Has Monolith surpassed Retro Studio as new Nintendo elite studio?

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MTZehvor said:

Jumpin said:

Retro Studios vs. Monolithsoft.

Lets look at it this way.

This generation, Retro Studios released Donky Kong Country TF and re-designed some old tracks to be ported over to Mario Kart 7.

Monolithsoft developed or co-developed:
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
Animal Crossing New Leaf
Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Splatoon
Pikmin
Project X Zone
Project X Zone 2
Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer

 

Which releases do you like more, the Monolithsoft releases or Retro?

Couple things.

Firstly, up until a recent hiring spree in mid-2014, Retro was roughly half the size of Monolith Soft; a comparison between the two in terms of total output is entirely unfair. They're still 25% smaller and are still restricted to one development studio, whereas Monolith has two (one in Tokyo and one in Kyoto).

Secondly, very minor note, but if you're including re-releases in your comparison, Retro also developed DKCR 3D.

 

I did not know Retro was so small, I thought they were around the same size than Monolith before Monolith opened a new studio. 50-60 people is very small to do HD games, that's maybe why they choose to make a 2D game.

Anyway we shouldn't juge the co-developpement, only the gaames they made completely because we don't know what exactly they did or didn't. Skyward Sword for exemple was the work of EAD, so was Mario Kart 7.