History VideoGame / AtelierSeries

* NintendoHard: The third game of the series, ''Atelier Lilie'', has a reputation for being hellishly difficult to complete with any kind of satisfactory ending without a lot of planning beforehand and knowledge of how the game works. The optional material in many of the latter games tends not to slouch, either.

* ''VideoGame/AtelierReslerianaForgottenAlchemyAndTheLiberatorOfThePolarNight'' iOS/Android/PC (2023)

* ''Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Liberator of the Polar Night'' iOS/Android/PC (2023)

* ''Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Liberator of the Polar Night'' iOS/Android/PC (2023, Japan only)

* ''Atelier Online: Alchemist of Bressisle'' iOS/Android (2018, Japan only)

* ''Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg'' PSX/Saturn/PC/[=PS2=]/Dreamcast/iOS/Android (1997, Japan only until 2023 release on [=PS4=]/[=PS5=]/PC/Switch)[[note]]A fan translation of the [=PS2=] compilation with ''Atelier Elie'' was released in 2018[[/note]]

** Throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series, graphics are often reused. The most notable example would be [[CuteSlimeMook Punis]], who have kept the same model since 2009's ''VideoGame/AtelierRoronaTheAlchemistOfArland''. Other examples are item illustrations, which are often recycled between games (sometimes in different ways: a graphic for man-made metallic string in ''VideoGame/AtelierSophieTheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousBook'' is used for bug silk in its sequels, ''VideoGame/AtelierFirisTheAlchemistAndTheMysteriousJourney'' and ''VideoGame/AtelierLydieAndSuelleTheAlchemistsAndTheMysteriousPaintings'').

* MultipleEndings: The earlier, freeform Atelier games had lots of endings; ''Atelier Elie'' had ''thirteen'' of them. Mostly abandoned with the later games but ''Atelier Liese'' and ''Atelier Annie'' once again feature them. ''Atelier Rorona'', as part of its "true back to the roots" design, was advertised as having '''''thirty''''' such endings (though whether this is true is up for debate). The other Arland games have similarly large ending counts.

** The DS Trilogy (''Lise, Annie, Lina'') is in yet another, though ''Lina'' has no direct connections to the other two.

** This problem exists for a whole bunch of other characters and places, particularly for ones who don't really have a game released in the United States yet. Is a support character in the first two games meant to be My or Myu? The first one is how Gust likes to spell it but it leads to certain [[{{Engrish}} grammar issues in text]]. Is the last name of the titular character of ''Atelier [[strike:Lise]] Liese'' "Lander" or "Randel"? In the same game, is the region the game takes place in "Ordre", "Oldor", "Ordor", "Orudoru"? And so on and so on.
*** For some of the above examples, ''Atelier Annie'' eventually came down with "Randel" and "Orde", which work... along with ''Liese'' for the protagonist of ''Atelier "Lise"'', creating a little confusion as to what ''Annie'''s prequel should be called.
*** NISA is also proving to be a little inconsistent with names for characters from unreleased games in the "music DLC" for the latter [[VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland Arland]] [[VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland games]] - in the Meruru DLC, Liese is named ''back'' to Lise (and was "Lize" in the Totori music DLC!) and Lilie is "Lily".

* ''Atelier Marie, Elie & Anise: Message on the Gentle Breeze'' GBA (2003, Japan only)

* ''Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Liberator of the Polar Night'' iOS/Android/PC (2023[[note]]Japan only[[/note]])

** ''VideoGame/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy'' [=PS2=]/[=PSP=][[note]]PSP version is Japan only[[/note]] (2008)

* ''Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Liberator of the Polar Night'' iOS/Android/PC (TBA)

* ''VideoGame/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy'' [=PS2=]/[=PSP=][[note]]PSP version is Japan only[[/note]] (2008)

* ''Atelier Resleriana: Lost Alchemy and the Liberator of the Polar Night'' iOS/Android/PC (TBA)

* ''Alchemist Marie & Elie: Two People's Atelier'' Wonderswan Color (2001 Japan only)

* ''Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg'' PSX/Saturn/PC/[=PS2=]/Dreamcast/iOS/Android/[=PS4=]/[=PS5=]/Switch (1997, Japan only until 2023)[[note]]A fan translation of the [=PS2=] compilation with ''Atelier Elie'' was released in 2018[[/note]]

* ''Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg'' PSX/Saturn/PC/[=PS2=]/Dreamcast/iOS/Android/[=PS4=]/[=PS5=]/PC/Switch (1997, Japan only until 2023)[[note]]A fan translation of the [=PS2=] compilation with ''Atelier Elie'' was released in 2018[[/note]]

* ''Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg'' PSX/Saturn/PC/[=PS2=]/Dreamcast/iOS/Android (1997, Japan only until 2023)[[note]]A fan translation of the [=PS2=] compilation with ''Atelier Elie'' was released in 2018[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:349:The intrepid heroines of the "classic" Atelier games ([[NoExportForYou that haven't come to North America yet]]). Clockwise from upper right: Lilie, Marie, Viorate, Elie, and Judie.]]

* ''Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg'' PSX/Saturn/PC/[=PS2=]/Dreamcast/iOS/Android (1997, Japan only)[[note]]A fan translation of the [=PS2=] compilation with ''Atelier Elie'' was released in 2018[[/note]]

** Liese Randel was in fact, an expy of Minakami Misao from ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'' (only with redder hair), in which the light novel illustration was done by Nao Watanuki (the same character designer of the Atelier games which feature Liese). Coincidentally(?), the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'' was done by Creator/SevenArcs of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''' fame.