Nintendo Acquires Xenosaga Developer

[snkcube]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/784/784029p1.html

Yay or nay?

[whicker]

yay.

But Namco/Bandai tends to be whores when it comes to marketing.

As long as things don't turn into Nintenbandacolith, Inc. and katamari balls don't start rolling around in Mario games I'll stay happy.

[Neo Kaiser]

I didn't posted this yesterday because it will be painful to know. The possibility of a Xenogears remake now it is completely dead. Now we will see kiddie games of them... I hope that Nintendo stop marketing their products in a child orientation way.

[Deathlike2]

Right, like Nintendo will become more like MS or Sony...

[Joe Camacho]

I didn't posted this yesterday because it will be painful to know. The possibility of a Xenogears remake now it is completely dead. Now we will see kiddie games of them... I hope that Nintendo stop marketing their products in a child orientation way.

What? Seriously, you don't make sense most of the time.
Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Geist, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.. Nintendo can produce "MATURE" games.

It's not their problem you are so insecure you can't have fun playing games with mario on them. But looks like there are a lot of people that do, just look at the sale figures.

I assume they got Monolith because they need a studio to dedicate to RPGs, if we get more games in the quality of Baten Kaitos, then it's all good.

And a Xenogear's "remake" can't be dead if it hasn't been alive in the first place. Xenogear's characters, setting and other intellectual property are owned by Square, not by monolith.

[Neo Kaiser]

I didn't posted this yesterday because it will be painful to know. The possibility of a Xenogears remake now it is completely dead. Now we will see kiddie games of them... I hope that Nintendo stop marketing their products in a child orientation way.

What? Seriously, you don't make sense most of the time.
Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Geist, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.. Nintendo can produce "MATURE" games.

It's not their problem you are so insecure you can't have fun playing games with mario on them. But looks like there are a lot of people that do, just look at the sale figures.

I assume they got Monolith because they need a studio to dedicate to RPGs, if we get more games in the quality of Baten Kaitos, then it's all good.

And a Xenogear's "remake" can't be dead if it hasn't been alive in the first place. Xenogear's characters, setting and other intellectual property are owned by Square, not by monolith.

Mature but not as intense as Xenogears. BTW those Metroid games are rated T for teen. ED is the only mature title. But unless Nintendo allow the production of M titles in more quantities... But that's not the point, the point is that it would be better if SE bought the 80% instead of Nintendo . Xenogears was a great game and it deserved a remake.

[sweener2001]

RE4

RE0

RE1 remake

shut up. the M does not ever equal quality of any kind, anyway.

[snkcube]

shut up. the M does not ever equal quality of any kind, anyway.

Yes, of course. It's not like games HAVE to be M RATED to be FUN.

[Joe Camacho]

I didn't posted this yesterday because it will be painful to know. The possibility of a Xenogears remake now it is completely dead. Now we will see kiddie games of them... I hope that Nintendo stop marketing their products in a child orientation way.

What? Seriously, you don't make sense most of the time.
Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Geist, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.. Nintendo can produce "MATURE" games.

It's not their problem you are so insecure you can't have fun playing games with mario on them. But looks like there are a lot of people that do, just look at the sale figures.

I assume they got Monolith because they need a studio to dedicate to RPGs, if we get more games in the quality of Baten Kaitos, then it's all good.

And a Xenogear's "remake" can't be dead if it hasn't been alive in the first place. Xenogear's characters, setting and other intellectual property are owned by Square, not by monolith.

Mature but not as intense as Xenogears. BTW those Metroid games are rated T for teen. ED is the only mature title. But unless Nintendo allow the production of M titles in more quantities... But that's not the point, the point is that it would be better if SE bought the 80% instead of Nintendo . Xenogears was a great game and it deserved a remake.

Dude, I would like to play a NEW game for a change. And remember, SE were the ones that CUT content from Xenogears in the first place. So I don't see them REMAKING it, when they have two more successful franchises to produce games.

With this move, Nintendo can extend his RPG library to more than the Mario series, hey.. Maybe not as "kidde" as the mario universe, I wonder if someone could have thought of that? I would like to see another RPG from the Baten Kaitos team, even if it's not carded based, I had a lot of fun with the first one, and I will eventually buy origins.

The games I mention were the ones that were developed or produced by NINTENDO, so there is evidence that nintendo is willing to produce other games than the mario series, other games than "kiddie" games.

[Panzer88]

I don't know if I'd want to see Square Enix sucking up another good developer, the way they've been going lately.... straight down the shit shoot.

[casualsax3]

Uh, did you play Final Fantasy 12?

[Demios]

This thread is bursting with retard goodness. When I come back there better be a higher ratio of awesome posts in comparison to retarded posts.

[Jikmo]

This thread is bursting with retard goodness. When I come back there better be a higher ratio of awesome posts in comparison to retarded posts.

So next year I'll be staying in a suite at college with a bunch of people and there are going to be naked girls walking around all the time and occasional orgies.

Awesome enough?

[Mark57Raider]

I don't know if I'd want to see Square Enix sucking up another good developer, the way they've been going lately.... straight down the shit shoot.

I don't think this is about Square Enix, it's about Namco Bandai buying out Monolith Software. Final Fantasy 12 was indeed a very good game that they came out with. It's true that Square Enix isn't as good now as they have been just being separated in the past. As far as Nintendo buying Xenosaga it would probably seem worthwhile for them to tack on the project. Interesting enough games for both systems.

[Joe Camacho]

I don't know if I'd want to see Square Enix sucking up another good developer, the way they've been going lately.... straight down the shit shoot.

I don't think this is about Square Enix, it's about Namco Bandai buying out Monolith Software. Final Fantasy 12 was indeed a very good game that they came out with. It's true that Square Enix isn't as good now as they have been just being separated in the past. As far as Nintendo buying Xenosaga it would probably seem worthwhile for them to tack on the project. Interesting enough games for both systems.

And I wonder, if Monolith still holds the rights for the Xenosaga franchise, it can be owned by Namco, you know.

[badinsults]

I don't know, I played Xenogears for a couple of hours, and I did not see the appeal. I also watched my brother play Xenosaga for a few hours, and it seemed that most of the time was spent with movies rather than gameplay. Lame.

[Neo Kaiser]

Xenogears second disc was butchered but I hopped that it would be fixed on a remake. Baiten Kaitos looks good but I'm not interested in a card based battle system like Chain of Memories. I wonder why SE got rid of Monolith Soft on the first place.

[lockharte]

who cares

[Panzer88]

FFXII was alright, but I really wasn't that impressed, I expected a LOT more from them. The gameplay and story just isn't at the wow factor that it used to be. Square games used to be the most amazing looking compared to anything, where as now, there are so many games out there that have better presentation, and more interesting and original gameplay. It wasn't bad, but it was the exception to the rule of stuff they themselves have been putting out as a developer.

all the other stuff they publish but don't develope doesn't count, I'm looking at them as a developer, not a publisher, they are still publishing other people's good work, like Level 5 for example.

[Neo Kaiser]

For most people SE ended with Chrono Trigger.

[Panzer88]

mmm.... that's a little harsh, I'd be willing to vouch for several of their playstation ventures, I didn't mind the PlayStation Final Fantasy games.

[Joe Camacho]

For most people SE ended with Chrono Trigger.

Ah.. The merger happened LONG AFTER Chrono Trigger.

[Neo Kaiser]

For most people SE ended with Chrono Trigger.

Ah.. The merger happened LONG AFTER Chrono Trigger.

Square Soft half then.

[Panzer88]

For most people SE ended with Chrono Trigger.

Ah.. The merger happened LONG AFTER Chrono Trigger.

in fact, Chrono Trigger was the only time the two sides had cooperating forces before the merger, yes?

[MisterJones]

For most people SE ended with Chrono Trigger.

Ah.. The merger happened LONG AFTER Chrono Trigger.

in fact, Chrono Trigger was the only time the two sides had cooperating forces before the merger, yes?

I don't see how this statement is a fact.