Atelier PS3 debut slated for Sept

By Robert Purchese Published 24 June, 2010

Rorona prepares to go West.

NIS America has announced that the first Atelier game created for PlayStation 3 - Atelier Rorona - will be released here in September.

That's a US date, but the region-free nature of the console means that shouldn't matter.

Atelier Rorona tells the story of a girl called Rorona. She works in an alchemy shop run by a lazy lady named Astrid. Rorona and Astrid are landed in the muck when a messenger from the ruling kingdom turns up and demands that all their assignments in the next three years must be met or the shop closed down.

A video shows pretty, minimally-animated cut-scenes as well as free-roaming exploration. Battle gameplay isn't shown, but various characters twirl and spin for the camera, presumably demonstrating their special powers.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Steroyd #1 2 years ago

    One of those franchises I regretted not getting on the PS2, I will not miss this time round.

  • chrisno21 #2 2 years ago

    Series went downhill on the PS2 so hoping this is a return to excellent form.

  • Cappy #3 2 years ago

    I liked the alchemy & item creation element of the PS2 games and Rorona is reportedly more focused on item creation so I'll definitely be watching out for this release.

  • Pastici #4 2 years ago

    I have no idea what half the words in that article mean.

  • abigsmurf #5 2 years ago

    Only experience of the Atelier series I've played is Atelier Annie which was fairly enjoyable. Hoping the game is slightly meatier than that. Having more activities you can do which don't cause days to tick by would be nice (would like to see some traditional dungeons) and making the ending(s) more satisfying.

    Also a shame this is coming out just after Atelier Totori in Japan. They really improved the visuals in the sequel, adding a lot more character to the animations and models.

  • ShadowMountain #6 2 years ago

    Having played Atelier Iris 2 and Ar Tonelico 2, I prefer the Ar Tonelico series to be honest, superiour in every way imo. Its a shame they recieve much lower budgets than the Atelier iris series. If they do bring the new Atelier I do hope they bring AR3 too

  • orangpelupa #7 2 years ago

    i see lolis..... :p

    loved the series on PS2. too bad i don't have ps3 :(

  • Acrid #8 2 years ago

    Never heard of Atelier before but it sounds and looks quite interesting, nice art style.