Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia

Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia



Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia, released in Japan as Ar tonelico: The Girl Who Continues to Sing at the End of the World (アルトネリコ世界の終わりで詩い続ける少女, Aru toneriko Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsuzukeru Shōjo?) is a PlayStation 2 console role-playing game produced by Banpresto and Gust. There were other media releases based on the game, including the comic Ar tonelico -arpeggio-, the OVA Ar tonelico, and several drama CDs.

The story begins on the floating landmass named Sol Ciel (ソル・シエール). The setting for the game is an extremely tall tower named Ar tonelico and the plot is mainly about relationships between humans and an artificial race called Reyvateil (レーヴァテイル).

At E3 2006, Nippon Ichi Software America (NIS America) announced that it would pick up Ar tonelico, with an expected release date on October 31, 2006.[1] However, that release was delayed until February 6, 2007 to provide more time for localization.[2]

The European version was released by 505 Games on May 22, 2007. However, it was released in very limited quantities only in France, Italy and Spain and as such European copies of the game are rare and the very existence of the PAL-version remained widely unnoticed.

A sequel under the name Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujotachi no Metafalica which was released in Japan on October 25, 2007, was released January 20, 2009 in the U.S. under the title Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica.[3][4]

A second sequel under the name Ar Tonelico III: Sekai Shuuen no Hikigane ha Shoujo no Uta ga hiku/hajiku which has been announced for Japan on January 28, 2010. As of October 15, 2009, the pronunciation of the final word in the subtitle has not been revealed. As such, depending on the pronunciation, the subtitle can hold one of two rough translations; The Girl's Melodies Which Repel the Trigger of the World's End or The Girl's Melodies Which Pull the Trigger of the World's End.
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