| Enix Corporation (株式会社エニックス Kabushiki-gaisha Enikkusu?) | |
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| Type | Public (defunct) |
| Founded | September 22 1975 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Keiji Honda, President Yasuhiro Fukushima, Founder and CEO |
| Industry | Software & Programming & Publishing |
| Products | Dragon Quest video game franchise Star Ocean video game franchise |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Employees | N/A |
| Website | www.square-enix.co.jp www.square-enix.com www.square-enix-europe.com |
The Enix Corporation (株式会社エニックス 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 (株式会社営団社募集サービスセンター Kabushiki Gaisha Eidansha Boshū Sābisu Sentā?) and renamed Enix in 1982.[1] On April 1, 2003, Enix merged with Square Co., Ltd., and as the surviving entity became the modern day company Square Enix.[1]
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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 it's 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 corporation was in existence from 1990 to 1995. 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.[1] 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.[2]
List of games
References
- ^ a b c Square Enix. Square Enix History (timeline). Square-Enix.com.
- ^ Stone, Cortney (2003). Enix America Shuts Down. RPGamer.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
