Cosplay Rules the Day at Tokyo Game Show

Much like at U.S. trade shows, "booth babes" abound at Tokyo Game Show. But at the end of each day, all the women showing off games at publishers' stands walk to the front of the booth for photo ops.

games in the Tokyo Game Show's Kids Corner, where Japan's littlest gamers can play upcoming titles on tiny kiosks built just for them.

maker devoted a large section of its Tokyo Game Show booth this year to exercise games aimed at women.

Children try a new Wii game, shaking the controller up and down to run a race, onstage in the Kids Corner of Tokyo Game Show. The children's area replicates many of the hallmarks of the larger show, down to stage events.

In an odd and unexplained piece of performance art, a man dressed only in a white bodysuit copies the movements of Wired News reporter Chris Kohler as he waves a Wii controller. Before jumping into action, the unidentified man lay prone in an aisle of the Kids Corner with a Wii controller in front of him, daring attendees to interact with him.

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for PlayStation 3. The wait to get a 15-minute hands-on demo of the highly anticipated game stretched to nearly four hours.