Monolith Soft
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Founded | October 1, 1999[1] |
First Super Mario game | Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) |
Latest Super Mario game | Mario Kart World (2025) |
Current president | Hirohide Sugiura |
Monolith Software Inc., doing business as Monolith Soft, is a Japanese video game developer best known for the Xenoblade Chronicles series of video games. Monolith Soft was created by former employees of Squaresoft as a subsidiary of Namco (later Bandai Namco). Nintendo acquired a controlling 80% stake in the company in 2007, which increased to 96% in 2012 before Nintendo bought the company outright in 2024. Monolith Soft assisted in the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart World.
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Title | Year released | Console | Notes |
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 2008 | Wii | Co-developed with Sora Ltd., HAL Laboratory, Game Arts, Paon, and Intelligent Systems |
Mario Kart World | 2025 | Nintendo Switch 2 | Co-developed with Nintendo EPD, 1-UP Studio, and Bandai Namco Studios |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ COMPANY | Monolith Soft. Monolith Soft (English). Retrieved July 23, 2025.