Heartbeat (company)

Heart Beat Inc.
Native name	株式会社ハートビート
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Hāto Bīto
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	October 1992
Founder	Manabu Yamana
Defunct	2002
Headquarters	Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Website	https://www.heartbeat.co.jp/

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Heart Beat Inc. (株式会社ハートビート, Kabushiki-gaisha Hāto Bīto) (sometimes Heartbeat)^[1] was a Japanese video game developer, famous for developing the sixth and seventh installments of the Dragon Quest series. Heartbeat also developed a remake of Dragon Quest IV. Plans to localize this remake in North America were halted when the employees of Heartbeat decided to take a sabbatical in January 2002.^[2] The company stated its reason was "the raise of development costs", despite the massive financial success of its games.^[3] Several of its former members created Genius Sonority.^[1] The company now appears defunct.

Games

Super NES

Dragon Quest VI
Dragon Quest III (remake)

PlayStation

Dragon Quest VII
Dragon Quest IV (remake)

References

^ ^a ^b Darryl Vassar (January 21, 2004). "Pokémon Colosseum (GCN)". GameSpy.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
^ Eric Malenfant; Eve C.; Nicole Kirk (2002). "Enix Interview With Justin Lucas". RPGFan.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
^ Feena (December 26, 2002). "Enix Comments On DQVIII As Heart Beat Steps Away". RPGFan.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

External links

Heartbeat official website (Internet Archive)

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[gamespy-1] Darryl Vassar (January 21, 2004). "Pokémon Colosseum (GCN)". GameSpy.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved 2007-08-14.

[Remake-2] Eric Malenfant; Eve C.; Nicole Kirk (2002). "Enix Interview With Justin Lucas". RPGFan.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

[3] Feena (December 26, 2002). "Enix Comments On DQVIII As Heart Beat Steps Away". RPGFan.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

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