Nintendo Buys Monolith Soft From Bandai-Namco

Friday 27 April 2007 @ 8:00 am | By Ivan 'Nahu' Lozano 3 Comments

Breaking news, according to Nikkei, Nintendo purchased Monolith Soft, developers of the Baten Kaitos and Xenosaga series, from Bandai-Namco. The developer, formed from ex-Squaresoft employees, is currently developing Disaster: Day of Crisis for the Wii.

Wether Baten Kaitos and Xenosaga become new frontline Nintendo IP’s is unknown but now Nintendo owns a powerhouse of great RPG’s, and that, is great news.

[IGN][TAGS]Nintendo, Wii, Gaming Industry, RPG[/TAGS]

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3 Replies to "Nintendo Buys Monolith Soft From Bandai-Namco"

  1. FBINinja says:
    April 27, 2007 at 8:29 am

    YOU B&NDAI IN MY COFFEE AGAIN DIDN’T YOU

    Reply
  2. Khaim says:
    April 28, 2007 at 6:41 am

    Like Grumble from Real Monsters said: “it better be good”

    Reply
  3. Ivan 'Nahu' Lozano says:
    April 30, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    Anything that makes Nintendo release more good games is a good thing. Since we’ve come to rely on Nintendo to provide most of the good games for their consoles.

    Reply

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