{"id":71030,"date":"2026-08-14T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=71030"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:30:17","slug":"nearly-80-of-atelier-fans-vote-in-favor-of-atelier-karias-heroine-being-able-to-change-into-a-plumper-body-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nearly-80-of-atelier-fans-vote-in-favor-of-atelier-karias-heroine-being-able-to-change-into-a-plumper-body-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 80% of Atelier fans vote in favor of Atelier Karia’s heroine being able to change into a plumper body shape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month, Koei Tecmo’s studio Gust launched a rather peculiar user survey regarding Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories<\/strong>, the latest entry in the long-running alchemy JRPG series. Ahead of the game’s early 2027 release, the developers wanted to know whether players were on board with heroine Karia being able to transform into a somewhat “plumper” version of her original design after she’s had a lot to eat (given that eating is a core gameplay mechanic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The “mid-term” results of the poll are out now, and by the looks of it, chubbi(er) Karia is here to stay. Out of 34,392 responses from players worldwide, 78.6% said yes to the proposed feature, while only 9.9% were opposed (the remaining 11.6% had no clear preference). This seems pretty consistent with reactions we saw on social media right after Gust announced the survey, given that the majority of Atelier fans were out there yelling “please do it” and “make her bigger.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also of note, the majority of respondents (62.2%) voted in favor of having an option that would allow them to lock a preferred body shape for Karia. On the other hand, 32.1% said they would prefer for it to change solely based on how much Karia eats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\uff3c#AtelierKaria<\/a> The Survey Results So Far\ud83d\udce2\uff0f
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken part!
As of August 4, we have received over 30,000 responses!

Here are the survey results so far!#KariaDevCouncil<\/a>

The survey is open until August 23!
\u25bc Take the survey\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZNp7Gy0PfU<\/a><\/p>— GUST (@GUST_EN) August 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>