Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Riot (JP) Renovation Products (US)
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Valis: The Fantasm Soldier, called Mugen Senshi Valis (夢幻戦士ヴァリス) in Japan, is a 1986 platformer by RIOT, a studio at Telenet Japan, for the MSX computer. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive and released in late 1991. Despite being the first game in the Valis series, the Mega Drive port is a remake that was released after the port of Valis III was.

Story

Yuko is walking when the weather repeatedly changes from raining to dry. Yuko notes that she dreamed about it the night before, and in that dream, she heard a voice call her. Suddenly, her friend Reiko appears, speaking in a very unusual fashion before leaving "for a while." While Yuko wonders why Reiko was acting weird, a monster appears out of nowhere and attacks. The voice from Yuko's dream calls out again — this time coming from someone in real life — and that person throws Yuko the Valis sword, allowing Yuko to attack not only this monster but all the monsters coming in.

That person turns out to be Varia/Valia, a being from fantasy world [sic] (whose name has changed in later translations). fantasy world exists in another dimension, but is bound to the dimension Earth is in ("the real world") by the internal "Yin"/"Yang" (always referred to with quotes) balance of people's souls — which has come out of balance because of Yin's power "Vecanta," which has caused "people" to "entertain" themselves with war. Rogles, a king of another dimension, is behind this manipulation. To ensure his victory, Rogles took "Yang"'s power, put it in the Phantasm Jewel, and broke it into pieces, scattering them across dimensions and guarding them with his best guards. Yuko most now collect the pieces and use "Yang"'s power to defeat Rogles.

Gameplay

The game controls like a conventional platformer: Left and Right move, Up looks up, Down crouches, C jumps, Up+C jumps higher, Down+C jumps off ledges, and and A slides. Yuko uses Valis with B. While she can use the sword while crouching, she cannot use it while looking up. Instead, hitting Up+B uses a magic power coming from the collected pieces of the Phantasm Jewel. You can select which power from the pause menu.

Also scattered throughout each level are various powerups within gems broken open with Valis. Sword powerups add an energy ball that is shot out when Yuko swings Valis — every subsequent sword powerup adds another energy ball. Blue crystals increase magic power. Hearts restore health.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Magazine articles

Main article: Valis: The Fantasm Soldier/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
93 №35, p56[1]
76 №6, p74/75
65 №24, p126
65 №18, p68
Sega Mega Drive
75
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[2]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
47
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
76
[5]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU)
60
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[1]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[8]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
65
[9]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
75
[10]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
43
[11]
Sega Pro (UK)
65
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
49
[13]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[14]
Video Games (DE)
51
[15]
Sega Mega Drive
61
Based on
15 reviews

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

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Mega Drive, JP
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References

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