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Nintendo gets Monolith Soft from Bandai-Namco
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NewLib said:
Probably the best thing to come out of this sorry deal.
And no, that doesn't actually mean I'm in favour of it.
Link
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I think Nintendo's already learned that you should never depend on third parties. Yes, they're getting support back, but they should also expand their own portfolio while they're at it. It also gives third parties that make RPG's more confidence that the audience for their games will be there.JoshuaJSlone said:
Dragona Akehi
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Tabris said:
The ESRB ratings are enough for Nintendo. Just stop, Tabris. It's getting sad.
citrus lump
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Berserker said:
I'm not sure. Has it been mentioned at all in the last 6 pages?
DownLikeBCPowder
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Egh. Why would anyone associate Xenogears with Xenosaga? Two different series with mega-variances in quality... Xenogears is god, Xenosaga is just another game.
grandjedi6
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maybe Nintendo bought Monolith Soft to prevent anymore Xenosaga games from being made.
Nuclear Muffin
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Holy shit! Didn't see that one coming, Monolith Soft looks to be the new Retro Studios! it's following exactly as it did with Metroid Prime, Disaster must be awesome 
Also, people can't complain that Disaster Day of Crisis is a 3rd party outsourced game anymore, it's a 100% Nintendo 1st party developed game now!, WHICH MEANS THAT DISASTER DOC NOW COUNTS AS A COMPLETELY NEW AND ORIGINAL NINTENDO IP!!!
We are witnessing the beginning of a new Nintendo development studio and a brand new original Nintendo IP, the likes of which we've not seen since Pikmin! (Excluding Wii sports, play and the so called "Non games") Even if people are worried about MLS's output quality, you can bet your arse that Nintendo is gonna inject their own talent into it, just like what they did with Retro!
This is some of the best news I've heard in a long time, hopefully Ninty also got the Baten Kaitos franchise along with them, it's obvious that they really like it!
WTF, Tose worked on Madden as well?! Which ones?! This is news to me!
BTW, fun fact: Did you know that Tose also worked on FF7 and DQ8!
Also, people can't complain that Disaster Day of Crisis is a 3rd party outsourced game anymore, it's a 100% Nintendo 1st party developed game now!, WHICH MEANS THAT DISASTER DOC NOW COUNTS AS A COMPLETELY NEW AND ORIGINAL NINTENDO IP!!!We are witnessing the beginning of a new Nintendo development studio and a brand new original Nintendo IP, the likes of which we've not seen since Pikmin! (Excluding Wii sports, play and the so called "Non games") Even if people are worried about MLS's output quality, you can bet your arse that Nintendo is gonna inject their own talent into it, just like what they did with Retro!
This is some of the best news I've heard in a long time, hopefully Ninty also got the Baten Kaitos franchise along with them, it's obvious that they really like it!
Y2Kevbug11 said:
WTF, Tose worked on Madden as well?! Which ones?! This is news to me!
BTW, fun fact: Did you know that Tose also worked on FF7 and DQ8!
I will now sink the to lowest level of punditry by comparing and contrasting:
While Sony is laying off developers, Nintendo is expanding development.
Not completely relatevant but I think that's how many in the industry will see it when they gauge the relative momentum of the two companies.
While Sony is laying off developers, Nintendo is expanding development.
Not completely relatevant but I think that's how many in the industry will see it when they gauge the relative momentum of the two companies.
Maybe now there's hope for that Baten Kaitos DS project to get back up and running... One can only hope, seeing as that's the platform that the battle system was made for. The prerendered backgrounds might be a bit hard to pull off on DS hardware, though... Maybe they could do prerendered towns and use sprites for battle graphics.
TreasureHunterG
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Man, GC days Nintendo and today's Nintendo have now completely different philosophies. Maybe they regret selling Rare, dispatch Silicon Knights and kicked DMA Design?
Segata Sanshiro
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Actually, I think I saw firsthand why Nintendo does friend codes when I was in line to pick up my Pokemon game on Sunday...and after that line-up, I think I agree with them.
Segata Sanshiro
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And some of the half that were too old were wearing berets and boy scout uniforms. I'll be buying my Pokemon through Amazon from here on out.fernoca said:Yep.
One half was too young...and the other half was too old.
donkey show
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I felt the same way when I went to the Pokemans Center in Tokyo. All those old people playing in a crowd of little children really creeped me out. :lolSegata Sanshiro said:
TreasureHunterG
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TJ Spyke said:
Or because they lost key people responsable for million-seller games and one of Nintendo top sellers of all time (DK series)?
After Rare left, Nintendo still didn't found a real replacement for the Donkey Kong franchise. Even the GBA versions of DK Country games were managed by Rare.
No I don't consider DK Jungle Beat a real DK game, besides being great.
Segata Sanshiro
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It's not so much the old people as the creepy looking old people. I'm pretty sure the Dateline guy must have been hiding behind a standee or something.donkey show said:
SouthernDragon
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Maybe Nintendo's getting frustrated with third parties, and this is the manifestation of their frustration?
"We sold 6 million consoles in 5 months guys! Guys? Hey, why aren't you declaring any projects yet? W- What do you mean 'wait and see?!' Ok, you know what? **** you guys. Yeah, **** you. We'll.. uhh, we'll go buy a studio so we can get some damn games on our consoles. We even delayed our games hoping you'd at least announce something. [whisper]So, who can we buy? Uhh, uhhh...[/whisper] *looks around* You there! Yeah, you. Come here. ---- Hey, guys! Look who joined the team! Yeah, it's Monolith Soft and they're perfectly willing to make games for us, so there!"
"We sold 6 million consoles in 5 months guys! Guys? Hey, why aren't you declaring any projects yet? W- What do you mean 'wait and see?!' Ok, you know what? **** you guys. Yeah, **** you. We'll.. uhh, we'll go buy a studio so we can get some damn games on our consoles. We even delayed our games hoping you'd at least announce something. [whisper]So, who can we buy? Uhh, uhhh...[/whisper] *looks around* You there! Yeah, you. Come here. ---- Hey, guys! Look who joined the team! Yeah, it's Monolith Soft and they're perfectly willing to make games for us, so there!"
Joe Molotov
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TreasureHunterG said:
I'm sure they regret that big pile of money that Microsoft gave them for Rare. They could probably buy 5 Monolith Softs with that money.
TreasureHunterG
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Joe Molotov said:
Or could let Rare make a game wich sales profit could equal the money Nintendo got with their sale.
Don't you think a DK game made from Rare for GC wouldn't be a major seller? If even Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Kart Double Dash, both with questionable quality, were major GC blockbusters, a Rare-made DK for GC certainly would be as well.
Nibelung Valesti
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Imagine yourselves doing chaos' Lunar Seal with the Wii-mote O___O
AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME
AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME
Dunno if anyone saw this
Xenosaga Developer Switches Sides
Namco transfers its hold in Monolith to Nintendo.
by Anoop Gantayat
US, April 26, 2007 - Nintendo may have just become a major player in the RPG field. Bandai Namco Holdings issued a press release today announcing that it will transfer 80% of its 96% stake in Monolith Soft to Nintendo, effective May 1.
As reason for the move, the firm cited considerations involving the future growth of the Monolith studio and the desire to strengthen its relationship with Nintendo in the console software business.
Monolith is known primarily for its work on the Xenosaga series, which has been mostly a PlayStation franchise. On Nintendo platforms, the developer brought Xenosaga I&II to the DS and also supported the GameCube through Baten Kaitos and its sequel. More recently, it is developing the Wii title Disaster: Day of Crisis for Nintendo.
This isn't the end of relations between Monolith and Bandai Namco, though. In addition to retaining a 16% stake in the developer, Bandai Namco says that it will continue to make use of the studio for planning and development. What this means for the Xenosaga series is anyone's guess at this point, but we'll let you know if we hear anything.
Xenosaga Developer Switches Sides
Namco transfers its hold in Monolith to Nintendo.
by Anoop Gantayat
US, April 26, 2007 - Nintendo may have just become a major player in the RPG field. Bandai Namco Holdings issued a press release today announcing that it will transfer 80% of its 96% stake in Monolith Soft to Nintendo, effective May 1.
As reason for the move, the firm cited considerations involving the future growth of the Monolith studio and the desire to strengthen its relationship with Nintendo in the console software business.
Monolith is known primarily for its work on the Xenosaga series, which has been mostly a PlayStation franchise. On Nintendo platforms, the developer brought Xenosaga I&II to the DS and also supported the GameCube through Baten Kaitos and its sequel. More recently, it is developing the Wii title Disaster: Day of Crisis for Nintendo.
This isn't the end of relations between Monolith and Bandai Namco, though. In addition to retaining a 16% stake in the developer, Bandai Namco says that it will continue to make use of the studio for planning and development. What this means for the Xenosaga series is anyone's guess at this point, but we'll let you know if we hear anything.
Scalemail Ted
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Link said:
:lol
It does look like Nintendo has been reading GAF and was displeased with Tabris, so they decided to buy Monolith Soft just to piss him off :lol
I think trolls should take this as a warning!
I'm sure he can knock them up into a RPG powerhouse
I think trolls should take this as a warning!
Hey, don't be so critical, Matsuno needs a team now he's with Nintendo :lolY2Kevbug11 said:
I'm sure he can knock them up into a RPG powerhouse
Kurosaki Ichigo
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High-five Namco. Looks like a good move, they still have xeno franchise and tri-crescendo, and they get rid of Monolith Soft. (I think they got rid of Baten Kaitos IP back with Origins, and even if you all here like it, sales-wise it was very poor).
The only part that gives me a bad feeling is that Namco can only milk Tales now, not huge news but still creepy.
The only part that gives me a bad feeling is that Namco can only milk Tales now, not huge news but still creepy.
Dragona Akehi said:
As long as its not you Dragona
Dragona Akehi said:
If they axe the Xenocrapa team then that would be ace! Dont want them with Nintendo.
Tabris said:I think you have it confused, he's calling the idea of Nintendo buying Monolith Soft garbage
Well said.
Tabris said:Xenosaga was the only way that game was going to happen again, so yeah, any hope of that is also dead
Well, Tabris, Nintendo does not fully own Monolith Soft - yet, maybe? But Monolith does not own the Xenosaga franchise. So, there may be hope some day, but Im not going to anticipate anything for now.
ethelred said:
Whoa. Talk about exaggeration. Shit happens, man, I dont know about you, but I dont get these meltdowns anymore. Xenosaga III IS my favorite game of all time (like you didnt see that coming) and it gave me gaming bliss, and I thank Monolith Soft for it. Im not happy about the Nintendo-MonolithSoft deal obviously, but hey, whatever, life goes on.
Tabris said:
Oh, the memories. Thanks for the pics, Tabris.
dillenger said:
I dont have much hope for Xenosaga IV either, but Nintendo and Monolith both dont own the Xenosaga franchise. N who knows, since Namco Bandai and Monolith still have, albeit barely, any relations, maybe Xenosaga IV will happen one day.
Xenosaga was probably one of the worst stories I've ever witnessed in any medium. It was just unfathomly retarded. I was seriously embarrassed to have played them.
With that said, the production values in 'Saga were always pretty darn spiffy. I wouldn't mind Nintendo mining those talented portions of Monolith and bringing some high-budget, cinematic RPG action to the Wii under better conceptual direction. It really is an area that Nintendo has suffered far too long without.
Either that or making a Nintendo Universe RPG ala Smash Bros. They really need to just pull the lid off and let the Nintendo characters interact with each other in more games. A big, sprawling RPG would be a terrific starting place for that.
Oh...and lol wtf monolith sux lol.
With that said, the production values in 'Saga were always pretty darn spiffy. I wouldn't mind Nintendo mining those talented portions of Monolith and bringing some high-budget, cinematic RPG action to the Wii under better conceptual direction. It really is an area that Nintendo has suffered far too long without.
Either that or making a Nintendo Universe RPG ala Smash Bros. They really need to just pull the lid off and let the Nintendo characters interact with each other in more games. A big, sprawling RPG would be a terrific starting place for that.
Oh...and lol wtf monolith sux lol.
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