Valis III
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is an action
-platformer video game developed by Telenet Japan
and originally released for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
on September 7, 1990 in Japan
. It was later released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
in 1991 both in Japan and North America, and for the TurboGrafx-CD
in 1992 in North America. It is the third game in the Mugen Senshi Valis
series and once again features as the lead character. She is also joined by her twin sister, Valna, and a young Vecanti warrior named Cham who are playable characters.
A black-hearted man named Glames, possessor of a sword named Leethus, threatens the Human World, the Dream World, and the Dark World with complete and utter destruction. A young girl from the Dark World named Cham escapes from Glames, and seeks help to destroy him.
She comes to the Human World, searching for the Valis Warrior, Yūko Asou, and more importantly, the Valis Sword.
Yuko must now help Cham defeat Glames before the three worlds are torn apart.
New improvements over the previous two Valis games include 3 playable characters, 3 unique weapons for each character, and greater, more powerful magic spells.
Action game
Action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some...
-platformer video game developed by Telenet Japan
Telenet Japan
was a Japanese video game and software developer founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company was also known as Nippon Telenet . The company was best known for the Valis series as well as its Wolfteam & RiOT divisions...
and originally released for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....
on September 7, 1990 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was later released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sega Mega Drive
The Sega Genesis is a fourth-generation video game console developed and produced by Sega. It was originally released in Japan in 1988 as , then in North America in 1989 as Sega Genesis, and in Europe, Australia and other PAL regions in 1990 as Mega Drive. The reason for the two names is that...
in 1991 both in Japan and North America, and for the TurboGrafx-CD
TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....
in 1992 in North America. It is the third game in the Mugen Senshi Valis
Mugen Senshi Valis
Valis, known in Japan as , is a Japanese platform game series developed by Telenet Japan. The original game was developed in 1986 for the MSX, and its popularity has spanned 4 sequels, a spin-off, and remakes across several platforms, notably the TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Mega Drive until the early...
series and once again features as the lead character. She is also joined by her twin sister, Valna, and a young Vecanti warrior named Cham who are playable characters.
Plot
Somewhere in the Dark World, evil rears its ugly head once again...A black-hearted man named Glames, possessor of a sword named Leethus, threatens the Human World, the Dream World, and the Dark World with complete and utter destruction. A young girl from the Dark World named Cham escapes from Glames, and seeks help to destroy him.
She comes to the Human World, searching for the Valis Warrior, Yūko Asou, and more importantly, the Valis Sword.
Yuko must now help Cham defeat Glames before the three worlds are torn apart.
New improvements over the previous two Valis games include 3 playable characters, 3 unique weapons for each character, and greater, more powerful magic spells.