Heartbeat
Heart Beat Inc. (株式会社ハートビート, Kabushiki-gaisha Hāto Bīto) (sometimes Heartbeat) 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. The company stated its reason was "the raise of development costs", despite the massive financial success of its games. Several of its former members created Genius Sonority. The company now appears defunct.
Heartbeat at a Glance
Heartbeat has been active in the gaming industry from 1995 to 2001, with 4 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), with additional titles in other genres. With an average community rating of 83.2/100, Heartbeat is among the highest-rated studios in our database -- 2 of their rated titles score 80 or above. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu he... (89.6/100). Their games are available on PlayStation and Super Famicom.
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