StarTopic Monolith Soft Development and Speculation |ST|

[Chalphy]

Soma Bringer can be MS's own Dragon Quest.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

Soma Bringer can be MS's own Dragon Quest.

That's Monolith's Diablo.

 

[N75]

Hiroshi Uchiyama is credited under Special Thanks in Splatoon 3, whereas Honne is absent again. Pretty sure that he's now in charge of the Kyoto studio.

 

[MetalLord]

ゼノブレイド3のキャラクター表現とアップサンプリング｜CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022

コンピュータエンターテインメント開発者向けカンファレンス『CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022』公式WEBサイト。2022年11月12日（土）開催。

cedec-kyushu.jp

ゼノブレイド3でのCIツールを使った自動化の取り組み｜CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022

コンピュータエンターテインメント開発者向けカンファレンス『CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022』公式WEBサイト。2022年11月12日（土）開催。

cedec-kyushu.jp

 

[chocolate_supra]

ゼノブレイド3のキャラクター表現とアップサンプリング｜CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022

コンピュータエンターテインメント開発者向けカンファレンス『CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022』公式WEBサイト。2022年11月12日（土）開催。

cedec-kyushu.jp

ゼノブレイド3でのCIツールを使った自動化の取り組み｜CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022

コンピュータエンターテインメント開発者向けカンファレンス『CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022』公式WEBサイト。2022年11月12日（土）開催。

cedec-kyushu.jp

checkmate, atheists

 

[Dunban]

ゼノブレイド3でのCIツールを使った自動化の取り組み｜CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022

コンピュータエンターテインメント開発者向けカンファレンス『CEDEC＋KYUSHU 2022』公式WEBサイト。2022年11月12日（土）開催。

cedec-kyushu.jp

So it seems they got programmers from CC2 and Gust? The second person probably left Gust years ago though, if it's the same person.

 

[ILikeFeet]

checkmate, atheists

It was always Cross in Japanese. The default character name is Cross even

 

[chocolate_supra]

It was always Cross in Japanese. The default character name is Cross even

I know but some westerners don't accept that

 

[Nmanic]

Xenoblade Ecks

 

[MetalLord]

テクニカルアーティスト / Houdini編 | インタビュー | RECRUIT | モノリスソフト

テクニカルアーティスト / Houdiniの採用情報やスタッフインタビューをご紹介

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

 

[AranPrime]

テクニカルアーティスト / Houdini編 | インタビュー | RECRUIT | モノリスソフト

テクニカルアーティスト / Houdiniの採用情報やスタッフインタビューをご紹介

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

Translation?

 

[ILikeFeet]

Translation?

it's a hiring ad, interviewing effects artists and how they use Houdini in production

 

[TheGreatLugia]

「ゼノブレイド2」発売5周年/ 特製壁紙プレゼント | SPECIAL | モノリスソフト

「ゼノブレイド2」発売5周年/ 特製壁紙プレゼントをご紹介

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

 

[MetalLord]

something weird happened

COMPANY | モノリスソフト

モノリスソフトの会社情報はこちらから。

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

 

[chocolate_supra]

something weird happened

COMPANY | モノリスソフト

モノリスソフトの会社情報はこちらから。

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

???

 

[MetalLord]

???

theres only 3 studios,it should be 5

 

[ILikeFeet]

theres only 3 studios,it should be 5

sounds like they consolidated. maybe space opened up cause someone bounced on their lease

 

[MondoMega]

sounds like they consolidated. maybe space opened up cause someone bounced on their lease

Is it a totally new location or did they all move into one of the existing office spaces?

 

[ILikeFeet]

Is it a totally new location or did they all move into one of the existing office spaces?

don't know without looking up their previous buildings

 

[Ojoloco]

On the page were 4 offices (not 5) and two of them located in the same building in Tokyo.
So nothing unusual has happened.
As mentioned before, they have consolidated the two tokyo offices into one.


http://web.archive.org/web/20220211131553/https://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/company/

 

[MetalLord]

 

[DunningSmith]

Context?

 

[chocolate_supra]

....nani?

 

[Dardan Sandiego]

The Monolith action game lives!

 

[Harpoon]

Context?

Looks like that's Andrzej Zamoyski's resume. Did some quick searching and he does indeed appear to have been quietly working at Monolith Soft for almost 2 years.

The Monolith action game lives!

I've always had faith it was still alive, just not as high priority as other projects!

 

[frog]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an action game

 

[DunningSmith]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an action game

Yeah, but TotK was already announced before Jan 2021, so there is no point to hide the name by calling it "Action Game for Nintendo Switch", right?

 

[N75]

Yeah, but TotK was already announced before Jan 2021, so there is no point to hide the name by calling it "Action Game for Nintendo Switch", right?

They might be under NDA to not say more until the actual release.

 

[Dardan Sandiego]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an action game

Disaster 2 is an actionER game tho.

 

[Dark Cloud]

I’ve always felt like one of the productions teams had to be working on something else

 

[ShinNoNoir]

Apparently there was a presentation (in Japanese) last month about some technical details on Xenoblade 3? Might contain interesting bits of info.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Apparently there was a presentation (in Japanese) last month about some technical details on Xenoblade 3? Might contain interesting bits of info.

Yes they covered character rendering and their temporal upscaler. It's how we know that handheld mode can actually downsample at times

 

[AranPrime]

So do we think this seemingly confirmed new action is for switch or the next system? It could launch in the first 12 months like Xeno 2 did.

 

[ILikeFeet]

So do we think this seemingly confirmed new action is for switch or the next system? It could launch in the first 12 months like Xeno 2 did.

Monolith has had ads for "action" game since before Xenoblade 3 was revealed. it's probably not so much a game type as we know it

 

[Procheno]

I'm salivating at the idea of Monolith Soft announcing a Xenoblade 3 Torna equivalent expansion + an action new IP double combo at the Switch Drake direct

Please come to fruition. I think a new IP with a different combat system would do wonders for Monolith

 

[Marce-chan]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an action game

They might be under NDA to not say more until the actual release.

They made specific hirings for Tears of the Kingdom (like the Legendary one in 2019) so it's probably not that.

 

[Apopheniac]

So do we think this seemingly confirmed new action is for switch or the next system? It could launch in the first 12 months like Xeno 2 did.

The LinkedIn listing says it's for Switch. I don't think they would have specified as such if it wasn't

 

[AranPrime]

The LinkedIn listing says it's for Switch. I don't think they would have specified as such if it wasn't

But if they didn't specify then people would have gotten suspicious and assumed they're hiding the console because its the successor. So they put the console as Switch to distract us.

IT'S OBVIOUS SHEEPLES WAKE UP.

 

[joveroy]

社内イラストコンテスト座談会 | インタビュー | RECRUIT | モノリスソフト

株式会社モノリスソフトの社内イラストコンテスト座談会をご紹介

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

Monolith Soft artist roundtable. Some new art made by the artists:

 

[thoughthaver]

社内イラストコンテスト座談会 | インタビュー | RECRUIT | モノリスソフト

株式会社モノリスソフトの社内イラストコンテスト座談会をご紹介

www.monolithsoft.co.jp

Monolith Soft artist roundtable. Some new art made by the artists:

are these all from xenoblade

 

[chocolate_supra]

are these all from xenoblade

First one reminds me of Erythia Sea, third one almost makes me think of the Tornan titan, and the fourth has heavy XBX vibes

But no, unless they're concept art of those things.

 

[TheGreatLugia]

Monolith has 264 staff as of December 2022. For context, they were at 273 staff as of December 2021.

are these all from xenoblade

All of the art on that page seems to be from art contests in the studio, so none of the pieces seem to be related to game projects at all.

 

[Supreme Overlord]

MonolithSoft always has some nice artwork (especially when they put out hiring notices). There're certainly been some, not directly related to any particular projects, which have intriguing promise if only something were ever to come of them.

They're neat on their own, regardless.

 

[thoughthaver]

First one reminds me of Erythia Sea, third one almost makes me think of the Tornan titan, and the fourth has heavy XBX vibes

But no, unless they're concept art of those things.

All of the art on that page seems to be from art contests in the studio, so none of the pieces seem to be related to game projects at all.

we're lucky the nintendo uncles cant get their hands on these. imagine if they tried passing them off as concept art for a new game.

 

[Supreme Overlord]

we're lucky the nintendo uncles cant get their hands on these. imagine if they tried passing them off as concept art for a new game.

A true Nintendo Uncle would create the artwork for us themselves so we can actually see what's happening behind the scenes.

 

[chocolate_supra]

A true Nintendo Uncle would create the artwork for us themselves so we can actually see what's happening behind the scenes.

This just made me picture courtroom sketches but Nintendo

 

[neon]

I think we have a quick X port in order. 3 already finishes up the whole original arc quite neatly so i'd imagine that it would be a while till 4. Additionally it would make no sense to leave the switch with being so close to the definitive place for xenoblade but omitting one game stuck on a failed console. Would also fit in well for that 2023 year of ports rumor.

 

[TheGreatLugia]

I think we have a quick X port in order. 3 already finishes up the whole original arc quite neatly so i'd imagine that it would be a while till 4. Additionally it would make no sense to leave the switch with being so close to the definitive place for xenoblade but omitting one game stuck on a failed console. Would also fit in well for that 2023 year of ports rumor.

If XCX comes back I wouldn't expect to hear about it this year. The XC3 DLC will probably be the focus for 2023.

 

[Procheno]

Monolith has 264 staff as of December 2022. For context, they were at 273 staff as of December 2021.


All of the art on that page seems to be from art contests in the studio, so none of the pieces seem to be related to game projects at all.

I see that as contextually pretty good. In December 2021, they were in late stage development with their biggest game ever, now they're probably in turnover period between big projects with many of their contractors gone completing their XB3 work. So that means they're either quickly replacing or keeping those contractors and holding up well against the standard postgame development decline. So once their next big game is in peak development, I assume they'll push higher in employee count than ever

 

[Momo]

Hot take: Lin is a great character and I don’t understand why she isn’t as popular as Elma.