This year's Hyper Japan was an exciting and an improvement experience over the past couple of years in which felt like the stalls were all the same, so it felt this year had more of a variety. I've been going to this event since it started in 2010, so I'm glad to be a part of the best J-Culture event available in the UK that is still growing to this day.
Demos, Gaming, and prizes
The first thing I noticed about this year's event is that there was more to do. Nintendo decided to hold a little collecting game by giving out passports to complete. Nintendo had set up a variety of game demos in which you would have to collect stamps by playing them and when completed were given a limited edition sticker for your 3DS, and the fun part was that Animal Crossing: New Leaf demo zone was themed as the town based in the game and had a photo booth were you can pose with the many tools of the series and post the picture on the town board, Pikmin was a slightly themed area too that had grass and Pikmin hidden in the grass.The demos included ;
Pikmin 3, I have played the previous in this series so it was interesting to try out the Wii U controller for the first time and to see how responsive it actually is- except with the Wii U controller its like playing the game on gamecube having a restriction on moving the courser. There was also a pick a Pikmin real life mini-game to get prizes, I lost. ;(
Animal crossing: New Leaf, It was interesting to play the newest addition to the series as I had played the previous. There were a lot of interesting new features and as most know the most exciting is that this time you are mayor of the town and you make the choices in development and laws, with the rest of the other aspects there were in the previous games.
Luigi's Mansion 2, this was one of the demos I was looking forwards to most and I got to test out the mulit-player mode with a friend of mine, and it was a lot of fun and from what I've seen of the game so far Nintendo have really managed to re-capture the fun that everyone had in the original game with new features like a second flashlight to find hidden objects and new ghosts to hunt to.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, I had already play the demo for this previously as it was available on the 3DS store to download (Having said that I was a little confused on the controls as I hadn't played the previous games). But with the help of my friend I was able to enjoy the game much better than my first time, but the monster we were versing took too many hits and knocked me out so does game require a vast amount of patience? Something I lack.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney- Dual Destinies, This was another demo I was looking forwards to playing as I am a fan other the series and I enjoy the in-depth story experience when the brain is put to the test. I didn't get to play it for too long but I find the new emotion matrix feature interesting it sort of reminded me of the perceive ability that Apollo Justice had in his game, but if you want more defensing and more wacky characters then this game is for you.
After finishing these demos I found another demo stand for the already release Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, this really excited me as I really wanted to get this game so I played a few rounds with another person with the extensive new range of characters from the manga. But it was on an Xbox so that was my downfall as I am not use to that control, I really sucked at that. -_-
Anime and manga galore
Hyper Japan is notoriously known for the vast stall selling your favorite new released anime box sets, and the latest of the freshly printed manga, at a slightly lower price. I found myself rummaging through DVD to DVD, manga to manga to find the series I watch and read that can't be found in stores anywhere else. This year also had a new stall selling a cosplayer's dream, weapon props (or is that my dream?) This stall sold offer hand forged real metal swords from your favorite anime like Renji Abarai zanpakuto, Cloud Strife's Buster sword, and even the Oblivion keyblade from Kingdom hearts :3
There's even a stall that sells handmade jewelery from movies and games such as Tony Stark's Arc reactor, Legend of Zelda pixelated pieces of heart, and Kingdom hearts on a necklace. The quality of these items is extremely have and are laser-cut to perfection.
Then you find yourself doing what any fan would and search through the piles of T-shirts to find one of Adventure Time, Bleach, Death Note or whatever it is you like to buy so you can make your fandum known to the world on a daily basis.
Cosplay
Cosplaying is a standard must do for this event, whether it be casually wearing or carrying a prop from a certain movie or series, or to the pro cosplayer hand making your own costume and building your own props and enter the cosplay contest as your favorite character. While I was there I saw both of those types of cosplaying, I saw characters such as Kuroko from Kuroko's Basketball, Monkey D. Luffy One Piece, Sora from Kingdom hearts, and even Fionna the Human from Adventure Time :3
I myself want dressed as Tobi from Naruto, as he is a hilarious character who changes to be the most fear enemy awesome.
The End of the line
Hyper Japan is a most go to for any anime, manga, J-culture fan out there. Its the chance to meet and share your love for everything Japanese, and here's a huge tip insure that you save your money for this event or your end up regretting it as there's a lot to buy and they may end up being a lot you end up missing out on.
I hope next year's Hyper Japan to be just as good or better than this years, and I hope to see many more fans at there to. :)
You can check out details for Hyper Japan's next event date and get tickets here: http://www.hyperjapan.co.uk/
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