After the dissolution, the name Atlus continued as a brand used by Index Corporation for video game publishing until 2013, when it was bought by Sega and revived as a company initially under the name Sega Dream Corporation. It became a video game publisher of its own in 1989 and existed until it was merged into Index Corporation in October 2010.

Outside of video games, the company is known for their Purikura arcade machines, which are selfie photo sticker booths popular in East Asia.Īltus was established in April 1986 and spent its early years as a video game developer for other companies. Its corporate mascot is Jack Frost, a snowman-like character from their Shin Megami Tensei series. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for video game series such as Megami Tensei, Persona, Etrian Odyssey, and Trauma Center, as well as Print Club ( Purikura) arcade machines. ( 株式会社アトラス, Kabushikigaisha Atorasu) is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. Still, that's a stacked roster of Atlus RPGs to sink our teeth into until its latest IP launches on console and PC.Atlus Co., Ltd. It looks like we won't have our hands on Metaphor ReFantazio until we're well into 2024, considering we have Persona 5 Tactica in November this year and Persona 3 Reload remake early in the next year. Not unlike Persona's traits that can help you pass exams and open up new social links. Plus, it looks like we can also build out various traits for our protagonist, including Wisdom, Courage, Tolerance and Imagination. Combat appears to be turn-based, there's a day-to-day calendar system and something akin to Persona's social links system appears to be here, as well. Several other Atlus staples are present in Metaphor ReFantazio, too. Expect some slick hero and villain designs alongside some banger tracks respectively, then.

Notable Persona series alumni are working on Metaphor ReFantazio, including character designer Shigenori Soejima and composer Shoji Meguro. The on-screen text reads: 'What if the world we live in today is their utopia?' That seems to imply that Metaphor ReFantazio is set in our world, albeit after some sort of earth-shattering cataclysm. The trailer opens with shots of a busy Japanese crosswalk.

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