Valkyrie Profile: Difference between revisions

It was unique in that it had a turn-based battle system that relied on timing attacks well to increase combo hits and thus increase damage. Like other games developed by [[Tri Ace|tri-Ace]] (like ''[[Star Ocean]]'' and ''[[Radiata Stories]]''), it featured extensive voice acting, which resulted in several classic quotes amongst dedicated role-players.

 

 

There is a [[Valkyrie Profile/Characters|character sheet]] for the entire franchise.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Every single character and bosses do this in their PWS.

{{quote| '''Bloodbane:''' [[Most Annoying Sound|FEEL MY FLAMES!]]}}

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Arngrim is [[Berserk|Guts]] with the serial numbers filed off.

* [[Character Level]]

{{quote| '''Lezard:''' I am he who hath entrusted his soul to the eternal vortex of time.}}

* [[Death by Irony]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: {{spoiler|Valkyries are stripped of human emotion to keep from interrupting their duties. Lenneth eventually regains her human emotions and becomes incredibly compassionate. Previously, Lenneth and the other Valkyries are cold. Notably early on when she told Llewelyn that she is not a goddess of love.}}

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: During the Sacred Phase: "You wish to know the status of our Einherjar?" Immediately after choosing one to view: "You wish to know his/her status?"

* [[Good Bad Translation]]: "It shall be engraved upon your soul!" may have been "I shall annihilate your soul" in the original Japanese. As the original scripts are not available, and the difference between the two is a single character, this may be a case of [[Mis Blamed]], however.

** "STEP ON IT PUSH BUTTON", on the other hand...

** It's too bad that they changed it since its original form is a (potentially accidental) [[Genius Bonus]]: one of the archaic definitions of the word "weird" is something like "destiny." As all enemies not specifically stated to be otherwise are "undead" (in VP a catch-all for non-divine immortals; undead also are mentioned in the [[Golden Ending]] to exist outside of fate), and the act of defeating them places their souls back into the system, killing them could be called purifying their soul's weird.

* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: The Philosopher's Stone, which is not a [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]] despite [[Magnificent Bastard|who owns it]].

* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Freya.

{{quote| ''Can you withstand this?''}}

** Gandar, too; he was saved from being sent to Nifleheim because Odin needed his skills. This probably gave you a hint that {{spoiler|Odin is not that nice}}.

** Alternatively, it could be that Odin just didn't want Hel to get her hands on him.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Freya.

* [[Non-Human Undead]]: Zombie dragons as bosses and subbosses.

** Likewise, because of the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]], ''[[Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume]]'' chronologically takes place before ''Lenneth'', but after Silmeria is sealed in Brahms' castle, but "before" Lezard's little time traveling expedition, as {{spoiler|Odin is still alive}}.

* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: Ending C.