
It is loosely a part of the Xeno metaseries, for which it receives its namesake, co-created and directed by Tetsuya Takahashi.

The series has been represented in other gaming franchises, including the Super Smash Bros.

Xenoblade Chronicles has been well-received for its world design, music, stories, and themes. The series has since sold more than 8.2 million copies worldwide. The original game became a critical and commercial success, spawning multiple sequels. Though initially only released in Japan, it was localized into other regions as a result of Operation Rainfall, a large grass-roots fan campaign to pressure Nintendo to localize several Japan-exclusive games. The series began with the original Xenoblade Chronicles game, published for the Nintendo Wii in 2010. Coming in proximity of enemy units gives friendly units the opportunity to attack, entering a versus stage (called the "Cross Active Battle System") where the player may attack through button combinations and call supports to reduce the enemy's health as much as possible until the turn is up.Xenoblade Chronicles is a series of action role-playing games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo. Player units can be either the customary Pair Units, made up of two characters, or Solo Units, which can be added to battles but only used once within them. Characters, acting as units, must be given commands to defeat the opposing army during battles.īattles take place on a grid with an isometric view, where units can move freely within the expanse of the field. Gameplay takes place in a style largely reminiscent of its prequel.

Project X Zone is the successor to Namco x Capcom, including new and returning characters from Namco Bandai Games and Capcom franchises, with the addition of newly chosen characters from SEGA franchises.
