A patch is coming to Nintendo Switch`s open-world RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles 2. This marks the first update for the game since it released earlier this month, and along with a few bug fixes, it makes some welcome improvements to its map. Monolith Soft head Tetsuya Takahashi detailed the forthcoming changes in a post on Nintendo`s website.The version 1.1.1 update rolls out for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 next Friday, December 22. It makes a handful of quality-of-life changes, most notably to the in-game map. `When you press the X button, the Skip Travel screen will open the map to your current location,` Takahashi wrote. `We hope this will make it easier to spot Skip Travel locations and Salvage Points on the map.` Additionally, you`ll be able to display a 1:1 zoom on the mini-map by pressing the left control stick in.The 1.1.1 update also adds a new easy mode to the Tiger Tiger mini-game, which is the only way to unlock more customization parts for Tora`s artificial Blade, Poppi. Those who purchased Xenoblade Chronicles 2`s expansion pass will also get the following set of items:Driver Essentials Set: 10 x Rare Core Crystal, 1 x Legendary Core Crystal, 3 x Overdrive ProtocolUpgrade Parts for Poppi: 30,000 etherPyra`s Favorite Things: 5 x Jenerossi TeaNia`s Favourite Things: 5 x Ardainian Bear CarvingThe Xenoblade Chronicles 2 expansion pass costs $30 and adds a lot of new content to the game throughout 2018, the first piece of which is a new quest that is slated to arrive sometime in January. Other content on the way to the game next year includes a new Rare Blade, a challenge battle mode, and a new story.Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is available exclusively on Nintendo Switch. GameSpot awarded it a 7/10 in our Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review. Critic Peter Brown said, `[I]ts often clumsy nature keeps it from being the next groundbreaking Switch game, but Xenoblade 2 is worth pursuing if you`ve got enough patience to let it blossom.` If you`re intimidated by the game`s battle ...
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