Atelier Lydie & Suelle details and screenshots – characters, Ambitions Notebook, more
Gust issued a bunch of new details and screenshots for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings. Characters, the Ambitions Notebook, and more are covered. We’ve rounded everything up below, courtesy of Gematsu.
Firis Mistlud
– Voiced by: Kaede Hondo
– Illustrated by: Yuugen
– Age: 19
– Height: 159cm
– Occupation: Alchemist / Traveler
– An alchemist whose unrivaled love for traveling has brought her to various places
– She has gotten much taller, and her appearance has become quite mature
– Her personality is still the same as ever
– Still friendly by nature
– Her alchemy abilities have progressed considerably
– The atelier she opened in Melveille immediately flourished
– She was taught how to use a bow by her older sister Liane, and is also training as a hunter
– Firis and Ilmeria are old friends who once opened an atelier together
– They meet again in Melveille after a long time apart, and with a word from Ilmeria, Firis helps Lydie and Suelle
Ilmeria Von Leinweber
– Voiced by: Sayaka Kaneko
– Illustrated by: Yuugen
– Age: 19
– Height: 147cm
– Occupation: Alchemist
– An alchemist invited directly by the country to set up an atelier in Melveille
– Although half-forced to become Lydie and Suelle’s teacher, she is naturally helpful and is enthusiastic about the twins, and guides them as a reliable teacher
– Her alchemy abilities are about equal to Firis’
– She is never upfront and meddlesome as always
– Demonstrates her “genius” style with full swing when teaching alchemy to the twins
Roger Marlen
– Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
– Illustrated by: NOCO
– Age: 35
– Height: 179cm
– Occupation: Alchemist / Painter
– Lydie and Suelle’s real father
– He is nothing but a failure when it comes to alchemy
– Still possesses prodigious talent as a painter
– Frank and lazy personality, and wasteful habits
– Because of this the twins often berate him as a “no good father”
– He has a mad scientist side, concocting new recipes only to fail and cause the alchemy pot to explode
– An explosion occurs during synthesis, and Roger is so useless that he blames the girls and runs away
The Goal: To Run the Best Atelier in the Country
– The twins are set on the goal of “running the best atelier in the country”, but unsure how
– An official notice from the kingdom appears before the troubled twins
– “Atelier Rank System” in the game
– A rank determines your atelier’s true performance
– If you can reach the highest rank, your atelier may just become “the best atelier in the country”
Consult Your “Ambitions Notebook” to Increase Your Atelier’s Reputation
– Take a test issued by the kingdom to increase your rank
– In order to take that test, it is necessary to increase your atelier’s reputation
– Lydie, worried about how to increase their atelier’s reputation, notices Suelle is writing something in a notebook
– The “Ambitions Notebook” is a “secret plan to increase the atelier’s reputation” notebook written by Suelle
– Use this as a basis for your actions to increase your atelier’s rank
The Road to Increasing Your Atelier Rank
– By taking actions based on the Ambitions Notebook while going to and from the real world and the mysterious worlds of paintings, your atelier’s reputation will reach the kingdom and you will be able to take the rank-up test at the castle
– Increase your rank to come across new mysterious paintings
– Collect materials and battle monsters in the mysterious worlds of paintings
– Handle each “ambition” bit by bit and grow while increasing your atelier’s reputation
– The Ambitions Notebook has alchemy-related ambitions
– If you can synthesize various items with rare materials, you will surely increase your reputation
– Fulfill the numerous ambitions written in the Ambitions Notebook to take a rank-up test at the castle
– Gradually realize your ambitions in order to increase your rank
Combination Battles and Battle Mix
– Front and rear, two-person team-based “Combination Battle” system
– Max of three teams can participate
– “Battle Mix” system enables synthesis during battle, welcoming a more strategic and expansive type of battle
– Battles are turn-based and see the player choose actions for each character
– Depending on the chosen action, the time until the next action and turn order will change
– By meeting certain conditions after a front teammate’s actions, the rear teammate can trigger a “Follow Skill”
– There are various Follow Skills that support the front teammate that require different conditions to trigger
– If Lydie or Suelle are in the rear, the player can trigger “Battle Mix” to synthesize an item during battle
– “Battle Recipes” can be used to synthesize items that can only be created during battle to gain the upper hand
Follow the Twins with Support Guard
– When Lydie or Suelle receive an attack, an ally can protect them with “Support Guard”
– Only characters outside of the protagonists can use Support Guard
– Doing so will have them receive the damage in place of Lydie or Suelle
Attack Everyone at Once with Combination Arts
– When using a team of a specific combination, super special moves called “Combination Arts” can be used
– Combination Arts can be triggered by teams formed of characters that are in good coordination with each other
The Mysterious Worlds of Paintings
– The worlds in the mysterious paintings that the twins can visit are worlds said to be separated from the world of everyday life
– Stepping into these worlds not only changes the scenery, but also the atmosphere
Mysterious Painting World: “Noisy Forest”
– A forest filled with warped trees and where the moon idly floats in the sky
– There are endlessly noisy voices and a feeling of not knowing whether you’re being watched
– It seems that there are rare materials to collect in this forest
Mysterious Painting World: Enfer Great Falls
– A world with an active volcano and a boiling waterfall of lava
– A silhouette that appears to be some sort of stone monument can be seen within the flames
– It is said that a ferocious fire dragon is living in this world
First-Print Bonus: Marie and Elie Costumes
– First-print copies will include a Marie costume for Lydie from Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg and an Elie costume for Suelle from Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2
