Vidya Artbooks

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>>250190508
Bought this one.
It's great, it shows you all the different artists that worked on character design.
also has lots of Edea. Lots and lots of Edea.
Pauline in a swimsuit with catgirls and stuff

>>250191646
Bravely Default has such amazing artwork. Good buy.
Sorry I'm not too familiar with it. Has that artbook been released in the US? Or would I have to import it? I might get it myself.

morbi pls go

>>250192281
OP here.
Who's morbi?

>>250192568
an artist who hangs around /v/ and /co/

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>>250192109
I had to import it. But I ordered it on normal amazon and was able to get it via a Californian shop. It cost me a little more than 50€. shippping included.
You also get penciled version of the backrounds and male female versions of every antagonist.
And there's a section dedicated to the sequel browser game and the 4 heroes of light.

>>250192804
Sweet. Cheap, easy to access, and good. I'll be sure to get a hold of it sometime anon. Thanks for the info. Art looks nice.

>>250192774
Okay, but why was he referenced in this thread?

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>>250193169
Because they also like artbooks for Solatorobo? I dunno man, don't take it personally.

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>>250193169
no problem.
have a lewd Edea

>reddit

I wish more publishers sold them, instead of making them preorder bundles. Bonus points if it's hard cover.

>>250190508
Can you still buy this anywhere?
I can't stop being mad at myself for missing the one with the keychain and coasters

I've got a great Marvel vs Capcom one.

Covers concept art for all the series and has a bunch of pages by various comic book and Capcom artists

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>>250194223
Yeah. Amazon.co.jp has it. CyberConnect2 seems to always have at least one in stock.

>>250194195
Explain.

>>250194458
Can I get some pics? Sounds gr8

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>>250194604
This is the cover, it's not very hard to track down a copy

>>250190508
I don't have a lot of them, but if I find one cheap for a game I enjoy, I tend to pick it up. Main ones I have as Hyrule Historia (think it was $20-30 when it came out), Tales of Symphonia ($10), Dragon's Crown ($3), and a recent addition: A copy of the Darksiders II one that I think may have initially come with the Collector's Edition of it or something ($5).

>>250194604
i need this artbook like right now hooooly shiet

>tfw i'm too poor

>>250194604
was that supposed to be chocolat?

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>>250195183
And a couple of little strips in there. Camera's too shit to do any high quality art justice

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>>250197757

Can your hands be any less girly, OP?

>>250190508
i have the Dragon's Crown Artbook, The Megaman Zero Artbook, and the Megaman Classic artbook

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>>250194604
>tfw this will never be back in stock

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I've got two Rance ones, the Soejima one, Typemoon 10th Anniversary, a Muv Luv one, and then various small ones that came with games like Dragon's Crown.

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Sorry for the delay. My internet went to shit for a little.

>>250196463
If you live in the US, you might be happy to know that there's no import tax on books. Its $50 plus a $30 shipping and handling fee and that's it. If you ever get the money, go for it. Its pretty gr8. Getting all three though...Now that's expensive.

>>250196598
Yep. Her designs get really varied. Pic related. Sorry for picture quality though. I don't have a scanner.

>>250198376
Well I'm sorry. I don't really do much physical labor with my hands and I'm scrawny.

>>250190508
I was just thinking of getting that! good taste OP

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I only have the hardback edition of The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants. It set me back just around €80 but it was well fucking worth it

Need to see what else is out there. I'm not big on artbooks for weebshit and realistic shooters though so not sure

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Step up sempai

>>250201207
WHY
WHY WOULD THEY HAVE SUCH A LIMITED SUPPLY

>>250199512
What are the Megaman artbooks like?

I have lots of Kaneko Kazuma books and the two Monster Hunter illustration books.

>>250202450
the zero one has an interview with inti creates that confirms that harpuia, leviathan, and fefnir all died in zero 3 and thats why they did not appear in zero 4. It also has concept art on the cyber elves and various other info

>>250202410
>The Kemono Book
>The Kemono Book 2
>All three official Solatorobo artbooks
>Solatorobo opening animation book (I think)
>LTB Super Hero manga that comes with the third artbook
>All 8 Solatorobo fan artbooks
You are amazing.

>The two Megaman artbooks
That taste....Anon....You're amazing. The first Solatorobo artbook and Hyrule Historia are the only artbooks I have.

>>250203264
Wow. That's interesting. Its cool that they explain things like that, and the art sounds pretty cool. I'll have to grab those sometime too.

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>>250202935
Second hand Kaneko stuff is pretty expensive, otherwise I'd be all over that.

I actively buy stuff by Takehito Harada, Yaegashi Nan and Himukai Yuji.

Nothing physical, just scans.

>>250202063
Are there any really good quality scans for the Oddworld artbook around? I saw some scans a while back, but they weren't quite the best quality.

>>250204576
Doubt it, the ones I saw were quite poor too. I can't imagine there are many out there willing to take apart such an expensive book to begin with

>>250204768
Yeah, that's true. Probably the reasoning there aren't good scans for various other artbooks out there, between having to disassemble them and some being quite costly.

Still, do they even produce the Oddworld one anymore? It would be kind of neat if they did some high quality PDF version using the original files in the future.

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>>250205483
>between having to disassemble them and some being quite costly
That and older import ones being a bitch to find even second-hand.

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>>250205483
Just checked for you. The soft and hardcover versions are sold out from the publisher's direct store leaving only the super fucking expensive $170 and $290 limited editions.

Might have some luck elsewhere like on eBay but now that it's completely OOP the prices are gonna rocket

>>250206187
Aaaand I was right, the hardcover alone is going for over twice the fuckin price I bought it for on eBay

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>>250206150
>tfw trying to find art books and strategy guides for old unlocalized games

>>250206527
Just gotta lurk Mandarake for years.

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>>250203851
it also has this neat little character relations chart

>>250206187
Any chance it might see a reprint in the future, or will the series never be popular enough warrant that?

I have Hyrule Historia and the EO3 artbook. I want one of the Monster Hunter ones, but I don't know which ones, and those on Play Asia don't have any description.

>>250190508
I found a Halo 2 artbook in my dresser while cleaning. Neat.

>>250208374
Could be possible with New n' Tasty. They could do an updated version to cover the years passed since, cos Stranger's Wrath was still in development at the time of the book's release

Fingers crossed bro

>>250208857
>E03 artbook

Fuck you got me curious

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I bought the Bayonetta artbook. The Eyes of Bayonetta.

Completely worth it. Over 200 pages of awesome drawings, well-translated editor's notes and a 90-minute long DvD for hardcore bayonettafags like me.

Only about $35.00 after shipping.

>>250209058
Let's see it.

>>250209506
That is pretty awesome.

>>250209278
Eh, you can DL them from the EO general, here'd the pastbin : http://pastebin.com/Ct3KwmTP

I already had it, but I wanted a physical version.

>>250209506
Have you seen the Bayonetta movie?

The only artbook I purchased recently was the Alice: Madness Returns artbook when it first came out for $20. Worth every penny, it's a gorgeous hardcover full-color volume.

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I got the Bayonetta Art Book/Documentary and the future press strategy guide The book itself is worth it just for the documentary

>>250209714
I honestly prefer having physical copies of things that I'd like to rummage through very now and then.

If I downloaded it I would look at it once then never open it again, just like 99% of the shit I end up saving onto my hard drive.

>>250209506
1, 3, 7 an 9 are pretty neat.

>>250190508
I've got Peace Walker and Valkyria Chronicles. Both are amazing

>>250210379
Well my copy of EO3 was pretty cheap, it was on sale on Play Asia, I think it was 10$ (free shipping because I also bought a game with it).

>>250210478
Pics of Valkyria Chronicles pls

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>>250210246
Also this.
Best Vidya Documentary ever

>>250210127
Yes I have. I love it and all but I wish they had a better translator. The english translations didn't come out so well. Such as Rodin simply saying, "I'm a Gunsmith." Now becomes "I am a manufacturer of guns for battle."
I liked the movie enough to see past this, but I'll probably be buying the english dub whenever it comes out.

>>250210379
Bayonetta went through 40+ complete re-designs before settling on the final design. Something about Platinum Game's higher up kept shooting their ideas down. Fun fact.

>>250210478
>Sega localizes artbook for Valkyria Chronicles 3
>Doesn't bother with actually localizing the game it's from.

>>250211404
>PSP game
I think that's why.
They know people like the art and like the games, but the PSP didn't do well in the US.

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ive got a whole bunch, i try and collect them for games that i really like or games that i think have really nice art. Most interesting one i own is for sure the dark watch book. The game actually started out super cartoony and kiddy and it shows the progression to the grimdark horror game it became. The valkyria chronicles one is also top notch.

my biggest gripe with artbooks is how shit japanese ones usually are. They are always just like, really pretty art pieces, like the kind of stuff that would be posted on deviant art. Never any good concept sketches or character or item development.

Finding old second hand art books is difficult enough, but trying to searching down games for the Sharp x68000 or old Japanese PCs is a goddamn nightmare.

>>250211605
I suppose that's true, but all the same, if you ask me, it's a bit odd seeing an English artbook for a game they had no intention to actually get out in English.

>oh man those CFSL.net artbooks are beautiful and there are 7 of them! i wonder how much they cost
>oh

>>250211763
>Journey
Man how much that set you back? So fucking tempted
Also are the Uncharted ones any good? I saw Dark Horse announced an Art of Naughty Dog book recently, hope there's more Jak stuff in it

Also props on Akira

>>250211763
I remember wanting to get the Bioshock infinite artbook when it came out, is it worth it?

>>250212281
85 bucks i think and that includes shipping, I got it when the preorders were going for the second edition so its signed by the art director.

its well worth it though. its pretty cool. especially with the vr stuff.

>>250202410
I really want to start picking up all of those CC2 books, but I'm having trouble currently justifying spending a few hundred on importing half a dozen art books I can't even entirely read.
Thank god Udon got around to finally getting The Eyes of Bayo out in English. For a while there, I was seriously considering just getting the Japanese version. Although now I'm waiting on them again for the Asura's Wrath Complete Works, so I guess it never really ends.
Art books are probably going to be the death of me someday.

>>250212304
i would say so, it shows a whole bunch of cool stuff that didn't actually make it into the game. (flying big daddies, different enemies) and lots of nice character and environment art

>>250213231
Hmm might hafta pick er up before it goes OOP then
Is there much in it?

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I'd like to get Art of Morrowind

>>250213414
OP here. If all of those are anything like the first Solatorobo art book, I can tell you they are mostly just art anyway. There's certainly some interesting stuff written in there, but the bulk of it is art. So if you like the art, go for it. Maybe you'll find a translator or a friend who knows Japanese someday to read it. There is a section that talks about the culture, species, world, creatures, etc in depth (I'm guessing it tells a lot about the world and how people do things, etc), at least that's what it appears to be, so it's a bummer not being able to read that, but ultimately its an artbook. Go for it.

Reminder for any fans of the series that the Breath of Fire artbook is being localized.

>>250213606
i would say so, its really high quality, It is made in landscape so it's kinda a hassle to find somewhere to put it but its mostly environment art and some character design (but that's not all that surprising)

check out the parkablogs for a more in-depth look at it.
http://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-art-of-journey

>Get the artbook
>Look at all the cut content from the game
>Get depressed
I am looking at you DMC4 and Alice Madness Returns.