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News from the Tokyo Game Show -- before the show even begins

The Tokyo Game Show will kick off on Thursday, giving major videogame companies a top venue to announce and show off upcoming products. Following the collapse of the glitzy E3, Tokyo Game Show (TGS) will likely be the biggest games tradeshow of the year.
 
Although the show is a day away, there is already a vast amount of TGS-related news thanks to early press conferences and releases.
 
The week before the show, Microsoft held its own pre-TGS press conference to announce several of its big projects in Japan. Of particular note was the announcement of Ninja Gaiden 2, exclusively for the Xbox 360. Microsoft was also proud to announce its exclusive (for now) Square-Enix property, Infinite Undiscovery.
 
Konami scheduled its press conference on Wednesday afternoon, jumping the show by less than a full day. The conference, liveblogged by Kotaku, didn’t drop any major bombshells, but did reveal a few new titles on Nintendo systems targeted to non-gamers. Of major interest is Metal Gear Solid, which comprises of no less than five different titles at the show this year.
 
Metal Gear Solid 4, which is still a PlayStation 3 exclusive, will be playable to the public for the first time on 50 demo kiosks. Those who aren’t at the show will still be able to view the brand new trailer, likely available both on the web and on the PlayStation Network.
 
Metal Gear Online will bring the series into the multiplayer realm with squad-based combat. A “starter pack” of MGO will ship with MGS4, but not much else is known about the gameplay. Much will be revealed when the game hits the show floor in the form of a six-on-six playable demo.
 
The PSP will play host to a pair of Metal Gear games, with MGS Portable Ops Plus being one and MGS Digital Graphic Novel 2 being the other. For Japanese gamers only, it seems, the fifth game, is exclusive to mobile phones and will come preinstalled on a Sony Ericsson mobile.

The Tokyo Game Show opens in less than 10 hours from now. There's more news and coverage from the event show floor to come!

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Ninja Giaden 2
By therealnickdanger on 9/19/2007 11:57:20 AM , Rating: 3
IMO, Ninja Gaiden was not only the best game on Xbox, it was the best game of the last generation. It was so completely excellent! My only complaint about the game revolved around the lack of "gibs". Well, after watching the early demo gameplay, I am satisfied. I can't wait to get my hands on NG2!




RE: Ninja Giaden 2
By h0kiez on 9/19/2007 2:28:22 PM , Rating: 3
Couldn't agree more. It took me a while to get into it, but its depth and sheer fun-factor was amazing. The core fighting/gameplay was so much fun that acutally I constantly found myself taking forever to get through things because I would constantly stop and fight things that I had no need to fight just because it was fun. I played through the original and then actually bought NG Black as well, despite the fact that there were only a few additions. Between the 2 games and various difficulty modes, I must have played through that game a dozen times and still can't even remotely hang at the highest difficulties. Hard on NG Black is insane, but I did eventually manage to get through it. I can't get through the first couple of levels on Very Hard and don't even want to think about "master" difficulty. I can't wait for the sequel.


RE: Ninja Giaden 2
By Parhelion69 on 9/19/2007 2:57:58 PM , Rating: 2
I consider Ninja Gaiden to be the best action game EVER, surpassing even God of War (easily).

I'm an old school gamer, and I loved the first 3 Ninja Gaiden on the NES, so I wasn't expecting much, but I was nicely surprised by an excellent game.

Ninja Gaiden 2 should be the only game that can dethrone it and become the new king. :)


RE: Ninja Giaden 2
By ryedizzel on 9/19/2007 8:44:04 PM , Rating: 2
that game was too damn hard, i couldnt pass the first boss.


E3?
By Frank M on 9/19/2007 2:03:01 PM , Rating: 2
The E3 collapsed? When? How?




RE: E3?
By GaryJohnson on 9/19/2007 2:49:41 PM , Rating: 2
I believe that is in reference to this:

E3 Game Convention to Undergo Major Changes - Aug 1, 2006
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3567


RE: E3?
By rdeegvainl on 9/20/2007 3:29:28 AM , Rating: 2
Oh yeah, it's suicide, i think PAX has taken over for that now, as it's really picking up these last couple years.


any news on gran turismo for PSP?
By Gul Westfale on 9/19/2007 11:53:14 AM , Rating: 2
they announced that years ago... and i'm still waiting for it.




By killerroach on 9/19/2007 1:10:11 PM , Rating: 2
Well, since it's not a Konami title, you'll probably have to wait until sometime during TGS to learn more...

That being said, I'm interested to hear about it as well.


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