well, i just checked online and store availability in a 30 mile radius of me, and there is no available copies anywhere…wow, luckily, I pre-ordered mine may 23rd. I checked the order status of it online, it says it was shipped, and they gave me the tracking number, i checked it and UPS says it will be here tommorow, cant wait!
I may wait and see what the local Circuit City does. Sometimes the week of release you get nifty discounts on some titles. True, this tends to favor the big name titles, but I’ve seen some pretty niche stuff go on sale first week at CC.
I got mine with the book a little while ago. The eb I got it from had no preorders.
Just call around. Don’t rule out best buy or walmart either…
Just called my local EBGames and they said that they only have copies in for the pre-orders. Around 5:00 today, I’m gonna pick me up a copy and get the strategy guide as well.
HUZZAH~! :tup:
EDIT: Heard from some other peeps that the only two games to unlock are SFA3 Arranged and HSFA. Color edit and dip-switch settings are both confirmed.
Then you clean the sand out of your vagina and go do something productive while you wait your turn.
I just came back from my local EB in Canada - they had the guide (which i bought of course) - but not the game - duh 
I just got off the phone with EB they have the game and guide can’t wait to get this shit. :lovin:
I managed to get the game and the guide. I am a little dissapointed in the guide. There are some glaring omissions that I feel they should have had in the guide. Just to name a few:
No information on changes in new modes (marvel)
No character pages for extra characters in SFA3 (Guile, Dee Jay, Fei Long…)- unacceptable
No information on EX characters in SFA2/SFA2 Gold
The other information is really good.
I’ll get mine an hour from now. If EB doesn’t have it, Chinatown will like always, not worried. Called both, both have it though.
And my Devil May Cry 3 Soundtrack came in the mail today, so I’m gonna be a pretty happy gamer for the rest of the day. 
I dunno if this has been posted yet but…
“What’s more, the compilation even includes an unlockable “arranged” version of Alpha 3 that can be accessed once you’ve met certain requirements in the regular game. However, it should be noted that the other arranged titles available in the last month’s Japanese version (Fighter’s Generation) have not been included in this set (due to a different release and revision history for the coin-op titles in America). But since players can adjust and customize the already-deep games that are in the anthology anyway (along with the fact that some of the arranged versions ended up as the standard U.S. releases), the lack of extra unlockables is really no big deal.” - From the review @ IGN
Anyway I’ll probably pick it up tomorrow, I don’t see myself palying it long though since there is no online mode and my friends down here usually give up after a few ass whoppins… 
They would have been more than happy to include the information in the guide but they were under a good deal of time pressure. By the way there’s a pretty good guide for A3 Guile and Deejay at gamefaqs.com . How is the image quality for the guide?
Evil Ryu on Marvel-ism is more fun than should be allowed.:lovin:
Just called EB and I’m gonna head over in a couple hours…damn chores.
I definitely think we need a Strategy Section for this game on the site…so deep…
How come on the game selection screen it shows Dee Jay, Fei Long, and T Hawk on the picture for Alpha 2 Gold? Am I missing something here?
The just reused the picture from SSF2 Collection for some reason.
Still no alpha anthology here. :sad: Though I get get the strat guide for half price. :tup:
I called the EB where I pre-ordered it, they said they had it, but won’t be able to give it to me until after 5. So I called another EB, the guy said he had 3 copies ready to go. Then I called back the first one, but they said they DIDN’T have it, at all. So I called back the second one, and they said they DIDN’T have it at all. wtf?
Tomorrow I guess.
so hold on, when capcom released the collection over here, they stopped and thought “hey, i have an idea! lets take out some unlockables just to show them roundeyes whos boss!”?
jerks
There wouldn’t have been any point in including SFZ2 (remember SFA2 is slightly different as it has Satsui no Hadou Ryu, CE Gief and CE Sim).