History VideoGame / VALIS

A series of anime-style {{platform game}}s by Creator/TelenetJapan.

* SwordBeams: A random pickup gives your sword a ranged attack.

Tropes used:

* KickTheDog: Megas in Valis II's Sharp X68000 version. He's said to have killed his entire family, "including the women and children", his own underlings, and even the monsters who unsealed him- and that's just how he treats his ''allies''.

* ScarpiaUltimatum: In the Sharp X68000 version of Valis II, Megas takes [[spoiler:Valia]] hostage, ordering Yuko to lay down her sword... and then to remove her suit. The best part: after she complies, [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog Megas kills Valia anyway]].]]

* BadBoss: Megas in Valis II.

* CompleteMonster: Megas in Valis II for the Sharp X68000 and MSX2, unlike than his AlasPoorVillain-y counterparts in other versions of the game. He's said to have killed his entire family, [[MenAreTheExpendableGender "including the women and children"]], his own underlings, and even the monsters who [[SealedEvilInACan unsealed]] him. Late in the game, he holds [[spoiler Valia]] hostage, ordering Yuko not only to surrender, but to [[ScarpiaUltimatum strip]]. Then, when Yuko complies, [[spoiler he kills Valia anyway, by impaling her with his arm, in a bloody mess. After Yuko defeats him, he dies giving her a ThisCannotBe speech, with no empire or minions [[DyingAlone left to care]].]]

** The final level in 2 resembles an alien hive from the ''{{Alien}}'' movies. Also, Act 4 takes place in an organic-looking cave.

* IAmNotShazam: The heroine's name is Yuko, not Valis, in case you did not know.

* SaveTheWorld: Of course the plot of the three games; subverted in the third game in that, by saving your world from the invading armies of the DarkWorld, [[spoiler: you doom the inhabitants of the DarkWorld, which is slowly being swallowed into the void]].

A series of {{platform game}}s by Telenet Japan.

->Not to be confused with the semi-autobiographical novel by PhilipKDick, [[{{Literature/VALIS}} which you can find here]].

* EvilCounterpart: Reiko becomes the Dark Valis Soldier to Yuko's Valis Soldier.

* EvilCounterpart: Reiko becomes the Dark Valis Soldier to Yuko's Valis Soldier.
* EvilIsVisceral: Emperor Megas has lots of twisted bundles of huge biomechanical arteries underneath his armor and face.

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* BadExportForYou - The Turbografx CD versions of I and IV were confined to Japan, instead we got the Genesis and SNES {{porting disaster}}s, respectively.

* ShamefulStrip: In the PC versions of ''Valis II'', Cruel King Megas demands Yuko to strip down. Much to the delight of a number of fans, she complies.

* ShamefulStrip: One version of ''Valis II'' had the [[BigBad Big Bad]] [[spoiler: demand Yuko to strip down. Much to the delight of a number of fans, she complies]].

* BreastPlate: So... how exactly does a golden brassiere and miniskirt protect against ''anything,'' exactly? [[spoiler: Although her upgraded armor in the third game looks much more threatening.]] Averted with Valna, who fits more in the usual StaffChick garb.

A series of {{platform game}}s by Telenet, though now the entire Telenet catalog is owned by Sunsoft.

''A word of caution before you get into this series: As Telenet went out of business, they sold the rights to this series to another company that has turned it into a hentai production called "Valis X". Beware of this if you don't want to get into NotSafeForWork content.''

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: [[http://www.kidfenris.com/valis3cover.html The third game.]]
** Also, though not as bad, [[http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/588764_40445_front.jpg The fourth game]], compared to [[http://image4.play-asia.com/640/68/pa.112030.1.jpg this]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:happens to Yuko Ahso at the end of the third game. She becomes the ruler of whatever realm that is, and passes the Valis sword to Lena at the start of the fourth game.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final battles in Valis 2 and Valis 3 both take place [[{{Recycled IN SPACE}} IN SPACE]] for no apparent reason.

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** One version of Valis II had the [[BigBad Big Bad]] [[spoiler: demand the main character to strip down. Much to the delight of a number of fans, she complies]].

* FanTranslation (for Valis 1 Famicom).
** Just recently, Valis II for X68000.

* FunSize: ''SD Valis''

* InconsistentDub: So is it Cham or Char? And that's just one of the issues.
** Valis, or Varis?

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: ''SD Valis'' had its title translated as ''Syd of Valis''.
** This also included Yuko being renamed "Syd". Both changes are likely the result of BlindIdiotTranslation.
* SpiritualSuccessor: From ''YAKSA'', A Japanese PC-88 game set in Sengoku-era Japan. Yuko uses a mix of the gameplay styles from both heroes of that game (Sankuu, the main hero, use fireballs, and Iori, the second hero, use his katana as a weapon)
* SuperDeformed: ''SD Valis'', which is a [[AlternateContinuity non-canon]] game made entirely in this style.
** Eh, it's not ''entirely'' non-canon; it retells Valis II's story in a Cliff's Notes way.

** The SNES game was not a bad game in and of itself, so that one's more of a YourMileageMayVary