This year, Tsubasacon Gaming brings together an incredible lineup of Japanese arcade machines, the return of LAN gaming and console gaming, and tournaments throughout the weekend. Whether you live for rhythm games, want to challenge your friends, or just want to discover something you’ve never played before, there’s something waiting for you.
🕹️ Japanese Arcade
Step into a slice of the Japanese arcade experience with one of our biggest selections of rhythm and arcade games yet!
CHUNITHM — Tap, slide and move your hands through the air in SEGA’s futuristic rhythm game.
DanceDanceRevolution A3 — The arcade dance legend. Hit the arrows, build your combo and see if you can survive the hardest songs.
Pump It Up XX — Five-panel dance action with diagonal steps and a center panel that creates a completely different challenge from DDR.
Groove Coaster — Ride through a musical roller coaster of lights and sound using the cabinet’s unique BOOSTER controls.
maimai — Tap, slide and spin across a huge circular touchscreen in one of Japan’s most recognizable rhythm games.
ONGEKI — Rhythm gaming meets action as you hit notes while controlling your character and dodging attacks.
pop’n music — Nine giant colorful buttons make this KONAMI favorite easy to approach—and incredibly difficult to master.
Taiko no Tatsujin — Grab the drumsticks and pound out the beat on a full-size Japanese taiko drum.
WACCA Reverse — Tap and swipe your way around a massive 360-degree illuminated touch ring.
SOUND VOLTEX — Hit buttons and twist analog knobs as notes and laser tracks fly across the screen.
jubeat — A unique rhythm game played entirely on a 4×4 grid of 16 illuminated touch panels.
DANCERUSH STARDOM — Forget the arrows. Shuffle, slide, freestyle and actually dance across a floor that tracks your movement.
Initial D The Arcade — Get behind the wheel and battle through the mountain passes of the legendary Initial D series.
NOSTALGIA — Play cascading notes across a piano-style keyboard with music ranging from classical pieces to modern favorites.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone — Join Hatsune Miku and the Vocaloids for colorful performances and fast-paced rhythm gameplay.
Dance Evolution — Your whole body becomes the controller as motion tracking follows your poses and dance moves.
Crazy Taxi — Pick up passengers, hit the gas and cause some beautifully ridiculous chaos in SEGA’s arcade classic.
GITADORA Drummania — Take a seat behind the electronic drum kit and play your way through KONAMI’s massive music library.
GITADORA GuitarFreaks — Grab a guitar controller, hit the frets and strum your way through the set.
🖥️ LAN Gaming Returns!
LAN gaming is back at Tsubasacon!
Grab a seat, fire up a PC and jump into multiplayer gaming with friends and fellow attendees. Whether you’re looking for some friendly competition or just want to spend some time gaming between panels, the Tsubasacon LAN returns as another place to play, compete and hang out all weekend.
🎮 Console Gaming Returns!
Controllers are back, too! Console gaming returns to Tsubasacon with multiplayer favorites, competitive games and plenty of opportunities to sit down and challenge friends—or make some new ones.
🏆 Tournaments All Weekend
Think you’ve got the skills?
We’ll have gaming tournaments throughout the weekend, giving players a chance to put those hours of practice to the test. From fighting and console games to arcade and rhythm-game competition, watch the schedule for tournament times, sign-ups and featured games.
Play something you love. Try something you’ve never seen before. Challenge your friends. Enter a tournament.
Whatever kind of gamer you are, there’s a controller, keyboard, steering wheel, dance pad, drum, guitar—or giant glowing Japanese arcade machine—waiting for you at Tsubasacon!
If you’ve got questions for the Aegis gaming team on the tournaments shoot them an email aegisgaminginfo@gmail.com
Schedules and Entry links just click here!
Please note that you will need to purchase a Tsubasacon 2026 badge to enter any tournament!
The entry fee for all tournaments is free with your 2026 Tusbasacon badge!!
Registration will end 15 min before the slotted times for each event
The times for each event is as follows:
Friday
- 6:00PM – Street Fighter 6
- 8:00PM – Guilty Gear – Strive
Saturday
- 2:00PM – Super Smash Bros Ultimate
- 6:00PM – Tekken 8
Sunday
- 12:00PM – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
ALL TOURNAMENT TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE DISCRETION OF AEGIS AND TSUBASACON STAFF!
