Square Enix

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Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Image:Square Enix.png
Type Public
Founded August 1982 (as Enix)
Location Tokyo, Japan
Key people Yasuhiro Fukushima, Chairman
Yoichi Wada, President
Keiji Honda, Executive Vice President
Industry Software & Programming

Books & Magazines (In Japan only)

Products Final Fantasy video game franchise
Dragon Quest video game franchise
Revenue $598.3M USD (Image:Green up.png227% FY '03 to '04)
Employees 2,706 (as of September 30, 2004)
Website www.square-enix.com

Square Enix (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) (TYO: 9684) is a Japanese producer of video games and manga. Square Enix is best known for its computer role-playing game franchises, which include both the Final Fantasy series and the Dragon Quest series (previously known as Dragon Warrior in North America). Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between Square Co., Ltd. and Enix that took effect as of April 1, 2003. Enix officially absorbed Square, with Square stockholders receiving only 0.81 shares of stock in the new company compared to Enix stockholders receiving a one-to-one trade. Despite this, many top officials within Square assumed leadership roles in the new corporate hierarchy, including Square president Yoichi Wada, who was appointed president of the new corporation.

Square Enix has regional operations, including Square Enix, Inc. (for all of North America) and Square Enix, Ltd. (for Europe and other areas that use the PAL-television standard). On August 22, 2005, Square Enix announced their acquisition of Taito Corporation,

As of 2005, Square Enix has produced titles for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo Game Cube video game consoles, as well as for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance handheld game console. The company has announced titles for the upcoming PlayStation 3, Nintendo Revolution, and Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles, as well as for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable (PSP). In addition, they have published games for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers, and for various models of mobile phone.

Square Enix's Dragon Quest franchise is considered the most popular game series in Japan, and each new installment of the series routinely breaks Japanese sales records. The Final Fantasy franchise has been considered Square Enix's most important asset, and is the best selling Square Enix franchise worldwide.

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Complete game list

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Nintendo DS games

All games are forthcoming.

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Game Boy Advance games

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Nintendo GameCube games

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Nintendo Revolution games

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Wonderswan Color games

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Mobile phone games

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PC games

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Sony PlayStation games

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Sony PlayStation 2 games

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Sony PlayStation 3

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Sony PlayStation Portable games

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Microsoft Xbox 360 games

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Film

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Manga

The company also has a manga publishing division in Japan called Gangan Comics. It publishes manga for the Japanese market only. It also publishes a popular Japanese manga anthology called Shonen Gangan. Titles published by Gangan Comics include Papua (manga), Spiral, and Fullmetal Alchemist, the latter of which has been licensed for release in North America by Viz Media.

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