Valkyrie Profile (series)

Valkyrie Profile

Logo of Valkyrie Profile
Genres Role-playing
Developers tri-Ace
Publishers Enix, Square Enix
Creators Yoshiharu Gotanda
Artists Gō Yoshinari, Yō Yoshinari
Composers Motoi Sakuraba
Platforms PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3
First release Valkyrie Profile
December 22, 1999
Latest release Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
November 1, 2009

Valkyrie Profile (ヴァルキリープロファイル Varukirī Purofairu) is a Norse mythology-based role-playing game series developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix (initially Enix), created by Yoshiharu Gotanda.

The series has been commercially and critically successful; it sold over 1.56 million copies.

Titles

Title Year Platform Notes
Valkyrie Profile PlayStation The first title of the series. A PlayStation Portable enhanced port version titled Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth released in 2006, this version released in PAL region.
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria PlayStation 2 The second game of the series, and taking place hundreds of years before the original game.
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume Nintendo DS Known as "Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One" (ヴァルキリープロファイル 咎を背負う者) in Japan.
Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin iOS android (operating system) A recently announced title in the series, produced by Yoshinori Yamagishi with Daisuke Fujisawa as scenario writer.

Setting

Valkyrie Profile draws heavily from Norse mythology, though it takes artistic liberty with the source material and does deviate from it significantly.

Development

The Valkyrie Profile series is developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix (now Square Enix). It was created by Yoshiharu Gotanda, one founder of tri-Ace. Motoi Sakuraba composed scores for the series.

The original Valkyrie Profile was a late-period role-playing game on PlayStation, so it was able to use the console's performance to its fullest.[1]

Adaptation

Several manga have been written based on the series. They are Valkyrie Profile, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, and Valkyrie Profile: The Dark Alchemist. A manga anthology called Valkyrie Profile Enix Supercomic Gekijoh is based on PlayStation Portable of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth.

Reception

Sales and review scores
Game Units sold Famitsu Metacritic
Valkyrie Profile 709,000[2] 35/40[3] 81/100
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth 248,000[4][5] - 80/100
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria 400,000 (JP)[6] 34/40[7] 84/100
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume 230,000[8] 32/40[9] 74/100

Overall, the Valkyrie Profile series received positive reception both in Japan and Western, selling over 1.56 million copies.

Some Valkyrie Profile games have been included in various lists of top games. In a 2006 reader's poll conducted by Famitsu, the first Valkyrie Profile was voted the 27th best video game of all time.[10] Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth received IGN's award for Best PSP RPG of 2006.[11] Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria received IGN's award for "Best Game No One Played".[12]

References

  1. ↑ http://rpgamer.com/games/other/psx/valkyriep/reviews/valkyriepstrev2.html
  2. ↑ "Sales Record - tri-Ace Corporation". tri-Ace.co.jp. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  3. ↑ "Cross Review". Famitsu (576).
  4. ↑ "Sony PSP Japanese Ranking". Japan-GameCharts.com. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  5. ↑ "FY2007 First-Half Period Results Briefing Session" (PDF). Square-Enix.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  6. ↑ "2006年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP500" [2006 Game Software Annual Sales Top 500]. Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 2007 ファミ通ゲーム白書2007 [Famitsu Game Whitebook 2007] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Enterbrain. 2007. p. 387. ISBN 978-4-7577-3577-4. JPNO 21240454.
  7. ↑ "Cross Review". Famitsu (915).
  8. ↑ "Results Briefing: Fiscal Year ended May 31, 2009" (PDF). Square-Enix.com. May 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  9. ↑ "Cross Review". Famitsu (1038).
  10. ↑ Edge staff (March 3, 2006). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Edge-Online.com. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  11. ↑ IGN.com presents The Best of 2006
  12. ↑ "IGN presents The Best of 2006". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2015-04-20.

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