Nintendo now owns 100% of Monolith Soft  - AUTOMATON WEST
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Nintendo has finally acquired the remaining 4% of Monolith Soft's shares, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary.
  • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    They already owned 80% and then 96%, so practically speaking it’s not really a big deal, except for maybe investors.

    Still, love Monolith Soft, so let’s hope it brings better things.

  • zod000@lemmy.mlEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    So the minuscule chance of ever seeing the Xeno games on another platform is now gone for good. Wonderful…

  • De_Narm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Monolith is pretty much the only reason I’ve already decided on getting their next console - it would be strange for Nintendo to not want them. It may be more niche over here, but JRPGs are the (one of the?) biggest genre in Japan.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Personally I don’t really care for their games, but I know they have a lot of fans.

    Is it good or bad news though? Would they consider multiplatform games, which is better and healthier? Because that ain’t happening for sure now, anymore.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      As per the article Nintendo already owned 96% of the shares. Original founders had only 4% shares till March. Sometimes after that, Nintendo has acquired those 4% too.

      • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        1 year ago

        Is releasing multiplats out of the question when a stakeholder has 96%? Otherwise I fail to see what the connection is to my comment