Japanese Strategy Guides

[Korian]

What are ones to look out for? Rarity and value wise.

Here's a few I found at a used Bookstore:

Dragon Quest 1

Dragon Quest 3

Dragon Quset 4

I have a few others I'll post when I get the correct name.

[kingoffighters]

Mortal Kombat

[rama]

i have one for dragon quest 7 that i got from a friend. i don't really collect, though. i recently purchased a guide or...uh...material collection (?) for rockman exe 1-6. it has info on all the characters in each game, bosses, interviews and some other random little things.

[bbobb]

I don't collect them, but I've been known to pick them up sometimes. If the arts really nice or it's a game I like I might pick up the guide, just like I do with US guides.

[gamevet]

I once entertained the idea of purchasing a Shining Force III guide off of Ebay, but the language barrier killed that idea quickly.

[Melf]

I see some Mega Drive guides pop up on eBay sometimes, but they're too expensive for my blood.

[Shooting Love]

I have a pretty nice collection following certain series or developers.
It has ballooned to include a lot of miscellaneous stuff like Code R for Saturn, and other games I'll never bother to play.

Some favorites are guides for Treasure games (Radiant Silvergun, Silhouette Mirage, Guardian Heroes, Sin & Punishment), the Panzer Dragoon games, Mario Bros games, Sonic 1,2,3, Sonic R, Daytona CCE Saturn, Zanac, Guardian Legend, DoReMiFantasy, Landstalker, Lady Stalker, Shining in the Darkness, Shining the Holy Ark, Dark Savior, Shining Soul 2, Space Channel 5 Part 2, The Legend of Starfi series, Muscle Bomber, Screw Breaker, D&D Collection, Zelda LttP, Phantasy Star II & IV, and far too many others.

Basically I try to look for guides to my favorite games that offer some neat artwork, lots of good screenshots, map or level layouts, complete lists of item icons or item artwork, and interviews that I'll never translate. I'm embarassed that it is a complete waste of money, but they do accompany the games guite nicely and are enjoyable to look at to refresh with a game or appreciate the designs and layouts.

[DirtySouth]

Isn't the practice of strategy guides quite different in Japan where they're released a while after the launch of the game instead of simultaneously?