Gallery: Photos: Zombies Take Over Tokyo Game Show
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TOKYO -- With two major zombie-themed videogames taking center stage at Tokyo Game Show, the undead gave the expo's traditional booth babes a run for their money. The show floor was crawling with animated corpses earlier this month, with dozens of ghouls promoting [Dead Rising 2](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/dead-rising-2-2/), released Tuesday by Capcom, and upcoming zombie game [Yakuza: Of the End](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/ryu-ga-gotoku-of-the-end/). It wasn't all zombies at Japan's biggest videogame show, though. There was no shortage of scantily dressed "companions" to accompany attendees as they test-drove the latest games. A few "lucky" cast members even got to sweat out the show in massive costumes from [Mega Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man) and [Monster Hunter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Hunter). How could we not document their appearances for posterity? __Above:__ A zombified mafioso is flanked by his human (for now) mistresses at the Sega booth, promoting the PlayStation 3 game Yakuza: Of the End.
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Zombies from Capcom's upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game [Dead Rising 2](http://deadrising-2.com/) prowl the show floor, feasting on hapless visitors.
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A companion demonstrates Sony's PlayStation Move controller. The motion controller, released in the United States during the weekend of Tokyo Game Show, was a [focal point of the company's booth](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/resident-evil-5-move/), with massive demo rooms that let other attendees watch players as they swung the Move around. Elsewhere at the show, Sony worldwide studios head Shuhei Yoshida said the system's extreme accuracy could [make games "unplayable" if not properly employed](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/shuhei-yoshida/) by developers.
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Two members of Monster Hunter's race of intelligent and oh-so-adorable cat people pose for photos outside Capcom's booth.
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Marie Soda staffs the [Monster Hunter Portable 3rd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Hunter_Portable_3rd) section of Capcom's booth dressed as the delivery girl from the popular PSP series. Capcom showed the game on a [newly designed PSP unit](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/monster-hunter-psp/) that will be released alongside the title in December.
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Even more zombies from Sega's [Yakuza: Of the End](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%AB_ga_Gotoku_Of_the_End). The series, which takes place in a slightly fictionalized version of Tokyo's Kabuki-cho red-light district, has seen four entries that did not have a single zombie between them. Now, the town is overrun with the undead.
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Dressed as the characters Kadena and Seiya from Gamania's role-playing game [Lucent Heart](http://lh.gamania.co.jp/entrance/), Mami Mizuki (left) and Iris Aoyama welcome visitors to the Taiwan-based company's massive Tokyo Game Show booth.
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A sign tells visitors not to feed the caged zombies at Capcom's Tokyo Game Show booth. Dead Rising 2, developed by Capcom subsidiary Blue Castle Games, is due for release in the United States on Tuesday.
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Companion Ayana Satoh greets visitors as they enter Capcom's booth.
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Companion Emi Sakurai brings the crowds into Ignition Entertainment's booth dressed as the character Enoch from the one game the company showed at TGS: [El Shaddai](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/el-shaddai-preview/).
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Mega Man struts his stuff outside the Capcom booth, promoting the action series' latest installment, [Mega Man Universe](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/mega-man-universe/). The game allows players to create and share their own levels.
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Dressed as the character Amane from D3Publisher's dating-simulation game [Dream Club](http://www.d3p.co.jp/dreamclub/), Mika Ichikawa hands out leaflets. The game, released for Xbox 360 in August, lets players woo girls that work in hostess clubs.
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Companion "Kana" dresses up as Ayanami Rei from the popular Evangelion anime series. She was at Tokyo Game Show to promote [Evangelion Gate](http://www.mediamagic.co.jp/evagate/), an Eva-themed webmail service.
