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Monolith Software Inc., trading as Monolith Soft, is a Japanese video game development studio originally owned by Namco (later Bandai Namco) until being bought out by Nintendo in 2007, best known for the Xenoblade Chronicles series of games.
- 1 October 1999; 24 years ago in Tokyo, Japan
- 264 (2023)
- Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Video games
- A Fateful Encounter. By 1990 Squaresoft was in the midst of developing Final Fantasy IV, the first game in the series for Nintendo’s 16-bit Super Famicom (our Super Nintendo Entertainment System).
- Too Complicated for Final Fantasy VII. The year 1994. Having contributed story ideas to a few of Squaresoft’s games by this point, Kaori Tanaka decided to explore her passion fo writing further.
- The Formation of Monolith Soft. After Xenogears wrapped development,, Tetsuya Takahashi determined he and Squaresoft were no longer seeing eye to eye.
- The Saga Begins Anew. “Project X” was Xenosaga, a new game Monolith Soft was developing for the PlayStation 2. Of a development staff of 70, about 20 members of the Xenosaga team had worked with Takahashi on Xenogears, including art director Yasuyuki Honne, character designer Kunihiko Tanaka, composer Yasunori Mitsuda, battle designer Makoto Shimamoto, and map designer Koh Arai.
Jul 26, 2022 · Polygon praises the RPG for its characterization, combat, and world-building. The game follows a group of heroes who defect from warring factions and face a greater threat in the eternal land of Aionios.
- Autumn Wright
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is an installment in the open-world Xenoblade Chronicles series, itself a part of the larger Xeno franchise.
- Toshiaki Yajima
- Koh Kojima, Genki Yokota, Katsuya Eguchi, Toyokazu Nonaka, Tomohiro Hagiwara
Aug 22, 2023 · Tetsuya Takahashi, the creator of Xenoblade series and director of Monolith Soft, says the next game will be "vastly different" from previous entries. He reflects on the theme of change and his goal of surprising fans in a good way.
- Deputy Editor
Xenoblade Chronicles [b] is a series of action role-playing games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo. The series began with the original Xenoblade Chronicles game, published for the Wii in 2010 in Japan, and released in Europe and Oceania the following year.
Monolith Software Inc., trading as Monolith Soft, is a Japanese video game development studio originally owned by Namco (later Bandai Namco) until being bought out by Nintendo in 2007, best known for the Xenoblade Chronicles series of games.
