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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^[1] 21st-century games are freakin' 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 Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure back in the Playstation 1 era, and later the first Disgaea game for PlayStation 2. This led to NIS eventually branching out on their own, and to this day the companies share many staff amongst their translation and dubbing teams, as well as an amicable business relationship. In fact, NIS are the ones publishing Persona Trinity Soul, the anime based on the Atlus game.

Also note the number of Widget Series below.

On October 1, 2010, Atlus merged with Index Holdings Or something, it isn't quite clear what's going on.

Some of their titles (including externally developed games localized by Atlus USA) include:

3D Dot Game Heroes (Publisher)¹
Arcana Heart (Publisher, first game)
Baroque (Publisher)²
Bonk (Co-developer, with Red Co.)
Catherine (Publisher/Developer)
Class of Heroes (Publisher)
Contact (North American Publisher)
Cubivore (North American Publisher)
The Dark Spire (North American Publisher)
Demon's Souls (North American Publisher)¹
Dept. Heaven series (Publisher)²
- Riviera: The Promised Land
- Yggdra Union
  - Blaze Union
- Knights in The Nightmare
Disgaea (Published the first game in North America before NIS America was formed)
Dokapon Kingdom (North American Publisher)²
Don Pachi (Publisher)³
- Do Don Pachi (Publisher)³
Eternal Poison (Publisher)⁴
Etrian Odyssey (Publisher/Developer)
- Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard
- Etrian Odyssey 3: The Drowned City
Growlanser (North American Publisher)
Hexyz Force (Publisher)²
Izuna (North American Publisher)
The King of Fighters XIII (North American Publisher)⁵
Lufia and the Ruins of Lore (North American Publisher)
Luminous Arc (North American Publisher)
- Luminous Arc 2 (North American Publisher)
Magna Carta (Publisher)
Maken X
Master of the Monster Lair (Publisher)
- My World, My Way (Publisher)
Ogre Battle (Publisher, PlayStation version)
Odin Sphere (Publisher)
Power Instinct (Publisher and developer for most games; Matrimelee was published by SNK Playmore)
Radiant Historia (Publisher/Developer)
Robopon
Rondo of Swords (Publisher)
R-Type Command (Publisher)⁶
Rule of Rose (Publisher)
Shin Megami Tensei series (Publisher/Developer)
- Shin Megami Tensei I
- Shin Megami Tensei II
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
- Digital Devil Saga
- Persona 1
- Persona 2
- Persona 3
- Persona 4
- Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army
- Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon
- Devil Survivor
- Devil Survivor 2
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
- Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible / Revelations: The Demon Slayer
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Book of X / Demikids: X Version
Sky Gunner
Snowboard Kids
Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (publisher)
Steambot Chronicles (publisher)⁶
Summon Night (Published Swordcraft Story 1, 2 and Twin Age in North America)⁴
Super Robot Wars (Published Original Generation 1, 2, and Endless Frontier in North America)
Tail Concerto (Publisher)
Thousand Arms (Publisher)
Touch Detective (Publisher)
Trauma Center series (Publisher/Developer)
Xexyz (developer; published by Hudson Soft in the U.S.)

¹ - developed by From Software
² - developed by Sting Entertainment
³ - developed by CAVE
⁴ - developed by Flight-Plan
⁵ - developed by SNK Playmore
⁶ - developed by Irem

Atlus provides examples of the following tropes:

Cash Cow Franchise: The Persona Series, specifically Persona 3 and 4.
Friendly Rival: Nippon Ichi, in North America at least. The fact that 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 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.

↑ Games published by Atlus USA but not developed by its parent company may not have this trait

[1] Games published by Atlus USA but not developed by its parent company may not have this trait

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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 ''[[Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]'' back in the [[Play Station|Playstation 1 era]], and later the first ''[[Disgaea]]'' game for [[Play Station 2]]. This led to NIS eventually branching out on their own, and to this day the companies share many staff amongst their translation and dubbing teams, as well as an amicable business relationship. In fact, NIS are the ones publishing ''[[Persona Trinity Soul]]'', the anime based on the Atlus game.
+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 ''[[Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]'' back in the [[PlayStation|Playstation 1 era]], and later the first ''[[Disgaea]]'' game for [[PlayStation 2]]. This led to NIS eventually branching out on their own, and to this day the companies share many staff amongst their translation and dubbing teams, as well as an amicable business relationship. In fact, NIS are the ones publishing ''[[Persona Trinity Soul]]'', the anime based on the Atlus game.
-Currently holds the dubious title of "[[That One Boss/Atlus|That One Company]]", due to their joy at [[Cold-Blooded Torture|making gamers suffer.]] And we [[Too Kinky to Torture|like it]], dammit. Funnily enough, even some games they merely published and not developed can be [[Nintendo Hard]], like ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' and the ''[[Disgaea]]'' games.
 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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-=== Tropes associated with Atlus ===
-* [[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: ===
+{{examples|Some of their titles (including externally developed games localized by Atlus USA) include:}}
-* ''~3D Dot Game Heroes~'' (Publisher)<sup>1</sup>
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+* ''[[3D Dot Game Heroes]]'' (Publisher)<sup>1</sup>
 * ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' (Publisher, first game)
 * ''[[Baroque (video game)|Baroque]]'' (Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
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 * ''[[The Dark Spire]]'' (North American Publisher)
 * ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' (North American Publisher)<sup>1</sup>
-* ''[[Dept Heaven]]'' series (Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
+* ''[[Dept. Heaven]]'' series (Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
 ** ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]''
 ** ''[[Yggdra Union]]''
 *** ''[[Blaze Union]]''
 ** ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]''
 * ''[[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>
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 * ''[[Hexyz Force]]'' (Publisher)<sup>2</sup>
 * ''[[Izuna]]'' (North American Publisher)
-* ''[[The King of Fighters]] XIII'' ([http://www.atlus.com/kofxiii/ North American Publisher])<sup>5</sup>
+* ''[[The King of Fighters]] XIII'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120622090838/http://www.atlus.com/kofxiii/ North American Publisher])<sup>5</sup>
 * ''[[Lufia]] and the Ruins of Lore'' (North American Publisher)
 * ''[[Luminous Arc]]'' (North American Publisher)
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 * ''[[Master of the Monster Lair]]'' (Publisher)
 ** ''[[My World, My Way]]'' (Publisher)
-* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' (Publisher, [[Play Station]] version)
+* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' (Publisher, [[PlayStation]] version)
 * ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' (Publisher)
 * ''[[Power Instinct]]'' (Publisher and developer for most games; ''Matrimelee'' was published by [[SNK|SNK Playmore]])
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 * ''[[Sky Gunner]]''
 * ''[[Snowboard Kids]]''
-* ''[[Stella Deus the Gate of Eternity]]'' (publisher)
+* ''[[Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity]]'' (publisher)
 * ''[[Steambot Chronicles]]'' (publisher)<sup>6</sup>
 * ''[[Summon Night]]'' (Published ''Swordcraft Story'' 1, 2 and ''Twin Age'' in North America)<sup>4</sup>
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 * ''[[Trauma Center (series)|Trauma Center]]'' series (Publisher/Developer)
 * ''[[Xexyz]]'' (developer; published by [[Hudson Soft]] in the U.S.)
+</div>
 <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>
+{{creatortropes}}
+* [[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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