If you buy a digital copy from Nintendo Eshop, the initial load is already available, so you can download the game before starting and start playing whenever it is available. As with all Nintendo games, You can play on Thursday, March 20, it starts in your region. (However, there is a diminutive exception for some people living in North America).
Look below what time Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition editions In several time zones.
At what time Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition?
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition It will be available on Thursday, March 20At the following moments with ESHOP Switch:
You can play Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition On Northern local timeBut there is an exception to North America. There, the game will be launched when it hits the east coast at midnight, so people living in some parts of the continent can sneak out in an hour or two before midnight.
You can also buy a game in the Eshop region, where it is already available (like Japan) and you can start playing when it becomes the north in the time zone. However, you need to log in to this particular regional account every time you want to play. Otherwise, you can just wait until it is available where you are.
The above release times apply only to those who buy the game digitally via Nintendo Eshop. If you buy a physical copy of the game, you will have to wait until you get the actual contribution to the game.
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive edition, the size of the initial load
According to the official website of the game, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition will require 13.5 GB storage space on the Nintendo switch.
Before downloading the game, make sure that at least such a amount of data was released on the console memory. If you cannot immaculate enough data, you may consider buying microSD to update the console memory, because 13.5 GB does not contain any patches or update after release that can come to the game.