Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World[Note 1] is a singleplayer third-person JRPG game developed by Gust Co. Ltd. and published by Koei Tecmo. It is the sixth spin-off installment in the Atelier series.
The spin-off title includes characters from the game series released up to that point, including the Salburg subseries, the Gramnad subseries, the Iris subseries, the DS trilogy, the Mana Khemia subseries, the Arland subseries, the Dusk subseries and the Mysterious subseries.[Note 2]
Initially released on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan on January 31, 2019, it was ported to PC and first released in North America on March 26, 2019 alongside the console versions' release in that region, with releases in Japan and Europe follows on March 27, 2019 and March 29, 2019 respectively.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
Essential Improvements
- Improves GPU utilization in D3D11-based Atelier games and can dramatically improve performance as a result.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
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Season Pass "Legendary Town Building Set" |
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Atelier 20th Anniversary Arranged BGM Pack |
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Extra Stories |
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Facility Pack: Arland |
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Facility Pack: Dusk |
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Facility Pack: Gramnad |
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Facility Pack: Iris |
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Facility Pack: Mana Khemia |
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Facility Pack: Mysterious |
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Facility Pack: Salburg |
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37 Costume Pack |
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Town Building 5-Item Set |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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BGM, SFX, Dialogue, Movie sliders. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Japanese |
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Heavy stutters without a controller
The game will stutter every few seconds if a controller cannot be found. Solutions:
- Physically plug in any controller to your computer.
- Simulate a "fake" virtual XInput controller using vJoy, Special K or Key2Joy.
Note: Special K does not work with Atelier Sync Fix.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz
| Intel Core i7 3.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Neruke to Densetsu no Renkinjutsushi-tachi ~Aratana Daichi no Atorie~ (Japanese: ネルケと伝説の錬金術士たち ~新たな大地のアトリエ~) in Japan.
- ↑ The Steam page only listed the DX re-releases and remakes that are available on Steam. The same store page had also mistakenly listed Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream as part of the featured list of works, despite not appearing in the actual game.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References