Nintendo acquires 100% stake in Xenoblade studio Monolith Soft

For well over a decade, Japanese studio Monolith Soft has been tightly associated with Nintendo, working both on its own games, while also assisting the console maker with its own internal projects. It therefore comes as little surprise that the Switch maker has now acquired 100% of  Monolith.

As reported by the publication Automaton Media, Monolith Soft have updated their website to identify that Nintendo now owns 100% of the company’s shares.

For context, Nintendo bought 80% of Monolith Soft’s 2400 shares all the way back in 2007 – right around the time that the studio stopped releasing games on 3rd-party hardware.

As mentioned, since then, the studio has worked closely with Nintendo on a variety of projects, from creating new IP such as Xenoblade Chronicles to assisting with the engine work for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom.

Even so, buying out the remaining 20% of shares is interesting, as the company has historically shied away from such acquisitions – even if they have a strong partnership.

With the console maker set to officially unveil the Switch 2 soon, it’ll be curious to see what Nintendo and Monolith Soft have planned.

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