Masaya Hashimoto
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | July 1987 / April 1989 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Tomoyoshi Miyazaki Masaya Hashimoto |
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ActRaiser Soul Blazer ActRaiser 2 Illusion of Gaia Terranigma |
| Website | www.quintet.co.jp (defunct - Internet Archive link) |
Quintet Co., Ltd. (株式会社クインテット Kabushiki gaisha Kuintetto), was a Japanese video game developer, founded in April 1989. The company name is derived from musical terminology, as well as 5 elements of game design — planning, graphics, sound, programmers and producers. Quintet was most active in the 1990s, when it had a strong relationship with Enix (now incorporated into Square Enix); the company was also a member of GD-NET group of Sega Saturn developers. The current status of Quintet is unclear but it is believed that it went defunct around 2000 to 2002.
The director and president of Quintet is Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, the scenario writer for the first three entries of Nihon Falcom's classic Ys series. Masaya Hashimoto, the main director, designer and programmer for those same Ys titles, is also a member. Thanks to the Ys connection, composer Yuzo Koshiro (also an Ys veteran) lent his talents to the score of the company's official inaugural title, ActRaiser, a soundtrack which has since been adapted for orchestra. Koshiro's sister, Ayano Koshiro, drew the character designs.
The later releases of Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma, known to fans as the "Soul Blazer Trilogy", established a defining feature of Quintet games — the strong, sometimes dark themes addressed in their titles. Quintet's games frequently revolve around a conflict between a being that brings destruction and a being that controls creation as symbols of duality. The world has two aspects which both oppose and complement each other, and everything in existence is built upon that relationship. Unflinching portrayals of the suffering and sacrifices that are a part of life set Quintet games apart, and have attracted many fans. However, around 2000, release of games that contained characteristic Quintet themes declined. Currently, the company appears to have been inactive since 2002.
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