History YMMV / MonolithSoft

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are sub-series within the same franchise. While this is an understandable conclusion, due to all of them being created by Monolith Soft[[note]](or, in the case of ''Xenogears'', the team that would become Monolith Soft)[[/note]] and sharing the "Xeno" name, this actually isn't the case. They are three separate [=IPs=] owned by [[Creator/SquareEnix three]] [[Creator/BandaiNamco separate]] [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} companies]], all with their own separate narratives and continuities; the continued use of "Xeno" by each subsequent franchise is a mix of CreatorDrivenSuccessor (''Saga'') and ProductionThrowback (''Blade''), but that's about it. This misconception not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway as "the Xeno games", even those who are 100% aware of this fact. [[spoiler:This then turned right back around in the final chapter of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed'' where it namedrops many elements of other games, as well as the GaidenGame ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'', and TheStinger even shows KOS-MOS falling to the ''Xenoblade'' merged world, officially tying all game series together.]]

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are sub-series within the same franchise. While this is an understandable conclusion, due to all of them being created by Monolith Soft[[note]](or, in the case of ''Xenogears'', the team that would become Monolith Soft)[[/note]] and sharing the "Xeno" name, this actually isn't the case. They are three separate [=IPs=] owned by [[Creator/SquareEnix three]] [[Creator/BandaiNamco separate]] [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} companies]], all with their own separate narratives and continuities; the continued use of "Xeno" by each subsequent franchise is a mix of CreatorDrivenSuccessor (''Saga'') and ProductionThrowback (''Blade''), but that's about it. This misconception not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway as "the Xeno games", even those who are 100% aware of this fact.

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and continuities, not meant to be sharing any form of universe, or even multiverse. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more (a bit like the ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock'' franchises, or ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''). This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact. Thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity, which can be misleading for casual observers and newcomers (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and continuities, not meant to be sharing any form of universe, or even multiverse. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more (a bit like the ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock'' franchises, for instance). This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact. Thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity, which can be misleading for casual observers and newcomers (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and continuities, not meant to be sharing any form of universe, or even multiverse. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more (a bit like the ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock'' franchises, for instance). This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact. Thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity, which can be misleading for casual observers and newcomers (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and continuities, not meant to be sharing any form of universe, or even multiverse. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more (a bit like the ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock'' franchises, for instance). This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact. Thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity, which can be misguided for casual observers and newcomers (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and continuities, not meant to be sharing any form of universe nor multiverse. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more (a bit like the ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock'' franchises, for instance). This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact. Thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity, which can be misguided for casual observers and newcomers (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and continuities, not meant to be sharing any form of universe nor multiverse. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more. This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact. Thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity, which can be misguided for casual observers and newcomers (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).

* CommonKnowledge: ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' are NOT the same franchise. They are three separate [=IPs=], owned by three separate companies, with three separate narratives and universes/multiverses. While it's true that they share many elements out of the fact that they were created by the same group of people, the connections are supposed to be only spiritual, and nothing more. This is not helped by the fact that fans of Monolith's work like to lump them together anyway, even those who are 100% aware of this fact, and thus, they are called "the Xeno series" for the sake of brevity (some fans have suggested to use "the Xeno games" or "the Xeno metaseries" instead, but with little avail).