Some, not all. Capcom is a prime example of a Japanese dev that Is focused on it's Western audience yet still manages to sell extremely well to the eastern audience. Then you have Kojima and co.
I'll second the Oddworld Inhabitants art book. I'm also a big fan of Udon's Art of Capcom The Bioshock artbook that was released in extended format recently is pretty good too.
I'm a bit annoyed that SF4 doesn't seem to be available in my region (Singapore). Doubly annoyed since other capcom products are right there (RE5, DMC3 and 4, Lost Planet).
Totally agreed, since Capcom changed the style of gameplay I stopped being a fan, I mean whatever happened to the likes of RE2, that game was awesome on so many levels.
[ QUOTE ] This should be the next Capcom fighting game, Microsoft squared off against Apple, Time Warner locking horns with Sony! Epic!! [/ QUOTE ] I'd get it. Well spoken ninja's.
3 weeks? Some companies let me wait 2 months.... Capcom hit the jackpot though. some "no thxu" postcard arrived 6 months later. Mind you that was in 2005