I'd Rather Wait to Play Nintendo's New RPG Remake on the Switch 2

It's a weird time for Nintendo to release a remastered version of a classic game, but it's happened for the second time this year. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition takes a celebrated Wii U game and brings it over to the Switch, at long last. Nintendo also did this with Donkey Kong Country Returns (a Wii game, originally). But with Xenoblade Chronicles X -- a game I never really dug into before because I was sort of intimidated -- as good as it seems to be so far, after a few hours playing it on a Switch OLED, I'd much rather be playing this on the Switch 2 that's likely coming out in just a few months. I know that not everyone will buy a Switch 2, and it's great to see Nintendo still support the 8-year-old Switch with quality games. But it's clear that, behind the scenes, Nintendo is likely gearing up with new games for the Switch 2. It's probably no accident that Nintendo's recent releases have been ports of existing games rather than new ones. The new stuff feels like it's ... Read full article.