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	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)		::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	:::Nice. I enjoyed ''The Legendary Starfy'' ~~is still good~~, although I found it a little short and lacking compared to past games like ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]''. While I enjoy all games in the [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]] series, ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]'' is actually one of my least favourite games in the series, because it seems to focus a lot on the story rather than the gameplay, and didn't seem to have as much of a cheerful vibe attached to it. The past games in the series are really import-friendly, in the way that you don't have to know any Japanese to play them, except probably the [[Tobira Majin]] riddles in ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' after completion of the main game, though there is a guide written by NessEggman on which options to choose. You also don't have to worry about the games being region-locked, because the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] aren't region protected. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 18:56, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:::Nice. I really enjoyed ''The Legendary Starfy'', although I found it a little short and lacking compared to past games like ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]''. While I enjoy all games in the [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]] series, ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]'' is actually one of my least favourite games in the series, because it seems to focus a lot on the story rather than the gameplay, and didn't seem to have as much of a cheerful vibe attached to it. The past games in the series are really import-friendly, in the way that you don't have to know any Japanese to play them, except probably the [[Tobira Majin]] riddles in ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' after completion of the main game, though there is a guide written by NessEggman on which options to choose. You also don't have to worry about the games being region-locked, because the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] aren't region protected. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 18:56, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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2012-03-10T23:56:13Z

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	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)		::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)
			:::Nice. I enjoyed ''The Legendary Starfy'' is still good, although I found it a little short and lacking compared to past games like ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]''. While I enjoy all games in the [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]] series, ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]'' is actually one of my least favourite games in the series, because it seems to focus a lot on the story rather than the gameplay, and didn't seem to have as much of a cheerful vibe attached to it. The past games in the series are really import-friendly, in the way that you don't have to know any Japanese to play them, except probably the [[Tobira Majin]] riddles in ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' after completion of the main game, though there is a guide written by NessEggman on which options to choose. You also don't have to worry about the games being region-locked, because the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] aren't region protected. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 18:56, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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2012-03-10T21:43:21Z

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	Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)		Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)
	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
			::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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2012-03-10T17:43:07Z

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	Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)		Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)
	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they ~~are~~ now welcome foreign buyers and ~~internal~~ shipping, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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	Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)		Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)
	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. Rakuten should be a good place in theory, because they are now welcome foreign buyers but I'm not experienced in buying from then.		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they are now welcome foreign buyers and internal shipping, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	:I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process.
	:The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys.
	:Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks.
	::Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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	Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)		Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)
			:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. Rakuten should be a good place in theory, because they are now welcome foreign buyers but I'm not experienced in buying from then.
			:I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process.
			:The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys.
			:Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks.
			::Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)

Torchickens: /* I think I found your source */

2012-03-09T19:04:52Z

I think I found your source

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	Was it perhaps here? [http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/images-legend-of-stafy-4-J000076000i.html] --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 20:54, 21 June 2011 (UTC)		Was it perhaps here? [http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/images-legend-of-stafy-4-J000076000i.html] --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 20:54, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
	:I couldn't go without asking! I'm glad to have helped you relocate it. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 22:45, 21 June 2011 (UTC)		:I couldn't go without asking! I'm glad to have helped you relocate it. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 22:45, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
			==Re:New artwork==
			Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)

Torchickens at 22:45, 21 June 2011

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	Was it perhaps here? [http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/images-legend-of-stafy-4-J000076000i.html] --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 20:54, 21 June 2011 (UTC)		Was it perhaps here? [http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/images-legend-of-stafy-4-J000076000i.html] --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 20:54, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
			:I couldn't go without asking! I'm glad to have helped you relocate it. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 22:45, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Torchickens at 20:54, 21 June 2011

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	Thank you. I humbly accept. :) ▫ '''<span style="border: 3px solid gold; background-color:blue; ">[[User:Icysugarspike\|<font color="gold">Icysugarspike</font>]]</span>'''<span style="border: 3px solid blue; background-color:gold;">[[User_talk:Icysugarspike\|talk]]</span> 16:39, 1 June 2011 (UTC)		Thank you. I humbly accept. :) ▫ '''<span style="border: 3px solid gold; background-color:blue; ">[[User:Icysugarspike\|<font color="gold">Icysugarspike</font>]]</span>'''<span style="border: 3px solid blue; background-color:gold;">[[User_talk:Icysugarspike\|talk]]</span> 16:39, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

			==I think I found your source==
			Was it perhaps here? [http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/images-legend-of-stafy-4-J000076000i.html] --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 20:54, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Icysugarspike: /* Pretty Much Done */

2011-06-01T16:39:29Z

Pretty Much Done

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			Thank you. I humbly accept. :) ▫ '''<span style="border: 3px solid gold; background-color:blue; ">[[User:Icysugarspike\|<font color="gold">Icysugarspike</font>]]</span>'''<span style="border: 3px solid blue; background-color:gold;">[[User_talk:Icysugarspike\|talk]]</span> 16:39, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)		::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	:::Nice. I enjoyed ''The Legendary Starfy'' ~~is still good~~, although I found it a little short and lacking compared to past games like ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]''. While I enjoy all games in the [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]] series, ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]'' is actually one of my least favourite games in the series, because it seems to focus a lot on the story rather than the gameplay, and didn't seem to have as much of a cheerful vibe attached to it. The past games in the series are really import-friendly, in the way that you don't have to know any Japanese to play them, except probably the [[Tobira Majin]] riddles in ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' after completion of the main game, though there is a guide written by NessEggman on which options to choose. You also don't have to worry about the games being region-locked, because the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] aren't region protected. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 18:56, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:::Nice. I really enjoyed ''The Legendary Starfy'', although I found it a little short and lacking compared to past games like ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]''. While I enjoy all games in the [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]] series, ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]'' is actually one of my least favourite games in the series, because it seems to focus a lot on the story rather than the gameplay, and didn't seem to have as much of a cheerful vibe attached to it. The past games in the series are really import-friendly, in the way that you don't have to know any Japanese to play them, except probably the [[Tobira Majin]] riddles in ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' after completion of the main game, though there is a guide written by NessEggman on which options to choose. You also don't have to worry about the games being region-locked, because the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] aren't region protected. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 18:56, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
	::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)		::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)
			:::Nice. I enjoyed ''The Legendary Starfy'' is still good, although I found it a little short and lacking compared to past games like ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]''. While I enjoy all games in the [[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]] series, ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]'' is actually one of my least favourite games in the series, because it seems to focus a lot on the story rather than the gameplay, and didn't seem to have as much of a cheerful vibe attached to it. The past games in the series are really import-friendly, in the way that you don't have to know any Japanese to play them, except probably the [[Tobira Majin]] riddles in ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' after completion of the main game, though there is a guide written by NessEggman on which options to choose. You also don't have to worry about the games being region-locked, because the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] aren't region protected. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 18:56, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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	Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)		Thanks! I uploaded artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy]]'' and ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]'', although it was {{user\|Kagegamer12}} who uploaded the exclusive artwork for ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 2]]'' and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''. We both have the Japanese guidebooks. --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 14:04, 9 March 2012 (EST)
	:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)		:I don't know of a good place to buy Japanese books, so I usually buy from the eBay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/japan-ssdyuk/ japan-ssdyuk] who have a lot of Japanese strategy guides and manga for sale. They have a variety of Capcom stuff if you're interested in buying from them for Capcom Database. Japan-ssdyuk adds scans of a few pages to his auctions, which is useful for giving a rough idea how much artwork the book has. [http://global.rakuten.com/en/ Rakuten] should be a good place in theory, because they now welcome foreign buyers and international shipping for a number of countries, but I'm not experienced in buying from then. A problem with Rakuten is that not all sellers accept selling overseas. I'm not sure of how to choose the right book for good pictures, because all game related books that I've bought online are about Starfy. I'd suggest that strategy guides and art books are a great place to find artwork in general, because it's a place for the developers to collaborate with the publishers to share any finished artwork that they designed from the development process. The amount of artwork available also probably depends on the genre of the game. A game with lots of characters and enemies will probably have lots of artwork because the developers would have likely used that artwork as a framework on how to design the sprites. In the case of ''The Legendary Starfy'' guidebooks, they all give players advice on how to complete the [[Toys]]/Trading Cards/Picture Book, with a set number of pages listing all of them. It turned out that all of the guidebooks used the characters and enemies' official artwork instead of their sprites (except the guidebook for ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'') which used sprites of the Toys. Another check is to see whether the franchise already has a considerable amount of artwork on the Internet. If the franchise was published by a popular video game publisher, then you could probably expect to find a good amount of artwork on the publisher's official website for the game itself. If the website already has artwork for its characters listed on the websites (as is the case for ''[[The Legendary Starfy (series)\|The Legendary Starfy]]'' series and many Nintendo published franchises) then its probably a hint that more artwork can be found in the guidebooks. Hope that helps you! --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 12:40, 10 March 2012 (EST)
			::No problem, it's a pleasure. :) I did find the site you linked me to helpful. It seems to have a lot of the games that rarely seem to pop up on eBay, even though there doesn't seem to be anything Starfy related. Another website (other than eBay) which I have been using to purchase games online is a small site called [http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/ console passion]. It's nice to hear that you like Starfy. Which Starfy game did you get for the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]'' or ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''? --[[User:Torchickens\|Torchickens]] 16:43, 10 March 2012 (EST)

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			Thank you. I humbly accept. :) ▫ '''<span style="border: 3px solid gold; background-color:blue; ">[[User:Icysugarspike\|<font color="gold">Icysugarspike</font>]]</span>'''<span style="border: 3px solid blue; background-color:gold;">[[User_talk:Icysugarspike\|talk]]</span> 16:39, 1 June 2011 (UTC)