Dragonslayer_023
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Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni Vita Confirmed for NA/EU Published by PQube.
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I expect 10/10s and GOTYs from every major mainstream press outlet.
LordGorchnik
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Some GAFer posted an awesome gameplay combo video earlier that really stoked my interest in this game. They need to post it again as I lost the link.
Good memory
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Bhikkuni are usually associated with mermaid thanks to a tales about bhikkuni that achieve immortalities after eating mermaid flesh.
She's at least several orders of magnitude worse
NegativeCero
Banned
Fan service aside, it looks like a fun game to play. Also, did I just see a trailer wherein a girl kissed another girl and then turned into a weapon? What?
Same here. Companies are losing steady exclusive partnerships, which isn't a bad thing for gamers in the end, but maybe troubling to some of these publishers nonetheless.
CertifiedFP
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Variety of reasons I'd say.
1. They're localizing more titles than ever, with higher and higher wordcount ones, as well as their parent-company's games, like Fate/Extella, which is the first Fate/SN game to be announced for localization before Japanese release has occurred, with them presumably trying to cram it into the same quarter as Japanese release if possible. That's a hell of a first right there and a lot on their plate.
2. Falcom saw the success of their older games on Steam and wanted to start getting their newer games on Steam, but XSeed's PC release capabilities only extend to games that have existing PC versions, with no port-team of their own, so Falcom decided to hand localization rights over to a company that could do ports. (This is speculation.)
3. IIRC someone from XSeed firmly said they had no plans to localize Valkyrie Drive out of feeling that it was too explicit for western audiences and that they'd have to censor it too much to be worth their while. Guess we'll have to see if XSeed was right, or if they just let PQube yoink the next big thing in pervy games while they stick with Senran Kagura.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Yep. That is the main idea behind the series.
purseowner
Member
No interest in the overly wobbly mammary physics, but the gameplay and humour of this looks solid. Tempted.
While on one hand it is surprising, I guess they are already pretty busy with all the stuff they are working on.
I think it's cool if other companies can license and work on these games if the first dibs guys can't.
Don't be. They say it's all up to them to decide which titles to be localized or not. Them being owned by Marvelous JP or the fact that they brought most of the Falcom games in the past doesn't mean they will localize every game from them. They dropped Vita exclusive stuff, that's all.
No, that's not the reason they skipped Valkyrie Drive. VD is tamer than Senran Kagura games and even Akiba's Strip. They have skipped Luminous Arc and NEt High too, they just don't want to localize Vita exclusive games anymore. That's why they're bringing that mediocre looking Akiba's Beat but not the tons of Vita games waiting to be localized.
Kresnik258
Member
Alright, simmer down. I get you're annoyed with XSEED's current position (I'm disappointed myself), but I don't think Akiba's Beat looks any more mediocre than something like Luminous Arc (in fact, I think Tales of Akiba looks pretty good).
So the girl on the right is giving me mild Katsuragi vibes.
CAN UUUU DIG IT????
Skyfireblaze
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Well that's nice, another game for my Vita collection 
Sure it's pervy but the it seems funny and the gameplay enjoyable, that Smash Bros. mode could be something aswell
Sure it's pervy but the it seems funny and the gameplay enjoyable, that Smash Bros. mode could be something aswell It looks like an incredibly sub par Senran Kagura clone.
Actually I'm more annoyed by the fact that "super secret project" of Acquire turned out to be Akiba's Beat. I guess I have to wait a little longer for good old samurai/ninja action from Acquire.
It's actually better then 3D Senran kaguras imo as it wasn't developed by Tamsoft. It doesn't have framerate issues that SK Estival versus and SK2 had, and combos are more responsive. Also graphically looks much better than Estival on Vita.
Kresnik258
Member
I think you're holding out the wrong kind of hope there, especially since GungHo's acquisition it seems like the Acquire of the Shinobido/Way of the Samurai days is gone. They've always been kinda quirky but they seem to be shifting away from 'realistic' games like those into more otaku-friendly stuff. See for example: their new mascot:
Besides, we had two perfectly good samurai action games that no-one wanted to bring across and bombed in Japan, so I can't really say I blame them.
Why does every japanese game on Vita look like this ?
The the hell is wrong with the girl on the right hand side? Ha!
That1BlackGuy
Member
Nice, didn't expect this to get localized. If this game is even half as good as Senran Kagura I'll enjoy it.
YianGaruga
Banned
Based on what? Because everyone who played it says the combat is a lot better than SK
RyougaSaotome
Member
They're currently juggling ELEVEN different games, multiple of which have enormous word counts on them.
I'm not sure what people are expecting. They're a tiny company. Not to mention Akiba's Trip did really well for them, so it makes perfect sense that they'd want to snatch up the next game in the series, different gameplay or not.
Cornbread78
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We can get this in NA for Vita, but still no Clannad or SNAFU. Smh.
More games for Vita in NA is a good thing, yadda, yadda...
More games for Vita in NA is a good thing, yadda, yadda...
KojiKnight
Member
While there are more games than just these on Vita... there is no doubt that Vita has the most games of this genre... and that's because that is the audience the Vita has gathered.
Kresnik258
Member
Must admit, when I first saw it I thought it looked like poor man's Senran Kagura, at low level play it doesn't seem as flashy. Then I watched the combos and things you can pull off and my opinion changed, but I can understand why at first glance people may be underwhelmed.
YianGaruga
Banned
Did anyone point out yet that the Vita has a lot of pervy games yet?
Because it would be a shame if we had a thread without those jokes
Because it would be a shame if we had a thread without those jokes
These are the main characters of the game
Rinka Kagurazaka and Ranka Kagurazaka
they are sisters.
NCR Redslayer
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"Sisters" oh boy.These are the main characters of the game
Rinka Kagurazaka and Ranka Kagurazaka
they are sisters.
Apparently the one bad thing about this game is that its way easier than senran kagura.
Why didn't you PM me about this Thoraxes-bro?! Gao~!
Oh no it might derail discussion of the lesbian incest schoolgirl swords.
Kresnik258
Member
I wanted the vita one
Oh, I did too (I'm the one who made the request for it on NISA's forums), but it would've been hitting a tiny audience at best in the west which is sad but just the reality of the market really.
I feel like it's kinda similar in Japan - something plain like that may cotton on and appeal to the masses but it's highly unlikely, whereas if you make something fanservice-laden like Valkyrie Drive you're going for a potentially smaller market but they're much more dedicated and likely to buy your game (as demonstrated by Ukiyo's 6k FW to Valkyrie Drive's 40k).
Same applies over here where you're hitting a niche, but at least it's a niche you can rely on.
Dark_Tzitzimine
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Indeed, the game is pretty easy for the most part. The only really hard missions are the end game bosses, survival and challenge mode. In my experience, the difficulty is not because the enemies are brain dead, they're pretty aggresive and they often interrupt your attacks with a well placed attack. But the problem is that their damage output and the character's defense is pretty damn high, so they're barely scratch you.
Since people have wondering a lot about what differences this game from SK, I'll try my best to explain those differences. But first, let me link some videos showcasing some high level play from experienced players
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslK86-AtPc
In case anyone finds this video boring, just let me point out that he's exploiting the system to mess with the boss' AI. The boss is pretty damn agressive and she can wipe out your entire health bar in just two attacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaoO-MJj4_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukc1G3tfpBU
As you can see with these videos, Valkyrie Drive handles air combat in a different way compared to SK. Whereas SK let you juggle enemies infinitely, VDB requires you to watch out your timing and mix up your inputs. To properly juggle foes into the air they need to be either launched into the air or being knocked down. From there you can use something called "Phantom Dash" (press x, x(hold) until your character's feet shine and then release) this will drag them with you in the air, defenseless. From there you can use different inputs: combo with square, launcher, charged square attack, dive attack. With each successful attack the enemy will be launched higher into the air and you will get a damage multiplier. To get this mulitplier you can repeat every input limited times, three for the combo and the launcher, two with the charged attack and the dive is alwaysa finisher. This multiplier is in fact the reason you should bother with the aerial combat since the game combat has a bigger focus on the ground, but if you properly mix your attacks you can end with a 400% multiplier.
The game also puts big emphasis on mobility and thus you have a dedicated dodge button (which also enables you to cancel some attacks) and if you dodge in the last second the game will slow down and reward you with meter.Pretty useful against end game/challenge mode bosses. The phantom dash is also used to travel through the stages, luckily, Meteorise was able to implement a functional lock on and thus you will homing in any enemy targeted or your next objective in the stage.
Unlike SK, in this game there's a noticeable growth on your character's moveset as you level up. Check out the movesets of Mirei (DLC) and Viola at Drive level 1
And here at max (or Final) Drive level
YianGaruga
Banned
Officially confirmed to be uncensored, also JP dub with english subtitles (no surprise)
http://operationrainfall.com/2016/07/11/valkyre-drive-bhikkhuni-not-censored/
http://operationrainfall.com/2016/07/11/valkyre-drive-bhikkhuni-not-censored/
Interface23
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PQube is giving us Steins;Gate and stuff so even though this isn't my style I'll throw cash at this just so they keep localizing weird stuff
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JFC
SMH
SMH
Snkfanatic
Banned
NA too? Bought
Dimitri LH
Member
I ordered this for a friend as a favor.....hes gonna be pissed its coming to NA uncensored now though. Cant cancel order either cause its already on its way.
Is there actual nudity or something in this game?
How is it different than Senran Kagura?
No Japanese console/handheld games have nudity, it's not allowed as per their ratings board. They censor western games that have it when they're localized over there.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
I'm guessing they're thinking of the lesbian overtones in the game.
Kayo Police
Member
This snippet is really interesting to me. Kind of makes me scoff at certain other localization branches.
LordGorchnik
Member
Yep. Ken Berry from XSEED said something in the same vein not too long ago akin to, "Why would we change something when it's going to alienate our target market?"
No business sense or justification for it. Can't wait to get my hands on this game. Loved killing with SK.
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