With Xenoblade Chronicles X's Nintendo Switch port finally on the horizon, one of the JRPG's last-standing Wii U survivors is already counting down the 3,300 hours until his return

A screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, showing the player character, Elma, and Lin running across a grassy plain.

At long last, Nintendo has confirmed that a Switch port of the excellent Wii U JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X is on the way, and while that's fantastic news for all fans of gorgeous open world games, I'm not sure anyone is more excited than one of the original version's final survivors. 

Back in April, Nintendo turned off the 3DS and Wii U's online servers, putting an end to the online modes for all those previous-gen games, including Xenoblade Chronicles X. However, dedicated 3DS and Wii U fans didn't want to go out without a fight, and many made it their mission to stay connected to their favorite games for as long as possible, refusing to turn off their consoles. The last standing server survivor on Mario Kart 7 is actually still connected, or so it seems with the latest update last Friday. Anyway, one of these players was Twitter user @DaeronSingollo, a Xenoblade X fan who managed to cling onto the JRPG's servers for 158 hours – almost a week – after they were supposed to go down.