{"id":124733,"date":"2022-04-20T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124733"},"modified":"2022-04-20T09:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:52:17","slug":"xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-coming-two-months-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/124733-xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-coming-two-months-early","title":{"rendered":"Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is coming two months early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1516401730275131398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> via Twitter that <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/em> is now releasing on 29 July.<\/p>\n<p>No specific reason was given for the fast-tracked release as Nintendo simply stated that fans will be able to play sooner than expected.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s trailer showcases a new storyline, characters, and battle system &#8211; which seems to be more refined than the one in previous titles.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the new battle system allows players to team up with several party members during enemy encounters.<\/p>\n<p>The Nintendo Switch exclusive and latest entry in the Japanese role-playing game series was originally announced during Nintendo\u2019s February Direct event, and was given an original release date of September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Xeno series started off on PlayStation 1 with <em>Xenogears<\/em>, then moved onto PlayStation 2 with <em>Xenosaga<\/em>, before jumping to Nintendo Switch with <em>Xenoblade 1, 2,<\/em> and <em>3<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Step into the vast world of Aionios in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XenobladeChronicles3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XenobladeChronicles3<\/a> sooner than expected, now coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> on 7\/29!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest trailer to learn more about the game\u2019s story, characters, and strategic battle system, where you can team up with up to 7 characters! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1SuQaOwpk\">pic.twitter.com\/u1SuQaOwpk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1516401730275131398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHgMx91UGL8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a title=\"Permalink to New Star Wars game confirmed\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/124728-new-star-wars-game-confirmed\" rel=\"bookmark\">New Star Wars game confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No specific reason was given for the fast-tracked release as Nintendo simply stated that fans will be able to play sooner than expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":124734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1966,22983,1693],"class_list":["post-124733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-nintendo","tag-games","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-xenoblade-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}