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[[Atlus]] is a videogame company that was founded in 1986. While not necessarily having the name-recognition of some larger companies, they have a huge number of quality products, both as a developer and a publisher, and often both at once. The Japanese HQ portion of the company is both a publisher and developer, the North American branch serves as a publisher and localization company that publishes more games than just what its parent company Atlus Japan develops and publishes; in the list of games below said games are listed with Atlus being the North American publisher.
For the record, a good number of their internally developed<ref>Games published by Atlus USA but not developed by its parent company may not have this trait</ref> 21st-century games are [[Nintendo Hard|freakin']] ''[[Nintendo Hard|hard]],'' though good design means they usually avoid [[Fake Difficulty]]. Their American branch is also famous for the translation of their games: [[Woolseyism]] and [[Superlative Dubbing]] abound in games they publish. Atlus is also famous for first exposing North America to [[Nippon Ichi Software]], having published ''[[
Also note the number of [[Widget Series]] below.
[http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/30/atlus-absorbed-merges-with-mobile-developer/ On October 1, 2010, Atlus merged with Index Holdings] Or something, [http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/30/atlus-usa-employees-comment-on-management-shift/ it isn't quite clear] [http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/03/a-message-from-atlus-usa-president-shinichi-suzuki/ what's going on].
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* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: The Persona Series, specifically ''Persona 3'' and ''4''.▼
* [[Friendly Rival]]: [[Nippon Ichi Software|Nippon Ichi]], in North America at least. The fact that [[Crack is Cheaper|many die-hard fans buy most of both companies' games]] probably helps them getting along.▼
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Atlus-developed games have a tendency to be quite hard. However, with Atlus USA, this doesn't always apply to games from other companies that it picks up for a Western release (not that Atlus USA hasn't localized hard games from other companies, which it definitely has).▼
* [[That One Boss]]: We can't stress enough that they have [[That One Boss/Atlus|their own page]] for it ▼
* [[Widget Series]]▼
* [[Woolseyism]]: As Atlus USA doesn't develop anything itself, most of its publishing involves localizing Japanese games, which it does quite well.▼
▲=== Some of their titles (including externally developed games localized by Atlus USA) include: ===
▲* ''~3D Dot Game Heroes~'' (Publisher)<sup>1</sup>
▲* ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]'' (Publisher, first game)
▲* ''[[Baroque (Video Game)|Baroque]]'' (Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
* ''Bonk'' (Co-developer, with Red Co.)
* ''[[Catherine]]'' (Publisher/Developer)
* ''[[Class of Heroes]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[Contact (
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* ''[[The Dark Spire]]'' (North American Publisher)
* ''[[
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* ''[[Disgaea]]'' (Published the first game in North America before [[Nippon Ichi|NIS America]] was formed)
* ''[[Dokapon Kingdom]]'' (North American Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
* ''[[Don Pachi]]'' (Publisher)<sup>3</sup>
** ''[[Do Don Pachi]]'' (Publisher)<sup>3</sup>
* ''[[Eternal Poison]]'' (Publisher)<sup>4</sup>
* ''[[
** ''Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard''
** ''Etrian Odyssey 3: The Drowned City''
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* ''[[Hexyz Force]]'' (Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
* ''[[Izuna]]'' (North American Publisher)
* ''[[
* ''[[Lufia]] and the Ruins of Lore'' (North American Publisher)
* ''[[Luminous Arc]]'' (North American Publisher)
** ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'' (North American Publisher)
* ''[[Magna Carta]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[
* ''[[Master of the Monster Lair]]'' (Publisher)
** ''[[My World, My Way]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' (Publisher, [[
* ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[Power Instinct]]'' (Publisher and developer for most games; ''Matrimelee'' was published by [[SNK|SNK Playmore]])
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Rondo of Swords]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[
* ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III
** ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]''
** ''[[Persona (
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army]]''
** ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon]]''
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[Shin Megami Tensei
** ''[[Last Bible|Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible / Revelations: The Demon Slayer]]''
** ''Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Book of X / Demikids: X Version''
* ''[[Sky Gunner]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Stella Deus:
* ''[[
* ''[[Summon Night]]'' (Published ''Swordcraft Story'' 1, 2 and ''Twin Age'' in North America)<sup>4</sup>
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Thousand Arms]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[Touch Detective]]'' (Publisher)
* ''[[Trauma Center (
* ''[[
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<small><sup>1</sup> - developed by [[From Software]]</small><br /><small><sup>2</sup> - developed by [[Sting Entertainment]]</small><br /><small><sup>3</sup> - developed by [[CAVE]]</small><br /><small><sup>4</sup> - developed by [[Flight-Plan]]</small><br /><small><sup>5</sup> - developed by [[SNK Playmore]]</small><br /><small><sup>6</sup> - developed by Irem</small>▼
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▲<small><sup>1</sup> - developed by [[From Software]]</small><br /><small><sup>2</sup> - developed by [[Sting Entertainment]]</small><br /><small><sup>3</sup> - developed by [[CAVE]]</small><br /><small><sup>4</sup> - developed by [[Flight-Plan]]</small><br /><small><sup>5</sup> - developed by [[SNK Playmore]]</small><br /><small><sup>6</sup> - developed by Irem</small>
▲* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: The Persona Series, specifically ''Persona 3'' and ''4''.
▲* [[Friendly Rival]]: [[Nippon Ichi Software|Nippon Ichi]], in North America at least. The fact that [[Crack is Cheaper|many die-hard fans buy most of both companies' games]] probably helps them getting along.
▲* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Atlus-developed games have a tendency to be quite hard. However, with Atlus USA, this doesn't always apply to games from other companies that it picks up for a Western release (not that Atlus USA hasn't localized hard games from other companies, which it definitely has).
▲* [[That One Boss]]: We can't stress enough that they have [[That One Boss/Other Games/Atlus|their own page]] for it
▲* [[Widget Series]]
▲* [[Woolseyism]]: As Atlus USA doesn't develop anything itself, most of its publishing involves localizing Japanese games, which it does quite well.
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