Gaming is a major industry in Japan, and it’s safe to say that many anime fans know their way around a controller. Such a sizable community deserves an equally massive venue in which to carry on and compete with fellow gamers, and Naka-Kon is the best place to virtually smash, stomp, and shred with friends both current and soon-to-be. Come visit our gaming space which will feature consoles, arcade machines, tabletop games, card games, tournaments, and more, spanning through several of the Courtyard Rooms at the Overland Park Convention Center.
A priority of the Naka-Kon Game Room is to foster an environment of camaraderie and friendly competition.
To this end, we ask that Kon guests exercise common courtesy and politeness — ask before joining games, pass your controller to another guest after playing for 10–15 minutes, be gracious in both victory and defeat. Children ages 10 and under must always be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Psychic Drive returns to Naka-Kon! This popular Arcade Vendor from Michigan will be bringing their unique Japanese cabinets for free-to-play action throughout the weekend.
KC Bemani will be joining forces with the crew to bring you a bigger arcade selection.
- Dance Dance Revolution: Extreme
- Taiko no Tatsujin HD
- Flash Beats
- Dance Maniax
- Monkey Ball
- Kickthrough Racers (2 cabinets)
- F-Zero AX (2 cabinets)
- Initial D: Arcade Stage 8 (2 cabinets)
- Crazy Taxi
- Pop’n Music HD
- WACCA
- jubeat
- Sound Voltex (2 cabinets)
- Chunithm (2 cabinets)
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (VS)
- Marvel VS Capcom 2
- Tetris The Grand Master 2
- Sonic The Fighters
- Tekken Tag 2
- Capcom VS SNK 2
- Soul Calibur II
- Puzzle Bobble 3
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Twinkle Star Sprites
- Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ
- StepManiaX
- In The Groove
- Pump It Up
- Dance Evolution
- Beatmania IIDX
- Crossbeats
- ReflecBeat
- Sound Voltex
- Nostalgia
- Museca
ReRoll Tavern returns to Naka-Kon! One of our local tabletop/board game/trading-card-game shops in the area, Reroll Tavern will be running the tabletop section this year, with a bigger rental library of games for everyone to enjoy. The Tavern will allow you to rent out a game to play with your friends while you're in the area. There will also be open spots available if you want to bring your own tabletop games to play with friends. There may even be campaigns of Dungeons and Dragons. Bring your Trading Card Game decks, too! You may meet up with other Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece, and other TCG players to play against.
Returning to Naka-Kon is indie-developer Circean Studios. Based in Overland Park, this team is currently working on multiple gaming projects. The team will be bringing an updated version of their fighting game, Konsui Fighter for attendees to demo throughout the weekend. But that's not all of the surprises.
Circean Studios will be having Konsui Fighter's first tournament at Naka-Kon on Saturday, May 25. Do you have what it takes to be the best? Sign up for the tournament using the link below. You will need to make an account on Start.gg, and there is no fee to enter! Winners of the tournament will receive copies of the game. 1st Place will receive a custom Mayflash F500 v2 Arcade Fightstick with the game art design.
