Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft sees 97.8% profit increase in latest fiscal year
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Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft just experienced a very good year, as for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, the company saw a big increase in profits. According to Gamebiz, profit came in at 800 million. That’s an increase of 97.8 percent year-over-year.
2022 was big for Monolith Soft as Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launched that July. A few months ago, the game wrapped up its Expansion Pass with new story DLC titled Future Redeemed that essentially wrapped up the series’ saga that started with the first entry on Wii.
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Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster release date set for September, new trailer
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Bandai Namco just announced a final release date for Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster. The collection will be released exclusively for Switch on September 15, 2023.
Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster was previously announced for Switch this past February in a Nintendo Direct. Bandai Namco initially committed to a Summer 2023 launch window.
[Let’s Talk] Ranking the Xenoblade Chronicles games
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With the Future Redeemed DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 coming out several weeks ago, the main series’ original story has now truly wrapped up. We won’t get into any spoilers, but the first game set certain events in motion that has ties to the other entries. This has all been a big journey for the fans, especially for those that started out with the initial Wii release over a decade ago.
Now that the series has wrapped up for now – but count on more Xenoblade games in the future – we want to hear from you as far as how you’d rank the different games. Which is your favorite? What are your thoughts on the story DLC expansions? We also don’t want to leave Xenoblade Chronicles X fans out of the mix, so feel free to share your thoughts on that RPG as well if you played it.
Baten Kaitos director again comments on cancelled Baten Kaitos III
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Yasuyuki Honne, the director at Monolith Soft for the Baten Kaitos series, has again commented on Baten Kaitos III – which never released. He also once again confirmed that there were plans for a title on DS that was scrapped as well.
According to Honne, Baten Kaitos III was targeted for next-gen platforms – so if anything, it would have been on Wii and not GameCube. Unfortunately, things weren’t meant to be “due to Bandai Namco’s restructuring and budget review, as well as tri-Crescendo’s financial struggles”. Honne added that “Baten Kaitos is a complicated series with lots of circumstances involved.”
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New look at the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Mio figma, release date, pre-orders open
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We have a big update on the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 figma for Mio, as Good Smile today provided a final release date, photos, and pre-orders.
Mio, who is is one of the main characters of the Switch RPG, first had her own figure revealed last August. Then in February, an actual prototype was shown off – just without color. Now the design has been completely finalized and Good Smile is ramping up for production.
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Xenoblade dev Monolith Soft worked on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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Perhaps surprising no one, Monolith Soft has confirmed its involvement with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as one of its primary developers.
Monolith Soft shared the news on Twitter. The company worked on game design, programming, and graphics.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 update out now (version 2.0.0), patch notes
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 last major update has just arrived, with Nintendo and Monolith Soft now offering version 2.0.0.
The big addition here is support for the game’s new DLC expansion, Future Redeemed. You’ll need to purchase the Expansion Pass in order to access it.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed details characters, combat, other features
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Nintendo and Monolith Soft blew the lid off of the Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed DLC this week and revealed that it’s coming in just a few days. A bunch of information has since been posted on the official Japanese Twitter account. Details were shared about characters, combat, and other features in the DLC.
Most of the tweets have only been published in Japanese (aside from a few exceptions on Nintendo’s North American Twitter account), but English translations were posted to the unofficial XenobladeEN Twitter account. We’ve rounded up everything below.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed gameplay, cinematics, new music
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New gameplay of Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed is now available showing battles, along with some cinematics and new music. Content was posted to the official Japanese website and Twitter account. Because of this, the cutscenes are in Japanese.
The bomb was just dropped that the big DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Future Redeemed, is dropping at Switch at the end of the month – or next week. Described as a prequel, the story will connect all of the entries in the series together.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed DLC fully revealed, out this month
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Nintendo and Monolith Soft will launch Future Redeemed DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 this month, the two sides just announced. It will launch on April 25, 2023.
Future Redeemed takes place before the main game and features “a cast of new and familiar characters in an original story scenario that connects all three installments in the Xenoblade Chronicles series.” Also new is the Unity Combo “where two characters can attack in unison.”
