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Nintendo Acquires Full Ownership of Monolith Soft | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
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Monolith Soft, the studio behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series and a key contributor to Nintendo’s game library, has now become 100% owned by Nintendo.

Nintendo acquired the remaining 4% of shares from Tetsuya Takahashi, Yasuyuki Honne, and Hirohide Sugiura, following its existing 96% ownership after purchasing Bandai Namco’s stake in 2011. With this move, Monolith Soft is now firmly positioned as one of Nintendo’s most valuable first-party studios.

This acquisition solidifies Monolith Soft's future as an exclusive developer for Nintendo platforms and ensures that its innovative RPGs remain integral to the company’s strategy. Fans are eagerly speculating about new projects such as a potential Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster or entirely new IPs.

What do you think could be the next big project from Monolith Soft with full ownership by Nintendo?

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[–] firepenny@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We ain't getting a release of xenosaga are we?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 16 points 6 days ago

Best I can do is suing streamers and shutting down fan projects.

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Depends entirely on if BN retains any stake in the franchise, and if so if they are willing to negotiate with Nintendo on it.

Considering Nintendo, I doubt it.