Thread: Tokyo Game Show '09 24th-27th September - Hype Thread

Lots of expected games were no-shows. Ar Tonelico 3 was widely expected (known to be in development), as was Persona 5 (the existence of which has leaked so many times now it's not funny)

Quote: Originally Posted by abigsmurf Given that everything is usually shown on the first day and there haven't been any unveilings of note at all... This is a pretty sucky TGS It's a much smaller TGS, especially compared to last year's show, and everybody seems to be playing it safe. There were a couple of surprises at the show, but nothing major, really. Still, on the plus side, the Square-Enix booth had a lot of interesting...

Was it Inafune who stood up during the Dead Rising 2 presentation and said 'the Japanese games industry is dying'? Yes, yes it was . I think he might have a point.

lol, thanks for the heads up........ Will go on a wee hunt....... 112 EDIT Jus had a brief scower and saw the images on a scan of the latest Famitsu mag. NICE.......... They are really putting in a lot of production into the game. So exciting.......... apparently you can now control other peeps. Which will hopefully mean more than guiding Haruka around the streets avoiding gang members, like in the first game. Also nice to see our main guy...

Is there enough news to discuss for this to have it's own temp forum?

I went to the show yesterday. It was alright, but a lot smaller than I remember. Loads of booth babes though

I believe Famitsu scans of RGG4 are out there if you do a bit of searching. § Apparently, it looks just like RGG3 §

They've announced some of the other games getting the motion control treatment. Echochrome 2 (Working Title) Eccentric Slider (Working Title) Sing and Draw (Working Title) Champions of Time (Working Title) Motion Party (Working Title) The Shoot (Working Title) Tower (Working Title) PAIN Flower Hustle Kings High Velocity Bowling EyePet LittleBigPlanet Biohazard 5: Alternative Edition (Some sites are saying it's a PS3 exclusive, not...

when can we expect any nintendo news ?

I've just watched the LBP motion control demo on the LBP thread. It seems like the 2 part controller that we saw at E3 (which I thought was pretty interesting) as now been toned down to what is basically a laser pointer... is that right? Pretty weird to read that Flower will be getting motion control treatment too, I thought it already was motion controlled!