ArtePiazza
| Public | |
| Industry | Software & programming, computer graphics, illustration, and logo design |
| Founded | November 1, 1989[1] |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people |
Shintaro Majima (main art director/president) Sachiko Sugimura (game scenario designer) |
| Website | www.artepiazza.com |
ArtePiazza is a video game development and computer graphics studio based in Japan. Their name derives from the Italian words for "art" and "a public square".
History
The company is best known for its involvement in the development of the Dragon Quest series by Enix and later Square Enix. While ArtePiazza was mostly responsible for the CG design and illustrations of some of the early titles, they produced enhanced remakes of others. This includes Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride for the PlayStation 2, as well as Nintendo DS remakes of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, and Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation.[2]
Other projects besides those based on Square Enix properties include the development of the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 game Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon and the co-production of Koei's Wii title Opoona.[1]
Games
Dragon Quest series
- 1996: Dragon Quest III (Super Famicom version - CG design/scenario)
- 2000: Dragon Quest VII (PlayStation - CG design/scenario)
- 2001: Dragon Quest IV (PlayStation - CG design)
- 2002: Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 3 (PlayStation 2 - scenario)
- 2004: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (PlayStation 2 version)
- 2007: Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Nintendo DS version)
- 2008: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Nintendo DS version)
- 2010: Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (Nintendo DS version)
- 2013: Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden (Nintendo 3DS version)
Other games
- 2006: Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PlayStation Portable/PlayStation 2)
- 2007: Opoona (Wii)
- 2010: GO Series: Pinball Attack! (DSiWare)
- 2010: Accel Knights: Imashi ga Tame Ware wa Tsurugi o Toru (DSiWare)
- 2010: Arrow of Laputa (DSiWare)
- 2011: Rikishi (DSiWare)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ArtePiazza Company Overview" (in Japanese). ArtePiazza. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
- ↑ Magrino, Tom (2008-05-21). "Dragon Quest trilogy descends on DS". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-21.