is a video game development and computer graphics studio based in

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. 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 previously published as ''Dragon Warrior'' in North America until 2005, is a franchise of Japanese role-playing video games created by Armor Project (Yuji Horii), Bird Studio (Akira Toriyama) and Sugiyama Kobo (Koichi Sugiyama) to its publi ...

'' series by Enix and later

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. 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

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, as well as

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remakes of '' Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen'', ''Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride'', and '' Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation''. Other projects besides those based on Square Enix properties include the development of the

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and PlayStation 2 game '' Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon'' and the co-production of

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title '' Opoona''.

Games

''Dragon Quest'' series

*1996: '' Dragon Quest III'' (Super Famicom version - CG design/scenario) *2000: ''

Dragon Quest VII ''Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' is a 2000 Japanese role-playing video game developed by Heartbeat and ArtePiazza, and published by Enix for the PlayStation. It was released in North America in 2001 under the title ''Dragon ...

'' (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: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' (Nintendo 3DS version) *2017: '' Dragon Quest Rivals'' (iOS/Android) *2019: '' Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition'' (2D mode)

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) *2016: '' Romancing SaGa 2'' (iOS/Android/PC/Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS Vita/Xbox One versions) *2019: '' Romancing SaGa 3'' (iOS/Android/PC/Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS Vita/Xbox One versions)

References

External links

Official Artepiazza Website (Japanese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Artepiazza Video game companies of Japan Video game companies established in 1989 Video game development companies Japanese companies established in 1989 Software companies based in Tokyo