Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review — proof JRPGs belong on Switch

I’ve been hopeful for the Nintendo Switch‘s prospects as a new home for Japanese role-playing games. I love the genre, and the Switch’s capabilities as both a home console and a portable make it the ideal platform for these games. Playing on a TV gives you a proper display for epic stories and large worlds, but you can grind through enemies while using the system as a handheld.

But the Switch has not had many JRPGs. Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which comes out on December 1, is the console’s first big test for this kind of game. And thanks to its fun combat, interesting setting, and deep progression systems, I’m convinced that the Switch has a great JRPG future ahead of it.