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Monolith Soft are now 100% owned by Nintendo

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Mayar

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It doesn't really change anything, they already had a controlling stake and they actually ran the company. As I understand it, they just decided to close the deal to the end and not leave those few percent hanging in the air. So it's unlikely to affect anything.
 
Robb

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That’s neat I guess. But as some have already mentioned it doesn’t really mean much considering they already had >50% prior.
 
LectureMaster

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Monolith:

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M

Mayar

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Mr Hyde said:
Would prefer if Nintendo acquired Platinum Games and Mercury Steam too. Would be good additions to their first party lineup.
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If I remember correctly - Mercury Steam is owned by Nordisk Film, they also own Avalanche Studios and Supermassive Games.
I think no one wants to buy Platinum Games because they don't have their own strong IP, plus all the most famous people and those who created this company left, including the recent departure of the creator of Bayenetta, so interest in this studio is extremely low.
 
lh032

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I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
OK I having a heart attack thought I saw Microsoft 100% owned by Nintendo
 
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lh032 said:
OK I having a heart attack thought I saw Microsoft 100% owned by Nintendo
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Well, now you definitely need to go to the ophthalmologist. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
These two companies are usually confused:
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Someone decided to troll, apparently, and thought that calling two different companies in the gaming industry Monolith was a great idea. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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KungFucius

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Mister Wolf said:
Would like to see MecurySteam reboot Kid Icarus. It always was Metroid's cousin.
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Definitely. It was a cousin back in the 80s, but since then there was only 1 game and it was stuck on a hard to port from platform. Metroid has had many follow ups in different genres. Nintendo should reboot it in 2D maybe with a remake of the original. If not a remake, something in the same style. Just don't make it stupid hard like Dread. Replayability is what made the original so good. No way in fuck I am ever replaying a game with boss fights that took so many tries my thumbs hurt.
 
Trunx81

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6.3 % of Monolith Software is now owned by Saudi Arabia. 😏

But good from BigN to trust these guys fully. Great company, great games.
 
Thick Thighs Save Lives

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Danjin44 said:
I thought that was already the case, in any case acquiring Monolith Soft was smartest decision Nintendo ever made.
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Yep, they have owned 96% of Monolith Soft's shares since 2011. The news I guess is that they've now bought the remaining 4% stake in the company that was still owned by the founders.

Monolith Soft was originally created by founders Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi and Yasuyuki Honne with investment from Namco (now Bandai Namco) to work on Xenosaga, a Namco-owned spiritual successor to Square’s Xenogears. In 2007, Nintendo bought out 80% of Monolith Soft’s shares from Namco, and then went on to further increase its stake to 96% in 2011.

Up until recently, Monolith Soft’s founders have maintained a symbolic 4% stake in the company, but it seems Nintendo has acquired the remaining shares. We don’t know when exactly this happened, but Sugiura, Takahashi and Honne still owned 4% percent of Monolith Soft at least until March this year, when their company brochure for 2024 (relevant excerpt below) was published.
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Mr Hyde

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Mayar said:
I think no one wants to buy Platinum Games because they don't have their own strong IP, plus all the most famous people and those who created this company left, including the recent departure of the creator of Bayenetta, so interest in this studio is extremely low.
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Platinum best work has been under Nintendo so in my opinion, Platinum would surely thrive as a studio under Nintendos guidance. They should continue the Astral Chain IP and turn it into a franchise. The first one was so good and deserves a sequel.
 
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Mr Hyde said:
Platinum best work has been under Nintendo so in my opinion, Platinum would surely thrive as a studio under Nintendos guidance. They should continue the Astral Chain IP and turn it into a franchise. The first one was so good and deserves a sequel.
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Yeah, I wouldn't mind that either. The only thing is, it's unclear where Takahisa Taura is now, he's apparently become a free agent and is working on whatever he's offered. Although he had a misfire, he recently applied himself to Final Fantasy XVI as a Game Designer, to be honest it turned out so-so :messenger_grinning:
 
Heimdall_Xtreme

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Damn I initially thought this meant FEAR on Nintendo...
 
mèx

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Well, basically this changes almost nothing. Acquiring Monolith Soft was one of the best moves ever, aside from making kick ass JRPGs they now provide fundamental support for a lot of Nintendo games.

In hindsight, this thread was pretty funny.
 
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Heimdall_Xtreme

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Fbh

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Didn't know that wasn't already the case.
Either way, can't wait to see what they do on the Switch 2
 
seb85

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Each gen I buy Nintendo console at the end of its life cycle second hand just to play monolith soft games then sell the console
 
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hououinkyouma00

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Danjin44 said:
I thought that was already the case, in any case acquiring Monolith Soft was smartest decision Nintendo ever made.
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Yeah, I thought they already owned it but I guess 96% is basically owning it anyways from a control standpoint.

It's been a good get for Nintendo, and makes sense because outside of Xenosaga games on PS2 and helping with Dirge of Cerberus they've never made anything not on Nintendo platforms as far as I'm aware.
 
Zacfoldor

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Mr Hyde said:
Would prefer if Nintendo acquired Platinum Games and Mercury Steam too. Would be good additions to their first party lineup.
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Yeah...not me, Monolith Soft are about a million times better in every way.

Monolith Soft is a goat and a main reason Nintendo is currently so good.
 
Polygonal_Sprite

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Fbh said:
Didn't know that wasn't already the case.
Either way, can't wait to see what they do on the Switch 2
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The Xenoblade sequels are both huge leaps over the original game on Switch and use either modern (or custom equivalent) rendering techniques. They’re just stuck behind absolutely horrendous image quality which will thankfully not be an issue on Switch 2.

Xenoblade 4 is going to look amazing.
 
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