Valis 3 was my special game growing up. A game only I had, and nobody else.

Interesting note about Syd of Valis. The original release in Japan was "Valis SD," with "SD" standing for "Super Deformed." The term wasn't widely recognized outside of Japan, and when the localization team saw it, they had no idea about the term, and thought that it was an incomplete name, and adapted it as Syd of Valis

I never heard of Valis until like 2 years ago, now I see it around all over.

Everything from the thumbnail, to the commentary and history is always top notch. Love the vids !

This series really deserved an anime adaptation. Very underrated.

If anybody has any interest in the Genesis Valis games, highly recommend checking out the reissues of the PC Engine versions on Switch that are out (1, 2 and 3 are currently out now, 4 is coming a little later along with ports of the Genesis version of 1 and Syd), the music improvement alone is worth it. Even then, the Genesis games are still fantastic side scrollers and definitely worth owning...if I didn't already have 1, Syd, and III CIB, I'd be all over this RetroBit reissue.

This game (Valis 3) came along for the Genesis right in the middle of my anime craving. At that point I had buying import subs at the local comic book shop, I had Bubblegum Crisis/Crash, Vampire Princess Miyu, Vampire Hunter D, as well as Fist of the North Star and Kimagure Orange Road. Valis was right up my alley. The artwork drew me in, and I got a pretty good game out of it.

Anime nerd trivia: it's hard to pin down true firsts, but Valis was among the very first products to star a *fighting* teenage magical girl. Prior to the mid-80s, anime magic girls were pretty peaceful. So it's one of the direct precursors of Sailor Moon. Also, can vouch: Valis 3 is a very credible Castlevania 3 knockoff, and worth playing if you like C3.

I'm a HUGE Valis fan (hence my screen name), and I love 'SYD of Valis'. I have all of the Genesis, Turbo Grafx, PCEngine, Famicom and SNES releases, and 'SYD of Valis' It's easily my most played of the series. I would have appreciated a proper Valis II for Genesis as well, of course, but I was more than satisfied with SYD and still play through it almost everytime I break out the Genesis. I definitely plan of getting this collection. I also appreciate a copy of Valis SYD with genuine coverart, rather than the reused coverart for 'Naritore the Sugoroku '92' for the PC Engine.

Nice editing. I felt like I was watching Samurai Jack with all those split screens!

I love the music on valis stage 1. It's a series worth pulling my Genesis out of the closet to replay the series

I really like the editing of this video, thank you, SLX!

Awesome review 😎🍺🕹 I’ve been a valis fan since I was a kid. I’ve always liked the anime styled visuals, the phenomenal soundtrack, and it’s castlevania like gameplay. I’ve bought physical copies of valis 1 and 3 on sega genesis and I’ve recently downloaded the valis collection on my Nintendo Switch. I definitely recommend this underrated game series.

Very cool. And no I absolutely have not ever heard of these titles thanks again for shining a light SLX!

So nostalgic for Valis III. The music is among the best on the Genesis. Renovation's games always had an appeal to me, and their music is always popping off. Maybe eventually they will do El Viento, Ernest Evans, and Annet Again

Anime cartoons and movies never really grabbed me, but anime-inspired games like this and Target Earth were larger than life as a little kid. Maybe they were simple stories in a filesize smaller than a modern Word document, but I was totally invested in Yuko's fate to bring peace to Earth, the Dark World and the Dream World. Although the best ways to play the series is on PC Engine (though Valis 3 Genesis plays slightly better than the PCE counterpart with more content)

Valis III the Genesis version was the game that got me into the series when I was 9 when I played it at my cousins house. I did get my own copy a couple years later which I still have to this day. I’ll get the Trilogy pack for this reissue.

Can't remember which one I played first but it was either Valis IV on PC Engine or Super Valis IV on SNES. Never played the Genesis ones before. That being said I already placed my pre-orders for the Valis Collections from LRG but seeing the comments on how III wasn't included I'll get that for my trusty Genesis for sure. Great vid, legendary series for sure, I remember how "Japanese" it was back then, haha, I love it.

The background music of valis is friendly.

I loved the Valis series when i was a kid. I already own this on my sega genesis in mint condition but i usually play this on my 3ds sega emulators. The pc engine cd version of Valis 3 was awesome with the voice acting and better visuals and music.

Valis II was completely forgotten in this collection.

MEMORIES!!!!! and thanks for bring this to light. It's definitely a purchase.

The 'localizers' just didn't know the series, didn't care or didn't have creativity enough, as the Japanese release is called SD Valis, where SD stands for Super Deformed (big headed characters usually aimed at children), they just named it Syd of Valis...In any case, the choice of developers was bad here, and they really shouldn't have made a version like this, unless it was a special unlockable, while the main entry should have been a port from the real Sharp X68000 version, which is way more interesting than this waste. The original Valis II is a proper sequel and looks great, this is sad, in a time when games required to be printed and manufactured, shipped and put into retailers to sell them, this game has no reason to exist.

Valis games are awesome.

It was Project A-Ko meets Ninja Gaiden basically. And it was released during a time America seemed to hate anime in games.

I’m so happy a new video already😊

I personally think the PC Engine Duo or Turbografx DUO games are much better than the Genesis ones. I also think the Switch remasters Valis Collection 1&2 are better than the new Genesis carts too, even if Valis III isn't included.

Never played those games but I often saw a "Valis" game in a magazine. I think I'll try that first game just for the music, sounds great!

A shame Valis III for the Genesis wasn't included in the Valis Collection Vol 2 for the Switch :( I played the first Valis for the Genesis and I am shocked to see how different it is from the PC-CD version. Levels and bosses were completely different. Not as hard, but still quite fun to play.

Crazy timing, I just stumbled on IV for the snes yesterday and based solely on the cover art I decided to give it a go. I only played it for 5 min but i liked what i played. I’m definitely going to have to try these other ones too.

Valis still kick ass today. 😀👍🎮

yeah Valis was pretty much castlevania with a sailer scout theme. I fuckin loved this series, three was my favorite on the genesis...I do prefer the TurboGrafx16CD versions though.

Very cool that you made a Valis video. The music from the 1st game is incredible, "The Wilderness" being my favorite. And the fight with Reiko. Touching stuff. Still have my Genesis Syd of Valis box and game cartridge too.

For folks who want to it legitimate physical copies but the game, but find the $50/game price out of their budget… get the Renovation Collection for Evercade. Includes Valis 1&3, and 10 other mostly really good games. SLX - if you are hurting for topics, how about a review of all Renovations games for Genesis?

i loved the valis games when they were new, they came out right when the sailor moon show was on my radar and hit me in just the right way for that

Exactly the info I wanted! i saw the LRG release and was wondering if these were games I would want to add to my collection. You've helped me make a decision.

I have insane nostalgia for syd of valis, I completely forgot about it until this video, and had waves of waves of nostalgia when I heard the second stages music! I was like OMG I played this game so much! But literally haven’t thought about it in over twenty years! Thank you for this video.

Man, if ever there was a game series deserving of better games, then I'd say it's the Valis series. The first Valis game is pretty lousy compared to the "first" Valis game on PC Engine, as the PC Engine installment of the "original" was made after most of the other games in the series, and Renovation had finally managed to put out a pretty polished product. The Genesis version is just so slow, and it does that thing where you lose your good weapons if you die, which can royally screw you over late in the game to the point it's nearly impossible to finish. Syd of Valis is perhaps the biggest bummer in the series. Certain versions of Valis II for Japanese computers had the costume system that appears in Syd of Valis, but they played far more choppily. Syd of Valis really doesn't play much better, but it's at least reasonable smooth. The problem is that Valis II on PC Engine is far superior, even if it's completely boring and uninteresting as a result of it for some reason lacking the costume system. Valis III on Genesis is definitely one of the better installments of the series, but it's nowhere near as good as the PC Engine version of the first game. It still has some of the problems this series seemed to have a lot of trouble shaking, such as the overly high jumps that can barely get you over many jumps, with you instead having to slide over larger gaps (as if that makes any sense). I'm really pleased that the Valis games are getting various re-releases, but this series is more than deserving of some remakes. The music is these games is some of the best on Genesis, in my opinion, and the story was pretty interesting and mature for when these games were originally released.

I love Valis III, it's the only one or these games I have on my Megadrive still. And Grames has been my phone's ringtone for so many years now

Thanks so much for going in depth on this series! I saw Valis on the Nintendo Switch's eshop, and wanted to learn more. I'll definitely pick this up for my Switch and when I get a Genesis!

$50 for old ass game? You crazy

Shout out to you Sega Lord X. 🏆 I watch your chillaxin Sega flavored vids every day. It's one thing to show games but to preview and give history and then time stamping with your own personal experiences makes this internet Gold. Your in my top 10 go to channels every day of my life. Being 47 I know exactly what your talking about that most younger peeps could never understand. Thank you, and of course ..... Welcome to the Next level🙂 ☺️ 🇺🇸 SEGA!!!!!🤪

私はPC時代からヴァリスは遊んでました。

Thanks for showing these SLX. I wasn't familiar with these games so had overlooked them on LRG. They look like something I'd enjoy.

1:30 goddayum that theme is slammin’

Good games, at a really fair price and with astonish presentation.

Pretty tempting collection, even though I normally don't get these kind of things. I grabbed retro bit's Mega Man the Wily Wars this past weekend at the Portland Retro Game Expo and I am very impressed with their attention to detail.

This game looks interesting, i have never played it before. I might give it a chance. Great content as always Sega Lord X, and another game you have brout to my attention.

I had the original Valis on Sega, but never knew there were sequels

When people talk about 90s anime aesthetic, this is what it's all about.

The ceiling spikes in stage 2 don’t inflict damage, so double jumps are perfectly fine

Imagine naming your son Valis

Helluva commercial, SLX...helluva commercial...

I mostly prefer the PCE versions, though it's worth playing them all to compare the differences. Also - sorry to bring this up - this video feels like it blurs the line between sponsored and not sponsored.

i had opted for the renovation compilation on evercade (with added delicacies likes el viento, exile or granada) instead of the switch collection, but this..... this might do the trick. also, just for trivia, super valis on snes is called "super valis 4" in the west, but it is not a port of the pce-cd game at all, it's a spinoff taking place directly after the event of valis 4 (featuring a new weilder of the sword). you could almost call it "valis 5", instead.

Not gonna lie. I'd love to see more of this verse. Syd of Vallis though? Dear GOD is there no way to fix the floaty jump? It genuinely feels like it was made knowing it'd be a rental.

Ah, a man of culture 🧐

Japanese developers had the Mega Drive sound chip dialed-in much earlier than Western Genesis devs, because so many Japanese developers were active for mid-late 1980s arcade games -- arcade games that featured a similar Yamaha FM synth + sample channel chipset in their hardware config. It was ubiquitous. So the whole community shared drivers, evolved the quality. You had these first and second gen Mega Drive games that had some killer music, as most Western devs produced substandard tunes on piss poor sound drivers (with a couple exceptions - notably some UK devs).

Played it on the PC engine and CD way back. Fun games.

I just enjoyed played through the first one on Genesis a week ago. Nice timing.

I played Valis,and it’s a really fun games I’ve played in their collection. Now that the second of the Valis collection has arrived. I’d definitely gonna play that one too.

Great video, truly enjoyed this one!

I have fond memories of Valis 1 and I probably like it more than most because I have a nostalgic attachment to it. There used to be a video game rental store down the road and I recall renting this one a couple times because the level of challenge kept me coming back. I agree with everything you said about the gameplay. It is slow but pretty fair and in retrospect it does remind me a lot of the classic Castlevania games where you have to approach the levels methodically. The anime story scenes were unusual back then and made it stand out a little bit from other games. I believe this is based on a popular manga/anime series in Japan in the 90s. I'm not super familiar with the story but I get the vibe that it was kind of like a darker, more tragic Sailor Moon?

Scurrying Away In Disgust? Lmiao!! Very funny way of putting it. 💜

Ahhhhh Valis. Reliving my child hood now. Popful Mail, fantasy zone...life before bills!! Lol

Wow, so so classic Genesis

I wish the Valis series would come back something in the style of God of War

Valis 3 is a dream of a game.

Been enjoying the 1st and 3rd games on the Evercade Renovation Collection.

Switch has a couple collections but I wish they were better, the series is a little complicated with its releases. The main games are very different on the platforms they were released on and well, stuff like Konami's recent collections do a good job having multiple versions of games together for people to try and play today.

i remember playing the one where u start the game in ur pajamas or something, so i think i played the 3rd one but i do not remember enjoying it or finishing it because it felt too slow and i got it very late and didn't look up to par....now i regret it, since the game now looks amazing to the older me.

I remember being floored by the cut scenes thinking how cool TRANSFORMERS would look in this style, we were starving for Anime back in the days.

I still play Valis 1 on a multi game cart I have, great games.

also worth noting that the PC Engine versions of the 1st 3 Valis games are available on the Switch, with IV and the Genesis versions of 1 and Syd coming soon

Wow! Its been a while since I heard about this game. Good to see its being re-released again. Nice documentary about Valis Sega Lord X👍😃 Those prices though.😂

Reminds me of the devil hunter yohko anime and game

Wonder if this came about because the valis collection on Nintendo switch, also they just released valis second collection on switch as well

Cool thanks 👍

I loved these games as a kid. I had Valis 3 and Syd of Valis but never played the first one. Wasn't there some Turbographix CD versions as well?

7:07; that part there with the sword, and transformation, I'm feeling some She-Ra Princess of Power vibes right there.

It’s cool that rare games are getting reissues but these prices are absurd.

Good to know about Valis 1 and 3 - they seem right up my alley. LordX, if you wanna explore other systems, like the PCengine or the SNES to show their entries of Valis 4, I'd be totally down for that. In fact, feel free to expand to any system you want and I'll watch it :)

I got Valis 3 for free from a game store about 20 years ago. It didn't have a price tag, and it wasn't in the store's inventory, so the store owner just let me have it!

Can never get over how they did Valis wrong with the "modernized" version X.

I rarely go for these types of things. I have no problem with it and think it's great that classics are made available again, but I'm typically like "I'm good." with the majority of these types of things. The only exceptions I've made so far is Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Limited Run release for Switch and the Limited Run PS4 Castlevania Rondo/Symphony double pack. And even those two were the basic, vanilla versions. That being said I am extremely tempted to get the all-in-one version of this.

Awesome video! And I have never heard of these games before, although I am familiar with a few of Renovations releases on the Sega Mega Drive.

I ordered the first Valis Collection for Switch from Limited Run, which contains the PC Engine trilogy. They just closed preorders for the second collection, which includes these three Mega Drive games plus the PC Engine Valis IV. I didn't bite on that one, because I was wary of jumping in for a second version of these games before they'd even shipped the first. But it's interesting to see them available here for original hardware. The spine logo for the set is class. I loved Super Valis IV back in the day, and rebought it for Super Famicom a year or so back. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my golden memories. I've heard it's better than the PC Engine version though.

Interesting. Never had a chance to play this games in Europe. Mega Drive lives on!

The Valis series is soo much fun!

Valis looks awesome. Would loved to have played it if I only I had a SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. Should have been on the Ultimate Genesis Collection.

Already own the Genesis trilogy, and the Japanese Super Famicom game, so I'm set on the series.

I'd be more than happy to buy the rereleases if i didnt already own all of the genesis/turbografx versions. Great series horribly underrated. Also thank you for not mentioning the sacrilege that is Valis X. While im not a fan of censorship that game should be stricken from existence.

Nice!

4:54 this is what happen when Pokemon breeding goes unchecked.

Very nice! This was good timing as I stumbled across a Valis Collection on the Switch and the games looked pretty entertaining. I adore Classicvania games, so I might give these a try! I have heard from various sources that the TurboGrafx-CD versions were superior to the Genesis, so wasn't sure if I should check out those instead (even though half of them appear to be in Japanese).

I was born in the late '70s I remember these as new games. There are a lot of games that should have made the Genesis that never did. Bad Dudes, Ninja Gaiden Arcade, TMNT, Rastan, Astyanax. I was a super Nintendo guy though.

I've always wanted to play valid it looks so coo and been tryingto makeup for the past. I always enjoy your videos your fan Eric.Have a great day

I ordered the set already from Castlemania. I love this series. My favorite of all of the games is SUper Valis IV for Super NES. I am not really into "SYD," but I'l give her a try.

I have the japanese versions of Valis 1 and 3, still need to find Syd of Valis but that game is very expensive in my country! Great video Lord!

This video sounds really quiet compared to your past videos, had to max out the volume on my headphones.