Gallery: The Most Magnificent Cosplayers From the Tokyo Game Show

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    Nintendo does not attend the Tokyo Game Show, but there were plenty of *Splatoon* fans on hand.
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    This *Hotline Miami* fan was posing adjacent to the Indie Game Corner. Might one of this year's indie games have cosplayers in 2016?
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    These fans of obscure characters from *King of Fighters: Maximum Impact* were surprised I even recognized them.
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    If *Super Mario Maker* can make "skinny Mario" real, can "shredded Mario" be too far behind?
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    More *Splatoon* fans, dressed as the Squid Sisters.
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    Not only did this Vega cosplayer (from *Street Fighter II*) look the part, he ran through so many poses he was sweating his tattoo away.
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    There's not a lot of "costume" to E. Honda (also from *Street Fighter II*) but this guy got everything right.
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    Two *Final Fight* characters, Sodom and Guy, who later appeared in multiple *Street Fighter* games, though Sodom's been MIA for 15 years.
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    Most *Splatoon* cosplayers at TGS were women, but this was a rare male Inkling.
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    I wonder if these two Sega fans couldn't find a friend to rep the Dreamcast, or if said friend was just taking a toilet break.
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