Just last week, we shared the news that Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland is being localised for release in the west, but that's only the beginning for fans of the franchise. Thanks to seemingly decent sales and fan desire, it would appear that plenty more titles will soon be following suit.
In an interview with Miketendo64, Junzo Hosoi and Keisuke Kikuchi - General Producer and Development Producer of Nelke And The Legendary Alchemists (another Atelier title recently confirmed for the west) - shared some insight into the series' recent success and plans going forward. The duo confirmed that this year's Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings has potentially reached players new to the series.
Hosoi & Kikuchi: "As sales numbers in North America and Europe were similar on PlayStation 4 and Switch versions, it seems this title could reach players new to the Atelier series."
Of course, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings was the third and final part of the 'Mysterious' trilogy of titles, with the overall series being split into various storylines throughout its history. Asked if Nelke And The Legendary Alchemists would follow this trend, despite being a spin-off title of sorts, Hosoi & Kikuchi seem open to the idea as long as the first game is successful.
Hosoi & Kikuchi: We have developed this title while thinking about making a series out of it if it is successful. Adding in further instalment’s characters from future Atelier series games will allow fresh and exciting possibilities.
Potentially, this means we could see at least another two games in the series, and recent trends would suggest that the games would almost certiainly be released on Switch. And that's not all, either, as the producers have also said that a western localisation of the mobile game Atelier Online could happen "if feedback is positive". Presumably, this relates to feedback from Japanese players, so we'll have to wait and see how that one plays out.
Are you an Atelier fan? Would you like to see more and more games appear on Switch? Let us know with a comment below.
[source miketendo64.com]
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While I haven't played any games in this series, I'm always glad to hear of third parties doing well on Switch. The more third party success on Switch, the better!
I've got Nelke & The Legendary Alchemists preordered. I look forward to more of the series on Switch.
I'm really hoping the optimize newer titles more than Lydie & Suelle. The performance was pretty subpar, and these games aren't that demanding, so rock solid 30 fps is my minimum expectation.
The more consoles they release for the better.
Atelier has been a horrid mess for ages now. They need to stop and take their time making the next one. Lydie & Suelle was awful
"Similar to PS4" is not saying much. Lydie and Suelle bombed in Japan. And BestBuy and GameSpot have had it on sale at 19.99/29.99 for ages now in the US.
Want this series to do well, so the Switch has everything it needs to be the key JRPG machine of the next five years or so. However, I struggle to fit in more than a couple of mammoth 80-hour-plus RPGs a year, and Atelier has so far fallen behind the queue of Xenoblade, Octopath and Dark Souls, with SMT, DQXI, Valkyrie and FFXII also to come. Not to mention Pokemon. I'm glad others find the time for this series though.
I've never played any of these games.
@Krull I feel the same. Currently I am 60's hours into "Rainbow Skies"on the ps vita. Then Valkyrie on the switch and back to "FF worlds" on the ps vita. I am probably all good until March 2019
Good. I'm just nearly starting to becoming a fan of this series.
I love the atelier series and I will surely buy the next installments, (preferably on my switch), but I would have preferred if they waited longer for the next main entry. I liked lydie and suelle, but it felt rushed sometimes. The remakes and Nelke would have been a perfect time for that.
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