{"id":111005,"date":"2020-03-31T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/the_definitive_edition_of_xenoblade_chronicles_wont_include_any_extras_from_the_3ds_port"},"modified":"2020-03-31T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T01:35:00","slug":"the-definitive-edition-of-xenoblade-chronicles-wont-include-any-extras-from-the-3ds-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/the-definitive-edition-of-xenoblade-chronicles-wont-include-any-extras-from-the-3ds-port\/","title":{"rendered":"The Definitive Edition Of Xenoblade Chronicles Won&#8217;t Include Any Extras From The 3DS Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0cfb267d1fcb3\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0cfb267d1fcb3\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0cfb267d1fcb3\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Remember when the New Nintendo 3DS was originally released? At the time, to get some extra sales out of the system, Nintendo made certain content &#8211; and even games &#8211; exclusive to this particular unit. One title only playable on this device was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/new-3ds\/xenoblade_chronicles_3d\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3D<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This particular port included additional features like a Collection Mode (compatible with StreetPass) and amiibo support. If you were hoping these extras would somehow carry across to the upcoming release on Switch, unfortunately, this won&#8217;t be happening. According to Siliconera, the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.nintendo.com\/JP\/ja\/titles\/70010000029710\">Japanese website<\/a> for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_definitive_edition\">Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition<\/a><\/strong> notes how these New 3DS features won&#8217;t be included in the Switch remaster.<\/p>\n<p>And in case you&#8217;re wondering how amiibo linked with the 3DS version, here&#8217;s an <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/amiibo\/games\/detail\/xenoblade-chronicles-3d-3ds\/\">official description<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Earn in game tokens in Xenoblade Chronicles 3D by tapping a Shulk amiibo figure to the New Nintendo 3DS XL . Tokens can be used to unlock music and animated 3D models of various characters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>We don&#8217;t blame amiibo owners if they&#8217;re a little bit upset about the lack of NFC support considering the Switch Joy-Con double as readers. It seems then that the Definitive Edition will be based solely on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/xenoblade_chronicles\">Wii release<\/a>. However, there&#8217;ll also be some exclusive content in this latest version &#8211; in the form of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/xenoblade_chronicles_definitive_edition_contains_a_new_epilogue_story_launches_in_may\">Future Connected epilogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Were you hoping the features from the 3DS game would be included in the Switch release? Did you try out this title on Nintendo&#8217;s 3D device? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Remember when the New Nintendo 3DS was originally released? At the time, to get some extra sales out of the system, Nintendo made certain content &#8211; and even games &#8211; exclusive to this particular unit. One title only playable on this device was Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. 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