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Xenoblade Chronicles 3

2022 action-role playing video game developed by Monolith Soft

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Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ110875814 ↗
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is an installment in the open-world Xenoblade series, itself a part of the larger Xeno franchise. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 depicts the futures of the worlds featured in Xenoblade Chronicles (2010) and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017) and concludes the trilogy's narrative.

The development team wanted to develop a story-driven game in the style of the first two entries in the series, while featuring content and combat from previous Xeno entries. The gameplay and world combines elements from the first and second entries. Like the first two entries, the game was localized by Nintendo of Europe, utilizing a cast of primarily British voice actors.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 takes place in Aionios, where two warring nations, Keves and Agnus, engage in perpetual war fought by soldiers with ten-year lifespans. The story follows Noah and his two childhood friends, Eunie and Lanz, who are from Keves, and Mio and her two fellow servicemen, Taion and Sena, who are from Agnus. The six gain the power to fuse together in pairs, known as Ouroboros, and decide to cooperate to uncover the mystery behind the perpetual war and the true nature of their world.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was received positively by critics, who praised its story, themes, gameplay, music, characters, and scale, but criticized its technical and graphical issues at launch.

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