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

Monolith Soft, Incorporated

Type	Subsidiary of Nintendo
Founded	October 1, 1999
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Industry	Video game
Products	Video games
Employees	83
Website	Official website

Monolith Soft, Incorporated or MLSI (株式会社モノリスソフト, Kabushiki-Gaisha Monorisu Sofuto^?) is a Japanese entertainment company in Japan that has created video games for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Nintendo DS and cell phones. 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] It is now a first-party developer for Nintendo.

Monolith Soft is usually associated with the Xenosaga series, a series of role-playing games on PlayStation 2. 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.

[edit] Games developed

[edit] PlayStation 2

• Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (2002)
• Xenosaga: Episode I: Reloaded (2003)
• Xenosaga Freaks (2004)
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004)
• Namco × Capcom (2005)
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (2006)

[edit] Nintendo GameCube

• Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003, co-developed by tri-Crescendo)
• Baten Kaitos Origins (2006, co-developed by tri-Crescendo)

[edit] Nintendo DS

• Xenosaga I & II (2006, co-developed by Tom Create)
• Soma Bringer (2008)
• Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (2008)
• Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (2009)
• Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED (TBA)

[edit] Wii

• Disaster: Day of Crisis (2008)
• Monado: Beginning of the World (TBA)

[edit] Additional contractual work

• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (background graphics third-party contractor) (2006, PlayStation 2)^[3]
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (development cooperation) (2008, Wii)^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

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