Jam of the Day: Succeeded Wish (Instrumental Version) by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Valkyria Chronicles Soundtrack)

I’m currently playing through Valkyria Chronicles II, the sequel to the game I loved so much. While I’m enjoying some of the gameplay changes, I’m sad to say the characters are doing nothing for me so far. I dislike all of them at the moment. Inversely, I had a real emotional attachment to the members of Squad 7 in the original game.

This instrumental version of “Succeeded Wish” actually doesn’t appear on the official Senjou no Valkyria -Gallian Chronicles- Original Soundtrack. It’s only used in the opening of the North American and European versions. However, a version with lyrics appears both in those versions and the original Japanese version at a very pivotal scene.

Watching the game’s opening sequence is actually kind of tough after finishing the game. In fact, even just hearing this song now gets me a bit choked up, especially in the last third. While there’s still time for the characters of the sequel to win me over, I doubt I’ll feel the same about them as I do of Squad 7.