Monolith Soft (Japanese: 株式会社モノリスソフト, Kabushiki gaisha Monorisu Sofuto, MONOLITH SOFTWARE INC.) is a Japanese video game development company, founded October 1, 1999, that has made video games for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, DS, Wii U, 3DS, Switch and even cell phones. Monolith was founded by developers Tetsuya Takahashi and Hirohide Sugiura after they left Square and accepted an investment from Namco. As of 2007, Nintendo bought controlling rights from Namco making Monolith Soft a subsidiary for Nintendo. As a result of this, they have a second office in Kyoto to provide support or work on Nintendo games for the Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. On October 1st, 2019 Monolith Soft celebrates its 20th anniversary. On June 10th, Monolith Soft celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first Xenoblade Chronicles and by extension the Xenoblade series.
Games
- Xenosaga Episode I (2002)
- Xenosaga Episode I Reloaded (2003)
- Xenosaga Freaks (2004)
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003, co-developed with tri-Crescendo)
- Xenosaga Episode II (2005)
- Namco × Capcom (2005)
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006, co-developed with Square Enix)
- Baten Kaitos Origins (2006, co-developed with tri-Crescendo)
- Xenosaga I & II (DS Remake) (2006)
- Xenosaga Episode III (2006)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, co-developed, multiple studio collaboration)
- Soma Bringer (2008)
- Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (2008)
- Disaster: Day of Crisis (2008)
- Dragonball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (2009)
- Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED (2010)
- Xenoblade Chronicles (2010)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011, co-developed with Nintendo EAD Group No. 3)
- Project X Zone (2012)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EAD Group No. 2)
- Pikmin 3 (2012, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EAD Group No. 4)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EAD Group No. 3)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3DS (2015)
- Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015)
- Splatoon (2015, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EAD)
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (2015, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EAD Group No. 2)
- Project X Zone 2: Brave New World (2015)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017, co-developed with Nintendo EPD)
- Splatoon 2 (2017, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EPD)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020, Kyoto studio, co-developed with Nintendo EPD)
- Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (2020)
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