During its E3 2015 Digital Event, Nintendo announced that Monolith Soft's massive sci-fi RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles X, will ship in North America later this year on December 4, 2015.

Xenoblade Chronicles X was released in Japan on April 29. The panel of four reviewers at the prominent Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu cumulatively scored the game 34 out of 40, with individual scores of 8, 8, 9 and 9. The game sold 85,586 copies in its first week in Japan, representing 72.01% of its initial shipment.

Xenoblade Chronicles X is the spiritual follow-up to Monolith Soft's Wii RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles. Earlier this year, Nintendo released a New 3DS port of the game, which GameSpot writer John Robertson scored an 8 out of 10.

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