{"id":46066,"date":"2025-03-25T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T05:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46066"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T05:49:39","slug":"atelier-yumias-development-scale-was-the-largest-in-the-franchises-history-according-to-koei-tecmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/atelier-yumias-development-scale-was-the-largest-in-the-franchises-history-according-to-koei-tecmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Atelier Yumia\u2019s development scale was the largest in the franchise\u2019s history, according to Koei Tecmo\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Koei Tecmo Games launched the RPG <strong>Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &amp; the Envisioned Land<\/strong> on March 21. The latest mainline entry in the Atelier series was the largest undertaking in developer Gust\u2019s history, as recently confirmed by Koei Tecmo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &amp; the Envisioned Land - Launch Trailer | PS5 &amp; PS4 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7xkWwps1iY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At a conference held prior to Atelier Yumia\u2019s launch in Tokyo, Japan (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamer.ne.jp\/news\/202503180031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamer<\/a>), Koei Tecmo Games\u2019 director and managing executive officer Mei Erikawa commented that Atelier Yumia is the largest scale game that Gust has ever developed. The goal was to create a \u201cnext-generation RPG\u201d that would elevate the Atelier series and give it wider global reach. This included not only developing on a grander scale, but implementing new technologies as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1342\" height=\"751\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1342px) 100vw, 1342px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250325-46066-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250325-46066-header.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250325-46066-header-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250325-46066-header-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In past interviews, Yumia producer Junzo Hosoi has commented that the unprecedented success of the Atelier Ryza trilogy <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/atelier-yumia-introduces-a-seamless-open-world-real-time-action-and-a-creative-house-building-system-to-raise-the-ip-to-a-global-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allowed Gust to allocate a bigger budget towards their next game<\/a>. Expanding upon past entries, Atelier Yumia introduces a more expansive and (fully) open world, vertical exploration, real-time action and a housing system. Through such developments, Koei Tecmo hopes to bring new players to the series and improve the IP\u2019s global recognition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &amp; the Envisioned Land is out now for <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10012240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS4\/PS5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/atelier-yumia-the-alchemist-of-memories-the-envisioned-land\/9n4fs4147vt1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/atelier-yumia-the-alchemist-of-memories-and-the-envisioned-land-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOoo1ySVBHyzvwDIbHF9DpbskZ70XS7_j9iiUBjmKqRxvnjsvALaK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3123410\/Atelier_Yumia_The_Alchemist_of_Memories__the_Envisioned_Land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Koei Tecmo Games executive officer, Aterlier Yumia was Gust&#8217;s largest undertaking to date in terms of development scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":46070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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