{"id":137577,"date":"2026-06-12T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-202540"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:30:00","slug":"video-xenoblade-chronicles-compared-across-wii-3ds-switch-and-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/video-xenoblade-chronicles-compared-across-wii-3ds-switch-and-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Xenoblade Chronicles Compared Across Wii, 3DS, Switch, And Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b6c26407354e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b6c26407354e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b6c26407354e\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"IDxfHuxZoM0\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDxfHuxZoM0?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo dropped a lovely surprise during its most recent Direct showcase when it confirmed that not only will the mainline <strong>Xenoblade Chronicles<\/strong> series receive Switch 2 Editions across the board, but the first is <em>out now<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition<\/a> is available and boasts 4K visuals when docked alongside 60fps performance. It looks absolutely <em>lovely<\/em>, and it&#8217;s a huge step up from the dodgy upscaling seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Xenoblade Chronicles X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already provided our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/hands-on-xenoblade-chronicles-on-switch-2-is-a-nice-improvement-over-x\">hands-on verdict<\/a> for the new release, but if you&#8217;d like to see exactly how the Switch 2 version holds up next to Switch (and Wii and 3DS), then YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ElAnalistaDeBits\">ElAnalistaDeBits<\/a> has got you covered with a rather comprehensive graphical comparison.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does it demonstrate the resolution bump for the Switch 2, but it&#8217;s a stark reminder of just how much Monolith Soft revamped the original Wii game for the Switch.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:202414,202367 @ 1781289203 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Have you booted up Xenoblade Chronicles on the Switch 2 yet? What do you make of the improvements? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Nintendo dropped a lovely surprise during its most recent Direct showcase when it confirmed that not only will the mainline Xenoblade Chronicles series receive Switch 2 Editions across the board, but the first is out now. Yes, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is available and boasts 4K visuals when [&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-137577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137577","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=137577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}