ArtePiazza

ArtePiazza
Company type	Private
Industry	Software & programming, computer graphics, illustration, and logo design
Founded	November 1, 1989
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Shintaro Majima (CEO, art director); Sachiko Sugimura (planning director, scenario writer)
Number of employees	31 (2021)
Website	www.artepiazza.com

ArtePiazza Co., Ltd. (アルテピアッツァ株式会社, ArutePiattsa Kabushiki-gaisha) 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, Nintendo DS remakes of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation,^[2] and the Nintendo Switch remake of Super Mario RPG.^[3]

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

List of games developed by ArtePiazza
Year	Title	Publisher	Platform(s)	Notes
1996	Dragon Quest III	Enix	Super Famicom	CG design and scenario
2000	Dragon Quest VII		PlayStation	CG design and scenario
2001	Dragon Quest IV		PlayStation	CG design
2002	Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 3		PlayStation 2	Scenario
2004	Dragon Quest V	Square Enix	PlayStation 2
2006	Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon	Marvelous Interactive	PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
2007	Opoona	Koei	Wii
2007	Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen	Square Enix	Nintendo DS
2008	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride	Square Enix	Nintendo DS
2010	GO Series: Pinball Attack!	Gamebridge	DSiWare
	Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation	Square Enix	Nintendo DS
	Accel Knights: Imashi ga Tame Ware wa Tsurugi o Toru	ArtePiazza	DSiWare
	Arrow of Laputa
2011	Rikishi
2013	Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past	Square Enix	Nintendo 3DS
2016	Romancing SaGa 2		Android, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
2017	Dragon Quest Rivals		Android, iOS
2017	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age		Nintendo 3DS	2D mode
2019	Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition		Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Stadia	2D mode
2019	Romancing SaGa 3		Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox One
2023	Super Mario RPG	Nintendo	Nintendo Switch

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Mario RPG remake developer revealed, as spoilers circulate". VGC. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

External links

Official Artepiazza Website (Japanese)

[website-1] "ArtePiazza Company Overview" (in Japanese). ArtePiazza. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

[remakes-2] Magrino, Tom (2008-05-21). "Dragon Quest trilogy descends on DS". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

[3] "Mario RPG remake developer revealed, as spoilers circulate". VGC. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

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