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Feature: Atelier Series Producer On Popularity Polls, Seamless Battles, And Returning To Sophie

“We looked over the reactions we received on social media”.

2022 is the 25th anniversary year of Koei Tecmo and Gust Co.’s Atelier RPG series. It debuted in 1997 back on PlayStation with Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg, and Switch owners have several entries in its library to choose from, including the very successful Atelier Ryza and its direct sequel, which broke series tradition by having the main protagonist of one entry (Ryza in this case) carry over into the follow-up.

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream — the latest in the “Mysterious” branch of the series — is coming to Switch on 25th February, with series producer Junzo Hosoi returning to the ever-expanding Atelier canon. We previously spoke to Hosoi back in December 2020 prior to the release of Atelier Ryza 2, but to find out more about this new title, we caught up with him once again…

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