{"id":196313,"date":"2021-02-18T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T14:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/nintendo-xenoblade-chronicles-acquisition-monolith-soft\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T14:44:08","slug":"the-story-behind-nintendos-acquisition-of-monolith-soft-is-wholesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/18\/the-story-behind-nintendos-acquisition-of-monolith-soft-is-wholesome\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind Nintendo’s Acquisition of Monolith Soft is Wholesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many know that Monolith Soft, the studio behind the Xenoblade Chronicles<\/strong><\/em> series, was acquired by Nintendo back in 2007. However, few know that the story behind Nintendo\u2019s purchase of the studio was really wholesome.<\/p>\n

In 2007, Nintendo is riding the wave of the height of its success. The Nintendo Wii<\/a> and Nintendo DS released to become two of the best-selling consoles of all time, with Nintendo enjoying even more time in the sun than usual. Meanwhile, Monolith Soft was working under Bandai Namco. In 2002, president of Bandai Namco Masaya Nakamura retired, which Monolith Soft co-founder Hirohide Sugiura cited as the source of a rift between the goals of Monolith Soft and Bandai.<\/p>\n

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Until Nakamura\u2019s retirement, Sugiura said that the company worked closely with him. Monolith Soft worked with Bandai for a long time before the acquisition, mostly through Nakamura. On Nakamura, Sugiura said, \u201che treated us well and talked to us about all kinds of things. After his retirement, there was a new atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the moment of Nakamura\u2019s retirement, Sugiura\u00a0stated the company struggled\u00a0with feeling unable to be creative under Bandai\u2019s name. That is when Nintendo\u2019s Shinji Hatano, mastermind of several Nintendo partnerships<\/a>, met with Monolith Soft. Hatano told Sugiura and his team to \u201cjust go out there and make something that can\u2019t be found elsewhere in the industry.\u201d At its time of need, Nintendo took the studio under its wing and told it to be creative. After talks with Nintendo, Bandai gave up their 80% majority share in Monolith Soft to maintain\u00a0its positive relationship with Nintendo. It was Nintendo\u2019s support which ultimately led to the\u00a0company releasing the creative endeavour it had longed to work on for years, Xenoblade Chronicles<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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As many would know, Xenoblade Chronicles<\/em> went on to receive almost universal critical acclaim and become one of the highest rated Nintendo Wii games of all time. The change in management is not without challenge, though, as Sugiura revealed that Nintendo would not greenlight everything. Monolith felt the pressure to work hard and release games worthy of the Nintendo name. After all, it is rare that Nintendo would acquire a third-party studio, making its show of faith in Monolith Soft a strong indicator of\u00a0the big N’s great expectations for the studio.<\/p>\n

It is a sweet story that implies Nintendo has always been doing the best it can to care for its employees and the game industry at large. Though the studio has faced criticism over the past decade for its software\u00a0hardly ever going on sale, high digital game prices, and hardware issues, this\u00a0information preserves faith that Nintendo still holds creativity above all else<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/strong><\/em> is now available for the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n

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