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Nintendo & Monolith Soft Appear To Have Acquired The Xenosaga IP From Bandai Namco
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Key Points:
- Nintendo and Monolith Soft appear to have acquired the Xenosaga RPG series intellectual property from Bandai Namco Entertainment, as indicated by the absence of Bandai Namco's licensing watermark in recent promotional material.
- The inclusion of MOMO, a character from Xenosaga, as a cameo Blade in Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition further supports this potential acquisition.
- Bandai Namco has removed Xenosaga and another Monolith Soft-related IP, Baten Kaitos, from its Japanese licenses webpage, suggesting a transfer of rights.
- The Japanese Nintendo store page for Xenoblade Chronicles: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition credits only Nintendo and Monolith Soft for MOMO, reinforcing the notion that they now hold the IP rights.
- Despite this, Bandai Namco remains listed as developer and copyright holder of the recent Xenosaga: Pied Piper release on Steam, indicating the deal may have been finalized after that game's launch.
