Square Enix is Changing Its Game Plan, Getting Involved With Other Companies
Square Enix is held up with high regard in the gaming community, most notably for its continuing work in RPGs such as the Final Fantasy series and Lost Odyssey — though recent opinions of these franchises have been mixed. But the company has still been facing stiff competition from other game makers; so much so, that they’re now looking at joining efforts with other publishers by either buying stakes in other businesses or creating new alliances. According to president, Yoichi Wada, it sounds l
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The Enix Corporation(æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¨ãƒ‹ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹,Kabushiki-gaisha Enikkusu?) was a company that produced Japanese video games and manga. The company was founded by Yasuhiro Fukushima on September 22, 1975 as Eidansha Boshu Service Center (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾å–¶å›£ç¤¾å‹Ÿé›†ã‚µãƒ¼ãƒ“スセンター,Kabushiki Gaisha Eidansha BoshÅ« SÄbisu SentÄ?) and renamed Enix in 1982.
A merger between Square and its competitor Enix was in consideration since at least 2000; however, the financial failure of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within made Enix hesitant to join with a company that loses money, and the merge was delayed until April 1, 2003, when Enix merged with Square Co., Ltd., and as the surviving entity became the modern day company Square Enix.
History
Enix was most famous for the Dragon Quest series of games (released as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005). Other popular series published by Enix were the Soul Blazer series consisting of Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma developed by Quintet and the Star Ocean series developed by tri-Ace. The company also published manga, most notably the Fullmetal Alchemist series from its shonen magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan.
Enix had practically never been involved with game development. Enix was a publishing company . Although it is best known for publishing Dragon Quest, the first five games in that series were developed by Chunsoft; likewise, Quintet and tri-Ace developed their respective games that Enix published. Enix usually held the entire copyright for these games but sometimes the development company did as well as Enix.
Before gaining fame with Dragon Quest, Enix released video games for various Japanese home computer systems. One of its better known home computer title is Door Door, which was subsequently ported to the Famicom, but never saw any form of release outside of Japan.
Subsidiaries
Enix America Corporation was the corporation's first American localization subsidiary. It was organized after the release of Dragon Warrior by Nintendo of America in 1989. The subsidiary came into existence in 1990, but closed in November 1995 when the parent company decided not to release products in North America any longer.
Enix America, Inc., Enix's last American localization subsidiary, was organized in 1999 after the release of Dragon Warrior Monsters through a joint venture with Eidos. Paul Handelman, who was part of Enix America Corporation's staff, returned to lead Enix America, Inc. as President. The corporation was in existence until 2003, ceasing to exist after the merger with Square Co., Ltd.
List of games
List of Enix games
List of Square Enix games
References
^ abc Square Enix. Square Enix History (timeline). Square-Enix.com.
^ RPGamer > Square-Enix Gives Chrono Break Trademark Some Playmates
^ "Enix on a Quest", Nintendo Power #80, Nintendo, 1996, p. 58. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
^ Stone, Cortney (2003). Enix America Shuts Down. RPGamer.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
External links
Square Enix Global site
History of Enix and Square (official site)
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