Monolith Soft's software output and contribution to Nintendo's library is impressive

[Momo]

*This thread is inspired by Luxin's video.

Ever since Monolith Soft became a first-party development studio, the company not only produced several high-quality games of their own, they also contributed to many of Nintendo's largest IPs over the last decade. Their software output has been nothing short of amazing.

Below is a list of all the games they developed in-house or assisted since being acquired by Nintendo in 2007:

2008

Super Smash Bros. Brawl


Soma Bringer


Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier


Disaster: Day of Crisis

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2009

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans

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2010

Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED


Xenoblade Chronicles

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2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

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2012

Project X Zone


Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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2013

Pikmin 3


The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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2015

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D


Xenoblade Chronicles X


Splatoon


Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer


Project X Zone 2

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2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild


Splatoon 2


Xenoblade Chronicles 2

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2018

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country

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To view their full catalogue, take a look at their website here (in Japanese)!

 

[orochi91]

The first Xenoblade Chronicles will always be their crowning achievement, for me at least.

That game excelled in all aspects and is among the best JRPGs ever made.

Wish they could recapture that magic again~~~

 

[Dooble]

eh, loads of Japanese studios do assistance on tons of games.

seems as tough Nintendo hasn't used Asian studios for outsourcing

 

[Deleted member 1413]

While their games were likely not deemed successes until XC2, their assistance on so many products has likely made them well worth keeping around.
Hope they keep improving their own output, XC1 is probably the most well rounded game but XCX and XC2 are very impressive in their own right

 

[Lord Azrael]

Yeah, I'm really impressed by their level of productivity (and quality).

 

[FormatCompatible]

seems as tough Nintendo hasn't used Asian studios for outsourcing

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They have, TOSE is a major example of one.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

Arguably a better acquisition than Retro Studios.

 

[Voke]

I really hope we're getting XBX2, the first one was so damn addicting

 

[Dooble]

They have, TOSE is a major example of one.

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I meant outside of Japan. Cheap labour studios in China or something, which almost all Japanese studios use these days.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Arguably a better acquisition than Retro Studios.

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Honestly I'd argue it was definitely a better acquistion if we stop to consider how fucked up Retro Studios was in its early days before Prime

 

[808s & Villainy]

Arguably a better acquisition than Retro Studios.

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Well yeah, they were a fully functioning dev at the time of acquisition, unlike Retro

 

[Momo]

While their games were likely not deemed successes until XC2, their assistance on so many products has likely made them well worth keeping around.
Hope they keep improving their own output, XC1 is probably the most well rounded game but XCX and XC2 are very impressive in their own right

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The original Xenoblade certainly was viewed as a success as claimed by the late Iwata. Not sure about Xenoblade X, but I doubt Nintendo thought it was a failure.

 

[logash]

They are my favorite NIntendo first party dev and I hope they continue. Xenoblade 2 was easily my favorite JRPG I played in 2017.

 

[TongPoo]

They have also helped with map design for Splatoon & Splatoon 2, and the most recently, Octo Expansion. Quite impressive for multiple assistance job at the same time.