[PS3] Atelier Shallie ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sea~

[Pellissier]

New Atelier game announced, it will be the 16th installment in the series, and third chapter of the Dusk series. Release date in Japan: June 26 postponed to July 17.

There will be two heroines, Shallistera (Shallie) voiced by Koiwai Kotori (Iwai in Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, Renge in Non Non Biyori) and Shallotte, voiced by Uesaka Sumire (Dekomori in Chuunibyou, Erbia in Outbreak Company).
The director will be the same of Atelier Rorona and Totori, so the game might be more on the ecchi side if compared to Ayesha and Escha & Logy.

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Additional infos about the two heroines (source: Gematsu):

Shallistera

A 16 year-old alchemist, 155cm, blood type A. She comes from a family that protects an ancient alchemic relic. She became head of the family after their death and must find a way to save her hometown which is on the verge of life and death. She sets out on her journey to the oasis town Strard (ステラード).

Her story: A story about the mystery of the world draws near. A story about the heart of dusk draws near. A story about the growth of a brave and diligent young girl.

Shallotte Elminus

An 18 year-old, sub-par and poor alchemist, 166cm, blood type B. She runs Atelier on behalf of her late father in Strard (ステラード). However, she lacks aptitude and experience so she’s kind of a knock-off alchemist.

Her story: A story about an adventurous and ordinary comedy chick. A story about a seemingly life-sized “Atelier.” A story about the growth of a reckless and straightforward young girl.

Trailer:

[Duo Maxwell]

Day 1 if it ever comes here. I just wish Koei will handle the localization better. There were a bunch of error in their translations in item's property and description, and a lot of text go over the text box.

[darkchibi07]

Oooo, are we going to have these two heroines going on adventures together? What a rare opportunity!

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by darkchibi07

Oooo, are we going to have these two heroines going on adventures together? What a rare opportunity!

[Dawnstorm]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

Shallistera (Shallie) voiced by Koiwai Kotori (Iwai in Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, Renge in Non Non Biyori)

Ooh, I already liked her character design, and now I'm going to like her voice, too. This bodes well.

[RRW]

I am still wondering what Shallie hold

[darkchibi07]

Originally Posted by RRW

I am still wondering what Shallie hold

From these pictures:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...mages-revealed

...I think it's a bell?

[Duo Maxwell]

Main site has been opened.

You can listen to the 4 sample BGM on the main site. I can see buying this game for just the BGM alone is worth it. Also, the 3D model in characters section actually made me go "wut?", since I thought they are 2D artwork instead.

[Duo Maxwell]

Sorry for double posting, but they have reveal more characters. The returning of Solle Grumman is also one I welcome.

Solle Grumman

Jurie Crotze

Miruca Crotze

A LOLI WITH A PILE BUNKER! DAY 1 PURCHASE RIGHT HERE!

[SaintessHeart]

How does she even hold that thing.

Doesn't matter! I can show her how to use it!

[Duo Maxwell]

You don't question a loli's strength. Ever.

Also, the mainsite is updated with the 5th BGM.

[Pellissier]

Several new videos came out in the last period, showing the game dynamics. There seem to be some news this year, particularly as far as time management is concerned. From what I've gathered it's been radically changed and the majority of the japanese fanbase isn't particularly happy about it. Can't say much more than this since informations are still vague and scattered all around (besides the game won't come out before 40 days).
By the way, it turns out that Wilbell is Shallotte's teacher!

Now for some videos

Spoiler for Game mechanics:

Spoiler for Battle:

Spoiler for Boss battle:

Spoiler for Misc:

[Duo Maxwell]

They have released the OP

YouTube

https://youtu.be/SlOA96E_zME

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It's just beautiful.

[tsunade666]

^is that willbell? or another new witch? the hairstyle and witch hat kinda reminds me of her though the design of witch hat is different.

[RRW]

YouTube

https://youtu.be/h9ngEjf-Pro

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[Honoakari]

Just finished Shallistera's story.

Spoiler for Ending+:

If I understood correctly, there is this huge water management system underground that stopped working properly because the creature that was supposed to take care of it (the final boss) went insane. The party defeats it, problem solved.

After that comes the end of the game, which goes like this:

- Shallistera has the option of returning to her village, or remaining in the city with everyone else.

- Central has now established an official branch in the city with Solle as its representative, and Escha ends up joining it without realizing that she won't be able to return to Colseit for some time.

- Even before the start of the game Logy returned to Colseit, and now he continues researching/building airships together with Awin.

- Having separated before to explore ruins in different places, Keithgriff and Odileia now reunite with Ayesha and Nio and leave together on a new journey.

Other stuff:

- During the game, Wilbell made a contract with the Water Elemental. So far she's got Wind, Fire and Water, so next will be Earth? Here's a small glint of hope that the Dusk series will continue.

- While exploring, the party discovered the facility where the Linca sisters were created. They realized what it was by seeing an actual Linca floating in some liquid. Was she dead, or did they just leave her there?

- Some people complained about the lack of time limits, but I'm glad that the developers got rid of them. The freedom of doing what you want without time constraints makes the game much more fun.

- The ending credits showed all the characters so far in a very "this is the end of the Dusk series, thanks for playing" fashion. Hopefully the game will sell enough and convince the developers to make a new sequel. IMO the world of Dusk still has a lot of potential.

[defki]

https://twitter.com/koeitecmoeurope/...103424/photo/1

Well localization was confirmed on Twitter for 2015.

[MeoTwister5]

So... the Vita version comes out days... this version comes with all DLC.

As someone who played and finished Ayesha and Excha/Logy, I have a question for hose who have played this: Does Shallie delve more on how the Dusk is ending their world and more or less give a satisfying conclusion to the Dusk Trilogy?

As much as I liked the first 2 Dusk games, my only complaint was that for a world that was essentially dying, there was a certain distinct lack of gravitas for the whole thing. For as Ayesha focused more on finding Nio and learning what an Alchemist is and how Escha/Logy focused more on keeping their dying region going while investigating ruins, both games never really delved much on the lore and history of the Dusk which I found a very interesting background to the whole story arc. I know I know as someone who's been playing Atelier games since the PS2 era story was never ever a main selling point in this series, but this is the first time this series got me engaged in an underlying story.

[The Green One]

My understanding was is that it was generally accepted that the world was dying, it was past the point of no return and it was just merely a matter of time thanks to humans wasteful and shortsighted policies steadily destroying the world by damaging the land and destroying resources thanks to misuse of Alchemy. Later Alchemists tried various projects to save and revitalize the world which either failed or generally made things worse.

The Protagonists in the story are generally more down to earth characters who aren't world savers, they're just trying to live their own lives and accomplish their personal goals, be it finding their long lost disappeared sister with Alchemy, get through their day job using Alchemy so they can bring home their paycheck as well as have fun exploring and doing things, or try to help/save their own town/village etc.

The world has basically deteriorated beyond the point anyone could individually save and the scale of projects we see attempted by people in the backstories are FAR beyond what any of the individual protagonists in the game can do. Some of them do go out into the world seeking for their own answers about the Dusk but for me the story has always been about these individual's journeys rather than the eventual destinations. I'm pretty much rambling at this point, but hopefully I got my point across.

[MeoTwister5]

Well my point being that the adds and trailers for Shallie as the Dusk trilogy finale is supposed to bring closure to the Dusk story line. Whether or not the world is saved from it's doom is not really important to me; I've accepted that in all likelihood their world will eventually die off anyway, but I can still accept that it may be saved.

All I want is a conclusion, whatever it may be, as long as it's satisfying.