade Chronicles follows Shulk and his band of friends as they search for answers about the mysterious "Monado" sword and defend their homeland from violent robotic creatures known as the Mechon. The game contains an open world design and strongly emphasizes exploration due to the world's large size. The game was very well received by critics, with many citing it as a great example of innovation and improvement in Japanese role-playing video games. The game has spawned a sub-series of the larger "Xeno" series, including Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch).

Trailer

Screenshots

Xenoblade Chronicles screenshot 1Xenoblade Chronicles screenshot 2Xenoblade Chronicles screenshot 3Xenoblade Chronicles screenshot 4Xenoblade Chronicles screenshot 5Xenoblade Chronicles screenshot 6

More games like this

More by Nintendo

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like playing and it picks from the whole catalog, or browse by platform and genre.