Recently grabbed Disk Station 4 when I was in Akihabara for one simple reason: the front of the box claimed it had a demo of Valkyrie no Bouken on it?! As in, the Namco arcade classic-come-Famicom classic?!
When I got it home, I was even more surprised to read in the manual that it was a demo for Valkyrie no Bouken TWO -- an honest-to-goodness sequel to the Famicom game that I didn't even know was ever planned!
Finally checked it out, and it's legit, though not playable -- just a text scroll and some art, accompanied by a pretty sweet FM rendition of the Famicom game's overworld theme. Skip to 6:35 in this video to see it:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1956bt
Definitely makes me wonder what might have been, though! Valkyrie no Bouken had no Western presence, but was a pretty Big Deal in Japan, so an MSX2 sequel would've been a huge feather in the system's cap -- and probably a really fun game, too!
Does anyone know if any early builds were ever leaked or anything? Is there any other information floating around about it out there? All I can find is that it was unceremoniously canceled, but I don't know why, and I don't know how far along it was before that happened.
Any information would be appreciated!
Thanks!
-Tom
