Atelier Rorona

[jkwest]

nice pic update, toxa!

can't wait for more info...

[Musashi]

NIS is making sure jRPGs are on PS3. More will come, especially since it's becoming more and more costly not to put them there.

[saprano]

Thanks for the edit shin or max. also i didn't want to link ps3center since you said its not recommend

EDIT- oh it was toxa, thanks.

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by zedd_117

I'm just excited to see [B]ANY[B] RPG come to PS3. You have to admit there hasn't been much good in it's what 2 1/2 years of exisitance.

Folklore and Valkarie Chronicles (sp?) are about the only two I can think of...outside of numerous Final Fantasy trailers.

Disgaea 3 and Eternal Sonata

[Cordre69]

A PS3 Ar Tonelico would be great! The Mana and Atalier games have been too...low budget I guess for me. They feel like they are made in a weekend. I wonder if the PS3 game will remedy this and mayhaps have a budget greater than the cost to distribute the game...

[Goodintentions]

i picked up mana khamia studen alliance over the weekend .. this alchemy thing is addicting as all get up

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by Goodintentions

i picked up mana khamia studen alliance over the weekend .. this alchemy thing is addicting as all get up

I have both versions but the 1 thing that makes me prefer the PS2 version from last year is the soundtrack that came with it. I love how Nis and Atlus bring the soundtracks of the games to their newest releases like Ar tonelico, Mana Khemia, Atelier Iris, Luminous Arc, Legacy of Y's, and so on.

[Goodintentions]

im surprised it didnt .. as prinny came with one ..
though honestly ill take hte portability over the soundtrack .... all my NIS soundtracks are still sitting unopened.. i enjoy hte music .. but not enough to listen to outside fo the game ..

[Toxa]

As hinted at earlier, Alchemist role-playing series Atelier is making the leap to the PS3. The latest entry, Atelier Rorona, will be released in Japan on June 25.

The game will feature full voice — a first for the series — and 3D graphics. The artist is Meru Kishida.

The game's plot follows a novice 14-year-old frilly-lace-wearing alchemist named Rorona. In the game, it's possible to create approximately a hundred items.

The Japanese franchise commenced in 1997 with PlayStation title Atelier Marie ~The Alchemist of Salburg~. The games, best known for their alchemy mechanics, have largely appeared on the PS platform with a few games showing up on other systems like the Dreamcast, the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS.

http://kotaku.com/5172956/ps3-alchem...ut-this-summer

[Shin-Ra]

Ok, here's an absolute bugger-tonne of screenshots and art.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1222820_1407.html

[androvsky]

Wow, I can't believe how good this game looks. I hope this does well, the Atelier series has been on a bit of a decline in Japan... but if anything can revive the series, this will.

[Icemage]

^ whoah!

Please please please please please be released worldwide!

[browinie]

Appears to have production values Gust cannot afford, how did they pull this off?

Good job rehosting the images Shin

[BlackMamba]

I'm surprised the game looks this good

[Shin-Ra]

For some reason I can't view my own images right now (bad ISP DNS server or something, it's happened before then fixes itself up) so tell me if something doesn't show for the rest of you. Can't really test if my urls are working.

[Cordre69]

Wow, that sure does look good! I wonder if Sony helped them with the budget behind the scenes or something?

[MOONPHASE]

Gust just keeps getting better and better

[Goodintentions]

looking solid .. hopefully it doesnt come out at a bad time .. in other words not when other better bigger games come out ..

[BlackMamba]

Originally Posted by Cordre69

Wow, that sure does look good! I wonder if Sony helped them with the budget behind the scenes or something?

It doesn't seem to be that hard to do these type of visuals well. Eternal Sonata and Tales look similar.

[Shin-Ra]

Originally Posted by BlackMamba

It doesn't seem to be that hard to do these type of visuals well. Eternal Sonata and Tales look similar.

Namco and Tri-Crescendo are in a completely different budget and everything that falls under that league.

Not going to say this is quite on the same level as those two games, especially Eternal Sonata (I think the 2D presentation is actually much better than both though) but it's quite an accomplishment.