Square Enix

Square Enix, formerly known as Squaresoft, is a Japanese video game company known for its Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest franchises, created by the merge of Squaresoft and Enix on April 1, 2003; before its merge with Enix, Squaresoft was noted for making Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Square Enix recently made Mario Hoops 3-on-3 for the Nintendo DS and made Itadaki Street DS, another game for the DS, exclusive to Japan. Interestingly, both of these DS games are crossovers between the Mario series and one of Square's franchises (Final Fantasy in the former's case, and Dragon Quest in the latter's case). Another of the company's creations is Mario Sports Mix, the first Mario spin-off from the company to be made for the Wii. The game includes the same Final Fantasy characters who appear in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, as well as Slime, one of the Dragon Quest characters who appears in Itadaki Street DS. The company logo appears in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, where it can be seen on two courts: Mario Stadium and Peach Field. Square Enix also developed another Dragon Quest-Mario crossover game called Fortune Street, a sequel to Itadaki Street DS.