Square Enix

Square Enix
Type	Public
Founded	September 22, 1975 (Enix) September 1986 (Square Co.) April 1, 2003 (as Square Enix) October 1, 2008 (as Square Enix Holdings)
Headquarters	Shinjuku, Tokyo
Key people	Yasuhiro Fukushima Yosuke Matsuda Phil Rogers
Industry	Video Games
Products	Various Video Games
Employees	4,335 (2018)
Website	https://www.square-enix.com/

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス) 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 Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, the Chrono series, the Mana series, the SaGa series, and (in collaboration with Disney) the Kingdom Hearts series. With Nintendo, Square Enix has produced a strong number of exclusives including The World Ends With You, the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series, the Bravely series, Octopath Traveler, and several Mario games: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Sports Mix, Itadaki Street DS (Japan only), and Fortune Street. The original Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between Square and Enix on April 1st, 2003. Since then, 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 three guest characters that appear as playable fighters: Cloud Strife and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and the Hero from the Dragon Quest series. They also supplied additional content from their work on the action RPG Trials of Mana, the traditional RPG Octopath Traveler, and the Nintendo-exclusive Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Mario Hoops 3-on-3, a Square Enix-developed game, received representation via a sticker of Diddy Kong holding a basketball.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

One of Square Enix's flagship characters, Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4, announced during a Nintendo Direct on November 12th, 2015 as downloadable content along with a stage based on Midgar, the songs "Let the Battles Begin!" and "Fight On!", and a Chocobo Mii Fighter hat.

In addition to Cloud, Geno from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars appears as a DLC costume for the Mii Gunner.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Cloud returns as a playable character, along with the Midgar stage and its two accompanying tracks, "Let the Battles Begin!" and "Fight On!", and 2 spirits, which are the renders of Cloud's first and second alternate costumes respectively. Sephiroth was also added as a DLC newcomer in December 2020, along with a new stage, several new music tracks, and several new Spirits as part of Challenger Pack 8.

The Hero from Dragon Quest also appears as part of Challenger Pack 2, being announced at E3 2019. He is not based on one single Hero; he is represented by the Luminary from Dragon Quest XI, Erdrick from III, Solo from IV, and Eight from VIII, with the Luminary being the default costume. He brings a stage, several music tracks, and a multitude of spirits. Additionally, multiple Dragon Quest Mii Costumes released at the same time, including Veronica and Erdrick for the Mii Swordfighter, a male and female Martial Artist costume for the Mii Brawler, and a Slime as a Mii Fighter hat.

Geno and Mallow from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars make an appearance as Spirits. Duran, Angela, Kevin, Charlotte, Hawkeye, and Riesz from Trials of Mana debuted in the Spirit Board event, "The Spirits of Mana", on April 24, 2020 as a tie-in to the release of the game's remake. Obleric, Primrose, Tressa, Cyrus, Alfyn, Therion, H'aanit, and Ophilia from Octopath Traveler debuted in the Spirit Board event "Second Anniversary of OCTOPATH TRAVELER" on July 10, 2020.

Trivia

• Square Enix is the first third-party company to be introduced to the Super Smash Bros. series via DLC (followed by Atlus, Microsoft, SNK, and Mojang Studios).
  • It is also one of two third-party companies with multiple major universes to debut all of them through DLC, later followed by Microsoft.
• The two Square Enix franchises represented in Super Smash Bros. come from each company that was merged to form Square Enix: Enix were the publishers behind the Dragon Quest series, while Square (also known as Squaresoft) were responsible for the Final Fantasy series.
• All three Square Enix characters have at least one alternate costume that changes their model (Cloud’s Advent Children costume, the Dragon Quest III, IV, and VIII Heroes, and Sephiroth’s coatless costume).
• Square Enix and Sega are the only third-party companies with three characters for all three to possess fully unique movesets.

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