 The game was Treasure 's first to be published by Enix . The publisher sought out Treasure for their reputation in the action game genre , and had approached Treasure several times before the Nintendo 64 project surfaced . Upon choosing to make the game for the Nintendo 64 , Treasure thought it would be a " good idea " to work with Enix . And similar to how Treasure ended its historic loyalty to the Sega Genesis by developing Mischief Makers for Nintendo , Enix had just recently ended its historic loyalty to Nintendo by signing Dragon Quest VII of their Dragon Quest franchise to Sony . Neither Square or Enix built a " special relationship " with Nintendo specific for Mischief Makers 's release , though Nintendo later served as the game 's publisher for Western markets . When their English localization of the Japanese game finished ahead of schedule , the North American release date was advanced two weeks accordingly . 
