Koei Tecmo recently announced that Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack will be coming to major platforms in 2025, as a digital release only. In a recent interview with 4Gamer, Atelier series producer Junzo Hosoi teased the upcoming deluxe re-release of the Secret trilogy, stating that it will take on a slightly different direction compared to the previous Trilogy Deluxe packs.
Interestingly, Hosoi explained that Koei Tecmo actually didn’t see the need to release the Ryza series Deluxe Pack from a commercial point of view – especially given that the three featured games – Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout, Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, and Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key – have been selling really well. So much so that that they would probably continue to perform well even without a new bundled re-release. Apparently, the need for a new deluxe release actually stems from the development team’s motivation to flesh out the characters even further and unveil more of the story through things they didn’t have the chance to include when the games were originally launched.
“The Secret series is thankfully selling well even now, and to be completely honest, I think it would continue doing well even if we didn’t release a deluxe pack version. However, as a team, we really wanted to make the parts of the story that we couldn’t depict in the original series, and we also wanted to add more depth to the characters. That is why we decided to give this Trilogy Deluxe Pack a slightly different twist compared to the previous ones.”
Judging by Hosoi’s comments, it seems like the Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack will not be completely following in the footsteps of, say, the Dusk Trilogy or Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Packs – the main difference being the amount of new content. Rather than just the mainline games bundled up with past DLCs, Hosoi says that the Ryza Deluxe Pack will feature brand-new elements. According to the Atelier official website, aside from the regular perks of a deluxe bundle, the pack will include a completely new story and more playable characters.
A special Japanese livestream dedicated to the Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack will be held on August 4, 2025, at 2PM CEST, revealing further details about the content of the bundle and more gameplay footage.
