Nintendo has purchased Monolith Software

[Sandman]

From joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/27/xenosaga-dev-studio-bought-by-nintendo/). Nintendo has purchased the developers of Xenosaga, and the Baten Kaitos series among other things. This could give the Wii some good RPG exclusives.


Japanese development studio Monolith Soft has been purchased by Nintendo from Namco Bandai, according to a press release (PDF file) from credible Japanese news source Nikkei translated by gaming site The Platformers. Nintendo now owns 80% of the company's stock, while Namco Bandai still retain 16% of their original 96% holdings in the developer, whose total worth is approximately 75 million yen.

This is not the Monolith that does Condemned, Monolith Soft and Monolith Productions are different companies. Still a good acquisition though.

[Watership]

Mario: Condemned! You swing your mushroom bat at varies crazy turtles! You must save the Princess, that's the catch you see.

[Grifter]

Monolith Soft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_Soft), the company Nintendo is buying (Xenosaga,Baten Kaitos etc...) and Monolith productions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_Productions) the company nintendo is NOT BUYING (Condemned, F.E.A.R. etc...) are two completely different development studios.

Monolith productions is by far, in my opinion, the better developer.

[Tyrant]

Monolith Soft is NOT the same company as Monolith.

[Wolvie]

Awe man, no 360 Condemned sequel? Ah well, smashing psycho's faces in with Wii remote controls sounds pretty bad ass.

[Grifter]

Awe man, no 360 Condemned sequel? Ah well, smashing psycho's faces in with Wii remote controls sounds pretty bad ass.


There are only 3 fucking posts and you still don't read them.
I don't understand why some people even bother coming to these forums.

[Sandman]

I edited the body, if a red could edit the topic to read Monolith Soft and not Monolith that would be great.....damn those are confusing.

[Wolvie]

There are only 3 fucking posts and you still don't read them.
I don't understand why some people even bother coming to these forums.

A) It's early in the morning and I misread the thread.

B) Fuck you. I made an honest mistake, eat my ass bitch.

Edit: C) Yay, more 360 Condemned or whatever.

[51|RandoM]

B) Fuck you. I made an honest mistake, eat my ass bitch.

Aww, come on, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. :D

[copasetic]

Is that 75 million yen figure correct? That's not very much at all. $627,000 according to xe.com. If that is the case, great buy.

[Wolvie]

Aww, come on, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. :D

TY I needed that. I usually don't go off like that, but when the fuckin thread police start whining about proper thread posting I get pissed. If you bitch about someones spelling, grammar, or not reading other people threads, you are a douche, end of story.

[Rock Bandit]

Is that 75 million yen figure correct? That's not very much at all. $627,000 according to xe.com. If that is the case, great buy.
That 75 million yen is probably reffering to the value of the 16 percent Namco/Bandai still owns.

[KingGorilla]

Monolith Soft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_Soft) (Xenosaga,Baten Kaitos etc...) and Monolith productions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_Productions) (Condemned, F.E.A.R. etc...) are two completely different development studios.



Monolith productions is by far, in my opinion, the better developer.
Sandman did that on purpose. I had a fucking heart attack when I saw this. I thought, how are the modern kings of scary games...gonna go to Nintendo? But I guess the Big N has not made a purchase in awhile, this seems to fit. A younger studio, making popular and critically acclaimed titles.

[Kefkataran]

I changed the title as much as my meager powers allow. Any further-reaching changes lie in the hands of a better red than I.

[Sandman]

Sandman did that on purpose. I had a fucking heart attack when I saw this. I thought, how are the modern kings of scary games...gonna go to Nintendo?

I actually just now found out about Monolith Soft not being Monolith....I always thought it was the same company that did Condemned and Xenosaga and Matrix Online ect. ect.

[Tyrant]

I actually just now found out about Monolith Soft not being Monolith....I always thought it was the same company that did Condemned and Xenosaga and Matrix Online ect. ect.

If the two Monoliths were one, I think it would be universally agreed that they would have a really bizarre game portfolio.

[Heretic Machine]

Monolith Soft is made of suck, fail, and lose.

[LikeTheRazor]

huh? people don't like Monolith Soft?

I thought Xenosaga was like...the best game ever.

[KingGorilla]

huh? people don't like Monolith Soft?

I thought Xenosaga was like...the best game ever.
That's cute...no go play Diablo or Deus Ex before I slit your throat.

[Incidence]

Was Monolith Soft the same guys that did Xenogears as well as the 3 recent Xenosagas?

Xenogears was a great jRPG but Xenosaga has just been 9 different flavors of total ass.

[F3nyx]

I didn't read any of the posts in this thread or even the news story, but I'm going to hazard a guess that Wolverine made several increasingly dumb replies.

edit: woah, whaddya know

[Tentaro]

Do you think the graphically inferior Wii can pull off F.E.A.R.-quality graphics? Will Monolith games have to look crappy and also appeal to the kiddie Nintendo audience from now on, that's too bad.
Got to make fun of Wolvie not reading the thread AND bitch about Wii graphics in a single post. I bet trolls feel this all the time. Seriously though, some badass RPGs will be out for the Wii, which is awesome.

[TheBrainKills]

Monolith Soft is made of suck, fail, and lose.
The funny thing is this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_Online

you lose.

[Rafer]

Well it would be nice to see some JRPGs on the Wii. It's been really strange seeing all the JRPGs coming out for 360/PS3 when they have so little market share in Japan. Do JRPG developers hate money or something?

As for Monolith Soft, their output has been a little mixed. One thing about them that amuses me is that for Xenosaga they would put in cut scenes that were so long they had save points in them.

[KingGorilla]

The funny thing is this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_Online

you lose.
Nay sir, you lose. That is from Monolith PRODUCTIONS. The people who made Alien Vs. Predator, Blood, and FEAR, and No One Lives Forever.

[TheBrainKills]

That's cute...no go play Diablo or Deus Ex before I slit your throat.
Whats that shit I am playin Pokeman now.

[Sandman]

As for Monolith Soft, their output has been a little mixed. One thing about them that amuses me is that for Xenosaga they would put in cut scenes that were so long they had save points in them.

That's because Xenosaga wasn't a game, it was anime with gameplay elements.

[TheBrainKills]

Nay sir, you lose. That is from Monolith PRODUCTIONS. The people who made Alien Vs. Predator, Blood, and FEAR, and No One Lives Forever.
The Matrix Online (MxO) is a MMORPG developed by Monolith Productions.
Bye the way.. the only game that I haven't boought from that list is Blood. But what have they done for me lately?

[Kefkataran]

I didn't read any of the posts in this thread or even the news story, but I'm going to hazard a guess that Wolverine made several increasingly dumb replies.

edit: woah, whaddya know

This post = trolling. I suggest not trying that anymore.

[KingGorilla]

The Matrix Online (MxO) is a MMORPG developed by Monolith Productions
Yes it is, a distinct company from Monolith Soft, which all 2 pages of this thread chronicle.

[TheBrainKills]

Yes it is, a distinct company from Monolith Soft, which all 2 pages of this thread chronicle.
Huh ... 1 page .. if you had a brain. And Soft never did the Matrix.

[D_Reaper]

I liked the Xenosaga series, am I the only one? Oh well, now make Episodes 4,5 and 6 for the Wii! /wishful thinking

[F3nyx]

Huh ... 1 page .. if you had a brain. Or if he had his posts-per-page set lower than yours? I've read your posts in this thread about 4 times and I'm still not sure what point you're trying to make about The Matrix Online. Perigon never mentioned it.

[MaiXu]

Any time I heard about Nintendo buying another development house, I think of two possible outcomes. One is the "Silicon Knights" turnout, where they are given the time and money necessary to nurture a brilliant game (Eternal Darkness), and then are rewarded with poor sales and tasked with a money maker like The Twin Snakes. Eventually, they leave Nintendo for greener pastures (I think this happened with SK, Left Field, and, to a lesser extent, Rare).

Or the company is assimilated into the fold, like Retro, and more or less becomes another arm on the Nintendo octopus. Or some other clever metaphor.

[alienchild]

amaigad! Blood 3 on Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111 111

[TheBrainKills]

Or if he had his posts-per-page set lower than yours? I've read your posts in this thread about 4 times and I'm still not sure what point you're trying to make about The Matrix Online. Perigon never mentioned it.What the hell are you talkin about? My sarcastic page per post or slag agianst the shity game that was the matrix online?
And what does that cocksucker Perigon got to do with anything?

[KingGorilla]

amaigad! Blood 3 on Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111 111
At this point I cannot tell if this is a joke or not. This thread confuses me.

[Tyrant]

huh? people don't like Monolith Soft?

I thought Xenosaga was like...the best game ever.

I don't know if your post is a joke or not, but I agree. Xenosaga is a game that is only surpassed by "Watch Paint Dry On Various Types of Walls III" in terms of sheer entertainment value. WPDOVTWIII has like, 300 hours of gameplay if you take the time to watch all colours of paint dry on every possible surface type.

[ElectricMonk]

Monolith (condemned, fear) is not a worthy purchase by anybody. They are a group of really talented people under horrible management which has crippled them and will always cripple them.

Fortunately their high turnover of talented people has made them a great source of training for other game companies.

[Nessus]

How is it hard to understand that there are two different companies?

The one Nintendo bought has only done a couple games. Xenosaga and Baiten Kaitos, mostly. Very Japanese games.

The other one makes very Western games.

[MaiXu]

Man tihs sucks teh stoopid Nintenod Wii-ner cant do the cool grafx of the 360 like Condemed and FEER, damnnit this is so l4m3!

[Royal Fool]

This thread is hilarious. Wow. So much fucking confusion and misinformation, hahaha.

FYI, Monolith SOFT are currently working on Disaster: Day of Crisis and Baten Kaitos II for the Wii.

[Gorvi]

I'm probably alone on this (at least at this site), but I enjoyed the Xenosaga games. The second may have been underwhelming, but the third was an excellent game. If this means a continuation of the series on the Wii, that just makes the Wii that much more appealing. Of course, that depends on who owns the rights, Namco or Monolith.

[KingGorilla]

Monolith (condemned, fear) is not a worthy purchase by anybody. They are a group of really talented people under horrible management which has crippled them and will always cripple them.

Fortunately their high turnover of talented people has made them a great source of training for other game companies.

You must be new to this whole "gaming" thing. Monolith has made some classic games.

[Grifter]

If we were to delete every other thread except for this one, every person who visited EvAv from that point on would think we consisted entirely of retarded monkeys with above average typing skills...I find that very, very funny.

@wolvie this has nothing to do with thread policing, or you specifically but if some one can't read the equivalent of three sentences (for whatever reason) before posting why even visit the forum? I mean honestly whats the point? At least wait until you're not too tired to read before you reply. Not that I care either way I'm just saying...I don't get it.

[Heretic Machine]

First, I want to make it clear that my comment is, in fact, directed at the correct entity: Monolith Soft SUCKS MONKEY ASS! Xenosaga is a series of bad (not good; not mediocre; BAD) jRPGs that barely qualify as games, and compound the problem by attaching themselves to one of the greatest jRPGs ever made: Xenogears. Second, I have no idea why TheBrainKills brought up MxO in response to my comment.

[KingGorilla]

I have no idea why TheBrainKills brought up MxO in response to my comment.
He also said he was going to play pokemon after I told that one guy to play Diablo.

[serioustommy]

Is this the first time Nintento buys an American developer? Does this mean there's going to be first party Adult themed/horro games from Nintendo now?

[Grifter]

Is this the first time Nintento buys an American developer? Does this mean there's going to be first party Adult themed/horro games from Nintendo now?

Seriously, What the fuck? Is this internet retard day or something?

[KingGorilla]

Seriously, What the fuck? Is this internet retard day or something?
I say, yes.
This is better than the "Please Delete This" thread.

[Grifter]

I say, yes.
This is better than the "Please Delete This" thread.

I agree, I am still laughing at the image of a cubicle lined office building full of retarded monkeys typing away on EvAv...sorry, it's obviously way past my bed time, I think I need to go now.

[Royal Fool]

Please, no more! I can't handle the suspense in this thread.

[shnastybiznastic]

And what does that cocksucker Perigon got to do with anything?
He did suck a cock that one time :rolleyes:

[Zaro]

Oh! people who wait Condemned 2 for Xbox360 will be mad.
Na! I'm joking, i know, i know, it's not the same company.

I think it's a good opportunity for Nintendo to get some good RPG.
Baten Kaitos was not bad, not the summum but with enough
quality to made me think they can make a better one.

[wezlypipz]

This sucks. I wanted to see some high def Xenosage or a new offering. Nintendo won't utilize them. They'll make them pump out kid friendly rpgs instead of cool adult oriented ones. Booo. THE WII IS NOT AN RPG CONSOLE!!! However, if they do pump out good games I will buy a Wii. Damn you Nintendo for buying a good studio.

[shnastybiznastic]

This sucks. I wanted to see some high def Xenosage or a new offering. Nintendo won't utilize them. They'll make them pump out kid friendly rpgs instead of cool adult oriented ones. Booo. THE WII IS NOT AN RPG CONSOLE!!! However, if they do pump out good games I will buy a Wii. Damn you Nintendo for buying a good studio.
I don't know if you are kidding or not :(

[Royal Fool]

I don't know if you are kidding or not :(
I've had similar thought about your signature.

[Karmakin]

WTF? I want RPGs on the Wii. For a few reasons.

#1. I like a more stylized look to my RPGs, and less of the ultra-realistic stuff. I also like 2-d type graphics. I worry that RPGs on the 360/PS3 will try to do too much and lose that.

#2. The Wii control system is very comfortable to me. I like not having to have my hands together.

[wezlypipz]

I don't know if you are kidding or not :(

I'm serious. I just want good rpgs and I don't know if Nintendo is the publisher to do that or not.

[Skyelan]

This is pretty cool. I wasn't overly amazed with Xenosaga, but I did enjoy my time with it when I rented the first and third. Wasn't very fond of the second, but meh. I thought Baten Kaitos Origins brought the series into a state where it'd make a great, well, series, now that Nintendo publishing it brought up the production values. It had the bad luck of releasing when the Wii was in tip top hype, and not having the inherent name recognition as Zelda.

Also looking forward to Day of Crisis. :p

[Gorvi]

I'm serious. I just want good rpgs and I don't know if Nintendo is the publisher to do that or not.
You have a point in a way. It all depends on how Nintendo actually utilizes Monolith. They haven't had a histroy of putting out strong RPGs in the past, and a lot of what has come out of Nintendo hasn't made it over here. I'll remain cautiosly optimistic until we actually see how they'll be handled.

[Johan]

I don't know if your post is a joke or not, but I agree. Xenosaga is a game that is only surpassed by "Watch Paint Dry On Various Types of Walls III" in terms of sheer entertainment value. WPDOVTWIII has like, 300 hours of gameplay if you take the time to watch all colours of paint dry on every possible surface type.

:D Please post even more! LOL!

Oh, and the Nintendo Katamari ball will eventually consume all!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeaaaaarrrrrrrgh!

[Ancalagon]

What? They bought Monolith?

But I thought Half Lives 2 sold well enough for them to not to have to worry? next thing you know they will be gobbling up id, those guys who made Gears of Warfare.

</lots and lots of sarcasm>

[Dekker_Lentz]

I guess chalk me up into the group of people who liked Xenosaga (1 and 3 a lot more than 2). I suppose I should go into hiding now. I am kind of hoping to see Monolith Soft develop some more DS jRPGs

Speaking of Monolith they need to get on making Shogo 2 for the PC.

[DaXIthR]

This is pretty good news.

Maybe a new Mario RPG in a Xenogears type universe instead of Square-designed universe?

Since this thread has people comparing Monolith Soft to Monolith Prod., I'll take M-soft. FEAR was great, but Condemned was weak.

[KingGorilla]

Since this thread has people comparing Monolith Soft to Monolith Prod., I'll take M-soft. FEAR was great, but Condemned was weak.
I am going to remove your genitals with rusty kitchen shears.

[[Jez]]

anything that may lead too more DS RPGs is a good thing

[Doctor Setebos]

FYI, Monolith SOFT are currently working on Disaster: Day of Crisis and Baten Kaitos II for the Wii.There already was a Baten Kaitos 2. It was called Baten Kaitos Origins, and it already came out for the Cube.

Now, if there's yet another Baten Kaitos game coming out, I haven't heard of it, and I need links, like NOW. :eek:

The Baten Kaitos games were marvels of jRPG goodness (with horrible voice acting, but that's besides the point). :D

[DaedalusFolly]

Or the company is assimilated into the fold, like Retro, and more or less becomes another arm on the Nintendo octopus. Or some other clever metaphor.
I believe Nintendo was involved in getting Retro up and running with some of the people from Iguana, they merely took majority (entirety?) ownership a couple of years ago. Your point was apt though.

[Skyelan]

The Baten Kaitos games were marvels of jRPG goodness (with horrible voice acting, but that's besides the point). :D

I actually thought the VA work was pretty good in Origins. :p

I also wouldn't inherently call them marvels, just pretty darn good RPGs. What it DOES do fantastically is utilize the whole 'the player is an outside entity from the main character' concept perfectly. BOTH games had great twists because of it.

[Doctor Setebos]

I actually thought the VA work was pretty good in Origins. :p

I also wouldn't inherently call them marvels, just pretty darn good RPGs. What it DOES do fantastically is utilize the whole 'the player is an outside entity from the main character' concept perfectly. BOTH games had great twists because of it.Okay, maybe not marvels, but definitely damn good RPGs. They each had an excellent story with a real sense of emotion that I haven't found in any game since.

[Dr.Finger]

You know a console is all grown up when it's inundated with bland, generic JRPGs. :D

[KingGorilla]

You know a console is all grown up when it's inundated with bland, generic JRPGs. :D
You are just being redundant there.

[Sandman]

To the red who changed the topic to Monolith Software : Change it back to Monolith Soft. That was right, there is is no such thing as Monolith Software in the world of videogames.

[KingGorilla]

Yeah Sandman, heaven forbid we make this thread confusing.

[Sandman]

Yeah Sandman, heaven forbid we make this thread confusing.

I honestly didn't know there were two devs with the name Monolith till today, it's a mistake anyone could make.

[KingGorilla]

Hey, it was funny while it lasted.

[jacktion]

Is "Xenosaga:Condemned" like the prequel to Xenosaga or what?

[MaiXu]

Is this the first time Nintento buys an American developer? Does this mean there's going to be first party Adult themed/horro games from Nintendo now?

That's some funny shit right there.

[Mr.Green]

If you bitch about someones spelling, grammar, or not reading other people threads, you are a douche, end of story.
If by "douche" you mean "adult with a brain" then I agree 100%.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

That team has been good at pumping out some gorgeous visuals, I guess we won't get a chance to see what they would've pumped out on a proper next-gen system.

[serioustommy]

Hmm ok didn't know that Monolith has a Japanese studio and produced some well known JRPGs... So Nintendo really bought it for the developer's strength in RPGs and not the FPS and action games.

[Doctor Setebos]

To the red who changed the topic to Monolith Software : Change it back to Monolith Soft. That was right, there is is no such thing as Monolith Software in the world of videogames.What the hell do you think "Soft" stands for? :confused:

By the way, the copyright at the bottom of the Monolith Software website (http://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/) disagrees with you. :D

[vherub]

I'm glad to see Nintendo using some of the cash it is flush with to get a developer. Say what you will about the xenosaga games, but they are a pretty big series and Monolith Soft does a good job of pushing the graphics on aging hardware.

[Tentaro]

Hmm ok didn't know that Monolith has a Japanese studio and produced some well known JRPGs... So Nintendo really bought it for the developer's strength in RPGs and not the FPS and action games..

OMFG! This post wins.

[Salamande]

Honestly, I think I played the card game in Xenosaga I more than the game itself. They'd make a mint if they turned that into a DS game or something.

[TheFlyingOrc]

Why. Wont. They. Read. The. Thread?

[Sandman]

Honestly, I think I played the card game in Xenosaga I more than the game itself. They'd make a mint if they turned that into a DS game or something.

They did....

http://image4.play-asia.com/350/PA.45563.007.jpg

and they didn't make much I think.

[Gorvi]

They did....

http://image4.play-asia.com/350/PA.45563.007.jpg

and they didn't make much I think.
Damn, I wish that would have come out here. :(

[Sandman]

Damn, I wish that would have come out here. :(

I don't even think they'll see Xenosaga III on the ds in japan.

[Gorvi]

I don't even think they'll see Xenosaga III on the ds in japan.
Nah, and that's sad too, as it's the best of the 3. Oh well, it's not like a PS2 and the game could really be that expensive anyway.

[Salamande]

They did....

and they didn't make much I think.
Completely forgot about that one. I wonder why it was never released in the US? I suppose they figured the whole Xenosaga phenomenon had run its course over here by then. It's kind of a shame we'll never see the complete Xenogears saga the way it was intended (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/199365/29716).

I still think it's an amazing conceptual achievement to shrink a game like Xenosaga down to an isometric level an still have it make any kind of sense.

[Sandman]

Nah, and that's sad too, as it's the best of the 3. Oh well, it's not like a PS2 and the game could really be that expensive anyway.

True, but you'd have to hunt for Xenosaga 1 I don't think they make it anymore....looks like Amazon still sells 2 & 3.

[Doctor Setebos]

I never had the pleasure of playing any Xeno games. What with the large breasts and short skirts -- just the cover art to the games alone made me feel too ashamed to even look at it for too long to even begin considering delving into the depths of the game. Plus, my wife would beat me if I came home with a box that looks like the boxes those games come in. Regardless of what's inside. :rolleyes:

[karak]

A) It's early in the morning and I misread the thread.

B) Fuck you. I made an honest mistake, eat my ass bitch.

Edit: C) Yay, more 360 Condemned or whatever.
Ha. Awesome.

[Sandman]

I never had the pleasure of playing any Xeno games. What with the large breasts and short skirts -- just the cover art to the games alone made me feel too ashamed to even look at it for too long to even begin considering delving into the depths of the game. Plus, my wife would beat me if I came home with a box that looks like the boxes those games come in. Regardless of what's inside. :rolleyes:

So you don't watch much anime, play Rumble Roses, DOAX or the regular DOA series then?

[Doctor Setebos]

So you don't watch much anime, play Rumble Roses, DOAX or the regular DOA series then?That's right! :D

[Vorphalack]

Monolith (condemned, fear) is not a worthy purchase by anybody. They are a group of really talented people under horrible management which has crippled them and will always cripple them.

Fortunately their high turnover of talented people has made them a great source of training for other game companies.

LOL get fired, much? :p

[shnastybiznastic]

I never had the pleasure of playing any Xeno games. What with the large breasts and short skirts -- just the cover art to the games alone made me feel too ashamed to even look at it for too long to even begin considering delving into the depths of the game. Plus, my wife would beat me if I came home with a box that looks like the boxes those games come in. Regardless of what's inside. :rolleyes:
Well, if that's how you feel, try to stay at least fifteen meters away from Magna Carta at any given time...

[DaXIthR]

What. The. Fuck.

Is this EvAv or GameFAQs? Why can't anyone realize the difference between the two studios?

[Kefkataran]

Pretty bizarre, Dax, eh? Just goes to show the importance of making sure the facts are straight before the news is posted.

The worst part is that for months now we're going to have folks ocassionally bringing up the fact that "THOSE FEAR GUYS WORK FOR NINTENDO NOW, RITE?" :\

[Salamande]

Well, if that's how you feel, try to stay at least fifteen meters away from Magna Carta at any given time...
Say what you want about Hyung Tae Kim (http://images.google.com/images?q=hyung%20tae%20kim)'s art, he certainly knows his audience.

And I think the main female character in that game had exactly two expressions: terrified and confused.

[DaXIthR]

Pretty bizarre, Dax, eh? Just goes to show the importance of making sure the facts are straight before the news is posted.

The worst part is that for months now we're going to have folks ocassionally bringing up the fact that "THOSE FEAR GUYS WORK FOR NINTENDO NOW, RITE?" :\

Maybe I'm lucky in that I thought of the Namco-Bandai studio before the F.E.A.R. one when I heard 'Monolith'. Does anyone know who the director of the studio is?

Are there going to be any personnel changes? When will we find out about new projects? Any chance of a DS Xenogears game?

[Kefkataran]

Maybe I'm lucky in that I thought of the Namco-Bandai studio before the F.E.A.R. one when I heard 'Monolith'. Does anyone know who the director of the studio is?

Are there going to be any personnel changes? When will we find out about new projects? Any chance of a DS Xenogears game?

As far as new projects, we've known for a while that they're working on Disaster: Day of Crisis for the Wii, which looks quite interesting. There's also rumors of a Baten Kaitos sequel for the Wii, but I don't think that's been confirmed.

re: DS releases, I think other folks here were posting about a DS version of Xenosaga that just never saw stateside release. Was that for real? Otherwise, there's also a rumore Baten Kaitos game on DS. Lots of rumored stuff.

[Gorvi]

As far as new projects, we've known for a while that they're working on Disaster: Day of Crisis for the Wii, which looks quite interesting. There's also rumors of a Baten Kaitos sequel for the Wii, but I don't think that's been confirmed.

re: DS releases, I think other folks here were posting about a DS version of Xenosaga that just never saw stateside release. Was that for real? Otherwise, there's also a rumore Baten Kaitos game on DS. Lots of rumored stuff.
Yeah, Xenosaga I & II actually looked pretty decent, it just never saw a release outside of Japan.
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/xeno/xenosaga1-2/screens/xenosaga1-2009.jpg http://www.rpgamer.com/games/xeno/xenosaga1-2/screens/xenosaga1-2023.jpg
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/xeno/xenosaga1-2/screens/xenosaga1-2007.jpg http://www.rpgamer.com/games/xeno/xenosaga1-2/screens/xenosaga1-2008.jpg

[Montgomery_Python]

This post = trolling. I suggest not trying that anymore.

Yeah but it's so true.