Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairyappeared on theAustralian Classification boardon July 15. It was filled by Koei Tecmo Europe. (Thanks toRPG Sitefor pointing it out)
In November 2019,Koei Tecmo Producer Keisuke Kikuchi said Gust is working on five games:Fairy Tail,a newAteliergame, and three veiled titles. Koei Tecmo and Gust have been following a yearly release schedule for theAtelierseries for a very long while now. In fact, usually by that time of the year, the next game has been announced, but surely the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic explains the current situation. Taking all of this into account, this rating news isn’t surprising.
The most surprising element is the name of the rating itself. IfAtelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairyreally turns out to be a thing, it seems to indicate Ryza would be the protagonist again. Though one possibility would be a new protagonist, who also uses the nickname Ryza.Atelier Ryza 1’s protagonist’s full name is Reisalin Stout.
Back in September 2019,Series Producer Junzo Hosoi had already confirmed Ryza would appear in theAteliergame followingAtelier Ryza. That’s a common thing for the series these days. Working with trilogies, with the past protagonists making an appearance in the next games of the trilogy. It’ll be a change of pattern if Ryza is the protagonist two times in a row though.
Ateliertrilogies also retain the same chara designer so it’s likelyToridamonowill be working onAtelier Ryza 2as well. In the past, we summarizedone of the interviews Toridamono did for the release ofAtelier Ryza. It includes cool early design rough artwork.
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideoutfirst launched in Japan on August 10, 2025, and later on in the west. It’s available on PC, PS4 and Switch. It’s very likelyAelier Ryza 2will come to the same platforms.
Atelier Ryzais also the best selling game in the franchise, surpassing 420,000 copies shipped worldwide. I explained the various reasons I believe are behind this successover hereif you’re interested.
