Not sure yet for the Western release. Even the Digital Deluxe Edition of Lulua on the US eShop only contains the first season pass which is the "Lulua" pass. So we'd have to wait until those Meruru/Totori passes come West, but considering the fact that the contents of the Lulua pass are currently not available for individual purchase, I would assume those others would probably be a matter of buying the pass.
Cool! I just recieved my Switch collectors edition yesterday but I haven't played it yet. Good to know it's been done well I love this series. Thanks for the review.
Great review. I might buy atelier lulua for the Nintendo switch later on. It really looks cool. But do I have to play the previous atelier games to understand this one?
No you don t need to have played the former ones, and that pretty much relates to any title of the series, but you will have that little bit more fun if you did play them because of reacuring and related characters. Ryza is a good starting point at the moment, even though/or maybe because some elements have been dumped down compared to the rest of the series(battle-items way less important->alchemy pretty much "only" for equipment and tools). But to be honest you can start with any first game in their trilogy to get the most out of it. (Even though i m not that fond of the mysterious trilogy, but on the other hand ayesha is one of my favorites, which is generally refered as a weaker one, and the mysterious trilogy has his fanbase) "Older" dx/plus titles may really be a better way to get into the series because you get all the dlc included. The arland trilogy is still really good today.
Florian Schneider okay thanks.😊 I'm thinking about buying atelier ryza for the Nintendo switch and also the other atelier games for the Nintendo switch and ps3. They all look like interesting and relaxing games to start with too.😃
Just for clarification. The atelier-series is mainly organized in trilogies. There are some 2-parters and lulua is the forth part of the arland series. Every series will feature a new world and characters even though there may be a occasionally really rare crossover from a favorite character, but that is more fanservicy than storywise related. Ryza is the beginning of the "secret" series, so pretty much a blank slade. Lulua on the other hand is a loose sequell to rorona-totori-meruru (arland). I personally like the dusk trilogy the most ayesha-esha and lodgy-shallie, but it is a bit(not by that much) more serious in tone than other titles. Sophie-firis-lydie and suelle build the mysterious trilogy. And like i said. There is no need to play older titles even within a trilogy. They can be played all stand alone. All plotpoints will be explained, just some returning characters will maybe leave you scratching your head, but there will be always justifications in the same title for their kind of relationships/behaviours. They will just be more fleshed out if you played older titles sharing the same world.
Florian Schneider okay thanks for the clarification.😃 I haven't really played the other atelier games since I finished the atelier iris games for the ps2, so it's going to be great to play the atelier games again, and I'll probably start with atelier lulua first and then atelier lydie and sulle, and the other atelier games for the Nintendo switch and ps3. Thanks for the recommendation.😊
Adopted daughter?! oh for crying out loud, I was eager to find out who her father was. They really just didn't wanna imply that Rorona had sex with anyone I bet.
I’d say you could. There are some small references to previous games here but the majority of the story focuses on Lulua and her journey and not as much on the previous games.
I literally agree it's just going to be more forgettable especially when you're playing the same call of duty or assassin's Creed in my perspective at least.
If you mean the load times, they're pretty short. Only a couple seconds to load into battle and going into dungeons is only a few seconds. The longest times are probably when loading an event scene, which I've never really seen go above 5-6 seconds.
Does this game have an english voice option? I’ve always preferred playing the Atelier games with english audio. I haven’t played the newest series of games, but I heard that some of them don’t have an english voice option. Is it the same with this one?
I like these games, but the time limits always stress me out for some reason lol. I always feel like im playing the game wrong... Very interested in this one not having time limits. The interrupt feature sounds very neat too. I think I'll pick this up after work today 👍
I would love to try one of these games, but they all look so cheap and careless as if the developers don‘t even care, just pump one out ever year. And if the developers don‘t care, I don‘t think I should either.
Disorienting godamn games. When they release a title every month you know for certain the quality will be bad. What is what? Where to begin? If some people have trouble placing FF games in the right order these are even worse.
Nope just play any atelier all games are stand alone , yeah they are trilogy but is not obligatory play all games , just play the game you have interest