Ok, so no specific book or anything. Sano, i saw a good MvC2 cover of Arcadia that looked like an official one (maybe the same artist).
The Cover with Sonson, Guile, Zangief, Ryu, Hayato, Rubyheart, Jin Saotome, Anakaris, Morrigan, Amingo, Bulletta, Capctain Commando and Strider (Itās easy for me to run down the names since I have that picture shrunken at my Desk at work next to this PC, man Iām a Geekā¦) is official Capcom Art. Iāve seen it elsewhere.
The Gamest MVC1 Cover owns it, though. It has the entire Capcom Cast including the helpers of MVC1 all packed together. (itās not the Capcom Design Works pic where the MVC1 Capcom cast is in a cirlce. Itās a different unofficial one.) Boy, I sure miss Gamest Coversā¦
Hey aerialgroove, if itās not too late, put in this request to your cousin: Itāll probably be hard, but try to find the following Gamest issues: 64, 77, 108 and 120. These are the big four SF pre-mooks. Especially 120 if it has the poster will be worth its weight in gold. And also the secret file for Third Strike would be nice since no one seems to have seen that other than its cover.
sano, the shopping district youāre probably noting is Akihabara; yes great place, went there when I went to Japan. 
Yeah, for some reason my Gaijin Self can never pronounce the name right, thanks!
You got that pic somewhere? I just gave my cousin the list, it has a lot of books on it, donāt know if heāll find even one of them, depends on where he hangs around. All Final Fight and Muscle Bomber guides are on it and some rare SF stuff. I can still send him a mail about the Gamest issues when heās there, whatās so special about the poster? What art is it?
I can tell you what Issue it is, I believe itās in the 200s. Iāll have a definitive answer tomorrow. I have to scan stuff next week anyways, maybe Iāll toss in that cover to.
A big, ughā¦ I guess āthanksā to Iggy for finding this. Toy files of the craptacular US G.I. Joe Street Fighter Toys. YOOOO JOE! Or should I say, OH, NOOOOOO!!!
And spesking of Toys, Make sure you vote for the Sota Series 3 SF Toy Vote. And remember, a Vote for Demitri is a Vote for DS, VS, SVC Chaos, CFJ and the SF2V Intro, LOL!
Not art, but a character relations chart, faint pic below: It has connections between SF1 characters, a first in all the charts Iāve seen so far, and looks to have a link between Gen and Goutetsu. Could you PM me the list youāre sending off to your cousin? Iām curious to see whatās on there that I may have overlooked at one point.
I thought so. Thanx, vasili10. I guess that stuff about Dhalsim entering the SF2 tournament in order to test himself before he could ārise to a higher state of consciousnessā was just more Capcom USA bullshit. Yeesh!
Hahaha. Interesting. Thanks.
Sweet! Iām all about anything Final Fight and/or Muscle Bomber-related. Like vasili10 said, the Third Strike Secret File would be nice. PEACE!
No problem, sir. Glad to be of service. Must start on the TOC of Hadouken no Nazo soonā¦ 
Originally Posted by vasili10
This sentence says that Blanka hates the wire mesh in Balrogās stage. Wire mesh reminds him of a cage, and heās wary that people will place him in a cage due to his appearance.
-I thought that was in the Plot Guide, at least I read it somewhere, probably here.
The Secret File was already on my list, also all FF1,2,3,Mighty guides and MB1&2 guides. Again I donāt know if he will bring even ne of them. I also put some Gamest Mooks and 4 All About books on it and some SF Fan Books I only have the picture of, SF EC Artbook, the SF 15th anniversary book that I already bought from VIDEOGAMEYA on ebay and paid for this and several other items three months ago and never received shit ($75! I hate that fuckin bastard)I always printed out a pic of the cover if I had one, plus ISBN so he shouldnāt have to speak too much Japanese to get the books.
I think some of the GIJoe art wasnāt even bad, for example the Sagat pic was really good, almost photorealistic. What I didnāt like where the full body ones, Ken looked like a 95 years old Tina Turner.
Artwork Question:
Who drew the covers of SFII (Blanka VS Ryu + Chun-Li), SFIICE (Vegaās head in the back Ryu in the front and Vega vs Guile), SFIIT (Honda vs Sagat), SSFII (shadows of the four new challengers). Because I think they are great especially the one of SFIIT. They donāt seem to be Japanese and were only on the Western cases, manuals, posters etc.
Well, all the plot guide says is that Blankaās scared of the fence in Vegaās stage. There isnāt an explanation why.
I see.
Did Capcom USA make that up with Sagat being called the āKing Of Street Fightersā? It doesnāt make a lot of sence because SF1 was the first SF tournament so how could he be the King there?
What does that explotion between Cammy and Chun-Li mean?
The Gamest Issue Iām talking about with the MVC1 Art is Issue 215. Unfortunatly, the cover has an insane/abnormal for Gamest amount of text. I wish I could find that drawing without text. The text is blocking lots of characters.
Found the Gamest Issue 215 Cover Online, only itās not the best Scan in the world.
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/v215.html
And for a full Gamest Cover Index - though not great scans -
Golden Dragon - Are you going to Game On NY? New Yorkās first Big Gaming Expo! Got my ticket already, canāt wait!
I canāt tell whatās the caption next to the explosion between Chun Li and Cammy, way too faint to make out.
Which Gamest mooks if any that I didnāt already mention? Specifics please. And also which SF Fan Books you have pictures of? Again specifics please, youāre following the footsteps of the plot guide! LOL
If your cousin goes to at least a regular new bookstore, heās bound to find the 15th Anniversary book, Eternal, and the All About books since all those should still be in print; the rest will be iffy.
Maybe he wasnāt called specifically āKing of Street Fightersā, but I think he held some title other than Muay Thai Champion before losing to Ryu. He refers to his former title as āWorldās Strongestā in SSF2T and āEmperorā in āRevivalā. I remember vasili10 once read me the SF2ās plot summary from AAC and it mentioned that Ryu became āStreet Fighter Championā after defeating Sagat in SF1.
Say whaaaaaaaaat??!! A Gaming Expo in NY?? Damn, that sounds intriguing. Iām not sure If Iād be able to make it, unfortunately. Iām not certain, though. Fresh.
Iām I aware that Tomās a war veteran, but Iāve read that he is/was an army hand-to-hand combat fighting instructor. Is that true??
vasili10
Could u plz translate sentence(s)/lines below for me when u have the time? Itās about Seanās grandfather. Many thanx.
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Darn it, I brought my ticket already, took that Thursday and Friday off from work so Iāll definitly be there all four days. Hope you can make it! If you do decide to go and see someone wearing either a Sagara Sanosuke or a Shishio Makoto Shirt with a nametag that says āSano,ā make sure you say hi!