Monolith Soft

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Not to be confused with Monolith Productions, an American video game studio.

Monolith Soft, Incorporated
Type	privately held
Founded	October 1, 1999
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Products	Video games
Employees	111
Website	Monolith Soft - Official Site

Monolith Soft, Incorporated or MLSI (株式会社モノリスソフト, Kabushiki-Gaisha Monorisu Sofuto^?) is an entertainment company in Japan that has created video games for various consoles like the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Nintendo DS, and cell phones. It is now a subsidiary of Nintendo, making it a first-party developer. The company was founded in 1999 by producer Hirohide Sugiura after he left Square Co. and accepted an investment from Namco.^[1] As of May 6, 2007, Nintendo owns controlling interest in the company after Namco Bandai sold 80% of its 96% stake in Monolith Soft to Nintendo. This went into effect May 1, 2007.^[2]

Monolith Soft is usually associated with the Xenosaga series, a series of role-playing games on the PS2 console. Some of MLSI's staff are former employees of Square Co., who transferred to the new company after the creation of Chrono Cross. They were previously involved with the creation of Xenogears, from which the Xenosaga series is derived.

Contents 1 Games developed by Monolith Soft 1.1 PlayStation 2 1.2 Nintendo GameCube 1.3 Nintendo DS 1.4 Nintendo Wii 2 Additional contractual work by Monolith Soft 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Games developed by Monolith Soft

[edit] PlayStation 2

• Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
• Xenosaga: Episode I: Reloaded
• Xenosaga Freaks
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
• Namco x Capcom

[edit] Nintendo GameCube

• Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
• Baten Kaitos Origins

[edit] Nintendo DS

• Xenosaga: Episode I & II
• Soma Bringer (2008)
• Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga

[edit] Nintendo Wii

• Disaster: Day of Crisis (in development)

[edit] Additional contractual work by Monolith Soft

• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (Background Graphics 3rd-Party Contractor) (2006, PlayStation 2)^[3]
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Development Cooperation) (2008, Wii)^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Monolith Soft - Official Site

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