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    PSA: Xenogears Perfect Works (artbook + sourcebook) is being reprinted

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    .jp shop with a 5,250JPY preorder

    Cover of the original print:


    No further details (print run, changes, whether or not an official translator will pick it up etc). I assume it's just a straight reprint. If you know someone in japan who will ship it to you so far that's the only way to order it. I'll keep an eye out for the import-friendly shops.

    If you are not hype about a reissue of an extremely rare artbook for one of the best games on the PS1 then I question your presence on this forum. Yes, there's a fan translation but there's something to just having the hardcopy.

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    Can't wait for the redesign sprite mobile game!

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    Wonder if this could be a feeler out to see if people are interested in more Xeno games?

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    Doubtful, considering A) That's already happening and B) SE owns the rights to Xenogears whilst the entire team is over at Monolith Soft now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratatapa View Post
    Can't wait for the redesign sprite mobile game!
    I know this is sarcasm but fuck that noise... Gimme this shit now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stromgarde View Post
    Doubtful, considering A) That's already happening and B) SE owns the rights to Xenogears whilst the entire team is over at Monolith Soft now.
    So how is it already happening? I wasn't talking about the X games by Monolith Soft. And whats to stop SE making new games with a new team since they're the ones with the rights?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrath View Post
    So how is it already happening? I wasn't talking about the X games by Monolith Soft. And whats to stop SE making new games with a new team since they're the ones with the rights?
    What exactly is your definition of a Xeno game? Because I was referring to those games starting with Xeno written and directed by Tetsuya Takahashi which involve killing god in some form or fashion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stromgarde View Post
    What exactly is your definition of a Xeno game? Because I was referring to those games starting with Xeno written and directed by Tetsuya Takahashi which involve killing god in some form or fashion.
    My question was whether this means Square Enix is looking to make Xeno games. Has nothing to do with what your definition of a Xeno game might be.

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    Will definitely pick up a hard copy of this.

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    I used to have this and traded it for an X-Arcade stick about 10+ years ago...I'm going to cop an original. Fuck a reprint.

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    Yeah got the pdf on my phone and read it whenever bored lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurokikaze View Post
    I know this is sarcasm but fuck that noise... Gimme this shit now!
    This. In a perfect world I'd have been rich back then and would have fully funded Xenogears so we could have gotten our perfect Part 2.

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    So I came across this today:

    http://nihon.kaisho.org/Abel/Xeno2.JPG

    Specifically the middle picture. I know it's the cover of the PW book, but does anyone here know where one might go about getting that clean version to frame up. Damn thats a nice piece of artwork.

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    If I had to guess, they were/are promo posters from back in the day. I've no idea how you could find one in this day and age unless they did a re-print. They might also be super high resolution scans, blown up to those sizes, though there's no frame of size reference so they could be fairly small.

    Also, never realized the different colored hair in the reflection of Elly.......

    P.S. Thanks for the PDF info; never knew it had been translated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirin View Post
    So I came across this today:

    Specifically the middle picture. I know it's the cover of the PW book, but does anyone here know where one might go about getting that clean version to frame up. Damn thats a nice piece of artwork.
    I have this version framed in 30x20:

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    Terrible picture of framed:
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    Eww at reflective glass. I know it would cost a decent amount, but for something like that, it deserves the non-reflective treatment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost_Wheel22 View Post
    I have this version framed in 30x20:

    Spoiler: show

    Where did you get it? A version like that would be fine by me, just want something without the obvious "Perfect Works" header all over it.

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    The first image is the actual scan and has zero text except for the artist name at the far bottom right.

    Considering the print itself was $10 and the framing was $95 I decided to cheapen out on the glass a tiny bit. Plus the room it stays in has diffused light so glaring reflections wasn't a big deal. Worst case I go back to the frame shop and pay $30 for museum glass.

    Since my Perfectworks cover and Skyrim map framed well enough my next goal is to replace the crappy canvas media painting I have of Sophia with a canvas print of:
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