Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout launched in October 2019 for PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC. It became the series’ best-selling entry yet, with 500,000 units sold by August 2020. It was followed by Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy, released in January 2021 for PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC.

As for the third game in the series, it launches on March 24th for the same platforms. It sees Ryza and friends returning to their home town and investigating strange islands and ruins that have appeared. Along with the largest cast to date, it has the biggest world with no loading screens between the interconnected maps. Stay tuned for more details when it arrives next week.

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Koei Tecmo and Gust have announced that shipments for the Atelier Ryza series has passed one million units. A special DLC costume for both titles will be released later to celebrate. Costumes from Summer Adventure and Divertimento Embrace will be made available till March 31st for the first game as well.

As part of Gust’s long-running Atelier series, Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout released in 2019 for PS4, Switch and PC. It was a big success and would go on to sell half a million units in 11 months. Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy would first release in December 2020 for Japan before coming to consoles and PC worldwide in January 2021. Koei Tecmo reported 220,000 units sold as of January 25th.

For more details on the sequel, check out our review here. Additional DLC will be released for Atelier Ryza 2 as part of its Season Pass in the coming months. As for what the future of the franchise holds, stay tuned for more details.

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It’s an interesting and eventful week for video game software and hardware sales in Japan, as per the data released by Famitsu for the week ending September 29. Dragon Quest 11 S has enjoyed an absolutely stellar debut upon its Switch launch, topping the charts with sales in excess 303,000 units. Par for the course for a mainline Dragon Quest launch in Japan.

There are plenty of other new releases in the top 10 as well. Code Vein has debuted in second place, selling over 60,000 copies, while Ys IX: Monstrum Nox takes the fifth spot with over 45,000 units sold. FIFA 20 is right behind it in sixth place, selling over 43,000 units. Meanwhile, Koei Tecmo’s new RPG Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout’s PS4 version occupies third place, selling over 53,000 units, while the Switch version, with over 25,000 units sold, is in at No. 9.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne’s Master Edition – which includes both, the new expansion and the base game – continues to chart in the top 10, coming in at No. 8 with over 26,000 units sold. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, which topped charts last week, drops down to fourth place, selling over 45,000 units.

On the hardware front, there isn’t a lot of change. Thanks to the Switch Lite (and presumably the launch of Dragon Quest 11 S), the Nintendo Switch once again sold a whole lot, moving nearly 200,000 units. The PS4 managed to hold steady, selling over 24,000 units.

You can check out the full hardware and software charts below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

01. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S – Definitive Edition – 303.204 / NEW
02. [PS4] Code Vein – 60.843 / NEW
03. [PS4] Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout – 53.428 / NEW
04. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 45.775 / 187.150
05. [PS4] Ys IX: Monstrum Nox – 45.378 / NEW
06. [PS4] FIFA 20 – 43.751 / NEW
07. [PS4] World War Z – 27.872 / NEW
08. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World – Iceborne Master Edition – 26.324 / 346.239
09. [NSW] Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout – 25.538 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 14.731 / 644.445 

Hardware sales (followed by last week’s sales)

Nintendo Switch – 196.489 (239.740)
PS4 – 24.658 (24.857)
Xbox One – 158 (513)
3DS – 2.384 (1.687)
PS Vita – 39 (28)

[Via ResetEra]