Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (アーシャのアトリエ ~黄昏の大地の錬金術士~ Asha no Atorie ~Tasogare no Daichi no
Renkinjutsushi~, lit. Atelier Ayesha ~Alchemist of the Ground of
Dusk~) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Gust. The character designs are by Hidari. It is the fourteenth
title in the Atelier series, coming after Atelier
Meruru, but has a storyline
independent from previous titles in the series. Atelier Ayesha is the
fourteenth installment of the main Atelier series. It is the fourth game
released on the Playstation 3, although it is in an entire new universe from
the Arland Series. It is the first game in the Twilight Series, and the prequel
to Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky. An English language release was published in March
2013 by Tecmo Koei in western regions.
Developer(s) | Gust |
Publisher(s) |
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Series | Atelier |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita |
Release date(s) | JP June 28, 2012
NA March 5, 2013
AU March 7, 2013 EU March 8, 2013 |
Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Distribution | Blu-ray Disc |
Premise
Atelier
Ayesha stars Ayesha Altugle, a lonely girl who runs a herbalist's workshop.
After her grandfather died, Ayesha’s younger sister Nio disappeared when she
was gathering herbs. One day, Ayesha sees Nio walking through ruins which
starts her journey. The goal of the game is to reunite Ayesha with Nio.
Overcoming sadness is one of the game’s themes and players will see Ayesha grow
as she writes diary entries.
Atelier Ayesha takes place in a new world separate from
the Arland saga where the art of alchemy is out of style. Most people forgot
about it and Ayesha lives in an ever changing world
Main Characters
- Ayesha Altugle (アーシャ・アルトゥール Āsha Arutūru)
- Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese), Erika Harlacher (English)
- The game's main character. Ayesha is a herbalist who ran a small workshop with her grandfather and little sister Nio, until her grandfather passed away and Nio goes missing. Despite being left alone, Ayesha remained upbeat and continued to run the workshop. One day, Ayesha sees an apparition of Nio by her supposed grave. Convinced that her little sister is still alive, Ayesha sets off on a journey to discover the means to save her.
- Nio Altugle (ニオ・アルトゥール Nio Arutūru)
- Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese), Kira Buckland (English)
- Ayesha's younger sister who disappears one day while out gathering herbs. After a long search by Ayesha and nearby villagers found no trace of the girl, Nio is assumed dead, and a gravestone is erected at the place of her disappearence.
- Keithgriff Hazeldine (キースグリフ・ヘーゼルダイン Kīsugurifu Hēzerudain)
- Voiced by: Jōji Nakata (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)
- An experienced alchemist from another country with a keen interest about ancient times. He’s a calm and collected gentleman in pursuit of knowledge. Keithgriff first encounters Ayesha on one of his visits to a ancient ruin, and points the young girl towards alchemy as the key to saving her younger sister. In battle, Keithgriff doesn’t use a weapon, instead relying on alchemy related attacks, which he summons from his magic ring.
- Regina Curtis (レジナ・カティス Rejina Katisu)
- Voiced by: Fumie Mizusawa (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)
- An acquaintance of Ayesha who makes a living selling artifacts excavated from ruins. Despite being a girl, she is considered one of the strongest amongst the excavators, a group consisting mainly of heavily built men in their prime. Regina is a sociable and reliable girl with a bunch of younger siblings to take care of.[4]
- Wilbell voll Erslied (ウィルベル・ヴォル エルスリート Uiruberu Boru Erusurīto)
- Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese), Cristina Valenzuela (English)
- A girl who comes from a family of witches. Described as being cute and wearing a black pointy hat, Wilbell is a genius when it comes to magic, but knows that she is a long way to be acknowledged by her great-great-grandmother, to whom she looks up. Despite fighting with a broom, Wilbell is still learning to fly as a proper witch.
- Linca (リンカ Rinka)
- Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanse), Julie Ann Taylor (English)
- A calm and collected swordswoman that acts as Marion Quinn' bodyguard. By Marion's request, she offers her assistance to Ayesha, who in return helps in her efforts to improve her cooking and make other friends, with dubious results.
- Juris Grunden (ユーリス・グルンデン Yūrisu Gurinden)
- Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)
- A hunter who wants to defeat a dragon and wear its scales as armor. Despite his stoic demeanor, he is very protective of his sister Nanaca, and watches over her from afar as she looks for pasture for their cows. Juris fights using a hatchet and crossbow.
Gallery
Atelier Ayesha Art |
Atelier Ayesha Art |
Atelier Ayesha Screenshot |
Atelier Ayesha Linca |
Atelier Ayesha battle system |
Atelier Ayesha (Ayesha) |
Atelier Ayesha Art |
Atelier Ayesha Art |
Atelier Ayesha Art |
Atelier Ayesha Art |
Atelier Ayesha Synthesis |
Atelier Ayesha Willbel |
Atelier Ayesha Regina |
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Atelier Escha
& Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (エスカ&ロジーのアトリエ ~黄昏の空の錬金術士~ Esuka & Rojī no Atorie ~Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi~) is
a Japanese role-playing video
game developed by Gust Co. Ltd and the secend game of Atelier Dusk Series. Given the project
code "A15", it is the 15th game in the official Atelier series. Hidari remains as the character designer and the game runs on the LTGL
engine.It was released in Japan on 27 June 2013 and released in West on 11 March 2014.
エスカ&ロジーのアトリエ ~黄昏の空の錬金術士~ (Escha & Logy no Atelier ~Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi~) | |
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Genre | Fantasy |
Game | |
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky | |
Developer | Gust Co. Ltd. |
Publisher | Tecmo Koei |
Genre | Role-playing video game |
Platform | PlayStation 3 |
Released |
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Gameplay
With the new synthesis system, the player can combine different items. The two protagonists Escha and Logy use different kinds of tools to synthesize.
Plot
The game's story takes place about 4 years after the beginning
of Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of
Dusk in a far
away place to the west of the Twilight Land where the local administration
hires two new alchemists, Escha and Logy as members of their R&D division.
While learning the ropes of their new occupation, Escha and Logy gather friends
and companions as they unlock the secrets of the nearby ruins and help the citizens in a world that is still recovering from a catastrophic event known as "The Dusk".
Characters
Escha Malier (エスカ メーリエ Esuka Mērie)
Voiced by: Rie Murakawa
The first protagonist of the story.
Escha is often quite quirky and cheerful, and often show her feelings very
clearly. She is full of energy and is also a very curious person. Escha works
as an government official along her partner Logy, and performs alchemy using a
cauldron to synthesize items.
Logix "Logy"
Fiscario (ロジックス フィクサリオ Rojikkusu
Fikusario)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa
The second protagonist of the story.
Logy is a serious and "down-to-earth" person, but is also kind. He
has a burn scar on one of his arms, and he seems to avoid talking about his
past. Like Escha, he is an government official, and is assigned to work with
her. Instead of a cauldron, Logy uses specialized tools to assemble new weapons
and armor and to disassemble items in order to discover their properties.
Lucille Ernella (ルシル・エルネラ Rushiru
Erunera)
Voiced by: Mariko Honda
Lucille is a new government official
educated in medicine, sent to the development project from The Center. She is a
junior to Escha and Logy within the development team, and address them both
with the "senpai" honorific. She is serious about her work and
polite, but sometimes she makes big mistakes. She comes from the rich Ernella
family.
Awin Sidelet (アウィン・サイドレット Awin
Saidoretto)
Voiced by: Kenji Akabane
Escha's cousin, Awin is a
balloon-mechanic working in the engineering team. He is responsible for the
maintenance of public facilities, carriages, and so on. He's a caring person
and admires the adventurer Reyfer Luckberry. Since he is very knowledgeable
about mechanical arts, he provides assist with various sides of investigations.
Reyfer Luckberry (レイファー・ラックベリー Reifā
Rakkuberī)
Voiced by: Yasunori
Masutani
Reyfer is a sharpshooter and treasure
hunter who joins the team in search for ancient relics.
Threia
Hazelgrimm (スレイア・ヘーゼルグリム Sureia Hēzerugurim)
Voiced by: Chiharu Kitaoka
Threia is an archeologist who makes use
of the knowledge obtained from her studies to fight.
Linca (リンカ Rinka)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu
Returning from the
previous game, Linca is a swordswoman and Marion Quinn' bodyguard. She joins
the party under Marion's request.
Gallery
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Trinity Universe
Trinity Universe (トリニティ・ユニバース) is a 2009 console role-playing game, co-developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Idea Factory and Gust Corporation exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is published by Idea Factory in Japan and NIS America in North America and Europe and was released in Japan on October 1, 2009 and in North America and Europe on June 2010. The game features characters from the Atelier and Disgaea series from Gust Corporation and Nippon Ichi Software respectively, with fully 3D character models for the first time.
In Trinity Universe's battle system, each attack uses a certain amount of AP, and skills are assigned to three different buttons, it has a very similar combat system to Hyperdimension Neptunia except without Neptunia's extensive customization. If players execute a string of skills, they can deal more damage. Time is said to be an important element, with players having a set period in which to destroy a gravitation field and escape a dungeon.
Characters
Original characters
Trinity Universe (トリニティ・ユニバース) is a 2009 console role-playing game, co-developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Idea Factory and Gust Corporation exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is published by Idea Factory in Japan and NIS America in North America and Europe and was released in Japan on October 1, 2009 and in North America and Europe on June 2010. The game features characters from the Atelier and Disgaea series from Gust Corporation and Nippon Ichi Software respectively, with fully 3D character models for the first time.
North American Cover Art | |
Developer(s) | Nippon Ichi Software,Gust Corporation, Idea Factory |
Publisher(s) | Idea Factory (Japan) NIS America |
Artist(s) | Tsunako |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
Release date(s) |
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Genre(s) | Role-playing game |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Distribution | Blu-ray Disc |
Gameplay
In Trinity Universe's battle system, each attack uses a certain amount of AP, and skills are assigned to three different buttons, it has a very similar combat system to Hyperdimension Neptunia except without Neptunia's extensive customization. If players execute a string of skills, they can deal more damage. Time is said to be an important element, with players having a set period in which to destroy a gravitation field and escape a dungeon.
The
game features two different scenarios, Goddess side which features Gust
characters, and a Demon Lord side with Nippon Ichi characters. The protagonist
in the Demon Lord story line is a devil dog named Kanata, while the Goddess side stars the
Valkyrie Rizelea.
Characters
·
Kanata (カナタ Kanata)
Voiced by: Miku Ozaki (Japanese), Sam Riegel (English)
Also
known as Demon Dog King Kanata (犬魔王カナタ Inu
Maō Kanata), Kanata hails from a lineage that
was tasked with sacrificing themselves to become "Demon God Gems".
These gems are capable of emitting energy that repels drifting objects in
space, so as to prevent them from crashing into the Netheruniverse's capital,
Empyria. He resists his fate during the ritual and becomes a Demon Dog King
instead, his vassal Tsubaki frees him from his prison cell, and they both flee
his family castle. He now lives a carefree life instead.
·
Rizelea (リーゼリアル Rīzeriaru)
Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese), Mela Lee (English)
Also
known as Valkyrie Rizelea (戦女神リーゼリアル Ikusa
Megami Rīzeriaru), Rizelea has worked for the
Goddess Union as a Valkyrie in order to keep peace and order in the universe.
During her last mission to restore peace in the Netheruniverse, she decides to
take action independent of the Goddess Union and starts an investigation about
the drifting objects that travels towards Empyria. Prefers people to call her
"Riz" (リゼリア Rizeria in
the Japanese version).
·
Tsubaki (ツバキ Tsubaki)
Voiced by: Ayana
Taketatsu (Japanese), Kate Higgins (English)
Also known as Fox Spirit Tsubaki (妖狐ツバキ Yōko
Tsubaki), she is Kanata's caretaker that is
always by his side. Always behaving like a Yamato
Nadeshiko, her true, scary nature slips out occasionally when she
gets angry. No one knows of her secret ambitions.
·
Lucius (ルキウス Rukiusu)
Voiced by: Tetsuto Furukawa (Japanese), Bryce
Papenbrook (English)
Also known as The Dark Hero Lucius (暗黒勇者ルキウス Ankoku
Yūsha Rukiusu), an arrogant human who used to be
a Hero of Light, but a certain incident caused him to fall and become a Dark
Hero instead. He aims to usurp the throne to the Netheruniverse. Takes pride in
his ahoge (lit. fool's hair, an antennae-like hair that is a typical
anime feature), and becomes mad and needlessly defensive whenever someone
makes fun of it.
·
Recit (レシート Reshīto)
Voiced by: Atsushi Abe (Japanese), Keith
Silverstein (English)
Also
known as Treasure Hunter Recit (トレジャーハンター・レシート Torejā
Hantā Reshīto), a Treasure Hunter who travels all
over space and believes that going on adventures is the duty of all men. He is
very passionate and friendly to his friends, but he has a complex over his name
Recit because it sounds like 'receipt'. Designed by Kazuyuki Yoshizumi,
character designer for Gust's Mana Khemia
series.
·
Miyu (みゆ Miyu)
Voiced by: Maki Kobayashi (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)
Also
known as Managraphic Artist Miyu (マナグラフィッカーみゆ Mana
Gurafikkā Miyu), Miyu is a snow cat spirit whose
job is to draw Managraphics, magic symbols, on weapons. She works very hard in
order to send money to her poor family which lives on the other side of the
universe. Cries easily in all kinds of situations, from being sad or happy, to
confused or nervous. Designed by Yoshihiko Imaizumi,
character designer for Nippon Ichi's Jigsaw World game.
·
Mizuki (ミズキ Mizuki)
Voiced by: Yūna Inamura (Japanese), Lauren Landa (English)
Also
known as Super Assassin Idol Mizuki (スーパーアサシンアイドル・ミズキ Sūpā
Asashin Aidoru Mizuki?), Mizuki is literally a super idol
and assassin combined. She can sing, dance and assassinate, and is pretty
famous in the Netheruniverse. Very positive and optimistic, but a little
selfish. Her catchphrase is 'Are you prepared for your beautiful
assassination?!' ("覚悟せよ♪"
in the Japanese version, literally "get ready!").
·
Suzaku (スザク Suzaku)
Voiced by: Takashi Kondō (Japanese), Troy Baker (English)
Also
known as Castle Overseer (ラスボス・スザク Rasu
Bosu Suzaku) (the Japanese title, Last
Boss Suzaku, is most likely a reference to Disgaea's Mid Boss Vyer). A
mystic that serves at Kanata's castle. Speaks with a feminine tone (anokama accent in the
Japanese version), which sometimes conflict with his appearance. Because of his
household's and castle's economic deficits, he works several jobs such as being
Mizuki's manager and an Innkeeper. He juggles these jobs with fighting with
Kanata and Rizelea's party as well.
·
Macaroon (マカロン Makaron)
Voiced by: Haruko Komano (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
·
Shuten (酒呑童子 Shuten-dōji)
Voiced by: Takashi Maeda (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)
·
Ashura (アシュラ Ashura)
Voiced by: Mitsu Takagi (Japanese), Erin
Fitzgerald (English)
Nippon Ichi characters
·
Flonne (フロン Furon) from Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Voiced by: Yūko Sasamoto (Japanese), Sandy Fox (English)
Also
known as Universal Witch Girl, Galaxy Flonne (宇宙魔女っ娘・ギャラクシーフロン Uchū Majokko Gyarakushī Furon). A witch girl traveling around the
universe in a spaceship on a quest to fill the world with love. She is
currently chasing Etna, who stole her spaceship.
·
Etna (エトナ Etona) from Disgaea: Hour of
Darkness
Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)
Also
known as Galaxy Beauty Pirate Captain Etna (銀河美少女海賊・キャプテンエトナ Ginga Bishōjo Kaizoku Kyaputen Etona). The pretty captain of a stolen
ship, currently on a journey to find legendary sweets and conquer the world.
The latter is her secondary goal.
Voiced by: Junji Majima (Japanese), Dave
Wittenberg (English)
Also
known as Low Income Worker Prinnies (低賃金雑用使い魔・プリニー Teichingin
Zatsuyō Tsukaima Purinī). Etna's servants who toil solely
for money, while continuing to work for Etna because they fear her as well.
Frequently launched as cannonballs from the cannons in Etna's spaceship since
they explode when thrown.
Gust characters
·
Pamela Ibis (パメラ・イービス Pamera Ībisu) from Atelier Viorate:
Alchemist of Gramnad 2
Voiced by: Asuka Tanī (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
Also
known as Ghastly Inn Mascot, Pamela (幽霊亭の看板娘パメラ Yūreitei
no Kanban Musume Pamera), Pamela works at an inn on
Empyria. As usual, she enjoys pulling pranks on people by suddenly appearing
around them (especially the Prinnies and Lucius). Despite being a ghost, she is
merry and cheerful all the time, though she often sounds flat or without any
real opinion at all.
·
Violet
(Viorate) Platane (ヴィオラート・プラターネ Viorāto
Puratāne) from Atelier Viorate:
Alchemist of Gramnad 2
Voiced by: Noriko
Shitaya (Japanese), Lauren Landa (English)
Also
known as Alchemist Violet (錬金術士ヴィオラート Renkinjutsushi
Viorāto), she prefers people to call her
simply Vio (ヴィオ Vio).
A cheerful and active girl, Vio is very sociable and can make friends with
anyone instantly. She creates a lot of things using materials from all over the
Netheruniverse, as part of her alchemy training. She thinks that carrots are
the ultimate ingredients in cooking. Her goals are to become a great alchemist
and to make the best food using carrots as her main, if not only, ingredient.
This also marks Violet's first appearance in the U.S. since the game she
originates from was not localized (much like with Marie in Cross Edge).
Gallery
Etna |
Flonne |
Recit |
Lucius |
Miyu |
Pamela |
Prinny |
Tsubaki |
Rizelea |
Violet |
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