Xenoblade 2 took about 3.5 years to make

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SuperNova said:

Mbolibombo said:

Yeah a full remaster would be a must.

Monolith wouldn't neccessarily have to handle a Xenoblade remaster though. Nintendo could hand it to one of their younger, more inexperienced studios, or a porting specialist like Tantalus.

They could outsource it but unlike Twilight Princess, the character models in Xenoblade would be in dire need of completely redoing.  The polygon count is markedly lower and it really shows.  So they would have to be careful with who they chose to do that work.