Nintendo has been doing a great job in recent years on multiple levels, and one of those levels has been letting certain teams go “full-tilt” with various properties, both home-grown and not. For example, Grezzo was the team brought in to do The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and they crushed it. Meanwhile, Nintendo bought Monolith Soft over a decade ago, and The Big N has allowed them to develop the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise to exciting heights and quality. The team even announced Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition recently, and fans are really excited about that.
The company recently celebrated 25 years of life, and apparently, the team is hoping to be a bit more transparent in the future, as this reveal from insider Stealth notes:
2025 could be a big year for Monolith Soft.
Not only are we getting Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition, but I fully expect them to announce their next major JRPG project at the Switch 2 showcase.
With "Xeno" being more popular than ever, I hope Namco rethinks their…
— Stealth (@Stealth40k) November 13, 2024
While Stealth’s predictions can’t be confirmed just yet, they are fair in their scope. XC2 was announced during the January Switch reveal event in 2017, which turned out to be a big “nightcap” to the 2017 year when it was released that December. Furthermore, fans are eagerly anticipating what likely will be Xenoblade Chronicles 4, or an entirely new project that Monolith Soft has teased in the past.
Either way, hearing more from the company is something we’re excited about.
