I know many of you are too far to attend the event this Friday; for those that do live in the SF area, hope to see you there!

As to your question about the soundtrack, Ragol, I’m also very impressed with it from my time playing Valkyria – we may hear more on your question in the coming months.

Hitoshi Sakimoto composed the music for this game (and I love him so much for doing so). Any chance of a soundtrack coming out here in the States?

Q: What game(s) are you playing now?

1) You’ve mentioned before that the third person shooting part of Valkyria Chronicles was inspired by Gears of War – are there any other games that influenced VC’s gameplay?

2) When developing Valkyria Chronicles, did you manage to include everything you wanted in the game or were there some ideas that just had to be left on the cutting room floor?

3) Characters from Skies of Arcadia have made appearances in Valkyria Chronicles. Is there some secret plan brewing to revive SoA that we aren’t aware about? (the one question on everybody’s mind, me thinks)

4) Who is your favorite character from Valkyria Chronicles and why? Are any of the characters in VC inspired by real people?

And one off topic question that probably won’t be answered:
9/9/09. Should we believe? =D

Also just a mention that the final date for questions has been pushed to tomorrow evening, so please make sure to get them posted soon, if you have not yet!

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, I agree with you. I’m a PS3 owner/RPG enthusiast and don’t have a 360.

The reason why I asked the question was because Valkyria was originally going to be on the 360. It ended up on the PS3 somehow and there wasn’t any reason given.

I was just curious about that, that’s all.

-Fans have speculated that Valkyria and Skies of Arcadia’s worlds are connected, is this true and if so, what is the connection between them?

-are any other teams within sega using the CANVAS engine?

360 doesn’t need anymore RPG exclusives. PS3 deserves them too. Stop trying to be so greedy.

Anyway, I’m really excited because I’ve been waiting for Valkyria Chronicles for the longest time. All PS3 owners should buy this so the JRPGs keep coming and support developers who make an awesome game. I’m definitely buying this. Too bad I don’t live in CA, because I’d be there.

I promise, next year I will be buying it, this game deserves all the support it can get, it looks superb.

NEXT YEAR! Day one!

xD

Bad thing is that it’s watermarked.

ttp://www.videogaming247.com/wp-content/gallery/valkyria1/val09.jpg

There’s seems to be more screens of the same character in the blog post I found the picture at.

ttp://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/18/valkyria-chronicles-shots-and-movie-show-turn-for-the-odd/

(removed the “h” in front of urls to avoid direct linking)

here:
http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=65338vcsel28122122logh2.jpg

Also:
http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=65162vcsel14122956lorw6.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=65332vcsel27122888loaz9.jpg

-Is there any more dlc planned?

-How much more challenging is it to launch an entirely new game compared to an already-established series?

-How did the initial ideas for Valkyria Chronicles come about from its war-themed story in a European setting, to its distinctive battle system? How much has changed in the final product from the initial visions and concepts of the game, if there are any?

-How much influence from western games if any, does Valkyria Chronicles contain? Are there any other western games that inspired the development process besides Gears of War?

-How much did input from the American and European branches of Sega have effect on the final product?

-A lot of Japanese RPG makers seem to be jumping to develop for the Xbox 360. I’m aware Valkyria Chronicles was originally supposed to be on the 360, so why has it switched to the PS3? Is there any reason behind the decision to make Valkyria Chronicles a PS3 exclusive and not multi-platform?

(The following probably won’t be answered, but worth a shot)
-How much money went into developing Valkyria Chronicles? How successful do you think this game was sales-wise, in Japan? What are your expectations for this title in other regions?

-Are there any plans for a sequel or another game with similar elements as Valkyria Chronicles for the future?

Thanks Ruby and Mr. Nonaka!

- Cameos of the Skies of Arcadia characters appear in the game, can you talk about this?

- The Canvus engine is one of the coolest art styles I’ve ever seen, The fans very much hope that this will be used in other games in the future, A new Skies of Arcadia with the canvus art style would be fantastic! Shining Force too!

- Will we see a Valkyria Chronicles 2?

- Are you as unhappy with Sega Wests non existant marketing for your awesome game as the fans are? *note not a real question, but its ture… this game could have been hugh if anyone knew about it…*