Square Co.

Public garden Co., Ltd . (more commonly Public garden ) is a Japanese company conceptrice of Video games, created in 1983. In the beginning, Square belonged to a firm of Conception of software S, Denyûsha.

In 1985, Square starts to create plays for the console BORN. The unfruitful sales of the year 1987 endanger the company. An employee, Hironobu Sakaguchi, is then charged to create a play of the last chance to save the company.

He creates then Final Fantasy, an adventure being held in a fantastic world , in which four crowned crystals (based on the Four traditional elements) determine the future of the world. Final Fantasy obtains an unexpected success which starts again the company and Final Fantasy II in 1988 enables him to launch. The company produced many other versions of Final Fantasy since, the principal series while being with number XII.

Square also produced other plays, such as Seiken Densetsu (Secret off Mana in North America and Europe), Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Chrono Cross-country race, Vagrant Story or Kingdom Hearts.

Public garden Pictures , division cinema of Public garden Co., Ltd., will realize in 2001 the film Final fantasy, the creatures of the spirit , first feature film entirely in realistic synthesized images, like the last flight of Osiris , included in Animatrix, a whole of 9 court-measurings carried out by great names of animation and being held in the universe of the film Matrix. The realization of the film Final Fantasy: the Creatures of the spirit , from average the revolutionary techniques that it requires, will explode with many recoveries the budget initially envisaged. Relatively thin success that it will obtain will achèvra to carry out the company at the edge of the bankruptcy, forcing it to find a partner or a transferee.

In 2003, Square Co. , Ltd. amalgamate then with Enix, another Japanese company of Video game known in particular for its series Dragon Quest, principal rival of Public garden on the market of the RPG, with an aim of rationalizing the costs and of being more competitive. The new company bears from now on the name of Square Enix and is essential like a major pillar of the video game of role on Japan and in the rest of the world.

Squaresoft is a Registered trademark used by Square between 1992 and 2003 in various products. Its name is sometimes assimilated in the name of the company itself, which however should be distinguished.

Logigraphy

  • NEC PC-8801

    • 1984 : The Death Trap
    • 1985 : Will
    • 1986 : Cruise To drive out Blassty, Alpha, King' S Special Knight
    • 1987 : Genesis

  • Game Boy
    • 1989 : Final Fantasy Legend
    • 1991 : Final Fantasy Adventure, Final Fantasy Legend II
    • 1992 : Final Fantasy Legend III

  • GameCube
    • 2004 : Final Fantasy Hook Chronicles

  • Nintendo DS
    • 2005 : Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
    • 2006 : Children off Mana, Mario Slam Basketball, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Bruise, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
    • 2007 : Face Mission 1st, Heroes off Mana, Final Fantasy XII Ghost Wings, Final Fantasy Chronicles Hook: Boxing ring off Fates, It' S.A. Wonderful World, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2
    • Dragon Quest IX

See too

Internal bonds

  • Final Fantasy for information on the series
  • Public garden Enix, for the company amalgamated with Enix

External bonds

  • Official site: http://www.square-enix.com

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