Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is out in the present day for Nintendo Switch consoles, and a few gamers are already digging into the information to be taught extra about it. One discovery appears to disclose a “hidden” mode enabling 60 frames per second, which is definitely trigger for curiosity and hypothesis about what it might imply for the Switch 2.
Over on X/Twitter (through Wccftech), modder MasaGratoR dug into the executable of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition and located what they known as a “hidden 60 FPS mode.” The modder mentioned it appears to be carried out “solely partially,” since enabling it causes “bizarre points.”
About Xenoblade Chronicles X:
– Dynamic decision ranges: 504p-720p handheld, 760p-1080p docked
– Game’s executable has hidden 60 FPS mode. It appears to be carried out solely partially since enabling it causes bizarre points. As a proof display from perform that units UI velocity, 1.0.1 pic.twitter.com/Ag09YVQ7g1— MasaGratoR (@masagratordev) March 20, 2025
While it is not carried out within the recreation correct, the existence of this setting does spark some fascinating questions. If it is not accessible, why is it in there? While some stray leftover code may very well be one reply, some hypothesis about what this might imply for the Switch 2 and current Switch video games can also be simple to know.
Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 can be principally backward suitable. The official reveal of its subsequent console mentioned that the console will play Nintendo Switch 2 unique video games, in addition to Nintendo Switch video games, with an asterisk that sure Nintendo Switch video games “is probably not supported on or totally suitable with Nintendo Switch 2.”
It’s onerous to think about Xenoblade Chronicles X can be a type of asterisked video games, however there’s a query over whether or not current Switch video games would get enhanced on the next-gen console. There’s no proof of that but, simply hypothesis over the standard tendencies of backward compatibility. It definitely makes the Switch 2 all of the extra fascinating for current Switch homeowners, although.
We’ll hopefully be taught extra in only a few weeks, when Nintendo airs its Switch 2 Direct on April 2, 2025. There, we’ll be taught extra in regards to the upcoming console and Nintendo’s plans for it.
Eric is a contract author for IGN.
