Atelier Ryza 3 Interview: Junzo Hosoi and Shinichi Abiko On The Upcoming JRPG Sequel
Atelier Ryza 3 was an expected but nevertheless exciting announcement from this year’s Tokyo Games Show. Gust has developed a reputation for releasing its cute anime girl JRPGs in trilogies over the years, and the thicc thighs capable of saving lives are no different. Those things have definitely grown again, and our heroine is in dire need of a larger jacket before she hurts someone. Obvious fan service aside, these games are fun, charming, and so damn comfy.
To celebrate the recent announcement, I once again caught up with producer and head of Gust Shinzo Hosoi and director Shinichi Abiko to talk about this new entry and how it plans to push the series’ formula forward and bring us an entry with ambition unlike anything we’ve seen before. Get ready for open environments, older characters, and even more saccharine cuteness when the game arrives on PS4, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch in early 2023.
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TheGamer: Atelier Ryza 3 is following in the footsteps of its predecessor and will no doubt be familiar to fans of the character. Was the plan always to tell her story with a trilogy?
Junzo Hosoi: Yes, from the start of the planning process we did intend on having a single protagonist for the three games in the series, and we wanted to create a series where we could follow the same protagonist through the series. At the time, we did notice that there were many series, such as Harry Potter, where you have the same protagonist throughout numerous iterations of the series, so I think this was something that helped influence us. Up until now the Atelier series has been created in trilogies with different protagonists, so we really wanted to focus
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