I have it too but all I can do is stare at those incredibly small pics.
And feel great to have it.
If you guys want me to scan something so you can translate it let me know.
Hereās another damn old post of this thread:
How can Tekkaman be the inspiration for Qās design? I donāt see any similarities. Anybody?
Maybe because Tekkaman and Q have kind of the same round face and vacant expression and eyespots.
Anyway, Iāve had AAC for about half a year now. This next info is extremely vague, but under Kenās section it mentions him being an eyewitness to Gouken and Goukiās battle, and also he sees a āyoungā one there too, and in parentheses it goes on to say roughly āwho obtained a reputation previously for the fighting school?ā Kinda vague like I said, but Capcomās possibly still remembering Goukenās long lost daughter. Gotta see next if we can find the basis Ataru used for his sketch of Ojou-san. 
SF related Gamest Mooks (volume # & covered game & ISBN):
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SSF2X - SFZ 4881992414
- SFZ 4881992457
- SFZ2 4881992570
- SFZ2 4881992791
- SFZ2 488199283X
- SFEX 4881993364
- SF3NG 4881993496
- SF3NG 488199364X
- SFEX2 4881995146
- SFZ3 488199543X
- SF3TS 4881996193
- SF3TS 4881996274
Hey, thanks I added them and some more I could find online to the list. (The URL slighty changed http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/gamestmookfolder/gamestmookpage.html) Also give me ISBNs if you find any.
And could someone translate what Game this Gamest Mook is about? http://product.esbooks.yahoo.co.jp/product/game/ranking?accd=07037635
Are all Gamest Mooks by Shinseisha?
And one last question, in an old post of this thread megnet-0 said:
"ā¦he (Sodom) fought Fujiyama (AKA E. Honda) with his helmet onā¦" Whatās that all about (the name not the ending)?
Thanks everybody.
All Gamest mooks were from Shinseisha. Originally the sumo wrestler Sodom fights in his SFZ2 ending was a generic character called Fujiyama, but when SFZ3 came along, Capcom changed him to a more familiar face hence Honda and Sodomās conversations and ties in SFZ3.
The mook link is for what roughly translates to Cyber Battle (Dennou Senki) Pacharon Oratorio Tangu, a Sega Saturn game.
Some ISBNās on the way for you, check the first list; BTW do you want them just to make your listing more complete, or do you know of a place to actually get the mooks?
Also, if youāre able can you scan me the cover and table of contents of the SFZ2 mook you have? Curious to see which one it is.
Thanks.
My Bad! The SNK Art Books I have are not Gamest Mooks. Anyway, hereās their ISBN #s just in case. I like Capcom Artbooks better but these are cool too.
<PERFECTION> SNK CHARACTERS ALL ABOUT ILLUSTRATIONS (Planet Publishing) ISBN4-939110-10-9
<EXTRA> SNK CHARACTERS 2 ALL ABOUT ILLUSTRATIONS (Planet Publishing) ISBN4-939110-14-1
SNK POSTERS COLLECTION (Artwork Books VC) ISBN4-89436-143-4
Hereās my side by side comparison of Capcom Early Days and Capcom Illustrations. While Early Days is supposed to be a reprint, for some reason not everything in Capcom Illustrations is in Capcom Early Days, even though Early Days has lots of new stuff. I recommend everyone get Early Days since itās only like 20 Dollars not including shipping and handling and itās a 200 Page Art Book. I got my copy from Tokyo Central Online relativly fast, but you may have to wait until they restock the book since last I checked it was out of stock. When I brought Capcom Illustrations when it was new back in the 90ās, it ran me around 35 to 45 Dollars! Capcom Early Days is smaller, so some of the reprinted art from Capcom Illustrations is smaller while some of it is reprinted even larger - this Ratioās about 50/50 Iād say.
So, first Iāll list whatās new in Capcom Early Days and then Iāll list whatās missing.
WHATāS NEW
Pic of SFZ Ryu playing against Megaman in an Arcade by Kinu Nishimura. Ken, Chun-Li, Roll and other Capcomers watch.
Shinchiro Pic of old school Capcom Characters, including the main Character of Forgotten Worlds, The Male Sonson, a Dragon (BOF Ryu?), 1941 and others.
A few more Pics of Guile, Ryu, and Chun-Li (At least the Ryu drawing is in SF Eternal. Didnāt check on the other two since going through SF Eternal to look for two random pics is hard.)
Sketchy Drawings youāve seen before of the entire cast of SF2 including the new challengers but minus Gouki by Kinu Nishimura. These drawings appear in SF Eternal, but are grouped together as one drawing.
A Pic of CGI looking Star Gladiator Characters.
More Powered Gear Art, about 5 pages worth in total.
Lots of Cyberbots stuff. 19 Pages!!!
Akiman pick of the cast of Marvel Super Heroes.
Pur and Fur drawing by Nishizawa Akiko and a Forgotten Worldās Pic by CRMK/Bengus.
Final Fight - More drawings of the random thugs you beat up and Belger.
Strider - Lots of new Strider stuff, 5 pages.
A few more Captain Commando Pics.
Forgotten Worlds - A few more drawings.
4 Pages of Ghouls & Ghosts.
Some game Iāve never heard of with a Pink Rabibit.
Cover of the Commando Game. The Drawing was used as Box Art in the US Version too. Another Pic of the Gameās Sequel. (Commando had a Sequel???) It looked a bit futuristic and the main character looks like Guile with a light green visor over one eye.
2 Pages of Tiger Road.
Goofy drawing of Top Secret.
Black Dragon Pic.
Goofy Drawing of Rush and Crush.
Drawing from a game called Mad Gear. (No, not our Mad Gear Gang! Looks like a Racing Game.)
2 Drawings from Tatakaino No Banka.
1 Page of Art from Gunsmoke.
More art from that Game with Siva and Chariot. (Chariot was a helper in MVC1, Siva was remade for Cannon Spike.) I believe the game is called Wonder3.
1 Pic from Hoemaru.
Art from Operation Thunderstorm, US Navy, Last Duel and Exed Eyes.
Art from 1941 Games.
Puzzle Fighter Drawing.
Pic from Sonson Game.
Drawings from Capcomās Quiz Games.
2 Pages of Megaman X.
Breath of Fire has one Page with 4 Drawings.
Group Pics - Capcom Characters Jam Packed on a train, (Rolento puts the moves on Jill! Now I want them both in Capcom Fighting Evolution!) another Pic of Capcomers wearing Mardi Gras style Big Headed Uniforms (SFers and Darkstalkers), 2 drawings of lots of Capcom Characters Super Deformed, SFZ Ryu and Sakura Art, SFZ Ryu and Ken fighting, Cyber Gouki from Cyberbots (Again with Cyberbots! They might as well call it āCyberbots Early Days!ā) a new Morrigan Pic.
Sketches - Some are the same, some are gone and thereās lots more Cyberbots sketches.
SF3 Sketches - Lots of the SF3 Newbies, including one line Art of Ryu and Chun-Li looking in different directions. sano happy!
SFZ Sketches - Mostly Doll Cammy.
Some Early BAAAD sketches of what Lilith might of looked like but thanfully someone said NOOOO!
Two Pages of Powered Gear Sketches.
The book jacket has a drawing of Super Deformed SFZ Chun-Li, Ken, Ryu, Sakura and Dan wearing āFestivalā clothes kind of like that Pic with Ryu Ken and Guy. Kenās wearing a suit and Danās still rocking the Pink Gi. Someone tell him Pinkās not cool! As usual, Ryu still looks angry! Maybe he wants his Gi backā¦
WHATāS MISSING
The two page spread of the Shadowloo Base with lots of text and Ryu holding Chun-Li is gone. All of these images appear in SF Eternal but they are all seperated into different images and there is no text.
The Main Dawing of the Punisher Game is still there, but the page that had drawings of the cast members seperatly is gone.
Drawings of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs are extinct.
Sketches of Belail (Morriganās Father) are gone.
The pages that show you how the cover was created are gone.
Interviews are gone. Not that I care since I couldnāt read them anywayā¦
Pics from what I THIIINK was supposed to be for the upcoming SF2 TV Anime (Originally it was supposed to take place after the Animated Movie, but at some point it was decided they would go younger, hence SF2V) are gone.
Sketches of the cast of Cammyās CD Drama are gone.
As you can see, the new stuff FAR outweighs the missing stuff. Why itās missing anything I dunnoā¦ I guess they just want to keep people trying to find a copy of Capcom Illustrationsā¦
Thanks for the infos! I updated the list and Iāll add some more ISBNs I found later.
I just want to make a (english) list cause I didnāt find one and sometimes you only know the Vol.# or the ISBN and then itās helpful to have a list of all. I donāt have a place to get them but I know a few people that have friends in Japan or are Japanese themselves (but canāt read Japanese) and so I can tell them what to bring from Japan. You can also order books (not video games) at Yahoo Japan, so I might find some there.
Iāll also add some pics of the covers soon.
Sure Iāll scan you some pics of the SFZ2 Gamest Mook tomorrow.
Ah yes, Yahoo Japan; I check Auctions there periodically for different and unusual-looking SF books. Often youāll find them cheaply priced.
Iām glad so much is being cleared up through this thread. Iām still reading through it and I found a post about a game featuring R. Mika (I think it was by Tiamat) but nobody replied on it so I thought Iād remind you of it. The pics are still up:
http://allsoft.scei.co.jp/jacket/l/slpm86809.jpg
http://allsoft.scei.co.jp/jacket/l/slpm86809b.jpg
Anybody?
Another thing were the judges in SFIII. Who are they? I have a drawing of Yunās, Yangās and Oroās girlfriends and I think I saw them as judges in SFIII but it doesnāt happen very often that they show up so Iām not sure. Can someone tell me who the judges are and how many there are?
Not to interrupt your serious debate about Tiamatās guide, but may I offer something about Andoreās age in relation to Andore Jr.:
I seriously doubt that Andore Jr. is the son of Andore. I think that even Andore wouldnāt be THAT old during SF3, especially considering that to have a fully grown-up son during FF1. True, that all the Andores look the same and thatās why they have age labels (Grandfather, Uncle, Jr., etc.). Since Andore Jr. is supposedly his little brother, I would think that it make much more seen that And considering they all have the same name, I think that it would make much more since that the āJr.ā part would be akin to Andore II (Andore the Second). And considering that they all seem to have the same name, I would think that itās possible that Jr. (put there for whatever reason. Do they even use Roman numerals in Japan? Maybe thatās whyā¦) could even be a āIVā or a āVā in actuality.
ā¦Yeah, I doubt that helped.
this site has a list of Animal Styles
http://home.stny.rr.com/iama/az.html
the Styles are.
Bear, Boar, Bull, Corba, Crane, Deer, Dragon, Eagle, Leopard, Monkey, Panther, Praying Mantis, Python, Scorpion, Snake, Tiger, Viper, White Crane.
The game R. Mika appears in is called Startling Adventure or something like thatā¦ I dunno, itās in the guide in R. Mikaās section with what pathetic small amount of info Iāve been able to scrounge up.
Hey hey hey. Anyone remember these guys?
But hmmā¦ now that Iāve had time to think about it, I applaud them for trying to keep the thing close to the canon but wonder what kind of world we live in when a company has to go to a fan-made plot guide for canon info. Hey Capcom, canāt you guys be nice enough to give your own official storyline to the people that purchase the rights to use them? O_o (note: Plot Guide not mentioned on the actual web page. Iām just reminiscing and referring about the past)
Vasili10, I just got the response to yer question from the RC webmaster and he says heās never heard of the Official SFZ3 Fanbook. He says it probably doesnāt exist.
I figured there was no such thing (at least by that title), now to find out what book was thought to be this one. So I guess now I wait for Saiki to reply what he found from this mystery book to include in the plot guide.
Perfectā¦:rolleyes:
Hey Golden Dragon, could you ask the RC webmaster one other question for me? How many books does he know of that are only about SFZ3? I know of only four: (strangely enough, youād think thereād be more) one Gamest mook, one All About book, and two official Playstation version guides. Does he know about anymore, and if so what are they? Thisāll probably be the last question to him from me because Iām fairly certain his answer will be the same as mine. Just want to be sure. Thank you sir.
Yeah, Iāll ask him for ya.
Since you are reading the entire Thread, sooner or later you will come across Posts made by me, Saiki and Golden Dragon. There are Seven Judges and each of them have their own names and seperate Bios in AAC. Yun and Yangās girlfriends are not judges. Neither are Chun-Li, Cammy or Effie - other popular misconceptions that are wrong.
The judges are -
Anna - Looks like Cammy
Fair Libra - African American Girl
Julia - Sheās wearing a horse riding outfit
Lily - Looks like Sally (Dhalsimās wife)
Rifa - Asian one, blue dress with red flowers
Toli - Asian one, blue dress with purple flowers
Tonfa - Asian one, white dress with yellow flowers
Could someone please tell me what book states that Haggarās mayorship ended in 1992?
Iām pretty sure that Saiki said it was in All About Capcom.
So AAC says the specific year his mayorship ended? It was 1992? Yo, aerialgroove and vasili10 both have the book, right? Could one of you guys verify that for me?