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# Can Monolith Soft save Zelda from itself?
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/can-monolift-soft-save-zelda-itself/
- Published: 2013-11-18T20:12:08.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:13:26.000Z
- Description: If the internet is to be believed—and they should, at least occasionally—The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for 3DS is sublime. And for that we owe credit to Monolith Soft, the Nintendo-owned subsidiary responsible for role-playing series that are prefixed with Xena, namely Xenosaga and Xeno
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, legend of zelda, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

If the internet is to be believed—and they should, at least occasionally—*The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds* for 3DS is sublime. And for that we owe credit to Monolith Soft, the Nintendo-owned subsidiary responsible for role-playing series that are prefixed with *Xena*, namely *Xenosaga* and *Xenoblade*. They were brought into the fray to help with development of the latest game about breaking clay pots and harassing innocent chickens. Oh yeah, and Triforces, and world-conquering evildoers, and other things.

The extent of Monolith Soft’s involvement is unknown, as [the source of this information](http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=%5Ft&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnintendo-online.de%2F3ds%2Fnews%2F15179%2Fmonolith-soft-war-an-zelda-a-link-between-worlds-beteiligt&ref=killscreen.com) is brought into English by way of Google Translate. But the studio is known for creating games with sweeping vistas, epic (if epically predicable) scenarios, and, importantly, difficulty, an element that has been *in absentia* in the *Zelda* franchise for years. Did Nintendo decide to bring on Monolith Soft to better appeal to the aging Nintendo aficionado?

As our own resident Nintendo aficionado Jon Irwin pointed out when *A Link Between Worlds* was announced, Nintendo often courts younger audiences, but now that those of us who played *Zelda* as tikes have aged, our expectations have changed. There has been a lot of talk lately about how Eiji Aonuma, long time director of the series, wants to freshen up the tried and tired, but true *Zelda* formula of a.) find item, b.) use item to clear dungeon, c.) move on. Maybe this is a hint at the direction they’ll go in.