Atlus Had No Time To Chill With Their Friends
I worry for you, Atlus. This summer, you guys released about three games one after another: Etrian Mystery Dungeon, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 – Break Record, and Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight. I’m sure your friends were wondering why you rejected all of their requests to take you shopping or take you for a day at the beach. No piña coladas for you, just shots of espresso while you guys wrapped everything up.
Fortunately, each of the three games were all well-received, although they were much more popular in Japan than anywhere else. Nevertheless, copies found homes, and good times were had, as players enjoyed these sequels and spin-offs to their favorite Atlus JRPGs.
Meanwhile, in a collaboration with one of the most popular mobile games of recent, Puzzles & Dragons Z + Super Mario Bros. Edition was released. The Z half of the bundle gave the standard but great Puzzles and Dragons formula with another ridiculously-haired protagonist in a wacky by-the-numbers JRPG plot, but the Super Mario Bros. portion brought the excellent puzzle gameplay with the simplicity of the Mushroom Kingdom.
