Try this. Change the locale on your xbox 360 setting to USA, and see if you can d/l the UMK3 trial game. If it works, buy it right there. Unfortunately, the catch is that every console could be region-locked when your console connects to xbox live. If that doesnt work, give your xbox account to a friend here in the USA and see if he can purchase the game here and have him send your account back (via recovery or datel transfer kit which i use). Those are the only two options i can think of. Ill ask around and see if i can find out more about this for you.