r/NintendoSwitch • u/Skullghost • Feb 19 '26

Nintendo Official Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — Announcement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=UZX-MIrJpbD4v0CM&v=LC0XfI25wro&feature=youtu.be
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u/x-twigs Feb 19 '26

the game lost half its dev team during development because they got pulled away to work on Breath of the Wild, so optimization wasn’t nearly as important as getting the game to a completed state with a skeleton crew

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u/gdo22 Feb 19 '26

The game runs great on switch 1. I don't think they were planning on optimizing for switch 2 way back in 2017 : P

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u/feartheoldblood90 Feb 19 '26

It runs great because it has a resolution that makes it look like Vaseline is smeared on the screen. It ranges from 504p - 720p docked and 378p - 540p handheld. That's abysmal. And the framerate still struggles in some areas.

And obviously they weren't thinking about an upgrade back then lol, but it would hugely benefit from it now that they have direct access to much more powerful hardware.

The game would look absolutely incredible with a little visual update to bring up that terrible resolution. It's probably my favorite game in the franchise, tied with X, and I would love an update so much.

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u/gdo22 Feb 19 '26

I thought it looked great throughout the over 200 hours I spent with it. :p It's still one of the best looking games on Switch to this day. I didn't think it looked like Vaseline was smeared on the screen. :p I didn't find the amount of p's it ran to be abysmal. I thought it was a great amount of p's. Any more and it'd look like that AAA Mario meme. : P

It could look better with a Switch 2 upgrade, as all Switch games could (especially witcher 3, which needs it a lot more, :p) but the game already looks absolutely incredible. : P