Editing Enix (section)

==Company structure and affiliates==
{{see also|List of Enix video games|List of Enix home computer games}}
During reports on the merger with Square, Takashi Oya of Deutsche Securities described Enix as  "[outsourcing] game development and [having] few in-house creators" compared to Square's focus on internal development.<ref name="OyaComments"/> At the time of the merger, Enix had two development divisions; one managing the ''Dragon Quest'' series led by Yuu Miyake, and a supervisory division made up of producers.<ref name="RPGFsqex"/> Speaking in 1997, Quintet staff described their company as a "subcontractor" for Enix, being involved in its projects even when not acting as a publisher.<ref name="gamefan97"/> Horii notably created Armor Project as a company to oversee ''Dragon Quest'' for Enix, with him comparing the relationship to that between an editor and an artist. Armor Project survived as an associate of Square Enix, growing into a larger entity over the years.<ref name="HoriiArmor"/>

Enix Webstar Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was a company formed between Enix and Mauritius Webstar Inc. in 2001 to develop online and mobile phone games in China and, later, other parts of Asia. The subsidiary was carried over after the merger between Square and Enix, but was dissolved in 2005 after the establishment of Square Enix China.<ref name="HistoryDetail"/><ref name="China">{{Cite web|title=Square Enix enhanced a presence in the Chinese online and mobile game market with a 100% Square Enix subsidiary based in Beijing. |publisher=Square Enix staff |date=February 28, 2005 |url=http://www.square-enix.com/jp/company/e/news/2005/download/0302-200502281500-01.pdf |access-date=July 27, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506032627/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/company/e/news/2005/download/0302-200502281500-01.pdf |archive-date=May 6, 2006 }}</ref> Digital Entertainment Academy Co., Ltd. was established as a partially owned subsidiary in 1991.<ref name="Timeline"/> Originally called Toshima Ku Hokkaido University, the school was founded to teach [[game development]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Digital Entertainment Academy history | url=http://www.d-e-a.co.jp/school/history.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219111346/http://www.d-e-a.co.jp/school/history.html | archive-date=December 19, 2007 | publisher=Digital Entertainment Academy | language=ja | access-date=July 21, 2008}}</ref>

Enix America Corporation was the corporation's first [[United States|American]] localization subsidiary based in [[Redmond, Washington]].<ref name=GamaSutra>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/135112/selecting_save_on_the_games_we_.php?print=1|title=Gamasutra - Selecting Save on the Games We Make, Part 1|website=www.gamasutra.com|date=February 23, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095515/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/135112/selecting_save_on_the_games_we_.php?print=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was organized after the release of ''Dragon Warrior'' by [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]] in 1989. The subsidiary came into existence in 1990, but closed in November 1995 when the parent company decided to no longer release products in North America<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Enix on a Quest |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] | publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]| series=Epic Center |issue=80 | page=58 |date = January 1996}}</ref> due to poor sales.<ref>{{cite news | title=Enix Corp. | date=November 1, 1999 | newspaper=Japan-U.S. Business Report}}</ref> One of the games they published, ''[[King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (video game)|King Arthur & the Knights of Justice]]'', was Enix's first and only North America exclusive game.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Averill | first=Alan |date = March 1995| title=King Arthur & the Knights of Justice |magazine=Nintendo Power | series=Epic Center | publisher=Nintendo of America | issue=70 | page=36}}. "Our first Epic Center developer focus zooms in on ''King Arthur & the Knights of Justice'' from Enix. Manley & Associates is breaking ground with this game as the first American developer of a major adventure for Enix."</ref> Enix America, Inc., Enix's last American localization subsidiary, was organized in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|last=Tidwell|first=Mike|date=August 3, 1999|title=News from Enix|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-1999/080399a.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310202538/http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-1999/080399a.html|archive-date=March 10, 2005|access-date=July 29, 2008|website=RPGamer}}</ref> and was based in [[Seattle]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enix.com/About.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991129011053/http://www.enix.com/About.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 29, 1999|title=About Enix|date=November 29, 1999}}</ref> Paul Handelman, who was part of Enix America Corporation's staff, returned to lead Enix America, Inc. as president. The corporation was in existence until 2003, ceasing to exist after the merger with Square Co., Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stone|first=Cortney|year=2003|title=Enix America Shuts Down|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2003/020203a.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106180303/http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2003/020203a.html|archive-date=November 6, 2006|access-date=September 11, 2007|website=RPGamer}}</ref> Several of Enix's localized games were published by other companies including [[Nintendo]] and [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]];<ref name="PSMocean"/> the last was ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters (video game)|Dragon Warrior Monsters]]'', which was through a publishing deal with [[Eidos Interactive|Eidos]].