{"id":136142,"date":"2026-02-20T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197733"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:55:00","slug":"icymi-xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-switch-icons-have-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/20\/icymi-xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-switch-icons-have-returned\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Switch Icons Have Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c35cf193b738\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c35cf193b738\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"9785ad87d028d\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Xenoblade Chronicles\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9785ad87d028d\/xenoblade-chronicles.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9785ad87d028d\/xenoblade-chronicles.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Xenoblade Chronicles\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Monolith Soft<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has this week surprised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Xenoblade<\/a> fans with a Switch 2 Edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition<\/a>. There is also a paid upgrade for existing owners.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the Switch 2 version, Nintendo has also revived the game&#8217;s themed icons for Switch Online members. Yes, in case you missed it, there are four waves over four weeks, and the first wave is now officially live. As usual, they&#8217;ll cost <strong>10 Platinum Points<\/strong> each, and background and borders are priced at <strong>5 Platinum Points<\/strong> each.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>ICYMI! Redeem your #MyNintendo Platinum Points to collect custom icons from #XenobladeChroniclesX: Definitive Edition, available until 3\/19 at 6pm PT. Icon elements will be refreshed each week. #NintendoSwitchOnline<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"e755d8d52c00b\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Xenoblade Chronicles\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e755d8d52c00b\/xenoblade-chronicles.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e755d8d52c00b\/xenoblade-chronicles.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Xenoblade Chronicles\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already pulled the trigger on the Switch 2 upgrade for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, it will cost you <strong>\u00a34.19 \/ $4.99<\/strong>. Or you can get the Switch 2 Edition for <strong><em>\u00a3<\/em>54.99 \/ $64.99<\/strong>. A physical release has also been confirmed and is arriving in April. Whatever you choose, expect 4K and up to 60fps in docked, and 1080p and up to 60fps in handheld.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we had to say about the Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition in our hands on:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is the smallest paid Switch 2 Edition yet from Nintendo, providing <em>only<\/em> a resolution bump (1080p handheld, 4K docked) and performance boost (a steady 60fps both handheld and docked). But it&#8217;s hard not to be impressed when you see Monolith Soft&#8217;s vision be fully realised on-screen. It&#8217;s amazing we&#8217;ve never had a <strong>Xenoblade<\/strong> game at 60fps before this, and it&#8217;s a real showcase of just how much more beautiful and smooth these worlds can look.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:197722 @ 1771578781 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be grabbing any of these Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition icons? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Monolith Soft Nintendo has this week surprised Xenoblade fans with a Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. There is also a paid upgrade for existing owners. To celebrate the Switch 2 version, Nintendo has also revived the game&#8217;s themed icons for Switch Online members. Yes, in case you missed it, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}