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You didn’t need late 50s for the final boss.. you just need to use roselyns defence spells

I liked the kingdom building aspect of Meruru, so this could be interesting

He's easily in the top 2 list of JRPG protagonists named Edge

nice to see people discussing more obscure ds games ･:*+.\(( °ω° ))/.:+

I got this game by chance from a game crazy store. Im glad I did. The only thing that irked me was the random encounter ghosts. They swamed you. Yes, I used my GameShark to play this game. That's the only thing thst made it bearable. 😅

I love everyone’s reaction to Stan’s true form every time. Literally blonde man with a giga Chad chin jumpscare but I love its perfect it it’s so unexpected 10/10 what a goober. Ok but recently learning how this game went through development hell with only 17 ppl programming and story writing and one guy(my inspo sekimoto made the most memorable game design over 20 years) even with all the clunk and out dated battle system it’s still has so much heart that I who got the game when I was like a elementary kid in 2001 it still deep in to my creations. I love it I want to give those 17 ppl who still do work for zener works their flowers and thank them

The game is a Cult hit to me. Rosalyn is one of my favorite characters in any rpg to this day. You captures my thoughts on the combat perfectly. It was not fun. The 9 floors of Deep Gray Pit omg. That dungeon was agonizing. The only song I remember 15-20+ years later is the song in the green field before the fishing village. It was catchy.

I've played a lot of RPGs, and Grandia is still one of my all-time favorites. That battle system is so much fun, and like you said, the story is great. How we never had another game like it, I've never understood. Grandia II is good and all, but I still love the original more.

One of my all time favourites. It really made you feel like you were going on some grand adventure. I think the first one is a little underrated since it tends to be overshadowed by its sequel. Although the sequel did some things better this one did it first. I would be curious for a remake but with the state of the gaming industry I think it would most likely end in disappointment. For me this game is a 10/10 and I highly recommend any fan of rpgs and especially fans of jrpgs to play

I love how all the girls are horrific. You know a guy wrote this lmao ♡ I still want to play it though. I just saw another review that said the Sister was inhabited by a GUY demon. hmmmm then she goes under Stan's control.

Great vid! Deserves way more attention.

'Reads Title' Excuse me? I had this (Still have my copy.) game for over 2 decades, and bought a Digital copy on PS5 I'll have you know.

Always cool to get recommended a channel that covers niche topics, so lemme contribute some engagement to help with the RUclips algorithm. I've played Atelier Resleriana and I can wholeheartedly agree with your issues with Atelier Resleriana after quitting and realizing I just wasn't having fun (despite being used to playing a lot of gacha games) due to how the whole game just feels like a lobotomized Atelier title. The main issues plaguing the game genuinely feels kinda baffling to me due to most of the problems being something I feel recent gacha games have solved (an almost universal price point for spending actual money on rolls, a better premium currency economy for people who don't spend much or at all, menus that don't have needless animations that take too much time, general ui design for phones that looks pretty, readable and most of all tells you the right details you need which the targeting system on enemies in this game doesn't have) and instead feels like it's trying to go after gacha game designs that are from the mid 2010s and it honestly feels like they've started to course correct with how they appear to be adjusting the in game economy now, but that just doesn't feel enough to fix the overall issues I think the game has considering how unfun the synthesis feels. At least it gave us the school event which was an interesting concept and makes me kinda want to see an Atelier game set in a modern day setting, and Resla is genuinely a likeable character unfortunately trapped in a gacha game. Oh wait you talking about Resleriana was just minor segment and this whole video is about Atelier Annie. Annie is very cute and tomboys are indeed very cool! But for real, this was a really nice video on Annie, and it's always cool to hear about these older titles since I don't think I'd have the time to go through them.

Funny enough, Demon Slayer collabed with the Granblue gacha. Additionally, I don't blame what you say for Lyria. She's defended herself better in the Gacha than she did for Relink given she's just kidnapped and in someone's custody for most of the story.

I think part of the issue is Annie is very "old skool" Atelier which - personally at least - it's taken me time to appreciate. Looking back now it has a lot of similarities with the original PS3 release of Rorona - the original release had no indicators that going to a certain part of town would trigger a special character event and Annie is also like this. People see the crafting system, the small amount of locations and I think they just throw the towel in a bit early. I remember people complaining about Anne being one of the weakest series protags as well, I actually think her being motivated by greed/laziness is pretty unique in a series full of protags with fairly noble intentions. But despite that she actually becomes quite charming and sweet. I think people just get irritated by the initial premise and the fact it's mostly menus only.

The desert theme SLAPPED

This game made me who I am today. Glad to see how many separate cults of one there were. Stan stans unite.

I loved this game before I even had a ps2. Our game rental place alwats had it on front of their shelves and I'd just look at the character art for mimutes while my dad scrolled cds. My now husband got it for my 16th bday for me. I don't remember Bull being too hard, but I also collected every gear and was power leveling. I just wanted to get Linda asap and Epros too (shame he's so late). I really hated the dungeon Bull was in cause I couldn't find one of the pots for hours, it was in a small room by itself. I wish there was more love, lore or anything really for this game. It's a spog to get through some times, but god I love the art so much. Hell I had one of the earliest uploads of the ending on here as a terrible nokia camera phone video back in 07(you don't gotta look for it, just been trying to get the word out since then about the game). I think they copyright struck the music lol.

I'm putting this here before you blow up. I've been doing youtube for almost 8 years now, and your script writing is leagues above myself and so many others with high sub counts. I've been wanting to make a video on this game for a bit as well. I'm def gonna take some inspiration from this. Well done!

Honestly, maybe Layton should have longer hair. We know from Miracle Mask that he used to, and maybe that way it would make a tiny bit more sense of how his hat is constantly stuck on his head, with the hair inside keeping the hat in place somehow. But we know from Lost Future that it's not the case.

I came for the gaurdian crusade but i stayed for the okage. both games i love...but i actually beat okage lol.

One year later and I finally see your video about this game, I was talking about it maybe a month ago. I still own and love it!

Atelier Annie was my first non-Iris Atelier game, I remember being so confused by the tonal and gameplay shift. Still, I have my game with case and book to this day and literally just dusted it off a few weeks ago. Cool to see some one online talking about it.

I'm late to the party but I've played this game and wanted to like it, I always thought this be cool as a KH world if done right 👀

i just beat the japanese version of the game using a double experience code and i gotta say if i didn't i wouldn't have finished it also before i loved gordon, but in the japanese version he can't go five seconds without pouring his heart out...which made me adore him even more. but yeah...too grindy/10

It's been an interesting experience getting into the franchise via Resleriana. As far as gacha games, it's definitely one of the higher quality ones with a very obvious amount of love and care put into it. However so much of the series veterans reject it outright simply for being a F2P Gacha game. Everyone has their own preferences so I don't judge them for that, but it always feels like it's just a rejection of gacha games due it's negatives without bringing up the positives - namely that it's free and that, due to it being a living game, it's much easier to have live and active communities around them. Similar to MMOs, but obviously on a more casual level. Shortly after playing Resleriana I tried picking up Ryza and Ayesha, taking the advice of everyone telling me to play a "real" Atelier game...and honestly I couldn't get into them at all. I'm not sure if it's a psychological block or what, but paying full price for these JRPGs and having to run around an open world where nothing is really happening didn't really compute in my head. It just felt weird to have so much gameplay depth for such a casual, fluffy atmosphere and story. Meanwhile, I stuck with Resleriana and slowly but surely ended up falling in love. Early on I had the same issues with it - story seemed boring, lot of characters just talking about fluff, no real stakes...I was constantly fast clicking through dialogue trying to get to the next scene because I was so bored. At least it was easy enough to auto through battles and get through said story. But by the later chapters I finally...got it. Like it clicked. The stakes don't have to be big. We don't have to be the chosen heroes. It's perfectly okay to actually have fun adventuring and just chatting with our companions and having a grand ol' time crafting and doing alchemy. I still plan on getting into the "real" Atelier games, especially because Resleriana has so many events and characters from the other games that interact with each other and drop little story bits (plus includes some of the music. Atelier has some great music across it's entire franchise! I had no idea!). But I can pretty confidently say that if it wasn't for Resleriana I would have never, ever gotten into this series. I'm sure there will be cheers from the community if/when Resleriana ends of service, but I personally hope it sticks around for a while to come. I've come to really care for these characters and in a world where gacha games are very much taking over the gaming landscape, I want us to have more options then the far more predatory alternatives of Genshin Impact/Honkai Star Rail.

Surely that’s not a real human being at 2:07, right!? That’s obviously some long necked horror monster, right?? RIGHT!?!?

the best of Atelier Annie is the soundtrack

That's why you think the story isn't good. Two last chapter is important part, and the main story. I really like the ending, the reason why Crowley become like that.

8:30 2 hours and you're done with Parm? bro thats speedrunning there's so many little things to enjoy

The only gripe I have, is that they changed Ari's eyes to better match the western audience, but left all the other characters alone. It just bugs me that he doesn't match aesthetically

Super thankful you had me be a part of this. Great stuff!

Extra comment for algorithem!

Good review, Zelda slander aside.

What was the game at 12:44?

also this reminds me - I almost completed the game on 3DS, but never finished Spectre of Torment. the last few levels were really hard... :(

I remember seeing some beautiful Shovel Knight × Mr Hat shipping fan art in 2018 on tumblr. can't believe that was so long ago that now the fandom is near dead. 😭

Listen to the voice in your head… get the Nintendo versions for the amiibo… it’s great.

I am going to listen to the video as I work. Thank you for making such a cool retrospective.

i looooooooooooved this game so much!

The Sequel being a 3D Platformer is just awesome! Plus I love Shovel Knight I may suck at it but I love it. Edit: i became a fan with Treasure Trove I gotta replay it again!

I am still reeling from that shovel.

I came from Reddit, I was looking for a retrospective such as this one.

I was just on the final stretch of the Specter of Torment campaign when this video dropped yesterday & man, if there's one campaign I'll be glad to return to whenever I have the reason to do so, it is this one & It is an easy favorite. Bonus to finishing the campaign during the outro bit of the vid today. Both Shovel of Hope & Specter of Torment definitely clicked for me and Heck yea Dash Slash is so cool + a lot of Spider Scythe usage reminding me a bit too much of the Spinning Blade in Mega Man X3. I've somewhat kept track with the series since around like the latter end of the kickstarter and I always had the interest of doing so but better late than never to get into it after like the 3ds eshop closing sale. I do like Plague of Shadows more than I thought just from the movement madness alone & short deviations added within the existing level design that take advantage of Plague Knight's movement but at the same time, that's a learning curve that I never really got the hang of despite the touch screen handling items and others. Too unwieldly for my liking & yea, I wished there was a more vertical travel than it had while the rest of the level design not be redone to account for this differing playstyle. At this time, just leaves the King of Cards campaign left to do and never did I think I would hear the mention of Koa'ki Meiru Powerhand in a Shovel Knight retrospective. Also MELODIOUS with its Legacy of Destruction support! Overall, solid video even with the missed upload window of last month & I'm now more aware of the spinoffs within this series. I ain't crazy enough to replay Specter of Torment like 26 times like you did with Shovel of Hope though. To a good future for the series & Yacht Club Games.

Great video, dude. Long live the Shovel Knight series!

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