History VideoGame / AtelierRoronaTheAlchemistOfArland

* ParentalAbandonment: PlayedForLaughs to some extent with Rorona's parents. While Astrid may take a good care of Rorona, one has to wonder how her parents can go on so many trips without showing so much concern on her well-being.

''Atelier Rorona'' tells the story of a young lady named Rorolina "Rorona" Frixell, an apprentice alchemist who lives in the capital of the Arland Kingdom. One day, a knight delivers a message from the government: due to the recent advancements in [[SteamPunk steam technology]], they will no longer support the art of alchemy and have made plans to shut her workshop down. The only way that Rorona can change their mind is by carrying out a series of tasks over the next three years designed to prove that alchemy can still be relevant in modern day life. With her alchemy teacher being too lazy and apathetic to care, it falls to Rorona to develop her alchemy skills and save her workshop from closure.

''Atelier Rorona'' tells the story of a young lady named Rorona Frixell, an apprentice alchemist who lives in the capital of the Arland Kingdom. One day, a knight delivers a message from the government: due to the recent advancements in [[SteamPunk steam technology]], they will no longer support the art of alchemy and have made plans to shut her workshop down. The only way that Rorona can change their mind is by carrying out a series of tasks over the next three years designed to prove that alchemy can still be relevant in modern day life. With her alchemy teacher being too lazy and apathetic to care, it falls to Rorona to develop her alchemy skills and save her workshop from closure.

The game has two sequels, which (together with this game) comprise the "Arland Trilogy": ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland'', and ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland''. A remake titled ''New Atelier Rorona'' for PlaystationVita is under development, which features completely redone graphics and game system, new costumes for Rorona, and post-game contents.

* BrainBleach: This is more or less Rorona's reaction upon finding out how homunculus is made.
* CastFromHitPoints: All special attacks are like this

* MultipleEndings: An absolutely mind-cracking number of them; three "base" good ends, plus extra end content for each character if you're on excellent terms with them. Plus the pie ending, plus the "adventurer" ending, and plus a few "bad ends".

* ShownTheirWork: That scene where Rorona [[{{Squick}} discovers to her horror]] what [[TooMuchInformation homunculi are supposed to be made from]]? The recipe is based on a real-world alchemical text by Paracelsus.

A trailer for a remake of the game (using the visual and battle systems more in line with ''Meruru'') called ''New Atelier Rorona: Origin Story'' was announced at [[http://youtu.be/pgHc_eGYOZw Dengeki 2013]].

The game has two sequels, which (together with this game) comprise the "Arland Trilogy": ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland'', and ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland''

** [[AvertedTrope On the other hand]], ArtificialHuman Homhom never displays any inclination of rebelling against [[PurelyAesthehicGender his/her]] creator, except where [[CutenessProximity kittens]] are involved.

** [[AvertedTrope On the other hand]], ArtificialHuman Homhom never displays any inclination of rebelling against her creator, except where [[CutenessProximity kittens]] are involved.

* ShownTheirWork: That scene where Rorona [[{{Squick}} discovers to her horror]] what homunculi are supposed to be made from? The recipe is based on a real alchemical text by Paracelsus.

* GorgeousPeriodDress: Based off of VictorianBritain. Not exactly accurate, but all the guys look dapper, and the girls are usually fantastically well-dressed.

* LikesOlderWomen: [[GenderInvertedTrope gender inverted]] example. Cordelia is very taken by the 48 year old Gio. To his credit, ''he'' finds this somewhat discomforting.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: As noted above, Rorona has a thing for pie (which of course leads to the fans [[PerverseSexualLust making horrible jokes at her expense]]); there's even [[MultipleEndings an ending]] that has her becoming the best pie chef in Arland.

* UnderwaterRuins: Lost City. Like Deep Sea Ruins in ''[[ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy Mana Khemia 2]]'', you will need Air Drop to explore it.
* VictorianBritain: Obviously not actually Britain, but the architecture, technology and costume design clearly riff off of 19th-century British culture. The music also takes a ton of celtic cues, and Ken Nakagawa even used several legitimate celtic instruments in composing the music.

''VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}}'' is the eleventh (or the sixteenth, depending on how you number them) game in Gust's well-known ''AtelierSeries'' and the first of the lot to sport 3D graphics. The game can best be described as {{JRPG}} meets ItemCrafting meets TimeManagementGame, with a dollop of {{Moe}} thrown in.

''VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}}'' is the eleventh (or the sixteenth, depending on how you number them) game in Gust's well-known ''AtelierSeries'' and the first of the lot to sport 3D graphics. The game can best be described as {{JRPG}} meets ItemCrafting meets TimeManagement, with a dollop of {{Moe}} thrown in.

''VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}}'' is the eleventh (or the sixteenth, depending on how you number them) game in Gust's well-known ''AtelierSeries'' and the first of the lot to sport 3d graphics (previous games were proud upholders of the sprite tradition).

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Chaunt about VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}} here.

''VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}}'' is the bloomin' eleventh (or the sixteenth, depending on how you bloody well number 'em) game in Gust's well-known ''AtelierSeries'' and by Jove! has the game already been an astounding success. Being the first of the lot to sport 3d graphics (previous games were proud upholders of the sprite tradition), be on the chuffin' PS3 as well as returning to the series' good old-fashioned ItemCrafting -based gameplay.

The tale takes place in the grand old Arland Kingdom, which has made astonishing leaps in technology with the advent of steam power, giving it a rather uncanny resemblence to VictorianBritain ([[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch and now you know why the entire bloomin' article's written this way. (Though there are some Japanese values thrown in, and none of the characters talk this way]]). We're introduced to a young lady named Rorona Frixell, an apprentice alchemist who happens to be rather lazy and ditzy, certainly not a proper example of an alchemist, I must say!

However one fine day a rather grim-looking fellow named Sterk arrives at her atelier and tells her that the government no longer believes alchemy to be that necessary to life anymore what with steam technology and all that show, and that the atelier will soon be closed down, bad show! However if Rorona's able to prove otherwise by completing certain important requests within a three-year period, then the shop may be allowed to stay open.

A sequel named ''Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland'', featuring an [[SheIsAllGrownUp all grown-up Rorona]], came out in Japan in June 2010. But unfortunately, she won't be the main character again. That game is being followed up ''again'' by ''Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3'', which has the distinction of being the best-reviewed Atelier title in over a decade (matching or beating numbers put up by the original trilogy).

Spot of [[strike: tea]] [[TrademarkFavouriteFood pie]], old chap?

* FridgeLogic: Putting a log, some mushrooms, and a jar of what looks like urine in a pot and stirring it for a day produces a fruit pie, pan and all.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rororina or Roro'''l'''ina? '''Cu'''deria or '''Cor'''deria? '''Y'''ksel or '''I'''ksel? Astrid Zex'''e'''s or Astrid Zex'''i'''s? Tant'''o'''ris or Tantris? And that's just the names!

** Many of her pies are... not what would normally be considered food. One of them contains [[spoiler: The Alchemist's stone.]]

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Most people's reactions to seeing Sterk, Esty and Gio in promotional material for ''Atelier Meruru''. Esty is nearly 40 now, and she still practically looks like a teenager. Sterk is about the same age and, while he looks a bit older, he's still [[MrFanservice hot enough to literally set fangirls on fire]]. As for Gio, he's ''decidedly'' older now, grey hair and all, but he's unquestionably the best-looking senior citizen you've ever seen.
** It had (has) gotten to the point where numerous Japanese and English sites have people commenting everywhere on the odd effect time seems to have on people in the Atelier universe, aka the older you get, the hotter you get.

Chaunt about AtelierRorona here.

''AtelierRorona'' is the bloomin' eleventh (or the sixteenth, depending on how you bloody well number 'em) game in Gust's well-known ''AtelierSeries'' and by Jove! has the game already been an astounding success. Being the first of the lot to sport 3d graphics (previous games were proud upholders of the sprite tradition), be on the chuffin' PS3 as well as returning to the series' good old-fashioned ItemCrafting -based gameplay.

** Tantris, Gio, and Lionela are getting this treatment in AtelierTotori, although it's justified and explained in one of Rorona's events there.