So first, so what I predict most people will want to see (as it’s the name of the post!), here are some pics of the Development Artworks:

Please note that all Artworks material is copyrighted by SEGA and Enterbrain INC. A couple more images can be found on my Flickr page. If you have played Valkyria Chronicles and liked it (seriously though… how could you not?!), I would definitely recommend this book. At 400 pages, it is very comprehensive, dedicating pages to the development of each and every character of the game, to the places, environments, tanks, weapons and game levels. The development of the major characters is really interesting as well, the different versions of Alicia, Welkin and Isara were great to see! It’s really hard to find anything thats missing.

It is in Japanese, so I can’t read any of the commentary, but there are somethings that you’ll notice that is different compared to the english translation of the game, like that some of the minor characters had name changes. You also get a break down of main characters personal stats like age, height and weight, which doesn’t really effect anything, but is kinda cool to know.

It really is a beautiful book and demonstrates the amount of thought and effort the developers at SEGA put into making Valkyria Chronicles. I can’t wait for Valkyria Chronicles 2 to arrive in the western world hopefully later this year!

One last photo, of local hero Mark Webber being interviewed by the local press. His home town of Queanbeyan were so excited on his return!

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1. SEGA Ex Figures – Alicia + Isara from Valkyria Chronicles

I used an Australian based importer called Tamarket. Usually I will order off Ebay, through a seller actually based in Japan, however, I thought I should test out someone local, mainly to encourage the local stores, but also to test out whether ordering locally makes things easier. IT DOES.

I managed to send out the order for the two figures on first morning of the trip, the order had arrived, via express post, when I got home the following day. A one day turn around, something impossible when ordering overseas. Tamarket’s prices were fairly reasonable as well, so I have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone in Australia wanting to order anime figures.

Anyway, to the figures:

I am absolutely looking forward to the release of Valkyria Chronicles 2 later in the year, it is on my list of the four ‘must buy’ games for this year (others being Bioshock 2, Final Fantasy XIII and Gran Turismo 5, if it is ever released…).

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