The ‘Xenoblade’ IP is the brainchild of MonolithSoft, a current Nintendo second-party consisting of developers who originally worked for Squaresoft (now Square-Enix) on the original “Xenogears” back in the 5th Generation. Unable to complete their grand vision in 7 parts under the auspices of Square, the MonolithSoft employees would break away and move their endeavors to Namco (now Namco-Bandai/Bandai-Namco), where they produced the ‘Xenosaga’ trilogy. ‘Xenosaga’ was intended, like “Xenogears,” to be a much larger and sprawling series, taking place over 6 games, but was appended to three when the sales and critical reception for the games they did manage to release just weren’t there.
Leaving behind much of their IP with each successive publisher hop, MonolithSoft ... |
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