Monolith Soft didn't go it alone on the Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 Edition — the developer behind the Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster pitched in on the project. That studio is Bandai Namco subsidiary now known for handling remaster and port work on classic JRPGs.
The source doesn't go deep on exactly which parts of the Switch 2 Edition the Baten Kaitos team handled, but their involvement signals that the upgrade was more than a straightforward internal port job. Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster, released in 2023, was well-regarded for its clean technical work on the GameCube originals, so the collaboration makes sense on paper.
Xenoblade Chronicles has been a flagship JRPG series for Nintendo since the original Wii release, with Monolith Soft growing into one of Nintendo's most important first-party studios on the back of it. Bringing the series to Switch 2 with enhanced editions keeps the franchise front and center on the new hardware.
Details on what the Switch 2 Edition actually adds — beyond the developer collaboration news — remain limited from this source, but Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has already been updated to version 3.0.0 as part of the rollout.
Sources (1)
AI-assisted summary, reviewed by our editors — how we work.
Get the daily digest
Top gaming news in Lithuanian — every day at 9:00.
Related on Xenoblade Chronicles
Dinoblade is a dinosaur soulslike where a spinosaurus swings a greatsword with its mouth — and might parry the meteor
Dinoblade launches on Steam this Wednesday, July 23, and the pitch is exactly what it sounds like: you play a spinosaurus swinging a colossa...
Xenoblade Chronicles compared across Wii, 3DS, Switch, and Switch 2
A new video comparison puts Xenoblade Chronicles side by side across all four Nintendo platforms it has appeared on — Wii, 3DS, Switch, and...
Nintendo Direct closed with a four-punch Xenoblade combo that stole the show
The biggest Nintendo Direct since last September started slow but finished with a bang — four Xenoblade announcements back to back.Nintendo...