This game is rated ESRB: Teen for Mild Language, Fantasy Violence, Use of Alcohol, Partial Nudity and Suggestive Themes.
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland is a Japanese role-playing game developed by Gust and released for PlayStation 3 in 2011. It serves as the third and final entry in the Arland series and follows directly from Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland. The game centers on Meruru, a princess who takes on the role of party leader in combat, while her companions function as escorts. Battles unfold through a turn-based system in which Meruru deploys items as her primary means of fighting. Escort characters can trigger chained attacks under specific battle conditions, and the effectiveness of Meruru's items can be amplified depending on how those conditions are met. The interplay between item use and escort actions forms the core of the combat mechanics.
Meruru is the princess of Arls, a little kingdom situated in the far north of the Arland republic. After her father and Gio, the leader of Arland, discussed the merging of the two lands, she met Totori, the now-graduated alchemist. Dazzled by the power of alchemy, and with a desire to help her country prosper, she forced herself on Totori as her first student. Her father initially disapproves of this decision, but agrees following a suggestion from Rufus. He gives Meruru a directive to use her alchemy to improve the kingdom, with several intermediate goals which must be met within specific time periods in order to be allowed to continue her alchemy work. Later, Rorona joins the two, but she has been turned into a child by Astrid after drinking an experimental potion of youth.
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