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ArtePiazza
is a video game development and computer graphics studio based in Tokyo, 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 video game remake, 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,'' and the Nintendo Switch remake of ''Super Mario RPG''. 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''. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opoona
is a role-playing video game developed by ArtePiazza and published by Koei for the Wii. The player follows the story of the titular Opoona as he attempts to find the location of his family from which he was separated after the occurrence of a mysterious accident during their travels. Former ''Dragon Quest'' art designer Shintaro Majima was the lead artist, with Sachiko Sugimura, who has also worked on ''Dragon Quest'', as the planning director. Hitoshi Sakimoto, best known for composing ''Final Fantasy XII'', produced the soundtrack, which was composed by him and his Basiscape musicians. Gameplay Throughout the game, Opoona will acquire a variety of licences for different jobs. Whilst some are mandatory for story progression, most are optional and add to the customization of the players game. The game can be played one-handed using just the Wii's Wii Remote#Nunchuk, Nunchuk attachment, but the Classic Controller can also be used. In battles, flicking the Nunchuk's analog stick wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Quest
previously published as ''Dragon Warrior'' in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing video games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii (Armor Project), character designer Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), and composer Koichi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Kobo) and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix). Since its inception, development of games in the series have been outsourced to a plethora of external companies until the tenth installment, with localized remakes and ports of later installments for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch being published by Nintendo outside of Japan. With its first game published in 1986, there are eleven main-series games, along with numerous spin-off games. In addition, there have been numerous manga, anime and novels published under the franchise, with nearly every game in the main series having a related adaptation. The series introduced a number of features to the genre and has had a significant impact on the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Quest V
''Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride'' is a 1992 role-playing video game and the fifth installment in the ''Dragon Quest'' video game series, second of the Zenithian Trilogy. Originally developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix Corporation, ''Dragon Quest V'' was the first title in the series to be released for the Super Famicom video game console in Japan in September 1992. ''Dragon Quest V'' was the first game in the series to not be released in America due to programming issues at the time. It later had an enhanced remake only in Japan for the PlayStation 2 in 2004; which was developed by ArtePiazza and Matrix Software. Another remake was made for the Nintendo DS, which was released in Japan in July 2008 and worldwide in February 2009, marking the first time the game had officially released in English. In addition, ports for Android and iOS were released in Japan in December 2014, and worldwide the following month. The game takes place over roughly thirty years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Quest VII
''Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' is a 2000 role-playing video game developed by Heartbeat and ArtePiazza, and published by Enix for the PlayStation. The game was produced by Yuji Horii, who has presided over the ''Dragon Quest'' series since its inception. Artwork and character designs were once again provided by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, the artist responsible for all previous ''Dragon Quest'' games. It was released in North America in 2001 under the title ''Dragon Warrior VII''. The game received a remake on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in 2013, released in English under the title ''Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' in 2016. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan in 2015. The game follows the Hero and his friends as they discover secrets about the mysterious islands surrounding their home of Estard. Through some ancient ruins, they are transported to the pasts of various islands and must defeat evil in eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrow Of Laputa
is a tower defense game developed and published by ArtePiazza in Japan on November 24, 2010 for the Nintendo DSi The is a foldable dual-screen handheld game console released by Nintendo. The console launched in Japan on November 1, 2008, and worldwide beginning in April 2009. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary market rival was .... References External links * 2010 video games ArtePiazza games DSiWare games Japan-exclusive video games Nintendo DSi games Single-player video games Tower defense video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Hayato Matsuo {{strategy-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Quest IV
''Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen'', titled ''Dragon Warrior IV'' when initially localized to North America, is a 1990 role-playing video game, the fourth installment of the ''Dragon Quest'' video game series developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, and the first of the Zenithian Trilogy. It was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom on 11 February 1990 in Japan. A North American NES version followed in October 1992, and would be the last ''Dragon Quest'' game localized and published by Enix's Enix#North America, Enix America Corporation subsidiary prior to its closure in November 1995, as well as the last ''Dragon Quest'' game to be localized into English prior to the localization of ''Dragon Warrior Monsters'' in December 1999. The game was enhanced remake, remade by Heartbeat (company), Heartbeat for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, which eventually was available as an Ultimate Hits game. The remake was ported by ArtePiazza to the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
