Xenoblade Chronicles 2, known in Japan as Xenoblade 2 (ゼノブレイド2, Zenobureido Tsū), is a roleplaying video game published by Nintendo and developed by Monolith Soft for the Nintendo Switch. The game was announced during the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 on January 12th. The game is scheduled for release on December 1, 2017 in Japan, North America, Europe, Hong Kong and Taiwan.