Andriasang: The "Arland" subseries of Gust's Atelier series has crossed the 400,000 mark in shipments, director Yoshito Okamura revealed at the Atelier Meruru official blog today. The shipment figure includes Atelier Rorona, Atelier Totori, the just released Atelier Meruru, and all related budget versions.
The Mako Reactor says: “Everything you need to know about getting into the Atelier franchise from best place to start to every new release covered on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.”
Excellent article! This franchise is amazing I started around the Vita games and have been playing since. But for the newer releases I have lagged behind in purchasing due to my backlog. This great comprehensive article got my bearings straight thanks!
I always hear good stuff about the Atelier series, but with so many games I didn't feel like actually researching. So this article was a good read, and I may buy Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book in the near future.
Atelier Ryaza is looking like it’s going to be the breakout game for the franchise.
Lyam writes: - Atelier Arland Trilogy DX is another collection release, but this time, on PlayStation 4. The games with it are Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland, Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland, and Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland, which have all appeared on PlayStation 3, as well as the PlayStation Vita. It’s quite an ongoing franchise with Atelier Rorona is the 11th game in the series and there are more plenty more to come.
I haven't played the Atelier series for quite a while now. Last game I finished was Iris 3, although I didn't really liked it. I love the first one, Eternal Mana. I think I finished Atelier Iris 1 at least three times. I bought Atelier Sophie and played less than 10 hours before I dropped it. Would love to see another game with the Iris level of story telling.
GeekParty writes: "People like to say that Batman could beat anyone if he had enough time to prepare. With his determination, brilliance, and near-limitless resources, he’ll eventually find a way to conquer any foe. It doesn’t matter if they’re ridiculously overpowered or an omnipotent demigod. If they have a weakness, Batman will find it, and he’ll figure out how to exploit it.
If Batman was a JRPG series, I’m pretty sure he’d be Atelier."
Looks kinda shoujo, Still with the total lack of RPG games being released here Im tempted to get this... Yes I am ashamed of myself thank you.
On the contrary, the game is targeted towards male otaku. The game is populated with pretty anime girls for a reason. The Atelier series used to be completely tame though. It seems like each new installment brings more fan service. I wonder how much longer it will take before it's on par with Ar Tonelico's creep factor.
Hooray! Good to hear that Gust is doing well. Like with the Final Promise Story, the developers weren't looking at the sales to be over 1 million or something for it to be successful. I can't wait for Totori to come this fall! It seems like it didn't include the Rorona sales outside Japan, but I would not expect Gust games to sell well outside Japan...
EDIT: also the artist is Kishida Mel if anyone is wondering, an artbook was recently released in the US by UDON too :3
Has Atelier Totori come out on West yet? It actually is a quite good RPG. It has gotten far better than its predecessor.
i should be happy because meruru is selling but 400k in 3 games is ..Well good .. i hope the sell of rorona ( and soon totori) will allow the series to pass the million mark ..