This weekend, I attended Tokyo Game Show 2011! For anyone who doesn't know, this is a giant gaming convention in Tokyo, sorta like E3 in the states. You can play games that haven't come out yet, buy merchandise, see previews for new games, interviews with important people, etc.
My Saturday started at 5:45 AM. First, I went with Justin and Jess to Tsukuba Center via bus, which came around 6:20. The One Step Buses weren't running until 8, so we had to lift my wheelchair onto a normal bus. Once we reached Tsukuba Center, as usual, it was just riding on the Tx train to Akihabara. I took a video this time, which is on FB, so if you're curious what the inside of a train looks like or want to see the view from the window, feel free to watch it.
Anyway, from Akiba, we hopped onto the JR and eventually got to where TGS was in another 45 mins or so. I think it was like 9:30-10 am by the time we got there. If you didn't know, JR = Japan Railway, which is a system of metros around Japan. Tokyo is huge, so to get from one part to another, you have to get on various lines. I never know where I'm going so I just follow people.
And now for a story. Shortly after arriving at the site of TGS, Jess and her friend from her school that we met earlier vanished, which kinda sucked because she had the paper I needed for my 50% discount... Anyway, from there, Justin and I had to find where to buy the tickets. This turned into a crazy endeavor because 6 different people told us six different things. I also should point out that this is in Japan and NO ONE SPEAKS ENGLISH, which means I have to ask about everything in Japanese. It's funny, because Justin is a 5th generation Japanese from Hawaii who's too far removed to know any Japanese, but since he LOOKS Japanese, everyone always thinks that he's just a Japanese guy. Even when I'm clearly speaking to them, they will look him in the eye when talking, despite the fact that he doesn't understand.
I think it took us at LEAST an hour to buy our tickets. Finally, a guy ended up taking us to where the tickets were... or at least most of the way. He actually collected money from us to buy them himself and we didn't need to wait in the line, so that was cool. Almost made up for the other shit...
If you're asking why there are no pictures of games, it's because you're not allowed. I got yelled at (in broken English for once)
Anyway, at TGS, aside from just trying to look around (as you can see, there were a lot of people) I played Soul Calibur V and the new Dragon Ball game called Ultimate Blast. Had to wait in line for both, but they were fun. With DB, I played the computer, though (At least I won?). SC felt a lot like 4, but I was also lame and used an old character. Some minor things I noticed were the fact that you can throw crouching people now with down + throw and some weird glowy attack I didn't know how to do. I kicked the guy's ass during Round 1 because he was playing a new character, and in the second round I lost with 1 health left (FUCKKKKKK). He beat me the third one, so after that we had to give the next person in line a turn. DB plays a little like Raging Blast, except there are actually quite a few differences. You can only use melee or ki attacks from certain distances now. Also, supers (bigger ki blasts) can be countered in different ways like in the old Butouden games or Final Bout. Even for some of the lamer attacks, the effects look really cool now, though. Trunks' Finish Buster, for example, is always just a big mass of ki that he throws from above his head, but they made it like drag along the ground and tear shit up. Also, at the end of most combos, you either input triangle or square to do this rock paper scissors deal. If you win you can follow up the combo in various ways. It's actually a lot more fun and less stale than Raging Blast 2 was. There are also a bunch of key moments from the series that have been reanimated for the game. Looks like how Kai should have looked.
Also, in the same area, there was an interesting looking Saint Seiya beat up em game. The OP game by Gambarion was there as well, right next to the DB line, but I'll play that when it comes out next month. Looks way improved over the first, but probably not still as good as JUS.
There was a P4 Ultimate stand, but I didn't see the game (or even any video) which depressed me greatly. The Bandai Namco area was showing this Tales game that was like a crossover beat em up deal. I wanna say it was called Tales of Twin Blade. (forgive me, I haven't had time to check twitter or read any game news in over a month). Anyway, it looked so good. So does Xillia.
Aside from games, I also bought a ton of merchandise, including a CD for the first time in my adult life. 2100 yen for a CD full of really, really good Rockman remixes. Anyone who knows me knows that I've always really loved Megaman music. I think it's really cool having an actual CD for once. Plus, it makes a good souvenir. The cover art is great and the music is even better (anyone from AIM will remember the Blues icon I had for awhile; that was from this album). I didn't even look at the track list before I bought it, so I was surprised to find some X series music (and even that song from DASH/Legends that was used in Tatsunoko vs Capcom!) ACOUSTIC VERSION OF THE ROCKMAN 3 ENDING. FUCK. If you're curious, you can look up a track list for We Are Rock-men! (CPCA-10248). I just realized that I don't think this album actually comes out for another 3 days, so now I feel even more awesome. Holy shit.
Most of the other stuff I bought is like nerdy Tales phone straps and stuff, but you can see that on Google Plus.
That's pretty much it for TGS, but not it for my night. I have more to write about, but for now I need food or something. More soon.
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