Valkyrie Profile is an RPG developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix for the PlayStation. It came out in Japan on 22 December 1999 and in North America on 29 August 2000. Yoshiharu Gotanda directed it, Yoshinori Yamagishi produced it, Masaki Norimoto designed and wrote it, and Motoi Sakuraba composed the music.
By September 2005 the PlayStation version had sold over 709,000 copies worldwide, 636,000 of them in Japan. Used copies of the PlayStation release have sold for about $300, more than the original retail price.
Europe only received the game with the PSP port Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, made by Tose and released there on 27 April 2007. A mobile version by FINE followed in Japan on 22 March 2018 and worldwide on 28 May 2018, and on 22 December 2022 the game returned on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 through software emulation. By 2016 the series as a whole had shipped 2.2 million copies.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Valkyrie ProfileThe English Wikipedia lists PlayStation releases only for Japan and North America. | PlayStation | Aug 29, 2000 | Enix | 1 |
| NA | Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth | PSP | Jul 18, 2006 | Square Enix | 1 |
| JP | ヴァルキリープロファイルVarukirī Purofairu | PlayStation | Dec 22, 1999 | Enix | 1 |
| JP | ヴァルキリープロファイル -レナス-Port by Tose. | PSP | Mar 2, 2006 | Square Enix | 3 |
| EU | Valkyrie Profile: LennethAustralia: 3 May 2007. | PSP | Apr 27, 2007 | Square Enix | 1 |
| JP | ヴァルキリープロファイルMobile version by FINE; also on Android. | iOS | Mar 22, 2018 | Square Enix | 1 |
| WW | Valkyrie ProfileAlso on Android. | iOS | May 28, 2018 | Square Enix | 1 |
| WW | Valkyrie Profile: LennethRe-release via software emulation, also on PlayStation 5; Japanese Wikipedia describes it as a port of the Lenneth version. | PlayStation 4 | Dec 22, 2022 | Square Enix | 1 |
Also known as: ヴァルキリープロファイル JP3Varukirī Purofairu JP3Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth WW1ヴァルキリープロファイル -レナス- JP3
Box art by region
NA Valkyrie Profile 
JP ヴァルキリープロファイル
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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GameplayPlayStation (NA)
The English PlayStation version added more cinematics, lets players change armor for every character instead of only the active party, and tells players when Lenneth switches between sword and bow.1
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CensorshipPlayStation (NA)
Some text was softened in translation and Badrach's cigarette was removed, though his smoking animation stayed; blood, drinking and sexual remarks were kept.1
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ContentPSP
Lenneth on PSP is based on the Japanese PlayStation version, so it lacks the English version's gameplay tweaks but keeps its extra cinematics; new full-motion videos replace the anime story scenes.1
Translations
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English Official
Enix2000PlayStation · Japanese versionReleased · complete
The official English version was released in North America in August 2000.1
Reception
Metacritic lists 81/100 for the PlayStation original and 80/100 for the PSP version; Famitsu gave it 35/40 and IGN 9.1/10. In a 2006 Famitsu reader poll it ranked 27th among the best games of all time, and IGN named Lenneth the best PSP RPG of 2006.1
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Sources
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