#valis — Public Fediverse posts

So, we are out of the trenches of bad #Valis games
It's only up from here, right?

#SegaGenesis Valis 3 is the best offering on the platform and has new features and gimmicks.
Firstly, we have multiple playable characters who are unlocked through the journey and can be swapped to on the fly, like Castlevania 3. One of them also has a whip!

Magic is done with elemental rod "sub weapons" and each character has different variations on each element.
There is a new power mechanic, where you need to wait between attacks to ensure you are attacking at full power

But, this is where the series starts getting harder. The token ice based stages feature some of nefarious platforming moments.

it is also an appropriate time to talk about the sliding mechanic. Sliding off an edge continue your horizontal momentum into the slide ends, so some gaps you need to slide over than attempting a jump.

I still recommend Valis 1 as an entry point, but if you like that, definitely check this one out!

Oh my. I wasn't expecting the non-japanese box art for #Valis 3 to drop the ball so hard. The Genesis library has some fantastic box art but I hate to be like this, but I just find this unappealing and the more i look at it the more questions come to mind. That hairline, oof.

I imagine this what her facial expression was on the Turbografx Valis 2 box art. It shows a lack of confidence in our heroine and I'm just a little sad about that.
Once again, the looming figure is, to the best of my knowledge, a depiction of the first stage boss. All whilst Yuko's sister and a sagely old man look on, judgementally.

I suppose the only saving grace is the Valis sword cleaving through the metals links of that ball and chain

Perhaps, for the time, the Japanese cover could be seen as generic, showing our three playable characters in action ready poses, with a burst behind them. But dammit, it's a nice effective shot. I swear, between box arts the Valis sword is only getting longer...

#SegaGenesis

Syd of Valis is 100% vision and probably about 40% execution.
It also makes the #SegaGenesis trilogy an absolute mess.

A retelling of the plot of #Valis 2 but with a cutesy chibi filter is not a terrible idea.
Where the game drops the ball is in the control. Jumps are incredibly floaty and everything is coated in a weird slippery physic usually reserved for ice levels.

Some bosses and mini-bosses feel like a damage race with questionable hit detection. In fact, the easiest boss in the PC Engine Valis 2 is the single hardest thing in Syd of Valis, and the real kicker. No continues. Lives, sure, but no continues.

The game gives me vibes of Wonderboy in Monster World. Just, if you packaged it as a standard action game and not an RPG.

There could have been something cool here, if the powering up of weapons or the outfits you didn't feel like an after thought.

Sadly, there feels like there is no good way to experience Valis 2. I really should check out the MSX version.

Syd of #Valis is a weird game for many reasons.

Firstly, let's talk box art.
The western box art actually uses a Japanese box art, just... Not the Japanese box art for Valis SD.
It uses the box art for The Sugoroku 92 Nariagari Trendy. A party game featuring a collaborative cast from other Telenet Japan games, such as Cosmic Fantasy and Super Albatross. Besides Yuko, none of the other characters appear in Syd of Valis. It's awfully misleading!

The naming is also a choice, though calling it Super Deformed Valis would probably be just as odd.

As for the Japanese Valis SD, it is bright, colourful and shows most of the in-game characters in their super deformed cutesy look. It definitely gives the vibe of quirky off-shoot from the main series.

I mean, the challenge for the western box would be how would you portray this game? The game itself comes across cutesy, and the previous high fantasy stylings wouldn't apply here.

Boxart aside, the game is at least good, right?

#SegaGenesis

So, I don't hate #Valis 2 for the #PCEngineCD

After the highs of Valis 1, this feels like a massive downgrade.
Magic, naff. Slide move, gone. Platforming, bland.

The voice acting and animated cutscenes are cool, but gameplay presentation falls short.

My understanding is the game had some troubles in development, being short staffed and combined with being made at the same time as the PC-8801 and MSX2 versions. I have sympathy for the game in that regard.

The flow is different as well, with a focus on fighting multiple mid-stage mini-bosses, usually in flat arenas with no room to dodge attacks. This means haemorrhaging health and lives, and lives are super important in this game. Dying in a boss fight lets you continue the fight for as many lives as you have left.

Infinite continues allows you to keep throwing yourself at stages, but it can put you in some rather hairy situations making it hard to carry those lives to the boss fights.

Honestly, you can afford to skip on this one.

God damn, #Valis 2's international release has such a bad cover.
It is so bad it is tragic.
In its defence, I will say that the red, satanic, demon goes quite hard. But the stylisation is just weak in my opinion.

Something I have noticed with the western box arts, such as the SNES Super Valis box art. They like to depict early game bosses, as if they are a bigger bad, whilst Japan has the imposing image of the final boss looming over Yuko.

I also like how most western depictions of the Valis sword show it as a short sword, whilst the Japanese depiction is like a claymore.

The western box art being bad is just my opinion, you might really gel with it, but I just find it kind of funny.

As for the Japanese cover. Yeah, I like it. It's much better than the cover for the first game. There is something about the confident look in Yuko's face that sells her as a badass, compared to the western one where she almost looks like she is cowering behind her sword.

#PCEngineCD #TurboGrafx

God damn, #Valis 2's international release has such a bad cover.
It is so bad it is tragic.
In its defence, I will say that the red, satanic, demon goes quite hard. But the stylisation is just weak in my opinion.

Something I have noticed with the western box arts, such as the SNES Super Valis box art. They like to depict early game bosses, as if they are a bigger bad, whilst Japan has the imposing image of the final boss looming over Yuko.

I also like how most western depictions of the Valis sword show it as a short sword, whilst the Japanese depiction is like a claymore.

The western box art being bad is just my opinion, you might really gel with it, but I just find it kind of funny.

As for the Japanese cover. Yeah, I like it. It's much better than the cover for the first game. There is something about the confident look in Yuko's face that sells her as a badass, compared to the western one where she almost looks like she is cowering behind her sword.

#PCEngineCD #TurboGrafx

God damn, #Valis 2's international release has such a bad cover.
It is so bad it is tragic.
In its defence, I will say that the red, satanic, demon goes quite hard. But the stylisation is just weak in my opinion.

Something I have noticed with the western box arts, such as the SNES Super Valis box art. They like to depict early game bosses, as if they are a bigger bad, whilst Japan has the imposing image of the final boss looming over Yuko.

I also like how most western depictions of the Valis sword show it as a short sword, whilst the Japanese depiction is like a claymore.

The western box art being bad is just my opinion, you might really gel with it, but I just find it kind of funny.

As for the Japanese cover. Yeah, I like it. It's much better than the cover for the first game. There is something about the confident look in Yuko's face that sells her as a badass, compared to the western one where she almost looks like she is cowering behind her sword.

#PCEngineCD #TurboGrafx

God damn, #Valis 2's international release has such a bad cover.
It is so bad it is tragic.
In its defence, I will say that the red, satanic, demon goes quite hard. But the stylisation is just weak in my opinion.

Something I have noticed with the western box arts, such as the SNES Super Valis box art. They like to depict early game bosses, as if they are a bigger bad, whilst Japan has the imposing image of the final boss looming over Yuko.

I also like how most western depictions of the Valis sword show it as a short sword, whilst the Japanese depiction is like a claymore.

The western box art being bad is just my opinion, you might really gel with it, but I just find it kind of funny.

As for the Japanese cover. Yeah, I like it. It's much better than the cover for the first game. There is something about the confident look in Yuko's face that sells her as a badass, compared to the western one where she almost looks like she is cowering behind her sword.

#PCEngineCD #TurboGrafx

God damn, #Valis 2's international release has such a bad cover.
It is so bad it is tragic.
In its defence, I will say that the red, satanic, demon goes quite hard. But the stylisation is just weak in my opinion.

Something I have noticed with the western box arts, such as the SNES Super Valis box art. They like to depict early game bosses, as if they are a bigger bad, whilst Japan has the imposing image of the final boss looming over Yuko.

I also like how most western depictions of the Valis sword show it as a short sword, whilst the Japanese depiction is like a claymore.

The western box art being bad is just my opinion, you might really gel with it, but I just find it kind of funny.

As for the Japanese cover. Yeah, I like it. It's much better than the cover for the first game. There is something about the confident look in Yuko's face that sells her as a badass, compared to the western one where she almost looks like she is cowering behind her sword.

#PCEngineCD #TurboGrafx

So, something that will become a trend when i talk Valis. If you are ever going to play a #Valis game, play the #PCEngineCD version of it.

Valis 1 is a fantastic variant compared to the Genesis version in my opinion. The franchise important slide move that Yuko has can actually damage enemies! More on that in later games.

The game itself is more challenging in places, with tougher pre-boss stages and also having a number of mini-bosses.

Bosses operate more fairly, with more discernible patterns, with the exception of the first form of the final boss.

It's not all rough and challenging. Similar to the Genesis game, you will obtain spells to help you throughout the game and the spell received from the third boss fight is a shield spell that absorbs several hits of damage. Super useful when certain sections of the game enjoys kicking you down a few pegs.

If you are going to play ANY Valis game, I honestly think this is best, most balanced experience of them all.

#RetroGames

What I will say is, if you want to play the #Valis games. The first game on Genesis is not a bad place to start.

The first stage boss is seemingly quite unfair, in that you will totally understand what you need to do, but for some reason it doesn't quite work out and you end up eating more damage than you expect.

In fact, half the game's bosses are a bit unfair and prove more frustrating than fun to fight, as those bosses don't exhibit a pattern you can learn and exploit.
The irony of it all, most stages are straight forward and the bosses prove a challenge, except the final stage where the final boss is laughable easy, but he has a hell of a stage building up to him.

The game offers infinite continues, so it is a matter of perseverance to beat this one, but it is totally manageable.

But, something I will say about Valis for Genesis, it is at best a mid-tier Valis games. That means two things. They get better than this, they also sadly... Get worse.

#SegaGenesis #RetroGames

So, I was thinking about comparing box arts for the various #Valis games. This might get a little messy, between the #SegaGenesis games, the PC Engine Games and that one SNES game. Though I have already showed off the fantastic SNES Super Valis Box, we'll cover that again in time.

I kind of love the early 90s aversion to anime style artwork on video games, it really leads to some great pieces of composition.

In the case of Valis 1, they dyed Yuko's hair black and doing her best He-Man power pose of raising a flaming Valis sword above her head, she is beset by the various boss enemies of the game. It's busy, but I don't dislike this image, perhaps the colour palette is a bit heavy on the reds. It's pretty representative fo the game.

Compared to the Japanese cover, which is, modest. To say the best. Yuko in her scjool uniform looking over her shoulder. Besides the text of The Legend of a Fantasm Soldier, there is very little work with here. It's nice, but gives little to work with.

So, I know I said I was going to be talking a lot of #Valis but in the last two weeks I spent more time talking Star Fox.

Well, I haven't been idle.
And truth be told, I have been somewhat distracted...

Believe me... We have a lot to discuss here...

Ignore some of the clear times in those pictures, as they are slightly misleading. Sometimes my steam deck, when in sleep mode likes to keep track of how many hours I have been "playing"

#RetroAchievements #SegaGenesis #PCEngineCD #SNES

I have never see a character run with so much force of character and travel such a short distance...

#Valis #PCEngineCD #RetroGames

I have never see a character run with so much force of character and travel such a short distance...

#Valis #PCEngineCD #RetroGames

I have never see a character run with so much force of character and travel such a short distance...

#Valis #PCEngineCD #RetroGames

I have never see a character run with so much force of character and travel such a short distance...

#Valis #PCEngineCD #RetroGames

I have never see a character run with so much force of character and travel such a short distance...

#Valis #PCEngineCD #RetroGames

So, I was looking for something new to play, and I think I have found something i need to play just from the box art alone.

Super Valis 4's North American box art is, dare I say, absolutely peak.

I should probably check out the whole Valis series, so i am more putting this out as a warning, I may be waxing lyrically or ranting profanely for the next couple of weeks about this series... Depending on how things go.

Let's get back into the box art however. That, almost 80s, high fantasy inspired female character getting ready to attack a tiger that is leaping at her and breathing fire. The tiger is also being ridden by some metallic figure. It's a powerful image, and I say that with little sarcasm.
It makes me think about the Alisia Dragoon international box art.

#SNES #Valis

So, I was looking for something new to play, and I think I have found something i need to play just from the box art alone.

Super Valis 4's North American box art is, dare I say, absolutely peak.

I should probably check out the whole Valis series, so i am more putting this out as a warning, I may be waxing lyrically or ranting profanely for the next couple of weeks about this series... Depending on how things go.

Let's get back into the box art however. That, almost 80s, high fantasy inspired female character getting ready to attack a tiger that is leaping at her and breathing fire. The tiger is also being ridden by some metallic figure. It's a powerful image, and I say that with little sarcasm.
It makes me think about the Alisia Dragoon international box art.

#SNES #Valis

So, I was looking for something new to play, and I think I have found something i need to play just from the box art alone.

Super Valis 4's North American box art is, dare I say, absolutely peak.

I should probably check out the whole Valis series, so i am more putting this out as a warning, I may be waxing lyrically or ranting profanely for the next couple of weeks about this series... Depending on how things go.

Let's get back into the box art however. That, almost 80s, high fantasy inspired female character getting ready to attack a tiger that is leaping at her and breathing fire. The tiger is also being ridden by some metallic figure. It's a powerful image, and I say that with little sarcasm.
It makes me think about the Alisia Dragoon international box art.

#SNES #Valis

So, I was looking for something new to play, and I think I have found something i need to play just from the box art alone.

Super Valis 4's North American box art is, dare I say, absolutely peak.

I should probably check out the whole Valis series, so i am more putting this out as a warning, I may be waxing lyrically or ranting profanely for the next couple of weeks about this series... Depending on how things go.

Let's get back into the box art however. That, almost 80s, high fantasy inspired female character getting ready to attack a tiger that is leaping at her and breathing fire. The tiger is also being ridden by some metallic figure. It's a powerful image, and I say that with little sarcasm.
It makes me think about the Alisia Dragoon international box art.

#SNES #Valis

So, I was looking for something new to play, and I think I have found something i need to play just from the box art alone.

Super Valis 4's North American box art is, dare I say, absolutely peak.

I should probably check out the whole Valis series, so i am more putting this out as a warning, I may be waxing lyrically or ranting profanely for the next couple of weeks about this series... Depending on how things go.

Let's get back into the box art however. That, almost 80s, high fantasy inspired female character getting ready to attack a tiger that is leaping at her and breathing fire. The tiger is also being ridden by some metallic figure. It's a powerful image, and I say that with little sarcasm.
It makes me think about the Alisia Dragoon international box art.

#SNES #Valis

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VALISメンバーのチノ、ネフィ、ララ、ヴィッテのYouTube個人チャンネルが解禁　Live2Dお披露目初配信リレーが実施決定
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#panora_tokyo #VTuber #VALIS #ニュース

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Philip K. Dick, his mystical experience, and theories of parallel realities #PhilipKDick #Multiverse #SimulationTheory #VALIS #SciFiHistory

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Questa sera, preso da una botta di nostalgia, ho rigiocato e finito il primo Valis per Megadrive. Adoro lo stile anime anni 90. È un design che ancora oggi mi fa scoppiare il cuore. 💜 #Valis #retrogaming #retrogames #megadrive

Questa sera, preso da una botta di nostalgia, ho rigiocato e finito il primo Valis per Megadrive. Adoro lo stile anime anni 90. È un design che ancora oggi mi fa scoppiare il cuore. 💜 #Valis #retrogaming #retrogames #megadrive

Questa sera, preso da una botta di nostalgia, ho rigiocato e finito il primo Valis per Megadrive. Adoro lo stile anime anni 90. È un design che ancora oggi mi fa scoppiare il cuore. 💜 #Valis #retrogaming #retrogames #megadrive

Questa sera, preso da una botta di nostalgia, ho rigiocato e finito il primo Valis per Megadrive. Adoro lo stile anime anni 90. È un design che ancora oggi mi fa scoppiare il cuore. 💜 #Valis #retrogaming #retrogames #megadrive

Questa sera, preso da una botta di nostalgia, ho rigiocato e finito il primo Valis per Megadrive. Adoro lo stile anime anni 90. È un design che ancora oggi mi fa scoppiare il cuore. 💜 #Valis #retrogaming #retrogames #megadrive

#熱愛フローズン #Giga #Teddyloid #VALIS #cover #歌ってみた #歌い手

洗脳！！洗脳！！洗脳！！洗脳！！洗脳！！

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Giga様 ver.
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MIX : めいぢ様
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Encode : izu様
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VALISによるバスツアーイベント・VALIS & WANDERER`S TRAVEL「無限バスツアー」が開催決定
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#panora_tokyo #VTuber #KAMITSUBAKI_STUDIO #VALIS #イベント告知 #ニュース

VALIS 5th ALBUM「悠久オーケストラ」リリース決定&受注受付が開始
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#panora_tokyo #VTuber #KAMITSUBAKI_STUDIO #VALIS #ニュース #音楽

VALISのワンマンライブ「喝采カーテンコール」冒頭部分の無料配信が決定
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#panora_tokyo #VTuber #KAMITSUBAKI_STUDIO #VALIS #ニュース #音楽

Guten Morgen allerseits 👋 😀

Zum Start ins Wochenende ein schöner Satz des großen amerikanischen SF-Autors Philip K. Dick über uns und die Mächtigen.

“This is a mournful discovery:
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”

Philip K. Dick - VALIS (1981)

#philipkdick #valis #sciencefiction #sf #zitat #quote

Guten Morgen allerseits 👋 😀

Zum Start ins Wochenende ein schöner Satz des großen amerikanischen SF-Autors Philip K. Dick über uns und die Mächtigen.

“This is a mournful discovery:
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”

Philip K. Dick - VALIS (1981)

#philipkdick #valis #sciencefiction #sf #zitat #quote

Guten Morgen allerseits 👋 😀

Zum Start ins Wochenende ein schöner Satz des großen amerikanischen SF-Autors Philip K. Dick über uns und die Mächtigen.

“This is a mournful discovery:
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”

Philip K. Dick - VALIS (1981)

#philipkdick #valis #sciencefiction #sf #zitat #quote

Guten Morgen allerseits 👋 😀

Zum Start ins Wochenende ein schöner Satz des großen amerikanischen SF-Autors Philip K. Dick über uns und die Mächtigen.

“This is a mournful discovery:
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”

Philip K. Dick - VALIS (1981)

#philipkdick #valis #sciencefiction #sf #zitat #quote

Guten Morgen allerseits 👋 😀

Zum Start ins Wochenende ein schöner Satz des großen amerikanischen SF-Autors Philip K. Dick über uns und die Mächtigen.

“This is a mournful discovery:
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”

Philip K. Dick - VALIS (1981)

#philipkdick #valis #sciencefiction #sf #zitat #quote

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#panora_tokyo #VTuber #KAMITSUBAKI_STUDIO #VALIS #イベント告知 #ニュース #音楽

ゲーム・VTuber・メタバースの新着情報ダイジェスト 2025.2.21

・#ハル研究所 設立45周年
・#CONVERSE × #星街すいせい
・音楽：#儒烏風亭らでん「カエンタケダンス」/ #HIMEHINA「涙の香りがする」MV
・#VALIS 6th ONE-MAN LIVE「#喝采カーテンコール」5月17日開催

Games, VTuber, and Metaverse New Informations Digest February 21, 2025

* #HALLaboratory 45th Anniversary
* #CONVERSE × #HoshimachiSuisei
* Music: #JuufuuteiRaden "Kaentake Dance" / #HIMEHINA "Namida No Kaori Ga Suru" MV
* #VALIS 6th ONE-MAN LIVE「#喝采カーテンコール」to May 17

#VTuber
https://progress-official.jp/digest-february-21-2025/

ゲーム・VTuber・メタバースの新着情報ダイジェスト 2025.1.27

・#VALIS #ミュー 活動再開
・#みこちとSHARP コラボ加湿空気清浄器収録ボイス選定 1月30日まで
・チャンネル登録者数：#音乃瀬奏 60万人

Games, VTuber, and Metaverse New Informations Digest January 27, 2024

* #VALIS #MYU Resumption of Activities
* #みこちとSHARP Sakura Miko Collab Humidifying Air Purifier Recording Voices Selection until January 30
* YouTube Channel Subscribers: #OtonoseKanade 600K

#VTuber
https://progress-official.jp/digest-january-27-2025/

@Lilmikesf Mining and transportation of mining cock-blocking China for the last strategic metals needed to build the next Tower of Babel #VALIS #Interstellar

@Lilmikesf Mining and transportation of mining cock-blocking China for the last strategic metals needed to build the next Tower of Babel #VALIS #Interstellar