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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|Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]'' back in the [[Play Station|Playstation 1 era]], and later the first ''[[Disgaea]]'' game for [[PS 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|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|Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]'' back in the [[Play Station|Playstation 1 era]], and later the first ''[[Disgaea]]'' game for [[PS 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|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 ''[[Demons Souls|Demon's Souls]]'' and the ''[[Disgaea]]'' games.
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 ''[[Demons Souls|Demon's Souls]]'' and the ''[[Disgaea]]'' games.


Also note the number of [[Widget Series]] below.
Also note the number of [[Widget Series]] below.
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=== Tropes associated with Atlus ===
=== Tropes associated with Atlus ===
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: The Persona Series, specifically ''Persona 3'' and ''4''.
* [[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.
* [[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).
* [[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
* [[That One Boss]]: We can't stress enough that they have [[That One Boss/Atlus|their own page]] for it

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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 PS 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 Company", due to their joy at making gamers suffer. And we 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.

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

Tropes associated with Atlus

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


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

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