Xenoblade Chronicles series developer Monolith Soft is currently working on a large scale role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch 2.
Monolith Soft Tokyo is currently recruiting (via Stealth40k) developers to work on a large scale role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch 2. The studio has been explaining what each of the roles does on Twitter/X with the aim of attracting fresh talent.
Earlier this year, known insider NWeedle had hinted that Monolith Soft’s next title will be a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles X. Back in May, 2022, the leaker had correctly leaked the existence of Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition. No release window was mentioned by them for the sequel. If we were to guess, the game may be released sometime during 2026 or 2027 depending on how far its development has progressed thus far.
Back in August, 2024, Monolith Soft Director/CCO and Xenoblade Chronicles series General Director, Tetsuya Takahashi, had shared a series of job listings alongside a message on its official website, in which he revealed that the studio is working on a new role-playing game. He couldn’t go into details at the time, though he said that the game is a “new RPG.” The aforementioned title is taking on many new challenges compared to previous Monolith Soft titles. He mentioned that the content to be created is becoming more sophisticated, so the studio needs many talented people, which is why he has shared the recruitment post. At the time, it wasn’t known that the the next title from Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft is being made exclusively for Nintendo’s new platform, the Switch 2.
Later during the same month, Takahashi, had said that he believed in going on the offense rather than playing on defense, and looked in the direction of change rather than maintain. According to him, the next entry in the Xenoblade series will likely be something vastly different from what came before. He added that, in terms of presentation and music, he would like to make his next project something that will betray everyone’s expectations in a good way.
