Monolith Soft reports 138.2% profit increase, Xenoblade a key contributor
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Monolith Soft reported its financial results this week, and it turns out that the Nintendo subsidiary had a fantastic year. For the fiscal period ending March 2021, profit was reported at 1.171 billion yen. That’s by far the highest amount for the company over the past several years.
During the previous fiscal year, Monolith Soft recorded a profit of 491 million yen. That’s an increase of 138.2 percent.
Here’s a look at Monolith Soft’s operating profit over the years:
Bandai Namco registers new trademarks for Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos Origins in Europe
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Before Monolith Soft created Xenoblade, the developer worked on a number of other titles. Baten Kaitos was one brief RPG series the studio was known for. The original game as well as its prequel – Baten Kaitos Origins – were GameCube exclusives. This was back when Monolith Soft was with Bandai Namco.
The Baten Kaitos IP has been dormant since Origins released in 2006. There were some talks about a DS entry that never came to be, but that’s pretty much it.
It’s interesting then that new trademarks have surfaced in Europe. Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos Origins were both filed today. That doesn’t exactly mean that they’ll be rereleased or that Bandai Namco has any plans for the series, but we would certainly welcome HD remasters on Switch if that were to ever happen.
Monolith Soft shares new Xenoblade Chronicles 2 art to promote recruitment of graduates
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 0 comments
Monolith Soft has shared a new piece of art for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which was designed by the company’s Masumi Senoo. You can check it out above.
The artwork wasn’t released randomly. Monolith Soft updated its website today with information regarding recruitment guidelines for new graduates. The site won’t have much interest for fans of Monolith Soft, but we’ll certainly take any new Xenoblade art we can get.
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – final version of the upcoming Melia figure revealed
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Last May, a new figure for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition was revealed for Melia based on her appearance in Future Connected. We then saw a prototype version a few months later.
Tying in with the WonHobby 32 event, we now have a look at the final version of the 1/7 scale figure for Melia. You can see the design above.
There’s no word yet on when the Melia figure will be ready for production, but hopefully it’ll be finished by the end of the year.
Monolith Soft president on the company’s growth, future prospects of the industry
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
In a previous issue of Famitsu, the publication spoke with Monolith Soft president Hirohide Sugiura. One of the topics discussed was how Monolith Soft has grown in scale, and Sugiura’s vision for the future.
He shared the following with the Japanese magazine:
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 character designer celebrates third anniversary with special art
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It’s been three years since Xenoblade Chronicles 2 launched on Switch. In honor of the occasion, character designer Masatsugu Saito created a new piece of art featuring Pyra and Mythra. We’ve attached the image above.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 surpasses two million copies sold
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which originally released in December 2017, is confirmed to have sold over two million copies. It currently sits at a total of 2.05 million units worldwide as of June 2020.
160,000 copies were sold in the last few months. The last official number we had was 1.92 million copies in December 2019.
Earlier this week, Nintendo revealed the latest sales for another Xenoblade Chronicles release. The May-released Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is currently at 1.40 million copies.
Here’s a chart comparing sales of Xenoblade 2 and Definitive Edition:
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country update out now (version 1.1.0), also adding Korean text options
Posted on 4 years ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Earlier today, an update for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was released to add Korean text options to the game. Well, it seems that the expansion game, Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country, has also received an update with the same content.
This update (version 1.1.0) includes Korean text options for the game and it is now available for download in the US (most likely other regions are coming soon). The official patch notes are included below for reference.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 update out now (version 2.1.0), Korean text added
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Two years after the previous patch, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has been updated again. Version 2.1.0 launched today, adding in Korean text.
Below are the official patch notes:
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – full patch notes for version 1.1.2
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Yesterday, Nintendo and Monolith Soft distributed a new 1.1.2 update for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. It took a bit of time, but we finally have the full details on what’s included.
Below are the entire patch notes in English:
