Nintendo Now Owns 100% of Monolith Soft - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 December 2024 / 2,533 Views
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.
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Couldn't stand the first Xenoblade but #2 is one of the best JRPGs I've ever played.
Switch version is a big improvement.
Don't have much time so will only try one Xenoblade on my Switch, which one should I get?
1st one
Who owns xenogears ip
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.
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.
nintendo has owned majority of the company for a long time now and in full control
They now own 100% of Monolith Soft. It says so in the title of the article.
Owning 100% stock in Monolift is different than acquiring, no? Unless I'm misunderstanding?
RARE!!!!
I KNOW!!!! That's what this reminded me of. -_-
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