Nintendo Now Owns 100% of Monolith Soft - News

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Nintendo now officially own 100 percent of Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft, according to the developer's official website and spotted by Automaton.

Nintendo bought 80 percent of Monolith Soft from Namco in 2007 and in 2011 increased its stake to 96 percent.

Monolith Soft's co-founders Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi and Yasuyuki Honne still owned a four percent stake in the developer, however, it appears Nintendo has bought the remaining shares.

Monolith Soft most recently released Xenoblade Chronicles 3 for the Nintendo Switch and is set to release Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition in 2025 for the Nintendo Switch.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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method114 (on 11 December 2024)

Couldn't stand the first Xenoblade but #2 is one of the best JRPGs I've ever played.

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CaptainExplosion method114 (on 11 December 2024)

Switch version is a big improvement.

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halil23 (on 11 December 2024)

Don't have much time so will only try one Xenoblade on my Switch, which one should I get?

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Azzanation halil23 (on 12 December 2024)

1st one

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dane007 (on 11 December 2024)

Who owns xenogears ip

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Red_Beard dane007 (on 11 December 2024)

Unless I'm mistaken (which is certainly possible), I believe Square still holds the IP for Xenogears and [Bandai] Namco owns Xenosaga.

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dane007 Red_Beard (on 12 December 2024)

Thanks!. Damn. I would love a xenogears remake on the next switch

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firebush03 (on 11 December 2024)

I'm not gonna act like I understand business...but why hasn't Nintendo acquired Monolift Soft yet? Developers of Zelda BotW/TotK, Xenoblade Chronicals Trilogy, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Metroid Dread (i think?), etc. If Nintendo ever lost them, it would be one of their greatest blunders since entering the industry.

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SanAndreasX firebush03 (on 11 December 2024)

They owned 96 percent of them since 2011. That’s almost ownership. The founders owned the other 4%.

I wish they’d do a console Project X-Zonr, with a bigger Nintendo presence.

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2zosteven firebush03 (on 11 December 2024)

nintendo has owned majority of the company for a long time now and in full control

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CaptainExplosion firebush03 (on 11 December 2024)

They now own 100% of Monolith Soft. It says so in the title of the article.

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firebush03 CaptainExplosion (on 12 December 2024)

Owning 100% stock in Monolift is different than acquiring, no? Unless I'm misunderstanding?

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2zosteven firebush03 (on 11 December 2024)

RARE!!!!

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CaptainExplosion 2zosteven (on 11 December 2024)

I KNOW!!!! That's what this reminded me of. -_-

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