Monolith Soft A History

[@MarkieMX]

The best thing Nintendo did was to buy Monolith. They are the best part of the Nintendo family.

[@miiks...5...3...9...]

The virgin Square Enix The Chad Monolith Soft

[@eavyeavy2864]

Melia s treatment I rest my case, shit writing

[@24hr-Gaming]

@@eavyeavy2864 You mean she became queen, got a giant mech castle, and got to keep Shulk's sword, and also outlived Fiora? She didn't get a bad deal.

[@krenw970]

Takahashi is one on the greatest videogame maker, no matter how many times people ignored his games, he still pushed to be able to finally gain the praise he deserves with xenoblade

[@pie4916]

Monolith Soft have a lot of potential which is plain to see. They are already one of Nintendo’s most important developers and surely will be the most important and most recognisable developers outside of Nintendo itself.

[@Zanolith]

Monolith is by far my favorite developer. Their image to create unique experience is what drives them to create such unique experiences that I love so much. I can't wait to see what such a talented studio will do next! Great video Xenogamer!

[@somerandomguy4281]

I Just hope they dont lose sight of what is importante, unlike CD PROJECT. That would be painful to see

[@Rizky-Gumilar]

Thank you Satoru Iwata for convincing the Nintendo exec to buy Monilith Soft. Definitely one of the best decision ever made.

[@EbbFlowe]

Xenogears is still to this day my favorite game of all time. Such an incredibly rich and deep story, characters, and world - and what's in the game is only the tip of the iceberg if you read into "Perfect Works". It's such a shame that we may never get to see any more of that original vision further fleshed out. When you look at what Monolith has been able to do not just with their own games at Nintendo, but also in support of some of the best 1st party titles Nintendo has ever made, it's not hard to imagine that SquareEnix probably deeply regrets driving Takahashi & Co. away while giving too much control to their somewhat indecisive and inefficient "golden boys". Just think - in the span of time it took SquareEnix to develop and release FFXV in what could finally be called a finished state, Royal Edition, MonolithSoft was able to develop not just one, but *three* massive and competently made Xenoblade titles, as well as even split their staff to make substantial contributions to Nintendo's killer apps. I bet SE really wishes they still had Monolith's talent behind them.

[@Kyroro97]

Apparently they are now busy developing... FF7 battle royale. Yeah...

[@doddynuryanto3800]

Maybe if they still at SE their talent wouldn't be improve

[@24hr-Gaming]

I have good news for you. Takahashi hasn't forgotten shit. Go watch the last few cutscenes of Future Redeemed. Actually if you think about it, there are Weltall references in both Smash and Xenoblade 3. Xenoblade 3 is one giant Xenogears reference. Matthew has a lot of the same animations as Fei and they brought back Joann Hogg and the flute motif from the Xenogears ending song.

[@danielscott70x7]

This is the exact kind of video I wish we had for more game developers and their legacies. Thank you for putting all this together. Immensely enjoyable to listen through and you hit on every aspect I’d hope to hear about for this beloved company!

[@thedoorman6940]

18:23- 2 years after this video and now, only one of these projects brought up here has yet to be revealed. The BOTW sequel is on the way, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was recently announced, likely being the game developed by the Tokyo team. If the BOTW sequel comes out this year we'll have another strong year for Monolith Soft. Also, I know I'm late here, but very well-done video man, thanks for it, and keep on keeping on

[@lonewolf3314]

and no news on that new project different from the image at monolift soft

[@Metsuromm]

To me Monolithsoft is the "true soul" of old Squaresoft. To this day you can still feel the "squaresoft" feel on their game and how its influence their game. When i play their game it really remind me a lot when i play old Squaresoft games. Ambitious, passionate and full of soul. Monolithsoft is really the Old Guard. Honestly among modern JRPG i played only monolithsoft game that truly leave mark in me, i play XB2 because i just want to play other nintendo jrpg to fill my time and didnt expect anything and boy glad i played it. I really cant wait for XB3 and i also wish monolith make their own IP beside xenoblade, i really want to see what they can produce. Hopefully nintendo is more lenient and allow them to create something else beside xenoblade

[@oux3456]

World needs more developers like Monolith Soft and Platinum Games

[@zillauniverse7208]

To bad Platinum Games are now owned by Tencent aka The Satan of Video Games

[@oux3456]

@@zillauniverse7208 only in China

[@jitensha5231]

And Falcom

[@lonewolf3314]

@@zillauniverse7208 not really that title would go to ea and activision

[@kira516]

​@@jitensha5231 i agree with you, but seriously they really need to slow their ass down, like 4 games released in 1 year wtf, I'm not complaining I'm just saying that they need to slow tf down because think about it coldsteel 1 a game that released around 2010 and riverie on 2022 didn't have that different around their gameplay, even the graphics were not that far and yet this series is not even close to finish

[@MuscleManAntho]

My first game from Monolith being Xenoblade Chronicles X back in 2015 and falling in love with that. Fast forward to 2020 and I’m still a huge fan and I can gladly say they’re easy one of my favorite developers if not favorite ever. I’ve played every single Xenoblade Chronicles title and I look forward to the next releases this studio dishes out (Here’s hoping X gets ported to the switch)!!

[@xenopizza10509]

Xeno games are underrated. Also from reading books, translating japenease websites. I found that he worked for squat soft

[@jimmyyeah]

Ah yes, Squatsoft, the polish RPG developer.

[@paperluigi6132]

If only Nintendo would negotiate with Square and Namco to get Xenogears and Xenosaga respectively.

[@srel4610]

Amazing video man, thank you so much for the effort you put into it.

[@SamM_Scot]

I absolutely adore The Last Story, which was part of operation rainfall along with Xenoblade and Pandora's Tower. I would love to see a remaster on Switch :-)

[@QuirkyGengar]

Hopefully Nintendo gives Monolith Soft the keys to work on the Golden Sun franchise. As a fan of both Xenoblade and Golden Sun I trust Monolith with the series

[@NostalgiaConnoisseur]

I would also like them to remake Baten Kaitos. They were great games that were only killed by poor sales, like Golden Sun.

[@lonewolf3314]

@@NostalgiaConnoisseur they can not owned by bandai namco

[@INSEIKYU01]

After playing the xenoblade 2 for obvious reasons 😏, the story alive grabbed me and after investing 400+ hours I can say it my favorite JRPG. Monolithsoft soft amazing quality and content that they provided I have become a dedicated fan.

[@sword_racer185]

Monolith soft is proof that modern gaming isn't dead

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Wait, does every great JRPG creator has something to do with Square Soft at some point?!

[@DJCoolK1d]

Square was brimming with talent from the 90s to early 2000s. It’s a shame they weren’t able to keep it together.

[@koekiemonsternl970]

@@DJCoolK1d they still doing great imo

[@rayminishi689]

@@koekiemonsternl970 Eh, they're decent at this time.

[@laserisk45]

They loose all of the good devs lmao

[@zekkyauditore3021]

Square is notoriously good at making talented people even better, and so sick of the company they leave to do their own thing

[@Neoroxas616]

Great Video I might watch it again and again!! Thank you for making this

[@JebberGamingJaws]

Exactly the video I was searching for, thank you.

[@DarkDezhel]

Project Noah… and Noah a Mathew from Xeno 3 looks like the protagonist, man!

[@SerratedNinja]

What a godlike video. You can tell you put a lot of time into it. Easy sub

[@sharkt9877]

It comes full circle... Project Noah... Main character xenoblade 3 is Noah

[@sencarket8849]

Without Monolith Soft there wouldn’t be a breath of the wild and less a pokemon legends Arceus or even games from other companies as Inmortal fenyx rising. And all of that is nothing compared to the Xeno series.

[@lonewolf3314]

or Elden Ring

[@matheusferreirareis]

What an epic way of starting a video.

[@HibiTeamQueso]

My favourite gaming studio. I'll always be a fan.

[@theredcop7218]

Bruh They hired the god of music Sawano Hiroyuki for X, creating one of his best albums to date. That alone made me appreciate them.

[@ottolehto]

A very informative video! Thanks.

[@anonymoushuman8443]

Who remembers when NoA released Xenoblade but you could only buy it at GameStop or their website

[@NoctLightCloud]

16:11 one of the most beautiful OSTs I've ever heard! What's its title, please? I need to know.

[@Xenogamer]

Elysium in the Dream! Here's a link to it on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ennTYZ-lg5hop7c

[@Jed_the_Malamute]

Xenosaga Switch when?

[@marcrics]

Don't think Nintendo of Europe gets enough credit for doing all the work with localising Xenoblade Chronicles. I don't think NOA would of brought it over without the ground work already done.

[@Aurun30]

Imagine nintendo buying monolith in the late 90s. Like at spite against square for leaving Nintendo for Sony.

[@itsaxel8088]

This is such a well-made video

[@JustJulyo]

Major respect for documenting the history of this great company!

[@AN7HON7]

I Love the Xenosaga series

[@cai11tube]

They should buy out the rights of xenogears from square enix and do a remake of xenogears

[@Xenogamer]

As someone who’s actually never had the chance to play Xenogears, I’d love to see that!

[@sonic23233]

Is that a core crystal on Alivs

[@emilyantiqua]

Yes

[@jimmyyeah]

There is no character named Alivs.

[@wilddungeon4586]

Great video! Thanks.

[@KiethSomataw99]

I wish they'd remaster Xenosaga trilogy. Hell, it be nice two add 2 DLC characters: Combat Medic Tyler Brady and Heavy Gunner Miu Kimura.

[@xenosanctum2531]

Again another US KZbinr talked about the Xeno series and makes a big deal about how Xenoblade 1 almost didn't come to the US while ignoring the fact that Xenogears and saga have never been release in Europe or Australia.

[@Xenogamer]

Oh man I totally missed that, but thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[@xenosanctum2531]

@@Xenogamer Thank you, I hope wasn't too rude. It mostly a running joke at this point. Basiclly as an Austalian I had to fake a US PSN account to get Xenogears on PS3 and buy a hacked ps2 to play NTSC Xenosaga games.

[@kolz4ever1980]

Maybe because those shit places don't matter? 😆

[@WatteTv]

Half true. Xenosaga did get released in Europe, just not all the episodes.

[@xenosanctum2531]

@@kolz4ever1980 Don't throw stones in glass houses.

[@aryakoddingson4860]

Someday, we'll get that attack of the saiyans sequel!

[@sindelio]

Anyone who still hasn't played Xenogears, it's the magnum opus. Chronicles and Saga are great, however Gears is a masterpiece beyond words

[@xenopizza10509]

It sucks this is underrated man.

[@alexweymans]

Xenoblade X Musik ist einfach so episch.

[@alexweymans]

X music is epic

[@tamodolo]

this video is great!

[@nikolashoag942]

Where's my Baten Kaitos TLO/Origins remaster collection, Monolith. Where.

[@Jed_the_Malamute]

It's like Team Fortress 3. If Xenosaga HD won't happen, then BK won't get remastered as well.

[@ThomasJeff1898]

Your wish is granted. Refer to the Nintendo Direct from a few weeks ago. If any of you are aware of it, you can disregard this reply.

[@AbdulRaheem-dh9ih]

Pyra Mythra Smash

[@yvind786]

Can someone help me with the name of the song used at the intro of this video?

[@trueNahobino]

Late reply but it's titled "theme X" from xenoblade X

[@shiroihana4381]

what's the song at the very beginning of the video? i need to know pls

[@trueNahobino]

Late reply but it's "theme X" from xenoblade X

[@eduween338]

What music is the beginning

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

MONOLITH MADE A GAME WITH KIRYU KAZUMA IN IT?!

[@OJvdH]

Vety good video. I am a bit anoyed you skipped the fact that nintendo of Europe was willig to localise xenoblade chronicles wich is why stil to this day xenoblade games have British voice acting.

[@Aurun30]

Would love to see Monolith work on a new mother game

[@yaboy1414]

XC3 incoming 🔥🔥🔥 it looks so good

[@BlueDragoon97]

Anyone know the name of the song in the intro?

[@keeysOST]

Theme X

[@tamber9893]

Thats worth a Sub.

[@Vinterprod]

Was XB1 a success??

[@oux3456]

Yes, it sold a lot of copies for being a rpg, that's why it has two "sequels"

[@FinalTalesFan]

X Cant die on wiiu :(

[@westonmeyer3110]

It won’t.

[@Ultimate_Plane_Spotting]

Monolith Soft Is like That Playstation And Nintendo Switch And Like He Jesus Reboseno

[@ILLRICARDO]

I hated xenoblade 1, but absolutely loved xenoblade 2 and torna.

[@big_met_fan8792]

had to scroll down due to spoilers, sadge

[@danielfm81]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@wickedjuggaloninja17]

💜👍🔥

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

I had to quit watching this video. Please learn to pronounce these people's names if you are going to talk about them and also get the names of things right.