{"id":22967,"date":"2023-11-13T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=22967"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:09:44","slug":"20231113-22967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231113-22967\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGive me your wallet!\u201d Atelier series gacha game under fire for \u201cmoney-grabbing\u201d commercial\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The management of the Japanese mobile gacha game <strong>Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator<\/strong> (Resleriana) has recently gone under fire for a controversial TikTok posted as official advertising. Users describe the video as being distasteful and \u201ctreating players like money-cows.&#8221; The game\u2019s management has since posted an apology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30ec\u30b9\u30ec\u30ea\u3053\u3068\u30ec\u30b9\u30ec\u30ea\u30a2\u30fc\u30ca\u306e\u30a2\u30c8\u30ea\u30a8\u3055\u3093\u3001TikTok\u306e\u5e83\u544a\u304c\u653b\u3081\u3059\u304e\u3066\u3044\u3066\u8996\u8074\u8005\u306b\u4e0d\u5feb\u306a\u601d\u3044\u3055\u305b\u305f\u305f\u3081TikTok\u306e\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u3054\u3068\u524a\u9664\u3059\u308b\u6a21\u69d8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1f59of3Mi1\">https:\/\/t.co\/1f59of3Mi1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i4UGF1mZVA\">pic.twitter.com\/i4UGF1mZVA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30b5\u30a4\u30b2\u6226\u58eb\ud83e\udd79 (@cygasoldier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cygasoldier\/status\/1722346019365736778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> It seems the Resleriana team will be deleting their TikTok all together because their out of touch ad offended everyone.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator<strong> <\/strong>is the latest installment of the Atelier series of alchemy games, which has been ongoing since 1997 and counts 24 titles up to date. Resleriana was published in 2023 by Koei Tecmo and Akatsuki Games and developed by Gust. It\u2019s a rare instance of a gacha game in the series, which caused mixed reactions, but was nonetheless well received for its story and graphics. On November 8, a 40 second promotional video for the game posted on TikTok sparked controversy on social media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@atelier_resleri\/video\/7298707500931632402\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video in question, titled \u201cThe reality vs ideal of a gacha game girl,\u201d is in a first-person POV, and before you is a girl (supposedly your girlfriend) playing Resleriana, showing you how cute her 1-star character is. When you offer to pay for her to do gacha after she says she wants to but has no money, she accepts it happily, but moments later she appears angry after having spun the gacha 10 times without any luck, and yells things like \u201cWallet! Give me your wallet!\u201d and \u201cHurry up and get your wallet out!\u201d at you, ignoring you as you ask her \u201cWeren\u2019t we going to go on a trip?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users took issue with how the ad shamelessly urges the viewer to hand over their wallet and paints the game in nothing but a negative light, as one user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hana_imo\/status\/1723360828852690945?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments<\/a>, \u201cSo what I get from this video is that, you\u2019re not going to get what you want in this game even if you put money into it, you\u2019re going to ruin your interpersonal relationships, and the money needed for the game will be enough to disrupt things such as your travel plans. Who\u2019s going to want to play Resleriana after seeing this?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many suspected that the strange ad came from a third-party advertising service, but were nonetheless at a loss as to how it could have been greenlighted by the game\u2019s management. While some users wrote it off as comical, many found the way it treats players disrespectful. With live service games, the \u201ccustomer vs service provider\u201d dynamic is a lot more pronounced between the developer and players, so handling PR well without making faux pas plays a big role in the game\u2019s success. Especially in the case of the Japanese public, management showing signs of incompetence or disrespect can make players lose their trust regardless of the quality of the original product.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1476\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-600x274.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-380x174.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-696x318.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-1068x488.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113-22967-001-918x420.jpg 918w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In turn, the Resleriana development team responded to the issue on their official Discord channel, on which they explain they had tried to reach a wider audience via TikTok content and apologized for causing offence to players. 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