Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
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| Developer(s) | Gust Co. Ltd. |
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Banpresto NIS America 505 Games |
| Director(s) | Akira Tsuchiya |
| Producer(s) | Tadanobu Inoue Atsunori Kawachi |
| Designer(s) | Akira Tsuchiya Yoshito Okamura Teruaki Nakai |
| Programmer(s) | Yuji Higuchi Teruaki Nakai Naoya Harasawa |
| Artist(s) | Megumi Maruta Yuuko Tsujida Aki Takahashi |
| Writer(s) | Akira Tsuchiya Teruo Akaike Kei Tanaka |
| Series | Ar tonelico |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia, released in Japan as Ar tonelico: The Girl Who Keeps Singing at the End of the World (アルトネリコ世界の終わりで詩い続ける少女 Aru toneriko Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsuzukeru Shōjo?) is a role-playing video game developed by Gust Corporation for the PlayStation 2 and originally published by Banpresto in 2006. There are other media releases based on the game, including the manga Ar tonelico -arpeggio-, the anime OVA Ar tonelico, and several drama CDs.
At E3 2006, Nippon Ichi Software America (NIS America) announced that it would pick up Ar tonelico, with an expected release date on October 31, 2006. However, that release was delayed until February 6, 2007 to provide more time for localization. The European version was released by 505 Games on May 22, 2007. However, it was released in very limited quantities only in France, Italy, and Spain and as such European copies of the game are rare and the very existence of the PAL version remained widely unnoticed.
A sequel tiled Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shōjo-tachi no Metafalica which was released in Japan in 2007, was in the United States as Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica in 2009. A second sequel, Ar tonelico III: Sekai Shūen no Hikigane wa Sōjo no Uta ga Hikum was released in 2010 and in North America as Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel in 2011.
Players may explore dungeons and other areas by moving in any direction and jumping. Depending on the abilities of the Reyvateils in the party, various spells can also be cast to light candles, remove obstacles, and trigger switches. Enemy creatures may be encountered at random as the player explores an area. A gauge in the lower-right corner of the screen indicates the likelihood of encountering an enemy, as well as the number of random encounters remaining in the current area. Once enough battles have been fought to empty the gauge, no further random encounters will take place until the player leaves and returns to the area.
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