I may not have been one of the lucky individuals who attended this year’s TGS, but thanks to the echo chamber that is the internet, I got all the info I wanted.  This year’s event was filled with hands-on previews, free merchandise, and some surprises as well.

Bandai-Namco’s booth featured a playable demo for their upcoming Wii title, Fragile.  One lucky individual at Dengeki managed to play it despite high demand, and low supply.  The reviewer discussed the controls of the game a bit.  The Wiimote acts as Seto’s flashlight, and the joystick on the nunchuck is used to move him.

The reviewer wanted to take his time and explore every bit of the ruins in the playable demo.  Sadly, a bathroom break made that impossible.  He described the game’s dark atmosphere as both intriguing and frightening.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Marvelous Entertainment had set up a booth to show off their newest Wii title in the works, Oboromuramasa.  The Wii is looking pretty damn good these days… I really need to pick one of them up…

It was possible for visitors of the booth to play a hands-on demo of Oboromuramasa, and some received the omamori cell phone cleaner pictured above.  Obviously this is for the purpose of making me extremely jealous and eager to get the hell out of this country which is slowly sinking into oblivion.  I am bad at staying on topic today…

A while back Chunsoft and Sega announced that a sequel to Furai No Shiren DS is on the way, entitled Furai No Shiren DS 2: The Desert’s Magic Castle.  Naturally I was excited since I receive some strange pleasure from rogue-like games.  Well, at TGS, it was announced that the infamous enka singer Jero, will be singing the theme song for the game.

The theme song’s name translates to “trial”, or “test”. After the announcement, Jero performed the song live for all in attendance.  What a combination; enka, a musical style adored by elderly Japanese women, and rogue-like games, adored by the most hardcore video game nerds alive.  I foresee great things…

The game which is my most recent obsession, 7th Dragon also had a good sized booth which attracted its share of spectators.

Visitors to the booth could play a hands-on demo, and received these stickers which feature chibi-fied versions of the various jobclasses in the game.

The event will continue for two more days, allowing individuals not affiliated with the press or major video game companies inside.  Take that E3.  Jerks.

Related Entries:
7th Dragon: That’s a Lot of Dragons
Oboromuramasa At Tokyo Game Show 2008
All Korowari articles concerning Fragile can be found here

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