ArtePiazza

Infobox Company
company_name=nihongo|ArtePiazza|アルテピアッツァ|Arutepiattsa
company_logo=
company_slogan=
company_type=Public
foundation=November 1, 1989cite web |author=ArtePiazza staff | title=ArtePiazza Company Overview| url=http://www.artepiazza.com/doc2/companyoverview.html | work=ArtePiazza.com | accessdate=2008-06-21]
location=Tokyo, Japan
num_employees=N/A
key_people=Shintaro Majima (main art director/president)
Sachiko Sugimura (game scenario designer)
industry=Software & Programming, Computer Graphics, Illustration, and Logo Design
products=
revenue=N/A
homepage= [http://www.artepiazza.com/ 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" for the PlayStation 2, as well as Nintendo DS remakes of "Dragon Quest IV", "Dragon Quest V", and "Dragon Quest VI".cite web | author=Tom Magrino | date=May 21, 2008 | title=Dragon Quest trilogy descends on DS | url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6191376.html | work=GameSpot.com | accessdate=2008-06-21]

Other projects besides those based on Square Enix properties include the development of the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 game "" and the co-production of Koei's Wii title "Opoona".

Games

oftware

*"Dragon Quest III" (Super Famicom version - CG design/scenario)
*"Dragon Quest VII" (PlayStation - CG design/scenario)
*"Dragon Quest IV" (PlayStation - CG design)
*"" (PlayStation 2 - scenario)
*"Dragon Quest V" (PlayStation 2 version)
*"" (PlayStation Portable/PlayStation 2)
*"Opoona" (Wii)
*"Dragon Quest IV" (Nintendo DS version)
*"Dragon Quest V" (Nintendo DS version)
*"Dragon Quest VI" (Nintendo DS version)

References

External links

* [http://www.artepiazza.com/ Official Artepiazza Website (Japanese)]