Monolith Soft
To date, "Baten Kaitos Origins" would be the last entry into the "Baten Kaitos" series. An entry for the Nintendo DS had been announced concurrently to "Origins" but development was halted and the game was never released. In 2011, Eurogamer published a report of a Baten Kaitos 3 being in development for the Nintendo 3DS. The game, with the subtitle "Silence of the Mechanized Son", was said to feature leaked promotional artwork featuring a blue haired male character with a mechanized wing, and was thought to feature a continuation of Kalas's story from the original game. The game was to be reported to be revealed at the 3DS event at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, and while many of the rumored titles surfaced, a "Baten Kaitos" title did not. In 2018, Honne revealed that a "Baten Kaitos 3" had entered pre-production planning shortly after the conclusion of development on "Origins/2", though his details differed greatly from the 3DS reports. The game never entered production, but game design documents and concept art was created. Honne notes the planning happened while Monolith Soft was still owned by Namco Bandai, and talks on creating the game ended due to the circumstances of Nintendo purchasing Monolith Soft from Namco Bandai. The materials and rights to the game were retained by Namco Bandai, though Honne still recalled some details from memory - the third entry would have featured a female protagonist, would have been created for a home console (not the rumored DS/3DS entries), and that it would have been a large-scale adventure exploring land, sea, and sky of a world. Both Honne and Monolith Soft staff member "Kensuke Tsukanaka" have shown interest in making a third entry in the series, but that more fan feedback would be required to be directed at Monolith Soft and Bandai Namco.