What to expect at TGS 2017

Tokyo Game Show (TGS) marks Japans biggest gaming event, and the world’s 3rd largest event of the same type, behind E3 and Gamescom. Unlike E3 and Gamescom, where Western companies take center-stage, TGS heavily features games and companies from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Here is a sneak preview of what to expect if you are heading down to the event.

Playstation:

Rivaled only by Nintendo in its popularity in Japan, Sony’s Playstation owns a lion share of the home console market in Japan. Having announced a special edition PS4 for Final Fantasy XV, and a release date for one of the hottest games of 2017, Nioh, Sony’s pre-TGS conference will be met with high expectations.

The conference will be held on the 19th of September, at 15:00 SGT, and will be streamed live on YouTube.

Konami:

With Hideo Kojima’s very public breakup with Konami, and news of the company making it difficult for its former employees. It’s easy to see why Konami’s once shining reputation has taken a plunge.

However, we should not write them off just yet, Konami are still a major force in the video game industry churning out more games every year. Here’s a list of games that will see a new trailer, stage events, or be playable on the show floor.

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PS4, PS3) – Trailer, Stage, Playable
• Super Bomberman R (Switch) – Trailer, Stage, Playable
• Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Championship 2017 (PS4, PS3, PS Vita) –  Stage
• Metal Gear Survive (PS4, XBO, PC) – Stage, Playable
• 100% Pascal Sensei: Perfect Paint Bombers (3DS) – Playable
• Love Plus Every (iOS, Android) – Playable, Stage
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (iOS, Android) – Stage, Trailer
• Professional Baseball Spirits A (iOS, Android) – Stage, Trailer
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (iOS, Android) – Stage
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer
• VA-11 Hall-A (PS Vita) – Playable, Trailer

Bandai Namco:

Bandai Namco announced that a whopping 876 games will be at their booths.

Console Games

• .hack//G.U. Last Recode (PS4, PC) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (PS4, XBO, PC) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Code Vein (PS4, XBO, PC) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• City Shrouded in Shadow (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory (PS4, PS Vita) – Trailer
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4, XBO) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Switch) – Trailer
• Get Even (PS4, PC) – Trailer
• Gintama Rumble (PS4, PS Vita) – Trailer
• Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match (PS4) – Trailer
• Gotouchi for Nintendo Switch (Switch) – Trailer
• Gundam Battle Operation NEXT (PS4, PS3) – Trailer
• Gundam Versus (PS4) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Impact Winter (PS4, PC) – Trailer
• Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters (PS4, PC) – Trailer
• Little Nightmares (PS4, PC) – Trailer
• Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time (PS4) – Trailer
• Namco Museum (Switch) – Trailer
• Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy (PS4) – Trailer
• One Piece: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition (Switch) – Trailer
• Project Cars 2 (PS4, PC) – Trailer
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia (PS4) – Trailer
• Summer Lesson: Chisato Shinjo (PS4) – Trailer, Stage
• Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session! (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Tekken 7 (PS4, XBO, PC) – Trailer
• Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (3DS) – Playable, Trailer, Stage
• Tamagocchi no Puchipuchi Omisecchi: Ninki no Omise Atsumemashita (3DS) – Playable, Trailer, Stage

Mobile Games

• Baki the Grappler: Ultimate Championship (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Digimon Linkz (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Drift Spirits (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• God Eater Online (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Gundam Conquest (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Hunter x Hunter: World Hunt (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• The Idolmaster: Million Live! Theater Days (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• The Idolmaster: SideM (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• The Idolmaster: SideM Live on St@ge! (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Kamen Rider: City Wars (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Kingdom: Seven Flags (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Sokuou Sensen (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• My Hero Academia: Smash Tap (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• One Piece; Thousand Storm (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• One Piece: Treasure Cruise (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Oozumou Gottsan Battle (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Pre-Cure: Tsunagaru Pazurun (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Project LayereD (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Romantic Sedai Koutai Battle: Twin Star Exorcists (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Sailor Moon Drops (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• SD Gundam G Generation RE (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Striker Spirits (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Super Robot Wars X-Omega (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream, Stage
• Tales of Asteria (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Tales of Link (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Tales of the Rays (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Tokyo Ghoul: Re Invoke (iOS, Android) – Trailer
• Weekly Shonen Jump Ore Collection (iOS, Android) – Trailer

Koei Tecmo:

Koei Tecmo are coming fresh off the release of the highly anticipated, yet disappointing Warriors All-Stars game.

• 1 Million Person Romance of the Three Kingdoms (iOS, Android, PC, Mobile) – Trailer
• 1 Million Person Nobunaga’s Ambition (iOS, Android, PC, Mobile) – Trailer
• 1 Million Person Winning Post (iOS, Android, PC, Mobile) – Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Atelier Lydie & Soeur: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting (PS4, PS Vita, Switch) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Atelier Online: Alchemists of Braceir (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Attack on Titan 2 (TBA) – Trailer, Live Stream
• Augmented Reality Girls Trinary (iOS, Android) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Champion Jockey Special (Switch) – Trailer, Stage
• Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (PS4, PS3, XBO, 360, PC) – Live Stream
• Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Dynasty Warriors Online Z (PS4, PS3, PC) – Live Stream
• Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch, New 3DS) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Kiniro no Corda 2 ff (PS Vita) – Trailer, Live Stream
• Nioh (PS4) – Stage, Live Stream
• Nobunaga’s Ambition 201X (iOS, Android, PC, PS Vita) – Playable, Trailer
• Nobunaga’s Ambition: Boku-tachi no Sengoku (iOS, Android, PC) – Playable, Trailer
• Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi (PS4, Switch, PC) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Nobunyaga’s Ambition (iOS, Android, PC) – Trailer
• Tokimeki Restaurant (iOS, Android) – Trailer, Live Stream
• Winning Post 8 2017 (PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Switch, PC) – Trailer, Stage, Live Stream
• Winning Post Stallion (iOS, Android) – Stage, Live Stream

Sega

Together with their own games, Sega will be hosting “partner” games from the likes of EA and Warner Brothers, at their booth.

Sega Titles

• A Certain Magical Virtual-On (PS4, PS Vita) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Goods
• Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation (iOS, Android) – Playable, Stage, Trailer
• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone DX (PS4) – Playable, Trailer, Goods
• Hokuto ga Gotoku (PS4) – Theater, Trailer, Stage, Photo Spot
• Phantasy Star Online 2 (PS4, PS Vita, PC) – Playable, Trailer, Stage, Goods, Photo Spot
• Sonic Forces (PS4, XBO, Switch) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Goods
• Yakuza Online (iOS, Android, PC) – Theater
• Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Theater, Goods, Photo Spot

Atlus Titles

• Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey (3DS) – Playable, Stage, Trailer

5pb. Titles

• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate (PS4, PS Vita) – Playable, Trailer
• Steins;Gate Elite (PS4, PS Vita) – Playable, Trailer

Electronic Arts Titles

• FIFA 18 (PS4, PS3, XBO, Switch) – Trailer
• Need for Speed: Payback (PS4, XBO) – Trailer
• The Sims 4 (PS4) – Trailer
• Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4, XBO) – Trailer

Nippon Ichi Software Titles

• Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (PS4) – Playable, Trailer

Warner Bros. Titles

• LEGO Ninjago The Movie Video Game (PS4, Switch) – Playable, Trailer
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War (PS4) – Trailer

Capcom

Perhaps the one I’m looking forward to the most is Capcom. The announcement of Monster Hunter World at E3 this year kicked up a storm and the standalone game I’m most looking forward to next year. Here are the rest of the games available at  TGS:

• Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package (PS4) – Playable
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (PS4, XBO, PC) – Playable (also at the Family Game Park), Stage
• Monster Hunter Stories Ver. 1.2 Renewal Edition (3DS) – Playable (Family Game Park), Stage
• Monster Hunter: World (PS4) – Playable, Stage
• Resident Evil 7: biohazard Gold Edition (PS4, XBO, PC) – Stage
• Resident Evil Revelations (Switch) – Playable, Stage
• Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Switch) – Playable, Stage

TGS 2017 will run from the 21st to the 24th of September 2017.