On an interview with Weekly Famitsu, Xenoblade Chronicles director Tetsuya Takahashi said that Future Connected will be 10-12 hours long for the main story and 20 hours if we go for all the side quests. He also shared a bit of information on some other aspects:
- Monolith Soft First Productions has been divided into three main teams: one that works on XC: Definitive Edition, one that is working on a new game and a third one that works on both.
- They have greatly improved character graphics (duh).
- Since the game it's a remaster, they could not re-record the entire soundtrack with an orchestra. Instead, they rearranged and improved the quality of the music tracks.
- Data compression and sound quality is improved over Xenoblade 2
Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2020/05/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-additional-scenario-future-connected-is-10-to-12-hours-long
