Australian Nintendo Direct confirms western release for Xenoblade Chronicles on NEW 3DS

As reported this morning, the first Australian Nintendo Direct, which was unveiled over in Australia earlier today, confirmed the release of the NEW 3DS in their territory in 2014, well ahead of a release in Europe or North America, where the system won't launch before 2015.

That was not the only important piece of information though, as the same broadcast confirms at the same time a release for Xenoblade Chronicles in Australia and New Zealand sometime in 2015, exclusively for the New Nintendo 3DS.

This should put some people's minds at ease as to whether or not the massive RPG is going to come out in Europe and North America or not. While a release in Europe is now pretty much a given, due to the close relationship between our market and the Australian one, A North American release should also be expected, even if the title met some more difficulties to be marketed over there the first time round.

A possible release window for the title in a localised form is yet hard to define as the Australian Direct did not show any localised images but simply used the same footage that the Japanese Direct used last month. This means it is yet unknown whether the English localisation will be simply recycled from the Wii one or will feature any changes, thus making it hard to say how long it would take for the game to release our way after Japan gets it.

Did you buy Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii and are you excited to get the opportunity to play it again now in full 3D on the new handheld? Let us know in the comments below.