GTPU 2009 Cosplay Special

This weekend, I unexpectedly had the (mis)fortune of working at a convention for two days. While the people I was working for are great, the dealers' room is open for long hours and cons are generally a grueling test of endurance. I decided the best thing to do would be to bring along my phone and turn the weekend into a giant game of "spot the awesome game cosplayers", and it turned out to be the most fun I could possibly have while pushing stuffed toys, DVDs, and posters on nerds with a ton of disposable income. As an extra challenge, I tried to snap as many Persona 4 cosplayers as I could. Hope you guys enjoy it too, and don't forget to click for big!

Daisy, Peach, and Luigi from some obscure Nintendo game no one's ever heard of. I think it's called the Great Giana Sisters.

Irvine, Tifa, and Rinoa, three of the many Final Fantasy series cosplayers who made their appearance at the con. VII, VIII, X, and Advent Children are the perennial favourites, but any cosplayer who could pull off a convincing Kain or FuSoYa would get mad props from me.

May from the Guilty Gear fighter series, which, in keeping true to the theme of this blog, is in fact a pretty weird bunch of games.

Black Rose from .hack//a bunch of games I guess and maybe an animated series. I have to wonder if she got tired of carrying that gigantic sword around with her all day, but it sure is well done.

These guys were totally and unapologetically radical. They also couldn't walk more than a few feet without getting harassed for photos, which didn't stop me from doing the same. From left to right, Fei-Long, Cammy, Guile, and Ryu from various Street Fighter games. Check out the artistic liberty taken with Guile's tattoo.

Mitsuru Kirijo from Persona 3, complete with an adorable little stuffed Koromaru the wonder dog. :3

This girl somehow found a way to make Parappa the Rapper even cuter, d'awwww. It's tough to tell in the picture, but she even had the little frog decal on her hat. I GOTTA BELIEVE!

POKEYMANS was an absurdly popular choice for this year's cosplayers, and there were tons of Ashes, Mistys, Dawns, and Pikachus running around the con. Since most of them were about 10 years old, however, I decided to get a picture of these Team Magma members instead.

This creepy Silent Hill nurse was made kinda less creepy by her non-cosplaying friends heckling her while I took this picture.

PERSONA 4 PHOTO GET! It's the hero's lovable and vaguely homophobic BFF, Yosuke Hanamura! He was pretty much literally the first cosplayer I saw on Saturday morning. He also has a Raiho stuffed animal, which came with the recently-released SMT: Devil Summoner 2 (you should probably buy this).

PERSONA 4 PHOTO GET! It's my personal favourite, great detective Naoto Shirogane! For the record, this is a boy cosplaying a girl who dresses as a boy. We've come full-circle here.

PERSONA 4 PHOTO GET! Finding Teddie wandering around was awesome enough, but he happened to be with a friend dressed as Rise Kujikawa. Knowing that someone at this con took the time and care to make a Teddie costume pretty much made the weekend for me.

Last but not least: SONIC THE (furry?) HEDGEHOG himself. That's dedication. Shine on, you crazy diamond.

That's about it for this year's con. Sadly there were tons of great ones I missed, but thanks to all the nice folks who let me take their photos! Hope you all enjoyed it!