'Xenoblade Chronicles 3' is Nintendo's most unsung series at its best

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is, if nothing else, a testament to the power of trust and persistence.

For more than a decade, Nintendo has been throwing seemingly infinite amounts of time and money at developer Monolith Soft to make some of the biggest and most ambitious RPGs of the era. Each Xenoblade, from the series’ 2010 debut...