Xenoblade Chronicles™, the new, highly-anticipated role-playing adventure for the Nintendo Wii™ console, is arriving on Canadian store shelves this Thursday, April 5th  at 2pm ET– the day before the U.S. launch!

Xenoblade Chronicles follows the story of Shulk, a weapons researcher who must wield the ancient Monado blade against the mechanical menace of invading Mechon robots. Players can customize their characters with a variety of weapons and armour, in addition to earning character upgrades through experience. Adventurous players are also free to shift their focus from the main story and seek out other challenges and side quests.

Xenoblade Chronicles has already launched in Japan and Europe, and has received unanimously positive reviews, including several perfect scores. For more information, visit http://xenobladechronicles.nintendo.com