Monolith Soft

Monolith Software Inc. (), best known as Monolith Soft () and sometimes shortened to M.L.S.I., is a Japanese game developer founded on October 1st, 1999 by a group of former Squaresoft employees led by Tetsuya Takahashi, Hirohide Sugiura and Yasuyuki Honne, with the financial support of Namco. 
As a subsidiary of Namco Limited (later Namco Bandai Games and currently Bandai Namco Games), they developed games for multiple systems, mainly for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. Their debut game was Xenosaga Episode I, part of the Xenosaga series, a spiritual successor to Xenogears, which many staff members worked on while employed at Square. Other games developed under Namco ownership include Baten Kaitos and Namco x Capcom. 
In April 2007, Nintendo agreed with Monolith Soft to purchase 80% of ownership of the company, while Bandai Namco would retain 16% until 2012, when they completely divested. Since then, Monolith Soft has created the Xenoblade Chronicles series, itself a spiritual successor to Xenosaga. Other games include Soma Bringer, Disaster: Day of Crisis and Project X Zone, which is a spiritual sequel to Namco x Capcom, as well supporting on the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
In 2011, Monolith Soft opened a Kyoto studio near to the Nintendo headquarters, to provide assistance on game development. So far, this division has helped on the development of various games from The Legend of Zelda series (Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, and Breath of the Wild) and Animal Crossing entries (New Leaf, Happy Home Designer, and New Horizons), and also collaborated with the Splatoon series and Pikmin 3.
Monolith Soft has been the developer for all games in the Xeno series with the exception of Xenogears, which was developed and published by Square (who, as Square Enix, are also the current holders of the intellectual property of the game and its universe).IP trademark information
In 2024, Nintendo gained full ownership of Monolith Soft, obtaining the remaining 4% of the company.GamesRadar.com
== List of games ==
Year	Game 	Platform 	Publisher 	Notes
2002	Xenosaga Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht 	PlayStation 2 	Namco 	
2003	Xenosaga Episode I Reloaded 	PlayStation 2 	Namco 	
2003	 	Nintendo Gamecube 	NamcoNintendo (Oceania) 	Co-developed with tri-Crescendo
2004	Xenosaga Freaks 	PlayStation 2 	Namco 	
2004	Xenosaga Episode II - Jenseits von Gut und Böse 	PlayStation 2 	NamcoSony Computer Entertainment Europe (PAL)	
2004	Xenosaga: Pied Piper 	Mobile 	Namco 	Co-developed with Namco Mobile and Tom Create
2005	 	PlayStation 2 	Namco 	Co-developed with Banpresto
2006	 	Playstation 2 	Square Enix 	Support development
2006	 	Nintendo GameCube 	Nintendo 	Co-developed with tri-Crescendo
2006	Xenosaga I & II 	Nintendo DS 	Namco 	Co-developed with Tom Create
2006	Xenosaga Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra 	PlayStation 2 	Bandai Namco 	
2008	 	Wii 	Nintendo 	Support development
2008	 	Nintendo DS 	Nintendo 	
2008	 	Nintendo DS 	Bandai NamcoAtlus (North America) 	
2008	 	Wii 	Nintendo 	
2009	 	Nintendo DS 	Bandai Namco 	
2010	 	Nintendo DS 	Bandai Namco 	
2010	Xenoblade Chronicles 	Wii 	Nintendo 	Also released digitally on Wii U
2011	 	Wii 	Nintendo 	Support development
2012	 	Nintendo 3DS 	Nintendo 	Support development
2012	 	Nintendo 3DS 	Bandai Namco 	Co-developed with Banpresto
2013	 	Wii U 	Nintendo 	Support development
2013	 	Nintendo 3DS 	Nintendo 	Support development
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles 3D 	New Nintendo 3DS 	Nintendo 	Ported by Monster Games
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles X 	Wii U 	Nintendo 	
2015	 	Wii U 	Nintendo 	Support development
2015	 	Nintendo 3DS 	Nintendo 	Support development
2015	 	Nintendo 3DS 	Bandai Namco 	Co-developed with Banpresto
2017	 	Wii UNintendo Switch	Nintendo 	Support development
2017	 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
2017	Xenoblade Chronicles 2 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	
2018	 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
2018	Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	
2020	 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
2020	Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	
2022	Xenoblade Chronicles 3 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	
2022	 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
2023	Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	
2023	 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
2023	Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster 	Nintendo SwitchPC 	Bandai Namco 	Ported by Logicalbeat
2024	Splatoon 3: 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
2025	Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition 	Nintendo Switch 	Nintendo 	Support development
== External links ==
* Official website (In Japanese)
==Gallery==
Monolith Soft 5th Anniversary Wallpaper 1.jpg|Wallpaper celebrating the 5th anniversary.
Monolith Soft 5th Anniversary Wallpaper 2.jpg|Wallpaper celebrating the 5th anniversary.
Monolith Soft 20th anniversary wallpaper.jpg|Artwork celebrating the 20th anniversary.
== References ==
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