Dark Rose Valkyrie

Dark Rose Valkyrie (クロバラノワルキューレ, Kurobara no Warukyūre [= Walküre]) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Compile Heart and published by Idea Factory. The game contains key staff from Bandai Namco's Tales series of video games, including character designer Kosuke Fujishima, and scenario writer Takumi Miyajima. The game was released for PlayStation 4 in Japan in July 2016 and in North American and Europe in June 2017.[1] A Windows version was released worldwide in April 2018.

Dark Rose Valkyrie
Cover for the Japanese edition
Developer(s)Compile Heart
Publisher(s)Idea Factory
Artist(s)Kosuke Fujishima
Writer(s)Takumi Miyajima
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation 4
  • JP: July 21, 2016
  • NA: June 6, 2017
  • EU: June 9, 2017
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: April 10, 2018
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The game plays as a Japanese role-playing game, but also includes visual novel segments where the player must interview characters to identify a potential traitor among the player's party of characters.[2] Similar to gameplay mechanics found in Ace Attorney and Danganronpa games, the player must review statements from characters and try to identify contradictions in their accounts of events.[3]

Story

The game takes place in an alternate history version of Japan in 1929 dealing with the repercussions of a fallen meteorite named the "Black Garnet".[4] The meteorite starts the spread of a disease called "Chimera", which causes people to turn into dangerous and destructive creatures, leading to the death of 3% of the world's population and the infection of many more.[4] The player takes control of the character of Asahi, a member of the "Special Force Valkyrie" ordered to eradicate the Chimera-infected people to stop the spread of the virus.[4][5]

Development

The game was first announced in February 2016 in an issue of Weekly Famitsu under the name Black Rose Valkyrie.[6] The game was initially scheduled for release on June 30 in Japan, but was later delayed almost a month to July 21, to improve the game's quality.[7] In November, Idea Factory announced they would be releasing the game in English in North America and Europe in the first half of 2017, under the new name Dark Rose Valkyrie.[8] The change in name was largely due to copyright issues in English regions.[9]

The game features staff from Namco Bandai's long-running Tales series, including character designer Kosuke Fujishima, and scenario writer Takumi Miyajima, both of which notably worked together on Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss.[10]

On May 2, 2017 Idea Factory International has announced a limited edition for Dark Rose Valkyrie.[11]

Reception and sale

In the game's debut week in Japan, it was the third best-selling new game, and fourth best-selling overall, selling 12,682 copies at retail.[12]

References
  1. Adam Vitale (14 April 2017). "Dark Rose Valkyrie set to release in June". RPG Site. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. "Dark Rose Valkyrie (PlayStation 4)". IGN.
  3. "Black Rose Valkyrie to Let Players Get Their Gab On". RPGamer.
  4. "Dark Rose Valkyrie for PS4 Is Getting a US Release in 2017". Playstation Lifestyle. 11 November 2016.
  5. "「Dark Rose Valkyrie™」". ideafintl.
  6. "Compile Heart announces Black Rose Valkyrie for PS4 [Update] - Gematsu". Gematsu. 2 February 2016.
  7. "Black Rose Valkyrie Gets Delayed". RPGamer.
  8. "Dark Rose Valkyrie, Mary Skelter Coming West". RPGamer.
  9. "Dark Rose Valkyrie Exclusive Interview: Gameplay, Story, Characters, English Localization and More". DualShockers. 10 November 2016.
  10. Vitale, Adam. "Compile Heart announces Black Rose Valkyrie for PlayStation 4 - RPG Site". RPGSite.
  11. "Dark Rose Valkyrie limited edition announced - Gematsu". Gematsu. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  12. "Media Create Sales: 7/18/16 – 7/24/16 - Gematsu". Gematsu. 27 July 2016.
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