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|type = Public | |type = Public | ||
|organized = September 22, 1975 as [[Enix Corporation|Enix]]<br>April 1, 2003 renamed as Square Enix | |organized = September 22, 1975 as [[Enix Corporation|Enix]]<br>April 1, 2003 renamed as Square Enix | ||
|duration = | |duration = 2003 - present | ||
|keypeople = [[Yasuhiro Fukushima]], Honorary Chairman<br>[[Yōichi Wada]], President and CEO<br>[[Keiji Honda]], Executive Vice President | |keypeople = [[Yasuhiro Fukushima]], Honorary Chairman<br>[[Yōichi Wada]], President and CEO<br>[[Keiji Honda]], Executive Vice President | ||
|location = Tokyo, Japan | |location = Tokyo, Japan | ||
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'''SQUARE ENIX''' is a Japanese corporation specializing in the development and publishing of video games, especially role-playing games. Square Enix was formed on April 1, 2003, when [[Enix Corporation|Enix]] merged with former rival Square following the latter's financial bankruptcy in light of the box office disappointment of ''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within''. Intellectual properties owned by the company includes the {{DQSeries}} and the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series of role-playing games, among several others. | |||
''' | Square Enix is one of the largest multimedia companies in the world, publishing manga through Gangan comics with international hits such as ''Soul Eater'', extensive merchandising products such as the [[Dragon Quest Sofubi Monster]]s, and a series of films based on the ''Final Fantasy'' series. While the the separation of the various franchises has been maintained since the merger of the preceding companies small cameos do occur such as [[Golem]]s appearing in the MMORPG ''Final Fantasy XIV'' during a cross-promotion of the game and {{Dragon Quest X}}, as well as the cross-over board game series [[Fortune Street]] featuring characters and locales from both series. | ||
Square Enix | ==Dragon Quest Games developed by Square Enix== | ||
As Enix was originally a publishing company rather than a software development house, Dragon Quest games were traditionally outsourced by intellectual property owner [[Armor Project]] to development studios such as [[Chunsoft]], [[Heartbeat]], and [[TOSE]]. This would continue to be the operating procedure for Square Enix through the release of {{DQ9}}, which was handled by [[Level-5]]. After this, development was switched to an in-house model for ''Dragon Quest X'' and {{DQ11}} to utilize the extensive production talent cultivated within the company. | |||
==Game Series produced by Square Enix== | |||
==Game Series by Square Enix== | |||
*Dragon Quest | *Dragon Quest | ||
*[http://seiwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Final_Fantasy_(series) Final Fantasy] | |||
*[http://seiwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mana_(series) Mana] | |||
*[http://seiwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kingdom_Hearts_(series) Kingdom Hearts] | |||
*Star Ocean | *Star Ocean | ||
*Valkyrie Profile | *Valkyrie Profile | ||
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*Drakengard | *Drakengard | ||
*Itadaki Street | *Itadaki Street | ||
*Chrono Trigger | *Chrono Trigger | ||
*Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars ( | *[[Super Mario]] RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (co-owned by [[Nintendo]]) | ||
*Super Smash Bros | *Super Smash Bros. | ||
**Cloud Strife and the area Midgar were incorporated in the 4th installment of | **Cloud Strife and the area Midgar were incorporated in the 4th installment of Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' series (for the {{3DS}} and Wii U). | ||
**Cloud Strife and Midgar returned in {{SSB5}} which also saw the ''SSB'' debut of [[Hero]] | **Cloud Strife and Midgar returned in {{SSB5}} which also saw the ''SSB'' debut of [[Hero (Super Smash Bros.)|Heroes]] of Dragon Quest as playable characters with [[Yggdrasil's Altar]] being their home stage. Sephiroth and Northern Cave were also added as DLC, along with Sora and Hollow Bastion. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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*[[Square Enix Europe, Ltd.]], European and PAL localization subsidiary | *[[Square Enix Europe, Ltd.]], European and PAL localization subsidiary | ||
*[[Square Enix (China) Co., Ltd.]], Chinese localization subsidiary | *[[Square Enix (China) Co., Ltd.]], Chinese localization subsidiary | ||
*[[Dragon Quest at Home]], the arts and crafts section of the website | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||