Atlus

Atlus
Type	Kabushiki gaisha Subsidiary
Founded	April 7, 1986
Headquarters	Setagaya, Tokyo
Key people	Akira Nomoto
Industry	Video Games
Products	video games
Employees	270 (October 2018)
Parent	Sega
Website	http://www.atlus.co.jp/

Atlus Co., Ltd. (株式会社アトラス, Atlus Corporation) is a subsidiary of Sega that is best known for developing the Megami Tensei, Persona, Etrian Odyssey, and Trauma Center series.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Joker, the main protagonist of Persona 5, was announced as the first DLC newcomer for Ultimate at The Game Awards 2018. He was later added in, along with Mementos, multiple spirits, and multiple music tracks on April 17th, 2019. Tsubasa Oribe from the Fire Emblem crossover title Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE also appears a Spirit, which can be enhanced into her Carnage form.

Trivia

• Atlus is the second third-party company to be introduced to the Super Smash Bros. series as DLC, the first being Square Enix, and the first to be a subsidiary of another.
  • Despite being featured in Smash 4 as a developer of Wonderful 101, PlatinumGames was not formally introduced as a third-party company with playable characters until the last DLC of Smash 4 with Bayonetta. The reason might be because PlatinumGames isn't owner of the Bayonetta IP, unlike how Atlus was originally an independent company who created and developed the Persona series years before being bought by Sega.