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duckroll · (09-15-2008, 08:42 PM)

http://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/job.html

A few days ago they added new available job postings, and state that they're urgently seeking a web designer to maintain and plan their homepage. Could this mean that they're planning to revamp it soon with actual content? This has been the most productive year for Monolithsoft ever, and the first productive year since Nintendo bought them over - by the end of this month Monolithsoft will have released 3 titles in Japan this year, meaning that every game previously announced will have been released. Time for major announcements maybe? :D

Cow Mengde · (09-15-2008, 08:44 PM)

Disaster: Day of Crisis 2

Threi · (09-15-2008, 08:44 PM)

Originally Posted by Cow Mengde:

DIZASTA 2

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Jethro · (09-15-2008, 08:46 PM)

I want Baten Kaitos 3.

Let it be.

Scrubking · (09-15-2008, 08:46 PM)

Originally Posted by Cow Mengde:

Disaster: Day of Crisis 2

Disastaaaaahh

vanguardian1 · (09-15-2008, 08:46 PM)

Well, if they're not happy (although I hope they are), then I guess their next title would be called :

Wii Quit

Sadist · (09-15-2008, 08:48 PM)

Come on epic rpg by Monolith...

Who owns the Baten Kaitos IP right now though?

Death_Born · (09-15-2008, 08:48 PM)

[IMG]http://i33.************/65280p.jpg[/IMG]

BERIEVE!

duckroll · (09-15-2008, 08:49 PM)

Originally Posted by Sadist:

Come on epic rpg by Monolith...

Who owns the Baten Kaitos IP right now though?

Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos are both Namco Bandai IPs. But SRW OG Saga was published by Namco Bandai too, so it's not like Monolithsoft is unable to continue working with them, even under Nintendo now. I'm sure it limits the systems they can support though.

Jaded Alyx · (09-15-2008, 08:49 PM)

Originally Posted by vanguardian1:

Well, if they're not happy (although I hope they are), then I guess their next title would be called :

Wii Quit

How long have you been waiting to use that joke? :p

TunaLover · (09-15-2008, 08:51 PM)

I doubt they will release more news on developments, if any they could build hype for Disastu. I want Baten Kaitos 3 news :(

Sadist · (09-15-2008, 08:56 PM)

Ah, thanks duckroll.

Man, I still wish they brought Origins to Europe. I'd buy a Wii port.

dermannmitdemcolt · (09-15-2008, 08:58 PM)

Well, we know that Soraya Saga is working on something new. Has to be the next Takahashi game. :D

Lionheart1827 · (09-15-2008, 08:58 PM)

There needs to be a Baten Kaitos 3 please. :D

Regulus Tera · (09-15-2008, 08:58 PM)

MATSUNOOOOOO

Believe.

Jethro · (09-15-2008, 09:00 PM)

Originally Posted by Sadist:

Man, I still wish they brought Origins to Europe. I'd buy a Wii port.

I am glad that I could play this pearl. Thanks Freeloader.

TunaLover · (09-15-2008, 09:04 PM)

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera:

MATSUNOOOOOO

Believe.

Monolithsoft X SquareEnix = revamped Cristal Bearers

Regulus Tera · (09-15-2008, 09:11 PM)

Originally Posted by TunaLover:

Monolithsoft X SquareEnix = revamped Cristal Bearers

I thought Matsuno was no longer with Square-Enix.

wsippel · (09-15-2008, 09:52 PM)

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera:

I thought Matsuno was no longer with Square-Enix.

And he isn't.

schuelma · (09-15-2008, 09:56 PM)

Wonder if Nintendo is having another October conference like last year...

ivysaur12 · (09-15-2008, 10:08 PM)

Originally Posted by Death_Born:

[IMG]http://i33.************/65280p.jpg[/IMG]

BERIEVE!

;_;

Case · (09-15-2008, 10:15 PM)

While I loved BKO, im not sure I would want a BK3. Aside from the dark brethren there isnt really anything left to do a story on in that world. If they try a BK3 the story would be completely pulled out of their ass :/
The battle system with the Wiimote would be cool though

Shadow780 · (09-15-2008, 10:18 PM)

Hmm...I would like a sequel of Namco X Capcom. Very fun game.

Zerodoppler · (09-15-2008, 10:21 PM)

Soma Bringer 2, please.

mutsu · (09-15-2008, 10:26 PM)

Baten Kaitos DS please. Thank you very much.

jj984jj · (09-15-2008, 10:33 PM)

Hopefully they finally show us what Yasuyuki Honne is up to.

dragonlife · (09-15-2008, 10:39 PM)

Anything Baten Kaitos. PLEASE!!! D:

Andrex · (09-15-2008, 11:08 PM)

Originally Posted by schuelma:

Wonder if Nintendo is having another October conference like last year...

Some guy here said they were during E3.

RaidenZR · (09-15-2008, 11:31 PM)

Matsuno is definitely still there, right?

If so, whatever he's doing has me interested.

jj984jj · (09-15-2008, 11:33 PM)

Originally Posted by RaidenZR:

Matsuno is definitely still there, right?

If so, whatever he's doing has me interested.

Matsuno was never confirmed to be at Monolith Soft, that was all rumors and speculation.

RaidenZR · (09-15-2008, 11:39 PM)

Originally Posted by jj984jj:

Matsuno was never confirmed to be at Monolith Soft, that was all rumors and speculation.

Didn't he appear in some developer-quoting Wii trailer with the company name under his own?

wsippel · (09-15-2008, 11:43 PM)

Originally Posted by RaidenZR:

Matsuno is definitely still there, right?

If so, whatever he's doing has me interested.

We have absolutely no idea where Matsuno is. When Nintendo quoted him in 2006, they didn't mention a studio. And I believe we haven't heard or seen anything since.

RaidenZR · (09-15-2008, 11:47 PM)

Originally Posted by wsippel:

We have absolutely no idea where Matsuno is. When Nintendo quoted him in 2006, they didn't mention a studio. And I believe we haven't heard or seen anything since.

Ah, crud. Well I hope he's still doing something significant somehwere. Was a damn shame that Square Enix gave him the boot after he gave them so many good products.

ccbfan · (09-16-2008, 01:24 AM)

I think at this point pretty much all Matsuno rumors have been some what proven wrong by time.

I mean no matter what he was working on (if he was working on anything), there would have been some type of news about it by now. This guy has pretty much fell off the face of the earth. FFXII really did a number on him.

vanguardian1 · (09-16-2008, 05:26 AM)

Originally Posted by Jaded Alyx:

How long have you been waiting to use that joke? :p

Believe it or not, it I just thought of it when I saw the comments about not knowing their next game. Believe me, I want to see something good from them and Nintendo, more in the traditional sense. :)

!!!

Please tell me this was released stateside!! ;__;

B.K. · (09-16-2008, 05:33 AM)

It's about time they updated. They haven't done a real update since they put up their new site.

dragonlife · (09-16-2008, 05:35 AM)

Originally Posted by vanguardian1:

Believe it or not, it I just thought of it when I saw the comments about not knowing their next game. Believe me, I want to see something good from them and Nintendo, more in the traditional sense. :)

!!!

Please tell me this was released stateside!! ;__;

Nope.

We'll never get it due to licensing issues.

Black-Wind · (09-16-2008, 05:37 AM)

Originally Posted by ccbfan:

I think at this point pretty much all Matsuno rumors have been some what proven wrong by time.

I mean no matter what he was working on (if he was working on anything), there would have been some type of news about it by now. This guy has pretty much fell off the face of the earth. FFXII really did a number on him.

The bolded is actual a supporting point for him working at Nintendo. Cause Nintendo wont tell you shit about what he or any one is doing till it is revealed . . . and just look at how many games they have revealed to be coming in 09. . .
(Didn't he confirm himself to be "working on the Wii"? )

The best rumor I heard about him (from a rumor reporter guy who actually got some interesting stuff correct before he passed away) came about before Nintendo took on their new gameplan (and before D Day was delayed) which would explain the "rumor" being spun around on it's head.

dermannmitdemcolt · (09-16-2008, 07:57 AM)

Originally Posted by Black-Wind:

(Didn't he confirm himself to be "working on the Wii"? )

I think Sakimoto confirmed working on a new game with Matsuno.

Boerseun · 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos are both Namco Bandai IPs. But SRW OG Saga was published by Namco Bandai too, so it's not like Monolithsoft is unable to continue working with them, even under Nintendo now. I'm sure it limits the systems they can support though.

While Namco retained a small shareholding in Monolith when they sold the majority to Nintendo, it was Nintendo which published Baten Kaitos 2 (aka Baten Kaitos Origins) even before they acquired Monolith. And Namco cancelled the development of Baten Kaitos DS (at that time being internally developed and not by Monolith) before selling the company.

I would hazard a guess that Monolith (in other words Nintendo) owns the Baten Kaitos IP? But surely there has to be an interview where this issue was addressed, seeing as the Baten Kaitos series has many fans and was very popular with those who bought it. So someone must have asked the question by now of who exactly owns the property.

duckroll · (09-16-2008, 02:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Boerseun:

While Namco retained a small shareholding in Monolith when they sold the majority to Nintendo, it was Nintendo which published Baten Kaitos 2 (aka Baten Kaitos Origins) even before they acquired Monolith. And Namco cancelled the development of Baten Kaitos DS (at that time being internally developed and not by Monolith) before selling the company.

I would hazard a guess that Monolith (in other words Nintendo) owns the Baten Kaitos IP? But surely there has to be an interview where this issue was addressed, seeing as the Baten Kaitos series has many fans and was very popular with those who bought it. So someone must have asked the question by now of who exactly owns the property.

Nope. Namco Bandai owns the Baten Kaitos rights. It's very clear really. They own the copyright and the trademark on all related BK products, even BK2.

Edit: You can see it on the old BK2 official site here: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gk4j/index.html

Mockingbird · (09-16-2008, 02:50 PM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Nope. Namco Bandai owns the Baten Kaitos rights. It's very clear really. They own the copyright and the trademark on all related BK products, even BK2.

I'm not arguing with you; however, I think it's noteworthy to point out that Baten Kaitos Origins is listed under published Nintendo games in Super Smash Brothers Brawl, while titles that they've published but do not own the properties of - or no longer own the properties of - are not listed, such as: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES), Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Perfect Dark, among others.