Sayonara Tokyo: The TGS aftermath
Though this year's Tokyo Game Show wasn't quite filled with earth-shaking revelations, it did allow us to gain further insight into anticipated titles such as Metal Gear Solid 4, echochrome, Ninja Gaiden 2, Nights: Journey of Dreams and, err... Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. But that's not all! This weekend will see our last batch of impressions materialize, along with a sordid account of Joystiq's run-in with the official Square Enix store. Following that, we'll share some interviews involving Gran Turismo 5, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, Loco Roco and Assassin's Creed.
As they say in Japan, "Please look forward to it!"
Official Tokyo Game Show stats:
Number of worthless pamphlets accepted because we didn't want to be rude: 43
Number of podcasts recorded: 2
Time taken to reach show floor from hotel: 90 minutes
Time taken to reach show floor from hotel when Chris wasn't around: 3 hours
Number of times the word "Ninjician" was used in a sentence: 29
Tasty / terrible drink ratio from random vending machine purchases: 70 / 30
Times Sega PR explained that Nights 2 wasn't a sequel, but merely a new game set in the same universe with the same characters: 1
Number of show attendees on public days: 87 gazillion apparently
Time taken to reach front of Metal Gear Solid 4 line: Worth it
Number of innocent bystanders killed in Sega's Ghost Squad: 4
Number of innocent bystanders intentionally killed in Sega's Ghost Squad: 3
Total percentage of text understood in Konami's Time Hollow: 0%
Number of times Japanese people apologized for our mistakes: Incalculable
Number of obnoxious booth workers communicating via megaphone: 31
Total number of Cloud cosplayers roaming the floor: Tended to infinity
While Andrew and Ludwig pretentiously stand in line at Sega's Joypolis arcade, Chris cringes as his hand unexpectedly phases out of existence.
Bomberman is adorable! The man inside wishes he was dead, though.
A beautiful view of Shinjuku taken from our private helicopter.
Jem and Ludwig discover the joys of Guitar Freaks. Or the lack of them, rather.
Andrew tries desperately to walk a stubborn electronic dog.
Cooking Mama -- the arcade game?
This isn't really related to anything, is it?
Only later did we find our photographer dead, pecked to a bloody pulp.
Yes, there's a Lavender one.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Sep 28th 2007 6:40PM
Fairly boring show this year, I thought.
Kattleox @ Sep 28th 2007 7:42PM
Ditto to MrNimblewick.
The last two pictures would make excellent wallpapers, however!
AgentESPIO7 @ Sep 28th 2007 7:50PM
I wish I had my own evil pecking Chocobo...
Mr Khan @ Sep 28th 2007 7:51PM
I'd say it was fairly boring for BIG announcements, seeing more of what we already knew (oddly reminiscent of E307 in that respect)
it was an excellent insight into the goodness coming from the fringes of the Japanese development community, however, little games like King's Story, Echochrome, the list was too many to count
oh, and i bet the guy in the Bomberman costume is gettin' lots of teh chicks, and you lot are just jealous ;)
Korova @ Sep 28th 2007 8:25PM
Wow, I've never seen pictures of the guys. Pretty cool. Podcasts were good, but yeah the show just seemed a little meh. Ninja Gaiden 2 is memorable.
Tamyu @ Sep 29th 2007 1:20AM
The lavender PSP isn`t released anywhere else? Wow. I feel special for having one now. Along with it`s official lavender case.
Glad you guys had a good time. Should have dragged myself over there to interpret for you. :D
jccalhoun @ Sep 29th 2007 4:27PM
I find it really hard to believe that it was worth it to stand in that line to play Metal Gear. When I saw it the line was longer than most lines I've seen at amusement parks. And were there really that many Cloud cosplayers or was it just the same girl walking around a lot? I kept seeing Cloud but I just thought it was the same person.
For me attending was a great once in a lifetime experience but it was something I think I feel like I had to do exactly once. Of course I just woke up from sleeping 16 hours and I am totally jetlagged so I may have a different opinion of it later on. (if anyone cares about my TGS experience you can google my name and find my blog)