Redmond (WA) - Nintendo has acquired Monolith Soft, the name behind the epic RPG series Xenosaga.

According to IGN, Namco Bandai sold an 80% share of the development studio to Nintendo, and it will hold on to 16%.  It's a move that could put more in-depth games into the Wii library.

Monolith's previous work for Nintendo includes Baiten Kaitos for the Gamecube and a Japan-only port of Xenosaga episodes I & II to the DS.  It's currently working on Disaster: Day of Crisis, one of the first confirmed M-rated games for the Wii.

monolith....

Apr 27, 2007 11:47     

arent they the company behind the lithtech engine??? i mean sure baiten kaitos was a good game and all but arent they known for games such as no one lives forever and that giant mech game from 1999 on pc??? if so...then great they make kick ass games. -c
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not the same monolith you're thinking of

Apr 28, 2007 01:02     

I believe it's this monolith http://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/ but it would have been kick ass though to have this one http://www.lith.com/home.asp
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