Valkyrie Profile: Localization of the Game [update]

by Chris Greenhough { Nov 11th 2008 at 2:30PM }

Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One shipped in Japan just a few days ago, racking up 80,000 sales in its first week and finishing in second place in the charts (to, um, Grand Theft Auto IV).

With a triumphant Japanese launch under its belt, Square Enix is now turning its attention to us, and has opened an understated teaser site to announce the localization and release date of the game in the U.S. As previous evidence has hinted, it'll be known as Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume in North America, and will release on March 17th. Is the DS the greatest system for RPGs since the SNES or what? That's rhetorical, because it clearly is.

Also, the beautiful Japanese boxart would be welcome here, if anybody from Square Enix is reading!

[Update: A Square Enix press release informs us Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride will reach the States on February 17th! Too. Much. RPG. Goodness.]

Gallery: Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One

[Via Siliconera]

Tags: covenant-of-the-plume, localization, square-enix, srpg, the-accused-one, tri-ace, valkyrie-profile

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Alana @ Nov 11th 2008 2:51PM

yay!!! RPGs rock.

Broco Lee @ Nov 11th 2008 3:03PM

Woooooooo!!! another RPG how unexpected could that be?
I�m really getting bored of games with stories: �can�t they learn from advance wara? No stoy can be a good thing.
Or at least a minimal story like... uhmm the most succesful games like mario.

waltzinblack @ Nov 11th 2008 4:32PM

The DS has definitely been coming through with some fantastic RPGs.

Still, I'd rank the GBA as the best place to go for RPGs since the SNES. In fact, I'd rank the GBA slightly higher for stateside releases since an awful lot of the SNES' strongest RPGs never even made it here.

If the DS keeps up its current pace, though, I can definitely see it surpassing both those systems.