History of Square Enix

The Beginning of Squaresoft

• Squaresoft was started by Masafumi Miyamato who was the son of a major electrical construction company of Dun-Ya-Sha in 1983 in Yokohama, Japan
• Got his two first programmers: Hironobuchi Sakaguchi and Hiromichi Tanaka in 1983 by a computer cafe that Masafumi made.
• Left from Den-Ya-Sha in August 1986
• First Games are Death Trap and its sequel Will and also was a porter of Pc to the Nes
• Hired Nobuo Uemastu in the 80's by composing for all their games from then on.
• It was thanks to Final Fantasy that would save the Company.

The Beginning of Enix

• Enix was started by Yasuhiro Fukashima in 1975
• Hired Akita Toriyama for Dragon Quest
• Was Originally a Publishing Company and was called Eidansha Boshu Service Center.

Major Events in Square and Enix

• Square Get a studio in Ueno, Tokyo in the 1987
• Square Moved from the Nintendo Consoles to Sony in 1994.
• While Enix moved and still published on Sony in 1997
• Squaresoft collabrating with Disney in the early 2000's

The Merger

• The merger was caused by the failed movie known as FF: The spirits within in April 2001 that bombed so hard that Square was risking majorlosses.
• Enix resisted the merger at first since Square was losing money thanks to the spirits within.
• It was until Sony came in and gave Square enough to get back their losses/acquire a bit of Square that Enix came in and joined them.
• This is how is Square and Enix mergered in 2003.

The Companies acquired by Square Enix

• Taito (2005)
• Eidos Interactive (2009)
• Hippos Lab (2012)

Well Known Games from Square Enix

• Dragon Quest (1986
• Final Fantasy (1987)
• Deus Ex/Hitman (2000)
• Just Cause(2006)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• Chrono Trigger (1995)

Manga exported by the Company

• Soul Eater(1991)
• Black Butler(2006)
• A Certain Magical Index(2007)
• Sekirei(2004)
• Space Dandy (2013)
• Corpse Princess (2005)
• Daily Lives of Highschool Boys (2009)
• Full Metal Alchemist (2001)

Sources

• Joshdrewhotmail. "All Your Complaints - History of Squaresoft Pt. 1." YouTube. YouTube, 11 Apr. 2013. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.
• Joshdrewhotmail. "All Your Complaints - History of Squaresoft pt. 2 "Final Fantasy"." YouTube. YouTube, 24 Aug. 2013. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.
• TheNintendoProject1. "Nintendo History: How Nintendo Lost Squaresoft." YouTube. YouTube, 29 May 2014. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.
• CitizenNapoleon. "Why Did Square and Enix Merge?" YouTube. YouTube, 25 Jan. 2016. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.
• Lore. "LORE -- Square Lore in a Minute!" YouTube. YouTube, 24 Jan. 2014. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.

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Mako reactor Credits

• Click to Megaranmusic. ""Mako Reactor" (Final Fantasy VII rap) by Random and Lost Perception (VIDEO)." YouTube. YouTube, 18 Jan. 2011. Web. 12 Apr. 2017 more text here
• Original Beat by Lost Perception.
• Original Album: Black Materia.
• Original Rapper: Mega Ran or A.K.A Random