Post by: Jonnyboy117 on April 26, 2007, 06:34:15 PM
The developer has jumped from Namco to Nintendo even as Disaster: Day of Crisis is being prepped for Wii.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/13369/nintendo-invests-in-monolith-soft
In a bit of Japanese business news that may affect gamers, Nintendo has purchased 1920 shares of stock in Monolith Soft (or 80% of the company) from the previous stockholder, Namco Bandai. No details were given on specific game titles or the exact nature of Monolith Soft's new relationship with Nintendo, although some kind of exclusivity deal is highly likely.
Nintendo fans may recognize the developer's name from the two Baten Kaitos titles on GameCube. They are also developing the still mysterious Wii game, Disaster: Day of Crisis. Other Monolith Soft games include the Xenosaga series and bizarre crossover RPG, Namco x Capcom.
Ryan Winterhalter and Steven Rodriguez contributed to this report. Thanks to AzureShadowX1 for the tip!
Post by: Shift Key on April 26, 2007, 06:49:13 PM
Wait, this isn't the game! But deep down we all know that this is the game we want.
I'll wait for Infernal to come in here and give us his pseudo-review.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 26, 2007, 09:13:34 PM
Post by: Kairon on April 26, 2007, 09:14:14 PM
This COMPLETELY came at me from waaay out Left Field... Does this mean that Monster Games, the group that made Excite Truck are a potential target for investment as well?
Wow... if this isn't a vote of confidence in Monolith Soft and by extension Disaster: Day of Crisis, I don't know what is.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Nephilim on April 27, 2007, 01:03:34 AM
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Ashley Jones is pretty
They should of just called the game "bold and the beautiful: The game"
Post by: UncleBob on April 27, 2007, 01:33:19 AM
Doesn't Nintendo also own a sizable portion of Ban-Nam already?
This sounds like it may have been something done to fluff the books or such...
Post by: Nephilim on April 27, 2007, 02:04:27 AM
Clearly namco werent happy with the sales of there last 3 games (baton kratos 1&2 & Xenosaga 1&2DS)
Maybe this will lead to xenosaga 3 for Wii, and finally a english port of 1&2DS?
Also means Tetsuya Takahashi is working for nintendo, great
Post by: UncleBob on April 27, 2007, 03:02:58 AM
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on April 27, 2007, 03:03:41 AM
Also, GoldenPhoenix is a prophet.
Post by: DeadNote27 on April 27, 2007, 03:25:07 AM
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I hope this is no reflection on Nintendo's relationship with Camelot. Then again, what was the last console RPG Camelot developed?
That's an interesting point. It makes me wonder if Camelot and Nintendo has had a falling out. Wasn't Camelot's reasoning for delaying their Gamecube/Wii RPG was because they decided to devote all their resources to the development of some on-line PC golf game? All I can say is I hope Nintendo and Camelot are still on good terms. I love Camelot, and would hate to see Nintendo lose their talents.
Post by: Ian Sane on April 27, 2007, 05:09:28 AM
Camelot were too busy working on redundant Mario sports games. I don't know exactly who to blame for that. Does Nintendo force devs to make stuff like that or do the devs ask for it because they figure a Mario game is an easy sale?
Nintendo getting Monolith Soft is pretty cool. A lot of Nintendo's recent partnerships with other devs seemed very arbitrary. Getting the Olsen Twin guys wasn't exactly on par with getting the Battletoads guys back in the day. But here there is a body of work that you can point to and say "This is what the dev was doing before we got them. This is why they have potential." A company known for making RPGs that has some credibility with fans of the genre is a good pickup. This is the sort of partnership Nintendo was doing all the time a few years ago before they decided to let all their good second parties get away.
Post by: Klapaucius on April 27, 2007, 06:23:17 AM
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getting the Battletoads guys back in the day.
Rare was a success story, not only in getting them at the right time, but letting them go too. It was the right time. Rare was past its prime.
I thought Camelot left Nintendo...? I'm sure I read that Camelot had become third- and not second-party.
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