The Atelier sequence and its combination of potion-crafting and JRPG fight has solely lately discovered success out west, however the sequence started in 1997 with the discharge of Atelier Marie in Japan. Now that first recreation is being remade with new graphics and launched exterior of Japan for the primary time. It’s going to arrive on Steam this summer time.
Here is an announcement trailer from this previous week’s Japanese Nintendo Direct:
These graphics are all new, which needs to be apparent given it does not appear like a PSone recreation. It does appear to in any other case hew near the unique although, preserving its digicam perspective and fight type reasonably than that of the fashionable iterations corresponding to Atelier Ryza.
Regardless of Atelier Marie seemingly being launched in 1997, Koei Tecmo are nonetheless operating a sequence of Atelier twenty fifth anniversary occasions. The following livestream is due on February twentieth at midday GMT and can characteristic extra data on each the Atelier Marie Remake and Atelier Ryza 3. You may watch it right here when the time comes.
Ed was postpone by Atelier Ryza 2’s self-conscious cuteness however discovered himself drawn in by the infinite pursuit of higher crafting supplies. JRPG knowledgeable Kat Bailey took a broader view when writing about what the rise of the Atelier sequence mentioned about PC gaming.
There is no Steam web page for the Atelier Marie Remake but, however there are a handful extra screenshots on its English language web site. The trilogy-capping Atelier Ryza 3 is already stay on Steam, in the meantime.
