Most Underhyped (A.K.A. Best Game Noone Bought)
This console generation and the continuing success of the Wii serves as a reminder of the fact that Nintendo’s slice of the videogaming pie is so big that unfortunately a lot of software gets completely ignored, even in spite of exceptional critical buzz. Valkyria Chronicles was certainly that title this past year.
While it was always true that Valkyria Chronicles was going to be a hard sale- niche genre, poor PR, and an expensive console… 33,000 copies sold over the month of November in North America is still abysmal. Which is an unfortunate circumstance because between amalgation of traditional strategy RPG with western style action and the unique watercolor artstyle powered by the CANVAS engine, Valkyria Chronicles easily ranks among the best titles of the year. As I mentioned in a previous post, if you own a PS3 and have not picked up Valkyria Chronicles, you’re part of the problem.
