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Second Hand Smoke With Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki

By Michael McWhertor

Team Ninja is known for their flash. Whether it's producer Tomonobu Itagaki's rockstar look, Ryu Hayabusa's penchant for decapitating everything in sight, or the cup sizes of every Dead or Alive female fighter, understated is usually not an adjective that appears in sentences describing Team Ninja. But the developer's offices are so bland, so utilitarian, so... office-y we wondered if we had been led into the wrong building. Soon, however, Itagaki emerged, a hint of tobacco and hard liquor on his breath.

We were lucky enough to have a private interview with the head of Team Ninja about their upcoming venture, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, so we (as quickly as we could) got down to business.

The interview took place in what looked like the team's demo room. Nothing more than a couple couches, a big screen TV, an Xbox 360 and a pair of statues—Master Chief from Halo and Kasumi from Dead of Alive—adorned the room. Outside of a trio of low-key posters for DOA and Ninja Gaiden, you'd have a hard time placing the developer. But the katana on the display stands might have helped.

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1:00 PM on Tue Oct 2 2007
By Michael McWhertor
6,876 views, 40 comments

Latest by Tobru: Even if I'd see Tomonobu Itagaki drunk, high or freshly out from a drug and alcohol rehab center I'd still love him. He is my childhood here and we should never talk bad about our heroes. Thumb up! more »

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TGS Schwag Winner

Yup, we've got a winner for our TGS schwag contest. Loot includes: A fistful of TGS fans — including a Flynn used Metal Gear Solid 4 fan. What's more, we're throwing in a Japanese Halo 3 t-shirt, an Adventure Island shirt signed by Takahashi Meijin and a program on which he scribbled a pyramid describing the current market. There's a bunch of VERY RANDOM things as well. The winner is Finalist 2, who was responsible for this:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/sonys-booth-babe-human-wave-302207.php
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6:00 AM on Tue Oct 2 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,715 views, 13 comments

Latest by Kilian: Haha, that was fun! Congrats, Ach77! :D more »

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Pick The Best Kotakuite Writer

DSCF9385thurs-12.JPG Voting time! We've got five (count 'em) finalists for our TGS schwag contest in which readers wrote about their favorite TGS post. What are we giving away? A fistful of TGS fans — including a Flynn used Metal Gear Solid 4 fan. What's more, we're throwing in a Japanese Halo 3 t-shirt, an Adventure Island shirt signed by Takahashi Meijin and a program on which he scribbled a pyramid describing the current market. There's a bunch of VERY RANDOM things as well. Remember, we're not looking for flattery, but rather, sharp writing and/or insight. Hit the jump for the finalists! More »

6:00 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,643 views, 41 comments

Latest by AaronMD: 2 more »

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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Hands-On Again

From the get go, I've had my doubts about Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. This past weekend's Tokyo Game Show represented my third chance at going hands-on with the survival horror spin-off, with my impression of the game changing very little. Now, with the exception of Wario Ware Smooth Moves and Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure, I'm not a motion control convert. And the Wii Zapper? I'd rather just not discuss it. At TGS, I finally got to experience the game with the third control scheme, using the nunchuk and Wii-mote sans Zapper. More »

6:20 PM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Michael McWhertor
11,330 views, 45 comments

Latest by Boboli44: This game looks so awesome. more »

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Tokyo Game Show Booth Run

Apparently these photos were so prohibited they ate my hard drive, hence the delay in getting them up. For a public show, they were pretty anal about snapping shots of the booths. Even Jaleco gave us huff. But we pretended we didn't understand Japanese (or English) and kept shooting anyway. So here's Kotaku's TGS Booth Tour. It's just like being there, minus the misery of crushing crowds and moist, foul air. More »

1:00 PM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,550 views, 8 comments

Latest by Witzbold: @Atheist Jew: Yeah I never understood the whole no photos thing either in the game shows. Its like they dont want coverage or something, and hell I mean just what are normal people going to do with photos / videos asides more »

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The Japanese Cosplay Better Than You

I might never be able to go to a U.S. anime convention again. The cosplayers in Japan are making fools of you people here. It's embarrassing. Check out this Sephiroth, taken from GayGamer.net's TGS cosplay gallery. Look at how that outfit sits on this girl. Hell, even the wig looks halfway decent, which is extremely hard to do with silver hair. Are her eyebrows powdered silver as well? Damn. You just don't get that level of dedication around these parts. Most American cosplay makes me giggle. Japanese cosplay makes me begin to understand this whole Cloud and Sephiroth kissing thing the girls seem to like so much.

TGS 07: Cosplay Gallery [GayGamer.net]

10:00 AM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Mike Fahey
24,236 views, 88 comments

Latest by megacitytours: I'll admit it, I'm an ugly cosplayer. Yea its good to a well made costume and/or a well done skit. But its all for the fun of it. But I really couldn't care less of what someone thinks of my more »

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You Too Can Wear a Kojima Pro Shirt

The Tokyo Game Show is over, but the t-shirt offers live on! That, that is a Konami Metal Gear Solid 4 TGS booth shirt worn by the Kojima Productions staffers. Not bad, eh? It says "Nice style" in Japanese on the back and has the MGS 20th Anniversary logo on the front. The shirt is available on the Konami site from October 5th to November 16th for ¥3,465 (US $30). I agree. Nice style, indeed!
MGS4 [KonamiStyle via Famitsu]

4:00 AM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,597 views, 11 comments

Latest by murderface: Meh i will pass but i would kill for a Zombie vs. Snake T-shirt!!!!!!!!! more »

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TGS Schwag Writing Contest Reminder

Just a friendly reminder than tomorrow is the last day to enter our TGS schwag contest. We've got a bag full of TGS stuff to give away. To you, perhaps! (Or you or you or you.) What are we giving away? A fistful of TGS fans — including a Flynn used Metal Gear Solid 4 fan. What's more, we're throwing in a Japanese Halo 3 t-shirt, an Adventure Island shirt signed by Takahashi Meijin and a program on which he scribbled a pyramid describing the current market. There's a bunch of VERY RANDOM things as well. How do you win this? Send us an email at kotakucontestATgmail.com, pick a TGS post you like (include the URL) and write a paragraph on why it stood out. Look at what reader Nick B. wrote about Itagaki Unmasked:

Ah Itagaki unmasked you say? I would sooner expect to see clear photographic evidence of the Tibetan Mountain Yeti's child fathered by the elusive Chupacabra (she doesn't care what you think, she loves him anyway). What do the linked images reveal? Nothing but a deliciously heightened mystery. From the appearance of that photo I can not even confirm that Itagaki has actual eye-spheres residing in his skull-sockets. Maybe the sockets just burn with a black fire much like Ninja Gaiden's Doku. Or perhaps you can't see his eyes because under his sunglasses he is actually just wearing another pair of sunglasses. I think the worst possible scenario is that is actually quiet a perfect image of him without his glasses, he just is that blurry. And that is super scary. The grin on the man in the second photo (Itagaki and sunglasses reunited) is suspiciously "shit eating" as well, such to suggest his collaboration in confounding the photo.

Now, we aren't looking for flattery, but rather, sharp writing. Insight, even. Deadlines for entries is this Friday, AKA tomorrow. Sharpen those pencils!

10:00 PM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
588 views, 9 comments

Latest by creid: Can we just sneak that Mr. Driller fan out to me before awarding the rest to a deserving winner? more »

nerd in paradise

Flynn's Akihabara Adventure: Part Two

While the rest of my Kotaku brethren have returned to the respective homes, I am still here in Tokyo eking out the last bit of fun I can from this amazing city. You may remember last week I trolled the streets of Akihabara, ignoring all the "No Photos" signs and snapping pictures right and left at Super Potato. Well this installment of the adventure takes us to AsoBit City. Five floors of games, toys, action figures, costumes and gashapon machines. While this isn't quite the massive size of the Super Potato gallery, there's still some great game related toys and things to tickle your fancy. Keep an eye out for my Wolverine like head rising above some of the displays as I try to take a photo into a mirror without blinding myself. (Sometimes Flickr doesn't play nice with our galleries so I apologize for any sideways photos) More »

8:40 PM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By fdemarco
2,781 views, 13 comments

Latest by Witzbold: Oh yeah flynn you forgot to put a NSFW tag, just incase since 1 of the figures si nekked! more »

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Justify Your Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword


After a long Kotaku interview session, Team Ninja's commander and chief Tomonobu Itagaki justified his upcoming Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for DS. And somewhere along the line, if you study the video very closely, we make complete assholes of ourselves. It's a first, we know.

9:00 AM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By Mark Wilson
10,744 views, 40 comments

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Unreal Tournament 3 Impressions

After doing our Justify Your Engine with Epic's Mark Rein, we got some hands-on time with Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3. While we didn't have time to test the new features or enhanced vehicles, we did get to play a few rounds of traditional deathmatch. And yes, it was still great. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Mark Wilson
38,170 views, 103 comments

Latest by dogenzaka: @incredibilistic: PS3 has mouse + keyboard support. It's also getting the game earlier than the 360. WHAT WAS THAT? A PS3 ADVANTAGE? OH LAWD. more »

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The Hidden Gems of TGS

We wrote tons of stories at this year's Tokyo Game Show, many of which ran at like 3 a.m. So I thought it might help to do a little link dump of our personal favorites. Feel free to comment on them here or on the original story.

TGS Kids Corner Totally Suitable for Kids
TGS Attendance Drops Like a Rock
Zak—Wiki Producer Talks Puzzles, Name Changes and Family Fun
My Booth Bot, My Cheerleader
The Justify Files
Resident Evil 5 Is Totally Maybe Set in Haiti We Think
Callous Booth Babe Moment: What They Really Think of You
Hudson Going After the Casual Gamers
Broomstick Controller Gets Tested
Have TGS Attendees Purchased the New PSP?
Inafune Really Wants Dead Rising 2
Eye of Judgment Online Impressions
Itagaki Unmasked
Patapon Impressions
Soul Calibur Director Katsutoshi Sasaki on Weapons, Characters and Storyline
Sony's Booth Babe Human Wave
TGS Boozecast Episode 1: Don't Call it a Podcast
Tender Booth Babe Moment: Exhaustion
Tender Booth Babe Moment: Ambassadors
Halo 3 Sitdown and New Peter Jackson Details
More PS3 Titles Coming from Everyday Shooter Creator
Locoroco Cocoreccho Hands On Impressions Beta
No Major, All Crecente
Rein Talks About his Suite (Not the Brown One)
Kotaku's TGS Party: The Pictures, The Blackmail
Every Extended Extra Extreme Impressions
Miz on Rez 2, Wii Space Channel and Al Gore
Rez HD Impressions
First Ever Hands on Impressions of Rez HD

8:00 AM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Brian Crecente
2,108 views, 7 comments

Latest by ArgentAngel: @Alalu: I don't know why they couldn't have just kept it Soul Edge (Okay okay, Soul Calibur sounds a lot cooler, but 'edge' is harder to misspell.) more »

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Win Our TGS Schwag by Writing Power

And the contests just don't stop! We've got a bag full of TGS stuff to give away. To you, perhaps! (Or you or you or you.) What are we giving away? A fistful of TGS fans — including a Flynn used Metal Gear Solid 4 fan. What's more, we're throwing in a Japanese Halo 3 t-shirt, an Adventure Island shirt signed by Takahashi Meijin and a program on which he scribbled a pyramid describing the current market. There's a bunch of VERY RANDOM things as well. How do you win this? Send us an email at kotakucontestATgmail.com, pick a TGS post you like (include the URL) and write a paragraph on why it stood out. Now, we aren't looking for flattery, but rather, sharp writing. Insight, even. Deadlines for entries is this Friday. Get to it!

6:40 AM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,219 views, 25 comments

Latest by crecente: @shiwasu: Yes, it includes the stylus. more »

no loud noises

Bashcraft's Kotaku Party Hang Over Ramblings

See that picture? That's what I look like when I'm hung over and don't bathe. And I think I'm still in my pyjamamas. During that blur that was TGS, Dan Orlowitz from PTD Magazine interviewed me — it was the day after our Kotaku party. It's a three parter about all sorts of stuff, somewhat verbose, smells of smokey arcades and bad coffee but just might be interesting if you happened to miss the 1am cab ride from Shimokitazawa. Now that was a conversation.
Part 1 of the Interview [PTD Magazine]

11:00 PM on Tue Sep 25 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,071 views, 48 comments

Latest by cherrybomb: right on ashcraft. I too, standby you with teh hair choice O_O !!! just a couple of more months, couple of more months.... more »

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Attack of the Clones (And Ash)


It must be some tradition, but this group of Star Wars fans lines up and walks around the TGS grounds constantly. We think maybe that's all they do. Can you imagine that planning phone call?

"Hey Fred, you coming with us to march around TGS tomorrow in our Stormtrooper suits?"
"The fact that you even had to ask me questions your commitment to this project. I'll be there, but I hope that you won't."
"Today is the worst day of my life."

Also, while at TGS, we got hands on with a phone game, a phone game that had a peculiar way of saying "split." What was that peculiar way?

11:00 AM on Tue Sep 25 2007
By Mark Wilson
12,702 views, 56 comments

TGS' Biggest Fans
OK, maybe not the Tokyo Game Show's biggest fans, but certainly the most useful.

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TGS Attendance Numbers Padded Nicely By Press

With the hearts and minds of Japanese gamers won over by Nintendo and its casual-skewing software, this years Tokyo Game Show saw those in the nation issuing a collective "meh." The press? They had to show up, helping to pad this year's attendance figures by an extra 30,000 for a combined total of 193,040 over four days. By comparison, last year's three day show pulled in an impressive 192,411 over just three days. More »

3:00 AM on Tue Sep 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,873 views, 25 comments

clips

Goodbye, TGS


We'll still be finishing up our impressions of Tokyo Game Show throughout the rest of the week, but with most of our staff back home nursing their hangovers, we thought it a fit opportunity to say goodbye with heavy amounts of TGS fandom and over modulated bass.

10:00 PM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,833 views, 34 comments