Valis (video game series)


Valis is a platform game series developed by Telenet Japan. The original game was developed in 1986 for the PC-88, and its popularity has spanned four sequels, a spin-off, and remakes across several platforms, notably the TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Mega Drive until the early 1990s, when it was quietly retired. The Mega Drive/Genesis entries were all published in North America by Renovation Products. Later, Telenet licensed the series' rights to a company known as Eants, which re-tooled the series as a hentai game, which became the last game published by Telenet before it shut down in 2007; after Telenet was shuttered, Sunsoft bought the rights to Telenet's full library, including Valis.

Games

The Valis games tell the story of Yūko Asō, a schoolgirl in late 1980s Japan who is fated to protect three different realms – our own Earth, the land of spirits, and Vecanti, the Dream World – by wielding a mystical sword known as Valis.

''Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''

''Valis II''

''Valis III''

''Valis IV''

''Valis X''

Valis X was an erotic visual novel released on Windows in 2006 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. It is divided into five episodes that retell the stories of the first four games, containing copious amounts of lesbian acts and tentacle erotica. The game was developed by Eants and was the last game published by Telenet Japan.

Manga

A manga series was released in 2008 by Kill Time Communications and featured in the seinen manga magazine Comic Valkyrie. The first game had been also adapted into a manga in 1999.