2008 Tokyo Game Show

We went to the annual Tokyo Game Show yesterday. We met up with Tokio and Marie and walked through the huge Makuhari Messa convention center looking at the newest and yet-to-be-released video games. Games on display are seen here sometimes a year before they hit the US market, so for gamers this is a really cool event. G4 TV was even there covering the event for American broadcast (check out their coverage).

We bought tickets ahead of time, but didn't realize we would still have to wait in line.

There was a big blowup Power Ranger guy outside the convention center. Tokio couldn't resist posing for the camera.

Once we got in, we were amazed by the sheer number of people. We knew it was a big deal, but it was practically wall to wall people.

Metal Gear Solid Online was one of the popular attractions, as was Little Big Planet. The little guy riding on top of planet Earth is nicknamed Sackboy. Erik wants to play both.

These are some of the real video game and anime fans. There were people like this all over the place. Some people like the lady in pink are actually working for individual game companies. The last picture is Marie posing with a few of the characters from Street Fighter.