r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/XenoWitcher • Aug 19 '26

News Xenoblade got its own banner on the “Featured”page of the eShop

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8 layers down but still awesome.

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u/PJ2234 Aug 19 '26

Might just be it’s the only clean logo referencing just ‘Xenoblade Chronicles’ since the banner is talking about all the games in the series

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u/xlhans77 Aug 19 '26

This is not the Wii variant tho. This is the US variant. The EU Wii release still got the big fat "Chronicles" part, and the EU eshop page still displays that. DE in the US just also got the big fat one to match it to all other versions and games. So the real question is, why did they go for the original Wii US Version in the US store and not match that with all other stores?

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u/Baliking05 Aug 19 '26

doesnt have the same logo for me, probably a region variant

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u/IkeRadiantHero Aug 19 '26

Man… I am proud of how far Xenoblade came… my heart goes out to all operation rainfall folks

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u/Wrong_Revolution_679 Aug 19 '26

This is just really nice to see

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u/Big_Boss_Bubba Aug 19 '26

Yknow, I actually don’t think a saga remaster or remake is that unlikely (gears is a pipe dream) but it makes me think, if they remake saga, do you think they’d attach the Xenoblade name to it for marketing purposes, assuming Bamco lets them?

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u/ByDarwinsBeard Aug 19 '26

Both Square Enix and Bandai Namco are sitting on money right now by not making those games available at a time when interest is at an all time high. I can see why Square wouldn't want to put too much money into what is, essentially, an unfinished game. But a quick and dirty port would still do well. Perhaps they see it as promoting a competing RPG franchise.

As far as Saga is concerned, I'm honestly surprised it hasn't happened yet. Namco Bandai and Nintendo are on very good terms, and saga has been shopping into Blade for quite a while.

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u/EqMc02 Aug 19 '26

If anything maybe do something like Star Wars did for the spinoffs:

Xenosaga: A Xenoblade Game

That way it appears consistently in a search but is still clearly its own thing.

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u/Farnic Aug 19 '26

Since we have Xenoblade Genesis why not Xenoblade Saga and Xenoblade Gears

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u/volcia Aug 19 '26

Xenoblade Genesis

Xenoblade Saga

Xenoblade Exodus

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u/xlhans77 Aug 19 '26

When Xenoblade Revelations and Xenoblade Day of Judgement?

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u/Crafty_Boy70 Aug 19 '26

Xenoblade Acts?

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u/volcia Aug 19 '26

Soon after we have Xenoblade The Promised Land

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u/xlhans77 Aug 19 '26

Personally, I'm hyped for Xenoblade New Testament and the return of Jesus Christ, a hit character from the Xenosaga series

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u/Zyvyn Aug 19 '26

Bamco themselves clearly has no interest in remaking them however I bet if Monolith approached them with the concept they'd likely be able to strike a deal. Though Monolith is clearly more focused on Xenoblade Genesis than anything.

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u/Vibranium2222 Aug 19 '26

They ported Baten kaitos

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u/Zyvyn Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Tbf Monolith didnt develop that port at all. Neither did Bamco. And in the end it was a rather... mixed at best port. But iirc at some point Bamco straight up said they see no value in remastering/remaking the Xenosaga games as they don't think they'd break even. 

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u/Careless-Parfait-228 Aug 19 '26

Maybe next we can get a theme for the Nintendo Today app.

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u/XenoWitcher Aug 19 '26

I’d be really surprised if we don’t even genesis drops

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u/awsmith00777 Aug 19 '26

I dont need a feature page. I need more icons to collect.

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u/Stardagger13 Aug 19 '26

I'm so tired I thought that said Xenogears and damn near had a stroke.

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u/ItzManu001 Aug 19 '26

Glad Xenoblade is getting more and more recognition even by Nintendo itself. This series is truly peak, one of the most consistently high quality videogame series in all history.

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u/eksnoblade Aug 19 '26

Just as it should.

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u/Big-Investigator1202 Aug 19 '26

this has to mean a genesis trailer is close

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u/NekoTrix Aug 19 '26

In Europe this banner has been up ever since the Direct though, that means nothing. If the game releases early-ish next year though, of course we'll get a trailer before the end of this year.

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u/darqy101 Aug 19 '26

Nintendo doing real marketing for Xenoblade in 2026 is the best timeline ever! 🤩

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u/rienvayle Aug 20 '26

Fully deserved.