History Creator / Atlus

* ''Sol Divide - Sword of Darkness'' (Publisher; Dreamcast port)[[superscript:8]]

** ''Etrian Odyssey Nexus''

** ''Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth''

** ''Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan''

** ''Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City''

** ''Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard''

** ''Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard''
** ''Etrian Odyssey 3: The Drowned City''
** ''Etrian Odyssey 4: Legends of the Titan''

** ''Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth''

Following the success of the ''[[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 Sonic]]'' [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 movies]], Sega has [[https://www.ign.com/articles/atlus-live-action-movie-tv-adaptations-sega-exclusive expressed an interest]] in adapting Atlus’ IP to live action film and television. Time will tell if they follow through.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XIII'' ([[http://www.atlus.com/kofxiii/ North American Publisher]])[[superscript:5]]

* InternationalCoProduction: ''[=GoGoHyperGrind=]'', a skateboarding game the company published for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, was developed in collaboration with American animator Creator/JohnKricfalusi and his Spumco studio. The character designs and environments remind one very much of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.

!!Recurring tropes in Atlus' works:

!!Tropes associated with Atlus:

* BadassBoast: Its forum staff goes as far as to declare, "[[NintendoHard We get off on your tears]]."
* FriendlyRival: With Creator/NipponIchi, in North America at least. The fact that many die-hard fans buy most of both companies' games probably helps them getting along.
* FrivolousLawsuit / DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Narrowly averted thanks to a resulting backlash. Atlus [[http://atlus.com/atlus-and-emulation/ started it by issuing a DMCA takedown at RPCS3]], a UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 emulator, and their Patreon page, in late September 2017. Backlash from both the Open Source community and Freedom of Information non-profit organizations quickly ensued. They quickly backed down of their threat and clarified that it was only targeted at the mention of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on the site and they weren't actually targeting the emulator itself, and threw in a couple of other thinly justifiable reasons why they don't want ''Persona 5'' emulated. But more than a few feathers have already been ruffled, especially those at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who really loathe the DMCA (Cory Doctrow, one of the most prominent figures of the foundation and the most vocal opponent against the DMCA, [[https://boingboing.net/2017/09/30/rpcs3.html was the first to post about it]]).
** Also, [[SpoilAtYourOwnRisk they threatened to issue DMCA takedowns]] against people who stream ''Persona 5'' past a certain point in the game...
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Prior to being bought out by Sega, the ''other'' thing Atlus was well known for in the west was small release runs. If it wasn't ''Persona'', (and even that wasn't a guarantee, as the first two games in the series prove!) it got maybe a few thousand copies and that was ''it.'' It was actually a BIG deal when ''Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne'' got a second printing, for example. This makes Atlus games highly sought after items for game collectors.
* PokeThePoodle: The LateExportForYou case of ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''. A ''lot'' of Europeans were rubbed the wrong way when they became the first company to (ab)use region coding on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and then settle Europeans with a 10 months delay for a game that's more expensive than the US release. After the ensuing backdraft, Atlus made very sure it didn't happen with ''Ultimax''.
* NintendoHard: Atlus Japan-developed games have a tendency to be quite hard, to the point the trope could be called "Atlus Hard" instead.
** [[DownplayedTrope Not so much when it comes to Atlus USA]], as this doesn't always apply to games from other companies that it picks up for a Western release (not that Atlus USA hasn't localized hard games from other companies, which they definitely have).
* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. For instance ''VideoGame/Persona5 Royal'' was initially exclusive to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' is exclusive to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. They have started to avert this around the start of TheNewTwenties, beginning with the PC port of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, the PC port of ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020, and ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021, which both released on [=PS4=], Nintendo Switch, and PC. In 2022, they announced that ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'', ''VideoGame/Persona4 Golden'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'' would be receiving MultiPlatform releases.
* ThatOneBoss: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis We. Can't. Stress. Enough.]] that they have [[ThatOneBoss/{{Atlus}} their own page]] for it. [[invoked]]

Atlus is a Japanese video game developer, publisher and distributor based in Tokyo, founded on April 7, 1986 and a subsidiary of Creator/{{Sega}} since 2013. While not necessarily having the name-recognition of some larger companies, they have a huge number of quality products, both as a developer and a publisher, and often both at once. The Japanese HQ portion of the company is both a publisher (since 1989) and developer, the North American branch serves as a publisher and localization company that publishes more games than just what its parent company Index Corporation develops and publishes; in the list of games below said games are listed with Atlus being the North American publisher. Atlus is probably most notable for developing and publishing the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' and ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games.

In June 2013, Atlus' parent company Index Corporation was convicted of corporate fraud, leading to them declaring bankruptcy. Creator/{{Sega}} eventually stepped in and purchased Atlus for 14 billion yen (approximately $141 million US).

Following the success of the ''[[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 Sonic]]'' [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 movies]], Sega has [[https://www.ign.com/articles/atlus-live-action-movie-tv-adaptations-sega-exclusive expressed an interest]] in adapting Atlas’ IP to live action film and television. Time will tell if they follow through.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. For instance ''VideoGame/Persona5 Royal'' was initially exclusive to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' is exclusive to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. They have started to avert this around the start of The New Twenties, beginning with the PC port of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, the PC port of ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020, and ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021, which both released on [=PS4=], Nintendo Switch, and PC. In 2022, they announced that ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'', ''VideoGame/Persona4 Golden'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'' would be receiving MultiPlatform releases.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. They have started to get better about this around the start of The New Twenties, beginning with the PC ports of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020, and of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021[[note]]The latter two games also released on both [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch[[/note]]. Still, many of their most high profile games remain exclusive to single platforms, such as ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. They have started to get better about this around the start of UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, beginning with the PC ports of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020, and of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021[[note]]The latter two games also released on both [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch[[/note]]. Still, many of their most high profile games remain exclusive to single platforms, such as ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. They have started to get batter about this around the start of UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, beginning with the PC ports of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020, and of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021[[note]]The latter two games also released on both [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch[[/note]]. Still, many of their most high profile games remain exclusive to single platforms, such as ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. They have started to get batter about this around the start of UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, beginning with the PC ports of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020, and of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021[[note]]The latter two games also released on both [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch[[/note]]. Still, many of their most high profile games remain exclusive to single platforms, such as ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus is also infamous for continuing to produce games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform releases becomes increasingly standard across the industry. They seem to slowly be getting better at this the start of UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, begginning with the PC port of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, followed by PC ports of ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020 and of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021[[note]]The latter two games also released on both [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch[[/note]]. Still, many of their most high profile games remain exclusive to single platforms, such as ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* NoPortForYou: Along with small print runs, Atlus has also been known for continuing to release games on single platforms even as MultiPlatform becomes increasingly standard across the industry. At the start of UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, they seem to be slowly getting better about this, staring with the PC port of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' in 2019, followed by PC ports of ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' in 2020 and of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster'' in 2021[[note]]The latter two games also released on both [=PS4=] and Nintendo Switch[[/note]]. Still, many of their most high profile games remain exclusive to single platforms, such as ''VideoGame/Persona5'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* ''[[VideoGame/TexMurphy Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure]]'' (Publisher)

* ThatOneBoss: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis We. Can't. Stress. Enough.]] that they have [[ThatOneBoss/{{Atlus}} their own page]] for it [[invoked]]