Ryza’s on the ryze
Publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Gust have just announced another milestone for the Atelier Ryza series. Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, and Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key have surpassed a total of two million units shipped.
The last report came on March 17, announcing that the series had shipped 1.6 million units. This means that the Atelier Ryza series has moved over 400,000 more units in a period filled with massive attention-stealers such as Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, Street Fighter VI, and Diablo IV. Now that’s quite the feat.
To celebrate the series’ success, Koei Tecmo has announced that they’re willing to give out some goodies to fans; too bad that only applies to fans living in Japan.
Are you just hearing about the Atelier series for the first time? Then you’ll probably be surprised to learn that this series has existed since ’97. (That’s older than Metal Gear Solid.) Atelier is a popular RPG series that began on Sony consoles, then gradually made its way to most other platforms. The Ryza games in the series follow Reisalin “Ryza” Stout. Ryza is an adventurer who travels the world looking for recipes to further her studies in the field of alchemy.
You can play either of the three newest games in the series on PS5, Xbox X|S, Switch, and Steam. The success of Atelier Ryza will likely not slow down anytime soon either, as an anime TV adaptation will come out this summer.
