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  The Line into the Tokyo Game Show is Hours Long

  The Tokyo Game Show has lines—long lines for almost every game. But what about the line to enter the show, just how long is that line? Before the show began Saturday morning, it wrapped around the entire convention center and was six to seven people wide. Walking the entire length of the line took me…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012
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  Earth Defense Force 4 Is Big Fun with Big Enemies and Big Guns

  I’ve always liked Earth Defense Force—or rather, the idea of Earth Defense Force. I love running around Japanese cities, shooting giant insects. But, who doesn’t? The idea of Earth Defense Force has always been better than the actual games, which have suffered from bad physics, wank controls, and small maps. Good news as Earth Defense…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012
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  It’s Like Inception, But with Cosplay Photos

  One of the highlights every year for Tokyo Game Show is the cosplay and cosplay events, and this year is no different. During the day, before the evening events, cosplayers pose and show off their costumes for the public to see and take photos of, and Kotaku photographers were on the scene for some snapshots.…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published September 22, 2012
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  Tales of Xillia 2 Plays Exactly Like the First Game (And That Isn’t a Bad Thing)

  Today at the Tokyo Game Show, Kotaku spent some time with the newest game in the Tales series, Tales of Xillia 2. It looks, plays, and feels like the first Tales of Xillia—and this is in no way a bad thing. The demo begins by letting you choose to party with one of two different…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012
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  The Best of Kotaku, This Week

  Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Luke just keeps finding all the best cosplayers. This week, he stumbled on a fantastic Assassin’s Creed duo that was just too good to not feature for the Best of Kotaku Moving on to our Best Of content this…

  By Tina Amini Published September 22, 2012
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  Project X Zone Puts the “Cross” Back in Crossover

  Project X Zone is the mega-crossover game from Capcom, Namco-Bandai, and Sega starring a staggering list of characters—ranging from Street Fighter to Devil May Cry, Tekken to Tales of Vesperia, and Space Channel 5 to Valkyria Chronicles 3 (among many others). And today at the Tokyo Game Show, we at Kotaku got to spend some…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012
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  Come for the Games, Stay for the Macross Concert

  Today Namco-Bandai held a Macross 30th Anniversary event at their booth in the Tokyo Game Show. During the event they talked about upcoming Macross projects like Macross the Musiculture (a Macross-themed stage musical debuting this fall in Japan) and showed the first non-teaser trailer for the new Macross movie, Macross FB7. There were even several…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012
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  Men. In Fancy Consoles and Fancy Costumes.

  Today, the cosplayers came out in full force at the Tokyo Game Show. There weren’t just female cosplayers. There were dudes, too. Here are the some of the male cosplayers of this year’s Tokyo Game Show, fancy outfits and all.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012
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  Remember Me Shows Off Its Combat

  Here’s a walkthrough for Capcom’s upcoming title, Remember Me. The clip shows off the game’s “combo lab”. Developed by Dontnod, Remember Me will be out next year on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012
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  Expect The Wii U Version of Dragon Quest X Next Spring… Maybe… Hopefully

  At Tokyo Game Show 2012, Square Enix held an event with special guests, Yuuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest series, and producer Yousuke Saitou to showcase the Wii U version of Dragon Quest X During the stage event, Horii was asked what the release date for the Wii U version of the game…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published September 22, 2012
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  Giant Robots and Giant Insects Look Even Cooler in LEGO

  In Earth Defense Force, you save the globe by blowing up huge bugs and big robots, which lay waste to Japanese urban environments. At the game’s Tokyo Game Show booth, LEGO master builder Yoshikazu Saitou has recreated Earth Defense Force in brick form. Don’t expect an EDF set to hit your local LEGO shop anytime…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012
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  From Mass Effect to Metal Gear, This is a Symphony in Plastic

  Square Enix doesn’t just make video games. It also makes figures. And it doesn’t only make Final Fantasy figures, it makes figures from numerous other games. Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line features a whole slew of characters from games like Street Fighter, Tekken, Medal of Honor, Metal Gear, Halo, and Dead Space as well…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012
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  I Kissed A Girl With My Brain… The Results Weren’t So Good

  Find out if you really like each other by testing your brain waves. That’s what the Brain Kiss app tests to see. By wearing a brain wave scanner and looking into each other’s eyes for 15 seconds, you can get the results of how you really feel about the person you’re looking at in 5…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published September 22, 2012
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  The First Guy in Line Didn’t Come to Play Games

  Meet Keita Wada. The 24 year-old was the first person in line for the first public day of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. You’d think he would be the hardest of the hardcore gaming fans. He’s not. In fact he’s not planning on playing a single game at the Tokyo Game Show this year. Instead…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published September 22, 2012
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  Different Takes on Final Fantasy

  At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix is showcasing how various illustrators and manga artists envision Final Fantasy. The result is a different spin on the Final Fantasy games and characters you know and love. Many of the illustrators (such as Higasa Akai, Aguri Igarashi, and Shiro Amano) have either done art for Square…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012
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  Guy Does Every Drug Ever, Then Draws Himself While High

  Filed right under “Things I’d never do but kind of wish I would” is this art stunt/project by Washington D.C. based artist Bryan Lewis Saunders. A little while back, Saunders took a ton of different drugs and drew a portrait of himself while under the influence of each one. Sure, coke and pot are here,…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 21, 2012
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  Tire Maker Erases All Evidence of Kevin Butler Playing a Wii [Update]

  A couple weeks back, a tipster reminded me that Jerry Lambert, the actor who has portrayed “Vice President of Everything” Kevin Butler in the PlayStation ads for the past three years, once appeared in an ad for Bridgestone tires playing a Wii. It was quirky, but a little outdated. Interestingly, that video has since been…

  By Owen Good Published September 21, 2012
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  Over 70% of the Games at the Tokyo Game Show Are For Phones And Tablets

  There has been a lot of news coming from the Tokyo Game Show this year. We’ve heard about Metal Gear and Phoenix Wright and a host of other games for and from Sony and Nintendo, as we have come to expect. And yet the console and handheld games that so many of us are fans…

  By Kate Cox Published September 21, 2012
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  What Do You Know, Games Really Do Look Better On The iPhone 5

  It sure seemed to make sense that the iPhone 5 would be better for games, given that it has a larger screen. But all the same, I didn’t really care—I was more interested in playing with my friends than I was in upgraded tech. Imagine my surprise, then, when I booted up my new phone…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 21, 2012
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  The Latest in Evil DLC

  Holy shit! It’s the return of Evil, Evil DLC! We’ve been on hiatus through all of the summer, but now we’re back to scold all of the pre-release preoder bonuses and day-one DLC drops for the big fall season. Far Cry 3-Monkey Business Pack Available: Why the fuck hasn’t Far Cry 3 come out yet?…

  By Owen Good Published September 21, 2012