TGS 2009: The Recap Post

Last week, the Tokyo Game Show brought in over 100 posts worth of news, previews, interviews, galleries, and videos. Clearly, a lot happened. If you're looking for a comprehensive list of all the goings-on during TGS 2009, Joystiq has you covered -- and organized!

Click on a platform below to scan the highlights:

(On the far right: that's "News" and "Culture" on the top and bottom, respectively)

Nintendo Wii

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers

• Hands-on: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers

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Little King Story

• Interview: Little King Story's Yoshiro Kimura

No More Heroes 2

• Shinobu decapitates, Travis works in No More Heroes 2 videos

Red Steel 2

• Red Steel 2's TGS trailer introduces your buddy Payne

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Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

• Hands-on: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

• Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles heads to South America

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Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll

• Feet-on: Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll

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Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

• Hands-on: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom vs. that guy from Dead Rising

• Frank West is rising to the occasion in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

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Wii Hula

• Game of the Show (not really)

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Nintendo DS

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

• Hands-on: Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

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Coropata

• Hands-on: Coropata

Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden

• Hands-on: Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden

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Ghost Trick

• Hands-on: Ghost Trick

• Capcom bringing Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes and Ghost Trick to NA, Europe

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Ni No Kuni: The Another World

• Hands-on: Ni no Kuni

Okamiden

• Hands-on: Okamiden

Sands of Destruction

• Hands-on: Sands of Destruction

• Interview: imageepoch and Sega on Sands of Destruction

Tsumuji

• Hands-on: Tsumuji

• EA Japan announces Tsumuji for DS

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PlayStation 3

Army of Two: The 40th Day

• Hands-on: Army of Two: The 40th Day

• New AoT: 40th Day screens drop shield, charge head first

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Assassin's Creed 2

• Hands-on: Assassin's Creed 2

• Find out what Ezio's deal is in this Assassin's Creed II trailer

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Bayonetta

• Hands-on: Bayonetta (PS3)

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Dante's Inferno

• Hands-on: Dante's Inferno in the Land of the Lust

• Overheard@TGS: A high five from the real Dante

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Dead Rising 2

• Hands-on: Dead Rising 2's 'Terror is Reality'

• Videos: Dead Rising 2's buffet of death

• Dead Rising 2 in one awesome screen

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Dynasty Warriors Online

• Koei announces Dynasty Warriors Online for PS3

Echoshift

• Hands-on: Echoshift

Final Fantasy XIII

• Hands-on: Final Fantasy XIII

• New Final Fantasy XIII trailer is heavy on story, light on English

• Final Fantasy XIII TGS trailer -- this time dubbed in English

• TGS 2009: Sony Japan unveils 250GB Final Fantasy XIII bundle

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Final Fantasy Versus XIII

• Impressions: Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Final Fantasy XIV

• TGS 2009: Final Fantasy XIV trailer is chock-full of friendship

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Gran Turismo 5

• Interview: Gran Turismo 5's Kazunori Yamauchi

• Gran Turismo 5 coming to Japan in March 2010

• Gran Turismo 5 international release likely early 2010

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The Last Guardian

• Fumito Ueda on the reality of The Last Guardian's fantasy (oh, and new trailer)

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LittleBigPlanet

• Motion-controlled LittleBigPlanet demo is grief-filled
  

Lost Planet 2

• TGS 2009: Watch four minutes of Lost Planet 2

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Resident Evil 5: Director's Cut

• Sony adding motion to existing titles, new RE5 with motion coming Spring 2010

• Motion-controlled Resident Evil 5 caught on video

Resonance of Fate

• Hands-on: Resonance of Fate

• Resonance of Fate sends us to bullet hell in TGS trailer

• Resonance of Fate trailer, now with 100% fewer bullets

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Sony PSP

Dante's Inferno

• Hands-on: Dante's Inferno (PSP)

• Overheard@TGS: A high five from the real Dante

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Echoshift

• Hands-on: Echoshift
  

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

• Hands-on: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (co-op)

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's epic 10-minute trailer

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo available now

• Take a break from the MGS Peace Walker demo for these screens

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Minna no Sukkiri

• Hands-on: Minna no Sukkiri

PSP Go / Applications

• Stop and look at PSP Go's ridiculous Converter 'Cable'

• PSP Comics service gets support of all major Japanese publishers

PlayStation Room

• Make room for 'PlayStation Room'

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

• Hands-on: Silent Hill Shattered Memories (PSP)

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Valkyria Chronicles 2

• Hands-on: Valkyria Chronicles 2

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Xbox 360

0 Day Attack on Earth (XBLA)

• Hands-on: 0 Day Attack on Earth (XBLA)

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Army of Two: The 40th Day

• Hands-on: Army of Two: The 40th Day

• New AoT: 40th Day screens drop shield, charge head first

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Assassin's Creed 2

• Hands-on: Assassin's Creed 2

• Find out what Ezio's deal is in this Assassin's Creed II trailer

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Crackdown 2

• Preview: Crackdown 2

• Watch a Crackdown 2 deathmatch

• Overheard@TGS: Putting the 'crack' in Crackdown 2

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Dante's Inferno

• Hands-on: Dante's Inferno in the Land of the Lust

• Overheard@TGS: A high five from the real Dante

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Dead Rising 2

• Hands-on: Dead Rising 2's 'Terror is Reality'

• Videos: Dead Rising 2's buffet of death

• Dead Rising 2 in one awesome screen

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Final Fantasy XIII

• Hands-on: Final Fantasy XIII

• New Final Fantasy XIII trailer is heavy on story, light on English

• Final Fantasy XIII TGS trailer -- this time dubbed in English

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Forza Motorsport 3

• Overheard@TGS: At least someone's happy ...

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Gyromancer (XBLA)

• Square Enix & PopCap team for puzzle RPG 'Gyromancer'
  

Halo 3: ODST

• Wait to play Halo 3: ODST, get UNSC threads

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Joy Ride (XBLA)

• Joy Ride community can unlock 'Perilous Peaks' stunt track

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Left for Dead 2

• Left 4 Dead 2 demo running straight for Xbox/PC on October 27

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Lost Planet 2

• TGS 2009: Watch four minutes of Lost Planet 2

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Project Natal

• Hands-on: Project Natal (with Space Invaders Extreme!)

• Recap: Xbox 360 Creator Panel Discussion recap

• Kudo demoes Natal, invents dance craze

• Don't expect old 360 games to add Natal support

• Microsoft's Phil Spencer easily envisions Fable, Natal crossover

• Every major publisher 'actively working on games for Project Natal'

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Resonance of Fate

• Hands-on: Resonance of Fate

• Resonance of Fate sends us to bullet hell in TGS trailer

• Resonance of Fate trailer, now with 100% fewer bullets

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Splinter Cell: Conviction

• Hands-on: Splinter Cell: Conviction

• Splinter Cell Conviction dated for Feb. 23, new trailer hits

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Toy Soldiers

• Impressions: Toy Soldiers (XBLA)

• TGS 2009: Snoopy, Toy Soldiers coming to XBLA

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iPhone / Mobile

Ace Combat Xi

• Hands-on: Ace Combat Xi

Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Ghosts 'n Goblins

• Capcom summoning Ghouls 'n Ghosts/Ghosts 'n Goblins for iPhone

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Tokyo Game Show 2009: News

• Alienware threatens to 'shake gaming world to its foundation'

• Capcom bringing Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes and Ghost Trick to NA, Europe

• Epic Games opens new Tokyo studio

• Keiji Inafune says Japanese game industry is over, man

• Kojima toyed with shocking, 'transforming' controllers for MGS4

• Oh yeah, this is that Alienware announcement

• Nintendo officially announces Wii price drop to $199 in US

• NIS America announces Badman 2, Atelier Rorona

• PlayStation & Xbox hardware gets the Body Worlds treatment at Japanese museum

• Square Enix head encourages Japanese devs to focus on 'adult' games

• Tokyo Game Show 2009 attendance down slightly

• Why Epic Games briefly gave up on Gears of War 2's Japanese release

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Culture & Originals

• Interview: Level-5's Yoshiaki Kusada

• Joystiq live @ Sony's Tokyo Game Show keynote

• Joystiq liveblog @ EA Showcase Tokyo

• Capps talks about missing 'perching' cover system from Gears of War 2

• TGS 2009: It's a Gundam! ... stylus!

• TGS 2009: Oh! Falling Egg!!

• TGS 2009: The next generation of Real Arcade Pro joysticks

• TGS 2009: The worst logo of the show

• Video: EA's Rex Ishibashi talks about missing Suda 51, Shinji Mikami project

• Video: Joystiq vs. TGS '09: Day One

• Video: Joystiq vs. TGS '09: Day Two

• Video: Joystiq vs. TGS '09: Day Three

• Video: Joystiq vs. TGS '09: Day Four

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