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{{quote| "''Seex?''"}}
 
Enix was the older of the two merging companies, and it found success earlier. Founded in 1975 as the Eidansha Boshu Service Center, it changed its name to Enix in 1982, just before it entered the video game market. Enix's early games (which included some [[Eroge]]) were released principally on the Japanese [[PC 88|NEC PC-8801]] and Fujitsu FM-7 computers. Though games such as ''The PORTOPIA Serial Murder Case'' were quite popular in Japan, ''[[Dragon Quest I (Video Game)|Dragon Quest I]]'' was Enix's first game to be released internationally, albeit under the [[Market-Based Title]] ''Dragon Warrior'' (though they [[Justified Trope|had a good reason for this]]; a very similar trademark already existed).
 
Square's early years were leaner; they began as a division of the software company Denyusha. In 1984 they released their first game, ''The Death Trap'', whose modest success led them to create a few more original games, as well as technically unimpressive ports of ''[[Dragon Slayer (Video Game)|Dragon Slayer]]'' for the [[MSX]] and ''[[Thexder]]'' for the NES. After Square Co., Ltd. became independent in 1986, they started putting out a variety of forgettable games for the Famicom Disk System, and were not doing too well when, a year and a half after ''Dragon Quest'', they released an [[RPG]] called ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]''...
 
After the merger, fans were divided on how to refer to the company, as "Square Enix" was too unwieldy. Although some tried "Squarenix", it's now almost universally referred to as "Squeenix". Square Enix has even gotten in on this with their line "Squex Toys" in Japan, and their katakana [[Portmanteau Couple Name]] スクエニ (SukuEni) has appeared in Japanese promotional screenshots as a stand in for a player name.
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In 2005, Square Enix acquired Taito Corporation, known for its work on ''[[Space Invaders]]''. Taito has mostly remained independent, retaining its games' copyright and self-publishing its games in Japan, though its parent company has recently begun to publish its games (such as ''[[Space Invaders]] Extreme'' and ''[[Arkanoid|Arkanoid DS]]'') elsewhere (with the label "Taito - A Square Enix Company" on the cover).
 
In 2009, Square Enix took over Eidos (best known for ''[[Tomb Raider]]'', and also published the [[Porting Disaster|PC versions]] of Square's ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' as well as the first of Enix's ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' games for the [[Game Boy Color]] in North America). They renamed them "Square Enix Europe". Seems like a rather boring name until you look at [[Squee|the word they were getting at]].
 
Lately, they've been responsible for publishing and even developing gritty, [[Typecasting|out-of-character]] shooters such as ''[[Kane and Lynch]]'', ''[[Just Cause (Videovideo Gamegame)|Just Cause 2]]'' and ''[[Mind Jack]]'', and has collaborated with [[Activision]] by publishing the Japanese versions of their games. It seems that their strategy for entering the Western market is to publish promising Western-developed titles-- which causes existing fans of those series some trepidation and provides [[Mis Blamed|a convenient scapegoat]] for perceived flaws in the final releases.
 
They're also known for having a ''very'' [[Unpleasable Fanbase]]. The article even had its own example displaying the unpleasability of their fanbase, as well as the arrant hatedom that resulted. Similar to ''[[Nintendo]]'', they're also criticized for spinoffs and sequels of existing franchises and not coming up with "new" ones. This is despite all of the "new" Intellectual properties they develop or publish, most of which (Think ''[[Infinite Undiscovery]]'') are ignored, and they are then called out for ''not'' working on the next ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. There are some exceptions, such as ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'', which actually ''wasn't'' glossed over.
 
Square-Enix is also known for having one of the textbook examples of "[[Scapegoat Creator|Quarterback Syndrome]]", in which the Quarterback is [[Tetsuya Nomura]]. Partly reinforced by how he had managed to misblame himself from various interviews, but still played straight when the [[Internet Backdraft]] of ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'' somehow treated him like he was the sole person involved in the game design. (For the record, he only designed ''some'' characters in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]''. He wasn't even the ''art'' director!)
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== Pre-Merger Games: ==
=== Games originally published/developed by Square: ===
* ''3-D Worldrunner'' (the first of Square's games to be released in the U.S., where it was published by [[Acclaim (Creator)|Acclaim]])
* ''[[Bahamut Lagoon (Video Game)|Bahamut Lagoon]]''
* ''[[Brave Fencer Musashi (Video Game)|Brave Fencer Musashi]]''
* ''[[Bushido Blade]]''
* ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]''
** ''[[Radical Dreamers (Visual Novel)|Radical Dreamers]]''
** ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''
* ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''
* ''[[Einhander]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]]'' series
* ''[[Front Mission]]''
* ''[[Hanjuku Hero]]''
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* The ''[[SaGa]]'' series
* ''[[Secret of Evermore]]'' (published and developed entirely by Squaresoft USA)
* ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' (developed by Square, published by [[Nintendo]])
* ''[[The Bouncer]]''
* ''[[Threads of Fate]]''
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* ''[[Treasure of the Rudra]]''
* ''[[Vagrant Story]]''
* ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]''
 
=== Games originally published/developed by Enix: ===
* ''[[ActraiserAct Raiser]]''
* ''[[Brain Lord (Video Game)|Brain Lord]]''
* ''Bust-A-Groove'' (called ''Bust-A-Move'' in Japan, but that title was given to ''[[Bubble Bobble (Video Game)|Puzzle Bobble]]'' in some other countries)
* ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' series (Called ''Dragon Warrior'' in US until the rights to that name were procured in 2005)
* ''[[EVO Search for Eden|E.V.O.: The Search for Eden]]''
* ''[[Itadaki Street (Video Game)|Itadaki Street]]'' series
* ''[[Mischief Makers]]''
* ''[[Rakugaki Showtime]]''
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== Post-Merger Square Enix Games: ==
* ''[[Chaos Rings (Franchise)|Chaos Rings]]'' series (iPhone)
** ''[[Chaos Rings (Videovideo Gamegame)|Chaos Rings]]''
** ''[[Chaos Rings Omega (Video Game)|Chaos Rings Omega]]''
** ''[[Chaos Rings II (Video Game)|Chaos Rings II]]''
* ''[[Drakengard]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Siege]] III'' (developed by Obsidian Entertainment, franchise bought from Gas Powered Games)
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* ''Mario Sports Mix'' (same as above)
* ''[[Mind Jack]]''
* ''[[Musashi: Samurai Legend]]''
* ''[[Nie R]]''
* ''Order of War''
* ''[[Project Sylpheed]]''
* ''[[Radiata Stories (Video Game)|Radiata Stories]]''
* ''[[Song Summoner]]'' (an iPod-based RPG)
* ''[[Supreme Commander (Video Game)|Supreme Commander]] II'' (in collaboration with [[Gas Powered Games]])
* ''[[Thexder]] Neo''
* ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]''
* ''Yosumin!''
 
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=== Games published by Taito: ===
* ''[[Arkanoid]]''
* ''[[Bubble Bobble (Video Game)|Bubble Bobble]]'' series
** ''[[Bubble Bobble (Video Game)|Puzzle Bobble]]'' series
* ''[[Cadash (Video Game)|Cadash]]'' (an ''arcade'' [[Action RPG]] with platformer elements)
* ''[[Cooking Mama]]'' (Japanese publisher)
* ''[[Darius]]''
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* ''[[Growl]]''
* ''Gun Frontier'' (tweaked to ''Gun & Frontier'' outside of Japan to avoid confusion with the anime of the same name; notable for being the [[Spiritual Predecessor]] to ''[[Battle Garegga]]'')
* ''[[KikiKiKi Kai KaiKaiKai]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Kage]]''
* ''[[Lufia]]''
* ''[[Metal Black]]''
* ''[[Night Striker (Video Game)|Night Striker]]''
* ''[[The New Zealand Story (Video Game)|The New Zealand Story]]''
* ''[[The Ninja Warriors]]''
** ''[[The Ninja Warriors Again]]''
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=== Games published by Eidos and its subsidiary labels: ===
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''Conflict'' (published by former parent company SCi)
* ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]''
* ''[[Gex]]''
* ''[[Hitman]]''
* ''[[Just Cause (Videovideo Gamegame)|Just Cause]]''
* ''[[Kane and Lynch]]''
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]''
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* ''[[Tomb Raider]]''
* ''[[Total Overdose]]''
* ''[[Urban Chaos: Riot Response]]''
* ''[[Warzone 2100]]'' (now open-source)
* ''[[Whiplash]]''
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* ''[[Bamboo Blade]]''
* ''[[Bitter Virgin]]''
* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
* ''[[He Is My Master]]''
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* ''[[Nightmare Inspector]]''
* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]''
* ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''
* ''[[Sekirei]]''
* ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''
* ''[[Shikabane Hime]]''
* ''[[Six Six Six666 Satan (Manga)|Six Six Six Satan]]''
* ''[[Soul Eater]]''
* ''[[Spiral]]''
* ''[[SumomoSumomomo Mo Momo MoMomomo]]''
* ''[[Tentai Senshi Sunred (Manga)|Tentai Senshi Sunred]]''
* ''[[The Record of a Fallen Vampire]]''
* ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]''
* ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]''
* ''[[Until Death Do Us Part (Manga)|Until Death Do Us Part]]''
* ''[[Working (Manga)|Working!!]]''
* ''[[Zombie Loan]]''
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* [[Anime Hair]]: Several heroes ''and'' villains have this. In fact, many of SE's games give their characters an [[Anime|anime-like]] look overall.
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: Three of them: [[Final Fantasy]], [[Dragon Quest]], and [[Kingdom Hearts]].
* [[Gallows Humor]]: Square was saved from bankruptcy when Hironobu Sakaguchi released the original [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy]]. [[Meaningful Name|He thought it would be the last game before Square collapsed.]] [[Long Runners|It wasn't.]]
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: Many games, especially the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, feature amazing outfits that would give a [[Cosplay|Cosplayer]] a run for his money.
* [[Japanese RPG]]: The company's main genre. Whichever division of JRPG they use varies from series to series.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: The [[Trope Namer]] coming from ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]''. It's almost a requirement to for every game to have a One Winged Angel. Square Enix even has its own folder on the trope page.
* [[No Export for You]]: An infamous case.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: The merger.
* [[Too Many Belts]]: Common when [[Tetsuya Nomura]] is the character designer of a game.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: The reason their [[No Export for You]] cases are some of the most well-known.
* [[Zipperiffic]]: Once again, when [[Tetsuya Nomura|Nomura]] is the character designer. The quote of this trope's page from ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this.
 
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{{quote| You weren't thinking of something naughty, were you? [[Developer's Room|That's]] [[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|right]]! It's SQUARE ENIX!
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