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Edited outdated information, globally tried to write the page better; also I don't think it's the correct page to talk about what DQ game they made, but that page should be more for general company info IMO
 
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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 = 2003 - present
|duration = 2003 - present
|keypeople = [[Yasuhiro Fukushima]], Honorary Chairman<br>[[Yōichi Wada]], President and CEO<br>[[Keiji Honda]], Executive Vice President
|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]
}}
}}


'''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 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]].


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.
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.'''


==Dragon Quest Games developed by Square Enix==
They also own [[Taito Corporation]].
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==
==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''.
 
On November 25, 2002, it was announced that ''Enix'' and ''Square'' would merge to form ''Square Enix'', which got effective a few months later.
 
==Games produced 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=Final_Fantasy_(series) Final Fantasy]
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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


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