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development and

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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

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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: Hand of the Heavenly Bride'' for the PlayStation 2, as well as Nintendo DS 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 PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 game '' Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon'' and the co-production of Koei's Wii title ''

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 ...

''.

Games

''Dragon Quest'' series

*1996: ''

Dragon Quest III ''Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation'', titled ''Dragon Warrior III'' when initially localized to North America, is a 1988 role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix. It is the third installment in the '' Dragon ...

'' (Super Famicom version - CG design/scenario) *2000: '' Dragon Quest VII'' (PlayStation - CG design/scenario) *2001: ''

Dragon Quest IV ''Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen'', titled ''Dragon Warrior IV'' when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing video game, the fourth installment of the ''Dragon Quest'' video game series developed by Chunsoft and publishe ...

'' (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: ''

'' (Wii) *2010: '' GO Series: Pinball Attack!'' (DSiWare) *2010: '' Accel Knights: Imashi ga Tame Ware wa Tsurugi o Toru'' (DSiWare) *2010: ''

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 dual-screen handheld game console released by Nintendo. The console launched in Japan on November 1, 2008, and wor ...

'' (DSiWare) *2011: ''

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'' (DSiWare) *2016: ''

Romancing SaGa 2 ''Romancing SaGa 2'' is a 1993 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fifth entry in the ''SaGa'' series. It received an expanded port for Japanese mobile devices from Square Enix in 2011. This ...

'' (iOS/Android/PC/Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS Vita/Xbox One versions) *2019: ''

Romancing SaGa 3 ''Romancing SaGa 3'' is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. The sixth entry in the '' SaGa'' series, it was also the last developed for the platform. Originally released on the Super Famicom sys ...

'' (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