No, despite the title of this update, this is nothing to do with an iPod in any shape or form. No, this is something much worse than that. This is another occasion where my obsession with videogames and figures rears it's ugly head.
One of my favourite games on the DS is Etrian Odyssey. A slow paced, first person dungeon crawler that offers little reward to the player for struggling through. It's certainly got a classic feel to it, with minimal plot and a no-frills battle system. It's exactly what I began to crave though, with RPGs becoming bigger and fancier, I felt myself drawn towards the core values of the genre.
It's also got some of my favourite character design. To the extent that I frequently find myself checking the blog of the artist, Yuji Himukai in the hope of seeing some new drawings of the cast, which he does from time to time. Naturally, when there's a new figure from the series I find myself oh-so-tempted to order it. Which I have done on numerous occasions. This time however, I accidentally became aware of a whole series of figures, due in the next few months.
Like with a few other figures from the series, these are being manufactured by Wave, who I've only got a few figures by, but I've always found the small details they have to be very endearing, details which are often lacking from others. So, figures from a game I love, with character design I obsess over, by a manufacturer that I find myself steadily impressed with. I get the feeling my wallet may be hurting soon.
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