What Famitsu is looking forward to at the Tokyo Game Show

chautemoc | October 07, 2008 | Industry News | Playstation 3 Wii Tokyo Game Show 2008

Popular Japanese gaming mag Famitsu is published by Enterbrain, and its president, Hirokazu Hamamura, revealed at a news conference, what they're looking most forward to at the Tokyo Game Show, which starts Thursday.

"If I think about hardware the news is already out so looking at software, on the Square Enix booth I'm interested in seeing how much of Final Fantasy XIII is finished and presented," he said. The level to which the game is presented will give a clue as to when it might be ready and that will have a direct impact on sales of the PlayStation 3 console.

"I'll also be looking to see if Dragon Quest IX is playable," said Hamamura. The latest installment in the long-running and hugely popular Dragon Quest series from Square Enix is due out on the Nintendo DS in March 2009.

"In regards to the Wii I'm interested to see how far 'Monster Hunter 3' has gotten along because that's one of the keys Nintendo must unlock before the Wii will appeal to core gamers," he said of the upcoming Capcom title. "On the Sony booth I'll be looking at 'White Knight Chronicles' and I think that will gather a lot of attention."

The Tokyo Game Show begins on Thursday and runs until Sunday at Makuhari Messe outside of Tokyo. Public admission days are Saturday and Sunday.

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Cruxis Mana | October 07, 2008

It was pretty easy to guess which games he was going to say. rofl.

~~Because I'm looking forward to the exact same ones.~~
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  therealNgamer | October 07, 2008
  
  Yep, it's Japan, the land of Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, and Monster Hunter.
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  Final Blade | October 09, 2008
  
  _{You mean lucky? Cause just because you wanted those games, doesn't mean it was easy to tell what he was going to say.}
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Xeros_the_Slayer | October 08, 2008

Monster Hunter will be the greastest out of everything presented at TGS, hands down(opinion pending). I think in 6-7 titles it has matched the popularity of Final Fantasy in Japan, this includes its trading card game, weapon replicas, models and manga thats in shonen jump.