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|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 = [[ | |keypeople = [[Takashi Kiryu]], CEO<br>[[Yasuhiro Fukushima]], Honorary Chairman and biggest shareholder | ||
|location = Tokyo, Japan | |location = Tokyo, Japan | ||
|website = [http://www.square-enix.com www.square-enix.com] | |website = [http://www.square-enix.com www.square-enix.com] | ||
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'''Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス) is a Japanese corporation mostly known for its many RPGs, such as ''Dragon Quest'' or ''Final Fantasy''. Square Enix as it is known now was originally formed on April 1, 2003, from a merger between [[Enix]] and [[Square]]. | |||
''' | Their main operating company is '''Square Enix Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス), their Japanese offices. They also have their American subsidiary, '''Square Enix, Inc.''', and their European subsidiary, '''Square Enix Ltd.''' | ||
They also own [[Taito Corporation]]. | |||
==Before Square Enix== | |||
Prior to April 2003, [[Enix]] and [[Square]] were too different independent companies. | |||
[[Enix Corporation]] (株式会社エニックス) was founded September 22, 1975 by [[Yasuhiro Fukushima]], originally under the name of ''Eidansha Boshu Service Center'' (営団社募集サービスセンター), a publishing company for real estate tabloids. The company was rebranded and renamed to ''Enix'' on August 30, 1982, after which it started to get in the gaming business, with ''Dragon Quest'' releasing in 1986. | |||
* | [[Square|Square Co., Ltd.]] (株式会社スクウェア) was founded in September 1986 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It was originally operating prior to that as a branch to Masafumi's father's company, Den-Yu-Sha, but became independent later. In 1987, Square released ''Final Fantasy''. | ||
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*'' | On November 25, 2002, it was announced that ''Enix'' and ''Square'' would merge to form ''Square Enix'', which got effective a few months later. | ||
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==Games produced by Square Enix== | |||
*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 | |||
*Valkyrie Profile | |||
*Radiata Stories | |||
*Grandia | |||
*Drakengard | |||
*Itadaki Street | |||
*Chrono Trigger | |||
*[[Super Mario]] RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (co-owned by [[Nintendo]]) | |||
*Super Smash Bros. | |||
**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 (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 | ||
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