Wave 2 of the Expansion Pass for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is due to arrive tomorrow, 13th October. And while Nintendo and Monolith Soft have been light on details so far, we do know a handful of things that will be coming with the update.
Perfectly Nintendo has gathered all of the information for Wave 2, and we'll summarise the important parts for you so you know what to look out for in Ionios from 13th October (or 14th October in Europe and Japan).
Challenge Battle Mode
Challenge Battles make their return from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, as does the Nopon Archsage. You'll need to go to the Land of Challenge, which you can get to via a portal at Llyn Nyddwr in the Ribbi Flats, Fornis Region. Teleport to the Llyn Nyddwr Camp and you won't be far off.
In the previous numbered game, you were given various combat challenges which involved taking out waves of enemies, or strong enemies, in a set time limit. It will likely be the same sort of setup here. You'll only be able to take part in this if you've bought the Expansion Pass and have downloaded the latest update.
More Challenge Battles will be added in Wave 3, which is due out sometime before 30th April 2023.
Swimsuits
It's a JRPG, so of course, swimsuit costumes are coming. In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, you'll get these as rewards for completing Challenge Battles. Each character gets two swimsuit costumes — one in a standard colour, and the other in an alternative one.
That means there are 12 swimsuits to unlock.
A new Defender Hero
Ino, the Noponic Hero, will be a recruitable Hero if you have the Expansion Pass. She is a Defender class, but she has a few more quirks to her that make her stand out as a Hero.
Using her Inoswap and HD Ether Cylinders+ , she can learn new skills and abilities and update them too. She talks like a Nopon, tries to act pretty normally, and is an Artificial Blade. Rumour has it she's been created by a "Great Nopon". Hmmmm.
Details on how to recruit Ino haven't been shared yet, but we'll let you know when we find out.
We'll update you as soon as we know when Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Wave 2 drops. Will you be returning to Aionios this week? Let us know!
[source perfectly-nintendo.com]
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Do we get the collector's edition if we play the DLC?
Probably going to wait and check out all the DLC when the last batch drops. This set looks good and love the game but doesn't really look worth dropping the $30 just yet.
Ugh, that new hero sounds like all the worst parts of the Xeno games. From Chuchu until Poppy... blech.
I’ve had this game since launch and haven’t played it yet, I played xenoblade one months ago and got towards the end and got bored with it, I have a huge backlog and I’m also depressed ever since the fbi last year came banging on my door at 4 AM, and they forced me to go to the mental hospital for 2 weeks, the fbi closed the investigation against me and it’s all over but I’m still depressed and find it difficult to play my video games, xenoblade 3 looks good though
@Koffyman why do you literally always write this when you talk about Xenoblade? It’s like copied and pasted from other articles.
The new hero does look a little weak (I think it’s that skinny neck, I’m not sure) and sounds like she might be kinda annoying 😪
Ino arrives tomorrow. Ino, the Noponic Champion! Archsage who?
EDIT: huh, so DLC waves in the purchased pass even get preloaded shortly before the date. Just saw the notification pop up, and the game is now 14 Gb total.
Just wanted to point out that best girl Eunie got the best swimsuit, too.
You hear that, Noah?
I would like Noah's abs in my game
I'm probably going to wait for the story expansion to drop before I actually buy the dlc.
I'm going to wait till it's all released. Might even get another Torna situation where we get a physical release for it.
This season pass looks incredibly lame and bare-bones.
@Koffyman
Please, do talk to a psychotherapist. Meaning all well with you.
I remember attempting the Challenge Battles in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and I was dead in a matter of seconds. They were so OP it was just utterly ridiculous 😂
@Koffyman Dude you're really strange sometimes. Everytime I see you comment you either type something stupidly negative or something like this 🙄
You mean Aionios with an A? Anyway, I could do for a few more quests so I think this is where I'll drop the cash for the DLC.
Why can't I see Lanz in the swimsuit pic? Is it because he has something a bit meatier?
that new hero looks very.. dlc
@ZealMajin
or better yet, a complete edition with everything on 1 cart! (Unfortunately unlikely...)
@ketrac Considering what you said is true about 98% of all games, how are you surprised? Off the top of my head the only games I can think of right now that had a worthwhile DLC of any kind have been the Mass Effect trilogy, Horizon Zero Dawn, Gears 3, and Mario + Rabbids Donkey Kong expansion. I'm sure if I take a few days and really go through my library of over 1k games I can find a few more, but you're still talking about 1 game out of every 100 (or every few years) that's even worth looking at the season pass for. Oh and no, not a single GAAS title would make the list.
Look, as a seasoned member of the alphabet mafia, i've never had a problem if they have swimsuits or skimpy outfits for characters in games, as long as its equal opportunity. Like, its just really weird first of all (looking at you DoA and earlier MK entries) if the girls basically are wearing two strips of duct tape and the guys are in full head to toe armor. If the female characters get jiggly with it have the guys shirtless and flexing its only fair.
Also i really wasnt expecting Noah to be that ripped.
@RubyCarbuncle Change the difficulty to custom, change the custom settings to their lowest difficulties, and its a walk in the park.
Is that long neck part of the story and explained?
I can't return to Anionios, if I never left.
@RobynAlecksys I'm not surprised? I'm pointing it out. I'm a big fan of expansion content, from old school PC game expansions to Fallout DLC, Mass Effect, as you mentioned (even if the price relative to amount of content was a bit uneven for that).
Bioshock Minervas Den, etc.
It's important to point out if the money relative to the amount of content you get is terribly uneven. This expansion pack looks to only be stuff carved out of the main game to sell to hardcore fans.
Btw, since you mentioned Mass Effect: Lair of the Shadow Broker is my fav piece of content for any game ever.
@Angelic_Lapras_King Thanks will definitely keep this in mind 👍
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