Valkyrie Profile

Valkyrie Profile was a RPG developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix (now Square-Enix). It was released in Japan on December 22, 1999, and later released in the U.S. on August 29, 2000, both were released on the Playstation console.

The game is based off Norse mythology. Players assume the role of a Valkyrie who must find the souls of people who die tragic deaths, and shape them into powerful warriors post-mortem and send them to Valhalla for the final apocalyptic battle between gods and the giants, Ragnarok. Each warrior has a 'Hero Rating', a number representing their usefulness in Valhalla, and certain characters cannot be sent to fight in Ragnarok.

One of Valkyrie Profile's unique features were multiple endings. Based on performance and difficulty, a player could obtain one of three endings. While only one ending actually completed the plotline, this gave the player incentive to perform well.

While Valkyrie Profile had very little edits during translation and ended up with more FMVs than the Japanese release, Badrach's smoking was cut out. However, the animation of him taking a drag after a successful battle still remains, sans the cigarette.

Valkyrie Profile is known for its wide varity of playable characters, more than twenty are attainable in total, but certain characters can only be gained by playing the game on a harder difficulty level or by doing a side-quest.

Each person has their own tale. Some are stories of sadness and sacrifice and some are stories of heroism. Here is a list of the stories:

• Valkyrie
• Arngrim
• Jelanda