Nelke is a celebration of the Atelier franchise that is just packed with (non-sexual) fanservice featuring characters throughout the history of the whole series and other references and homages to things of old. It's very very hard though, reminding me of the days of first trying Atelier Rorona when it was originally localized and losing a million times in a row. This is designed like older Atelier - play until you fail, learn from that failure, play again while planning ahead, repeat until you finish. That loop is fun though and in the case of this game specifically you meet characters and such at different times so there is a bit of a new experience (aside the big issues) each time.

The gameplay this time is a management sim rather than a synthesis based JRPG, but they managed to design a pretty addictive and fun one even though it's so far from what they usually make.

Pretty to look at, fun to play, massive lovable cast - but a bit lacking in story.