Atelier Ayesha: Alchemist of the Ground of Dusk (PS3)

[Ray]

The official name for Gust's Project A14 has been revealed in Dengeki PlayStation this week to be Ayesha no Atelier, or Atelier Ayesha.

The magazine reveals two characters: Ayesha Artool (voiced by Marina Inoue) and Nio Artool (voiced by Mariya Ise). At the game's unveiling last week, Gust announced the voice actresses, but did not share the character names or the new character designer. Dengeki reveals the designer to be Hidari (known for the Fractal anime).

Nio is Ayesha's little sister. Nio has gone missing, leaving Ayesha lonely. Just as she has come to grips with her sadness, Ayesha discovers some traces of her sister and comes to believe that she is alive somewhere. Asha heads out her journey.

Dengeki mentions one new gameplay system, the "Connecting Memories" system. As Ayesha progresses on her search for her sister, all the various happenings will be recorded in a journal. As she reviews these journal entries, she will grow.

The game will have a command battle system with a newly added "cost" element. Enemy position is a central element to strategy, as it seems that attacking more distant enemies will require additional cost.

Atelier Ayesha will be released on June 28.

Source: http://andriasang.com/con0e7/atelier_asha/

General Info:

- Atelier Ayesha Screens and Artwork

- Atelier Ayesha Doesn’t Put You On The Clock When It Comes To Finding Your Sister

- Atelier Ayesha Uses 3D Modeling For Event Scene

- Regina, Keithgrif and the New Item Synthesis System

- Juris, Wilbell and the Cost Turn Battle System

- Marion Quin, Harry Olson and the Premium Edition

- Linca, Merietta, Fred, and the Remembrance System

- Odileia the Automata, Kyle the Barkeep, and Tanya the Salt Miner

Characters:

- Ayesha Altugle
- Nio Altugle
- Keithgrif Hazeldine
- Regina Curtis
- Juris Grunden
- Wilbell Voll=ErsLied
- Marion Quin
- Harry Olson
- Linca (Mine!)
- Fred Rodfork
- Merietta Muir
- Odelia
- Tanya Folta

Links & Videos:

Website: http://atelier-ps3.jp/ayesha/

Opening Movie: http://youtu.be/1XvmbfvYPEA

Trailer #1: http://youtu.be/ww_ta1ewABQ

Trailer #2: http://youtu.be/BW_tBszy0Wg

Trailer #3: http://youtu.be/K3TXiLLGesU

Trailer #4: http://youtu.be/_kOVuKdb-fE

Trailer #5: http://youtu.be/geMskgK4HSU

Trailer #6: http://youtu.be/pHFq_Rc9RFA

Trailer #7: http://youtu.be/dsB8PUBAgXk

Trailer #8: http://youtu.be/MZqxH15m2A8

Promo vid: http://youtu.be/KDYmNrKwouk

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I was surprised to see that nobody had made a thread for this rather delicious looking game. I'm sure NISA will probably localize it next year, but I'm still very tempted to import the game.

[OceanBlue]

The alchemy system for this game looked pretty interesting and there were a lot of nice things I saw in the trailers. The other PS3 Atelier games have been great for me, so I can't wait to play this one.

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

- Winbell Voll=ErsLied

You can say I'm really interested in this game, but I have to finish the previous ones first .

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

You can say I'm really interested in this game, but I have to finish the previous ones first .

That.. might take you a while to do so; unless you're able to fly to through the games, that is. I wouldn't be very surprised if NISA were to announce that they plan on bringing over Ayesha by the time you're finished. xD

Trailer #4: http://youtu.be/_kOVuKdb-fE

Promo vid: http://youtu.be/KDYmNrKwouk

Linca's voice sure is sexy ~

[Kaihan]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

- Wilbell Voll=ErsLied

Does her name really have a equal sign in it? Well thats gonna be interesting I think... I do very much like her design though.

Originally Posted by Aphrah

- Linca (Mine!)

Yes! A long hair girl with an oversized weapon that is bigger than them? thats a plus for me.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Kaihan

Does her name really have a equal sign in it? Well thats gonna be interesting I think... I do very much like her design though.

Yeah, it does. It's weird, but I certainly like it.

Yes! A long hair girl with an oversized weapon that is bigger than them? thats a plus for me.

Oh, yeah! I love red heads (Regina, Murietta) but her long hair + massive sword was too much for me, haha.

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by Kaihan

Does her name really have a equal sign in it? Well thats gonna be interesting I think... I do very much like her design though.

Japan has a strange obsession for character names with an equal sign in the middle of their name. If you played BlazBlue, almost everyone has that same pattern name (i.e. レイチェル＝アルカード). Probably that's how they separate first name and last name for character that has noble origin or the like.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

Japan has a strange obsession for character names with an equal sign in the middle of their name. If you played BlazBlue, almost everyone has that same pattern name (i.e. レイチェル＝アルカード). Probably that's how they separate first name and last name for character that has noble origin or the like.

It's not an obsession -___-;

It's legit punctuation. It's either double hyphen or the dark full stop

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

It's not an obsession -___-;

It's legit punctuation. It's either double hyphen or the dark full stop

Oh I see. I have never seen it outside of Japanese game so I didn't know.

[Ray]

http://gematsu.com/2012/06/atelier-ayesha-screenshots-4

A bodyguard with a massive sword and beautiful hair? Sure, why the hell not!

[Syntron]

I can be the cute girl again?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Syntron

I can be the cute girl again?

*blasts Syntron with an EMP rifle*

No. All the lolis are belong to me.

[Ray]

Linca, Merietta, Fred, and the Remembrance System


All three girls have nice chests. A guy? I'm sorry, but I don't see any guys..

Trailer #5: http://youtu.be/geMskgK4HSU

That mini-game looks fun.

[frubam]

Now was a good time to get into the Atelier series(I've been playing Totori for a month, but before that I played the 1st Atelier Iris for the ps2 at launch =03). Those graphics are pretty nice, and they've got rid of the 'talking portraits' that I haven't liked in Totori(and possibly Meruru). Never saw the reason to use portraits when you have good looking 3D models =0\.

[risingstar3110]

If only all these Jrpg (sort of) eventually be released in X-box 360....

I can get a PS3 too, but does not consider myself hardcore enough to have both

[Duo Maxwell]

I don't think having both console is anything to be considered hardcore. Just think it's as a little invest so you don't have to worry about which platform the game will be published.

Beside, 2nd one is cheap nowaday.

[Ray]

Trailer #6: http://youtu.be/pHFq_Rc9RFA

Man, GUST sure put out a lot of trailers..

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by frubam

Now was a good time to get into the Atelier series(I've been playing Totori for a month, but before that I played the 1st Atelier Iris for the ps2 at launch =03). Those graphics are pretty nice, and they've got rid of the 'talking portraits' that I haven't liked in Totori(and possibly Meruru). Never saw the reason to use portraits when you have good looking 3D models =0\.

I haven't played through a lot of Meruru, but even in Meruru I can tell that they were trying to ease away from 2D portraits and use more 3D models. But they were pretty awful at portraying expression and the lip syncing made it really goofy . I'll miss the portraits.

[darkchibi07]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

Trailer #6: http://youtu.be/pHFq_Rc9RFA

Man, GUST sure put out a lot of trailers..

They also need to work on the lip-syncing.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by darkchibi07

They also need to work on the lip-syncing.

Indeed. They should've stuck with the 2D portraits.

Edit:

Trailer #7: http://youtu.be/dsB8PUBAgXk

Linca! <3

Edit 2: New (sub) character: Odelia

Edit 3: New (sub) character: Tanya Folta

Trailer #8: http://youtu.be/MZqxH15m2A8