Evolving beyond your typical video game happening at like-minded functions, The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational proudly presents it's "Gaming Festivities"! With its beginnings rooted in TAKII ~Ichiban~, "Gaming Festivities" has grown to encompass the most eclectic mix of games & competitions around. As supported by its fabulous Team TAKII Sponsors & Affiliates, fusion festival fans have been able to enjoy festivities like "Gaming Live On PPV", "Capcom Showdown SmackDown!", "Gaming Free Play", & "Heroes Of Might & MTG", all in a high-tech, lounge-like setting (with HD-TVs, surround sound, & much more)! Earning a championship is only as valuable as the competition is hard -- & TAKII guarantees all of its fans an opportunity to experience epic gaming awesomeness. For now, let's check out what "Gaming Festivities" await you, the TAKII faithful, at TAKII 12:

Close your eyes & think of how it would be to put WWE WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, TNA Slammiversary, ECW Heat Wave, & any other big professional wrestling happening together from an entertainment perspective. Now, add in some Asian fusion festival flare, a "TAKII-Tron" theatre-wide mondo projection, guest commentary, & you get the entertainment spectacle that is TAKII 12's "Gaming Live On PPV: "Hollow"een"! Anyone with a #1 Contender's Pass, humongous ego, the ability to entertain, & the passion to be "The Game" & the very best in video gaming is encouraged to take part in this gaming exhibition of epic proportions!

Here's how it's gonna work, minna-san: participants will be split up into 4 teams of equal size, each of whom will get to have their own name, entrance theme music, & staging (lighting, fog machine, etc., just like on professional wrestling). Afterwards, contestants & fans alike will be introduced to our special guest ring announcer & commentators & then the games will begin! A TAKII fan will be chosen at random to select 2 teams that will select representatives to battle each other in a game of the fan's choosing; this season, it's any game that incorporates big-time demon slaying (ie: Bleach: Shattered Blade, InuYasha: Feudal Combat, etc.). For each battle, the winning team earns a point, while the losing team either loses a point, or has to drop a player from their team if they don't want to lose a point. The cycle continues until time runs out, or there is only 1 team left standing. When all is said & done, the most successful team will be crowned our "Gaming Live On PPV: "Hollow"een" World Champions!!!!

You aren't proven to be a true gamer until you have competed against the best of the best....against true kings among gaming kings.....& claimed your dominance in a fusion festival gaming tournament! "Gaming Tourneys" promises to be 1 of the hottest sets of competitions this season, with tournaments going on all-TAKII-long & ranging from the genres of fighting to racing to puzzle & everything in-between. HD TVs & surround sound systems will be on tap for your pleasure. You can only enter yourself once per tourney, but you may enter as many actual tourneys as you'd like! In anticipation of TAKII 12's "Gaming Tourneys", we encourage all of our fans to chat up tourney ideas, discuss strategies, or talk trash to their "friend-emies" in our "TAKII Fourm". An official list of tourneys & rules will not be made public until the release of this season's Hardcore Handbook. Be history....or make history, minna-san!

Whether you need practice for 1 of the upcoming tournaments, or just want to play with friends, family, or fellow otaku & Asian music fans,  TAKII 12's "Gaming Free Play" is just the place for you! With a massive library of games to choose from, spanning multitudes of the gaming industry's top consoles ever, as well as some surprises from previous gaming generations, there will constantly be something for you to play! As you are "playing, or being played", games will be enjoyed on brand-new, large, flat-screen HD TVs with high-grade surround sound, in a laid-back/lounge-type setting. To get an offical listing of the games that will be awaiting your arrival at TAKII 12, take part in the gaming discussion goin' down in the "TAKII Forum", or download your copy of this season's Hardcore Handbook today!