Square Enix Party Photos
The following photos are from the Square-Enix Party a couple weeks back in the Makuhari Messe, a massive convention center in Chiba City, Japan. (Click for larger versions)
I must give credit here to my friend and former boss Phil, without whom this event might have slipped under my radar.
So, yeah, this is another one of those entries where you either already realize how awesome this is, and possibly are a little jealous, or else you think it's kinda geeky and odd. Or perhaps both. That's OK, I can live with that.
The main convention floor. Damned if that isn't the biggest dangling Chocobo I've ever seen.
They had kiosks where you could play unreleased Square-Enix games. They looked pretty sweet but we didn't quite have the patience to wait in line for an hour and a half or more for the privilege of playing them. No, taking in the sights and sounds and exhibits, not to mention some fine citizens dressed up as Cloud or Tifa from Final Fantasy VII was quite plenty.
A Judge Gabranth costume, from Final Fantasy XII. Right after this picture was taken, I grabbed this suit of armor and made away with it, and started terrorizing passersby on the street. Well, not really, but the thought did cross my mind.
I don't know what the green tentacly thing is here, but here we see two chocobos. The "kiddie-style" chocobo on the left was there as part of the photo op. The more traditional looking chocobo on the right, however, is just a regular attendee who couldn't resist the limelight. His was a pretty funny costume because it didn't look right at all when he stood or walked normally- he had to stick his butt out and lean way forward with his arms stretching out behind him in order to carry off the look properly, as he did this photo.
Only in Japan, my friends- only in Japan.
I must give credit here to my friend and former boss Phil, without whom this event might have slipped under my radar.
So, yeah, this is another one of those entries where you either already realize how awesome this is, and possibly are a little jealous, or else you think it's kinda geeky and odd. Or perhaps both. That's OK, I can live with that.
The main convention floor. Damned if that isn't the biggest dangling Chocobo I've ever seen.
They had kiosks where you could play unreleased Square-Enix games. They looked pretty sweet but we didn't quite have the patience to wait in line for an hour and a half or more for the privilege of playing them. No, taking in the sights and sounds and exhibits, not to mention some fine citizens dressed up as Cloud or Tifa from Final Fantasy VII was quite plenty.
A Judge Gabranth costume, from Final Fantasy XII. Right after this picture was taken, I grabbed this suit of armor and made away with it, and started terrorizing passersby on the street. Well, not really, but the thought did cross my mind.
I don't know what the green tentacly thing is here, but here we see two chocobos. The "kiddie-style" chocobo on the left was there as part of the photo op. The more traditional looking chocobo on the right, however, is just a regular attendee who couldn't resist the limelight. His was a pretty funny costume because it didn't look right at all when he stood or walked normally- he had to stick his butt out and lean way forward with his arms stretching out behind him in order to carry off the look properly, as he did this photo.
Only in Japan, my friends- only in Japan.