{"rewrite":{"id":"r_37568150b837e4c36004dac5","clusterId":"c_4e8bc3b6059cce3d28b31fba","slug":"monowave-lands-on-switch-as-phoenixx-details-its-publishing-deal","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"MONOWAVE Lands On Switch As Phoenixx Details Its Publishing Deal","summary":"Studio BBB released MONOWAVE on September 17, with Phoenixx handling publishing, the two companies said at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Phoenixx president Kazunori Sakamoto said he first saw the 2D puzzle action game at Taipei Game Show and pursued it for a year or two. Studio BBB CEO Lim Gwon-yong said four Phoenixx producers now work on the title.","whyItMatters":"The interview lays out what a Japanese indie publisher actually does for a Korean studio: multiplatform reach, market knowledge, and a four-person producer setup, with puzzle difficulty as the one thing both sides argued over.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePhoenixx president Kazunori Sakamoto first saw the game at Taipei Game Show, where his team also watched it pitched at a KOCCA event, and he kept after it for a year or two before the deal closed.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Studio BBB side, CEO Lim Gwon-yong said he pushed for the word co from the first round of talks, so that responsibility and rights would sit on both sides. The role Phoenixx grew into is unglamorous: schedule and QA management, PR, and arguing about game design with the developers, in English with Japanese-Korean interpreters brought in for fine points.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Phoenixx president Kazunori Sakamoto first saw MONOWAVE at Taipei Game Show and chased Studio BBB for a year or two before the September 17 Switch release.","twitterPost":"Sakamoto spent a year or two pursuing MONOWAVE after seeing it at Taipei Game Show. Four Phoenixx producers now work on it.","threadsPost":"Phoenixx's involvement with Studio BBB's MONOWAVE didn't start at a pitch meeting. President Kazunori Sakamoto found it at Taipei Game Show, pursued it for a year or two, and now four Phoenixx producers work on the game.","newsletterBlurb":"Studio BBB's MONOWAVE launched on Switch on September 17 with Phoenixx as publisher, and the two companies talked through the arrangement at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Phoenixx president Kazunori Sakamoto said he first saw the 2D puzzle action game at Taipei Game Show and followed it for a year or two. Studio BBB CEO Lim Gwon-yong said four Phoenixx producers now handle the title, with puzzle difficulty the main point of friction.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/930/G093058/20260921022/\",\"title\":\"数々の賞に輝いた韓国インディー「MONOWAVE」は，いかにして日本のパブリッシャと出会い，世に出たのか。Phoenixxと開発元Studio BBBに聞く［TGS2026］\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6258,"outputTokens":631,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791101662,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T08:11:53.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T08:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T08:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4e8bc3b6059cce3d28b31fba","canonicalTitle":"数々の賞に輝いた韓国インディー「MONOWAVE」は，いかにして日本のパブリッシャと出会い，世に出たのか。Phoenixxと開発元Studio BBBに聞く［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_218581502948f7579b6f416d","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"MONOWAVE\"],\"studios\":[\"Studio BBB\",\"Phoenixx\"],\"people\":[\"Lim Gwon-yong\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-23T02:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-23T02:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T08:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/930/G093058/20260921022/","title":"数々の賞に輝いた韓国インディー「MONOWAVE」は，いかにして日本のパブリッシャと出会い，世に出たのか。Phoenixxと開発元Studio BBBに聞く［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["MONOWAVE"],"studios":["Studio BBB","Phoenixx"],"people":["Lim Gwon-yong"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}