Monolith Soft | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Monolith Soft | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Monolith Soft wants to focus on the Xenoblade Chronicles series https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/monolith-soft-wants-to-focus-on-the-xenoblade-chronicles-series/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/monolith-soft-wants-to-focus-on-the-xenoblade-chronicles-series/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:58:52 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=471470 So far during the Nintendo Switch life-cycle, Monolith Soft has been involved in some major titles, including Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Xenoblade Chronicles series and a secret new IP. At this point, the studio is looking at where it wants to focus more of its efforts, so expect plenty more Xenoblade in the …

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So far during the Nintendo Switch life-cycle, Monolith Soft has been involved in some major titles, including Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Xenoblade Chronicles series and a secret new IP. At this point, the studio is looking at where it wants to focus more of its efforts, so expect plenty more Xenoblade in the future. 

During a recent interview with the Spanish outlet, Vandal, Monolith Soft studio head, Tetsuya Takahashi, said that while he would like to bring more variety to the studio's projects, right now “we should focus on increasing the value of the brand that we have created with the Xenoblade Chronicles saga”.

Xenoblade Chronicles originally came out on the Nintendo Wii and was later re-released on the 3DS. One of the launch-year titles for the Nintendo Switch was Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which went on to sell over 1 million copies.

Just last month, Xenoblade Chronicles 1 was updated once again, this time for the Nintendo Switch, meaning even more players are discovering the series for the first time. From the sounds of it, we will be seeing a Xenoblade Chronicles 3 somewhere down the line.

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KitGuru Says: Xenoblade Chronicles 1 & 2 have been two of my most-played and favourite Nintendo Switch titles, so I would love to see Monolith Soft continue to work on new games for the series. Do you think Monolith should double down on Xenoblade Chronicles now that it has garnered such a sizeable following? Or would you rather see a new IP next?

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Xenoblade Chronicles: DE doubles original game’s launch sales https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/xenoblade-chronicles-de-doubles-original-games-launch-sales/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/xenoblade-chronicles-de-doubles-original-games-launch-sales/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:42:55 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=469962 Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition represents one of the three major first-party Switch titles that Nintendo has announced for 2020. Nintendo’s efforts to remaster its older titles appears to continue to pay off, as in the UK, the Definitive Edition managed to more than double the sales of the Wii original when it released in the …

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Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition represents one of the three major first-party Switch titles that Nintendo has announced for 2020. Nintendo’s efforts to remaster its older titles appears to continue to pay off, as in the UK, the Definitive Edition managed to more than double the sales of the Wii original when it released in the UK back in 2011.

According to the UK boxed sales charts (and reported by gamesindustry.biz), the Nintendo exclusive RPG launched at no.1, dethroning Animal Crossing with sales that more than doubled that of the original on the Wii. This is especially impressive due to the fact that only boxed sales were counted, at a time where not only is it far simpler to purchase games digitally, but digital sales can sometimes account for 50% of all game sales – meaning that the total figures could be 4x higher than the original.

That being said, the sales are reportedly slightly lower than that of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which released back in 2017 when Switch hardware sales were much lower.

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition was first announced back in September 2019, later releasing on the 29th of May 2020. Blurring the lines between remaster and remake, the game features a number of major improvements over the original, including reworked character models, new textures for both characters and environments, new previously cut content to enjoy, as well as a litany of UI and gameplay improvements.

It seems these improvements did more than enough in the eyes of fans to warrant a purchase – even if the game does run as low as 378p. Still, it’ll be interesting to see how the game fares in the long run, and whether it will surpass the Wii original’s lifetime sales.

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KitGuru says: Have you picked up Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition? What do you think of the improvements? How many copies do you think it’ll sell in total? Let us know down below.

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Developer Monolith Soft is recruiting for a new Legend of Zelda game https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/developer-monolith-soft-is-recruiting-for-a-new-legend-of-zelda-game/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/developer-monolith-soft-is-recruiting-for-a-new-legend-of-zelda-game/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:09:09 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=408304 A new game in the Legend of Zelda series has been underway since 2017, when producer Eiji Aonuma confirmed that the next instalment was in pre-production. It looks as though Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft is gearing up to begin working on the title now, explicitly hiring for the game. The studio let out a tweet …

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A new game in the Legend of Zelda series has been underway since 2017, when producer Eiji Aonuma confirmed that the next instalment was in pre-production. It looks as though Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft is gearing up to begin working on the title now, explicitly hiring for the game.

The studio let out a tweet in Japanese, looking for technical artists, programmers, planners, designers and management support to join the team specifically to work on The Legend of Zelda. Monolith Soft is no stranger to the series despite its heavy ties to Xenoblade, having previously worked on Skyward Sword and doing a chunk of landscape design on Breath of the Wild.

The recruitment drive suggests that Monolith Soft will be heading up the development rather than assisting like it did with the previous entries, although this remains to be confirmed. Given that Nintendo is currently focusing on its Switch hardware during its third year, with heavy rumours of new iterations on the way, it is believed that the game will come out for the hybrid console, although this again remains to be confirmed.

KitGuru Says: Another Zelda on the Nintendo Switch would certainly be a treat, although we will have to see what’s happening as progress is made on its development. The nature of development on a Zelda game is often quite secretive anyway, so it could be some time before anything comes to light.

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