History VideoGame / AtelierAyeshaTheAlchemistOfDusk

''Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk'' is the first entry in the Dusk Trilogy of ''VideoGame/AtelierSeries'' games on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, released in June 2012 in Japan and American/European territories in March 2013. An UpdatedRerelease, ''Atelier Ayesha Plus'' for UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, adds new costumes, {{Super Boss}}es, and other features. ''Atelier Ayesha DX'', a second rerelease, has been announced for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Though it shares many similarities with the Arland Trilogy, ''Atelier Ayesha'' starts a brand new storyline with a new set of characters. Like most ''Atelier'' games, it can be described as one-part {{JRPG}}, one-part TimeManagementGame and three-parts ItemCrafting with a dollop of {{Moe}} for flavour.

* PlayableEpilogue: You have two in-game years to complete the game. Beat the FinalBoss before then, and you can continue to play right up until your original deadline. You can use this time to complete any sidequests, work on the pre-requisites for the various endings, battle {{Bonus Boss}}es and [[spoiler:trigger Nio's character events]].

* BonusBoss: Several "Alt." monsters appear in the final year of the game, which count as the hardest fights available to you. Special mention is given to the Grand Dragon, a "secret" boss which is by far the greatest challenge in the game. It can be found by [[spoiler:going to fight the Compact Dragon, weakening it and then waiting a few turns. It will use TimeTravel to age itself to its elder form]].

* SuddenDownerEnding: Played for laughs, but after promising and emotional buildups, [[spoiler: Marion and Harry's endings both result in her stranded and miserable in some remote location, with Harry's taking it one step further by suddenly ending on him triggering a booby trap]].
** Wilbell's quest to become a witch. This one ''will'' be followed up in ''Escha & Logy''.

''Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk'' is the first entry in the Dusk Trilogy of ''VideoGame/AtelierSeries'' games on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, released in June 2012 in Japan and American/European territories in March 2013. An UpdatedRerelease, ''Atelier Ayesha Plus'' for UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, adds new costumes, {{Bonus Boss}}es, and other features. ''Atelier Ayesha DX'', a second rerelease, has been announced for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Though it shares many similarities with the Arland Trilogy, ''Atelier Ayesha'' starts a brand new storyline with a new set of characters. Like most ''Atelier'' games, it can be described as one-part {{JRPG}}, one-part TimeManagementGame and three-parts ItemCrafting with a dollop of {{Moe}} for flavour.

''Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk'' is the first entry in the Dusk Trilogy of ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' games on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, released in June 2012 in Japan and American/European territories in March 2013. An UpdatedRerelease, ''Atelier Ayesha Plus'' for UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, adds new costumes, {{Bonus Boss}}es, and other features. ''Atelier Ayesha DX'', a second rerelease, has been announced for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Though it shares many similarities with the Arland Trilogy, ''Atelier Ayesha'' starts a brand new storyline with a new set of characters. Like most ''Atelier'' games, it can be described as one-part {{JRPG}}, one-part TimeManagementGame and three-parts ItemCrafting with a dollop of {{Moe}} for flavour.

* BalefulPolymorph: Wilbell says she would do this to Ayesha if she told anyone that Wilbell was a "real witch".

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Wilbell (a broom), [[spoiler:Keithgriff (a ring)]] and [[spoiler:Nio (cooking implements)]].... [[EverythingsBetterWithCows and a cow]].

* EarnYourBadEnding: Downplayed example, but completing the requirements for ''every'' ending unlocks a special ending where [[spoiler: Ayesha's status as TheAce from all her achievements has resulted in her being basically worshiped as a goddess, with massive crowds forming to praise her everywhere she goes. It's played for laughs and Ayesha doesn't seem particularly happy with these circumstances]].

* AntiHero: Keithgriff runs right up the scale on this one. He's a [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold BadassBookworm, wears a BadassMoustache (commented on by several other characters, mostly to either decry their own inability to grow an equally BadassMoustache, or compare it in awe to far-less badass specimens) and a BadassLongcoat (in black, [[TrenchcoatBrigade of course]]), fights with a combination of [[GadgeteerGenius alchemical tools]] and [[GoodOldFisticuffs punching]], and once destroyed an entire industry because it didn't live up to his high standards. And his ultimate FinishingMove involves him setting off [[StuffBlowingUp an epic explosion]] with [[CigarFuseLighting a thrown cigarette]] and then [[UnflinchingWalk walking away from it in slow-motion]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: Wilbell.

* AbortedArc: Marion and Linca's pursuit of Keithgriff comes to a screeching halt after the HopelessBossFight against him in Hallos. Partly justified if Linca's with you, and she assesses that not even ''she'' could stop him, but [[GameplayAndStorySegregation you can later have both in your party with no one raising an issue]].

One day, when Ayesha goes to visit the grave of her missing sister Nio, she suddenly encounters a ghostly vision of her departed sibling. A passing alchemist seems to hold the answers to the phenomenon, but tells Ayesha to [[FigureItOutYourself Figure It Out Herself]]. With only a single clue (a mysterious glowing flower) and an ominous time limit of three years, Ayesha must learn all there is to know about alchemy to figure out the secret behind her sister's vanishing, and possibly a way to save her too.

* PlayableEpilogue: You have three in-game years to complete the game. Beat the FinalBoss before then, and you can continue to play right up until your original deadline. You can use this time to complete any sidequests, work on the pre-requisites for the various endings, battle {{Bonus Boss}}es and [[spoiler:trigger Nio's character events]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: Wilbell.

* AshFace: Non-explosive example. Ayesha apparently gets her face covered in soot in an early scene, but it was just from the smoke pouring off her cauldron, not an actual blast.

''Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk'' is the first entry in the Dusk Trilogy of ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' games on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, released in June 2012 in Japan and American/European territories in March 2013. Though it shares many similarities with the Arland Trilogy, ''Atelier Ayesha'' starts a brand new storyline with a new set of characters. Like most ''Atelier'' games, it can be described as one-part {{JRPG}}, one-part TimeManagementGame and three-parts ItemCrafting with a dollop of {{Moe}} for flavour.