Sega Games recently filed a trademark for “Valkyria of the Blue Revolution”.
Let’s just get this out of the way – this is Valkyria Chronicles related, and even as someone who gets too happy with his predictions, every gambling person should be comfortable with betting on this. Between the structure of the trademark title (juxtaposed with the franchise being known in Japan as “Senjou no Valkyria”) and the fact that Sega is filing the trademark, we more or less know what to expect.
We’ve seen trademarks be filed and not used, but I don’t recall one for a game that wasn’t developed at all (outside of the ones that Bandai Namco likes to file to hide the title of a new Tales series game.)
It’s a move that’s both unexpected and expected, in my opinion. As many of our readers probably already know, the PC port of the first Valkyria Chronicles game sold quite well and Sega has publicly expressed their happiness with its commercial performance. At the same time, it’s not been clear what direction the series would go after that port, and the third game is still yet to be localized. On top of this, we don’t know what sort of game would come next for the series – a remake? A new universe/sub-series or spinoff (similar to what we see in Phantasy Star or Yakuza?)
Nevertheless, it’s welcome. Valkyria Chronicles is a series that has, in its own way, made a small impact on many gamers and as a newer franchise has successfully maintained mindshare as a modern great. It very much deserves to live on.
Now, we wait. Let’s hope for something exciting!
