Later in the game, when you level up units, you will be able to run thru maps as well ^^ Elites, mainly scouts are insane ^^ In the begining its better not rush to much.
Try to create covering-positions for crossfire. Enenmy usualy gets more CP but is also quite supid at some spots.
Or lets say random ~ some orders and actions AI does can rly decide outcome of battle. For example… had one mission started in best way possible. And in the ending AI gives order for evasion and aim -> results in total negation of my turn ~ When I loaded on same spot, AI used some other orders (mainly no evasion) -> and game was won easy. And there are many other places where luck comes in play… kinda hate those ^^

Anyway story, art and enjoyment + replay and bonus missions = one of my fav games ^^

Can’t wait for English release of Valkyria Chronicles 2 on PSP. Tested Japanese and its very good. It’s has lot repeative missions and their content but there was bunch of new weapons, classes and vehicle customization added ^^ As well as some returning characters in side roles.

Hope you will enjoy it as well ^^

I have not had a chance to watch the DVDs so I don’t know about the quality yet ^^;

I found it interesting that they changed the business partner that hunts them down in the sewers was turned into a female love interest for the anime while it was just an old business partner from the town in the novel.
Looks like the wanted to bring in some more heat between Horo and Lawrence in the Anime.

So how is the quality of the DVDs? Worth the cash or just another lazy Western Release?

The concept behind Kindle sounds nifty, and I agree that reading on something that’s like on paper is not as strainous as reading things on screens, so it sounds ideal if you like reading. Btw does Valkyria Chronicles you have provide both Japanese voicing and English dub, or just English dub only? A friend of mine told me that it has both for International versions but I have not seen it myself. Will very likely buy it when I decide to buy a PS3 for me and my sister.
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for the dictionary i guess i was preaching to the choir ^^; good choice ^^

By the way, I use that exact DS dictionary too! xD. I thought about buying a dedicated electronic dictionary but they’re pretty expensive and this DS app works nearly as well. I did actually take a bit of Japanese in college so I’ve got stroke order down pretty well, just need to memorize radicals and readings of a lot more kanji >_<.

do you have an electronic dictionary? especially one where you can write the character? personally i’ve found them to be an outstanding study aid. sorta shifts the focus from relaxing and reading a book to japanese study, but i think i picked up a lot of vocab by keeping my dictionary handy and looking up kanji that seemed key to understanding certain passages.

my dictionary is actually a ds “game” and i highly recommend it if you don’t already have one (or own a ds).

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-49-en-15-kanji-70-198v.html

i think you do need to have a fairly good grasp of stroke order though because i noticed it having trouble interpreting characters if i wrote them wrong. aside from that i’ve been amazed how well it interprets my child like writing ^^;;

some words don’t have an english translation (after all it’s a dictionary for japenese folks ^^;), but a vast majority of them do. when they don’t you get to practice your japanese more by trying to translate the definition ^^;;;
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Would definitely recommend Spice and Wolf light novel. Might want to pick it up soon though, I read that the original cover was only in limited supply and only available at certain shops.

Ah, you have a lot of light novels. And I bet they’re all in Japanese? ^^; Do you have any recommendations on which would be an easy one to start on?

Yeah, I don’t like ebook DRM but since all the books I’m reading are free, it doesn’t bother me much. So many classics I never got around to reading can be found for free on Amazon’s site :D