A few weeks ago, Monolith Software teased a special feature for Xenoblade Chronicles X, recommended for players who want their gameplay experience to be as seemless as possible. Today, they finally revealed that feature: it’s special data packs that can be downloaded on the console, and which will improve the loading times for the retail version (does not apply to the digital version, since it’s already installed on the external hard drive!).

Those data packs are installed on the external hard drive, and are meant to speed up loading times. Of course, they can be downloaded for free on the Nintendo eShop (via the “Add-on” section of the Xenoblade Chronicles X page). For the best results, Monolith Software recommend that players download all the packs, but if space is limited, the Basic pack is the one players should install in priority as it’s needed to download the others.

Here’s some details about the packs:

– Basic Pack (2GB): for basic data, like the most frequent elements of terrain, which speeds up loading within the city and on Planet Mira. [Very Effective]

– Enemy Data Pack (2.7GB): for enemy data. Makes loading on the field even faster. [Midly Effective]

– Player Data Pack (3.6GB): for player data (armor, etc.). Makes loading time faster when changing equipment in shops. [Midly Effective]

– Doll Data Pack (1.7GB): for Doll data. Makes deployment of Dolls much faster. [Midly Effective]

Total: 10GB, 14.7GB needed for install.

Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) comes out on April 29th in Japan, and later this year in Europe and North America.

Source: Monolith Software