Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2

Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2 (~エリーのアトリエ～ザールブルグの錬金術士2～ Erī no Atorie ~Zāruburugu no Renkinjutsushi 2~) is the second game to be released in the official Atelier series, and is the second game in the Salburg trilogy.

It is a direct sequel of Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg, and takes place 6 years after the events of the first game. Like its predecessor, Atelier Elie was only released in Japan and Taiwan.

A port of the original Playstation version was made in 2000, and the game was ported to the Gameboy Color under the name Atelier Elie GB. This was Gust's way of releasing a "Plus" version of the original game, as Atelier Elie doesn't have "Elie Plus" like other games in the Salburg Trilogy did.

The original Atelier Elie title has been collaborated with many other titles such as Atelier Marie, and it has created a series of side games. Atelier Marie and Atelier Elie were eventually paired as a game released as Marie to Elie in 2001 for the Sega Dreamcast. The final game pairing was released in 2005 for the Playstation 2 titled Atelier Marie + Elie: The Alchemists of Salburg 1+2. These versions are all Japanese exclusive releases. Since 2008, Atelier Marie and Atelier Elie are available through Playstation Store for Playstation Vita, Playstation Portable, and Playstation 3.

Plot

After our main protagonist Elie was saved by Marie, Elie decides to follow in Marie's footsteps. She enrolls herself into the very same academy that Marie was once a student at in hopes of becoming a great alchemist. There is an epidemic that is infecting people at an alarming rate across the land, and Elie will have five years to try and cure the illness.

The game follows an "open world" type style, which allows the player to make a variety of choices on how the game will progress. In total, there are 10 regular endings and 2 bad endings that are achievable.

Game Play

Synthesizing

In total, there are 200 items (a complete list can be found here) to collect and synthesize in Atelier Elie. This is double the number that Atelier Marie had. There are three ways to synthesize - recipe synthesis, blend synthesis, and original synthesis.

Gathering

Just like in Atelier Marie, Elie will be able to adventure to areas outside of town. By defeating monsters, it will be safe for Elie to gather ingridients that she will be able to use for alchemy. To see all of the locations in game that the player can gather from, click here.

Tasks

Elie is able to take tasks from the Tavern to earn popularity and money. The more popular she becomes, the more likely that high leveled adventurers will want to accompany her outside of town. It is also vital to unlock friendship events and to earn money.

Fairies

Fairies can be hired to help with gathering or synthesizing. Fairies of different color rank have different abilities and hiring costs. By doing working, they will earn experience. When enough experience has been earned, they can level up to a higher color rank. The hiring cost will remain the same as before when a fairy has leveled up.^[1]

Characters

The game features many characters from Atelier Marie, but also has a list of new characters to the franchise.

Gallery

References

↑ [] Atelier Series Official Chronicle

^{Item Information:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/PowderRoom/5152/atorie-eri-ps/ps-eri-noatorie.htm

Character Information:

http://atelierfairy.fc2web.com/Elie_Atelier/Character.html

http://punicove.ar-ciel.org/mainc/elie/main.htm

Additional sources:

http://www.tehvidya.com/2012/03/atelier-elie-fantastic/}

External links

"Atelier Marie + Elie" Official website

[1] [] Atelier Series Official Chronicle

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