I just don't understand why people are trying to tell us not to expect a new IP. All of you and I were parroting it was a new IP for the past 2 years. Nothing says they started on Zelda. It could go either way.
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Monolithsoft Hiring Staff For New Entry in the Legend of Zelda series
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Yeah, the number of IPs that Monolith Soft is associated with as their own creations is pretty small:
Xeno-
Baten Kaitos
Project X Zone
Soma Bringer
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Am I missing anything?
It says they did Super Robot games. I never heard of them, but that's it.
Again they're hiring the same positions as last year. They probably started helping Nintendo when Nintendo was ready to make a game after Botw. They're making their new IP and helping Zelda since 2017. I feel like that's reasonable to say.
It could be anything but the Xeno series, which is what they're known for. I also think it applies to Soma Bringer, Baten Kaitos, or Disaster.
Zelda is a bit tricky to figure out. I think the Zelda games don't fall under their "brand image" despite having worked on several games. It almost fits the description of what MS were searching for two years ago.
I'm curious when it will be announced, E3 seems too soon and Nintendo may want to not have Pokémon or Animal Crossing overshadowed, a September Direct could work, but I was thinking it would be announced via a teaser at the Game Awards and a reveal in a January/February Direct. That would give Nintendo 10-11 months for marketing with a big E3/Treehouse presence at E3 2020. Though I would be all for it being revealed this E3.
Because it came from a certain someone on NeoGAF who translated the recruitment page (I'm not naming the person out of respect for them). They mistakenly assumed it was a new IP from the very beginning. Everyone, including me, thought it was stated to be a new IP because of this person's misunderstanding.
Monolith never had engineering on BOTW. They co-developed the topography/animation (Tokyo) and worked on assets (Kyoto). The DLC however, did have some Monolith programmers assisting Nintendo programmers.
Well, regarding the attire seen in the sketch with the red dragon, the color combination indeedly looks like something Sheik or even Impa could wear, of course like with everything else it could be a coincidence.
Part of that involved speculation too, there's a lot of uncertainity beyond what Monolith Soft and Nintendo themselves have said.
Oh god, if this is a solo project it will have the worst character designs of the entire franchise.
British Link and Zelda. Navy constantly shouting "Oi" instead of HEY
So they had some programmers working on Botw DLC. You can say those same programmers started helping with the next 3D Zelda game. That doesn't mean the Production 2 team didn't start a new IP at the same time.
About previous Zelda collaborations, I think that Skyward Sword and Link Between Worlds were made (assisted) by the asset studio in Kyoto just like with Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin or Smash Bros, and not the main team in Tokyo that lend half of their employees to make Breath of the wild, but I can't find any article or source that says this or otherwise. It'd be great if someone has information about this.
Smash Bros. Brawl and Skyward Sword were developed before the Kyoto studio opened, so I think the Tokyo studio assisted on both of those.
The rest of the games you mention were assisted by the Kyoto studio aside from Breath of the Wild. I don't remember if Breath of the Wild was just Monolith Tokyo or both Monolith Tokyo and Kyoto.
It's interesting to see Nintendo confirming that they are making a new Zelda in collaboration with Monolithsoft this way. We all knew that Aonuma and the team were working on something, but letting Monolith open work offers especifically for a Zelda project is really interesting.
I've been keeping up with this thread on and off, but have lost track - is Zelda the 'new IP' or can we expect something else along with Zelda and Xeno?
I love Monolith Soft, but have mixed emotions if they really are at the helm of a new Zelda game.
It would be great to see the studio hit the big leagues in a major way by having an even larger role in one of Nintendo's biggest franchises.
But I also think MS have way more to offer the world than 'just' Zelda, with all due respect.
I love Monolith Soft, but have mixed emotions if they really are at the helm of a new Zelda game.
It would be great to see the studio hit the big leagues in a major way by having an even larger role in one of Nintendo's biggest franchises.
But I also think MS have way more to offer the world than 'just' Zelda, with all due respect.
Yeah, that makes sense. I think that many people in the Kyoto team were working in Tokyo before the studio opened, Honne-san, for starters. If that's true, then they had a small assist team before they moved to Kyoto and hired more people, so the people working in SS was probably not the same that helped with BOTW...
I agree, but I'm not concerned. If they let Takahashi do his thing, and the second team (Zelda) don't interfere, I'm happy. And that's what's apparently happening.
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