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TGS 2007: Day one overview

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Japan, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PC, Sony PSP, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Bleach, Exhibition/ Show, Ghost Squad, Golden Compass, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Pachinko, Seaman, Sega Nerds, Sega Rally Revo, TGS.

 

Well hello there fellow Sega Nerdians.  It is I Graham, and I have just finished for the day at Tokyo Game Show.

It was a worrying time for a while, as we were told at one point we wouldn’t be allowed Press Passes this year (another sucky thing about not being paid for this job!).  However, I managed to use my cunning, guile and my amazing charms to get myself tickets for all 4 days.  So after flashing my collection of thongs at the lady, and blinding her, I managed to nab a pass, and got into the show.

Right now, I’m incredibly tired and hungry - walking around for some 9 hours definitely wears a hole in your socks!  So because of this, I have decided to give you guys a very quick overview of my experiences today.  A quick guide to some of the games I played, and some brief impressions.

But do not worry, over the next couple of days, I shall definitely be bringing you the goods, with plenty of videos, pictures and honest opinions on the upcoming games from Sega, plus some big games from some other companies - and a few smaller ones.

What did I see/do today?

Well, I’ll run through the main games I saw.  First off I had - HAD - to rush to the NiGHTS booth.  Hell yeah.

I’m not going to lie, using the wiimote is actually quite tricky.  But using the analogue is perfect, the game looks really, feels good, but I couldn’t hear the music, too much noise around.  It plays a little different to the original, but I’ll go into more detail later.

I saw a magnificent (and actually quite long), video of Yakuza 3, which showed off tons of action, cutscenes etc…  The game looks very cool, very violent… and I still don’t know who the main character is.  You see a fight between Musashi Miyamoto and Kazuma (I think it was him), but then the main guy seems to say his name is Musashi Miyamoto.  I’m not sure though, they were speaking very fast, in a language I don’t understand.  But I’m excited.

Valkyrie of the Battlefield seems to have recieved a name change, the big posters and signs, and in-game titles all said ‘Gallian Chronicles.’  Oh it’s looking great by the way.

Not all great for Sony fans… don’t get angry now, but Seaman 2 looks abysmal.  I’m being serious when I say the game looks like it should be on the DS….

No, I really am being serious.

I also got to play on Sega Rally for the PSP and PS3, the guy said I was the first person he’d seen that day finish first in a race.  Virtua Fighter 5, it seems, is actually due for a Japanese release.  There was some confusion in one of the other articles, where someone said that VF5 would not get a Japan release at all.  But if it’s not, then it’s very strange showing off the game, with arcade stick, and having a load of Japanese training manuals around.  Also on the cards was a lovely bought of Ghost Squad - the wiimote feels great.  And just to please Ryan, I also got to play on the new Sega Cats game for the DS…

Well I did do a lot more today, saw some great things, but I shall cover them all, in full, a little later on.  So stay tuned Nerds.