Square Enix's Bravely Default series is absolutely stunning to look at, so you might be pleased to hear the art book based on the Switch release is now on its way to the West.
'The Art of Bravely Default II 201X-2021' was originally released in Japan and now Dark Horse Books has announced it will be localising it. It will come with a hardcover, is 304 pages, and is due out next year in April 2025.
It's available to pre-order now on sites like Amazon and will set you back around $50 (or your regional equivalent). Here are some extra details, courtesy of Dark Horse (via Amazon):
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An oversized full-color hardcover collection of art and commentary from the creators of the Bravely Default saga.
Explore the world of Excillant across over three hundred pages of endearing character design, breathtaking landscapes, and playful marketing art—all with developer commentary published for the first time in English!
Dark Horse Books and Square Enix present The Art of Bravely Default II: 201X–2021! This localization of original Japanese material features gorgeous concept art and extensive commentary from the games’ creative teams. Discover what lies beyond the horizon!
Would you be interested in something like this? Let us know in the comments.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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Didn’t realise that they started developing this during the events of Robocop 2.
@DripDropCop146 English
Nice, happy for those who'll get it potentially me included although I could go also for the original Japanese version and should play Bravely Default II (and the other games in the series) first and foremost!
This reminds me that I still need to get to Bravely Default II. I enjoyed both 3DS games, even the first (though some of the complaints are on point).
The art is similar to other SE games, like Octopath Traveller. Who is the artist?
I have this artbook in japanese and have been using the google translate camera to read the comments. It's really fascinating to see all the factors that contributed to the designs, for example designing the archer asterisk around the story of the mother that was in the forest (one of the toughest asterisk fights).
If you can, buy it, you'll love to go through this book
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