Charles De Clercq

Wonderful sketch (as always) of Original Weltall released by Junya Ishigaki to celebrate Xenogears 28th birthday... With actually interesting new detail! Check out Original Weltall as presented in Perfect Works: this helmet transformation was never presented before. 1/n

Yet Perfect Works/game contains a similair transformation, involving helmet splitting off and opening in three parts : shaping from Weltall to Weltall-Id!

Wonderful sketch (as always) of Original Weltall released by Junya Ishigaki to celebrate Xenogears 28th birthday... With actually interesting new detail! Check out Original Weltall as presented in Perfect Works: this helmet transformation was never presented before. 1/n

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A cute Billy holding his Billy SD Doll

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Hakozaki elements finished with the usual couple contest, this time gratified with a Bart doujinshi, featuring Sigurd's crop top.

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Some small variations with regards to Perfect Works : the first image is displayed in PW, but with grey smoky bakground. Chibi/bulky version of Rico is in PW as well, in colored version.

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And the winner is this nice picture of the "Ladys of Soraris", Miang and the Elements

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Sophia's drawing features a nice little poem, while Billy's stance with the "Time for repentance" caption is more frightening for me than anything else.

[XenoMag #8] Exhuming old 1997/1998 magazines ; if you want a specific part scanned, please ask for the repositery link or more. #XenoMag1998 The Playstation Vol.119, 2-10-1998 (1/n)

Illustration Gallery contains lovely doujinshis....

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Page 1 starts with an informative light FAQ. Nice advices are given to win the Card Game, while Rico fans express how they love their favorite character, even if his voice is sometimes weird. Peopl wonder also how after her intimate scene with Fei, Elly guessed it was already morning.

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The reader's corner features a contest for reader's favorite girl character in videogames. Winner is Maria (Xenogears) and second Chelsea (Tales of Destiny). It seems some reader's did not follow the contest rules and voted notably for Nathalie Portman (for Léon movie).

[XenoMag #8] Exhuming old 1997/1998 magazines ; if you want a specific part scanned, please ask for the repositery link or more. #XenoMag1998 The Playstation Vol.119, 2-10-1998 (1/n)

[XenoMag #6 & 7] Exhuming old 1997/1998 magazines ; if you want a specific part scanned, please ask for the repositery link or more. #XenoMag1998 The Playstation Vol.77, 17-10-1997 and Vol.74, 19-9-1997 (1/n)

"A full 3D map with a freely movable viewpoint. Gorgeous presentation using cel animation and CGI. Intense, realistic battles where gigantic “Gears” collide. From Square comes a cybernetic RPG with a distinctive, unconventional flavor." no lies

[XenoMag #6 & 7] Exhuming old 1997/1998 magazines ; if you want a specific part scanned, please ask for the repositery link or more. #XenoMag1998 The Playstation Vol.77, 17-10-1997 and Vol.74, 19-9-1997 (1/n)

The Playstation Vol. 74, among many other details on Square game and the weird japanese goofy rebranding of Abe's odyssey "Abe a Gogo" (tribute to Fraçoise Hardy... why not?), we get a new variations of Xenogears ads (so many different ads for this game).

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Bart (with the meaningful Barthlomei transcption I kept for the book) is introduced as nothing more than an ostracized prince, pursuing his throne back. Fierce, charismatic and strong, Bart is said to be a reliable and strong ally (Note that despite Maison's sprite is not ready).

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PReview sets then the Ignas ongoing battle up, presenting both Aveh's and Kislev's pursue for Gears (a nice way to introduce their unknown origin). Colored versions of the Aveh Gears on the right are unusual, and I like Kislevs right Gear coloured verision.

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Still, we have some 2 page preview focused on some main lore points and characters.

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These are some weeks before Xenogears release, and the marketting ramp-up fail is obvious here, not much content for a soon to release game, and much more emphasize by Square on other titles (Chocobo Dungeon, Einhander, FF7 intl, Parasite Eve, Saga Frontier...)