Topic: Monolith Soft Mentioned in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Credits

[NWR_Neal]

The Xenoblade developers get a special thanks from the Zelda team.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28377

Monolith Soft, the Nintendo-owned studio responsible for Xenoblade Chronicles, is listed in the credits of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

The nature of Monolith Soft's involvement is unknown, but it is likely they consulted on Nintendo's latest epic in some fashion.

Additionally, Nintendo-owned developer Brownie Brown was listed in the Super Mario 3D Land credits. Like Monolith Soft, their involvement in the game isn't precisely known.

Nintendo gained controlling interest in Monolith Soft from Namco Bandai in 2007, around the time Disaster: Day of Crisis was being made and released. Since then, they have made Xenoblade Chronicles, and are rumored to be working on a Wii U title according to job postings in June 2011.

Brownie Brown, developers of Mother 3 and the Professor Layton bonus game London Life, was founded with funding from Nintendo in 2000. 

[Ceric]

I wonder if they share some of the engine and more guts type of things from Xenoblade.

[Kytim89]

This is why Xenoblade deserves to be released in north America because Monolith Soft helped develop such an incredible game for the Wii.

[broodwars]

I wonder if they share some of the engine and more guts type of things from Xenoblade.

I wouldn't be surprised.  There's quite a bit of a Zelda-ish feel to Xenoblade, though I would hope the jumping mechanics are FAAAAAR better in Skyward Sword than Xenoblade.  I'm sure the Skyward Sword developers liked how Monolith Soft made great looking grass using flat 3D models that just rotate to always face the camera.   : :

[Ceric]

This originally got taken down because of the Embargo didn't it?