New details are here for Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian
Recently, at Bilibili World, a three-day event for all things anime, comics and more, Koei Tecmo and developer Gust were on hand to reveal new details about two Atelier projects. The one that got the most details about was Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, which kicked things off with a new system trailer.
One of the details that was shared, which will matter to fans of the Atelier series, is just how this new game connects to telier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator. The games share the same world, but this new game spins-off as a what if scenario, after the defeat of Weltex. This means that events change at that point and that leads Rias Eidreise and Slade Clauslyter to exploring the Lantarna continent and discovering new adventures. In their quest, they will encounter new and familiar characters from past Atelier titles, such as fan-favourite alchemist Ryza and her friend Klaudia from the “Secret” series, or Ayesha Altugle from the “Dusk” series. These characters will interact with Rias and Slade and help progress through the story.
The two main protagonists will engage in turn-based combat against various opponents while influencing the order of action turns to make the most of their team members’ skills. Players will be able to trigger “Multi-Actions” with support characters, enabling them to perform up to three actions in a row. During multi-skills attack, players can use items, and by using two or more in a row, trigger an “Item Mix” that will add extra effects, allowing for a unique combination of items.
As players explore the world, they will be able to gather ingredients, which they can use for creating new items via the games Synthesise mechanics, just like in past games.
In the game players will synthesise items by connecting the “Gift Colours” of selected ingredients, adding traits to the final item. Some specific ingredients, known as “Catalyst Ingredients”, will have particular effects included, allowing fans to synthesise special items. For example, the “Altus” catalyst ingredient will allow players to determine the “Gift Colours” of the next ingredient, while the “Iris Stone” catalyst ingredient will change the pre-designated category of the next ingredient slot. Adding certain ingredients will trigger a “Recipe Morph” and change the recipe being synthesised, allowing players to create new items. By cooperating with up to three other team members or fairies during the synthesis process, players can create items with even more powerful effects, while using Slade’s Geist Core will allow them to enhance only once an item has already been synthesised.
Once items have been created, you will be able to sell them in shops, giving you a way to earn more money. More details on that should be released soon.
The game itself is set to release on September 26 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. It will include Japanese voices with English texts only and there is a PlayStation 4 edition, but that won’t be sold outside of Japan.
