Atelier Shows Off World, Opening Movie, And More

Koei Tecmo has given us the details we need before diving into the world of Aladiss.

In a series of posts on the news page on the official website for Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land, Koei Tecmo has released the game’s opening movie, featuring its main theme song Labyrinth Synapse by Japanese rock band Flumpool, along with a host of details about the game’s world, new key art, and digital pre-orders.

Atelier Yumia is set to release worldwide on March 21 on Steam, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

Explore The World Of Aladiss

The news post gives players a first glimpse of three major areas of the game’s world of Aladiss they’ll get to explore: the Ligneus Region, the Sivash Region, and the Auruma Region.

Ligneus is where the investigation team, of which Yumia herself is a part, has established their first base, far from the capital of the Aladissian Empire. It’s a region comprised of plains and a vast forest, dotted with a number of alchemical research facilities from the empire’s time.

Sivash is a land where the ground has sunk and been taken over by mushrooms and other fungi – and, as the player heads deeper, they only get bigger. Some people of Aladiss still live here, including a settlement inhabited by the Welleks, a race of demihumans.

The last region shown off is Auruma, a former Aladissian Empire industrial region, now reduced to ruins. Some facilities still survive, but it’s far from its former glory. At its center stands a tree-like structure covered in metal.

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Digital pre-orders for all platforms are now live, available in Standard, Ultimate, and Digital Deluxe editions. Aside from the base game, the Digital Deluxe edition includes the Colorful Collection, a set of alternate outfits for all the characters, two for each, and a “Puni Badge” to increase experience gain and guarantee drops from Puni monsters.

The Ultimate edition includes the Digital Deluxe content plus the Season Pass, which comes with two extra maps and new story, 400 extra music tracks from other Gust games, swimsuit and “Fantasy Academy” costume sets, a set of blueprints and recipes, and, as a bonus, five alternate hair colors for each character.

The news also includes a special message from Flumpool.

After the runaway success of the Atelier Ryza games, it seems like Gust is aiming to one-up themselves with Atelier Yumia; they’ve cited games and series like Genshin Impact, Xenoblade Chronicles, Persona, and Valheim as inspirations.

From what I’ve seen, it looks like they’re on the right track, but it won’t be long before we’re able to find out.