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Catherine Lewis

My favorite JRPG ever added a wildly out-of-place racing minigame and I'm so glad it exists: "Xenoblade Kart is real"

Official art for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition - Switch 2 Edition's Nopon Grand Prix minigame.

Yesterday was a fantastic day to be a Xenoblade fan. Not only did the Nintendo Direct reveal a brand new game in Xenoblade Genesis, a shadow-dropped Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition has added a new minigame I never knew I needed: Xenoblade Kart.

Or at least, that's what JRPG fans are calling it. While the headlining changes to Xenoblade Chronicles on Switch 2 are the resolution and frame rate boosts, Monolith Soft has also added Ether Jets, all-new, high-speed vehicles you can use to zip around the Bionis and Mechonis faster than ever before. Unlocking these also comes with an unexpected bonus – the Nopon Grand Prix minigame.

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