Xenoblade studio Monolith Soft is now one hundred pc owned by Nintendo.
Based in Tokyo, with a second workplace in Nintendo’s house of Kyoto, Monolith Soft has turn into a key companion studio for the Mario maker over the previous twenty years, and has supplied improvement help for a few of Nintendo’s largest titles, together with Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Now, Nintendo has elevated its stake within the firm to completely personal it, after initially buying 80 p.c of Monolith Soft from Bandai Namco in 2007. Nintendo then elevated its stake to 96 p.c in 2011, whereas the corporate’s authentic house owners retained a symbolic 4 p.c stake.
Nintendo has not formally introduced the change, however its one hundred pc possession of the corporate was not too long ago added to Monolith Soft’s web site, as noticed by Automaton.
Monolith Soft started its period as a Nintendo-exclusive studio in 2008 with a variety of smaller titles, together with Wii shooter Disaster: Day of Crisis and RPG Soma Bringer for Nintendo DS.
But it was the 2010 launch of Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles which noticed Monolith Soft discover its new area of interest. Three sequels have adopted, with Wii U sport re-release Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition set to launch on Switch in March 2025.
In the background, Monolith Soft has additionally supplied additional improvement help to Nintendo’s personal inner improvement homes. It has assisted Nintendo with all three Splatoon titles, the previous three Animal Crossing video games, and is now an everyday co-developer on The Legend of Zelda collection, with credit on Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
What may the studio be engaged on subsequent for Switch 2?
