Valkyrie Profile (Video Game 1999)

On a tale based loosely on Norse Mythological tales. Ragnarok is about to begin in the holy world of Asgard and the lead god Odin could not find strong enough warriors to serve the Aesir ... See full summary »

Directors:

Yoshiharu Gotanda, Kunihiko Ikuhara

Writer:

Sukehiro Tomita (script)

Stars:

Megan Hollingshead, Veronica Taylor, Tara Sands

Cast

Credited cast:
Megan Hollingshead	...	Lenneth Valkyrie / Lorenta / Platina / Hrist (voice)
Veronica Taylor	...	Freya / Jayle / Aelia (voice)
Tara Sands	...	Llewelyn / Yumei / Shiho / Nanami (voice) (as Tara Jayne)
Jimmy Zoppi	...	Kashell / Badrach (voice)
Eric Stuart	...	Grey / Lucian (voice)
Rachael Lillis	...	Jelanda / Lysaria / Mystina (voice)
Scottie Ray	...	Janus / Jun (voice)
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Arngrim / Lezard / Lawfer (voice) (as Addie Blaustein)
Ted Lewis	...	Gandar / Belenus / Loki / Suo / Gabriel Celeste (voice) (as Ed Paul)
Rodger Parsons	...	Odin / Brahms (voice) (as Ken Gates)
Kayzie Rogers	...	Iseria Queen / Frei (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kae Araki	...	Jierad / Freija (Japanese version) (voice)
Hiroko Emori	...	Yumel / Selia (Japanese version) (voice)
Mitsuaki Hoshino	...	Badluck (Japanese version) (voice)
Shûichi Ikeda	...	Odin / Barbarossa (voice)

Storyline

On a tale based loosely on Norse Mythological tales. Ragnarok is about to begin in the holy world of Asgard and the lead god Odin could not find strong enough warriors to serve the Aesir race. So Odin and the two supreme goddesses, Frey and Freya, send out a woman named Lenneth Valkyrie, to collect the souls of deceased warriors and witches to help the Aesir of Valhallah to protect their land and every other land from the rebellious Vanir.

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Plot Keywords:

valkyrie | ragnarok | mortal versus deity | mermaid | role playing | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

T

Details

Official Sites:

Square Enix

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

29 August 2000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Enix Co. Ltd., Tri-Ace Inc.

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The game features three different endings.

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Quotes

Lenneth Valkyrie: To my side my noble einherjar!

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Connections

Version of Valhalla (1986)

User Reviews

Excellent game, but NOT without its faults!

"Valkyrie Profile" is quite a well-writen and addictive game that is excellent relief from the plague of the repetitive "Final Fantasy" series or the akward "Megami Tensei" games (though Persona subseries was great).

It follows the tail of a Valkyrie on a quest to retrive souls of the recently departed and help them live in the afterlife of Valhallah. As she does this at commands of Frey, Freya and Odin, she suddenly meets a familiar faces of the past and must learn more about it.

The gameplay is quite fun too. Kinda like a combination of the "Rockman" series meets "Super Mario RPG", plus, really vivid graphics and character designs.

But the flaw of the game lies within the voice acting (of both English and Japanese version). The Japanese version, almost everyone sounds really too squeaky or high pitched. Though they use a few TV, as well as seiyuu voice actors and actresses, some stood out more than others, but TURN DOWN THE VOICE VOLUME! Unless you want to hear people talking in pseudo-baratone or pseudo-helium pitched voices. Though the English version is a little bit of an approvement, I feel that the English voice acting is better done in scenarios than it is in the battle fields, when things get quite grating and repetitive!

But other than so-so voice acting, Valkyrie Profile is a classic that stands the test of time.