Aren't there hacks or something around it? I mean, there should be an option other than trying to buy it and having pirating as your only option of playing it, right?
But then again, this is Konami...
Region locking is pure feces on any front. It's an archaic idea on a world more globalized than ever before.
There probably is, but I don't want to risk my Steam account getting banned. Though TBH my google fu failed to find a reliable solution.