17 Facts About Enix

1.

Enix Corporation was a Japanese video game publisher that produced video games, anime and manga.

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2.

Enix is known for publishing the Dragon Quest series of role-playing video games.

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3.

Enix was founded on September 22,1975, as Eidansha Boshu Service Center by Japanese architect-turned-entrepreneur Yasuhiro Fukushima.

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4.

Rather than developing games within its own company, Enix would continue to outsource the production of its games to other developers through the use of royalties.

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5.

Enix is perhaps most famous for publishing the Dragon Quest series of console games developed by Chunsoft.

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6.

In 1991, Enix registered its stock with the Japan Securities Dealers Association, later known as JASDAQ.

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7.

Enix soon began publishing manga from its shonen magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan.

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8.

Enix established ties with more video game developers and would go on to publish several games for fourth, fifth, and sixth generation game consoles.

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9.

In June 2001, Enix expressed interest in partnering with both Square and Namco in online ventures to deal with mounting development costs.

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10.

Enix was further hurt by a delay of Dragon Quest Monsters 2 in Japan in 2001, dropping its first-half 2001 fiscal year profit by 89.

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11.

On October 1,2008, Square Enix renamed itself Square Enix Holdings and became a pure holding company.

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12.

The subsidiary was carried over after the merger between Square and Enix, but was dissolved in 2005 after the establishment of Square Enix China.

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13.

From 1983 to 1993, Enix published games for Japanese home computers including the NEC PC-8801, MSX, Sharp X68000, and FM-7.

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14.

Enix Quintet developed several role-playing games for Enix such as ActRaiser, Robotrek, Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma for the Super NES.

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15.

Enix began publishing manga in 1991 in its own Gangan Comics publications, which originally consisted of Monthly Shonen Gangan, Monthly Gangan Wing, and Monthly GFantasy.

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16.

In November 2000, Enix set up a subsidiary titled BMF in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture to handle a fingerprint identification systems operation.

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17.

In September 2002, Enix entered a joint venture with Waseda University to distribute broadband sports content.

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