[DS] Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One announced for DS

The theme of the game is revenge on god.

It's unknown whether it's a prequel or a sequel to the original Valkyrie Profile.

Lenneth appears in the game.

Release date undetermined.

- The main character is a young soldier with silver hair who hates the Valkyries from past experience.
- He is determined to fight against the gods using the "feather that leads to victory" given to him by Heru from the underworld.
- Everytime he uses the power of the wing, it turns darker.
- Ansel is close friend of Wilfred.
- Elise is a mysterious girl from the underworld that seeks to help Wilfred.

Developed by tri-Ace Inc.
Character illustration:KOU YOSHINARI / YOU YOSHINARI





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Originally Posted by B.K.

The theme of the game is revenge on god.

Killing god? In my JRPGs?

Cliched god-killing aside, if there's a decent battle system I'll probably play it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There are probably a lot of people in Midgard that have a grudge against Odin and the Valkyries.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Guh PORTABLES! Stop putting good series on them because I'm never going to buy one.

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Originally Posted by Cetra

Guh PORTABLES! Stop putting good series on them because I'm never going to buy one.

It could be worse. It could be on a cellphone.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'll look at this vp game as a sidequest for Lenneth in part 1 =/. At least it's good to see the original character designer back in action =]. Eh.. that boy in the bottom of the pic looks alot like Elewyn.

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I'm glad they're continuing the series, but I would've preferred a PSP game over a DS one. Hope there's more of a story in this game, because the two VP games are lacking in that.

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Originally Posted by B.K.

- He is determined to fight against the gods using the "feather that leads to victory" given to him by Heru from the underworld.

Augh! Hel, not Heru. It's not some name they just made up, it's a mythological reference! That's like those early Valkyrie Profile FAQs (both games!) that kept talking about your "Einferia".

Rage not directed at you, B.K. Well, not unless you personally translated that.

Anyway, the game. The selling point is pretty much going to be whether the gameplay resembles the Playstation games. It's not easy to tell from that preview, since there's a notable lack of any gameplay screenshots. If they keep the sprites small enough it's totally possible on the DS, though I'm wondering what the second screen will be used for. Maybe offload the HP gauges to one screen so the other doesn't get cluttered?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Sweet, more RPGs for the DS. I've actually never played a Valkyrie Profile game, but one of my friends has. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

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Originally Posted by Monkey King

Augh! Hel, not Heru. It's not some name they just made up, it's a mythological reference!

It's not just a mythological reference either; it's an established character in the series.

Brahms mentions at the end of the first game that Queen Hel will not sit idly by while there's a bit of a regime change in Asgard, and she was responsible for the Mists of Niflheim that killed a couple of people who joined you as Einherjar in Valkyrie Profile 2 (she tortured Dyn for helping shut the gate between Niflheim and Midgard).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The little verse going around the Valkyrie logo is "Destiny by sinner sought, tragedy by power wrought."

The CG looks nice. I can't overstate my satisfaction in seeing the older style of Yoshinari artwork.

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Sweet, but I hope the movements are not done by touchscreen like LoZ PoH

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Originally Posted by Cetra

Guh PORTABLES! Stop putting good series on them because I'm never going to buy one.

I do find it sad that all 2d games are relegated to handhelds now, not that I particularly hate handhelds I guess. Anyway, if the battle system is more like VP1 I'll definitely want to try it out at least. If it's going to tie into VP1 somehow, it'd be nice if they could show more information about some of the characters.

I'm also loving the main guy's pot holder wrap and totally rad hair.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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Yay, the old portrait artist is back. I loved his work in the first game. Still a terrible lack of GAME in those screenshots, though. I thought we were past the point of hiding behind FMVs? I know it's still in early development but surely they could mock something up.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The Yoshinaris have been character designers for all three games; they just didn't handle the Einherjar designs in Valkyrie Profile 2.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Hindman

Nice, thanks for the scan! From the tiny screenshots there's at least the combo gauge and PWS, so I hope they'll retain all aspects from the VP1 battle system.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I was waiting for somebody to post that, since I made three or four double-posts yesterday. That's not the good scan I saw, though.

It's nice to see the game plays out mostly the same way as in previous titles. It'll be kind of neat to use the VP battle system with some new sprites and characters since it'll be much harder to recycle attacks for multiple characters when everything's drawn.

That's what I liked about the original-- everyone used their own, unique attacks.

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Awesome, the DS is all good for all sorts of Spritefudgery.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Heh...this really is my day. A new Slayers announced, and now a new Valkyrie Profile.

I can't say that I'm happy about the DS, but a Valkyrie Profile is a Valkyrie Profile. They better keep up traditions, and keep "him" in the game, but I guess it all depends on when this actually happens.

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Teaser Video

Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One Teases

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Nice video. I see the music still lives up to its finest. As long as I'm playing SO: FD and SE, I can wait patiently for this one.

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New scan. Freya confirmed, along with a new guy named Theodore (the guy who gets taken away by Lenneth in the teaser trailer). Bunch of new Einherjar seen in the tiny screenshots.



New info, too:

Quote:

· Accused One takes place on a smaller scale than the original VP because, being a human, Wilfred lacks the ability to fly over the whole world in a flash.
· VP2 focused mainly on just Silmeria. VP1 focused on the einherjar. People liked that a lot, so they're bringing it back.
· However, they hope there will be a heightened connection to the mortal characters as you interact with them human-to-human rather than through the cold detachment of Valkyrie objectivity.
· They also think you'll feel a greater connection as characters may live or die or become allies or enemies by the choices you make in the game. At the end of chapters, you'll make decisions that cause the story (and Wilfred's role) to diverge.
· The einherjar are all new, and there are a considerable number of them -but they won't say how many yet.

Second, fourth and fifth points are absolutely fantastic to hear.

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