TGS hasn't quite lived up to the heyday of announcements it used to have during the 90's. But this year was surprisingly impressive and I felt like mentioning all of the videos that caught my eye. First up a game that'll most likely fill everyone with despair.

New Danganronpa V3

This reveal trailer gives nothing away other than showing us that they are now making Danganronpa 3 for the PS4 now. Makes me wonder if they are going to do a port of the first two games since going into this without knowing the previous stories seems like a horrible idea. Either way I can't wait to see more about this game since I've enjoyed all of the games so far.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Well the only thing I could have made this first trailer even better is if it showed off the combat. Vanillaware's trademark beautiful art style along with giant robots seems like a match made in heaven.

Ni Oh

To be honest I don't even remember this game at all from its previous announcement 10 years ago. The fact that this could be off brand Onimusha sounds pretty great to me.

Gravity Rush 2

Gravity Rush was the reason I even picked up a Vita so I'm glad it is finally getting a sequel. I'm sure some are bummed about the fact that it seems to only be on PS4. But at least it looks like it will look even better than before and allow the developer to do new things with better hardware.

Star Ocean 5

It would really be great if Square and Tri Ace manage to make another great Star Ocean. Not sure if this trailer manages to tell us anything other than it looks nice though.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII

Are you ready for the 3 pillars of ROTK? HUMAN DRAMA SPECTACLE DYNAMISM I absolutely loved this series during the PS2 era. Should be fun to see how bad I'm at ruling a kingdom when this game comes out.

I wish I could spent the time to do a full recap of all the games but these were the ones I am most interested in currently. Like the Yakuza 1 remake announcement isn't something I can count on coming out of Japan and King Of Fighters XIV looks like it has just started development. Plus I'm sure everyone here has already seen the Persona 5 trailer right? Overall this TGS has reignited my love of games from the land of the rising sun.

Oh I almost forgot who is ready for some more Ace Attorney? I'm glad we will at least be getting AA6.

After 28 years of playing video games I have also amassed a large collection of books/magizines that are related to my favorite hobby. Here is a small selection of photos of the items plus a bit of commentary after each one.

Ah yes who doesn't remember the great special agent Justin Bai...Halley who is also known as Solid Snake. They may not be accurate but it is still a fun dumb read.

Mario Party 2 certainly deserves the biggest bonus issue ever. For some reason I never know they made UNO for the game boy color till I noticed that page in NP.

So trying to create a Zelda timeline is kinda silly but I still enjoyed reading their theories in Hyrule Historia. Plus it's a really nice artbook too.

Ah yes Game Informer the only video game magazine I subscribed to just cause they kept asking me to whenever I went to Gamestop. I never really liked reading it but it had a lot of good screenshots plus it most likely made me buy FF: CC.

I have always enjoyed flipping through a art book that comes with a game. Persona 3 certainly had plenty of nice art to look at.

Kirby 64 is a awesome Kirby game and I've always thought The World Is Not Enough was a great follow up to Goldeneye.

The Super Mario Adventures comic book was certainly unique...

No real memories of reading Gamefan although I do have two random issues laying around that I bought at some point. It's possible this was the reason I got into street fighter since I didn't subscribe to NP at his point.

I have no clue why I bought this since I also own the Nintendo Power guide. No clue why they thought putting a giant Mario holding another Mario was a good idea.

I unfortunately lost the smell cards at some point. Plus this guide has seen better days but it just shows you how many times I've looked through it.

I did find these Star Fox 64 cards. No clue why I kept these but not the Earthbound cards.

Atelier Rorona has some nice art and this book proves it.

Senran Kagura is not the kind of game everyone likes but I still enjoy these silly beat em ups.

The one time I played Doom 64 I was so scared of what I couldn't see I didn't make it past the first level. Ah earthbound 64 the game that never made it out in this form at least.

It turns out the Mega Man comics weren't for me but I still had to collect the first 4 issues.

Mario gets dark with some of the game overs in these choose your own adventure books. Also sponsored by Pringles*tm

If you thought that first Mario comic was weird then this one might just step it up a notch.

It turns out that I own 5 of the games they list on this cover of Tips and Tricks. Before GameFAQs T&T was the go to place to get cheats. Also Gundam Battle Assault is a awesome fighting game that you should play.

Ending on a high note with the Legend of Zelda: A link to the past comic book. I feel like this only helped cement ALTP as my favorite Zelda game.

Overall video games have had a ton of different books made about them and this is only a small taste of what I grew up reading. After all I also bought a few strategy guides too. Tune in next week for some photos of PS2 games.

Although I tried I couldn't even get close to taking photos of every single arcade machine at the GGA. It was a fun time and anyone that wants to revisit the past by going to a arcade again the Galloping Ghost Arcade should be at the top of your list.

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I've had a tumblr for a while now and it isn't really going anywhere so I'm reusing the photos I put on there to make blog post on here. The Nintendo DS era was a interesting time for me since it was the main time I actually imported games from Japan more often than once a year. In the case of the Ace Attorney games I only imported the first and third since I had to play them early. (Yet not the second one for some reason I don't remember.) Jump Superstars was also a import that I picked up on the fact that it was Super Smash Bros with anime characters. 3 games may not sound like much but for someone that almost never imports it was a change from the norm that year.

The DS era was the last of the great 2D Castlevania's like Dawn Of Sorrow. They may not have used the touch screen very well but they made up for that by being awesome metroidvanias. On the other side Trauma Center gave me plenty of reasons to use the touch screen to save someones life in the crazy world of a anime hospital. Finally Kirby Canvas curse gave me a unique new way to play a Kirby game. Comparing the new game with this one actually made me think they were equal but I won't go into that here. Thanks for checking out my little blog about a random assortment of DS games. Tune in next Sunday to see a post on my recent trip to the Galloping Ghost Arcade.