Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland

Atelier Meruru:
The Apprentice of Arland
North American PS3 cover art
Developer(s)Gust Co. Ltd.
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Yoshito Okamura
Producer(s)Tadanobu Inoue
Designer(s)Azusa Takahashi
Yoshito Okamura
Programmer(s)Yuji Higuchi
Artist(s)Mel Kishida
Writer(s)Yasuhiro Nakai
Tamon Matsuzawa
Yoshito Okamura
Composer(s)Daisuke Achiwa
Kazuki Yanagawa
Ken Nakagawa
Miyoko Kobayashi
SeriesAtelier
EnginePhyreEngine
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Release
June 23, 2011
  • Atelier Meruru
    PlayStation 3
    • JP: June 23, 2011
    • EU: May 25, 2012
    • NA: May 29, 2012[1]
    • AU: May 31, 2012
    Atelier Meruru Plus
    PlayStation Vita
    • JP: March 20, 2013
    • NA: October 1, 2013
    • PAL: October 2, 2013
    Atelier Meruru DX
    Nintendo Switch & PlayStation 4
    • JP: September 20, 2018
    • EU: December 4, 2018
    • NA: December 4, 2018
    Microsoft Windows
    • WW: December 4, 2018
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland[a] is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Gust Co. Ltd. It was released for PlayStation 3 on June 23, 2011 in Japan. Atelier Meruru is the thirteenth installment in the Atelier series, and it continues the series' emphasis on item creation and synthesis. It is the third game in the Arland series and a direct sequel to Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland. It was withdrawn from the market after a month due to being mis-rated,[2] only being re-released after CERO applied a B rating a few days later.[3] It is notably the last title that Gust self-published before merging with Tecmo Koei. A PlayStation Vita version titled Atelier Meruru Plus: The Apprentice of Arland was released on March 20, 2013 in Japan.[4]

A port of the game titled Atelier Meruru DX for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 was released on September 20, 2018 in Japan,[5] and on December 4, 2018 in the West along with an additional Microsoft Windows release worldwide.[6]

  1. ^ NIS America (May 15, 2012). "Prinny Bomb #236". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Atelier Meruru game held back in Japan due to rating" Archived 2011-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ ""Atelier Meruru PS3 RPG age rating changed to 12+"". Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  4. ^ Ishaan . December 24, 2012 . 8:30am (December 24, 2012). "Atelier Meruru Plus For PlayStation Vita Leaked Via Retailer". Siliconera.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Atelier Rorona DX, Atelier Totori DX, and Atelier Meruru DX announced for PS4, Switch". Gematsu. 2018-07-10. Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  6. ^ "Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack coming west for PS4, Switch, and PC on December 4". Gematsu. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-12-10.


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