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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 Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu) is a video game and publishing company based in Japan best known for its [[console role-playing game]] franchises, which include the ''Dragon Quest'' series, the ''Final Fantasy'' series, and the action-RPG ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. | '''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 Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu) is a video game and publishing company based in Japan best known for its [[console role-playing game]] franchises, which include the ''Dragon Quest'' series, the ''Final Fantasy'' series, and the action-RPG ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. | ||
'''Square Enix''' was formed as the result of a merger between | '''Square Enix''' was formed as the result of a merger between '''Square Co.''' and the '''Enix Corporation'''. On April 1, 2003, Enix legally absorbed Square, with Square stockholders receiving 0.85 shares of stock in the new company compared to Enix stockholders receiving a one-to-one trade. As part of the merger, many of the top officials within Square Co. assumed the leadership roles in the new corporate hierarchy, including president Yōichi Wada, who was appointed president of the new corporation. | ||
The company also owns [[Taito Corporation]] and Square Enix Europe (which owns fellow publisher and developer [[Eidos Interactive]]). | The company also owns [[Taito Corporation]] and Square Enix Europe (which owns fellow publisher and developer [[Eidos Interactive]]). | ||
==Square Co.== | |||
'''Square Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社スクウェア Kabushiki-gaisha Sukuwea) was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix. | |||
Squaresoft was also a brand name used by Square between 1992 and 2003. As such, the name is often used (incorrectly) to refer to the entire organization, but the Japanese corporate name remained Square Co., Ltd. until the Enix merger. | |||
==Enix Corporation== | |||
The '''Enix Corporation''' (株式会社エニックス Kabushiki-gaisha Enikkusu) was a Japanese company that produced video games, Anime 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. The name is a play on the words "Phoenix", a mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes, and "ENIAC", the world's first digital computer. | |||
Enix is perhaps best known for publishing the ''Dragon Quest'' series of console role-playing games. The company merged with '''Square Co.''' in 2003 to become '''Square Enix'''. | |||
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