{"id":128018,"date":"2022-09-11T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-137461"},"modified":"2022-09-11T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T15:30:00","slug":"xenoblade-chronicles-studio-monolith-soft-helped-out-with-splatoon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/11\/xenoblade-chronicles-studio-monolith-soft-helped-out-with-splatoon-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenoblade Chronicles Studio Monolith Soft Helped Out With Splatoon 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/099919152abce\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/099919152abce\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Smash Bros - Nintendo Life IMG\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/099919152abce\/smash-bros-nintendo-life-img.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/099919152abce\/smash-bros-nintendo-life-img.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Smash Bros - Nintendo Life IMG\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Monolith Soft has become one of Nintendo&#8217;s top developers working on huge IPs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/xenoblade_chronicles\">Xenoblade Chronicles<\/a> and also assisting as a support team on multiple other projects.<\/p>\n<p>If the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_3\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a> wasn&#8217;t already impressive enough this year, it seems the Japanese studio has provided assistance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a> as well. The company&#8217;s website has been updated to reflect this. It&#8217;s not mentioned what exactly it did, but it previously supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/splatoon\">Splatoon<\/a> &#8211; so it&#8217;s not all that surprising to see it&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Monolith Soft Company Website\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad5d321a13ce5\/monolith-soft-company-website.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDQwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"440\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad5d321a13ce5\/monolith-soft-company-website.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Monolith Soft Company Website\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Monolith Soft&#8217;s website<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is now the eighth Nintendo Switch game the company has provided support for. It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/04\/monolith_soft_announces_large_expansion_as_work_on_zelda_breath_of_the_wild_2_continues\">helping out with<\/a> the sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a> and has an Expansion Pass planned for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.<\/p>\n<p>Monolith Soft in recent years has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/04\/xenoblade_chronicles_developer_monolith_soft_now_has_272_employees\">expanded to hundreds of employees<\/a> across multiple offices. It has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/xenoblade_studio_monolith_soft_actually_helped_out_with_animal_crossing_new_horizons\">previously assisted<\/a> with games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a>, and many other Nintendo titles in the past. Have you been enjoying Splatoon 3 so far? How about Xenoblade Chronicles 3? <em>Tell us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monolith Soft has become one of Nintendo&#8217;s top developers working on huge IPs like Xenoblade Chronicles and also assisting as a support team on multiple other projects. If the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 wasn&#8217;t already impressive enough this year, it seems the Japanese studio has provided assistance with Splatoon 3 as well. 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