https://wccftech.com/atelier-ryza-2-lost-legends-the-secret-fairy-preview/

When I first started writing this preview of Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, I wrote down "I don't know how GUST manage it". That's not quite accurate though; I do know how they manage it. GUST has barely moved an inch in a decade, keeping the same art style and only changing other aspects when necessary.

One such change is that Atelier Ryza 2 is the first direct sequel in the series containing the same lead protagonist. This shouldn't come as a surprise due to the sheer popularity of Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout. It is the best selling of the Atelier series, having sold over 500,000 copies within the year after launch, and Reisalin Stout is arguably the most popular heroine of the Atelier series.