Editing Square Enix

|title         = Square Enix

|logo           = [[File:Square Enix logo.svg|250px]]

|type           = Public

|headquarters   = {{flag|Japan}} Shinjuku, Tokyo

|founded       = September 22, 1975 (Enix) <br> September 1986 (Square Co.) <br> April 1, 2003 (as Square Enix) <br> October 1, 2008 (as Square Enix Holdings)

|key_people     = Yasuhiro Fukushima <br> Yosuke Matsuda <br> Phil Rogers

|industry       = Video Games

|products       = Various Video Games

|num_employees = 4,335 <small>(2018)</small>

|website       = https://www.square-enix.com/

'''Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.''' ({{ja|株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス|Kabushiki-gaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu}}) is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, and distribution company. It is best known for making role-playing video game franchises, having created well-known titles such as {{uv|Final Fantasy}}, {{uv|Dragon Quest}}, the ''Chrono'' series, the {{uvm3|Mana}} series, the ''SaGa'' series, and (in collaboration with [[Disney]]) the ''{{uv|Kingdom Hearts}}'' series. The company as it exists today is a merger between {{iw|wikipedia|Square|video game company}} and {{iw|wikipedia|Enix}}. Square started in 1983 as a division of the Den-Yu-Sha powerline company dedicated to video game development before spinning off into an independent company in 1986. Enix started in 1975 as a tabloid publisher and real estate brokerage firm, but shifted to video games in 1982 after that venture failed. Both companies considered merging since the year 2000 because both were on a financial decline at the time. Negotiations were delayed because the failure of ''{{iw|wikipedia|Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within}}'' made Enix hesitant to merge with Square. However, the success of ''Final Fantasy X'', ''Kingdom Hearts'' and the ''Dragon Quest: Monsters'' series rebounded both companies into financial recovery, and the merger went through on April 1st, 2003.

With Nintendo, Square Enix has produced a strong number of exclusives including ''The World Ends With You'', the ''Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles'' series, the {{uvm3|Bravely Default|Bravely}} series, {{uvm3|Octopath Traveler}}, and several {{uv|Mario}} games: ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Hoops 3-on-3}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Sports Mix}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Itadaki Street DS}}'' (Japan only), and ''{{s|mariowiki|Fortune Street}}''. Square Enix has also acquired the Taito Corporation and Eidos Interactive, bringing numerous franchises including ''Space Invaders'', ''Bubble Bobble'', and ''Tomb Raider'' into the Square Enix fold.

In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, they are the original creators of four guest characters that appear as playable fighters: [[Cloud Strife]] and [[Sephiroth]] from ''Final Fantasy VII'', the [[Hero]] from the ''Dragon Quest'' series, and [[Sora]] from the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. They also supplied additional content from their work on the CGI sequel movie ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', the action RPG ''Trials of Mana'', the traditional RPGs ''Octopath Traveler'' and ''Bravely Default II'', and the Nintendo-exclusive ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''.

''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Hoops 3-on-3}}'', a Square Enix-developed game, received representation via a sticker of [[Diddy Kong]] holding a basketball.

{{SSBU|Cloud}} returns as a playable character, along with the [[Midgar]] stage and its two accompanying tracks, "Let the Battles Begin!" and "Fight On!", and [[List of spirits (Final Fantasy series)|2 spirits]], which are the renders of Cloud's first and second [[Alternate costume (SSBU)#Cloud|alternate costumes]] respectively. {{SSBU|Sephiroth}} was also added as a DLC newcomer in December 2020, along with [[Northern Cave|a new stage]], [[List of SSBU Music (Final Fantasy series)|nine new music tracks]], and several new Spirits as part of Challenger Pack 8. Alongside Sephiroth's release, a [[Barret Wallace]] costume for the {{SSBU|Mii Gunner}}, a [[Tifa Lockhart]] costume for the {{SSBU|Mii Brawler}}, an [[Aerith Gainsborough]] costume for the {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}}, and the returning [[Chocobo]] Mii Fighter hat were made available.

{{SSBU|Sora}} from {{uv|Kingdom Hearts}} appears as part of [[Challenger Pack]] 11, announced on October 5, 2021 and released on October 18, 2021. Alongside him is [[Hollow Bastion|a new stage]], [[List of SSBU Music (Kingdom Hearts series)|nine music tracks]], and eight Spirits.

*Square Enix is the first third-party company to be introduced to the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series via DLC (followed by [[Atlus]], [[Microsoft]] (through [[Rare Ltd.]] and [[Mojang Studios]]) and [[SNK]]).

*All four Square Enix playable characters have at least one alternate costume that changes their model (Cloud’s ''Advent Children'' costume, the ''Dragon Quest III'', ''IV'', and ''VIII'' Heroes, Sephiroth’s coatless costume, and all of Sora's alternate costumes).

*Square Enix and [[Sega]] are the only third-party companies with three playable characters where each possesses fully unique movesets.

*When counting the four [[Hero]]es separately, Square Enix has the most playable characters of any third-party company, with seven in total (those being Cloud, Luminary, Erdrick, Solo, Eight, Sephiroth, and Sora).

*Square Enix has the most [[Mii Costume|Mii Costumes]] of all third-party companies, with 7 (9 counting the Slime and Chocobo hats).

**For Cloud in ''Smash 4'' and Hero and Sephiroth in ''Ultimate'' the respective wave of Mii costumes that released alongside them only contained Square Enix-owned characters (Chocobo and Geno with Cloud; Slime, Erdrick, Martial Artist, and Veronica with Hero; Barret, Tifa, Aerith, Chocobo, and Geno with Sephiroth)

*Square Enix is the first third-party company to have 4 fighters in ''Ultimate''.